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BIOLOGY OF THE CELL
卷 102, 期 1, 页码 13-24出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1042/BC20090048
关键词
cadherin receptor; Cdc42; epithelial cell; junction assembly; signalling; small GTPase
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- Cancer Research UK [C1282/A5960/ G18481]
- Wellcome Trust [081357/Z/06/Z]
- Medical Research Council [G0700154]
- Portuguese Ministry of Science and Technology
- Biotechnological and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) [BB/C519670/1]
- MRC [G0600791, G0700154] Funding Source: UKRI
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/C519670/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [G0600791] Funding Source: researchfish
Background information. The appropriate regulation of cell-cell adhesion is an important event in the homoeostasis of different cell types. In epithelial cells, tight adhesion mediated by E-cadherin receptors is essential for the differentiation and functionality of epithelial sheets. Upon assembly of cadherin-mediated cell-cell contacts, it is well established that the small GTPases Rho and Rac are activated and are necessary for junction stability. However, the role of the small GTPase Cdc42 in cadherin adhesion is less clear. Cdc42 can be activated by E-cadherin in a breast tumour cell line, but the requirement for Cdc42 function for new junction assembly or maintenance has been contradictory. Cdc42 participation in cell-cell contacts has been inferred from the presence of filopodia, the typical F-actin structure induced by Cdc42 activation, as cells approach each other to establish cell-cell contacts. Yet, under these conditions, the contribution of migration to filopodia protrusion cannot be excluded and the results are difficult to interpret. Results. In the present study, we set out to address (a) whether Cdc42 is activated by new E-cadherin cell-cell contacts when junction assembly occurs without prior migration and (b) whether Cdc42 function is necessary for cadherin stability. We found that junction formation in confluent keratinocytes or upon E-cadherin clustering decreased Cdc42-GTP levels. In the absence of serum- and migration-induced Cdc42 activation, we demonstrated that cell-cell contacts do not induce filopodia or require Cdc42 function to assemble. Conclusion. We conclude that Cdc42 does not participate in the early events that initiate stable cadherin adhesion in keratinocytes. Yet, it is feasible that Cdc42 may be activated at later time points or by other receptors. Cdc42 can then participate in additional functions during polarization, such as Golgi re-positioning or basolateral trafficking.
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