Abstract
ATP is the "principal energy currency" in metabolism and the most versatile small molecular regulator of cellular activities. Although already much is known about the role of ATP in fundamental processes of living systems, data about its compartmentalization are rather scarce, and we still have only very limited understanding of whether patterns in the distribution of intracellular ATP concentration ("ATP inhomogeneity") do exist and have a regulatory role. Here we report on the analysis of coupling of local ATP supply to regulation of actomyosin behavior, a widespread and dynamic process with conspicuous high ATP dependence, which is central to cell shape changes and cell motility. As an experimental model, we use embryonic fibroblasts from knock-out mice without major ATP-ADP exchange enzymes, in which we (re)introduce the ATP/ADP exchange enzyme adenylate kinase-1 (AK1) and deliberately manipulate its spatial positioning by coupling to different artificial location tags. By transfection-complementation of AK1 variants and comparison with yellow fluorescent protein controls, we found that motility and spreading were enhanced in cells with AK1 with a focal contact guidance tag. Intermediary enhancement was observed in cells with membrane-targeted or cytosolic AK1. Use of a heterodimer-inducing approach for transient translocation of AK1 to focal contacts under conditions of constant global AK1 activity in the cell corroborated these results. Based on our findings with these model systems, we propose that local ATP supply in the cell periphery and "on site" fuelling of the actomyosin machinery, when maintained via enzymes involved in phosphoryl transfer, are codetermining factors in the control of cell motility.
Highlights
Maintenance of adequate ATP supply is of crucial importance for the mechanisms of structural remodeling in cells with high shape plasticity, especially under high energy-demanding circumstances [1]
Based on our findings with these model systems, we propose that local ATP supply in the cell periphery and “on site” fuelling of the actomyosin machinery, when maintained via enzymes involved in phosphoryl transfer, are codetermining factors in the control of cell motility
Expression and Localization of (Targeted) adenylate kinase-1 (AK1) in Mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs)— MEFs derived from BAKϪ/Ϫ mice were used to generate cell lines expressing nontargeted, focal contact (FC)-targeted, and membranetargeted AK1
Summary
Maintenance of adequate ATP supply is of crucial importance for the mechanisms of structural remodeling in cells with high shape plasticity, especially under high energy-demanding circumstances [1]. Enzymatic activity assays (Fig. 1C) revealed that the total ATPgenerating capacity in cells with EVH1- or MYR-tagged AK1 variants was lower than in MEF-AK1 but considerably higher than in MEF-YFP controls.
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