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Two modes of integrin activation form a binary molecular switch in adhesion maturation

Talin-mediated integrin activation drives integrin-based adhesions. Here we examine the roles of two proteins that induce talin–integrin interactions—vinculin and Rap1-GTP-interacting adaptor molecule (RIAM)—in the formation and maturation of integrin-based adhesions. RIAM-containing adhesions are p...

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Autores principales: Lee, Ho-Sup, Anekal, Praju, Lim, Chinten James, Liu, Chi-Chao, Ginsberg, Mark H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society for Cell Biology 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3639047/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23468527
http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E12-09-0695
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Sumario:Talin-mediated integrin activation drives integrin-based adhesions. Here we examine the roles of two proteins that induce talin–integrin interactions—vinculin and Rap1-GTP-interacting adaptor molecule (RIAM)—in the formation and maturation of integrin-based adhesions. RIAM-containing adhesions are primarily in the lamellipodium; RIAM is subsequently reduced in mature focal adhesions due to direct competition with vinculin for talin-binding sites. We show that vinculin binding to talin induces Rap1-independent association of talin with integrins and resulting integrin activation, in sharp contrast to Rap1-dependent RIAM-induced activation. Vinculin stabilizes adhesions, increasing their ability to transmit force, whereas RIAM played a critical role in lamellipodial protrusion. Thus displacement of RIAM by vinculin acts as a molecular switch that mediates the transition of integrin-based adhesions from drivers of lamellipodial protrusion to stable, force-bearing adhesions. Consequently changes in the abundance of two multiprotein modules within maturing adhesions, one regulated by Rap1 and one by tension, result in the temporal evolution of adhesion functions.