Porter, Lauren J., Holt, Mark R., Soong, Daniel, Shanahan, Catherine M. and Warren, Derek T. (2016) Prelamin A Accumulation Attenuates Rac1 Activity and Increases the Intrinsic Migrational Persistence of Aged Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells. Cells, 5 (4). ISSN 2073-4409

Preview

PDF (Published manuscript) - Published Version Available under License Creative Commons Attribution. Download (2MB) | Preview

Abstract

Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) motility is essential during both physiological and pathological vessel remodeling. Although ageing has emerged as a major risk factor in the development of cardiovascular disease, our understanding of the impact of ageing on VSMC motility remains limited. Prelamin A accumulation is known to drive VSMC ageing and we show that presenescent VSMCs, that have accumulated prelamin A, display increased focal adhesion dynamics, augmented migrational velocity/persistence and attenuated Rac1 activity. Importantly, prelamin A accumulation in proliferative VSMCs, induced by depletion of the prelamin A processing enzyme FACE1, recapitulated the focal adhesion, migrational persistence and Rac1 phenotypes observed in presenescent VSMCs. Moreover, lamin A/C-depleted VSMCs also display reduced Rac1 activity, suggesting that prelamin A influences Rac1 activity by interfering with lamin A/C function at the nuclear envelope. Taken together, these data demonstrate that lamin A/C maintains Rac1 activity in VSMCs and prelamin A disrupts lamin A/C function to reduce Rac1 activity and induce migrational persistence during VSMC ageing.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. (CC BY 4.0).
Uncontrolled Keywords:	prelamin a,migratory persistence,rac1
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Pharmacy
Related URLs:	http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/5/4/41
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	23 Nov 2016 00:40
Last Modified:	31 Oct 2019 15:02
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/61449
DOI:	10.3390/cells5040041

Actions (login required)

View Item