G protein subunit Galpha13 binds to integrin alphaIIbbeta3 and mediates integrin "outside-in" signaling

Science. 2010 Jan 15;327(5963):340-3. doi: 10.1126/science.1174779.

Abstract

Integrins mediate cell adhesion to the extracellular matrix and transmit signals within the cell that stimulate cell spreading, retraction, migration, and proliferation. The mechanism of integrin outside-in signaling has been unclear. We found that the heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide-binding protein (G protein) Galpha13 directly bound to the integrin beta3 cytoplasmic domain and that Galpha13-integrin interaction was promoted by ligand binding to the integrin alphaIIbbeta3 and by guanosine triphosphate (GTP) loading of Galpha13. Interference of Galpha13 expression or a myristoylated fragment of Galpha13 that inhibited interaction of alphaIIbbeta3 with Galpha13 diminished activation of protein kinase c-Src and stimulated the small guanosine triphosphatase RhoA, consequently inhibiting cell spreading and accelerating cell retraction. We conclude that integrins are noncanonical Galpha13-coupled receptors that provide a mechanism for dynamic regulation of RhoA.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Binding Sites
  • Blood Platelets / physiology*
  • Clot Retraction
  • Fibrinogen / metabolism
  • GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, G12-G13 / genetics
  • GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, G12-G13 / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Integrin beta3 / metabolism*
  • Ligands
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Phosphorylation
  • Platelet Adhesiveness
  • Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex / metabolism*
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src) / metabolism
  • RNA, Small Interfering
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction*
  • rhoA GTP-Binding Protein / antagonists & inhibitors
  • rhoA GTP-Binding Protein / metabolism

Substances

  • Integrin beta3
  • Ligands
  • Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex
  • RNA, Small Interfering
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • RHOA protein, human
  • Fibrinogen
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src)
  • GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, G12-G13
  • rhoA GTP-Binding Protein