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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 280, Issue 27, 25548-25557, July 8, 2005
Src Regulates Distinct Pathways for Cell Volume Control through Vav and Phospholipase C
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(PLC
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Recently, integrin engagement has been suggested to trigger responses to
swelling through activation of Rho family GTPases and Src kinases. Because
both PLC
and Rho GTPases can be regulated by Src during
integrin-mediated cytoskeletal reorganization, we sought to identify
swelling-induced Src effectors. Upon hypotonic challenge, Src was rapidly
activated in transient plasma membrane protrusions, where it colocalized with
Vav, an activator of Rho GTPases. Inhibition of Src with PP2 attenuated
phosphorylation of Vav. PP2 also attenuated phosphorylation of PLC
, and
inhibited swelling-mediated activation of K+ and
Cl channels and cell volume recovery. These findings suggest
that swelling-induced Src regulates cytoskeletal dynamics, through Vav, and
fluid efflux, through PLC
, and thus can coordinate structural
reorganization with fluid balance to maintain cellular integrity. | INTRODUCTION |
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(PLC
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(2,
3). The identity of the
responsible tyrosine kinase is unknown.
In addition to the restoration of fluid balance, a swollen cell must reorganize its disrupted cytoskeleton. Recent observations suggest that this is achieved by signaling through integrins (4, 5). In response to swelling, the Rho family GTPases, Cdc42 and Rac1, are activated to form membrane protrusions identical to those seen following integrin engagement (4). Src tyrosine kinases have also been shown to be activated upon cell swelling via a mechanism consistent with integrin dependence, and kinase activity appears to be required for volume recovery (5). Taken together, these findings suggest that integrins are involved in transducing osmotic signals to initiate cell volume recovery through the activation of Src (5), and Cdc42 and Rac1 (4).
Integrins transduce signals from many types of mechanical stimuli distinct from osmotic stress, and these can lead to activation of Src family kinases. Integrins also function as mechanosensors during cell migration, and similar downstream effectors, including Src and Rho GTPases, are often activated by mechanotransduction and cell motility (6). In mechanotransduction, integrins activate Src independently of whether the force initiates from outside or from within the cell (7). If integrin activation of Src during volume control is similar to integrin activation of Src through mechanotransduction and migration, the regulation of downstream pathways may share similarities.
In cell migration, Rho GTPases regulate actin cytoskeletal dynamics through diverse activators and effectors (8). The functions of the Rho GTPases, Cdc42, Rac1, and RhoA, must be spatially and temporally balanced for productive motility to occur (9). Cdc42 and Rac1 help to initiate cell migration via mediators that trigger the formation of an actin polymerization complex at the leading edge, where localized actin polymerization provides the force necessary to form a membrane protrusion (1012). Src controls both the activation of Cdc42 and Rac1 (13) and the inhibition of RhoA (14) at the leading edge. Behind the leading edge, RhoA is reactivated (15) to form stress fibers to mediate contractile forces requisite for cell motility (16), and it then recruits Src (17) to regulate the formation of focal adhesions (18). At the rear of the cell, RhoA mediates disassembly of focal adhesions in a Src-dependent fashion (19). Thus, through the coordinate activation and inhibition of Rho GTPases, Src acts to control the spatial and temporal action of cytoskeletal regulators required for optimal cell migration (20).
A variety of activators for Rho family members, guanine nucleotide exchange factors, can interact with Cdc42 and/or Rac1 (21), and a number of these guanine nucleotide exchange factors have been implicated in cell spreading and migration (13, 2225). One of these, Vav, is known to be activated by Src (26), and such activation has been shown to be dependent on integrin engagement during cell spreading (27). In particular, a Src-Vav2 complex has been shown to regulate Rac activation and Rho inactivation during growth factor-stimulated cell migration (28). In contrast to the guanine nucleotide exchange factors DOCK180 and Tiam1, Vav can activate Cdc42, in addition to Rac1 (29), and Vav2 is ubiquitously expressed (30). We therefore sought to determine whether Vav was linked to swelling-mediated protrusion formation, and if so, whether it was activated by Src.
