TY - JOUR
T1 - Phosphoinositide binding inhibits α-actinin bundling activity
AU - Fraley, Tamara S.
AU - Tran, Thuan C.
AU - Corgan, Anne Marie
AU - Nash, Coral A.
AU - Hao, Jie
AU - Critchley, David R.
AU - Greenwood, Jeffrey A.
PY - 2003/7/27
Y1 - 2003/7/27
N2 - α-Actinin is an abundant actin-bundling and adhesion protein that directly links actin filaments to integrin receptors. Previously, in platelet-derived growth factor-treated fibroblasts, we demonstrated that phosphoinositides bind to α-actinin, regulating its localization (Greenwood, J. A., Theibert, A. B., Prestwich, G. D., and Murphy-Ullrich, J. E. (2000) J. Cell Biol. 150, 627-642). In this study, phosphoinositide binding and regulation of α-actinin function is further characterized. Phosphoinositide binding specificity, determined using a protein-lipid overlay procedure, suggests that α-actinin interacts with phosphates on the 4th and 5th position of the inositol head group. Binding assays and mutational analyses demonstrate that phosphoinositides bind to the calponin homology domain 2 of α-actinin. Phosphoinositide binding inhibited the bundling activity of α-actinin by blocking the interaction of the actin-binding domain with actin filaments. Consistent with these results, excessive bundling of actin filaments was observed in fibroblasts expressing an α-actinin mutant with decreased phosphoinositide affinity. We conclude that the interaction of α-actinin with phosphoinositides regulates actin stress fibers in the cell by controlling the extent to which microfilaments are bundled.
AB - α-Actinin is an abundant actin-bundling and adhesion protein that directly links actin filaments to integrin receptors. Previously, in platelet-derived growth factor-treated fibroblasts, we demonstrated that phosphoinositides bind to α-actinin, regulating its localization (Greenwood, J. A., Theibert, A. B., Prestwich, G. D., and Murphy-Ullrich, J. E. (2000) J. Cell Biol. 150, 627-642). In this study, phosphoinositide binding and regulation of α-actinin function is further characterized. Phosphoinositide binding specificity, determined using a protein-lipid overlay procedure, suggests that α-actinin interacts with phosphates on the 4th and 5th position of the inositol head group. Binding assays and mutational analyses demonstrate that phosphoinositides bind to the calponin homology domain 2 of α-actinin. Phosphoinositide binding inhibited the bundling activity of α-actinin by blocking the interaction of the actin-binding domain with actin filaments. Consistent with these results, excessive bundling of actin filaments was observed in fibroblasts expressing an α-actinin mutant with decreased phosphoinositide affinity. We conclude that the interaction of α-actinin with phosphoinositides regulates actin stress fibers in the cell by controlling the extent to which microfilaments are bundled.
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U2 - 10.1074/jbc.M213288200
DO - 10.1074/jbc.M213288200
M3 - Article
C2 - 12716899
AN - SCOPUS:0038606062
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 278
SP - 24039
EP - 24045
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 26
ER -