Caveolae couple mechanical stress to integrin recycling and activation

  1. Fidel-Nicolás Lolo
  2. Dácil María Pavón
  3. Araceli Grande
  4. Alberto Elósegui Artola
  5. Valeria Inés Segatori
  6. Sara Sánchez
  7. Xavier Trepat
  8. Pere Pere Roca-Cusachs
  9. Miguel Ángel del Pozo  Is a corresponding author
  1. Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Spain
  2. Allergy Therapeutics S.L., Spain
  3. The Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom
  4. Quilmes National University, Argentina
  5. Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Spain

Abstract

Cells are subjected to multiple mechanical inputs throughout their lives. Their ability to detect these environmental cues is called mechanosensing, a process in which integrins play an important role. During cellular mechanosensing, plasma membrane (PM) tension is adjusted to mechanical stress through the buffering action of caveolae; however, little is known about the role of caveolae in early integrin mechanosensing regulation. Here, we show that Cav1KO fibroblasts increase adhesion to FN-coated beads when pulled with magnetic tweezers, as compared to wild type fibroblasts. This phenotype is Rho-independent and mainly derived from increased active b1-integrin content on the surface of Cav1KO fibroblasts. FRAP analysis and endocytosis/recycling assays revealed that active b1-integrin is mostly endocytosed through the CLIC/GEEC pathway and is more rapidly recycled to the PM in Cav1KO fibroblasts, in a Rab4 and PM tension-dependent manner. Moreover, the threshold for PM tension-driven b1-integrin activation is lower in Cav1KO MEFs than in wild type MEFs, through a mechanism dependent on talin activity. Our findings suggest that caveolae couple mechanical stress to integrin cycling and activation, thereby regulating the early steps of the cellular mechanosensing response.

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  1. Fidel-Nicolás Lolo

    Cell and developmental Biology Area, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Madrid, Spain
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  2. Dácil María Pavón

    Allergy Therapeutics S.L., Alcalá de Henares, Spain
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    Dácil María Pavón, is affiliated with Allergy Therapeutics S.L. The author has no financial interests to declare.
  3. Araceli Grande

    Structural Biology Programme, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Madrid, Spain
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  4. Alberto Elósegui Artola

    The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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  5. Valeria Inés Segatori

    Quilmes National University, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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    No competing interests declared.
  6. Sara Sánchez

    Cell and developmental Biology Area, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Madrid, Spain
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    No competing interests declared.
  7. Xavier Trepat

    Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
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    No competing interests declared.
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  8. Pere Pere Roca-Cusachs

    Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
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  9. Miguel Ángel del Pozo

    Cell and developmental Biology Area, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Madrid, Spain
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    madelpozo@cnic.es
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Funding

European Union Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant 641639)

  • Miguel Ángel del Pozo

Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (SAF2011-25047,SAF2014-51876-R,SAF2017-83130-R,MINSEV1512-07-2016,CSD2009-0016)

  • Miguel Ángel del Pozo

Worldwide Cancer Research Foundation (#15 -0404)

  • Miguel Ángel del Pozo

Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer Foundation (PROYE20089DELP)

  • Miguel Ángel del Pozo

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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© 2022, Lolo et al.

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  1. Fidel-Nicolás Lolo
  2. Dácil María Pavón
  3. Araceli Grande
  4. Alberto Elósegui Artola
  5. Valeria Inés Segatori
  6. Sara Sánchez
  7. Xavier Trepat
  8. Pere Pere Roca-Cusachs
  9. Miguel Ángel del Pozo
(2022)
Caveolae couple mechanical stress to integrin recycling and activation
eLife 11:e82348.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.82348

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