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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-7-4
pubmed:abstractText
Individual tumour cells move in three-dimensional environments with either a rounded or an elongated 'mesenchymal' morphology. These two modes of movement are tightly regulated by Rho family GTPases: elongated movement requires activation of Rac1, whereas rounded/amoeboid movement engages specific Cdc42 and Rho signalling pathways. In siRNA screens targeting the genes encoding guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs), we found that the Ras GEF RasGRF2 regulates conversion between elongated- and rounded-type movement. RasGRF2 suppresses rounded movement by inhibiting the activation of Cdc42 independently of its capacity to activate Ras. RasGRF2 and RasGRF1 directly bind to Cdc42, outcompeting Cdc42 GEFs, thereby preventing Cdc42 activation. By this mechanism, RasGRFs regulate other Cdc42-mediated cellular processes such as the formation of actin spikes, transformation and invasion in vitro and in vivo. These results demonstrate a role for RasGRF GEFs as negative regulators of Cdc42 activation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1476-4679
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
819-26
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-9-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21685891-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:21685891-COS Cells, pubmed-meshheading:21685891-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:21685891-Cell Shape, pubmed-meshheading:21685891-Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:21685891-Cercopithecus aethiops, pubmed-meshheading:21685891-Cytoskeleton, pubmed-meshheading:21685891-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:21685891-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:21685891-HeLa Cells, pubmed-meshheading:21685891-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21685891-Jurkat Cells, pubmed-meshheading:21685891-Melanoma, pubmed-meshheading:21685891-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:21685891-Microscopy, Video, pubmed-meshheading:21685891-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:21685891-NIH 3T3 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:21685891-Neoplasm Invasiveness, pubmed-meshheading:21685891-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:21685891-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-vav, pubmed-meshheading:21685891-RNA Interference, pubmed-meshheading:21685891-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:21685891-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:21685891-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:21685891-cdc42 GTP-Binding Protein, pubmed-meshheading:21685891-ras Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors, pubmed-meshheading:21685891-ras-GRF1
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
RasGRF suppresses Cdc42-mediated tumour cell movement, cytoskeletal dynamics and transformation.
pubmed:affiliation
Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria (IBBTEC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-IDICAN-Universidad de Cantabria, Departamento de Biología Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Santander, 39011, Cantabria, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Video-Audio Media