PMID- 37889294 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231030 LR - 20231030 IS - 1540-8140 (Electronic) IS - 0021-9525 (Print) IS - 0021-9525 (Linking) VI - 223 IP - 1 DP - 2024 Jan 1 TI - Vinculin is required for interkinetic nuclear migration (INM) and cell cycle progression. LID - 10.1083/jcb.202106169 [doi] LID - e202106169 AB - Vinculin is an actin-binding protein (ABP) that strengthens the connection between the actin cytoskeleton and adhesion complexes. It binds to beta-catenin/N-cadherin complexes in apical adherens junctions (AJs), which maintain cell-to-cell adhesions, and to talin/integrins in the focal adhesions (FAs) that attach cells to the basal membrane. Here, we demonstrate that beta-catenin targets vinculin to the apical AJs and the centrosome in the embryonic neural tube (NT). Suppression of vinculin slows down the basal-to-apical part of interkinetic nuclear migration (BAINM), arrests neural stem cells (NSCs) in the G2 phase of the cell cycle, and ultimately dismantles the apical actin cytoskeleton. In the NSCs, mitosis initiates when an internalized centrosome gathers with the nucleus during BAINM. Notably, our results show that the first centrosome to be internalized is the daughter centrosome, where beta-catenin and vinculin accumulate, and that vinculin suppression prevents centrosome internalization. Thus, we propose that vinculin links AJs, the centrosome, and the actin cytoskeleton where actomyosin contraction forces are required. CI - (c) 2023 Ochoa et al. FAU - Ochoa, Andrea AU - Ochoa A AUID- ORCID: 0009-0005-1454-6025 AD - Instituto de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona (CSIC) , Barcelona, Spain. FAU - Herrera, Antonio AU - Herrera A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6248-1001 AD - Instituto de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona (CSIC) , Barcelona, Spain. FAU - Menendez, Anghara AU - Menendez A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6513-0584 AD - Instituto de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona (CSIC) , Barcelona, Spain. FAU - Estefanell, Maria AU - Estefanell M AUID- ORCID: 0009-0001-1869-7614 AD - Instituto de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona (CSIC) , Barcelona, Spain. FAU - Ramos, Carlota AU - Ramos C AUID- ORCID: 0009-0009-5238-9891 AD - Instituto de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona (CSIC) , Barcelona, Spain. FAU - Pons, Sebastian AU - Pons S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1027-0621 AD - Instituto de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona (CSIC) , Barcelona, Spain. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20231027 PL - United States TA - J Cell Biol JT - The Journal of cell biology JID - 0375356 RN - 0 (Actins) RN - 0 (beta Catenin) RN - 125361-02-6 (Vinculin) SB - IM MH - Actin Cytoskeleton/metabolism MH - Actins/metabolism MH - beta Catenin/genetics/metabolism MH - Cell Adhesion MH - *Cell Cycle MH - *Focal Adhesions/genetics/metabolism MH - *Vinculin/genetics MH - Neural Stem Cells/cytology MH - Centrosome/metabolism MH - Adherens Junctions/metabolism PMC - PMC10609122 COIS- Disclosures: The authors declare no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2023/10/27 12:44 MHDA- 2023/10/30 06:46 PMCR- 2023/10/27 CRDT- 2023/10/27 11:04 PHST- 2021/06/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/08/08 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/10/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/10/30 06:46 [medline] PHST- 2023/10/27 12:44 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/10/27 11:04 [entrez] PHST- 2023/10/27 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 276364 [pii] AID - jcb.202106169 [pii] AID - 10.1083/jcb.202106169 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Cell Biol. 2024 Jan 1;223(1):e202106169. doi: 10.1083/jcb.202106169. Epub 2023 Oct 27.