1. The atypical Rho GTPase RhoU interacts with Intersectin-2 to regulate endosomal recycling pathways
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Alla Rynditch, Tetyana Gryaznova, Olga Gubar, Petra Toth, S. V. Kropyvko, Stéphane Ory, Stéphane Gasman, Pauline Croisé, Nicolas Vitale, Anne Blangy, Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives (INCI), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Équipe 'Rythme, vie et mort de la rétine', Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives (INCI)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de recherche en Biologie Cellulaire (CRBM), Université Montpellier 1 (UM1)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives, UPR3212, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Functional Genomics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Université Montpellier 1 (UM1)
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rho GTP-Binding Proteins ,Cell signaling ,Endosome ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,GTPase ,CDC42 ,Endosomes ,[SDV.BC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology ,Biology ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Cell Adhesion ,Endomembrane system ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,030304 developmental biology ,0303 health sciences ,Chemistry ,Cell Biology ,Subcellular localization ,Cell biology ,Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport ,PXXP Motif ,[SDV.NEU]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC] ,Intersectin 2 ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Signal Transduction - Abstract
Rho GTPases play a key role in various membrane trafficking processes. RhoU is an atypical small Rho GTPase related to Rac/Cdc42 which possesses unique N- and C-terminal domains that regulate its function and its subcellular localization. RhoU localized at the plasma membrane, on endosomes and in cell adhesion structures where it governs cell signalling, differentiation and migration. However, despite its endomembrane localization, RhoU function in vesicular trafficking has been unexplored. Here, we identified intersectins (ITSNs) as new binding partners for RhoU and showed that the second PxxP motif at the N-terminus of RhoU mediated interactions with SH3 domains of ITSNs. To evaluate the function of RhoU and ITSNs in vesicular trafficking, we used fluorescent transferrin as a cargo for uptake experiments. We showed that silencing of either RhoU or ITSN2, but not ITSN1 increased transferrin accumulation in early endosomes resulting from defect in fast vesicle recycling. Concomitantly, RhoU and ITSN2 colocalized to a subset of Rab4-positive vesicles suggesting that RhoU-ITSN2 interaction may occur on fast recycling endosomes to regulate the fate of vesicular cargos.
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- 2019