title: Cdc42 regulates neutrophil migration via crosstalk between WASp, CD11b, and microtubules.
abstract: Chemotaxis promotes neutrophil participation in cellular defense by enabling neutrophil migration to infected tissue and is controlled by persistent cell polarization. One long-standing question of neutrophil polarity has been how the pseudopod and the uropod are coordinated. In our previous report, we suggested that Rho GTPase Cdc42 controls neutrophil polarity through CD11b signaling at the uropod, albeit through an unknown mechanism. Here, we show that Cdc42 controls polarity, unexpectedly, via its effector WASp. Cdc42 controls WASp activation and its distant localization to the uropod. At the uropod, WASp regulates the reorganization of CD11b integrin into detergent resistant membrane domains; in turn, CD11b recruits the microtubule end binding protein EB1 to capture and stabilize microtubules at the uropod. This organization is necessary to maintain neutrophil polarity during migration and is critical for neutrophil emigration into inflamed lungs. These results suggest unrecognized mechanism of neutrophil polarity in which WASp mediates long-distance control of the uropod by Cdc42 to maintain a proper balance between the pseudopod and the uropod. Our study reveals a new function for WASp in the control of neutrophil polarity via crosstalk between CD11b and microtubules.
authors.affiliation: Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Sachin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Juying
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Perkins
authors.forename: Fukun
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Snapper
authors.forename: Fred D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Finkelman
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Marie-Dominique
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Filippi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D039481:CD11b Antigen / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016764:Cell Polarity; D002633:Chemotaxis / Q000235:genetics*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D008168:Lung / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D008870:Microtubules / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D011485:Protein Binding; D011554:Pseudopodia / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D012190:Retroviridae; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics; D014161:Transduction, Genetic; D051316:Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020764:cdc42 GTP-Binding Protein / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D039481:CD11b Antigen; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D051316:Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein; D020764:cdc42 GTP-Binding Protein