TY - JOUR
T1 - Rap2A links intestinal cell polarity to brush border formation
AU - Gloerich, Martijn
AU - Ten Klooster, Jean Paul
AU - Vliem, Marjolein J.
AU - Koorman, Thijs
AU - Zwartkruis, Fried J.
AU - Clevers, Hans
AU - Bos, Johannes L.
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to R. Wedlich-Söldner (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany), N. Vitale (Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives, Strasbourg, France), T. Balla (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA), J. Chen (University of Illinois, Urbana, USA) and S. van den Heuvel (Universiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands) for providing reagents. We thank W. Vonk, L. Kleij and K. Lee for technical assistance, C. Garner for assistance with lentiviral infections, K. Jalink for discussions, G. Kops, T. Pawson and J. Nelson for critical reading of the manuscript, and the members of our laboratories for continuous support and stimulating discussions. This study is supported by the Dutch Cancer Society (KWF; J.P.t.K. and M.J.V.), Chemical Sciences (M.G.) and the Netherlands Genomics Initiative (J.L.B. and H.C.) of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).
PY - 2012/8
Y1 - 2012/8
N2 - The microvillus brush border at the apex of the highly polarized enterocyte allows the regulated uptake of nutrients from the intestinal lumen. Here, we identify the small G protein Rap2A as a molecular link that couples the formation of microvilli directly to the preceding cell polarization. Establishment of apicobasal polarity, which can be triggered by the kinase LKB1 in single, isolated colon cells, results in enrichment of PtdIns(4,5)P 2 at the apical membrane. The subsequent recruitment of phospholipase D1 allows polarized accumulation of phosphatidic acid, which provides a local cue for successive signalling by the guanine nucleotide exchange factor PDZGEF, the small G protein Rap2A, its effector TNIK, the kinase MST4 and, ultimately, the actin-binding protein Ezrin. Thus, epithelial cell polarization is translated directly into the acquisition of brush borders through a small G protein signalling module whose action is positioned by a cortical lipid cue.
AB - The microvillus brush border at the apex of the highly polarized enterocyte allows the regulated uptake of nutrients from the intestinal lumen. Here, we identify the small G protein Rap2A as a molecular link that couples the formation of microvilli directly to the preceding cell polarization. Establishment of apicobasal polarity, which can be triggered by the kinase LKB1 in single, isolated colon cells, results in enrichment of PtdIns(4,5)P 2 at the apical membrane. The subsequent recruitment of phospholipase D1 allows polarized accumulation of phosphatidic acid, which provides a local cue for successive signalling by the guanine nucleotide exchange factor PDZGEF, the small G protein Rap2A, its effector TNIK, the kinase MST4 and, ultimately, the actin-binding protein Ezrin. Thus, epithelial cell polarization is translated directly into the acquisition of brush borders through a small G protein signalling module whose action is positioned by a cortical lipid cue.
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U2 - 10.1038/ncb2537
DO - 10.1038/ncb2537
M3 - Article
C2 - 22797597
AN - SCOPUS:84864869731
SN - 1465-7392
VL - 14
SP - 793
EP - 801
JO - Nature Cell Biology
JF - Nature Cell Biology
IS - 8
ER -