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Regeneration of actin filament branches from the same Arp2/3 complex.

Foad Ghasemi, LuYan Cao, Miroslav Mladenov, Bérengère Guichard, Michael Way, Antoine Jégou, Guillaume Romet-Lemonne

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Molecular mechanism of Arp2/3 complex activation by nucleation-promoting factors and an actin monomer.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  10. HIV-1 budding requires cortical actin disassembly by the oxidoreductase MICAL1.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Foad GhasemiUniversité Paris Cité, CNRS, Institut Jacques Monod, F-75013 Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-8975-0881
LuYan CaoThe Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7115-7281
Miroslav MladenovThe Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
Bérengère GuichardUniversité Paris Cité, CNRS, Institut Jacques Monod, F-75013 Paris, France.
Michael WayThe Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7207-2722
Antoine JégouUniversité Paris Cité, CNRS, Institut Jacques Monod, F-75013 Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0003-0356-3127
Guillaume Romet-LemonneUniversité Paris Cité, CNRS, Institut Jacques Monod, F-75013 Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-4938-1065
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRThe Francis Crick Institute · GB

Funding

Medical Research CouncilWellcome Trust CC2096
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Branched actin filaments are found in many key cellular structures. Branches are nucleated by the Arp2/3 complex activated by nucleation-promoting factor (NPF) proteins and bound to the side of preexisting "mother" filaments. Over time, branches dissociate from their mother filament, leading to network reorganization and turnover, but this mechanism is less understood. Here, using microfluidics and purified proteins, we examined the dissociation of individual branches under controlled biochemical and mechanical conditions. We observe that the Arp2/3 complex remains bound to the mother filament after most debranching events, even when accelerated by force. Strikingly, this surviving Arp2/3 complex readily nucleates a new actin filament branch, without being activated anew by an NPF: It simply needs to exchange its nucleotide and bind an actin monomer. The protein glia maturation factor (GMF), which accelerates debranching, prevents branch renucleation. Our results suggest that actin filament renucleation can provide a self-repair mechanism, helping branched networks to sustain mechanical stress in cells over extended periods of time.

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Actin CytoskeletonActin-Related Protein 2-3 ComplexActinsCytoskeletonRegenerationActin-Related Protein 2-3 ComplexActins

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PMID38277459
PMCPMC10816697
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