Girdin is phosphorylated on tyrosine 1798 when associated with structures required for migration

Kenji Omori, Masato Asai, Daisuke Kuga, Kaori Ushida, Tetsushi Izuchi, Shinji Mii, Atsushi Enomoto, Naoya Asai, Masato Nagino, Masahide Takahashi

研究成果: ジャーナルへの寄稿学術論文査読

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Abstract The mammalian protein Girdin interacts with several key molecules such as actin, and it functions as a regulator of the cytoskeleton. Silencing of Girdin mRNA results in defective migration in a variety of cultured cells. Moreover, knockout of Girdin causes phenotypes related to defective migration, including hypoplasia of olfactory bulbs and a widened rostral migratory stream (RMS) in mice. To elucidate the molecular basis underlying cellular migration, we generated site- and phosphorylation state-specific antibodies against human Girdin peptides carrying four putative phosphorylation sites (serine1386 [S1386], S1416, tyrosine1764 [Y1764] and Y1798) that had been identified by mutagenesis analyses or mass spectrometric studies. We found that these residues were phosphorylated in an epidermal growth factor (EGF)-dependent manner. Among the four antibodies we developed, the antibody that targeted Girdin when phosphorylated at Y1798 (pY1798) worked well for immunohistochemistry of paraffin-embedded tissues as well as for cultured cells. Immunocytochemistry of HEK293FT cells transfected with an EGF receptor expression plasmid exhibited punctate signals with pY1798. These signals colocalized with those of endocytosed EGF receptors after EGF stimulation. Signals from pY1798 were also observed on lamellipodia, filopodia, focal adhesion and stress fibers in NIH3T3 cells under conventional culture conditions. Immunohistochemistry of paraffin-embedded mouse brain at P14 using anti-pY1798 antibody displayed signals at the hilum-side (internal side) of the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus, the RMS, the accessory olfactory bulb and the olfactory bulb in which Girdin expression was detected. Primary culture of RMS neurons showed punctate signals of pY1798 at the tips of leading processes as well as in the cytoplasm, whereas no signals were observed when neurons were treated with Src inhibitor, PP2. Our data revealed the changes in the phosphorylation status of Y1798 in Girdin when it associated with migration-related structures in vitro and in vivo.

本文言語英語
論文番号33457
ページ(範囲)934-940
ページ数7
ジャーナルBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
458
4
DOI
出版ステータス出版済み - 20-03-2015
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • 生物理学
  • 生化学
  • 分子生物学
  • 細胞生物学

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