Cell volume regulation is critical to maintenance of normal organ level
function in liver, which is subjected to osmotic stresses that result from the
uptake and metabolism of nutrients absorbed from the gut after each meal
(31,
32). Recovery from
hepatocellular swelling requires fluid and electrolyte efflux through specific
activation of K+ and Cl channels
(33). We have found that this
process is triggered by stimulation of PLC
, generation of inositol
1,4,5-trisphosphate, and release of Ca2+ from internal stores via
activation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors
(2,
3). Intriguingly, PLC
activity has been shown to be essential for cell migration
(34), and PLC
has been
shown to be activated by tyrosine phosphorylation in response to mechanical
strain (35). Therefore, we
sought to determine whether volume-sensitive activation of PLC
, and by
extension, activation of volume-sensitive ion channels were dependent on Src
activity.
In this work, we investigated whether in response to cell swelling, Src
could function to coordinate dynamic changes in the actin cytoskeleton and the
opening of volume-sensitive ion channels by activation of different effectors
within the cell. Our findings suggest that through the recruitment and
activation of Vav and PLC
, Src coordinates the reorganization of the
actin cytoskeleton with activation of ion channels to promote cell volume
recovery.
| EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES |
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(Tyr-783) and phosphotyrosine-specific Src family (Tyr-416) rabbit antibodies
were obtained from Cell Signaling. Monoclonal phosphotyrosine antibody (clone
4G10) as well as its agarose conjugate, monoclonal phosphotyrosine-specific
Src family (Tyr-416) antibody (clone 9A6), and monoclonal pp60Src antibody
(clone GD11), as well as the GD11-agarose conjugate, were purchased from
Upstate%20Biotechnology">Upstate Biotechnology. Monoclonal mouse anti-FAK antibody was from
Transduction Laboratories. Activated phosphotyrosine-specific FAK (Tyr-397)
rabbit antibody was purchased from BIOSOURCE International. Vav-2 goat
antibody, activated phosphotyrosine-specific Vav-2 (Tyr-172) rabbit antibody,
actin goat antibody, and donkey anti-goat horseradish peroxidase secondary
antibody were obtained from Santa Cruz Biotechnology. (We assume that the
phosphotyrosine-specific Vav2 antibody may cross-react with
tyrosine-phosphorylated Vav1 and tyrosine-phosphorylated Vav3 based on the
properties of a similarly produced antibody
(36) and after consultation
with Santa Cruz Biotechnology about the antibody purification.) Horseradish
peroxidase-, Cy3-, and Cy5-conjugated anti-mouse and anti-rabbit secondary
antibodies were purchased from Jackson ImmunoResearch Laboratory. PP2
(4-amino-5-(4-chlorophenyl)-7-(t-butyl)pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine),
PP3 (4-amino-7-phenylpyrazol[3,4-d]pyrimidine), and phosphatase
inhibitor mixture Set II were from Calbiochem. Complete protease inhibitor
mixture was obtained from Roche Molecular Biochemicals.
Cells and Cell CultureHTC rat hepatoma cells were cultured
as previously described (37).
Except where noted, cells were placed in an isotonic (
300 mOsm) standard
extracellular solution (SES). SES contained (in mM): 140 NaCl, 4
KCl, 1 CaCl2, 2 MgCl2, 1 KH2PO4,
10 glucose, and 10 HEPES (pH 7.4). Cell swelling was produced by exposure to a
hypotonic solution. Unless specified, the hypotonic solution (
240 mOsm)
was identical to SES, except that the concentration of NaCl was 84
mM. All experiments were performed at room temperature except where
noted. For some experiments, cells were transfected with a pcDNA plasmid
encoding mouse c-Src (a generous gift of Dr. Anthony Morielli) using Superfect
(Qiagen) according to the manufacturer's protocols.
