Cancer Research Center, The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, California 92037
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Abstract |
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Adherent cells assemble fibronectin into a
fibrillar matrix on their apical surface. The fibril formation is initiated by fibronectin binding to the integrins
5
1 and
v
3, and is completed by a process that includes fibronectin self-assembly. We found that a 76-
amino acid fragment of fibronectin (III1-C) that forms one of the self-assembly sites caused disassembly of
preformed fibronectin matrix without affecting cell adhesion. Treating attached fibroblasts or endothelial
cells with III1-C inhibited cell migration and proliferation. Rho-dependent stress fiber formation and Rho-dependent focal contact protein phosphorylation were
also inhibited, whereas Cdc42 was activated, leading to
actin polymerization into filopodia. ACK (activated
Cdc42-binding kinase) and p38 MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase), two downstream effectors of
Cdc42, were activated, whereas PAK (p21-activated kinase) and JNK/SAPK (c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase/
stress-activated protein kinase) were inhibited. III1-C treatment also modulated activation of JNK and ERK
(extracellular signal-regulated kinases) in response to
growth factors, and reduced the activity of the cyclin
E-cdk2 complex. These results indicate that the absence of fibronectin matrix causes activation of Cdc42, and that fibronectin matrix is required for Rho activation and cell cycle progression.
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Introduction |
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FIBRONECTIN is a multifunctional component of the extracellular matrix. Intracellular signaling induced
by cell adhesion on fibronectin plays a critical role
in cytoskeletal organization, cell cycle progression, and
cell survival (Hynes, 1990; Frisch and Ruoslahti, 1997
).
Cells assemble fibronectin into a fibrillar form that accumulates at their apical surface. Fibronectin matrix formation is initiated by fibronectin binding to cell surface receptors, followed by assembly and reorganization of the
cell surface-associated fibronectin into fibrils (Mosher et
al., 1992
; Mosher, 1993
; McDonald, 1988
). The
5
1 integrin is the major receptor responsible for fibronectin matrix assembly (Ruoslahti, 1991
; Wu et al., 1993
). The
v
3
integrin can also direct matrix assembly (Wennerberg et
al., 1996
; Wu et al., 1996
), which may account for fibronectin matrix formation in
5 integrin null mice (Yang et al.,
1993
). A number of other integrins bind to fibronectin, but
do not initiate fibril formation (Busk et al., 1992
; Zhang et
al., 1993
; Wu et al., 1995a
). The first type III repeat of the
fibronectin molecule is important in promoting matrix assembly (Morla and Ruoslahti, 1992
; Aguirre et al., 1994
;
Hocking et al., 1994
). Small fragments derived from this
III1 module induce fibronectin polymerization at moderate concentrations, but inhibit it at high concentrations
(Morla and Ruoslahti, 1992
; Morla et al., 1994
).
Interaction of integrins with the actin cytoskeleton is
also essential for matrix assembly (Hynes, 1990). Truncation of the
1 cytoplasmic domain blocks fibronectin matrix assembly by preventing the interaction of the ligand-occupied integrin with the cytoskeleton (Wu et al., 1995b
).
Formation of polymerized actin structures and assembly
of associated integrin complexes are controlled by the Rho
family of small GTPases: Rho, Rac, and Cdc42 (Hall,
1998). In Swiss 3T3 cells, activation of Rho leads to formation of actin stress fibers and focal adhesion complexes
(Kumagai et al., 1993
; Rankin et al., 1994
; Seufferlein and
Rozengurt, 1994
), whereas Rac activation induces assembly of an actin meshwork at the cell periphery producing lamellipodia and membrane ruffles (Hotchin and Hall,
1995
; Nobes and Hall, 1995
). Cdc42 activation causes
filopodial protrusions at the cell periphery. A close correlation exists between actin stress fiber formation and
fibronectin matrix assembly. Thus, disrupting the cytoskeleton with cytochalasin D inhibits fibronectin matrix assembly, whereas lysophosphatidic acid (LPA)1, which induces stress fiber formation, enhances it (Zhang et al.,
1994
). Inhibiting Rho with C3 transferase inhibits the
LPA-induced matrix assembly (Zhang et al., 1997
), suggesting that LPA acts through Rho to increase fibronectin
binding at the cell surface. Moreover, fibronectin fibrils
coalign with bundles of actin filaments and with focal adhesion-like sites that lack vinculin or talin. These structures
are different from the punctate focal adhesion involved in
the cell-substratum interaction (Chen and Singer, 1982
;
Chen et al., 1985
). This specialization suggests that fibronectin matrix may activate integrin-linked intracellular signaling pathways and cytoskeletal reorganization in ways that
are different from those at canonical focal adhesions.
