Telokin/KRP differentially modulates myosin II filament assembly and regulatory light chain phosphorylation in fibroblasts |
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Authors: | D V Serebryanaya O V Shcherbakova T V Dudnakova V P Shirinsky A V Vorotnikov |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Experimental Cardiology, Cardiology Research Center, Moscow, 121552, Russia |
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Abstract: | Transgenic 3T3 fibroblasts were made to express either wild-type telokin (KRP) or its truncated version lacking the C-terminal domain essential for binding to myosin. The content of myosin II filaments was markedly increased while regulatory light chain phosphorylation was decreased in the cells expressing KRP but not the C-truncated version. It could be concluded that (i) KRP promotes polymerization of nonmuscle myosin but reduces its RLC phosphorylation, (ii) these effects involve direct KRP binding to myosin, and (iii) KRP-expressing fibroblasts are a convenient model for assessing the role of myosin structural dynamics in cell motility. |
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Keywords: | kinase-related protein 3T3 fibroblasts nonmuscle myosin myosin II polymerization |
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