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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 280, Issue 47, 39050-39057, November 25, 2005
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v
3 and
V
5 integrins, an interaction that is prevented by mutation of the RGD sequence to arginine-glycine-glutamic acid (RGE) (Erb, L., Liu, J., Ockerhausen, J., Kong, Q., Garrad, R. C., Griffin, K., Neal, C., Krugh, B., Santiago-Perez, L. I., Gonzalez, F. A., Gresham, H. D., Turner, J. T., and Weisman, G. A. (2001) J. Cell Biol. 153, 491501). This RGD domain also was found to be necessary for coupling the P2Y2R to Go- but not Gq-mediated intracellular calcium mobilization, leading us to investigate the role of P2Y2R interaction with integrins in nucleotide-induced chemotaxis. Here we show that mutation of the RGD sequence to RGE in the human P2Y2R expressed in 1321N1 astrocytoma cells completely prevented UTP-induced chemotaxis as well as activation of Go, Rac, and Vav2, a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Rac. UTP also increased expression of vitronectin, an extracellular matrix protein that is a ligand for
v
3/
5 integrins, in cells expressing the wild-type but not the RGE mutant P2Y2R. P2Y2R-mediated chemotaxis, Rac and Vav2 activation, and vitronectin up-regulation were inhibited by pretreatment of the cells with anti-
v
5 integrin antibodies,
v integrin antisense oligonucleotides, or the Gi/o inhibitor, pertussis toxin. Thus, the RGD-dependent interaction between the P2Y2R and
v integrins is necessary for the P2Y2R to activate Go and to initiate Go-mediated signaling events leading to chemotaxis. | INTRODUCTION |
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v integrins play an important role in controlling cell adhesion, spreading, and motility in several cell types, including human vascular smooth muscle cells and pancreatic beta cells (5, 6). Upon activation, many types of integrin receptors cluster together and recruit a host of cytoskeletal and cytoplasmic proteins into specialized adhesive structures called focal adhesions. These focal adhesion complexes not only serve as a physical link between the extracellular and intracellular matrix but also are important sites of signal transduction for integrins and many other types of receptors that mediate cell migration (7). Chemotaxis also requires a cell to assume a polarized morphology that is controlled by cell surface receptors that activate the Rho family of GTPases, including Cdc42, Rac, and Rho (8, 9). Upon activation of a chemoattractant receptor, Cdc42 and Rac localize at the leading edge of a cell and control directional movement and the formation of lamellipodia containing highly branched actin filaments, respectively (8). Rho localizes at the rear and sides of a cell and controls the formation of contractile actin-myosin stress fibers (10). Together, these GTPases promote cell migration toward a chemoattractant by mediating extension of the actin cytoskeleton at the front edge of the cell and retraction of the cytoskeleton at the rear edge of the cell.
Recent studies have shown that G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs)2 regulate Rac and Rac-dependent lamellipodia formation by activating the Gi/o family of heterotrimeric G proteins, whereas activation of Rho and Rho-dependent stress fiber formation are controlled by the G12/13 family (10). Furthermore, studies have shown that the 
subunits of Gi/o are responsible for activation of Rac guanine nucleotide exchange factors (RacGEFs) that, in turn, activate Rac, whereas the
subunits of G12/13 are responsible for activation of RhoGEFs (8, 11).
The P2Y2 nucleotide receptor (P2Y2R), a GPCR activated by extracellular ATP or UTP, is an important regulator of monocyte chemotaxis (12). Although the P2Y2R is normally expressed in monocytes, neutrophils, and other immune cells (13), recent studies have shown that the P2Y2R is up-regulated in epithelial and vascular tissue in response to injury or stress (14). Upon activation, the P2Y2R mediates a variety of biological functions, including mitogenesis, angiogenesis, vasodilatation, chemotaxis, and inflammation (15, 16). Furthermore, recent work from our group has demonstrated that arterial stress in rabbit carotid arteries induces up-regulation of the P2Y2R in vascular endothelium and smooth muscle and that in vivo activation of the P2Y2R by UTP leads to a 7-fold increase in intimal thickening and a 4-fold increase in leukocyte infiltration into the neointima (12). Thus, the P2Y2R represents an exciting target for wound healing as well as chronic inflammatory diseases.
