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  3. Affixin activates Rac1 via betaPIX in C2C12 myoblast

Affixin activates Rac1 via betaPIX in C2C12 myoblast

  • FEBS Lett. 2008 Apr 9;582(8):1189-96. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.01.064.
Chie Matsuda 1,  Kimihiko Kameyama,  Atsushi Suzuki,  Wataru Mishima,  Satoshi Yamaji,  Harumasa Okamoto,  Ichizo Nishino,  Yukiko K Hayashi
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  • 1 Neuroscience Research Institute, AIST, Central 6, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566, Japan. c-matsuda@aist.go.jp
PMID: 18325335 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.01.064
Abstract

Affixin/beta-parvin is an integrin-linked kinase (ILK)-binding focal adhesion protein highly expressed in skeletal muscle and heart. To elucidate the possible role of affixin in skeletal muscle, we established stable C2C12 cell line expressing T7-tagged human affixin (C2C12-affixin cells). Exogenous expression of affixin promotes lamellipodium formation where affixin, ILK alphap21-activated kinase (PAK)-interactive exchange factor (PIX) and betaPIX accumulate. The association of affixin and betaPIX was confirmed by immunoprecipitation and pull down assay. In C2C12-affixin cells, an increased level of activated Rac1 but not Cdc42 was observed, and mutant betaPIX lacking guanine nucleotide exchange factor activity inhibited lamellipodium formation. These results suggest that affixin is involved in reorganization of subsarcolemmal cytoskeletal actin by activation of Rac1 through alpha and betaPIXs in skeletal muscle.

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