2018
Abl2 is recruited to ventral actin waves through cytoskeletal interactions to promote lamellipodium extension
Zhang K, Lyu W, Yu J, Koleske AJ. Abl2 is recruited to ventral actin waves through cytoskeletal interactions to promote lamellipodium extension. Molecular Biology Of The Cell 2018, 29: 2863-2873. PMID: 30256707, PMCID: PMC6249870, DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e18-01-0044.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCytoskeletal interactionsLamellipodium extensionTotal internal reflection fluorescence microscopyActin-rich structuresActin wavesActin-rich protrusionsN-terminal halfC-terminal halfNonreceptor tyrosine kinaseReflection fluorescence microscopyFoci colocalizeComplementation analysisLamellipodia protrusionKnockout cellsLamellipodium tipActin filament stabilizerCell shapeBind actinTyrosine kinaseCortactinABL2Fluorescence microscopyIntegrin β3High spatiotemporal resolutionPaxillin
2017
Phosphorylated cortactin recruits Vav2 guanine nucleotide exchange factor to activate Rac3 and promote invadopodial function in invasive breast cancer cells
Rosenberg BJ, Gil-Henn H, Mader CC, Halo T, Yin T, Condeelis J, Machida K, Wu YI, Koleske AJ. Phosphorylated cortactin recruits Vav2 guanine nucleotide exchange factor to activate Rac3 and promote invadopodial function in invasive breast cancer cells. Molecular Biology Of The Cell 2017, 28: 1347-1360. PMID: 28356423, PMCID: PMC5426849, DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e16-12-0885.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive breast cancer cellsInvadopodium maturationBreast cancer cellsActin nucleation-promoting factorCancer cellsSH2 domain bindsHuman SH2 domainsMatrix degradationNucleation-promoting factorsGuanine nucleotide exchange factor Vav2Actin-rich protrusionsSubsequent cell invasionExchange factor Vav2Active Rac3Invasive MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cellsMDA-MB-231 breast cancer cellsInvadopodial functionSH2 domainDomain bindsExchange factorKinase cascadeCortactin phosphorylationActin polymerizationMutant formsInvadopodia