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ArticlePloS one2009

Scapinin, the protein phosphatase 1 binding protein, enhances cell spreading and motility by interacting with the actin cytoskeleton.

Junji Sagara, Toshiaki Arata, Shunichiro Taniguchi

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Article in PloS one, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Junji SagaraDepartment of Biomedical Laboratory Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan. sagaraj@shinshu-u.ac.jp
Toshiaki Arata
Shunichiro Taniguchi
Shinshu University · JPOsaka University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Scapinin, also named phactr3, is an actin and protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) binding protein, which is expressed in the adult brain and some tumor cells. At present, the role(s) of scapinin in the brain and tumors are poorly understood. We show that the RPEL-repeat domain of scapinin, which is responsible for its direct interaction with actin, inhibits actin polymerization in vitro. Next, we established a Hela cell line, where scapinin expression was induced by tetracycline. In these cells, expression of scapinin stimulated cell spreading and motility. Scapinin was colocalized with actin at the edge of spreading cells. To explore the roles of the RPEL-repeat and PP1-binding domains, we expressed wild-type and mutant scapinins as fusion proteins with green fluorescence protein (GFP) in Cos7 cells. Expression of GFP-scapinin (wild type) also stimulated cell spreading, but mutation in the RPEL-repeat domain abolished both the actin binding and the cell spreading activity. PP1-binding deficient mutants strongly induced cell retraction. Long and branched cytoplasmic processes were developed during the cell retraction. These results suggest that scapinin enhances cell spreading and motility through direct interaction with actin and that PP1 plays a regulatory role in scapinin-induced morphological changes.

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ActinsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCell MovementChlorocebus aethiopsCOS CellsCytoskeletonHeLa CellsHumansMolecular Sequence DataMutationNuclear ProteinsProtein BindingProtein Phosphatase 1Sequence Homology, Amino AcidActinsNuclear ProteinsPHACTR3 protein, humanProtein Phosphatase 1

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PMID19158953
PMCPMC2626280
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