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GAS2-like proteins mediate communication between microtubules and actin through interactions with end-binding proteins

Stroud, M. J., Nazgiewicz, A., McKenzie, E. A., Wang, Yisu, Kammerer, R. A. and Ballestrem, C. 2014. GAS2-like proteins mediate communication between microtubules and actin through interactions with end-binding proteins. Journal of Cell Science 127 (12) , pp. 2672-2682. 10.1242/jcs.140558

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Abstract

Crosstalk between the microtubule (MT) and actin cytoskeletons is fundamental to many cellular processes including cell polarisation and cell motility. Previous work has shown that members of the growth-arrest-specific 2 (GAS2) family mediate the crosstalk between filamentous actin (F-actin) and MTs, but the molecular basis of this process remained unclear. By using fluorescence microscopy, we demonstrate that three members of this family, GAS2-like 1, GAS2-like 2 and GAS2-like 3 (G2L1, G2L2 and G2L3, also known as GAS2L1, GAS2L2 and GAS2L3, respectively) are differentially involved in mediating the crosstalk between F-actin and MTs. Although all localise to actin and MTs, only the exogenous expression of G2L1 and G2L2 influenced MT stability, dynamics and guidance along actin stress fibres. Biochemical analysis and live-cell imaging revealed that their functions are largely due to the association of these proteins with MT plus-end-binding proteins that bind to SxIP or SxLP motifs located at G2L C-termini. Our findings lead to a model in which end-binding (EB) proteins play a key role in mediating actin–MT crosstalk.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Biosciences
Publisher: The Company of Biologists Ltd
ISSN: 0021-9533
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 25 November 2016
Date of Acceptance: 12 March 2014
Last Modified: 18 May 2023 18:15
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/96407

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