Here we study the role of the fibronectin matrix in cytoskeletal regulation by disassembling the fibronectin matrix with a 76-amino acid fragment derived from the first
type III repeat of fibronectin (Morla and Ruoslahti, 1992;
Morla et al., 1994
), or by preventing matrix assembly with
integrin antibodies. Cell adhesion is not discernibly affected by the III1-C fragment, allowing us to separate the
effects of surface matrix disruption from adhesion to a
substrate. Removing the fibronectin matrix from the cell surface disrupts the stress fibers and focal contacts, and reorganizes the cytoskeleton into filopodia at the cell periphery, suggesting inactivation of Rho and activation of Cdc42.
We also show that III1-C treatment affects growth factor
pathways and reduces the activity of the cyclin E-cdk2
complex, thereby impeding the progression of cell cycle.
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Materials and Methods |
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Cell Culture
Primary cultures of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs)
were purchased from Clonetics (San Diego, CA) and grown in M199 medium supplemented with 20% FCS, 10 ng/ml bFGF, 10 ng/ml EGF, and 1 µg/ml heparin. HUVECs were used between passages 2 and 8. Normal
human KD fibroblasts were grown in minimum essential medium
(MEM) supplemented with 10% FCS.
Antibodies
Anti-paxillin, FAK, and phosphotyrosine (PY20) antibodies were purchased from Transduction Laboratories (Lexington, KY); phosphospecific antibodies for p38 MAPK and p44/42 MAPK were purchased from
New England Biolabs (Beverly, MA); anti-JNK1 was purchased from
PharMingen (San Diego, CA); antibodies against Cdc42, ACK, PAK,
PAK
, cdk2, cyclin E, ERK1, ERK2, and p38 MAPK were purchased
from Santa Cruz Biotechnology (Santa Cruz, CA); anti-
5 blocking antibody (P1D6) was purchased from Calbiochem-Novabiochem Corp. (La
Jolla, CA); anti-
v
3 blocking antibody (LM609) was purchased from
Chemicon International, Inc. (Temecula, CA); anti-
1 blocking antibody (P4C10) was purchased from Telios Pharmaceuticals (San Diego, CA);
and the anti-fibronectin antibody was generated in our laboratory (Zhang
et al., 1993
).
Expression and Purification of Recombinant Proteins
III1-C and III-11C (III-CF) fibronectin fragments were expressed in
Escherichia coli as histidine-tail fusion proteins, and were purified by
metal-chelate affinity chromatography on nickel-agarose beads (Ni-NTA
superflow; QIAGEN Inc., Valencia, CA) as previously described (Morla
et al., 1994). Purified proteins were dialyzed against TBS and concentrated by centrifugation using Centricon-10 (Amicon Corp., Easton, TX).
Purity of protein preparations was verified on Coomassie blue-stained
SDS-PAGE gels.
Immunofluorescence Microscopy
Cells were grown to confluence on Lab-Tek 4-well chamber slides (Nunc, Inc., Naperville, IL) in complete medium, washed once in serum-free medium, and incubated in the absence or presence of III1-C for the indicated time. When indicated, the cells were treated for the final 15 min with 5 µM lysophosphatidic acid (LPA; Sigma Chemical Co., St Louis, MO). The cells were fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde in PBS for 30 min, permeabilized in 0.2% Triton X-100 in PBS, treated with PBS containing 0.5% BSA, and incubated for 1 h with the primary antibodies diluted in the PBS/BSA solution. FITC or rhodamine-coupled secondary antibodies (Sigma Chemical Co.) were used for detection. Actin cytoskeleton was stained with rhodamin-phalloidin (Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, Oregon).
Fluorescence Assays for Fibronectin Fibril Formation
KD fibroblasts were starved for 24 h, trypsinized to remove their existing
fibronectin matrix, and resuspended in serum-free medium containing 100 µg/ml soybean trypsin inhibitor (Sigma Chemical Co.). Cells were washed
once in serum-free medium and seeded onto Lab-Tek 4-well chamber
slides that had been precoated with a mixture of 10 µg/ml collagen type IV
(Sigma Chemical Co.) and 10 µg/ml vitronectin purified from human
plasma as described (Yatohgo et al., 1988). Cells were allowed to attach
and spread for 1-6 h before fixation for immunostaining. In some experiments, the cells were allowed to attach and spread for 1 h on the matrices
before adding inhibitory anti-integrin antibodies. The cells were incubated for an additional 6 h before fixing and staining for surface fibronectin or
actin cytoskeleton. The antibodies did not prevent adhesion to or cause
detachment from the mixed matrices. In similar experiments, HUVECs,
which do not express collagen integrins, were plated on substrates coated
with a mixture of 10 µg/ml fibronectin (Boehringer Mannheim Corp., Indianapolis, IN) and 10 µg/ml laminin (Sigma Chemical Co.) and grown in
complete medium for 2 d before adding integrin-blocking antibodies for
4 h in serum-free medium. Because fibronectin was one of the substrates,
we were only able to stain for actin in these cells.
