title: Role of DLC-1, a tumor suppressor protein with RhoGAP activity, in regulation of the cytoskeleton and cell motility.
abstract: DLC-1 was originally identified as a potential tumor suppressor. One of the key biochemical functions of DLC-1 is to serve as a GTPase activating protein (GAP) for members of the Rho family of GTPases, particularly Rho A-C and Cdc 42. Since these GTPases are critically involved in regulation of the cytoskeleton and cell migration, it seems clear that DLC-1 will also influence these processes. In this review we examine basic aspects of the actin cyoskeleton and how it relates to cell motility. We then delineate the characteristics of DLC-1 and other members of its family, and describe how they may have multiple effects on the regulation of cell polarity, actin organization, and cell migration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
authors.forename: T Y
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vigil
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Der
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Juliano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002465:Cell Movement; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism*; D020690:GTPase-Activating Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008954:Models, Biological; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D015398:Signal Transduction; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D020741:rho GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D020742:rhoA GTP-Binding Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D020743:rhoB GTP-Binding Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D000075024:rhoC GTP-Binding Protein
chemical_list: C112352:DLC1 protein, human; D020690:GTPase-Activating Proteins; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; C085379:rho GTPase-activating protein; C066737:RHOA protein, human; C066690:RHOC protein, human; D020741:rho GTP-Binding Proteins; D020742:rhoA GTP-Binding Protein; D020743:rhoB GTP-Binding Protein; D000075024:rhoC GTP-Binding Protein