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Vol. 15, Issue 6, 2549-2557, June 2004

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RalA Activation at Nascent Lamellipodia of Epidermal Growth Factor-stimulated Cos7 Cells and Migrating Madin-Darby Canine Kidney Cells

Department of Tumor Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Yamadaoka, Suita-shi, Osaka 565-0871, Japan

Submitted November 28, 2003; Revised February 16, 2004; Accepted March 1, 2004
Monitoring Editor: Martin A. Schwartz

RalA, a member of the Ras-family GTPases, regulates various cellular functions such as filopodia formation, endocytosis, and exocytosis. On epidermal growth factor (EGF) stimulation, activated Ras recruits guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) for RalA, followed by RalA activation. By using fluorescence resonance energy transfer-based probes for RalA activity, we found that the EGF-induced RalA activation in Cos7 cells was restricted at the EGF-induced nascent lamellipodia, whereas under a similar condition both Ras activation and Ras-dependent translocation of Ral GEFs occurred more diffusely at the plasma membrane. This EGF-induced RalA activation was not observed when lamellipodial protrusion was suppressed by a dominant negative mutant of Rac1, a GTPase-activating protein for Cdc42, inhibitors of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, or inhibitors of actin polymerization. On the other hand, EGF-induced lamellipodial protrusion was inhibited by microinjection of the RalA-binding domains of RalBP1 and Sec5. Furthermore, we found that RalA activity was high at the lamellipodia of migrating Madin-Darby canine kidney cells and that the migration of Madin-Darby canine kidney cells was perturbed by the microinjection of RalBP1–RalA-binding domain. Thus, RalA activation is required for the induction of lamellipodia, and conversely, lamellipodial protrusion seems to be required for the RalA activation, suggesting the presence of a positive feedback loop between RalA activation and lamellipodial protrusion. Our observation also demonstrates that the spatial regulation of RalA is conducted by a mechanism distinct from the temporal regulation conducted by Ras-dependent plasma membrane recruitment of Ral guanine nucleotide exchange factors.

Abbreviations used: EGF, epidermal growth factor; FITC, fluorescein isothiocyanate; FRET, fluorescence resonance energy transfer; GAP, GTPase activating protein; GEF, guanine nucleotide exchange factor; GFP, green fluorescence protein; PDK1, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase–dependent kinase 1; PI-3K, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase; Raichu, Ras and interacting protein chimeric unit.

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^* Corresponding author. E-mail address: matsudam{at}biken.osaka-u.ac.jp.

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