Previously, we reported that the P2Y2R contains a consensus RGD integrin binding domain in the first extracellular loop that interacts with
v
3 and
v
5 integrins (1). Furthermore, we found that the RGD domain in the P2Y2R is required for Go- but not Gq-mediated calcium signaling (1), leading us to speculate that
v integrin interaction with the P2Y2R is important for nucleotide-induced chemotaxis. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the role of
v integrin interaction with the P2Y2R in nucleotide-induced chemotaxis and to identify upstream signaling events involved in P2Y2R-mediated chemotaxis.
| MATERIALS AND METHODS |
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v integrin in 1321N1 cells expressing the WT or RGE mutant P2Y2R was quantitated by flow cytometry using a 1:100 dilution of mouse monoclonal anti-human
v antibody (P2W7, Santa Cruz Biotechnology) as the primary antibody and a 1:100 dilution of goat anti-mouse IgG-fluorescein isothiocyanate (Santa Cruz Biotechnology) as the secondary antibody. Cells were washed with phosphate-buffered saline, fixed, and analyzed on an EPICS 753 flow cytometer (Coulter Corp., Hialeah, FL). Human 1321N1 cells expressing WT P2Y2R were transiently transfected with 5 µg of sense or antisense S oligonucleotides for
v integrins, dominant negative (DN) Rac1 cDNA (T17N, Upstate%20Biotechnology">Upstate Biotechnology) in pUSEamp(+), or DN Vav2 (L342R/L343S, a double mutant with an inactive dbl domain) in pCMV5 (19) using Lipofectamine 2000 (Invitrogen), according to the manufacturer's instructions. DN Vav2 was generously provided by Dr. Paola A. Marignani (Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation). The transiently transfected cells were cultured for an additional 24 h in DMEM supplemented with 5% fetal bovine serum, suspended by trypsinization, washed, resuspended in serum-free DMEM, and used in migration assays. Transiently transfected cells used for Vav2 or Rac activation assays were serum-starved for 24 h before UTP treatment.
Migration AssayCell migration assays were performed with 3-µm pore size Transwells (Costar) as described (15). In brief, cells were suspended by trypsinization, washed, and resuspended in 100 µl of serum-free DMEM (5 x 104 cells) and placed in the upper chamber of the Transwells. The lower chamber was filled with 500 µl of serum-free DMEM supplemented with varying concentrations of UTP (Amersham Biosciences), as indicated. The cells were allowed to migrate for 16 h at 37 °C. Cells migrating to the lower side of the polycarbonate membrane were fixed with cold methanol and stained with Accustain (Sigma). Cells were counted in 10 microscopic fields at 20x magnification. Analysis was performed on three Transwells for each condition, and each experiment was repeated three times. For antibody (Ab) inhibition studies, rabbit anti-human vitronectin (Vitronectin 65), mouse anti-human
v integrin (P2W7), mouse anti-human
v
5 (PIF 76) (Santa Cruz Biotechnology), and control anti-IgG1 Abs (Sigma) were added to both chambers at the same time as the nucleotide.
Chemokinetic assays were performed with the Cell Motility Hit kit (Cellomics, Pittsburgh, PA) following the manufacturer's instructions. Cell suspensions (500 cells) were added to each well of a collagen-coated 96-well microplate containing a lawn of microscopic blue fluorescent beads. After 16 h of incubation at 37 °C with the indicated reagents, the cells were washed and fixed, and phagokinetic tracks were visualized under a phase contrast microscope at 10x magnification. The images were captured on a digital camera using Northern Eclipse software (Empix Imaging Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada).
Immunoblot AnalysisImmunoblot analysis was done as described previously (1). Vitronectin expression and Akt phosphorylation were detected by immunoblotting with a 1:1000 dilution of rabbit anti-human vitronectin (Santa Cruz Biotechnology) and 1:1000 dilution of rabbit anti-human phospho-Akt (Ser-473), respectively (Cell Signaling Technology), as the primary Abs and a 1:2000 dilution of horseradish peroxidase-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG (Santa Cruz Biotechnology) as the secondary Ab. For signal normalization membranes were probed with 1:1000 dilution of rabbit anti-human actin Ab (Cytoskeleton Inc.).
