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Nature Cell Biology 9, 415 - 421 (2007)
Published online: 18 March 2007 | doi:10.1038/ncb1561

alpha4 Integrins are Type I cAMP-dependent protein kinase-anchoring proteins

Chinten James Lim1, Jaewon Han1, Nima Yousefi1, Yuliang Ma2, Paul S. Amieux3, G. Stanley McKnight3, Susan S. Taylor2 & Mark H. Ginsberg1

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A-kinase anchoring proteins (AKAPs) control the localization and substrate specificity of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA), tetramers of regulatory (PKA-R) and catalytic (PKA-C) subunits, by binding to PKA-R subunits1. Most mammalian AKAPs bind Type II PKA through PKA-RII (ref. 2), whereas dual specificity AKAPs bind both PKA-RI and PKA-RII (ref. 3). Inhibition of PKA–AKAP interactions modulates PKA signalling2. Localized PKA activation in pseudopodia of migrating cells4 phosphorylates alpha4 integrins to provide spatial cues governing cell motility5. Here, we report that the alpha4 cytoplasmic domain is a Type I PKA-specific AKAP that is distinct from canonical AKAPs in two ways: the alpha4 interaction requires the PKA holoenzyme, and is insensitive to amphipathic peptides that disrupt most PKA–AKAP interactions. We exploited type-specific PKA anchoring peptides to create genetically encoded baits that sequester specific PKA isoforms to the mitochondria and found that mislocalization of Type I, but not Type II, PKA disrupts alpha4 phosphorylation and markedly inhibits the velocity and directional persistence of cell migration.

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  1. Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
  2. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
  3. Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.

Correspondence to: Mark H. Ginsberg1 e-mail: mhginsberg@ucsd.edu



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