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Kiyohito Mizutani1, Shiro Suetsugu, Tadaomi Takenawa
1Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokane-dai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan.
Abstract:
WASP family proteins are involved in cortical actin cytoskeleton reorganization. Neural Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (N-WASP), a ubiquitously expressed WASP homologous protein, directly binds with Cdc42, activating Arp2/3 complex. In this study, we show that N-WASP-dependent microspike formation is inhibited by formin binding protein 11 (FBP11). Endogenous FBP11 localizes with nuclear-speckles, and co-localization of N-WASP and FBP11 was observed when they were co-expressed. Epidermal growth factor (EGF) induced actin-microspike formation in COS7 cells. However, transient expression of FBP11 suppressed N-WASP-dependent actin-microspike formation by trapping N-WASP in the nucleus. These results indicate that FBP11 regulates localization of N-WASP, thus negatively regulating the function of N-WASP in the cytoplasm.
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