Mass spectrometry analysis of the native protein complex containing actinin-4 in prostate cancer cells

Mol Cell Proteomics. 2007 Mar;6(3):479-91. doi: 10.1074/mcp.M600129-MCP200. Epub 2006 Dec 6.

Abstract

Actinin-4 was originally identified as an actin-binding protein associated with cell motility and cancer invasion and metastasis. However, actinin-4 forms complexes with a large number of different partner proteins and is speculated to have several distinct functions depending on its partner. The level of actinin-4 expression was found to be significantly lower in prostate cancer cells than in non-cancerous basal cells, and restoration of actinin-4 expression inhibited cell proliferation by prostate cancer cell line 22RV1. Immunoprecipitation and mass spectrometry analysis revealed that actinin-4 forms native complexes with several partner proteins in 22RV1 cells, including with beta/gamma-actin, calmodulin, the clathrin heavy chain, non-muscular myosin heavy chain, heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A1, and Ras-GTPase-activating protein SH3 domain-binding protein. Clathrin is a coat protein that covers the internalized membrane pit that forms during early endocytosis. We found that other clathrin-related and unrelated cargo proteins, including dynamin, adaptin-delta, beta subunit of neuronal adaptin-like protein, and p47A, also interact with actinin-4. Immunofluorescence microscopy revealed that dynamin and clathrin co-localized with actinin-4 at the sites of membrane ruffling, and transfection of actinin-4 cDNA facilitated the transport of transferrin into perinuclear endosomes. Endocytosis terminates signaling evoked by cell surface receptors and regulates the recycling of receptors and ligands. We identified a panel of proteins whose expression and/or subcellular localization was regulated by actinin-4 by performing organelle fractionation and ICAT-LC-MS/MS. The decreased expression of actinin-4 protein in prostate cancer cells may cause aberrations in the intracellular trafficking of various cell surface molecules and contribute to carcinogenesis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Actinin / metabolism*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Proliferation
  • Chromatography, Liquid
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Microfilament Proteins / metabolism*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / metabolism*
  • Protein Interaction Mapping
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Substances

  • ACTN4 protein, human
  • Microfilament Proteins
  • Actinin