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. 2006 Dec 1;119(Pt 23):4878-88.
doi: 10.1242/jcs.03271. Epub 2006 Nov 14.

Involvement of the Src-cortactin pathway in podosome formation and turnover during polarization of cultured osteoclasts

Chen Luxenburg  1 , J Thomas Parsons, Lia Addadi, Benjamin Geiger
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Involvement of the Src-cortactin pathway in podosome formation and turnover during polarization of cultured osteoclasts

Chen Luxenburg et al. J Cell Sci. .

Abstract

Osteoclasts are large, multinucleated cells that adhere to bone via podosomes, and degrade it. During osteoclast polarization, podosomes undergo reorganization from a scattered distribution, through the formation of clusters and ring super-structures, to the assembly of a sealing zone at the cell periphery. In the present study, we demonstrate that the levels of podosome-associated actin, and its reorganization in cultured osteoclasts, radically increase upon formation of podosome rings. At the peripheral ring, actin levels and dynamic reorganization were high, whereas paxillin, associated with the same adhesion super-structure, remained relatively stable. These dynamic changes were regulated by the tyrosine kinase pp60c-Src, whose scaffolding activity supported the assembly of immature stationary podosomes; its catalytic activity was essential for podosome maturation and turnover. The enhanced dynamic reorganization of podosomes during osteoclast polarization was inversely related to the local levels of tyrosine phosphorylation of the Src substrate, cortactin. Furthermore, overexpression of cortactin, mutated at its major Src phosphorylation sites, enhanced actin turnover, suggesting that podosome dynamics in polarizing osteoclasts are attributable to the downregulation of cortactin activity by its Src-dependent phosphorylation.

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