DNA Replication Assay
Cells were plated in 96-well plates and incubated with the indicated amounts of III1-C in complete medium. After 48 h, HUVEC proliferation was assessed by an MTT (3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide) incorporation assay. The cells were incubated with 300 µg/ml MTT for 6 h. After overnight extraction with 10% SDS in 0.01 N HCl, the OD was read at 590 nm.
Immunoprecipitation and Immunoblotting
The cells were lysed in an NP-40 based buffer (0.1% NP-40, 50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.4, 250 mM NaCl, 5 mM EDTA) containing protease inhibitors
(1 mM PMSF, 10 µg/ml leupeptin, 0.1 U/ml aprotinin, 0.4 µg/ml pepstatin)
and the phosphatase inhibitor Na3VO4 (1 mM). The insoluble fraction was
removed by centrifugation, and the cleared lysates were used for immunoprecipitation with antibodies to FAK and paxillin. ACK immunoprecipitation was performed as previously described (Satoh et al., 1996) in 50 mM Hepes, pH 7.3, 150 mM NaCl, 10% glycerol, 1% NP40, 2 mM MgCl2,
1 mM EDTA, 20 mM glycero-phosphate, 10 mM pyrophosphate, and protease and phosphatase inhibitors. Proteins were separated by SDS-PAGE,
transferred to Immobilon-P membranes (Millipore Corp., Bedford, MA),
blotted with an anti-phosphotyrosine antibody, and visualized with chemiluminescence substrate (NENTM Life Science Products, Boston, MA).
Kinase Assays
Kinase assays for ERK2 and JNK1 were performed as described previously (Cavigelli et al., 1995). In brief, cells were lysed on ice in an NP-40
based lysis buffer (50 mM Hepes, pH 7.6, 250 mM NaCl, 3 mM EDTA, 3 mM EGTA, 0.5% NP-40) containing protease and phosphatase inhibitors.
ERK2 or JNK1 were immunoprecipitated using appropriate antibodies
and protein A-Sepharose beads (Pharmacia Biotech Sverige, Uppsala,
Sweden). For the ERK2 kinase assays, PHAS-1 (Stratagene, La Jolla,
CA) was used as the substrate at 5 µg/reaction. GST-c-Jun (1-79) was
used as the substrate for the JNK1 kinase assays at 5 µg/reaction. Kinase
reactions containing the immunoprecipitated kinase, substrate, 10 µM
ATP, and 5 µCi [
-32P] ATP in the kinase buffer (50 mM Hepes, pH 7.6, 10 mM MgCl2) were incubated at room temperature for 30 min before
separation by SDS-PAGE.
For p38 MAP kinase, cells were lysed on ice in a Triton X-100 based lysis buffer (20 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8, 137 mM NaCl, 2 mM EDTA, 1% Triton
X-100, 10% glycerol, 25 mM glycerophosphate, 2 mM pyrophosphate)
containing protease and phosphatase inhibitors as described (Raingeaud
et al., 1995). p38 MAPK was immunoprecipitated with the anti-p38 antibody that was preadsorbed to protein-A Sepharose for 30 min. The kinase
reaction was performed at 30°C for 30 min in presence of ATF-2 (Santa
Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, CA) as the substrate at 5 µg/reaction, 10 µM ATP, and 5 µCi [
-32P]ATP in the kinase buffer (25 mM Hepes, pH
7.6, 25 mM MgCl2, 25 mM glycerophosphate, 2 mM DTT, 0.1 mM
Na3VO4).
PAK and PAK
kinase assays were performed as described (Lamarche et al., 1996
). Cells were lysed in 50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8, 150 mM
NaCl, 1 mM EDTA, 0.1% Triton X-100, 1 mM PMSF, 10 µg/ml leupeptin,
0.1 U/ml aprotinin, 0.4 µg/ml pepstatin, and 1 mM Na3VO4. The kinase activity of the PAK immunoprecipitates was analyzed by incubating at 30°C
for 30 min with MBP (Sigma Chemical Co.) as substrate at 5 µg/reaction,
40 µM ATP, and 5 µCi [
-32P]ATP in the kinase buffer (20 mM Tris-HCl,
pH 7.5, 20 mM MgCl2, 10 mM MnCl2, 1 mM EDTA, 1 mM EGTA).
