Cleavage of Focal Adhesion Kinase by Different Proteases during Src-regulated Transformation and Apoptosis
Open Access
- 1 February 2001
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV
- Vol. 276 (6), 4270-4275
- https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m008972200
Abstract
Integrin-associated focal adhesion complexes provide the main adhesive links between the cellular actin cytoskeleton and the surrounding extracellular matrix. In vitro, cells utilize a complex temporal and spatially regulated mechanism of focal adhesion assembly and disassembly required for cell migration. Recent studies indicate that members of both calpain and caspase protease families can promote limited proteolytic cleavage of several components of focal adhesions leading to disassembly of these complexes. Such mechanisms that influence cell adhesion may be deregulated under pathological conditions characterized by increased cell motility, such as tumor invasion. v-Src-induced oncogenic transformation is associated with loss of focal adhesion structures and transition to a less adherent, more motile phenotype, while inactivating temperature-sensitive v-Src in serum-deprived transformed cells leads to detachment and apoptosis. In this report, we demonstrate that v-Src-induced disassembly of focal adhesions is accompanied by calpain-dependent proteolysis of focal adhesion kinase. Furthermore, inhibitors of calpain repress v-Src-induced focal adhesion disruption, loss of substrate adhesion, and cell migration. In contrast, focal adhesion loss during detachment and apoptosis induced after switching off temperature-sensitive v-Src in serum-deprived transformed cells is accompanied by caspase-mediated proteolysis of focal adhesion kinase. Thus, calpain and caspase differentially regulate focal adhesion turnover during Src-regulated cell transformation, motility, and apoptosis.Keywords
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