Live Cell Imaging and Cell Volume AnalysisThree-dimensional reconstruction of real time high-resolution images of cells undergoing hypotonic challenge were performed as follows. Cells plated on coverslips were incubated with calcein-acetoxymethyl ester (5 µM) in SES. Cells were then placed in a perfusion chamber housed on the stage of a DeltaVision Restoration Olympus IX70 microscope and imaged at 19 °C, with a x40 oil lens, NA 1.35, and a Coolsnap camera (HQ Photometrics). The fluorescence excitation and emission wavelengths were 488 and 530 nm, respectively. Time lapse data were collected using 20 1-µm steps (with each full z-series acquired at 1-min intervals). In the fifth minute, the continuous SES perfusion was changed to hypotonic extracellular solution and the experiments continued for a total of 30 min. Data collection, deconvolution, and mathematical analysis of cell volume were made using DeltaVision software softWoRx version 3.2 (Applied Precision). Deconvolution proceeded by the standard algorithm, and the three-dimensional visualization by the quick projection option. The mathematical analysis proceeded by careful thresholding of the signal such that two-dimensional polygons of each cell slice were defined in each z section. The validity was confirmed by visual inspection of each z-section. The volume calculations built three-dimensional polygons from these thresholded images. Images were minimally processed using Adobe Photoshop V7 software.
Alterations in cell size were also determined by measurement of
cross-sectional area, which has been shown to reflect changes in liver cell
volume following osmotic challenge
(38). Cells on coverslips were
incubated with calcein-acetoxymethyl ester, and placed in a perfusion chamber
(Warner Instruments RC-26G) on the stage of an inverted Nikon Diaphot 200
fluorescence microscope. Cell area was determined from fluorescent images
taken, using a x40 oil objective, NA 1.3, by a Hamamatsu Orca-ER
C474295 digital camera and quantified using MetaMorph Version 4.6r4
integrated morphometry analysis software (Universal Imaging). The fluorescence
excitation and emission wavelengths were 488 and 530 nm, respectively. Images
were acquired at 30-s intervals and relative cell area (A) was calculated by
dividing the measured area at a given time by the mean area measured under
isotonic conditions during the 5-min period prior to hypotonic exposure. The
extent of cell volume recovery after swelling (%RVD) was calculated from the
equation below, where Amax is the relative maximum cell
area after swelling, and A15 is the relative cell area 15
min after hypotonic exposure.
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Immunoprecipitation and Immunoblot AnalysisExtraction of whole cell lysates and immunoprecipitations were performed as previously described (3). In selected experiments, crude membrane and cytosolic fractions were obtained as follows. Ice-cold extraction buffer (20 mM Tris, pH 7.5, 20 mM p-nitrophenyl phosphate, 1 mM EGTA, 50 mM NaF, 1 mM Na orthovanadate, 1 mM phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride, with complete protease inhibitor mixture and phosphatase inhibitor) was added to the cells, and the plates were left on ice for 10 min. Cells were then scraped off and homogenized (Duall 20 with Teflon pestle) and then centrifuged for 10 min at 800 x g. Equal volumes of homogenates were then centrifuged at 50,000 x g for 30 min. The cytosolic supernatant was carefully removed, and the crude membrane pellet was solubilized in the same volume buffer (10 mM Tris, pH 7.5, 150 mM NaCl, 1 mM EGTA, 1 mM EDTA, 0.2 mM sodium orthovanadate, 1% Triton X-100, 0.5% Nonidet P-40, 1% sodium deoxycholate, 0.1% SDS, protease and phosphatase inhibitors) with vortexing.
