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Cytoskeleton assembly at endothelial cell-cell contacts is regulated by alphaII-spectrin-VASP complexes.

ABSTRACT: Directed cortical actin assembly is the driving force for intercellular adhesion. Regulated by phosphorylation, vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) participates in actin fiber formation. We screened for endothelial proteins, which bind to VASP, dependent on its phosphorylation status. Differential proteomics identified alphaII-spectrin as such a VASP-interacting protein. alphaII-Spectrin binds to the VASP triple GP(5)-motif via its SH3 domain. cAMP-dependent protein kinase-mediated VASP phosphorylation at Ser157 inhibits alphaII-spectrin-VASP binding. VASP is dephosphorylated upon formation of cell-cell contacts and in confluent, but not in sparse cells, alphaII-spectrin colocalizes with nonphosphorylated VASP at cell-cell junctions. Ectopic expression of the alphaII-spectrin SH3 domain at cell-cell contacts translocates VASP, initiates cortical actin cytoskeleton formation, stabilizes cell-cell contacts, and decreases endothelial permeability. Conversely, the permeability of VASP-deficient endothelial cells (ECs) and microvessels of VASP-null mice increases. Reconstitution of VASP-deficient ECs rescues barrier function, whereas alphaII-spectrin binding-deficient VASP mutants fail to restore elevated permeability. We propose that alphaII-spectrin-VASP complexes regulate cortical actin cytoskeleton assembly with implications for vascular permeability.

SUBMITTER: Benz PM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2213610 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Cytoskeleton assembly at endothelial cell-cell contacts is regulated by alphaII-spectrin-VASP complexes.

Benz Peter M PM Blume Constanze C Moebius Jan J Oschatz Chris C Schuh Kai K Sickmann Albert A Walter Ulrich U Feller Stephan M SM Renné Thomas T

The Journal of cell biology 20080101 1

Directed cortical actin assembly is the driving force for intercellular adhesion. Regulated by phosphorylation, vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) participates in actin fiber formation. We screened for endothelial proteins, which bind to VASP, dependent on its phosphorylation status. Differential proteomics identified alphaII-spectrin as such a VASP-interacting protein. alphaII-Spectrin binds to the VASP triple GP(5)-motif via its SH3 domain. cAMP-dependent protein kinase-mediated VASP ...[more]

PMID: 18195108

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Cytoskeleton assembly at endothelial cell-cell contacts is regulated by alphaII-spectrin-VASP complexes.

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Cytoskeleton assembly at endothelial cell-cell contacts is regulated by alphaII-spectrin-VASP complexes.

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