Published online before print December 20, 2007, doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.107.158923
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Dual Regulation of Cofilin Activity by LIM Kinase and Slingshot-1L Phosphatase Controls Platelet-Derived Growth Factor–Induced Migration of Human Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells
From the Division of Cardiology (A.S.M., M.Y.L., H.C.W., B.L., K.K.G.), Emory University, Atlanta, Ga; and Department of Biomolecular Sciences (K.M.), Tohoku University, Aramaki-aza-aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan.
Correspondence to Kathy K. Griendling, Division of Cardiology, Emory University, 1639 Pierce Dr, 319 WMB, Atlanta, GA 30322. E-mail kgriend{at}emory.edu
Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) plays a central role in vascular healing, atherosclerosis, and restenosis, partly by stimulating vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) migration. Migration requires rapid turnover of actin filaments, which is partially controlled by cofilin. Although cofilin is negatively regulated by Ser3 phosphorylation, the upstream signaling pathways have not been defined, nor has its role in VSMC migration been studied. We hypothesized that PDGF-induced migration of VSMCs involves cofilin activation and that this is regulated by the serine kinase LIM kinase (LIMK) and the novel phosphatase Slingshot (SSH)1L. In human VSMCs, stimulation with PDGF increased G-actin incorporation into the actin cytoskeleton. PDGF transiently activated the cofilin kinase, LIMK, with a peak at 5 minutes. However, cofilin was dephosphorylated between 5 and 45 minutes, with a maximum of 43±5% dephosphorylation at 30 minutes, suggesting that PDGF also activates a cofilin phosphatase. We found that VSMCs express SSH1L, which is induced and activated (564±73 versus 1021±141 picomoles of PO4; P=0.015) by PDGF. Of importance, small interfering RNA directed against SSH1L blocked cofilin dephosphorylation and decreased migration (528±33 versus 318±25 cells/field; P<0.01). Taken together, our results suggest that PDGF participates in actin dynamics by dual regulation of cofilin activity via LIMK and SSH1L.
Key Words: vascular smooth muscle • slingshot phosphatase • platelet-derived growth factor • migration • LIMK
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