title: GEF-H1: orchestrating the interplay between cytoskeleton and vesicle trafficking.
abstract: Vesicle trafficking is crucial for delivery of membrane compartments as well as signaling molecules to specific sites on the plasma membrane for regulation of diverse processes such as cell division, migration, polarity establishment and secretion. Rho GTPases are well-studied signaling molecules that regulate actin cytoskeleton in response to variety of extracellular stimuli. Increasing amounts of evidence suggest that Rho proteins play a critical role in vesicle trafficking in both the exocytic and endocytic pathways; however, the molecular mechanism underlying the process remains largely unclear. We recently defined a mechanism of action for RhoA in membrane trafficking pathways through regulation of the octameric complex exocyst in a manuscript published in Developmental Cell. We have shown that microtubule-associated RhoA-activating factor GEF-H1 is involved in endocytic and excocytic vesicle trafficking. GEF-H1 activates RhoA in response to RalA GTPase, which in turn regulates the localization and the assembly of exocyst components and exocytosis. Our work defines a mechanism for RhoA activation in response to RalA signaling and during vesicle trafficking. These results provide a framework for understanding how RhoA/GEF-H1 regulates the coordination of actin and microtubule cytoskeleton modulation and vesicle trafficking during migration and cell division.
authors: Departments of Immunology and Microbial Science; The Scripps Research Institute; La Jolla, CA USA.
authors: Ritu
authors: R
authors: Pathak
authors: Departments of Immunology and Microbial Science; The Scripps Research Institute; La Jolla, CA USA.
authors: Celine
authors: C
authors: Dermardirossian
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002465:Cell Movement; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism*; D005089:Exocytosis; D055354:Exosomes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism; D034622:RNA Interference; D051381:Rats; D064067:Rho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D020725:ral GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D020742:rhoA GTP-Binding Protein / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D064067:Rho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors; C492198:RALA protein, human; D020725:ral GTP-Binding Proteins; D020742:rhoA GTP-Binding Protein
keywords: GEF-H1; Rho GTPase; endocytic recycling; exocyst; exocytosis; vesicle fusion; vesicle trafficking
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