Cyclin E-cdk2 complex kinase assays were performed as described
(Fang et al., 1996). In brief, HUVECs were synchronized by serum starvation in
MEM supplemented with bovine insulin (5 µg/ml), transferrin (5 µg/ml), and sodium selenite (5 ng/ml) for 24 h (Fang et al., 1996
). Serum-starved cells (~70% confluent) were incubated with the indicated amount
of fibronectin and III-1C in complete medium. After 18 h, cells were lysed
in 0.1% NP-40 buffer (50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.4, 5 mM NaF, 250 mM
NaCl, 5 mM EDTA, 0.1% NP-40, 15 µg/ml benzamidine, 10 µg/ml trypsin
inhibitor, 10 µg/ml leupeptin, 4 µg/ml pepstatin, 0.1 U/ml aprotinin). 50 µg of protein were immunoprecipitated with 2-3 µg of antibody preadsorbed to protein A-Sepharose or protein G-Sepharose (Pharmacia Biotech Sverige) in 0.1% NP-40 buffer. The kinase activity of cyclin E-cdk2
was determined by in vitro phosphorylation of the histone H1 substrate at
100 µg/reaction in kinase buffer (100 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5, 10 mM MgCl2,
1 mM DTT, 100 µM) for 30 min at room temperature.
All reactions were stopped by adding electrophoresis sample buffer, and proteins were separated on 4-20% SDS-PAGE (Novex, San Diego, CA). Kinase activity was detected by autoradiography (BioMAX MR; Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY) and quantified by scanning the autoradiographs with a flatbed scanner (Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, CA) and analyzing them with NIH Image 1.57.
Plasmids and Transfections
Dominant negative forms of Cdc42 (Cdc42N17), Rac (RacN17), and the constitutively active forms of Rho (RhoV14) and Rac (RacV12) were gifts from Dr. Alan Hall. The pE-GFP plasmid was from QIAGEN Inc. (Valencia, CA).
One day before transfection, HUVECs were seeded onto Lab-Tek 4-well chamber slides (Nunc, Inc.) at 5 × 104 cells per well in complete medium. Cells were then transfected with 0.2 µg pE-GFP alone, or were cotransfected with 1 µg of the indicated plasmid, by using the Superfect reagent (QIAGEN Inc.) according to the manufacturer's protocols. After 24 h, the cells were treated with III1-C for 4 h in serum-free medium, fixed, and stained with rhodamine-phalloidin as described above.
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Results |
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Cells Treated with Fibronectin Fragment III1-C Lose Fibronectin Matrix
Fragments from the first type III repeat of fibronectin
have been shown to promote fibronectin matrix assembly
at low concentrations, and to inhibit it at high concentrations (Morla and Ruoslahti, 1992; Morla et al., 1994
). We
found that high concentrations of III1-C can also disrupt
an established fibronectin matrix. Adding the fibronectin
III1-C fragment for 4 h to HUVEC or for 16 h to KD fibroblast cultures in serum-free medium caused complete
loss of the fibronectin fibrils on the cell apical surface that
were detectable by immunostaining of fibronectin (Fig. 1
A). Despite this, the cells remained attached to the culture
dish. A fragment derived from the eleventh type III fibronectin repeat (III-CF) that is analogous to III1-C and
that has been used previously as a negative control for
III1-C (Morla et al., 1994
) had no effect on the fibronectin
matrix.
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The effect of III1-C on fibronectin matrix was dose-dependent: low concentrations of III1-C (between 0.1 and 1 µM) increased accumulation of fibronectin matrix at the cell surface, higher III1-C concentrations (2.5-10 µM) decreased fibronectin matrix, and at 20 µM the matrix was undetectable by immunofluorescence staining (Fig. 1 B). Removing fibronectin matrix by 20 µM III1-C required several hours. The time course varied depending on the cell type (2-3 h for HUVEC; 4-6 h for KD fibroblasts; not shown), but seemed to depend on the amount of fibronectin matrix that had previously accumulated on the cell surface. The effect of III1-C was reversible; after removing surface fibronectin with 20 µM III1-C, the KD fibroblasts maintained in serum-free medium that did not contain III1-C regenerated their fibronectin matrix within 24 h. Increased intracellular fibronectin staining was seen in the III1-C-treated KD fibroblasts after permeabilization with Triton X-100 (Fig. 1 C). These results show that III1-C disassembles fibronectin fibrils and causes intracellular accumulation of fibronectin, but does not affect cell substrate adhesion.
Fibronectin Matrix Removal Inhibits Cell Migration and Proliferation
As cell substrate adhesion was not discernibly affected by
III1-C treatment, we were able to assess the cellular effects of disrupting surface fibronectin matrix without pertubing cell attachment or spreading. Treating CHO cells
with high concentrations of III1-C (10-50 µM) has been
shown to inhibit their migration in an in vitro wound assay
(Morla et al., 1994). HUVECs and KD fibroblasts responded similarly: cell migration assessed by wound assay
was inhibited by III1-C in proportion with the reduction of
cell surface fibronectin matrix. High concentrations of
III1-C also inhibited cell proliferation as measured by an
MTT assay, whereas low concentrations enhanced fibronectin deposition and cell proliferation (results not
shown). These initial findings encouraged us to use the
III1-C treatment to study the effects of fibronectin matrix
on various signaling pathways.
