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Chemotaxis of Eukaryotic Cells:
2. Comparing Neutrophils to Dictyostelium
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Dictyostelium chasing cAMP
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Neutrophil chasing fMLP
Van Haastert and Devreotes 2004 Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 5, 626
Outside
cAMP
PIP2 Receptor
PIP2 PIP2
Gbg
Gbg
Ga
Ga
PIP2
?? PI3K
PIP33
PIP
PH
PIP2 PIP2
PTEN
??
Recruitment of
cortical actin to
drive cell
polarization and
motility
Adenylyl
Cyclase
cAMP
(secreted)
PIP3
PIP
3
PH
Cytosol
PI3K half of the LEGI model
L
L
R
S
EA
E
Membrane
Membrane
Local
BSPI3K
BSAPI3K
BSAPI3K
PI3K
PI3K
BSPI3K
I
BSAPI3K
IA
Global
IA
PI3K
Cytosolic PI3K, I and IA are freely diffusable throughout the cytosol.
Membrane imbedded components (R, S, E, BS) have more restricted movement
Van Haastert and Devreotes 2004 Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 5, 626
PI3K is not critical for acute stimulation of cortical actin accumulation but
participates in remodeling of actin to from a polarized leading edge
Is Ras the PI3K upstream activator in response to cAMP?
Sasaki et al.,(Firtel) 2004 JCB 167, 505
Dictyostelium (like neutrophils) has three Ras genes (RasG, RasB and RasD) that
are close homologs of mammalian K-Ras and H-Ras. Activated Ras (GTP
loaded) binds to both mammalian and Dictyostelium PI3K.
Human
Dicty
p85binding Ras-binding C2
PIK
Ras-binding C2
Ras-binding
Ras-binding
N-terminal
PIK
catalytic
catalytic
PI3K 110a
PI3K 110g
C2
PIK
catalytic
PI3K1
C2
PIK
catalytic
PI3K2
Note that he N-terminal domain of Dictyostelium PI3K1 (which is recruited to the
membrane within 5 sec after cAMP addition) is not conserved in human PI3K.
Deletion of RasG has a chemotactic defect similar to loss of PI3K1 and PI3K2.
AKT activation in response to cAMP is reduced in RasG deleted cells.
Sasaki et al.,(Firtel) 2004 JCB 167, 505
RasG is uniformly distributed on the plasma
membrane whether or not cells are stimulated.
Within 5 seconds of stimulation with cAMP,
RasG is activated as judged by its ability to
bind to the Ras-binding domain (RBD) of
Raf.
Uniform localization of GFP-Ras
during chemotaxis
The initial activation of Ras by cAMP does not require
PI3K activity, although sustained activation of Ras does
appear to be attenuated in the presence of PI3K inhibitors.
Activation of Ras at the membrane occurs in parallel to PI3K
recruitment and prior to PI3,4,5P3 production (judged by PH
domain recruitment).
GFP-RBD
localization
Five seconds after cAMP, Ras is
activated at the plasma membrane
Time after cAMP (sec)
Ras is activated at the leading edge of the migrating cell
whether or not PI3K is active, but activation of PI3K
enhances Ras activation at this location
GFP-RBD, Wild Type
GFP-RBD
PI3K1/2 -/-
GFP-RBD
PTEN-
Inhibition of actin polymerization with latrunculin dramatically reduces the
recruitment of the N-terminal domain of PI3K1 to the membrane in response
to cAMP, but it does not have a major effect on Ras activation and only
partially inhibits activation of AKT
AKT activation
Ras activation
Model:
1. Ras is activated downstream of the cAMP receptor rapidly (less than 5 seconds)
and independent of cortical actin polymerization and PI3K activity (e.g. Ras is the
BSPI3K in the LEGI model).
2. Ras recruits and activates a small fraction of PI3K at the plasma membrane,
resulting in AKT activation and other responses (including a secondary Rac
activation-see below).
3. In parallel to Ras activation, actin polymerization also is initiated at the plasma
membrane. This initial actin polymerization (at 5 seconds) is independent of
PI3K and probably mediated by a GDP/GTP exchange factor for Rac that is
directly regulated by a heterotrimeric G protein.
4. Cortical actin causes further recruitment of PI3K to the plasma membrane via the
N-terminal domain of PI3K, enhancing the Ras-dependent activation of PI3K.
5. Products of PI3K result in further stimulation of Ras activation (by an unknown
mechanism), which further activates PI3K (positive feedback loop).
