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The motor protein myosin-X transports VE-cadherin along filopodia to allow the formation of early endothelial cell-cell contacts.


ABSTRACT: Vascular endothelium (VE), the monolayer of endothelial cells that lines the vascular tree, undergoes damage at the basis of some vascular diseases. Its integrity is maintained by VE-cadherin, an adhesive receptor localized at cell-cell junctions. Here, we show that VE-cadherin is also located at the tip and along filopodia in sparse or subconfluent endothelial cells. We observed that VE-cadherin navigates along intrafilopodial actin filaments. We found that the actin motor protein myosin-X is colocalized and moves synchronously with filopodial VE-cadherin. Immunoprecipitation and pulldown assays confirmed that myosin-X is directly associated with the VE-cadherin complex. Furthermore, expression of a dominant-negative mutant of myosin-X revealed that myosin-X is required for VE-cadherin export to cell edges and filopodia. These features indicate that myosin-X establishes a link between the actin cytoskeleton and VE-cadherin, thereby allowing VE-cadherin transportation along intrafilopodial actin cables. In conclusion, we propose that VE-cadherin trafficking along filopodia using myosin-X motor protein is a prerequisite for cell-cell junction formation. This mechanism may have functional consequences for endothelium repair in pathological settings.

SUBMITTER: Almagro S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2838073 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The motor protein myosin-X transports VE-cadherin along filopodia to allow the formation of early endothelial cell-cell contacts.

Almagro Sébastien S   Durmort Claire C   Chervin-Pétinot Adeline A   Heyraud Stephanie S   Dubois Mathilde M   Lambert Olivier O   Maillefaud Camille C   Hewat Elizabeth E   Schaal Jean Patrick JP   Huber Philippe P   Gulino-Debrac Danielle D  

Molecular and cellular biology 20100201 7


Vascular endothelium (VE), the monolayer of endothelial cells that lines the vascular tree, undergoes damage at the basis of some vascular diseases. Its integrity is maintained by VE-cadherin, an adhesive receptor localized at cell-cell junctions. Here, we show that VE-cadherin is also located at the tip and along filopodia in sparse or subconfluent endothelial cells. We observed that VE-cadherin navigates along intrafilopodial actin filaments. We found that the actin motor protein myosin-X is c  ...[more]

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