Fibronectin Matrix is Required for Rho-mediated Formation of Stress Fibers and Phosphorylation of Focal Adhesion Proteins
Because a strong correlation exists between organization
of actin stress fibers and assembly of fibronectin matrix
(Zhang et al., 1994; Zhang et al., 1997
), we tested whether
fibronectin matrix removal by III1-C would affect cytoskeletal organization. HUVECs and KD fibroblasts
treated with 20 µM III1-C in serum-free medium redistributed their filamentous actin into filopodia (Fig. 2). The
control fragment III-CF had no effect on the cytoskeleton (not shown). Moreover, the Rho-dependent induction of
stress fibers by LPA was prevented by the III1-C treatment (Fig. 3), and the III1-C-induced disruption of stress
fibers could be obliterated by transfecting cells with a constitutively active form of Rho (result not shown). The cytoskeletal changes correlated with the ability of III1-C to
remove cell surface fibronectin matrix; treating the cells
with 20 µM III1-C for 15 min, which was not long enough to remove the matrix, did not prevent the cytoskeletal responses to LPA.
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III1-C also only slightly reduced the tyrosine phosphorylation of FAK and paxillin in attached cells, prevented the increase in FAK and paxillin phosphorylation elicited by LPA and essentially eliminated the association of FAK and paxillin with one another (Fig. 4 A). These effects were seen only when cells were treated long enough to remove cell surface fibronectin matrix; a 15-min treatment had no effect. Moreover, cells treated with III1-C in suspension before attachment onto various substrates attached equally well as untreated cells and phosphorylated FAK and paxillin to the same extent (Fig. 4 B). These results suggest that Rho-pathways are inhibited in the III1-C treated cells, and that assembling a fibronectin matrix rather than adhering to a substrate, is necessary for cells to initiate Rho-dependent actin stress fiber formation. Substrate adherence seems to elicit most of the focal adhesion protein phosphorylation, but FAK-paxillin association is controlled by the matrix.
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To explore further the dependence of actin organization
on the presence of cell surface fibronectin, we removed
the fibronectin matrix from KD fibroblasts by trypsinization, plated them onto integrin ligands other than fibronectina mixture of collagen IV and vitronectin
and
observed accumulation of the fibronectin matrix and the
assembly of the actin cytoskeleton at different time points.
While integrin-mediated cell adhesion and spreading occurred rapidly (in 15-30 min), fibronectin matrix assembly
required several hours (Fig. 5 A). This time course was
similar to that required for the cells to form stress fibers
(Fig. 5 B).
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We also used antibodies to prevent accumulation of surface fibronectin matrix. Integrins, particularly 5
1, and
to a some extent,
v
3 direct fibronectin matrix assembly.
We tested whether blocking these integrins would have a
similar effect on the actin cytoskeletal organization as
III1-C. We allowed KD fibroblasts or endothelial cells to
attach and spread on a mixture of collagen and vitronectin
or laminin and fibronectin, and then added blocking antibodies directed against the
5
1 and
v
3 integrins individually or in combination. Because fibroblasts and endothelial cells can use integrins other than
5
1 and
v
3 to
adhere to collagen IV, vitronectin, and laminin, these antibodies did not prevent adhesion and spreading on the substrate. When added individually, both the
1-blocking antibody (P4C10) and the
v
3-blocking antibody (LM609)
reduced fibronectin matrix assembly in the fibroblasts; P4C10 was more efficient than LM609 (Fig. 6 A). Adding
both these antibodies together prevented fibronectin
matrix accumulation (Fig. 6 A) and reduced stress fiber organization (Fig. 6 B). HUVECs plated on a mixture of
laminin and fibronectin and treated with both of the anti-integrin antibodies underwent the same changes as the fibroblasts. They also displayed filopodial protrusions at the
cell periphery (Fig. 6 C), similar to those observed in the
III1-C-treated cells; however, III1-C was more efficient in both removing fibronectin matrix and inducing filopodia.
Thus, it seems that fibronectin matrix assembly, and not
cell adhesion per se, is essential for proper stress fiber organization.
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Fibronectin Matrix Removal Activates Cdc42 and ACK1 but not PAK1
Formation of filopodial protrusions at the cell periphery suggests that Cdc42 may be activated in the III1-C-treated cells. To analyze the involvement of Cdc42, HUVECs were transfected with a dominant-negative form of Cdc42 (Cdc42N17) before treatment with III1-C. Cdc42N17 expression did not affect cytoskeletal organization of stress fibers in control cells, but completely blocked formation of the peripheral filopodia in III1-C-treated cells (Fig. 7), thus indicating that Cdc42 mediates the cytoskeletal reorganization in cells depleted of fibronectin matrix. In contrast, expression of a dominant negative form of Rac (RacN17) had no effect on the III1-C-induced filopodia (not shown).