6. A combination of the positive feedback loop and the LEGI model ultimately
results in global inhibition and local amplification of PI3K.
7. The local PI3,4,5P3 production activates a distinct GDP/GTP exchange factor for
Rac that produces the second, polarized cortical actin polymerization. This
results in a second positive feedback loop by actin-dependent recruitment of
PI3K.
Effect of various
Ras mutants on
chemotaxis
Sasaki et al.,(Firtel)
2004 JCB 167, 505
Sasaki et al.,(Firtel) 2004 JCB 167, 505
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Neutrophils migrating into a site of injury in a live Zebrafish
Mione and Redd
Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
Signaling in chemokine or
fMLP stimulated neutrophils
Chemokine
GPCR
Ga b/g
Ras
PI-3,4,5-P3
GTP
p101
p110g
PI3K
?
PH
PH
AKT
P
PDK1
?
PTE
N
GEF?
GTP
Rac
Cell
Migration
Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
Signaling in chemokine or
fMLP stimulated neutrophils
Chemokine
GPCR
b/g
Ras
GTP
p101
p110g
PI3K
PI-3,4,5-P3
PH
AKT
PH
PDK1
PTE
N
PI-4,5-P2
GEF?
GTP
Rac
Finding the Compass: Where in the
pathway does asymmetry first appear?
Sensing
Amplification/Polarization
Migration
WASP/WAVE
R*
PI3Kg
PIP3
Cdc42
Rac
a/bg
Arp2/3
GEFs
Actin polymerizes
The following results with neutrophils are primarily from
Weiner et al., 2002 Nat. Cell Biol. 4, 509 and
Wang et al., 2002 Nat. Cell Biol. 4, 513
PHAKT-GFP
translocates to leading
edge in response
to a point source of
chemoattractant
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Amplifying the
Gradient
PHAKT-GFP
asymmetry exceeds
that of the external
gradient during
chemotaxis
External
Internal
Asymmetric AKT recruitment does
not require new actin polymerization
What is uniform/polarized?
WASP/WAVE
R*
PIP3
PI3Kg
Cdc42
Rac
a/bg
Arp2/3
GEFs
Actin polymerizes
Uniform
Polarized
Cdc42
GTP
WASP
GBD/GFP
Cdc42
GDP
Cdc42
GTP
WASP
GBD/GFP
Cdc42
GTP
WASP
GBD/GFP
Cdc42
GDP
Cdc42
GDP
Activated Cdc42 accumulates
at the leading edge of
chemoattractant-stimulated
neutrophils
How do cells establish gradients of PI3K
lipid products during chemotaxis?
?
GFP-AKT-PH Domain
PIP3 distribution for uniform stimulation by FMLP
Unstim
30 sec
GFP-AKT-PH probe
2 min
Exogenous membrane-permeable PIP3
is sufficient to induce neutrophil polarity
PIP3
F-Actin staining
F-Actin staining
PIP3 distribution for uniform stimulation
by membrane-permeable PIP3
Unstim
30 sec
GFP-AKT-PH probe
2 min
Time course for cell polarization in response to PIP3 addition
A
B
C
GFP-AKTPH
30s
D
60s
E
120s
G
90s
F
150s
H
180s
I
160
unstim
PIP3 alone
PIP2/hist
PI3K and Rho GTPase activity are required for exogenous
PIP3-induced PHAKT-GFP translocation
control
PI3K and Rho GTPase activity are required for exogenous
PIP3-induced GFP-AKT-PH probe PH-AKT translocation
control
200 mM LY or
200 nM wortmannin
Ly294002/wortmannin
PIP3
PIP3 positive feedback loop
PIP3
PIP3
PI3K
PI3K and Rho GTPase activity are required for exogenous
PIP3-induced PHAKT-GFP translocation
control
200 mM LY or
200 nM wortmannin
C. difficile
Tox. B
PIP3 positive feedback loop
PIP3
Rac/
Cdc42
PIP3
PI3K
Requirements for eukaryotic chemotaxis
1. Sensing
2. Amplification
3. Migration
PIP3 positive feedback loop
in chemotactic signaling
PI3Kg
R
*
PIP3
PI3K
WASP/WAVE
feedback
Cdc42
Rac
a/bg
Arp2/3
GEFs
Actin polymerizes
Self-organizing pattern formation system
for polarity
Local positive
feedback
(PIP3-RhoGTPases)
Global inhibition
PTEN? SHIP?
RhoGEF inhibition?