1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
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Complex structures of Rsu1 and PINCH1 reveal a regulatory mechanism of the ILK/PINCH/Parvin complex for F-actin dynamics

  1. Haibin Yang
  2. Leishu Lin
  3. Kan Sun
  4. Ting Zhang
  5. Wan Chen
  6. Lianghui Li
  7. Yuchen Xie
  8. Chuanyue Wu  Is a corresponding author
  9. Zhiyi Wei  Is a corresponding author
  10. Cong Yu  Is a corresponding author
  1. Southern University of Science and Technology, China, China
  2. University of Pittsburgh, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.64395
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  1. Haibin Yang
  2. Leishu Lin
  3. Kan Sun
  4. Ting Zhang
  5. Wan Chen
  6. Lianghui Li
  7. Yuchen Xie
  8. Chuanyue Wu
  9. Zhiyi Wei
  10. Cong Yu
(2021)
Complex structures of Rsu1 and PINCH1 reveal a regulatory mechanism of the ILK/PINCH/Parvin complex for F-actin dynamics
eLife 10:e64395.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.64395
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Abstract

Communications between actin filaments and integrin-mediated focal adhesion (FA) are crucial for cell adhesion and migration. As a core platform to organize FA proteins, the tripartite ILK/PINCH/Parvin (IPP) complex interacts with actin filaments to regulate the cytoskeleton-FA crosstalk. Rsu1, a Ras suppressor, is enriched in FA through PINCH1 and plays important roles in regulating F-actin structures. Here, we solved crystal structures of the Rsu1/PINCH1 complex, in which the Leucine-Rich-Repeats of Rsu1 form a solenoid structure to tightly associate with the C-terminal region of PINCH1. Further structural analysis uncovered that the interaction between Rsu1 and PINCH1 blocks the IPP-mediated F-actin bundling by disrupting the binding of PINCH1 to actin. Consistently, overexpressing Rsu1 in HeLa cells impairs stress fiber formation and cell spreading. Together, our findings demonstrated that Rsu1 is critical for tuning the communication between F-actin and FA by interacting with the IPP complex and negatively modulating the F-actin bundling.

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  1. Haibin Yang

    Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, China, Shenzhen, China
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  2. Leishu Lin

    Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, China, Shenzhen, China
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  3. Kan Sun

    Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, China, Shenzhen, China
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  4. Ting Zhang

    Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, China, Shenzhen, China
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  5. Wan Chen

    Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, China, Shenzhen, China
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  6. Lianghui Li

    Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, China, Shenzhen, China
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  7. Yuchen Xie

    Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, China, Shenzhen, China
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  8. Chuanyue Wu

    Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States
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  9. Zhiyi Wei

    Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, China, Shenzhen, China
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  10. Cong Yu

    Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, China, Shenzhen, China
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Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (31870757)

  • Cong Yu

National Natural Science Foundation of China (31970741)

  • Zhiyi Wei

National Natural Science Foundation of China (31770791)

  • Zhiyi Wei

Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province (2017B030301018)

  • Cong Yu

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institute of Brain Science, Shenzhen Fundamental Research Institutions (2019SHIBS0002)

  • Zhiyi Wei

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  1. Haibin Yang
  2. Leishu Lin
  3. Kan Sun
  4. Ting Zhang
  5. Wan Chen
  6. Lianghui Li
  7. Yuchen Xie
  8. Chuanyue Wu
  9. Zhiyi Wei
  10. Cong Yu
(2021)
Complex structures of Rsu1 and PINCH1 reveal a regulatory mechanism of the ILK/PINCH/Parvin complex for F-actin dynamics
eLife 10:e64395.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.64395

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