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To develop additional evidence for Cdc42 activation in
the III1-C treated cells, we analyzed whether ACK was activated by fibronectin removal. ACK1 and 2 are nonreceptor tyrosine kinases that bind to and are activated by
Cdc42 (Manser et al., 1993; Yang and Cerione, 1997
). A
marked enhancement of ACK1 tyrosine phosphorylation
was seen in KD fibroblasts treated with III1-C long
enough (16 h) to remove fibronectin matrix (Fig. 8 A). A weaker but consistent induction of ACK tyrosine phosphorylation was observed in HUVECs treated with III1-C
for 4 h. In contrast, a 15-min treatment with III1-C did not
alter ACK1 tyrosine phosphorylation. Hyperosmotic shock
and a decrease in temperature, both of which have been
shown to activate ACK1 (Satoh et al., 1996
), also increased ACK1 phosphorylation. Activation of ACK1 further suggests that Cdc42 is activated in cells depleted of fibronectin matrix.
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We next tested whether PAK was activated in III1-C
treated cells. PAK is a serine/threonine kinase that can be
activated in vitro by GTP-bound Cdc42 or Rac (Manser et
al., 1995; Manser et al., 1994
). Moreover, PAK is a known
regulator of JNK/SAPK and p38 MAPK (Retta et al.,
1998
), and may mediate activation of JNK by Rac and
Cdc42 (Joneson et al., 1996
; Lamarche et al., 1996
; Tang et
al., 1997
). Surprisingly, we found that basal kinase activity of PAK1 (Fig. 8 B) and PAK2 (not shown) was decreased
in III1-C-treated HUVECs. Moreover, III1-C pretreatment
attenuated activation of PAK1 by anisomycin or growth
factors (bFGF and EGF), suggesting that fibronectin matrix removal inhibits a signaling cascade leading to PAK.
Fibronectin Matrix Removal Causes Activation of p38 MAPK but not JNK or ERK1/2
Cdc42 is known to stimulate a kinase cascade that leads to
subsequent activation of the p38 MAPK and JNK/SAPK
but not the MAPK ERK1/2 (Coso et al., 1995; Minden et
al., 1995
). To test whether the activation of Cdc42 in III1-C-treated cells correlates with the activation of these kinases, we examined the activity of p38 MAPK and JNK.
p38 MAPK is activated by dual phosphorylation on tyrosine and threonine residues in cells subjected to various
types of stress (Raingeaud et al., 1995). p38 MAPK became phosphorylated in HUVECs treated with III1-C to
remove fibronectin matrix (Fig. 9 A). Stimulation with
LPA or EGF, but not bFGF, also caused p38 MAPK phosphorylation. Stimulation with III1-C together with LPA or
EGF had little or no additive effect, indicating that III1-C
alone maximally activated p38 MAPK (Fig. 9 A). A 15-min treatment of HUVECs with III1-C did not induce p38
MAPK phosphorylation, again suggesting that the p38
MAPK activation relates to the loss of fibronectin matrix rather than stimulation by III1-C itself. p38 MAPK activation in the III1-C-treated cells was further confirmed by
using an in vitro kinase assay. The stimulation by III1-C
was nearly as strong as that of anisomycin, a known activator of p38 MAPK (Fig. 9 B).
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Even though JNK can be activated by Cdc42 and Rac
(Coso et al., 1995; Minden et al., 1995
), basal kinase activity and growth factor-induced activity of JNK were inhibited in III1-C-treated cells (not shown). Movever, integrin-
mediated adhesion is an activator of ERK1 and ERK2
(Chen et al., 1994
; Schlaepfer et al., 1994
), III1-C had only
minor effects on the activation of these kinases and did not
affect their expression at the protein level (results not
shown).
Fibronectin Matrix Removal Inhibits Cell Proliferation by Inactivating Cyclin E-cdk2 Kinase
Preventing adhesion to an extracellular matrix blocks cell
cycle progression by suppressing the activities of cyclin/cyclin-dependent kinase (cdk) complexes such as the cyclin
E-cdk2 complex (Fang et al., 1996). We found that cyclin
E-cdk2 activity was also completely blocked in HUVECs
and in KD fibroblasts treated with III1-C (Fig. 10 and results not shown). The activity of the cyclin D-cdk4 complex, which acts before the cyclin E-cdk2 complex in the
cell cycle, was not reduced in cells treated with III1-C (not
shown). These results suggest that assembling fibronectin
matrix is necessary for proliferation of attached cells and
that matrix depletion blocks the cell cycle at the level of
cyclin E-cdk2.
