title: Calcium-dependent dynamics of cadherin interactions at cell-cell junctions.
abstract: Cadherins play a key role in the dynamics of cell-cell contact formation and remodeling of junctions and tissues. Cadherin-cadherin interactions are gated by extracellular Ca(2+), which serves to rigidify the cadherin extracellular domains and promote trans junctional interactions. Here we describe the direct visualization and quantification of spatiotemporal dynamics of N-cadherin interactions across intercellular junctions in living cells using a genetically encodable FRET reporter system. Direct measurements of transjunctional cadherin interactions revealed a sudden, but partial, loss of homophilic interactions (τ = 1.17 ± 0.06 s(-1)) upon chelation of extracellular Ca(2+). A cadherin mutant with reduced adhesive activity (W2A) exhibited a faster, more substantial loss of homophilic interactions (τ = 0.86 ± 0.02 s(-1)), suggesting two types of native cadherin interactions--one that is rapidly modulated by changes in extracellular Ca(2+) and another with relatively stable adhesive activity that is Ca(2+) independent. The Ca(2+)-sensitive dynamics of cadherin interactions were transmitted to the cell interior where β-catenin translocated to N-cadherin at the junction in both cells. These data indicate that cadherins can rapidly convey dynamic information about the extracellular environment to both cells that comprise a junction.
authors: Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
authors: Sally A
authors: SA
authors: Kim
authors: Chin-Yin
authors: CY
authors: Tai
authors: Lee-Peng
authors: LP
authors: Mok
authors: Eric A
authors: EA
authors: Mosser
authors: Erin M
authors: EM
authors: Schuman
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