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A more recent version of this article appeared on January 1, 2008
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Submitted on March 12, 2007
Revised on September 21, 2007
Accepted on October 24, 2007
*Department of Orthopaedics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520;
Department of Cell Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine, Program in Cellular Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration and Repair, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520;
Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520
Monitoring Editor: Joan Brugge
Podosomes are dynamic actin-rich structures composed of a dense F-actin core surrounded by a cloud of more diffuse F-actin. Src performs one or more unique functions in osteoclasts (OCLs), and podosome belts and bone resorption are impaired in the absence of Src. Using Src-/- OCLs, we investigated the specific functions of Src in the organization and dynamics of podosomes. We found that podosome number and the podosome-associated actin cloud were decreased in Src-/- OCLs. Videomicroscopy and fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) analysis revealed that the life span of Src-/- podosomes was increased fourfold and that the rate of actin flux in the core was decreased by 40%. Thus, Src regulates the formation, structure, life span and rate of actin polymerization in podosomes and in the actin cloud. Rescue of Src-/- OCLs with Src mutants showed that both the kinase activity and either the SH2 or the SH3 binding domain are required for Src to restore normal podosome organization and dynamics. Moreover, inhibition of Src family kinase activities in Src-/- OCLs by Src inhibitors or by expressing dominant-negative SrcK295M induced the formation of abnormal podosomes. Thus, Src is an essential regulator of podosome structure, dynamics and organization.
Present address: Anatomy and Cell Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
Address correspondence to:
Pietro De Camilli (pietro.decamilli{at}yale.edu) or Roland Baron (roland.baron{at}yale.edu)
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