Reactive oxygen species regulate a slingshot-cofilin activation pathway

Mol Biol Cell. 2009 Jun;20(11):2650-60. doi: 10.1091/mbc.e09-02-0131. Epub 2009 Apr 1.

Abstract

Cellular stimuli generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) via the local action of NADPH oxidases (Nox) to modulate cytoskeletal organization and cell migration through unknown mechanisms. Cofilin is a major regulator of cellular actin dynamics whose activity is controlled by phosphorylation/dephosphorylation at Ser3. Here we show that Slingshot-1L (SSH-1L), a selective cofilin regulatory phosphatase, is involved in H(2)O(2)-induced cofilin dephosphorylation and activation. SSH-1L is activated by its release from a regulatory complex with 14-3-3zeta protein through the redox-mediated oxidation of 14-3-3zeta by H(2)O(2). The ROS-dependent activation of the SSH-1L-cofilin pathway stimulates the SSH-1L-dependent formation of cofilin-actin rods in cofilin-GFP-expressing HeLa cells. Similarly, the formation of endogenous ROS stimulated by angiotensin II (AngII) also activates the SSH-1L-cofilin pathway via oxidation of 14-3-3zeta to increase AngII-induced membrane ruffling and cell motility. These results suggest that the formation of ROS by NADPH oxidases engages a SSH-1L-cofilin pathway to regulate cytoskeletal organization and cell migration.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • 14-3-3 Proteins / metabolism
  • Angiotensin II / pharmacology
  • Blotting, Western
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Movement / drug effects
  • Cofilin 1 / genetics
  • Cofilin 1 / metabolism*
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins / genetics
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins / metabolism
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Hydrogen Peroxide / pharmacology
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence
  • NADPH Oxidase 1
  • NADPH Oxidases / genetics
  • NADPH Oxidases / metabolism
  • Oxidants / pharmacology
  • Oxidation-Reduction / drug effects
  • Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / genetics
  • Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / metabolism*
  • Phosphorylation / drug effects
  • Protein Binding / drug effects
  • RNA, Small Interfering / genetics
  • Reactive Oxygen Species / metabolism*
  • Signal Transduction*
  • Transfection

Substances

  • 14-3-3 Proteins
  • Cofilin 1
  • Oxidants
  • RNA, Small Interfering
  • Reactive Oxygen Species
  • Angiotensin II
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins
  • Hydrogen Peroxide
  • NADPH Oxidase 1
  • NADPH Oxidases
  • NOX1 protein, human
  • Phosphoprotein Phosphatases
  • SSH1 protein, human