Phosphorylation of Rab11-FIP2 regulates polarity in MDCK cells

LA Lapierre, KM Avant, CM Caldwell… - Molecular biology of …, 2012 - Am Soc Cell Biol
LA Lapierre, KM Avant, CM Caldwell, A Oztan, G Apodaca, BC Knowles, JT Roland…
Molecular biology of the cell, 2012Am Soc Cell Biol
The Rab11 effector Rab11-family interacting protein 2 (Rab11-FIP2) regulates transcytosis
through its interactions with Rab11a and myosin Vb. Previous studies implicated Rab11-
FIP2 in the establishment of polarity in Madin–Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells through
phosphorylation of Ser-227 by MARK2. Here we examine the dynamic role of Rab11-FIP2
phosphorylation on MDCK cell polarity. Endogenous Rab11-FIP2 phosphorylated on Ser-
227 coalesces on vesicular plaques during the reestablishment of polarity after either …
The Rab11 effector Rab11-family interacting protein 2 (Rab11-FIP2) regulates transcytosis through its interactions with Rab11a and myosin Vb. Previous studies implicated Rab11-FIP2 in the establishment of polarity in Madin–Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells through phosphorylation of Ser-227 by MARK2. Here we examine the dynamic role of Rab11-FIP2 phosphorylation on MDCK cell polarity. Endogenous Rab11-FIP2 phosphorylated on Ser-227 coalesces on vesicular plaques during the reestablishment of polarity after either monolayer wounding or calcium switch. Whereas expression of the nonphosphorylatable Rab11-FIP2(S227A) elicits a loss in lumen formation in MDCK cell cysts grown in Matrigel, the putative pseudophosphorylated Rab11-FIP2(S227E) mutant induces the formation of cysts with multiple lumens. On permeable filters, Rab11-FIP2(S227E)–expressing cells exhibit alterations in the composition of both the adherens and tight junctions. At the adherens junction, p120 catenin and K-cadherin are retained, whereas the majority of the E-cadherin is lost. Although ZO-1 is retained at the tight junction, occludin is lost and the claudin composition is altered. Of interest, the effects of Rab11-FIP2 on cellular polarity did not involve myosin Vb or Rab11a. These results indicate that Ser-227 phosphorylation of Rab11-FIP2 regulates the composition of both adherens and tight junctions and is intimately involved in the regulation of polarity in epithelial cells.
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