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Discussion |
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We show here that disrupting fibronectin matrix causes cytoskeletal reorganization by activating the small GTPase Cdc42, alters growth factor signaling, and blocks cell cycle progression.
We were able to remove the fibronectin matrix by using
a small protein fragment derived from the III1-C module
of fibronectin. At low concentrations, this fragment promotes fibronectin matrix assembly, but prevents it at high
concentrations (Morla and Ruoslahti, 1992; Morla et al.,
1994
). Furthermore, as we show here, high concentrations
of III1-C can disassemble an already formed fibronectin matrix.
Several lines of evidence indicate that the alterations in
signaling caused by III1-C treatment are caused by removing fibronectin from the apical surface of attached cells
rather than by alterations in cell-substrate adhesion, cell
shape, or by some other action of the peptide. First, fibronectin does not accumulate at the basal cell surface
(Chen and Singer, 1980; Chen and Singer, 1982
), making it
unlikely that III1-C would exerts its effect at the site of
substrate adhesion. In agreement with this, III1-C did not
block adhesion of cells to surfaces coated with extracellular matrix proteins, nor did it change cell shape. Second, as
discussed in detail later, we found the cellular changes induced by III1-C to be quite different from those induced
by detachment from substrate, Third, treatment of cells
with III1-C for short periods of time did not cause the
same effect as matrix removal obtained with prolonged
exposure of cells to III1-C; the alterations in signaling and cytoskeletal organization always correlated with the
amount of surface fibronectin present. Finally, we show
that blocking fibronectin matrix assembly with antiintegrin antibodies, while not affecting cell attachment, caused
cytoskeletal reorganization similar to that produced by
III1-C treatment.
We found that cell growth parallels accumulation of surface fibronectin matrix, and that removal of the matrix
prevents growth. Similarly, others have shown that inhibiting of fibronectin matrix assembly in various ways inhibits
cell growth (Mercurius and Morla, 1998; Saulnier et al.,
1996
). Thus, cell proliferation appears to require a fibronectin matrix, at least in normal cells.
Our results show that actin stress fiber organization in
spread cells also depends on fibronectin matrix. We found
that fibronectin matrix assembly preceded stress fiber formation in attached and spread cells. Moreover, fibronectin
matrix removal induced by III1-C or inhibitory integrin
antibodies suppressed Rho-dependent stress fiber organization and Rho-dependent tyrosine phosphorylation of focal adhesion proteins. These results indicate that activating Rho GTPase requires the presence of a fibronectin
matrix. Rho activity, in turn, promotes fibronectin matrix
assembly, and this effect requires an intact cytoskeleton
(Zhang et al., 1994; Chrzanowska-Wodnicka and Burridge, 1996
; Zhang et al., 1997
).
Fibronectin matrix depletion by III1-C treatment, while
inhibiting Rho functions, seems to activate the related GTPase Cdc42, as III1-C-treated cells showed the hallmark of
Cdc42 activity, formation of filopodia. Perturbing the fibronectin matrix of HUVECs with anti-5
1 and
v
3
antibodies showed the same signs of Cdc42 activation, albeit at a lower level. The appearance of filopodia in the
III1-C-treated cells was caused by Cdc42 because it could be inhibited by transfecting a dominant negative Cdc42
into the cells.
In most situations, Cdc42, Rac, and Rho are activated
sequentially in cells. Thus, formation of filopodia caused
by Cdc42 activation is accompanied by the appearance of
lamellipodia in cells that contain functional Rac. This is
followed by Rho-dependent organization of actin stress fibers (Nobes and Hall, 1995). Our III1-C-treated cells have
activated Cdc42, but Rho is inactive. The studies that revealed the existence of the sequential Cdc42/Rac/Rho pathway were done under conditions that would allow fibronectin matrix assembly. Thus, the lack of the Rho activation that would be expected from the earlier results is
likely to be due to the absence of fibronectin matrix in the
III1-C-treated cells. The increased Cdc42 activity in the
cells lacking fibronectin matrix is consistent with their unimpaired attachment properties, as cell-substrate attachment has been shown to increase Cdc42 activity (Price et
al., 1998
).
Cdc42 and Rac activate JNK and p38 MAPK and,
through these kinases, regulate gene transcription (Coso
et al., 1995; Minden et al., 1995
). However, most studies
exploring the effects of the Rho GTPases on the MAP kinases have been performed by expressing mutant forms of
these proteins. Because III1-C treatment makes it possible
to activate Cdc42, and because it can be achieved without
activating Rac or Rho, we were able to study the downstream signaling pathways specifically regulated by endogenous Cdc42. We found that one of the previously
identified Cdc42-dependent pathways was activated in the
III1-C-treated cells; there was increased tyrosine phosphorylation of ACK1, a protein that interacts with the active form of Cdc42 (Manser et al., 1993
). In contrast, PAK1, a potent regulator of both JNK and p38 MAPK
that is known to interact not only with active Cdc42, but
also with active Rac (Manser et al., 1993
), was inhibited in
III1-C-treated cells. Downstream activation of JNK was
also prevented by III1-C treatment, whereas p38 MAPK
was activated. These data suggest that Cdc42 may not directly activate PAK or JNK. Because Rac seems to be inhibited in III1-C-treated cells, Cdc42 may require Rac to
activate the JNK pathway, and activation of PAK and
JNK in cells expressing a constitutively active form of
Cdc42 may be caused by subsequent activation of Rac.