Rac and Vav2 PhosphorylationHuman 1321N1 cells transfected with the WT or RGE mutant P2Y2R were plated on uncoated 100-mm tissue culture dishes, serum-starved for 24 h, and stimulated with UTP for 5 min. Rac-GTP was precipitated from the cells with Rac/Cdc42 assay reagent (PAK-1 PBD-agarose) comprised of the P-21 binding domain of human PAK-1 bound to glutathione-agarose (Upstate%20Biotechnology">Upstate Biotechnology) following the manufacturer's instructions. SDS-PAGE was performed with the precipitated protein. Rac activity was detected by immunoblotting with a 1:1000 dilution of mouse anti-human Rac (clone 23A8, Upstate%20Biotechnology">Upstate Biotechnology) as the primary Ab and a 1:2000 dilution of horseradish peroxidase-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG as the secondary Ab (Santa Cruz Biotechnology).
Vav2 phosphorylation was analyzed by immunoprecipitation of Vav2 with 2 µg of mouse anti-human phosphotyrosine Ab (Upstate%20Biotechnology">Upstate Biotechnology) followed by immunoblotting of the precipitated protein with a 1:500 dilution of rabbit anti-human Vav2 (Zymed Laboratories Inc.) as the primary Ab and a 1:2000 dilution of horseradish peroxidase-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG (Santa Cruz Biotechnology) as the secondary Ab. For normalization of the signal, aliquots of total cell lysates were subjected to SDS-PAGE and immunoblotted with 1:1000 dilution of mouse anti-human Rac or rabbit anti-human Vav2 as the primary Abs, which bind to Rac or Vav2, respectively, independent of their phosphorylation state.
v Antisense S OligonucleotidesSequences of phosphorothioate-derivatized oligonucleotides including the translation initiation site were as follows:
v sense, 5'-GCCTTTTCGGTAGCGGCTTTC-3';
v antisense, 5'-CGGAAAAGCCATCGCCGAAAG-3'. The sequences were checked for uniqueness using the National Center for Biotechnology Information's Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST). WT P2Y2R-transfected 1321N1 cells were transiently transfected with
v sense and antisense S oligonucleotides as described above. Transfected cells were harvested after 24 h, and total cell lysates were analyzed by immunoblot analysis to evaluate the efficiency of
v suppression by antisense oligonucleotide treatment. Transfected cells used for detection of Vav2 and Rac phosphorylation or vitronectin expression were serum-starved for an additional 24 h and treated with UTP for 5 min or 8 h, respectively.
[35S]GTP
S Binding AssayMembranes (40 µg of protein) were isolated from 1321N1 cells transfected with the WT or RGE mutant P2Y2R, as described previously (20), and incubated in assay buffer (50 mM Tris-Cl, pH 7.4, 100 mM NaCl, 5 mM MgCl2, 1 mM EDTA, 1 mM dithiothreitol, 1 µM guanosine 5'-diphosphate) with 1x protease inhibitor mixture (Roche Applied Science) and 50 nCi of [35S]GTP
S (1250 Ci/mmol, PerkinElmer Life Sciences) containing the indicated concentration of UTP. Membranes were incubated for 15 min at 30 °C, and the binding assay was terminated by the addition of 0.5 ml of ice-cold buffer containing 50 mM Tris-Cl, pH 7.4, 100 mM NaCl, and 5 mM MgCl2. The samples were centrifuged at 45,000 rpm for 15 min at 4 °C, and the resulting pellets were resuspended in 500µl of solubilization buffer (100 mM Tris, pH 7.4, 200 mM NaCl, 1 mM EDTA, 1.25% (v/v) Nonidet P-40, 0.2% (w/v) SDS, and 1x protease inhibitor mixture). Extracts were incubated for 16 h at 4 °C with mouse anti-human G
o (Sigma) or rabbit anti-human G
q/11 (Santa Cruz Biotechnology) Ab in the presence of 50µl of a 50% protein G-agarose suspension (Upstate%20Biotechnology">Upstate Biotechnology). The immune complexes were sedimented by centrifugation at 10,000 rpm for 10 min in a microcentrifuge and washed 3 times in wash buffer (50 mM Tris-Cl, pH 7.4, 100 mM NaCl, and 5 mM MgCl2). [35S]GTP
S binding in the immunoprecipitates was quantified by liquid scintillation spectrometry. The presence of G
o and G
q/11 subunits in the immunoprecipitates was confirmed by immunoblotting with 1:1000 dilution of rabbit anti-human G
o (Calbiochem) and rabbit anti-human G
q/11 (Santa Cruz Biotechnology) as the primary Abs and a 1:2000 dilution of horseradish peroxidase-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG as the secondary Ab.
