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IRSp53 is an essential intermediate between Rac and WAVE in the regulation of membrane ruffling

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  • Hiroaki Miki

    (Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo
    CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation)

  • Hideki Yamaguchi

    (Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo
    CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation)

  • Shiro Suetsugu

    (Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo
    CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation)

  • Tadaomi Takenawa

    (Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo
    CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation)

Abstract

Neural Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (N-WASP)1 functions in several intracellular events including filopodium formation2, vesicle transport3 and movement of Shigella frexneri4,5 and vaccinia virus6, by stimulating rapid actin polymerization through the Arp2/3 complex. N-WASP is regulated by the direct binding of Cdc42 (refs 7, 8 ), which exposes the domain in N-WASP that activates the Arp2/3 complex2,9. A WASP-related protein, WAVE/Scar, functions in Rac-induced membrane ruffling10,11; however, Rac does not bind directly to WAVE10, raising the question of how WAVE is regulated by Rac. Here we demonstrate that IRSp53, a substrate for insulin receptor12 with unknown function, is the ‘missing link’ between Rac and WAVE. Activated Rac binds to the amino terminus of IRSp53, and carboxy-terminal Src-homology-3 domain of IRSp53 binds to WAVE to form a trimolecular complex. From studies of ectopic expression, we found that IRSp53 is essential for Rac to induce membrane ruffling, probably because it recruits WAVE, which stimulates actin polymerization mediated by the Arp2/3 complex.

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  • Hiroaki Miki & Hideki Yamaguchi & Shiro Suetsugu & Tadaomi Takenawa, 2000. "IRSp53 is an essential intermediate between Rac and WAVE in the regulation of membrane ruffling," Nature, Nature, vol. 408(6813), pages 732-735, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:408:y:2000:i:6813:d:10.1038_35047107
    DOI: 10.1038/35047107
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    1. Jennifer L. Johnson & Elsa Meneses-Salas & Mahalakshmi Ramadass & Jlenia Monfregola & Farhana Rahman & Raquel Carvalho Gontijo & William B. Kiosses & Kersi Pestonjamasp & Dale Allen & Jinzhong Zhang &, 2022. "Differential dysregulation of granule subsets in WASH-deficient neutrophil leukocytes resulting in inflammation," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-24, December.

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