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Vinculin-Arp2/3 interaction inhibits branched actin assembly to control migration and proliferation.

John James, Artem I Fokin, Dmitry Y Guschin, Hong Wang, Anna Polesskaya, Svetlana N Rubtsova, Christophe Le Clainche, Pascal Silberzan, Alexis M Gautreau, Stéphane Romero

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Article in Life science alliance, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Identification of PKN2 and MOB4 as Coordinators of Collective Cell Migration.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

John JamesLaboratory of Structural Biology of the Cell (BIOC), CNRS UMR7654, École Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France.ORCID 0009-0009-1009-0832
Artem I FokinLaboratory of Structural Biology of the Cell (BIOC), CNRS UMR7654, École Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France.ORCID 0000-0003-2205-8441
Dmitry Y GuschinLaboratory of Structural Biology of the Cell (BIOC), CNRS UMR7654, École Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France.ORCID 0000-0002-4184-0001
Hong WangUniversité Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France.ORCID 0000-0002-3120-1679
Anna PolesskayaLaboratory of Structural Biology of the Cell (BIOC), CNRS UMR7654, École Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France.
Svetlana N RubtsovaLaboratory of Structural Biology of the Cell (BIOC), CNRS UMR7654, École Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France.ORCID 0000-0003-4620-7851
Christophe Le ClaincheUniversité Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
Pascal SilberzanLaboratoire PhysicoChimie Curie UMR168, Institut Curie, Paris Sciences et Lettres, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.
Alexis M GautreauLaboratory of Structural Biology of the Cell (BIOC), CNRS UMR7654, École Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France alexis.gautreau@polytechnique.fr.
Stéphane RomeroLaboratory of Structural Biology of the Cell (BIOC), CNRS UMR7654, École Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France stephane.romero@polytechnique.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-7358-3871

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vinculin is a mechanotransducer that reinforces links between cell adhesions and linear arrays of actin filaments upon myosin-mediated contractility. Both adhesions to the substratum and neighboring cells, however, are initiated within membrane protrusions that originate from Arp2/3-nucleated branched actin networks. Vinculin has been reported to interact with the Arp2/3 complex, but the role of this interaction remains poorly understood. Here, we compared the phenotypes of vinculin knock-out (KO) cells with those of knock-in (KI-P878A) cells, where the point mutation P878A that impairs the Arp2/3 interaction is introduced in the two vinculin alleles of MCF10A mammary epithelial cells. The interaction of vinculin with Arp2/3 inhibits actin polymerization at membrane protrusions and decreases migration persistence of single cells. In cell monolayers, vinculin recruits Arp2/3 and the vinculin-Arp2/3 interaction participates in cell-cell junction plasticity. Through this interaction, vinculin controls the decision to enter a new cell cycle as a function of cell density.

Indexed as

Actin-Related Protein 2-3 ComplexActinsCell MovementCell ProliferationVinculinActin CytoskeletonCell AdhesionCell LineHumansProtein BindingActin-Related Protein 2-3 ComplexActinsVCL protein, humanVinculin

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PMID39547716
PMCPMC11568829

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