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v integrins is prevented by mutation of the P2Y2R RGD sequence to RGE (1). To determine whether the RGD integrin binding domain in the P2Y2R is important for P2Y2R-mediated chemotaxis, a modified Boyden chamber assay was used. The results showed that UTP induced a concentration-dependent increase in the migration of cells transfected with the WT P2Y2R in contrast to cells transfected with the RGE mutant P2Y2R or vector alone (Fig. 1A). The initial migratory response to UTP in P2Y2R-transfected cells was observed 8 h after UTP treatment, whereas the maximal response was observed after 16 h. Also, we found that P2Y2R-transfected cells did not migrate significantly when UTP was placed in the upper chamber instead of the lower chamber or when equal concentrations of UTP were placed in both chambers (data not shown), indicating that UTP acts as a chemoattractant in cells expressing the WT P2Y2R. To demonstrate that the RGD integrin binding domain of the P2Y2R is essential for chemokinesis, 1321N1 cells transfected with the WT or RGE mutant P2Y2R were plated on a lawn of microscopic fluorescent beads in collagen-coated 96-well plates. UTP caused cells expressing the WT P2Y2R to migrate and phagocytose the beads leaving behind phagokinetic tracks, whereas UTP-induced migration of cells expressing the RGE mutant P2Y2R or the pLXSN vector was significantly restricted (Fig. 1B). The cell transfectants expressed similar surface levels of WT and RGE mutant P2Y2Rs and
v integrin, suggesting that variations in the magnitude of UTP-induced migration were not due to differences in cell-surface protein levels (Fig. 1C). Thus, the RGD integrin binding domain of the P2Y2R is apparently required for UTP-induced chemotaxis and chemokinesis.
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3/
5 integrins and act as chemoattractants for cells expressing these integrins (15). Because UTP can induce expression of osteopontin via activation of the P2Y2R (12), we speculated that variations in the expression levels of extracellular matrix proteins may contribute to the different rates of UTP-induced cell migration for cells expressing the WT and RGE mutant P2Y2R. We found that UTP induced a dose-dependent increase in levels of vitronectin (Fig. 2A) and osteopontin (data not shown) expression in cells expressing the WT but not the RGE mutant P2Y2R. To determine whether vitronectin expression was involved in P2Y2R-mediated chemotaxis, cell migration assays were performed in the presence of UTP and anti-vitronectin Ab. The addition of anti-vitronectin Ab completely inhibited UTP-induced cell migration, whereas treatment with anti-IgG1 Ab did not (Fig. 2B). These results indicate that the RGD integrin binding domain of the P2Y2R and P2Y2R-mediated vitronectin expression is required for UTP-induced cell migration.
The P2Y2R RGD Domain Is Required for UTP-induced Activation of Vav2 and RacThe Rac subfamily of small GTPases stimulates the formation of lamellipodia and is necessary for cell migration (23, 24). Furthermore, the efficiency of Rac signaling is dependent on RacGEFs, such as Vav2 (25), a ubiquitously expressed member of the Vav family of RhoGEFs that is necessary for lamellipodia formation and activation of Cdc42, Rac1, and RhoA (19, 2628). Taking into consideration the importance of Rac and Vav2 in cell motility, we determined whether Rac and Vav2 are activated by UTP and the relationship of these activities to RGD-dependent P2Y2R interaction with
v integrins. We found that even at very high UTP concentrations (e.g. 1 mM), Vav2 and Rac were only activated in cells expressing the WT P2Y2R but not in cells expressing the RGE mutant P2Y2R (Fig. 3A), suggesting that the P2Y2R requires interaction with
v integrins to activate Rac and Vav2. Furthermore, transient transfection of 1321N1 cells expressing the WT P2Y2R with a dominant negative mutant of Vav2 (DN Vav2) abolished UTP-induced Rac1 activation (Fig. 3B), consistent with the role of Vav2-dependent Rac1 activation in lamellipodia formation and cell spreading in other cell lines (19).
