Diverse roles of guanine nucleotide exchange factors in regulating collective cell migration Journal Article
| Authors: | Zaritsky, A.; Tseng, Y. Y.; Rabadán, M. A.; Krishna, S.; Overholtzer, M.; Danuser, G.; Hall, A. |
| Article Title: | Diverse roles of guanine nucleotide exchange factors in regulating collective cell migration |
| Abstract: | Efficient collective migration depends on a balance between contractility and cytoskeletal rearrangements, adhesion, and mechanical cell-cell communication, all controlled by GTPases of the RHO family. By comprehensive screening of guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) in human bronchial epithelial cell monolayers, we identified GEFs that are required for collective migration at large, such as SOS1 and β-PIX, and RHOA GEFs that are implicated in intercellular communication. Down-regulation of the latter GEFs differentially enhanced front-to-back propagation of guidance cues through the monolayer and was mirrored by down-regulation of RHOA expression and myosin II activity. Phenotype- based clustering of knockdown behaviors identified RHOA-ARH GEF18 and ARH GEF3-ARH GEF28-ARH GEF11 clusters, indicating that the latter may signal through other RHO-family GTPases. Indeed, knockdown of RHOC produced an intermediate between the two phenotypes. We conclude that for effective collective migration, the RHOA-GEFs → RHOA/C → actomyosin pathways must be optimally tuned to compromise between generation of motility forces and restriction of intercellular communication. © 2017 Zaritsky et al. |
| Journal Title: | Journal of Cell Biology |
| Volume: | 216 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| ISSN: | 0021-9525 |
| Publisher: | Rockefeller University Press |
| Date Published: | 2017-06-05 |
| Start Page: | 1543 |
| End Page: | 1556 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1083/jcb.201609095 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC5461017 |
| PUBMED: | 28512143 |
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| Notes: | Article -- Export Date: 2 August 2017 -- Source: Scopus |
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