Proteins were resolved by SDS electrophoresis on 10% polyacrylamide gels, transferred to nitrocellulose membranes, and immunoblotted with appropriate primary antibodies, as recommended by the manufacturer. Proteins were detected by exposure to horseradish peroxidase-conjugated donkey anti-rabbit, anti-mouse, or anti-goat antibody and enhanced chemiluminescence (SuperSignal, Pierce). Densitometric analysis was performed using an Alpha Imager 2000 (Alpha Innotech).
Immunofluorescence and Colocalization AnalysisCells seeded
onto glass coverslips were grown overnight, and the culture medium replaced
with L15 medium with 10% calf serum at room temperature. To start the
experiment, medium was then replaced with either SES (isotonic) or hypotonic
extracellular solution (hypotonic). At designated times, cells were fixed with
4% formaldehyde in PHEM buffer (pH 6.1) and permeabilized with 0.2% Triton
X-100, 300 mM sucrose in PBS, as previously described
(3), or with 0.2% SDS as noted
in the figure legends. Coverslips were washed, blocked, and incubated with
primary antibody and then with fluorescent label conjugated secondary antibody
and fluorescent-labeled phalloidin. Samples were mounted onto slides with
Aquamount (Polysciences) and viewed on the DeltaVision Restoration microscope
system described above with a x60 oil lens, NA 1.4. Data were collected
using either a Coolsnap camera (HQ Photometrics) or a CH350 CCD camera (Kodak)
with different z steps as noted, and deconvolved using the
DeltaVision software softWoRx version 3.2 (Applied Precision). Images were
processed using Adobe Photoshop V7 software without
adjustment of
brightness and contrast, except in Fig.
4A, as noted in the figure legend. Quantification of
colocalization was performed on a set of experiments in which there was
minimal previewing (to reduce photobleaching). Percent protrusive cells were
analyzed by three-dimensional analysis of deconvolved z-series, and
positive cells were scored as those with protrusions detected no lower than 1
µm above the base of the cell (to exclude lamellipodia). Overlap of
activated Src and activated Vav was calculated using Volocity3 software
(Improvision) on deconvolved DeltaVision files.
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StatisticsAll results are presented as mean ± S.E., where n represents either the number of cells, experiments, or fields of cells. Comparisons were made with the use of unpaired Student's t test, or Dunnett's multiple comparison test (analysis of variance) as appropriate, and p < 0.05 was considered to be significant. Correlation coefficients were determined by nonparametric statistical analysis (Spearman), and significance determined with two-tailed analysis at the 95% confidence level. The Dunnett's and Spearman analyses were determined using Prism version 3.0cx (GraphPad Software, Inc.).
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localization in HTC hepatoma
cells (3), we investigated
whether hypotonic exposure of these cells would elicit plasma membrane
protrusions analogous to those in fibroblasts, and how the formation of
swelling-induced membrane protrusions temporally correlated with volume
recovery. To test this, we recorded the response of live HTC cells to hypotonic exposure over time (in a room that was temperature-controlled to 19 °C). Fig. 1A depicts three-dimensional volume projections of cells initially under isotonic conditions (300 mOsm) and then perfused with hypotonic solution (240 mOsm). Following hypotonic exposure, membrane protrusions transiently formed along the sides of the cells. (A video of this experiment is available in supplemental materials.) The protrusions expanded and contracted over a 3-min period (thin arrows), and subsequently could not be detected. Intriguingly, protrusions appeared to occur at different parts of the same cell, often adjacent to previous protrusions (such a protrusion is marked with a thick arrow.) After 4 min, few membrane protrusions were visible. Quantitative analysis of cell volume revealed that the onset of visible membrane protrusions occurred at the start of cell swelling (Fig. 1B). When protrusion formation ceased, cell volume recovery was already well underway, but not completed. Thus, HTC cells exposed to hypotonic conditions form transient membrane protrusions coincident with the increase in cell volume, but these cease before volume recovery is final.
