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Interaction of Crk with Myosin-1c Participates in Fibronectin-Induced Cell Spreading

Hyejin Oh1, Hwan Kim1, Baehyun Shin2, Kun Ho Lee3, Myeong Gu Yeo4 ✉, Woo Keun Song1✉

1. Bio Imaging and Cell Dynamics Research Center,
2. Bio Remodeling and Gene Therapy Lab., School of Life Sciences, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 500-712, Korea,
3. Department of Marine Biology, Chosun University, Gwangju, 501-759, Korea
4. Department of Alternative Medicine, Nambu University, Gwangju 506-706, Korea

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Oh H, Kim H, Shin B, Lee KH, Yeo MG, Song WK. Interaction of Crk with Myosin-1c Participates in Fibronectin-Induced Cell Spreading. Int J Biol Sci 2013; 9(8):778-791. doi:10.7150/ijbs.6459. https://www.ijbs.com/v09p0778.htm
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We previously reported a novel interaction between v-Crk and myosin-1c, and demonstrated that this interaction is essential for cell migration, even in the absence of p130CAS. We here demonstrate a role for Crk-myosin-1c interaction in cell adhesion and spreading. Crk-knockout (Crk‑/‑) mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEFs) exhibited significantly decreased cell spreading and reduced Rac1 activity. A stroboscopic analysis of cell dynamics during cell spreading revealed that the cell-spreading deficiency in Crk‑/‑ MEFs was due to the short protrusion/retraction distances and long persistence times of membrane extensions. The low activity of Rac1 in Crk‑/‑ MEFs, which led to delayed cell spreading in these cells, is consistent with the observed defects in membrane dynamics. Reintroduction of v-Crk into Crk‑/‑ MEFs rescued these defects, restoring cell-spreading activity and membrane dynamics to Crk+/+ MEF levels, and normalizing Rac1 activity. Knockdown of myosin-1c by introduction of small interfering RNA resulted in a delay in cell spreading and reduced Rac1 activity to low levels, suggesting that myosin-1c also plays an essential role in cell adhesion and spreading. In addition, deletion of the v-Crk SH3 domain, which interacts with the myosin-1c tail, led to defects in cell spreading. Overexpression of the GFP-myosin-1c tail domain effectively inhibited the v-Crk-myosin-1c interaction and led to a slight decrease in cell spreading and cell surface area. Collectively, these findings suggest that the v-Crk-myosin-1c interaction, which modulates membrane dynamics by regulating Rac1 activity, is crucial for cell adhesion and spreading.

Keywords: v-Crk, myosin-1c, cell adhesion, cell spreading


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Oh, H., Kim, H., Shin, B., Lee, K.H., Yeo, M.G., Song, W.K. (2013). Interaction of Crk with Myosin-1c Participates in Fibronectin-Induced Cell Spreading. International Journal of Biological Sciences, 9(8), 778-791. https://doi.org/10.7150/ijbs.6459.

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Oh, H.; Kim, H.; Shin, B.; Lee, K.H.; Yeo, M.G.; Song, W.K. Interaction of Crk with Myosin-1c Participates in Fibronectin-Induced Cell Spreading. Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2013, 9 (8), 778-791. DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.6459.

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Oh H, Kim H, Shin B, Lee KH, Yeo MG, Song WK. Interaction of Crk with Myosin-1c Participates in Fibronectin-Induced Cell Spreading. Int J Biol Sci 2013; 9(8):778-791. doi:10.7150/ijbs.6459. https://www.ijbs.com/v09p0778.htm

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Oh H, Kim H, Shin B, Lee KH, Yeo MG, Song WK. 2013. Interaction of Crk with Myosin-1c Participates in Fibronectin-Induced Cell Spreading. Int J Biol Sci. 9(8):778-791.

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