Extracellular matrix stiffness and cell contractility control RNA localization to promote cell migration

Tianhong Wang, Susan Hamilla, Maggie Cam, Helim Aranda-Espinoza and Stavroula Mili ()
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Tianhong Wang: National Cancer Institute, NIH
Susan Hamilla: National Cancer Institute, NIH
Maggie Cam: National Cancer Institute, NIH
Helim Aranda-Espinoza: University of Maryland
Stavroula Mili: National Cancer Institute, NIH

Nature Communications, 2017, vol. 8, issue 1, 1-16

Abstract: Abstract Numerous RNAs are enriched within cellular protrusions, but the underlying mechanisms are largely unknown. We had shown that the APC (adenomatous polyposis coli) protein controls localization of some RNAs at protrusions. Here, using protrusion-isolation schemes and RNA-Seq, we find that RNAs localized in protrusions of migrating fibroblasts can be distinguished in two groups, which are differentially enriched in distinct types of protrusions, and are additionally differentially dependent on APC. APC-dependent RNAs become enriched in high-contractility protrusions and, accordingly, their localization is promoted by increasing stiffness of the extracellular matrix. Dissecting the underlying mechanism, we show that actomyosin contractility activates a RhoA-mDia1 signaling pathway that leads to formation of a detyrosinated-microtubule network, which in turn is required for localization of APC-dependent RNAs. Importantly, a competition-based approach to specifically mislocalize APC-dependent RNAs suggests that localization of the APC-dependent RNA subgroup is functionally important for cell migration.

Date: 2017
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