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Antagonistic regulation of actin dynamics and cell motility by TRPC5 and TRPC6 channels

  • Dequan Tian
  • , Sarah M.P. Jacobo
  • , David Billing
  • , Anete Rozkalne
  • , Steven D. Gage
  • , Theodora Anagnostou
  • , Hermann Pavenstaedt
  • , Hsiang Hao Hsu
  • , Johannes Schlondorff
  • , Arnolt Ramos
  • , Anna Greka*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
  • University of Münster
  • Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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Abstract

The Rho family of small guanosine triphosphatases (Rho GTPases: RhoA, Cdc42, and Rac1) regulates many aspects of cell behavior, including actin dynamics and cell migration. The generation of calcium ion (Ca2+) microdomains is critical in promoting cell migration because they control the localized activity of Rho GTPases.We identified receptor-activated TRPC5 and TRPC6 (transient receptor potential canonical type 5 and 6) channels as antagonistic regulators of actin remodeling and cell motility in fibroblasts and kidney podocytes. We show that TRPC5 is in a molecular complex with Rac1, whereas TRPC6 is in a molecular complex with RhoA. TRPC5-mediated Ca 2+ influx induces Rac1 activation, thereby promoting cell migration, whereas TRPC6-mediated Ca2+ influx increases RhoA activity, thereby inhibiting cell migration. Our data unveil antagonistic Ca2+ influx pathways as a conserved signaling mechanism for the integrated regulation of cell migration.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberra77
JournalScience Signaling
Volume3
Issue number145
DOIs
StatePublished - 26 10 2010
Externally publishedYes

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