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ArticleMolecular biology of the cell2024

Solo regulates the localization and activity of PDZ-RhoGEF for actin cytoskeletal remodeling in response to substrate stiffness.

Aoi Kunitomi, Shuhei Chiba, Nahoko Higashitani, Atsushi Higashitani, Shinichi Sato, Kensaku Mizuno, Kazumasa Ohashi

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Article in Molecular biology of the cell, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  2. Roles of the Dbl family of RhoGEFs in mechanotransduction - a review.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024
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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aoi KunitomiLaboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Department of Molecular and Chemical Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan.
Shuhei ChibaLaboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Department of Molecular and Chemical Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan.
Nahoko HigashitaniLaboratory of Molecular Genetics and Physiology, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan.
Atsushi HigashitaniLaboratory of Molecular Genetics and Physiology, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan.
Shinichi SatoLaboratory of Bioactive Molecules, Department of Molecular and Chemical Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan.
Kensaku MizunoLaboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Department of Molecular and Chemical Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan.
Kazumasa OhashiLaboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Department of Molecular and Chemical Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan.
Tohoku University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent findings indicate that Solo, a RhoGEF, is involved in cellular mechanical stress responses. However, the mechanism of actin cytoskeletal remodeling via Solo remains unclear. Therefore, this study aimed to identify Solo-interacting proteins using the BioID, a proximal-dependent labeling method, and elucidate the molecular mechanisms of function of Solo. We identified PDZ-RhoGEF (PRG) as a Solo-interacting protein. PRG colocalized with Solo in the basal area of cells, depending on Solo localization, and enhanced actin polymerization at the Solo accumulation sites. Additionally, Solo and PRG interaction was necessary for actin cytoskeletal remodeling. Furthermore, the purified Solo itself had little or negligible GEF activity, even its GEF-inactive mutant directly activated the GEF activity of PRG through interaction. Moreover, overexpression of the Solo and PRG binding domains, respectively, had a dominant-negative effect on actin polymerization and actin stress fiber formation in response to substrate stiffness. Therefore, Solo restricts the localization of PRG and regulates actin cytoskeletal remodeling in synergy with PRG in response to the surrounding mechanical environment.

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Actin CytoskeletonActinsRho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsAnimalsCytoskeletonHEK293 CellsHumansPDZ DomainsProtein BindingActinsARHGEF11 protein, humanRho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors

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PMID38656797
PMCPMC11238083
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