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Associates with Src upon Cell
Swelling Because Src tyrosine kinases can be activated by
integrins and subsequently can induce the activation of PLC
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PLC
is activated by cell swelling
(3), we sought to determine
whether Src may play a role in volume-sensitive PLC
activation. First
we tested whether Src was activated upon cell swelling. Following hypotonic
exposure, the amount of activated Src kinase in cell lysates, as determined by
immunoblot analysis, rapidly peaked and fell to basal values (data not shown).
To assess whether Src associated in a complex with PLC
in response to
hypotonic stimulus, we immunoprecipitated endogenous Src with a pp60Src
antibody and then probed an immunoblot with activated Src and activated
PLC
antibodies. In response to hypotonic challenge, activated
PLC
co-immunoprecipitated with pp60Src. Both activated Src and
activated PLC
in the immunoprecipitate rapidly increased within 30 s,
and peak activation occurred at
12 min
(Fig. 2A). (The time
course of activation was more rapid than the appearance of membrane
protrusions from the live cell work (done at 19 °C), but similar to
immunofluorescence findings, which were also performed at room temperature,
cf. Fig. 3). Of note,
the kinetics of swelling-induced Src and PLC
activation were similar.
As shown in Fig. 2B,
there was a significant correlation between tyrosine phosphorylation of Src
and of PLC
in Src immunoprecipitates within the first 4 min following
hypotonic exposure. To confirm that Src activation correlated with its
membrane association, we examined the amount of activated Src from crude
membrane fractions and from cytosolic fractions of lysates
(Fig. 2C). In response
to hypotonic exposure, a time-dependent increase in activated Src was seen in
membrane but not cytosolic fractions, with kinetics similar to those described
above. Together, these observations suggest that cell swelling elicits
transient increases in Src association with the membrane, in Src activation by
tyrosine phosphorylation, and in Src association with PLC
. Swelling Elicits Src Activation in Transient Membrane ProtrusionsTo determine whether the transient changes in Src activation and membrane association bore any relationship to the transient membrane protrusions, we performed a series of immunofluorescence experiments. First cells with and without hypotonic treatment were fixed and stained with the anti-pp60Src to determine whether endogenous Src could be found to be associated with the transient de novo protrusion structures on cell swelling. Immunofluorescence signal from total endogenous Src and actin showed the presence of Src puncta within membrane protrusions at the earliest time points after swelling (Fig. 3A), similar to the activation time course observed by immunoblot analysis (Fig. 2C). Thus, endogenous Src was present within the transient membrane protrusions at the earliest time points after hypotonic treatment.
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Fig. 4 illustrates the effect of hypotonic exposure on the pattern of endogenous activated Vav immunofluorescence and its relation to that of endogenous activated Src. Under isotonic conditions (0 min), most cells had relatively low amounts of activated Src (using the monoclonal anti-phosphotyrosine Src antibody) signal, especially above the base of the cell (Fig. 4A). The exceptions were rare presumptive mitotic cells, which showed uniformly dispersed patterns of activated Vav and activated Src signal (data not shown), consistent with the cell cycle roles described for members of each family of proteins (4143). In response to hypotonic exposure, there was a transient increase in the intensity of activated Vav staining, and activated Vav colocalized with activated Src in membrane protrusions above the base of the cells (Fig. 4A). The time-dependent increase in the colocalization of activated Vav and activated Src (Fig. 4B) paralleled the swelling-induced increase in the proportion of cells with at least one membrane protrusion, which rose from 0 to 80% within 15 s (data not shown).
At the base of the cells (Fig. 4A), activated Vav and activated Src began to colocalize in small apparent focal complexes/adhesions at longer time points after hypotonic exposure, which by 4 min developed into larger apparent focal adhesion structures. By the time membrane protrusions had resolved, activated Vav and activated Src signal were substantially diminished on the sides of the cells above the base. Thus, during swelling, activated Vav first colocalized with activated Src in membrane protrusions above the base of the cells. At later times in cell volume recovery, activated Vav and activated Src were colocalized at the base of the cells, associated with apparent focal adhesion formation.
