Extraction of active RhoGTPases by RhoGDI regulates spatiotemporal patterning of RhoGTPases

  1. Adriana E Golding  Is a corresponding author
  2. Ilaria Visco
  3. Peter Bieling  Is a corresponding author
  4. William M Bement
  1. University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
  2. Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Germany

Abstract

The RhoGTPases are characterized as membrane-associated molecular switches that cycle between active, GTP-bound and inactive, GDP-bound states. However, 90-95% of RhoGTPases are maintained in a soluble form by RhoGDI, which is generally viewed as a passive shuttle for inactive RhoGTPases. Our current understanding of RhoGTPase:RhoGDI dynamics has been limited by two experimental challenges: direct visualization of the RhoGTPases in vivo and reconstitution of the cycle in vitro. We developed methods to directly image vertebrate RhoGTPases in vivo or on lipid bilayers in vitro. Using these methods, we identified pools of active and inactive RhoGTPase associated with the membrane, found that RhoGDI can extract both inactive and active RhoGTPases, and found that extraction of active RhoGTPase contributes to their spatial regulation around cell wounds. These results indicate that RhoGDI directly contributes to the spatiotemporal patterning of RhoGTPases by removing active RhoGTPases from the plasma membrane.

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  1. Adriana E Golding

    Graduate Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States
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  2. Ilaria Visco

    Department of Systemic Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany
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  3. Peter Bieling

    Department of Systemic Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany
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    peter.bieling@mpi-dortmund.mpg.de
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  4. William M Bement

    Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States
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Funding

National Institutes of Health (GM52932)

  • William M Bement

University of Wisconsin-Madison (Dr. Stanley and Dr. Eva Lurie Weinreb Fellowship)

  • Adriana E Golding

Human Frontier Science Program (HSFP CDA00070-2017-2)

  • Peter Bieling

Max Planck Society (MaxSynBio Consortium)

  • Ilaria Visco

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

Ethics

Animal experimentation: The University of Wisconsin-Madison Animal Care and Use Committee has reviewed and approved all of the experiments performed for this study, outlined in protocol G005386-RO1.

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© 2019, Golding et al.

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  1. Adriana E Golding
  2. Ilaria Visco
  3. Peter Bieling
  4. William M Bement
(2019)
Extraction of active RhoGTPases by RhoGDI regulates spatiotemporal patterning of RhoGTPases
eLife 8:e50471.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.50471

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