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Mol. Cell. Biol., 07 1997, 3841-3849, Vol 17, No. 7
T Sakisaka, T Itoh, K Miura and T Takenawa
Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) reorganizes actin filaments by
modulating the functions of a variety of actin-regulatory proteins. Until
now, it was thought that bound PIP2 is hydrolyzed only by
tyrosine-phosphorylated phospholipase Cgamma (PLCgamma) after the
activation of tyrosine kinases. Here, we show a new mechanism for the
hydrolysis of bound PIP2 and the regulation of actin filaments by PIP2
phosphatase (synaptojanin). We isolated a 150-kDa protein (p150) from
brains that binds the SH3 domains of Ash/Grb2. The sequence of this protein
was found to be homologous to that of synaptojanin. The expression of p150
in COS 7 cells produces a decrease in the number of actin stress fibers in
the center of the cells and causes the cells to become multinuclear. On the
other hand, the expression of a PIP2 phosphatase-negative mutant does not
disrupt actin stress fibers or produce the multinuclear phenotype. We have
also shown that p150 forms the complexes with Ash/Grb2 and epidermal growth
factor (EGF) receptors only when the cells are treated with EGF and that it
reorganizes actin filaments in an EGF-dependent manner. Moreover, the PIP2
phosphatase activity of native p150 purified from bovine brains is not
inhibited by profilin, cofilin, or alpha-actinin, although PLCdelta1
activity is markedly inhibited by these proteins. Furthermore, p150
suppresses actin gelation, which is induced by smooth muscle alpha-actinin.
All these data suggest that p150 (synaptojanin) hydrolyzes PIP2 bound to
actin regulatory proteins, resulting in the rearrangement of actin
filaments downstream of tyrosine kinase and Ash/Grb2.
Copyright © 1997, American Society for Microbiology
Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphatase regulates the rearrangement of actin filaments
Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Japan.
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