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In this study, PRP4 positively regulated MIIP levels and significantly inhibited the invasion of HCT116 cells. Further investigations elucidated that PRP4 dephosphorylated MIIP via PP1A regulation, which was confirmed by PP1A inhibition in the presence of OA. Upon dephosphorylation, MIIP possibly inhibited the invasion of HCT116 cells. Our results comply with a previous study reporting that PP1 is a physiological MIIP phosphatase, which significantly down-regulated MIIP phosphorylation, resulting in decreased invasion of colorectal cancer cells [40]. A study on endometrial cancer reported that MIIP inhibited the formation of lamellipodia and inhibited endothelial cells migration through Rac1 downstream effector PAK1 binding competition [44]. These findings lead us to hypothesize that MIIP blocks the Rac1 downstream pathway upon dephosphorylation by PRP4 and subsequently inhibits the invasion of HCT116 cells (Graphical Abstract). However, our hypothesis needs further investigations. As mentioned previously, PRP4 activates cofilin by dephosphorylation, which modulates the morphology of HCT116 cells. Altered cell morphology by activated cofilin could contribute to cell invasion inhibition. Here, we confirmed that both MIIP and cofilin are linked to PP1A (Figs. 3b, 4b, 4c, Supplemental Fig. S2). However, the distinction between direct or indirect relation of MIIP and cofilin needs further investigations. Interestingly, OA treatment restored E-cadherin loss and confirmed the involvement of PRP4-induced cofilin activation in HCT116 acquired EMT. Based on the results of this study, we conclude that PRP4 induces Doxycycline HCl cytoskeleton rearrangement by cofilin dephosphorylation via (i) Rho-ROCK-LIMK-cofilin pathway inhibition and (ii) PP1A regulation. These mechanisms may drive HCT116 towards EMT, promote human colon cancer progression, and induce anti-cancer drug resistance. Further evaluation of PRP4-induced cofilin activation may lead to the development of novel approaches for overcoming EMT and drug resistance in patients with colon cancer.
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Acknowledgements This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the NRF funded by the Ministry of Education (Grant no. 2014R1A1A2054781), and by the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning (NRF-2016R1A2B4012677).
Introduction Dendrite morphogenesis, especially the formation of highly branched dendritic arbors, is essential for the establishment of neural circuits throughout the nervous system. Genetic and cell biological studies showed that dendrite arborization requires both extrinsic and intrinsic mechanisms, including ligand-receptor signaling, transcription regulation, cytoskeleton remodeling, and membrane trafficking (Dong et al., 2015, Jan and Jan, 2010). Several extrinsic cues and cell surface receptors have been identified as important guidance molecules for dendrite formation. For example, the secreted protein semaphorin 3A (Sema3A) attracts the apical dendrites of pyramidal neurons to grow toward the pial surface in the mammalian cortex (Polleux et al., 2000). The cell adhesion receptors DSCAM and protocadherin act as homophilic repulsive cues to mediate the self-avoidance of dendrites in Drosophila and mammalian neurons (Hughes et al., 2007, Lefebvre et al., 2012, Matthews et al., 2007, Soba et al., 2007). Within dendrites, the actin cytoskeleton acts as a major structural component to drive morphogenesis (Jan and Jan, 2010). The Rho family GTPase Rac plays a critical role in regulating actin reorganization needed for dendrite branching (Andersen et al., 2005, Emoto et al., 2004, Luo, 2000). Activated Rac binds to the actin nucleation promotion factor WAVE regulatory complex (WRC), which, in turn, stimulates the Arp2/3 complex to polymerize actin (Chen et al., 2010, Chen et al., 2017, Eden et al., 2002, Ismail et al., 2009). The activity of Rac is controlled by various Rac-specific guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) and GTPase activating proteins (GAPs). Several RacGEFs (e.g., Trio and Tiam1) have been shown to be important for dendrite morphogenesis (Iyer et al., 2012, Tolias et al., 2005). A large body of research on neuron morphogenesis supports the idea that links between membrane receptors and GEFs and GAPs serve as major means to relay receptor signaling to the actin cytoskeleton in axon guidance and dendrite formation (Dent et al., 2011, Huber et al., 2003). For example, UNC-40/DCC and NMDA receptor are both linked to Tiam1 to regulate actin remodeling in axon guidance and development of dendritic arbors and spines (Demarco et al., 2012, Tolias et al., 2005). Furthermore, the WRC could potentially connect many receptors to actin through its direct interaction with a short peptide motif, named the WRC interacting receptor sequence (WIRS), found in the intracellular domains (ICDs) of a large variety of membrane proteins (Chen et al., 2014a). This interaction was shown to be important for the cell adhesion receptor SYG-1 to control actin assembly at the presynaptic terminals of the Caenorhabditis elegans HSN neuron to drive axon branching and synapse formation (Chia et al., 2014). However, whether dendrites use similar mechanisms to control the remodeling of actin is largely unknown.