To determine whether the formation of apparent activated Vav-associated focal adhesions seen at 4 min was a general feature of cell volume recovery, we tested much later time points after hypotonic treatment. At 20 min (Fig. 5A), large focal adhesion-like structures could be seen at the base of the cell, staining positively for both activated Vav and activated Src. At this time, thick filaments of bundled actin could be seen connecting some of these structures, consistent with formation of stress fibers (Fig. 5A, arrows). To determine whether these structures were classic focal adhesions, we stained cells under isotonic conditions for activated Vav, focal adhesion kinase (FAK), and F-actin. Shown in Fig. 5B are images of the base of cells labeled with antibody directed against activated Vav (activated Vav signal was dispersed above the base, data not shown). The pattern of activated Vav staining overlapped with that of FAK in the largest focal adhesion-like structures, and some of these were also connected with bundled F-actin fibers (Fig. 5B, small arrows). In analogously prepared cells, the pattern of activated FAK more closely resembled that of activated Vav than of FAK, and activated FAK colocalized with activated Src, consistent with previous reports (44) (data not shown). These findings suggested that activated Vav is localized to focal complexes at the base of the cell under isotonic conditions and at late times after hypotonic exposure, when much of cell volume recovery has occurred. Activated Vav and activated Src were also found in additional subcellular localizations under isotonic conditions. Consistent with previously published roles for Vav and Src in cell migration, activated Vav and activated Src colocalized in lamellipodia and the earliest actin-based structures, as seen in a migrating cell depicted in Fig. 5C. Taken together, these results suggest that during cell swelling, activated Vav first colocalized with activated Src in membrane protrusions above the base of the cells. At later times in cell volume recovery, activated Vav and activated Src were colocalized at the base of the cells associated with focal adhesions.
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If Src kinase activity were responsible for swelling-induced Vav phosphorylation, it would be predicted that Src inhibition would prevent this process. To test this, we examined the effects of the Src kinase inhibitor PP2 on tyrosine phosphorylation of Vav in response to hypotonic exposure. In the presence of PP2 (10 µM), Vav tyrosine phosphorylation following hypotonic exposure was markedly attenuated (Fig. 6C). By contrast, swelling-induced Vav tyrosine phosphorylation was not prevented by PP3 (10 µM), a PP2 analog that does not inhibit Src family kinases. These data suggested that activation of Vav in response to swelling is dependent on Src activity. By extension, these findings are consistent with a role for Src, via its effects on Vav, to control volume-sensitive actin remodeling.
PLC
Is Another Volume-sensitive Effector for
SrcWe have previously shown in HTC cells that hypotonic challenge
produces a transient increase in activated PLC
, which in turn, triggers
intracellular Ca2+ mobilization that is necessary for activation of
volume-sensitive K+ and Cl channels
(3). Our findings above
indicate that PLC
associated with Src upon swelling
(Fig. 2A). If Src were
responsible for volume-sensitive PLC
activation, it would be predicted
that Src inhibition would prevent swelling-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of
PLC
. To assess whether PLC
activation was Src-dependent, we
tested the effect of Src inhibition on formation of activated PLC
. As
shown in Fig. 7, PP2 (10
µM) prevented the swelling-induced time-dependent increase in
the abundance of activated PLC
. By contrast, PP3 (10 µM)
did not prevent this increase. Collectively, these findings imply that Src is
required for volume-sensitive activation of PLC
. By extension, it would
be predicted that Src, via its effects on PLC
, controls the activation
of volume-sensitive K+ and Cl channels.
