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Wave2 activates serum response element via its VCA region and functions downstream of Rac
Kazuhiro Ishiguro1, Zhifang Cao, Marco Lopez Ilasca
1Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Abstract:
WAVE2 is a member of the WASP/WAVE family of protein effectors of actin reorganization and cell movement. In this report, we demonstrate that WAVE2 overexpression induces serum response element (SRE) activation through serum response factor. A WAVE2 mutant lacking the VCA region did not induce SRE activation and actin polymerization. WAVE2-induced SRE activation was blocked by exposure of cells to Latrunculin A, or overexpression of actin mutant R62D. The DeltaVCA mutant inhibited Rac V12-induced SRE activation, suggesting that WAVE2 lies downstream of Rac. Similar deletion of the VCA domain of WASP attenuated Cdc42 V12-mediated SRE activation, suggesting that WAVE2 acts in relation to Rac as WASP acts in relation to Cdc42. WAVE2 overexpression did not activate NF-kappaB.
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