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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
Pt 16
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-8-17
pubmed:abstractText
This study provides the first evidence that actin reorganization during AQP2 vesicular trafficking to the plasma membrane requires the functional involvement of ERM (ezrin/radixin/moesin) proteins cross-linking actin filaments with plasma membrane proteins. We report that forskolin stimulation was associated with a redistribution of moesin from intracellular sites to the cell cortex and with a concomitant enrichment of moesin in the particulate fraction in renal cells. Introduction of a peptide reproducing a short sequence of moesin within the binding site for F-actin induced all the key effects of forskolin stimulation, including a decrease in F-actin, translocation of endogenous moesin, and AQP2 translocation. A straightforward explanation for these effects is the ability of the peptide to uncouple moesin from its putative effector. This modifies the balance between the active and inactive forms of moesin. Extraction with Triton X-100, which preserves cytoskeletal associated proteins, showed that forskolin stimulation or peptide introduction reduced the amount of phophorylated moesin, a molecular modification known to stabilize moesin in an active state. Our data point to a dual role of moesin in AQP2 trafficking: it might modulate actin depolymerization and it participates in the reorganization of F-actin-containing cytoskeletal structures close to the fusion sites of the AQP2-bearing vesicles.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0021-9533
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
118
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3623-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16046477-Actin Cytoskeleton, pubmed-meshheading:16046477-Actins, pubmed-meshheading:16046477-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16046477-Aquaporin 2, pubmed-meshheading:16046477-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:16046477-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:16046477-Cell Polarity, pubmed-meshheading:16046477-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:16046477-Exocytosis, pubmed-meshheading:16046477-Forskolin, pubmed-meshheading:16046477-Membrane Fusion, pubmed-meshheading:16046477-Microfilament Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16046477-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:16046477-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:16046477-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:16046477-Protein Transport, pubmed-meshheading:16046477-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:16046477-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:16046477-Transport Vesicles
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Actin remodeling requires ERM function to facilitate AQP2 apical targeting.
pubmed:affiliation
Dipartimento di Fisiologia Generale ed Ambientale, University of Bari, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't