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v Integrins Is Essential for UTP-induced Cell Migration, Vav2 and Rac Activation, and Vitronectin Up-regulationTo determine whether
v integrins are involved in P2Y2R-mediated chemotaxis, we used antisense S oligonucleotide to inhibit expression of
v. Transfection of 1321N1 cells expressing the WT P2Y2R with
v antisense oligonucleotide significantly suppressed
v expression (Fig. 4A) and completely inhibited UTP-induced cell migration (Fig. 4B). Similarly, transfection of 1321N1 cells expressing the WT P2Y2R with
v antisense oligonucleotide inhibited UTP-induced Vav2 and Rac activation by
50 and
60%, respectively, and vitronectin expression by
75% (Fig. 4C). The
v sense oligonucleotide did not significantly inhibit UTP-induced cell migration, Vav2 and Rac activation, or vitronectin up-regulation (Figs. 4, B and C).
To further evaluate the role of
v integrins in P2Y2R-mediated cell migration, we tested the effect of anti-integrin Abs on UTP-induced migration and upstream signaling events in 1321N1 cells transfected with the WT P2Y2R. The increase in migration of P2Y2R-transfected cells in response to UTP was inhibited by anti-
v and anti-
v
5 Abs in a dose-dependent manner, whereas negative control Ab (anti-IgG) did not inhibit UTP-induced cell migration (Fig. 5A). UTP-induced chemokinesis of P2Y2R-transfected cells was also inhibited by anti-
v
5 Ab at a concentration of 50 µg/ml (Fig. 5B), indicating that
v integrins are required for UTP-induced cell migration. Likewise, Rac and Vav2 activation and vitronectin up-regulation in response to UTP were significantly inhibited by treatment with anti-
v
5 Ab but not with Ab against another integrin subtype (
3) that is also expressed in 1321N1 cells (Fig. 6) (note: fluorescence-activated cell sorter analysis indicated that
v
5 and
3 integrins, but not
v
3, are expressed in 1321N1 cells (data not shown)).
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S. Immunoprecipitation of G
o or G
q with anti-G
o or anti-G
q/11 Abs indicated that UTP induced a 2-fold increase in [35S]GTP
S binding to G
o in cells expressing the WT P2Y2R, whereas no increase in [35S]GTP
S binding to G
o was seen in cells expressing the RGE mutant receptor (Fig. 7). In contrast, activation of both the WT and RGE mutant P2Y2R by UTP induced a 2-fold increase in [35S]GTP
S binding to G
q (Fig. 7). These results directly show that the RGD integrin binding domain in the P2Y2R is required for activation of Go, but not Gq, and suggest that integrin interaction with the P2Y2R is important for access to specific heterotrimeric G proteins involved in cell migration. Furthermore, we found that PTX inhibited UTP-induced cell migration by 7080% in 1321N1 cells expressing the WT P2Y2R (Fig. 8A), indicating that Go activation is involved in P2Y2R-mediated cell migration. PTX also completely inhibited UTP-induced Vav2 and Rac activation and vitronectin up-regulation (Fig. 8B) in 1321N1 cells expressing the WT P2Y2R, indicating that all of these responses are dependent on Go activity.
