A composition-dependent molecular clutch between T cell signaling condensates and actin

  1. Jonathon A Ditlev
  2. Anthony R Vega
  3. Darius Vasco Köster
  4. Xiaolei Su
  5. Tomomi Tani
  6. Ashley M Lakoduk
  7. Ronald D Vale
  8. Satyajit Mayor  Is a corresponding author
  9. Khuloud Jaqaman  Is a corresponding author
  10. Michael K Rosen  Is a corresponding author
  1. Marine Biological Laboratory, United States
  2. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States

Abstract

During T cell activation, biomolecular condensates form at the immunological synapse (IS) through multivalency-driven phase separation of LAT, Grb2, Sos1, SLP-76, Nck, and WASP. These condensates move radially at the IS, traversing successive radially-oriented and concentric actin networks. To understand this movement, we biochemically reconstituted LAT condensates with actomyosin filaments. We found that basic regions of Nck and N-WASP/WASP promote association and co-movement of LAT condensates with actin, indicating conversion of weak individual affinities to high collective affinity upon phase separation. Condensates lacking these components were propelled differently, without strong actin adhesion. In cells, LAT condensates lost Nck as radial actin transitioned to the concentric network, and engineered condensates constitutively binding actin moved aberrantly. Our data show that Nck and WASP form a clutch between LAT condensates and actin in vitro and suggest that compositional changes may enable condensate movement by distinct actin networks in different regions of the IS.

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Data are available in the BioStudies database (http://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies) under accession number S-BIAD6. Image data are available in the Image Data Resource (IDR) (https://idr.openmicroscopy.org) under accession number idr0055. Condensate analysis code is available on GitHub at https://github.com/kjaqaman/CondensateAnalysis. Colocalization analysis code is available on GitHub at https://github.com/kjaqaman/ColocPt2Cont. Cluster tracking analysis code is available on GitHub at https://github.com/DanuserLab/u-track. Polarization microscopy analysis code is available on GitHub at https://github.com/mattersoflight/Instantaneous-PolScope.

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  1. Jonathon A Ditlev

    Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Institute, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, United States
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  2. Anthony R Vega

    Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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  3. Darius Vasco Köster

    Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Institute, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, United States
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  4. Xiaolei Su

    Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Institute, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, United States
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  5. Tomomi Tani

    Eugene Bell Center for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, United States
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  6. Ashley M Lakoduk

    Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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  7. Ronald D Vale

    Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Institute, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, United States
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  8. Satyajit Mayor

    Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Institute, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, United States
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    mayor@ncbs.res.in
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  9. Khuloud Jaqaman

    Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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    khuloud.jaqaman@utsouthwestern.edu
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  10. Michael K Rosen

    Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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    michael.rosen@utsouthwestern.edu
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Funding

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

  • Ronald D Vale
  • Michael K Rosen

Cancer Research Institute

  • Xiaolei Su

National Institutes of Health (R35 GM119619)

  • Khuloud Jaqaman

National Institutes of Health (F32 DK101188)

  • Jonathon A Ditlev

Welch Foundation (I-1544)

  • Michael K Rosen

Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (J C Bose Fellowship)

  • Satyajit Mayor

Margadarshi Fellowship from the Wellcome Trust - Department of Biotechnology, India Alliance (IA/M/15/1/502018)

  • Satyajit Mayor

National Institutes of Health (R01 GM100160)

  • Tomomi Tani

UT Southwestern Endowed Scholars Program

  • Khuloud Jaqaman

National Research Service Award F32 (F32 DK101188)

  • Jonathon A Ditlev

CPRIT Training Grant (RP140110 PI: Michael White)

  • Anthony R Vega

AXA Research Fund and the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute for Fundamental Research

  • Darius Vasco Köster

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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© 2019, Ditlev et al.

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  1. Jonathon A Ditlev
  2. Anthony R Vega
  3. Darius Vasco Köster
  4. Xiaolei Su
  5. Tomomi Tani
  6. Ashley M Lakoduk
  7. Ronald D Vale
  8. Satyajit Mayor
  9. Khuloud Jaqaman
  10. Michael K Rosen
(2019)
A composition-dependent molecular clutch between T cell signaling condensates and actin
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https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.42695

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