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First published online 17 July 2007
doi: 10.1242/jcs.03475

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An NGF-induced Exo70-TC10 complex locally antagonises Cdc42-mediated activation of N-WASP to modulate neurite outgrowth

European Neuroscience Institute-Göttingen, Cell Biophysics Group and DFG Research Center for Molecular Physiology of the Brain (CMPB), D-37073 Göttingen, Germany

^* Author for correspondence (e-mail: fwouter{at}gwdg.de)

Accepted 24 May 2007

NGF-induced differentiation of PC12 cells is mediated by actin-polymerisation-driven membrane protrusion, involving GTPase signalling pathways that activate actin nucleation promoting factors such as the neural Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (N-WASP). Expression of the exocyst subunit Exo70 in PC12 cells and neurons leads to the generation of numerous membrane protrusions, an effect that is strongly potentiated upon NGF-induced differentiation. Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) imaging by fluorescence lifetime microscopy (FLIM) reveals an NGF-induced interaction of activated TC10 with Exo70. Expression of dominant-negative mutants and siRNA-mediated knockdown implicates N-WASP in NGF-induced Exo70-TC10-mediated membrane protrusion. However, FRET imaging of N-WASP activation levels of cells expressing Exo70 and/or constitutively active TC10 reveals that this complex locally antagonises the NGF-induced activation of N-WASP in membrane protrusions. Experiments involving siRNA-mediated knockdown of Cdc42 and overexpression of constitutively active Cdc42 confirm that the Exo70-TC10 complex mainly targets the NGF-induced Cdc42-dependent activation of N-WASP. Our results show that Exo70 is responsible for the correct targeting of the Exo70-TC10 complex to sites of membrane protrusion. The functional uncoupling between both pathways represents a novel regulatory mechanism that enables switching between morphologically distinct – Cdc42- or TC10-dominated – forms of cellular membrane outgrowth.

Key words: Exo70, TC10, Cdc42, N-WASP, Neuronal differentiation

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