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Myosin II isoforms identify distinct functional modules that support integrity of the epithelial zonula adherens
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Smutny, Michael, Cox, Hayley L., Leerberg, Joanne M., Kovacs, Eva M., Conti, Mary Anne, Ferguson, Charles, Hamilton, Nicholas A., Parton, Robert G., Adelstein, Robert S. and Yap, Alpha S. (2010) Myosin II isoforms identify distinct functional modules that support integrity of the epithelial zonula adherens. Nature Cell Biology, 12 (7). pp. 696-702. doi:10.1038/ncb2072
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncb2072
Abstract
Classic cadherin receptors cooperate with regulators of the actin cytoskeleton to control tissue organization in health and disease. At the apical junctions of epithelial cells, the cadherin ring of the zonula adherens (ZA) couples with a contiguous ring of actin filaments[1,2,3] to support morphogenetic processes such as tissue integration and cellular morphology[4,5]. However, the molecular mechanisms that coordinate adhesion and cytoskeleton at these junctions are poorly understood. Previously we identified non-muscle myosin II as a target of Rho signalling that supports cadherin junctions in mammalian epithelial cells[6]. Myosin II has various cellular functions, which are increasingly attributable to the specific biophysical properties and regulation of its different isoforms[7]. Here we report that myosin II isoforms have distinct and necessary roles at cadherin junctions. Although two of the three mammalian myosin II isoforms are found at the ZA, their localization is regulated by different upstream signalling pathways. Junctional localization of myosin IIA required E-cadherin adhesion, Rho/ROCK and myosin light-chain kinase, whereas junctional myosin IIB depended on Rap1. Further, these myosin II isoforms support E-cadherin junction integrity by different mechanisms. Myosin IIA RNA-mediated interference (RNAi) selectively perturbed the accumulation of E-cadherin in the apical ZA, decreased cadherin homophilic adhesion and disrupted cadherin clustering. In contrast, myosin IIB RNAi decreased filament content, altered dynamics, and increased the lateral movement of the perijunctional actin ring. Myosin IIA and IIB therefore identify two distinct functional modules, with different upstream signals that control junctional localization, and distinct functional effects. We propose that these two isoform-based modules cooperate to coordinate adhesion receptor and F-actin organization to form apical cadherin junctions.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences > Cell & Developmental Biology Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Nature Cell Biology | ||||
| Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group | ||||
| ISSN: | 1465-7392 | ||||
| Official Date: | 13 June 2010 | ||||
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| Volume: | 12 | ||||
| Number: | 7 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 696-702 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1038/ncb2072 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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