TY - JOUR
T1 - ZF21 protein, a regulator of the disassembly of focal adhesions and cancer metastasis, contains a novel noncanonical pleckstrin homology domain
AU - Nagano, Makoto
AU - Hoshino, Daisuke
AU - Koshiba, Seizo
AU - Shuo, Takuya
AU - Koshikawa, Naohiko
AU - Tomizawa, Tadashi
AU - Hayashi, Fumiaki
AU - Tochio, Naoya
AU - Harada, Takushi
AU - Akizawa, Toshifumi
AU - Watanabe, Satoru
AU - Handa, Noriko
AU - Shirouzu, Mikako
AU - Kigawa, Takanori
AU - Yokoyama, Shigeyuki
AU - Seiki, Motoharu
PY - 2011/9/9
Y1 - 2011/9/9
N2 - Directional migration of adherent cells on an extracellular matrix requires repeated formation and disassembly of focal adhesions (FAs). Directional migration of adherent cellsWe have identified ZF21 as a regulator of disassembly of FAs and cell migration, and increased expression of the gene has been linked to metastatic colon cancer. ZF21 is a member of a protein family characterized by the presence of the FYVE domain, which is conserved among Fab1p, YOPB, Vps27p, and EEA1 proteins, and has been shown to mediate the binding of such proteins to phosphoinositides in the lipid layers of cell membranes. ZF21 binds multiple factors that promote disassembly of FAs such as FAK, β-tubulin, m-calpain, and SHP-2. ZF21 does not contain any other known protein motifs other than the FYVE domain, but a region of the protein C-terminal to the FYVE domain is sufficient to mediate binding to β-tubulin. In this study, we demonstrate that the C-terminal region is important for the ability of ZF21 to induce disassembly of FAs and cell migration, and to promote an early step of experimental metastasis to the lung in mice. In light of the importance of the C-terminal region, we analyzed its ternary structure using NMR spectroscopy. We demonstrate that this region exhibits a structure similar to that of a canonical pleckstrin homology domain, but that it lacks a positively charged interface to bind phosphatidylinositol phosphate. Thus, ZF21 contains a novel noncanonical PH-like domain that is a possible target to develop a therapeutic strategy to treat metastatic cancer.
AB - Directional migration of adherent cells on an extracellular matrix requires repeated formation and disassembly of focal adhesions (FAs). Directional migration of adherent cellsWe have identified ZF21 as a regulator of disassembly of FAs and cell migration, and increased expression of the gene has been linked to metastatic colon cancer. ZF21 is a member of a protein family characterized by the presence of the FYVE domain, which is conserved among Fab1p, YOPB, Vps27p, and EEA1 proteins, and has been shown to mediate the binding of such proteins to phosphoinositides in the lipid layers of cell membranes. ZF21 binds multiple factors that promote disassembly of FAs such as FAK, β-tubulin, m-calpain, and SHP-2. ZF21 does not contain any other known protein motifs other than the FYVE domain, but a region of the protein C-terminal to the FYVE domain is sufficient to mediate binding to β-tubulin. In this study, we demonstrate that the C-terminal region is important for the ability of ZF21 to induce disassembly of FAs and cell migration, and to promote an early step of experimental metastasis to the lung in mice. In light of the importance of the C-terminal region, we analyzed its ternary structure using NMR spectroscopy. We demonstrate that this region exhibits a structure similar to that of a canonical pleckstrin homology domain, but that it lacks a positively charged interface to bind phosphatidylinositol phosphate. Thus, ZF21 contains a novel noncanonical PH-like domain that is a possible target to develop a therapeutic strategy to treat metastatic cancer.
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U2 - 10.1074/jbc.M110.199430
DO - 10.1074/jbc.M110.199430
M3 - Article
C2 - 21768110
AN - SCOPUS:80052406053
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 286
SP - 31598
EP - 31609
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 36
ER -