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First published online 9 October 2007
doi: 10.1242/jcs.008219

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Supervillin slows cell spreading by facilitating myosin II activation at the cell periphery

¹ Department of Cell Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
² Department of Physiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
³ Cell Dynamics Program, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA

^* Author for correspondence (e-mail: Norio.Takizawa{at}umassmed.edu)

Accepted 6 August 2007

During cell migration, myosin II modulates adhesion, cell protrusion and actin organization at the leading edge. We show that an F-actin- and membrane-associated scaffolding protein, called supervillin (SV, p205), binds directly to the subfragment 2 domains of nonmuscle myosin IIA and myosin IIB and to the N-terminus of the long form of myosin light chain kinase (L-MLCK). SV inhibits cell spreading via an MLCK- and myosin II-dependent mechanism. Overexpression of SV reduces the rate of cell spreading, and RNAi-mediated knockdown of endogenous SV increases it. Endogenous and EGFP-tagged SV colocalize with, and enhance the formation of, cortical bundles of F-actin and activated myosin II during early cell spreading. The effects of SV are reversed by inhibition of myosin heavy chain (MHC) ATPase (blebbistatin), MLCK (ML-7) or MEK (U0126), but not by inhibiting Rho-kinase with Y-27632. Flag-tagged L-MLCK co-localizes in cortical bundles with EGFP-SV, and kinase-dead L-MLCK disorganizes these bundles. The L-MLCK- and myosin-binding site in SV, SV1-171, rearranges and co-localizes with mono- and di-phosphorylated myosin light chain and with L-MLCK, but not with the short form of MLCK (S-MLCK) or with myosin phosphatase. Thus, the membrane protein SV apparently contributes to myosin II assembly during cell spreading by modulating myosin II regulation by L-MLCK.

Key words: Supervillin, Myosin II, MLCK, Cell spreading, Cytoskeleton

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