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online publication date 28 Mar 2006
doi: 10.1242/jcs.02859
Research Article
Multiple factors contribute to integrin-talin interactions in vivo
Guy Tanentzapf,
Maria D. Martin-Bermudo,
Marcus S. Hicks,
and
Nicholas H. Brown*
* Author for correspondence (e-mail: nb117{at}cam.ac.uk)
The cytoplasmic protein talin is an essential part of the integrin-cytoskeleton link. We characterized the interaction between integrin and two conserved regions of talin, the N-terminal 'head' domain and the C-terminus, which includes the I/LWEQ domain, within the living organism. Green-fluorescent-protein-tagged head and C-terminal domains were recruited to integrin adhesion sites. Both required integrins for recruitment, but the C-terminal domain also required endogenous talin, showing it was not recruited directly by integrins. We used chimeric transmembrane proteins containing the cytoplasmic domain of the integrin
subunit to examine the integrin-talin head interaction. Monomeric chimeric proteins did not recruit talin head, whereas dimeric chimeras efficiently recruited it and caused a strong inhibition of integrin-mediated adhesion. These chimeras recruited surprisingly few integrin-associated proteins, indicating that recruitment of talin did not initiate a cascade of recruitment. Mutagenesis of the integrin cytoplasmic domain, within the chimera, showed the dominant-negative inhibition was not due to talin sequestration alone and that additional interactions are required.

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