PMID- 15161943 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20051207 LR - 20171116 IS - 0021-9533 (Print) IS - 0021-9533 (Linking) VI - 117 IP - Pt 14 DP - 2004 Jun 15 TI - A NHERF binding site links the betaPDGFR to the cytoskeleton and regulates cell spreading and migration. PG - 2951-61 AB - The Na(+)/H(+) exchanger regulatory factor, NHERF, is a multifunctional adapter protein involved in a wide range of physiological activities. NHERF associates with merlin and the ezrin/radixin/moesin (MERM) family of membrane-actin cytoskeletal linker proteins through its C-terminus and is capable of interacting via its PDZ1 domain to the betaPDGF receptor (betaPDGFR). Thus, NHERF, potentially links the betaPDGFR to the actin cytoskeleton through its interaction with MERM proteins. In the present study, we have examined whether abolishing the interaction of betaPDGFR with NHERF results in actin cytoskeletal rearrangements. We have stably expressed a wild-type betaPDGFR, a mutant betaPDGFR (L1106A) that is incapable of interacting with NHERF, as well as a kinase defective mutant receptor (K634R), in PDGFR-deficient mouse embryonic fibroblasts. Our observations indicate that cells expressing betaPDGFR (L1106A) were impaired in their ability to spread and migrate on fibronectin compared with wild-type and K634R cells. L1106A mutant cells also revealed an increased number of focal adhesions, a condensed F-actin ring at the cell periphery and a decrease in total focal adhesion kinase (FAK) tyrosine phosphorylation. Further, we show that NHERF and MERM proteins could act as intermediary bridging proteins between betaPDGFR and FAK. Thus, the interaction of betaPDGFR with NHERF may provide an essential link between the cell membrane and the cortical actin cytoskeleton independent of receptor activity. FAU - James, Marianne F AU - James MF AD - Molecular Neurogenetics Unit, Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Building 149, 13th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA. FAU - Beauchamp, Roberta L AU - Beauchamp RL FAU - Manchanda, Nitasha AU - Manchanda N FAU - Kazlauskas, Andrius AU - Kazlauskas A FAU - Ramesh, Vijaya AU - Ramesh V LA - eng GR - NS24279/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. DEP - 20040525 PL - England TA - J Cell Sci JT - Journal of cell science JID - 0052457 RN - 0 (Actins) RN - 0 (Neurofibromin 2) RN - 0 (Phosphoproteins) RN - 0 (Platelet-Derived Growth Factor) RN - 0 (Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers) RN - 0 (sodium-hydrogen exchanger regulatory factor) RN - 42HK56048U (Tyrosine) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor beta) SB - IM MH - Actins/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Binding Sites MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Membrane/metabolism MH - Cell Movement/*physiology MH - Cell Shape/physiology MH - Cytoskeleton/*metabolism MH - Focal Adhesions/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Mice MH - Mutation MH - Neurofibromin 2/metabolism MH - Phosphoproteins/*metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Platelet-Derived Growth Factor/physiology MH - Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor beta/genetics/*metabolism MH - Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers MH - Tyrosine/metabolism EDAT- 2004/05/27 05:00 MHDA- 2005/12/13 09:00 CRDT- 2004/05/27 05:00 PHST- 2004/05/27 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/12/13 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/05/27 05:00 [entrez] AID - jcs.01156 [pii] AID - 10.1242/jcs.01156 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Cell Sci. 2004 Jun 15;117(Pt 14):2951-61. doi: 10.1242/jcs.01156. Epub 2004 May 25.