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Cell Rep ; 36(10): 109662, 2021 09 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34496234

RESUMO

Immune cells are armed with Toll-like receptors (TLRs) for sensing and responding to pathogens and other danger cues. The role of extracellular-signal-regulated kinases 1/2 (Erk1/2) in TLR signaling remains enigmatic, with both pro- and anti-inflammatory functions described. We reveal here that the immune-specific transmembrane adaptor SCIMP is a direct scaffold for Erk1/2 in TLR pathways, with high-resolution, live-cell imaging revealing that SCIMP guides the spatial and temporal recruitment of Erk2 to membrane ruffles and macropinosomes for pro-inflammatory TLR4 signaling. SCIMP-deficient mice display defects in Erk1/2 recruitment to TLR4, c-Fos activation, and pro-inflammatory cytokine production, with these effects being phenocopied by Erk1/2 signaling inhibition. Our findings thus delineate a selective role for SCIMP as a key scaffold for the membrane recruitment of Erk1/2 kinase to initiate TLR-mediated pro-inflammatory responses in macrophages.


Assuntos
Macrófagos/metabolismo , Proteína Quinase 3 Ativada por Mitógeno/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais/fisiologia , Receptores Toll-Like/metabolismo , Animais , Citocinas/metabolismo , Sistema de Sinalização das MAP Quinases/fisiologia , Camundongos Transgênicos , Fosforilação , Receptor 4 Toll-Like/metabolismo
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BMC Bioinformatics ; 22(1): 410, 2021 Aug 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34412593

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: With recent advances in microscopy, recordings of cell behaviour can result in terabyte-size datasets. The lattice light sheet microscope (LLSM) images cells at high speed and high 3D resolution, accumulating data at 100 frames/second over hours, presenting a major challenge for interrogating these datasets. The surfaces of vertebrate cells can rapidly deform to create projections that interact with the microenvironment. Such surface projections include spike-like filopodia and wave-like ruffles on the surface of macrophages as they engage in immune surveillance. LLSM imaging has provided new insights into the complex surface behaviours of immune cells, including revealing new types of ruffles. However, full use of these data requires systematic and quantitative analysis of thousands of projections over hundreds of time steps, and an effective system for analysis of individual structures at this scale requires efficient and robust methods with minimal user intervention. RESULTS: We present LLAMA, a platform to enable systematic analysis of terabyte-scale 4D microscopy datasets. We use a machine learning method for semantic segmentation, followed by a robust and configurable object separation and tracking algorithm, generating detailed object level statistics. Our system is designed to run on high-performance computing to achieve high throughput, with outputs suitable for visualisation and statistical analysis. Advanced visualisation is a key element of LLAMA: we provide a specialised tool which supports interactive quality control, optimisation, and output visualisation processes to complement the processing pipeline. LLAMA is demonstrated in an analysis of macrophage surface projections, in which it is used to i) discriminate ruffles induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and macrophage colony stimulating factor (CSF-1) and ii) determine the autonomy of ruffle morphologies. CONCLUSIONS: LLAMA provides an effective open source tool for running a cell microscopy analysis pipeline based on semantic segmentation, object analysis and tracking. Detailed numerical and visual outputs enable effective statistical analysis, identifying distinct patterns of increased activity under the two interventions considered in our example analysis. Our system provides the capacity to screen large datasets for specific structural configurations. LLAMA identified distinct features of LPS and CSF-1 induced ruffles and it identified a continuity of behaviour between tent pole ruffling, wave-like ruffling and filopodia deployment.


Assuntos
Microscopia , Pseudópodes , Algoritmos , Aprendizado de Máquina , Macrófagos
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J Vis Exp ; (174)2021 08 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34424243

RESUMO

Macropinocytosis is a highly conserved but still incompletely understood process that is essential for the uptake and ingestion of fluid, fluid-phase nutrients and other material in cells. The dramatic extension of cell surface ruffles, their closure to form macropinosomes, and the maturation of internalized macropinosomes are key events in this pathway that can be difficult to capture using conventional confocal imaging based on tracking a bolus of fluorescent cargo. Fluorescent dextrans are commonly used experimentally as fluid phase markers for macropinosomes and for other endocytic pathways. A method the lab has adopted to optimize the imaging of dextran uptake involves using live imaging of cells bathed in high concentrations of fluorescent dextran in the medium, with the unlabeled cells appearing in relief (as black). The cell ruffles are highlighted to visualize ruffle closure, and internalized macropinosomes appear as fluorescent vacuoles in the cell interior. This method is optimal for visualizing macropinosome features and allows for easy segmentation and quantification. This paper describes dual-labeling of pathways with different sized dextrans and the co-expression of lipid probes and fluorescent membrane proteins to demark macropinosomes and other endosomes. The detection of internalized dextran at an ultrastructural level using correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM) is also demonstrated. These cell processes can be imaged using multiple live imaging modalities, including in 3D. Taken together, these approaches optimize macropinosome imaging for many different settings and experimental systems.


