Drebrin preserves endothelial integrity by stabilizing nectin at adherens junctions
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Drebrin preserves endothelial integrity by stabilizing nectin at adherens junctions. / Rehm, Kerstin; Panzer, Linda; van Vliet, Vanessa; Genot, Elisabeth; Linder, Stefan.
in: J CELL SCI, Jahrgang 126, Nr. Pt 16, 15.08.2013, S. 3756-69.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - Drebrin preserves endothelial integrity by stabilizing nectin at adherens junctions
AU - Rehm, Kerstin
AU - Panzer, Linda
AU - van Vliet, Vanessa
AU - Genot, Elisabeth
AU - Linder, Stefan
PY - 2013/8/15
Y1 - 2013/8/15
N2 - Regulation of cell-cell contacts is essential for integrity of the vascular endothelium. Here, a critical role of the F-actin-binding protein drebrin in maintaining endothelial integrity is revealed under conditions mimicking vascular flow. Drebrin knockdown leads to weakening of cell-cell contacts, characterized by loss of nectin from adherens junctions and its subsequent lysosomal degradation. Immunoprecipitation, FRAP and mitochondrial re-targeting experiments show that nectin stabilization occurs through a chain of interactions: drebrin binding to F-actin, interaction of drebrin and afadin through their polyproline and PR1-2 regions, and recruitment of nectin through the PDZ region of afadin. Key elements are modules in drebrin that confer binding to afadin and F-actin. Evidence for this was obtained using constructs containing the PDZ region of afadin coupled to the F-actin-binding region of drebrin or to lifeact, which restore junctional nectin under knockdown of drebrin or of both drebrin and afadin. Drebrin, containing binding sites for both afadin and F-actin, is thus uniquely equipped to stabilize nectin at endothelial junctions and to preserve endothelial integrity under vascular flow.
AB - Regulation of cell-cell contacts is essential for integrity of the vascular endothelium. Here, a critical role of the F-actin-binding protein drebrin in maintaining endothelial integrity is revealed under conditions mimicking vascular flow. Drebrin knockdown leads to weakening of cell-cell contacts, characterized by loss of nectin from adherens junctions and its subsequent lysosomal degradation. Immunoprecipitation, FRAP and mitochondrial re-targeting experiments show that nectin stabilization occurs through a chain of interactions: drebrin binding to F-actin, interaction of drebrin and afadin through their polyproline and PR1-2 regions, and recruitment of nectin through the PDZ region of afadin. Key elements are modules in drebrin that confer binding to afadin and F-actin. Evidence for this was obtained using constructs containing the PDZ region of afadin coupled to the F-actin-binding region of drebrin or to lifeact, which restore junctional nectin under knockdown of drebrin or of both drebrin and afadin. Drebrin, containing binding sites for both afadin and F-actin, is thus uniquely equipped to stabilize nectin at endothelial junctions and to preserve endothelial integrity under vascular flow.
U2 - 10.1242/jcs.129437
DO - 10.1242/jcs.129437
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 23750010
VL - 126
SP - 3756
EP - 3769
JO - J CELL SCI
JF - J CELL SCI
SN - 0021-9533
IS - Pt 16
ER -