title: Regulation of vinculin binding to talin and actin by phosphatidyl-inositol-4-5-bisphosphate.
abstract: Vinculin, a prominent cytoskeletal protein at cell-substrate adhesions (focal adhesions) and cell-cell adhesions (adherens junctions), interacts with other cytoskeletal proteins, including talin and actin. An intramolecular interaction between the head and tail domains of vinculin masks the binding sites for both proteins. The exposure of cryptic binding sites may be important for promoting focal adhesion assembly. Several agents that induce the formation of focal adhesions act through the GTP-binding protein Rho, which elevates phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate (PtdInsP2) levels by activating phosphatidyl-inositol-4-phosphate-5-OH kinase (PtdIns-5-OH kinase). PtdInsP2 regulates several actin-binding proteins, including profilin, gelsolin and alpha-actinin, and interacts with vinculin. Here we report that PtdInsP2 dissociates vinculin's head-tail interaction, unmasking its talin- and actin-binding sites. Microinjection of antibodies against PtdInsP2 inhibit assembly of stress fibres and focal adhesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599, USA. gilmore@med.unc.edu
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Gilmore
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Burridge
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D019269:Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate; D018129:Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011817:Rabbits; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D016608:Talin / Q000378:metabolism*; D016596:Vinculin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D019269:Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate; D018129:Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D016608:Talin; D016596:Vinculin