A computational model of Listeria monocytogenes propulsion that explicitly simulates a large …

• Abstract
• Introduction
• The Model
• Results
• Discussion
• Materials and Methods
• Supporting Information
• References
• Figures
• Tables

Biology Articles » Biophysics » In Silico Reconstitution of Listeria Propulsion Exhibits Nano-Saltation » References

References

- In Silico Reconstitution of Listeria Propulsion Exhibits Nano-Saltation

1. Bindschadler M, Osborn EA, Dewey CF Jr, McGrath JL (2004) A mechanistic model of the actin cycle. Biophys J 86:2720–2739.
2. Boujemaa-Paterski R, Gouin E, Hansen G, Samarin S, Le Clainche C, , et al. (2001) Listeria protein ActA mimics WASP family proteins: It activates filament barbed end branching by Arp2/3 complex. Biochemistry 40:11390–11404.
3. Cameron LA, Footer MJ, van Oudenaarden A, , Theriot JA (1999) Motility of ActA protein-coated microspheres driven by actin polymerization. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 96:4908–4913.
4. Cameron LA, Svitkina TM, Vignjevic D, Theriot JA, Borisy GG (2001) Dendritic organization of actin comet tails. Curr Biol 11:130–135.
5. Cameron LA, Robbins JR, Footer MJ, Theriot JA (2004) Biophysical parameters influence actin-based movement, trajectory, and initiation in a cell-free system. Mol Biol Cell 15:2312–2323.
6. Carlier MF, Pantaloni D, Korn E (1987) The mechanism of ATP hydrolysis acompanying the polymerization of MG-actin and Ca-actin. J Biol Chem 262:3052–3059.
7. Carlsson AE (2001) Growth of branched actin networks against obstacles. Biophys J 81:1907–1923.
8. Carlsson AE (2003) Growth velocities of branched actin networks. Biophys J 84:2907–2918.
9. Dabiri GA, Sanger JM, Portnoy DA, Southwick FS (1990) Listeria monocytogenes moves rapidly through the host-cell cytoplasm by inducing directional actin assembly. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 87:6068–6072.
10. Dickinson RB, Purich DL (2002) Clamped-filament elongation model for actin-based motors. Biophys J 82:605–617.
11. Domann E, Wehland J, Rohde M, Pistor S, Hartl M, et al. (1992) A novel bacterial virulence gene in Listeria monocytogenes required for host cell microfilament interaction with homology to the proline-rich region of vinculin. EMBO J 11:1981–1990.
12. Gerbal F, Laurent V, Ott A, Carlier MF, Chaikin P, et al. (2000a) Measurement of the elasticity of the actin tail of Listeria monocytogenes. Eur Biophys J 29:134–140.
13. Gerbal F, Chaikin P, Rabin Y, Prost J (2000b) An elastic analysis of Listeria monocytogenes propulsion. Biophys J 79:2259–2275.
14. Goldberg M (2001) Actin-based motility of intracellular microbial pathogens. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 65:595–626.
15. Higgs HN, Pollard TD (2001) Regulation of actin filament network formation through Arp2/3 complex: Activation by a diverse array of proteins. Annu Rev Biochem 70:649–676.
16. Howard J (2001) Mechanics of motor proteins and the cytoskeleton. Sunderland, Massachusetts: Sinauer. 384 p.
17. Kocks C, Gouin E, Tabouret M, Berche P, Ohayon H, et al. (1992) L. monocytogenes-induced actin assembly requires the actA gene product, a surface protein. Cell 68:521–531.
18. Kocks C, Marchand JB, Gouin E, d'Hauteville H, Sansonetti PJ, et al. (1995) The unrelated surface proteins ActA of Listeria monocytogenes and IcsA of Shigella flexneri are sufficient to confer actin-based motility on Listeria innocua and Escherichia coli respectively. Mol Microbiol 18:413–423.