Assuntos
Endossomos , Pinocitose , Membrana Celular , Microscopia Eletrônica , Vacúolos
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J Cell Biol ; 220(7)2021 07 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34128957

RESUMO

Actin organization underpins conserved functions at the leading edge of cells. In this issue, Yang et al. (2021. J. Cell Biol.https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202010096) characterize Leep1 as a bi-functional regulator of migration and macropinocytosis through PIP3 and the Scar/WAVE complex.


Assuntos
Actinas , Pinocitose , Actinas/genética
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Dev Cell ; 51(4): 431-445.e7, 2019 11 18.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31668663

RESUMO

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is one of the most invasive and metastatic cancers and has a dismal 5-year survival rate. We show that N-WASP drives pancreatic cancer metastasis, with roles in both chemotaxis and matrix remodeling. lysophosphatidic acid, a signaling lipid abundant in blood and ascites fluid, is both a mitogen and chemoattractant for cancer cells. Pancreatic cancer cells break lysophosphatidic acid down as they respond to it, setting up a self-generated gradient driving tumor egress. N-WASP-depleted cells do not recognize lysophosphatidic acid gradients, leading to altered RhoA activation, decreased contractility and traction forces, and reduced metastasis. We describe a signaling loop whereby N-WASP and the endocytic adapter SNX18 promote lysophosphatidic acid-induced RhoA-mediated contractility and force generation by controlling lysophosphatidic acid receptor recycling and preventing degradation. This chemotactic loop drives collagen remodeling, tumor invasion, and metastasis and could be an important target against pancreatic cancer spread.


Assuntos
Lisofosfolipídeos/metabolismo , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/metabolismo , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/patologia , Receptores de Ácidos Lisofosfatídicos/metabolismo , Proteína Neuronal da Síndrome de Wiskott-Aldrich/metabolismo , Animais , Carcinoma Ductal Pancreático/genética , Carcinoma Ductal Pancreático/metabolismo , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Movimento Celular/fisiologia , Quimiotaxia , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Nus , Invasividade Neoplásica , Metástase Neoplásica , Transporte Proteico , Ratos , Receptores de Ácidos Lisofosfatídicos/genética , Receptores de Ácidos Lisofosfatídicos/isolamento & purificação , Transdução de Sinais , Nexinas de Classificação/metabolismo , Proteína Neuronal da Síndrome de Wiskott-Aldrich/genética , Proteína rhoA de Ligação ao GTP/metabolismo
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J Cell Sci ; 130(20): 3455-3466, 2017 Oct 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28871044

RESUMO

Melanoma cells steer out of tumours using self-generated lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) gradients. The cells break down LPA, which is present at high levels around the tumours, creating a dynamic gradient that is low in the tumour and high outside. They then migrate up this gradient, creating a complex and evolving outward chemotactic stimulus. Here, we introduce a new assay for self-generated chemotaxis, and show that raising LPA levels causes a delay in migration rather than loss of chemotactic efficiency. Knockdown of the lipid phosphatase LPP3 - but not of its homologues LPP1 or LPP2 - diminishes the cell's ability to break down LPA. This is specific for chemotactically active LPAs, such as the 18:1 and 20:4 species. Inhibition of autotaxin-mediated LPA production does not diminish outward chemotaxis, but loss of LPP3-mediated LPA breakdown blocks it. Similarly, in both 2D and 3D invasion assays, knockdown of LPP3 diminishes the ability of melanoma cells to invade. Our results demonstrate that LPP3 is the key enzyme in the breakdown of LPA by melanoma cells, and confirm the importance of attractant breakdown in LPA-mediated cell steering.This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper.


Assuntos
Lisofosfolipídeos/metabolismo , Melanoma/metabolismo , Fosfatidato Fosfatase/fisiologia , Neoplasias Cutâneas/metabolismo , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Quimiotaxia , Humanos , Melanoma/patologia , Invasividade Neoplásica , Neoplasias Cutâneas/patologia
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