Calcium-stimulated disassembly of focal adhesions mediated by an ORP3/IQSec1 complex

  1. Ryan S D'Souza
  2. Jun Y Lim
  3. Alper Turgut
  4. Kelly Servage
  5. Junmei Zhang
  6. Kim Orth
  7. Nisha Sosale
  8. Matthew Lazzara
  9. Jeremy Allegood
  10. James E Casanova  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Virginia, United States
  2. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States
  3. HHMI/University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States
  4. Virginia Commonwealth University, United States

Abstract

Coordinated assembly and disassembly of integrin-mediated focal adhesions (FAs) is essential for cell migration. Many studies have shown that FA disassembly requires Ca2+ influx, however our understanding of this process remains incomplete. Here we show that Ca2+ influx via STIM1/Orai1 calcium channels, which cluster near FAs, leads to activation of the GTPase Arf5 via the Ca2+-activated GEF IQSec1, and that both IQSec1 and Arf5 activation are essential for adhesion disassembly. We further show that IQSec1 forms a complex with the lipid transfer protein ORP3, and that Ca2+ influx triggers PKC-dependent translocation of this complex to ER/plasma membrane contact sites adjacent to FAs. In addition to allosterically activating IQSec1, ORP3 also extracts PI4P from the PM, in exchange for phosphatidylcholine. ORP3-mediated lipid exchange is also important for FA turnover. Together, these findings identify a new pathway that links calcium influx to FA turnover during cell migration.

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  1. Ryan S D'Souza

    Cell Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States
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    No competing interests declared.
  2. Jun Y Lim

    Cell Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States
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  3. Alper Turgut

    Cell Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States
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  4. Kelly Servage

    Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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  5. Junmei Zhang

    Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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  6. Kim Orth

    Department of Molecular Biology, HHMI/University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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    Kim Orth, Reviewing editor, eLife.
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  7. Nisha Sosale

    Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States
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  8. Matthew Lazzara

    Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States
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    No competing interests declared.
  9. Jeremy Allegood

    Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, United States
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  10. James E Casanova

    Cell Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States
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    jec9e@virginia.edu
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Funding

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (RO1GM127361)

  • James E Casanova

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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  1. Maddy Parsons, King's College London, United Kingdom

Version history

  1. Received: December 2, 2019
  2. Accepted: March 30, 2020
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: April 1, 2020 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: April 15, 2020 (version 2)

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© 2020, D'Souza et al.

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  1. Ryan S D'Souza
  2. Jun Y Lim
  3. Alper Turgut
  4. Kelly Servage
  5. Junmei Zhang
  6. Kim Orth
  7. Nisha Sosale
  8. Matthew Lazzara
  9. Jeremy Allegood
  10. James E Casanova
(2020)
Calcium-stimulated disassembly of focal adhesions mediated by an ORP3/IQSec1 complex
eLife 9:e54113.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.54113

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