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XB-ART-58360
Mol Biol Cell 2021 Aug 01;3216:1417-1432. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E20-07-0481.
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Cross-talk-dependent cortical patterning of Rho GTPases during cell repair.

Moe A , Holmes W , Golding AE , Zola J , Swider ZT , Edelstein-Keshet L , Bement W .


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Rho GTPases such as Rho, Rac, and Cdc42 are important regulators of the cortical cytoskeleton in processes including cell division, locomotion, and repair. In these processes, Rho GTPases assume characteristic patterns wherein the active GTPases occupy mutually exclusive "zones" in the cell cortex. During cell wound repair, for example, a Rho zone encircles the wound edge and is in turn encircled by a Cdc42 zone. Here we evaluated the contributions of cross-talk between Rho and Cdc42 to the patterning of their respective zones in wounded Xenopus oocytes using experimental manipulations in combination with mathematical modeling. The results show that the position of the Cdc42 zone relative to the Rho zone and relative to the wound edge is controlled by the level of Rho activity. In contrast, the outer boundary of the Rho zone is limited by the level of Cdc42 activity. Models based on positive feedback within zones and negative feedback from Rho to the GEF-GAP Abr to Cdc42 capture some, but not all, of the observed behaviors. We conclude that GTPase zone positioning is controlled at the level of Rho activity and we speculate that the Cdc42 zone or something associated with it limits the spread of Rho activity.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: abr arhgef12 ccdc42 cdc42 rac1 rho
GO keywords: cortical cytoskeleton [+]


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References [+] :
Abreu-Blanco, Coordination of Rho family GTPase activities to orchestrate cytoskeleton responses during cell wound repair. 2014, Pubmed