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Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology I, University of Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Mice lacking the 80-kDa CD2-associated protein (CD2AP) develop progressive renal failure that starts soon after birth with proteinuria and foot process effacement by unknown mechanisms. CD2AP has been identified and cloned independently by virtue of its interaction with the T cell protein CD2 and with the docking protein p130Cas. In the present study we examined the localization of CD2AP and p130Cas in the mouse glomerulus and in cultured podocytes. In glomeruli, CD2AP and p130Cas immunofluorescence were observed in podocytes, where they colocalized with F-actin in foot processes. In addition, p130Cas was strongly expressed in mesangial cells. Immunoelectron microscopy demonstrated that CD2AP was present in podocyte foot processes without a prevailing localization. In cultured podocytes, p130Cas was enriched at sites of focal adhesions, where it colocalized like vinculin with F-actin at stress fiber ends. In contrast, CD2AP colocalized with F-actin at the leading edge of lamellipodia and in small spots, which were unevenly distributed in the cytoplasm. The spot-shaped F-actin structures were also stained by antibodies against the actin nucleation Arp2/3 complex and cortactin, both contributing to dynamic actin assembly. Moreover, CD2AP spots in cultured podocytes were in close spatial association with actinin-4, but not actinin-1. Our results suggest that CD2AP and p130Cas, which both colocalize with F-actin in podocytes in situ, possess different functions. Whereas p130Cas is found in focal adhesions, CD2AP seems to be involved in the regulation of highly dynamic F-actin structures in podocyte foot processes.
CD2AP/CMS; actin cytoskeleton; focal adhesion
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