19. Krause M, Dent EW, Bear JE, Loureiro JJ, Gertler FB (2003) ENA/VASP proteins: Regulators of the actin cytoskeleton and cell migration. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol 19:541–564.
20. Kuo SC, McGrath JL (2000) Steps and fluctuations of Listeria monocytogenes during actin-based motility. Nature 407:1026–1029.
21. Loisel TP, Boujemaa R, Pantaloni D, Carlier M-F (1999) Reconstitution of actin-based motility of Listeria and Shigella using pure proteins. Nature 401:613–616.
22. Luby-Phelps K (1994) Physical properties of cytoplasm. Curr Opin Cell Biol 6:3–9.
23. Luby-Phelps K (2000) Cytoarchitecture and physical properties of cytoplasm: Volume, viscosity, diffusion, intracellular surface area. Int Rev Cytol 192:189–221.
24. Marchand J-B, Kaiser DA, Pollard TD, Higgs HN (2001) Interaction of WASP/Scar proteins with actin and vertebrate Arp2/3 complex. Nat Cell Biol 3:76–82.
25. McGrath J, Eungdamrong N, Fisher C, Peng F, Mahadevan L, et al. (2003) The force-velocity relationship for the actin-based motility of Listeria moncytogenes. Curr Biol 13:329–332.
26. Melki R, Fievez S, Carlier M (1996) Continuous monitoring of Pi release following nucleotide hydrolysis in actin or tubulin assembly using 2-amino-6-mercapto-7-methylpurine ribonucleoside and purinenucleoside phosphorylase as an enzyme-linked assay. Biochemistry 35:12038–12045.
27. Mogilner A, Oster G (1996) Cell motility driven by actin polymerization. Biophys J 71:3030–3045.
28. Mogilner A, Oster G (2003) Force generation by actin polymerization II: The elastic ratchet and tethered filaments. Biophys J 84:1591–1605.
29. Mullins RD, Heuser JA, Pollard TD (1998) The interaction of Arp2/3 complex with actin: nucleation, high affinity pointed end capping, and formation of branching networks of filaments. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 95:6181–6186.
30. Peskin CS, Odell GM, Oster GF (1993) Cellular motions and thermal fluctuations: The Brownian ratchet. Biophys J 65:316–324.
31. Pollard TD (1986) Rate constants for the reactions of ATP- and ADP-actin with the ends of actin filaments. J Cell Biol 103:2747–2754.
32. Pollard TD (2003) The cytoskeleton, cellular motility and the reductionist agenda. Nature 422:741–745.
33. Pollard TD, Blanchoin L, Mullins RD (2000) Molecular mechanisms controlling actin filament dynamics in nonmuscle cells. Annu Rev Biophys Biomol Struct 29:545–576.
34. Pollard TD, Blanchoin L, Mullins RD (2001) Actin dynamics. J Cell Sci 114:3–4.
35. Schafer D, Jennings P, Cooper J (1996) Dynamics of capping protein and actin assembly in vitro: Uncapping barbed ends by polyphosphoinisitides. J Cell Biol 135:169–79.
36. Tilney LG, Portnoy DA (1989) Actin filaments and the growth, movement, and spread of the intracellular bacterial parasite, Listeria monocytogenes J Cell Biol 109:1597–1608.
37. van Oudenaarden A, , Theriot JA (2000) Cooperative symmetry breaking by actin polymerization in a model for cell motility. Nat Cell Biol 1:493–499.
38. Welch MD, Rosenblatt J, Skoble J, Portnoy DA, Mitchison TJ (1998) Interaction of human Arp2/3 complex and the Listeria monocytogenes ActA protein in actin filament nucleation. Science 281:105–108.
39. Zalevsky J, Grigirova I, Mullins RD (2001) Activation of the Arp2/3 complex by the Listeria ActA protein: ActA binds two actin monomers and three subunits of the Arp2/3 complex. J Biol Chem 276:3468–3475.