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1000-fold higher concentrations of UTP as compared with the WT P2Y2R (Fig. 9A), which is similar to the agonist potency of the RGE mutant P2Y2R in the stimulation of intracellular Ca2+ mobilization, extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 phosphorylation (1), and inositol phosphate accumulation (33). Thus, at high UTP concentrations both the WT and the RGE mutant P2Y2Rs are equally efficacious in the activation of Akt, extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2, intracellular Ca2+ mobilization, and inositol phosphate formation. And, although untested, it was recently suggested that the RGE mutation in the P2Y2R may affect these pathways by decreasing the agonist binding affinity of the P2Y2R (33). We next used PTX to evaluate the role of Go in P2Y2R-mediated Akt phosphorylation. PTX caused a 50% inhibition of Akt phosphorylation induced by UTP in 1321N1 cells expressing the WT P2Y2R, whereas Akt phosphorylation was insensitive to PTX treatment in cells expressing the RGE mutant receptor (Fig. 9B). Therefore, we conclude that P2Y2R-mediated Akt phosphorylation in 1321N1 cells occurs by both Go- and Gq-dependent pathways, although UTP-induced cell migration is largely Go-dependent. Moreover, the involvement of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt pathway in P2Y2R-mediated migration appears to be cell type-specific and does not play a significant role in P2Y2R-mediated chemotaxis in 1321N1 cells.
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v
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5 integrins and is required for nucleotide-induced activation of Go- but not Gq-mediated intracellular calcium mobilization (1). In the present study we have shown that the P2Y2R agonist UTP can induce migration of human 1321N1 cells expressing the WT P2Y2R but not a P2Y2R in which the RGD sequence was mutated to RGE (Fig. 1), a sequence change that prevents integrin interaction (1). Our results strongly suggest that interaction of the P2Y2R with
v integrins is essential for UTP-induced cell migration, and this report is the first demonstration that a GPCR can interact with an integrin to facilitate cell migration. In addition, two other lines of evidence demonstrate the involvement of
v integrins in P2Y2R-mediated cell migration. First, selective inhibition of
v integrin expression by antisense oligonucleotide inhibited UTP-induced cell migration of 1321N1 cells expressing the WT P2Y2R (Fig. 4B). Second, anti-
v and anti-
v
5 Abs inhibited UTP-induced migration of WT P2Y2R-transfected cells (Figs. 5, A and B). These observations are consistent with other reports indicating that integrin activity is required for both GPCR-mediated (34, 35) and growth factor receptor-mediated cell migration (36, 37).
During cell migration integrins attach to and detach from their extracellular matrix ligands to provide the necessary traction for cell crawling (38). It also has been demonstrated that in migrating neutrophils the active form of the
v
3 integrin is concentrated at the leading edge of the cell (2, 39, 40) and that this integrin cycles between an active (i.e. extracellular matrix-bound form that is tyrosine-phosphorylated on the
3 subunit) and an inactive conformation in a calcium- and calcineurin-dependent manner (39). In the chemotaxis assays performed in the present study, the Transwell membranes were not coated with extracellular matrix proteins, and thus, we presumed that activation of the P2Y2R induced the synthesis and secretion of extracellular matrix proteins needed to facilitate cell migration. Here, we demonstrated that UTP increased the expression of the extracellular matrix proteins vitronectin (Fig. 2A) and osteopontin (data not shown) in 1321N1 cells expressing the WT but not the RGE mutant P2Y2R, suggesting that integrin interaction also is required for up-regulation of extracellular matrix proteins by the P2Y2R. Furthermore, anti-vitronectin Abs inhibited UTP-induced migration of 1321N1 cells expressing the WT receptor (Fig. 2B). From these observations it seems likely that P2Y2R-mediated cell migration is enhanced by the synthesis and secretion of extracellular matrix ligands for
v
3/
5 integrins. Many extracellular matrix proteins like osteopontin and vitronectin contain RGD domains that interact with
v
3/
5 integrins (15). Therefore, it also seems likely that the P2Y2R and extracellular matrix proteins compete for binding to
v
3/
5 integrins, and this competition may facilitate the cyclic attachment/detachment of the cell to the extracellular matrix that is necessary for cell migration. In support of this idea we observed that 1321N1 cells expressing the WT P2Y2R adhered to vitronectin-coated dishes at a slower rate than untransfected cells or cells expressing the RGE mutant (data not shown). Further investigation, however, is required to establish this hypothesis.
