Abstract
Cell adhesion and motility require a dynamic remodelling of the membrane-associated actin cytoskeleton in response to extracellular stimuli that are primarily transmitted through receptor tyrosine kinases. In a cellular model system for tyrosine phosphorylation-based growth factor signaling, we observed that annexin A2 is tyrosine-phosphorylated upon insulin receptor activation. The phosphorylation precedes peripheral actin accumulations and subsequent cell detachment. These morphological changes are inhibited by annexin A2 depletion and require Rho/ROCK signaling downstream of tyrosine-phosphorylated annexin A2. A phospho-mimicking annexin A2 mutant is sufficient to drive peripheral actin accumulation and the resulting cell detachment in the absence of insulin stimulation. Thus, a tyrosine phosphorylation switch in annexin A2 is an important event in triggering Rho/ROCK-dependent and actin-mediated changes in cell morphology associated with the control of cell adhesion.
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