Abstract
Significance Eukaryotic cells migrate through a gradient with a huge concentration range of chemoattractant stimuli by employing “adaptation,” in which cells no longer respond to the present stimuli, but remain sensitive to stronger stimuli. Many models agree on the “temporal adaptation”: a rapid “excitation” that triggers cellular responses and a temporally delayed “inhibition” that terminates the responses to reach adaptation. The inhibitory mechanism largely remains elusive, although many molecules of the excitatory signaling pathway have been identified. In the present study, we showed that GPCR-activated Ras negative regulator C2GAP1 locally inhibits Ras signaling for adaptation and long-range chemotaxis.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | E10092-E10101 |
Journal | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |
Volume | 114 |
Issue number | 47 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 21 Nov 2017 |
Externally published | Yes |
Funding
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. We thank Drs. Xinzhuan Su and Joseph Brzostowski for their critical reading of the article; Wei Quan for his help with chemotaxis video analysis; and Dr. Peter van Haastert, Susanne Terheyden, and Kavya Prasad for assistance with the biochemical experiments. This work was supported by the intramural fund of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, and the American Heart Association (AHA0930127N).
Funders | Funder number |
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National Institutes of Health | |
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | ZIAAI000916 |
American Heart Association | AHA0930127N |