Src Activity Is Required for Volume-sensitive Ion Channel Activation and Cell Volume RecoveryTo determine whether Src was necessary for activation of volume-sensitive K+ and Cl channels, we examined the effects of Src inhibition on membrane currents following cell swelling. As shown in Fig. 8A, PP2 (10 µM) inhibited swelling-activated K+ and Cl currents in HTC cells by over 80% (p < 0.05, compared with control conditions). By contrast, PP3 (10 µM) did not significantly attenuate these currents. These findings thus support a requirement for Src in volume-sensitive ion channel activation and are consistent with a requirement for Src in volume recovery.
Finally, to assess whether cell volume recovery required Src activation, we tested the effects of Src inhibition on this process. PP2 (10 µM) significantly inhibited volume recovery in HTC cells, whereas PP3 (10 µM) did not (Fig. 8B). Collectively, these findings indicate that Src is a key regulator of volume recovery following hepatocellular swelling.
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and Vav,
and these proteins colocalized with activated Src. The Src inhibitor PP2, but
not its analog PP3, attenuated activation of Src, Vav, PLC
,
volume-sensitive K+ and Cl channels, and
suppressed volume recovery. These observations suggest that cell swelling
elicits activation of Src to coordinate at least two distinct pathways in
volume recovery: cytoskeletal reorganization, via Vav, and volume-sensitive
ion channel activation, via PLC
. The link between Src-mediated activation of Vav and volume-sensitive cytoskeletal reorganization has been previously seen in cell migration, specifically in the first step of cell migration, where it drives membrane protrusion. In that step, Src activates Vav, which activates Rac1 at the leading edge of spreading cells (27). In addition to Rac1, Vav can activate other Rho GTPases, including Cdc42 and RhoA (29). Both Cdc42 and Rac1 are required for membrane protrusion formation in response to cell swelling (4), and because both can form different effector complexes that regulate the actin polymerization module at the front of spreading cells (45), it is likely that the cell protrusion targets of Src and Vav during cell swelling are Cdc42 and Rac1. Intriguingly, Cdc42 and Src may also interact to control subsequent membrane retraction, because activated Cdc42 can modulate both tyrosine phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of Src family kinases (46). Taken together, swelling-induced Src activation of Vav at the periphery of membrane protrusions, as we have observed, may be analogous to cell spreading-induced Src activation of Vav during lamellipodium formation.
Our observations also suggest that Src and Vav interact with RhoA at the base of the cell during cell volume recovery, as Src and Vav become associated with apparent focal adhesions. The latter are regulated by RhoA, in contrast to initial peripheral focal complexes, which are regulated by Cdc42 and Rac1 (47). The activated Vav structures that form at such a time (Fig. 5A) are likely to be RhoA-regulated focal adhesions, because of their position, size, and shape, they co-localize with FAK, and they are connected by thick filaments of bundled actin, consistent with stress fibers undergoing RhoA-ROCK-medicated contractile forces (48). Thus, it is likely that at late times during volume recovery, activated Src and activated Vav act on RhoA at the base of the cell to provide contractile forces to further organize the cytoskeleton. If this is indeed the case, then in response to cell swelling, Src is activated at different parts of the cell at different times to control distinct Rho GTPases through the same activator, Vav.
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Our findings suggest a distinct volume-regulatory function for Src in the
tyrosine phosphorylation of PLC
, which we have previously shown to
trigger intracellular Ca2+ mobilization that is necessary for
activation of volume-sensitive K+ and Cl channels
(3). How Src activates
PLC
remains an open question. It is intriguing that we have previously
observed swelling-induced PLC
membrane localization
(3) in structures (early in
protrusions, later in focal adhesions) similar to those observed for Src and
Vav in the present study. Moreover, our current observations demonstrate that
Src and PLC
can be immunoprecipitated together in a signaling complex.
