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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2011

Activation of vinculin induced by cholinergic stimulation regulates contraction of tracheal smooth muscle tissue.

Youliang Huang, Wenwu Zhang, Susan J Gunst

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Youliang HuangDepartment of Cellular & Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA.
Wenwu Zhang
Susan J Gunst
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis · US

Funding

Smooth Muscle Mechanisms in Dynamic Airways PropertiesR01HL029289 · NHLBI · MAYO CLINIC COLL OF MEDICINE, ROCHESTER · PI GUNST, SUSAN J. · 1986 to 2020
$7.3M
Regulation of Actin Dynamics in Airway Smooth MuscleR01HL074099 · NHLBI · INDIANA UNIV-PURDUE UNIV AT INDIANAPOLIS · PI GUNST, SUSAN J. · 2003 to 2011
$3.2M
SMOOTH MUSCLE MECHANISMS IN DYNAMIC AIRWAY PROPERTIESR23HL029289 · NHLBI · MAYO CLINIC COLL OF MEDICINE, ROCHESTER · PI GUNST, SUSAN J. · 1985 to 1985
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NHLBI NIH HHS HL074099NHLBI NIH HHS HL29289NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL029289NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL074099
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vinculin localizes to membrane adhesion junctions where it links actin filaments to the extracellular matrix by binding to the integrin-binding protein talin at its head domain (Vh) and to actin filaments at its tail domain (Vt). Vinculin can assume an inactive (closed) conformation in which Vh and Vt bind to each other, masking the binding sites for actin and talin, and an active (open) conformation in which the binding sites for talin and actin are exposed. We hypothesized that the contractile activation of smooth muscle tissues might regulate the activation of vinculin and thereby contribute to the regulation of contractile tension. Stimulation of tracheal smooth muscle tissues with acetylcholine (ACh) induced the recruitment of vinculin to cell membrane and its interaction with talin and increased the phosphorylation of membrane-localized vinculin at the C-terminal Tyr-1065. Expression of recombinant vinculin head domain peptide (Vh) in smooth muscle tissues, but not the talin-binding deficient mutant head domain, VhA50I, inhibited the ACh-induced recruitment of endogenous vinculin to the membrane and the interaction of vinculin with talin and also inhibited vinculin phosphorylation. Expression of Vh peptide also inhibited ACh-induced smooth muscle contraction and inhibited ACh-induced actin polymerization; however, it did not affect myosin light chain phosphorylation, which is necessary for cross-bridge cycling. Inactivation of RhoA inhibited vinculin activation in response to ACh. We conclude that ACh stimulation regulates vinculin activation in tracheal smooth muscle via RhoA and that vinculin activation contributes to the regulation of active tension by facilitating connections between actin filaments and talin-integrin adhesion complexes and by mediating the initiation of actin polymerization.

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AcetylcholineActin CytoskeletonAnimalsChickensCholinergic AgentsDogsHumansIntegrinsMuscle ContractionMuscle, SmoothrhoA GTP-Binding ProteinTalinTracheaVinculinAcetylcholineCholinergic AgentsIntegrinsrhoA GTP-Binding ProteinTalinVinculin

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PMID21071443
PMCPMC3030367
OpenAlexW2072156884

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