Abstract
Golgi antiapoptotic proteins (GAAPs) are highly conserved Golgi membrane proteins that inhibit apoptosis and promote Ca2+ release from intracellular stores. Given the role of Ca2+ in controlling cell adhesion and motility, we hypothesized that human GAAP (hGAAP) might influence these events. In this paper, we present evidence that hGAAP increased cell adhesion, spreading, and migration in a manner that depended on the C-terminal domain of hGAAP. We show that hGAAP increased store-operated Ca2+ entry and thereby the activity of calpain at newly forming protrusions. These hGAAP-dependent effects regulated focal adhesion dynamics and cell migration. Indeed, inhibition or knockdown of calpain 2 abrogated the effects of hGAAP on cell spreading and migration. Our data reveal that hGAAP is a novel regulator of focal adhesion dynamics, cell adhesion, and migration by controlling localized Ca2+-dependent activation of calpain.
Original language | English |
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Article number | N/A |
Pages (from-to) | 699-713 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Journal of Cell Biology |
Volume | 202 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 19 Aug 2013 |
Keywords
- BAX INHIBITOR-1
- ENDOPLASMIC-RETICULUM
- CALCIUM-ENTRY
- CALPAIN/CALPASTATIN NETWORK
- MEDIATED PROTEOLYSIS
- GENE-EXPRESSION
- VACCINIA VIRUS
- BREAST-CANCER
- LIVING CELLS
- DYNAMICS