Although these findings are consistent with the concept that Src directly
regulates PLC
activity following cell swelling, it is possible that
another signaling molecule, which binds Src, in fact phosphorylates and
activates PLC
. Indeed, a recent study suggests the essential
participation of a scaffolding protein, GIT1, in Src-dependent PLC
activation (50). GIT1 is
constitutively associated with PLC
, and its phosphorylation by
activated Src leads to a conformational change that either recruits another
tyrosine kinase or that facilitates Src phosphorylation of PLC
(50). Interestingly, not only
does activated GIT1 function to regulate protrusive activity and cell
migration, but it is localized both to the leading edge of protrusions and to
focal adhesions (51),
analogous to PLC
-associated structures that we have previously observed
following cell swelling (3).
Another possibility is that Src may regulate PLC
through Vav, as has
been described in T lymphocytes and mast cells
(52,
53). We believe this is less
likely, because the adaptor molecules that mediate the association between Vav
and PLC
in cells of hematopoietic origin (i.e. LAT, SLP-76) do
not appear to be expressed in non-hematopoietic tissues
(54), whereas GIT1 is
ubiquitously expressed. Finally, it is conceivable that the Src inhibitor PP2
prevents PLC
phosphorylation via a mechanism unrelated to its effects
on Src activity. However, the most parsimonious explanation for our collective
findings is that volume-sensitive Src activation mediates tyrosine
phosphorylation of PLC
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. Intriguingly, many of
these effectors have also been implicated in cell migration processes. The
extension and contraction of the membrane protrusions may be controlled by Src
phosphorylation of the WASP/WAVE effectors of Cdc42 and Rac1
(55,
56). FAK, a Src substrate, has
been reported to undergo tyrosine phosphorylation upon hepatocellular swelling
(57,
58), and may inhibit RhoA
through p190RhoGAP during the initial phases of volume recovery
(14,
59). Another Src substrate,
phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, is rapidly activated upon hepatocellular
swelling and triggers volume-sensitive ATP release, which in turn elicits the
opening of volume-sensitive Cl channels via purinergic
signaling pathways (60).
Moreover, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase is also implicated in the regulation
of many cytoskeletal modulators, and is localized to the leading edge of
migrating cells (61). An
additional mechanism by which Src may coordinate volume-sensitive fluid and
electrolyte efflux with cytoskeletal rearrangement is through direct
Src-mediated phosphorylation of volume-sensitive ion channels, as it does in
the activation of neuronal large conductance Ca2+-activated
K+ channels
(62).
By integrating our findings with observations by others, we propose the
following model (Fig. 9). Cell
swelling leads to the activation of Src and its recruitment with other
signaling molecules to the periphery of the cell. Activated plasma
membrane-associated Src can then coordinate reorganization of the actin
cytoskeleton, through Vav-mediated activation of Cdc42 and Rac1, as well as
trigger fluid and electrolyte efflux through PLC
-mediated activation of
volume-sensitive K+ and Cl channels. As volume
recovery begins, Src is then activated at the base of the cell to stimulate
Vav to reform mature focal adhesions with RhoA.
Just as events in cell migration require temporally and spatially controlled activation of cytoskeletal effectors with other processes, so must volume recovery involve an integrated response of reorganization of the cytoskeleton with restoration of fluid homeostasis. We believe that Src functions as the trigger and as a master controller in cell volume recovery, adapting diverse signaling modules to achieve this end.
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The on-line version of this article (available at
http://www.jbc.org)
contains Figs. S1 and S2 and a video. ![]()
¶ To whom correspondence should be addressed: Burgess 414 MFU, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05401. Tel.: 802-847-5990; Fax: 802-847-4928; E-mail: steven.lidofsky{at}uvm.edu.
1 The abbreviations used are: PLC
, phospholipase C
; PP2,
4-amino-5-(4-chlorophenyl)-7-(t-butyl)pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine;
PP3, 4-amino-7-phenylpyrazol[3,4-d]pyrimidine; SES, standard
extracellular solution; %RVD, percent volume recovery; FAK, focal adhesion
kinase; pY-PLC
, activated PLC
; pY-Src, activated Src; pY-Vav,
activated Vav. ![]()
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