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Elife ; 72018 10 15.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30320548

RESUMEN

The two Ral GTPases, RalA and RalB, have crucial roles downstream Ras oncoproteins in human cancers; in particular, RalB is involved in invasion and metastasis. However, therapies targeting Ral signalling are not available yet. By a novel optogenetic approach, we found that light-controlled activation of Ral at plasma-membrane promotes the recruitment of the Wave Regulatory Complex (WRC) via its effector exocyst, with consequent induction of protrusions and invasion. We show that active Ras signals to RalB via two RalGEFs (Guanine nucleotide Exchange Factors), RGL1 and RGL2, to foster invasiveness; RalB contribution appears to be more important than that of MAPK and PI3K pathways. Moreover, on the clinical side, we uncovered a potential role of RalB in human breast cancers by determining that RalB expression at protein level increases in a manner consistent with progression toward metastasis. This work highlights the Ras-RGL1/2-RalB-exocyst-WRC axis as appealing target for novel anticancer strategies.


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Familia de Proteínas del Síndrome de Wiskott-Aldrich/metabolismo , Proteínas de Unión al GTP ral/metabolismo , Proteínas ras/metabolismo , Neoplasias de la Mama/metabolismo , Neoplasias de la Mama/patología , Línea Celular , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Membrana Celular/efectos de la radiación , Extensiones de la Superficie Celular/metabolismo , Extensiones de la Superficie Celular/efectos de la radiación , Progresión de la Enfermedad , Femenino , Humanos , Luz , Invasividad Neoplásica , Optogenética , Transducción de Señal
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J Cell Sci ; 116(Pt 10): 1937-48, 2003 May 15.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12668730

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Endocytosis is a regulated physiological process by which membrane receptors and their extracellular ligands are internalized. After internalization, they enter the endosomal trafficking pathway for sorting and processing. Amphiphysins consist of a family of proteins conserved throughout evolution that are crucial elements of the endocytosis machinery in mammalian cells. They act as adaptors for a series of proteins important for the endocytic process, such as dynamin. In order to improve our knowledge of amphiphysin function, we performed a two-hybrid screen with the N-terminal part of murine amphiphysin 2 (residues 1-304). One of the interacting clones corresponded to sorting nexin 4 (SNX4), a member of the SNX family of proteins which are suspected to regulate vesicular trafficking. This interaction was confirmed in vivo by co-immunoprecipitation. Immunofluorescence analysis revealed that amphiphysin 2 might bind reticulo-vesicular structures present throughout the cell body and be associated with SNX4 on these structures. In an endocytosis assay, overexpressed C-terminal or full-length SNX4 was able to inhibit transferrin receptor endocytosis as efficiently as the SH3 domain of amphiphysin 2. At lower levels of expression, SNX4 colocalized with transferrin-containing vesicles, some of which were also positive for amphiphysin 2. These results indicate that SNX4 may be part of the endocytic machinery or, alternatively, that SNX4 may associate with key elements of endocytosis such as amphiphysin 2 and sequester them when overexpressed. The presence of amphiphysin 2 on intracellular vesicles and its interplay with SNX4, which is likely to take part in intracellular trafficking, suggest that amphiphysin 2 is not only a regulator of the early steps of endocytosis. It could also play a role at the surface of the endocytic vesicle that has just been formed and of the future endosomes, in order to regulate intracellular trafficking.


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Proteínas Portadoras/metabolismo , Endocitosis , Proteínas del Tejido Nervioso/metabolismo , Proteínas de Transporte Vesicular , Células 3T3 , Animales , Western Blotting , Dinaminas/metabolismo , Electroforesis en Gel de Poliacrilamida , Endosomas/metabolismo , Células HeLa , Humanos , Células Jurkat , Ratones , Microscopía Fluorescente , Pruebas de Precipitina , Unión Proteica , Estructura Terciaria de Proteína , Transporte de Proteínas , Receptores de Transferrina/metabolismo , Transfección , Técnicas del Sistema de Dos Híbridos , Dominios Homologos src
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