Consistent with this idea, JNK activation by Cdc42 can be
blocked by dominant negative Rac (Minden et al., 1995
).
However, both JNK and ERK activation by anisomycin
were also inhibited in III1-C-treated cells (not shown).
Anisomycin is an inhibitor of protein synthesis commonly
used in MAPK activation studies, and it is thought to activate JNK independently of Cdc42 or Rac (Coso et al., 1995
).
Therefore, it seems likely that a pathway that does not involve the Rho-related proteins can activate JNK, and that
this pathway also requires an intact fibronectin matrix.
Detachment of epithelial and endothelial cells from the
extracellular matrix leads to programmed cell death; this
process is called anoikis (Frisch and Ruoslahti, 1997). JNK
is rapidly activated in detached cells; however, its role in
induction of apoptosis in these cells is still not clear (Frisch
et al., 1996
; Khwaja and Downward, 1997
). p38 MAPK is
also stimulated by detachment from the matrix (Khwaja
and Downward, 1997
). In contrast, detachment suppresses
ERK and the growth factor-mediated activation of ERK requires cell attachment (Renshaw et al., 1997
). Interestingly, we found that removal of fibronectin matrix without
altering the cell-substrate adhesion of the cells decreased
the basal activity of ERK while slightly potentiating ERK
response to growth factors. This effect and the activation
of P38 MAPK and suppression of JNK in III1-C-treated
cells show that the effects of matrix removal on MAPKs
are quite different from those of loss of substrate adhesion. In agreement with this, depleting fibronectin matrix
had little effect on cell survival (not shown), while inhibiting cell proliferation. Thus, signals from fibronectin matrix
seem to control cell proliferation, whereas cell substrate
adhesion provides a survival signal. These signals can be
modulated separately by removing the matrix or by allowing cells to attach to a substrate in the absence of matrix.
A profound block of cyclin E-cdk2 activity occurred in
III1-C-treated cells, apparently accounting for the reduced cell proliferation. These results indicate that fibronectin matrix is required for activation of cyclin E-cdk2
in anchorage-dependent cells. The growth-promoting effects of substrate adhesion requires cytoskeletal organization (Assoian and Zhu, 1997), which is dependent on Rho activity. Moreover, Rac as well as Rho is necessary for the
G1/S transition of the cell cycle (Olson et al., 1995
; Hall,
1998
). In contrast, Cdc42 can inhibit cell cycle progression
in G1 through a mechanism that requires p38 MAPK activation (Molnar et al., 1997
). Thus, fibronectin matrix removal may be blocking cell cycle progression by activating
Cdc42, and through it p38 MAPK, while inhibiting Rac
and Rho activation by Cdc42.
In summary, our results reveal a specialized role for cell surface fibronectin matrix in cytoskeletal organization, growth factor responses, and cell cycle control that cannot be substituted for by cell adhesion to a substrate.
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Footnotes |
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Received for publication 11 May 1998 and in revised form 24 August 1998.
Address all correspondence to Erkki Ruoslahti, M.D., Ph.D., The Burnham Institute, 10901 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037. Tel.:
(619) 646-3125. Fax: (619) 646-3198. E-mail: ruoslahti{at}burnham-inst.org
The present address of Sandrine Bourdoulous is Institut Cochin de
Génétique Moléculaire, CNRS UPR415, 22 rue Méchain, 75014 Paris,
France.
The present address of Gertraud Orend is Friedrich Miescher Institut,
Maulbeerstrasse 66, 058 Basel, Switzerland.
The present address of Deidre A. MacKenna is Tanabe Research Laboratories, 4540 Towne Centre Ct., La Jolla, CA 92121.
We thank Drs. T. Hunter, K. Vuori, and E. Pasquale for comments on the manuscript, and Dr. A. Hall for providing plasmids.
This work was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (CA67224, CA62042) and Cancer Center Support Grant CA30199. S. Bourdoulous is supported by the Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. D.A. MacKenna was supported by NRSA Fellowship CA67424 from the National Institutes of Health and a fellowship from the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
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Abbreviations used in this paper |
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HUVEC, human umbilical vein endothelial cells; LPA, lysophosphatidic acid.
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