Recent advances in the understanding of the mechanism of F-actin polymerization have shown that small GTPases like Cdc42, RhoA, and Rac are major regulators of actin dynamics (23, 41) and play a critical role in cell motility. For example, activated Cdc42 stimulates the formation of actin-rich filopodia, activated RhoA induces the formation of stress fibers and focal adhesions, and activated Rac stimulates the formation of lamellipodia and membrane ruffles (23). Rac is also required to recruit the active form of
v
3 integrin to the lamellipodia, which promotes cell migration (42). In our experiments UTP stimulated Rac phosphorylation in 1321N1 cells expressing the WT P2Y2R but not in cells expressing the RGE mutant P2Y2R (Fig. 3A). Dominant-negative Rac inhibited UTP-induced migration of cells expressing the WT P2Y2R (Fig. 3C), providing direct evidence for the involvement of Rac in P2Y2R-mediated cell migration. The small GTPases cycle between active GTP-bound and inactive GDP-bound states depending on their regulation by GEFs. One GEF for Rac is Vav2, which is activated by tyrosine kinase-dependent phosphorylation (43), and UTP has been found to cause a strong time-dependent increase in the tyrosine phosphorylation of Vav2 in human coronary artery endothelial cells (44). In the present study Vav2 phosphorylation was stimulated by UTP in 1321N1 cells expressing the WT P2Y2R but not in cells expressing the RGE mutant P2Y2R (Fig. 3A), suggesting that Vav2 phosphorylation, like Rac activation, was dependent on P2Y2R interaction with
v integrins. Furthermore, DN Vav2 completely inhibited UTP-induced Rac activation (Fig. 3B), thus establishing that Vav2 plays a crucial role in P2Y2R-mediated Rac activation and chemotaxis. The requirement for P2Y2R and
v integrin interaction in the activation of Vav2 and Rac was demonstrated in two other ways. First, selective inhibition of
v integrin expression with
v antisense oligonucleotide inhibited the UTP-induced activation of Vav2 and Rac (Fig. 4C). Second, UTP-induced phosphorylation of Vav2 and Rac were significantly inhibited by an overnight treatment of WT P2Y2R-transfected cells with anti-
v
5 Ab (Fig. 6). Thus, our results strongly suggest that Vav2 and Rac activation are required for UTP-induced cell migration, responses that are dependent upon interaction between the P2Y2R and
v integrins.
Heterotrimeric G proteins in the Gi/o family were recently reported to be responsible for GPCR-mediated cell migration by activating RacGEFs, which in turn activate Rac (8). In this study, we utilized the [35S]GTP
S binding assay to provide direct evidence that the RGD integrin binding domain in the P2Y2R is required for this receptor to activate Go but not Gq (Fig. 7). We also found that the Gi/o inhibitor PTX decreased UTP-induced migration of 1321N1 cells expressing the WT P2Y2R by 7080% (Fig. 8A) and completely inhibited P2Y2R-mediated Vav2 and Rac activation and vitronectin up-regulation (Fig. 8B). Taken together, these results suggest that
v integrin interaction with the P2Y2R is required to activate Go and initiate Go-mediated Vav2 and Rac activation and vitronectin up-regulation, leading to increased cell migration.
These results provide novel insight into the mechanism of chemotactic signaling by a GPCR and suggest that
v integrin-based complexes can be important for allowing access to specific heterotrimeric G proteins involved in cell migration. Because
v integrins have been shown to play a critical role in cell migration and angiogenesis in vascular endothelial cells (42, 45), therapeutic strategies that disrupt P2Y2R interaction with
v integrins could be useful in the treatment of diseases involving inflammation and angiogenesis, such as atherosclerosis, diabetes, Alzheimer disease, and cancer.
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The on-line version of this article (available at http://www.jbc.org) contains supplemental Figs. S1 and S2. ![]()
1 To whom correspondence should be addressed: University of Missouri-Columbia, 540F Life Sciences Center, 1201 Rollins Rd., Columbia, MO 65211. Tel.: 573-884-2065; Fax: 573-884-2537; E-mail: erbl{at}missouri.edu.
2 The abbreviations used are: GPCR, G protein-coupled receptor; GEF, guanine nucleotide exchange factor; P2Y2R, P2Y2 receptor; RGD, arginine-glycine-aspartic acid; WT, wild type; RGE, arginine-glycine-glutamic acid; Ab, antibody; Akt, protein kinase B; DN, dominant-negative; PTX, pertussis toxin; DMEM, Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium; GTP
S, guanosine 5'-3-O-(thio)triphosphate. ![]()
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