Title: Caveolin-associated Filamentous Actin (Cav-actin) Defines a Novel F-actin Structure in Adipocytes
Abstract: Dynamic actin remodeling has been implicated in the translocation of the insulin-responsive glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4) to the plasma membrane in adipocytes. Here we show that fully differentiated 3T3L1 adipocytes have unique cortical filamentous actin structure, designated Cav-actin (caveolae-associated F-actin). During 3T3L1 adipocyte differentiation, rhodamine-phalloidin staining demonstrated the formation of a cortical actin cytoskeleton that is composed of small dot-like F-actin spikes lining the inside of the plasma membrane. Double labeling with a caveolin antibody indicated that these F-actin spikes emanate from organized rosette-like clusters of caveolae/lipid raft microdomains. In contrast, there was no obvious relationship between F-actin and caveolin localization and/or organization in 3T3L1 preadipocytes (fibroblasts). Treatments of differentiated adipocytes with latrunculin B, Clostridium difficile toxin B or a dominant-interfering TC10 mutant (TC10/T31N) disrupted the Cav-actin structure without significantly affecting the organization of clustered caveolae. Similarly, disruption of the clustered caveolae with methyl-β-cyclodextrin also dispersed the Cav-actin structure. These data demonstrate that this novel Cav-actin structure is organized through clustered caveolae but that the formation of caveolae-rosettes are not dependent upon F-actin. Dynamic actin remodeling has been implicated in the translocation of the insulin-responsive glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4) to the plasma membrane in adipocytes. Here we show that fully differentiated 3T3L1 adipocytes have unique cortical filamentous actin structure, designated Cav-actin (caveolae-associated F-actin). During 3T3L1 adipocyte differentiation, rhodamine-phalloidin staining demonstrated the formation of a cortical actin cytoskeleton that is composed of small dot-like F-actin spikes lining the inside of the plasma membrane. Double labeling with a caveolin antibody indicated that these F-actin spikes emanate from organized rosette-like clusters of caveolae/lipid raft microdomains. In contrast, there was no obvious relationship between F-actin and caveolin localization and/or organization in 3T3L1 preadipocytes (fibroblasts). Treatments of differentiated adipocytes with latrunculin B, Clostridium difficile toxin B or a dominant-interfering TC10 mutant (TC10/T31N) disrupted the Cav-actin structure without significantly affecting the organization of clustered caveolae. Similarly, disruption of the clustered caveolae with methyl-β-cyclodextrin also dispersed the Cav-actin structure. These data demonstrate that this novel Cav-actin structure is organized through clustered caveolae but that the formation of caveolae-rosettes are not dependent upon F-actin. glucose transporter 4 filamentous actin caveolin-associated F-actin methyl-β-cyclodextrin phosphatidylinositol protein kinase C enhanced green fluorescent protein Insulin stimulation of glucose uptake in striated muscle and adipose tissue is achieved through the translocation of intracellular localized GLUT41 protein to the cell surface membrane (1Kandror K.V. Coderre L. Pushkin A.V. Pilch P.F. Biochem. J. 1995; 307: 383-390Crossref PubMed Scopus (95) Google Scholar, 2Rea S. James D.E. Diabetes. 1997; 46: 1667-1677Crossref PubMed Google Scholar, 3Goodyear L.J. Kahn B.B. Annu. Rev. Med. 1998; 49: 235-261Crossref PubMed Scopus (807) Google Scholar, 4Pessin J.E. Thurmond D.C. Elmendorf J.S. Coker K.J. Okada S. J. Biol. 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Wortmannin, methyl-β-cyclodextrin (MβCD), and rhodamine-phalloidin were purchased from Sigma. pKH3-TC10/T31N and TC10/Q75L were prepared as described previously (15Chiang S.-H. Baumann C.A. Kanzaki M. Watson R.T. Thurmond D.C. Macara I.G. Pessin J.E. Saltiel A.R. Nature. 2001; 410: 944-948Crossref PubMed Scopus (484) Google Scholar). pEGFP-actin cDNA was purchased from CLONTECH (Palo Alto, CA). The caveolin 1 and caveolin 2 antibodies were purchased from Transduction Laboratories (Lexington, KY). The hemagglutinin and Myc epitope tag antibodies were purchased from Upstate Biotechnology. Fluorescent secondary antibodies were purchased from Jackson Immunoresearch Laboratories (West Grove, PA) and Molecular Probes. Horseradish peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibodies were from Pierce. Murine 3T3L1 preadipocytes were purchased from the American Type Tissue Culture repository and differentiated as described by Min et al. (33Min J. Okada S. Kanzaki M. Elmendorf J.S. Coker K.J. Ceresa B.P. 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Recent studies have demonstrated that insulin signaling induces dynamic actin rearrangements and that prevention of these events by various types of actin-disrupting reagents, toxins, and inhibitory proteins result in a significant inhibition of insulin-stimulated GLUT4 translocation to the plasma membrane (20Kanzaki M. Pessin J.E. J. Biol. Chem. 2001; 276: 42436-42444Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (232) Google Scholar, 25Tsakiridis T. Tong P. Matthews B. Tsiani E. Bilan P.J. Klip A. Downey G.P. Microsc. Res. Tech. 1999; 47: 79-92Crossref PubMed Scopus (76) Google Scholar, 26Khayat Z.A. Tong P. Yaworsky K. Bloch R.J. Klip A. J. Cell Sci. 2000; 113: 279-290Crossref PubMed Google Scholar, 27Omata W. Shibata H., Li, L. Takata K. Kojima I. Biochem. J. 2000; 346: 321-328Crossref PubMed Google Scholar, 28Tong P. Khayat Z.A. Huang C. Patel N. Ueyama A. Klip A. J. Clin. Investig. 2001; 108: 371-381Crossref PubMed Scopus (165) Google Scholar). We have also reported that the organization of the actin cytoskeleton is dramatically changed during the differentiation of adipocytes from a typical stress fiber actin structure in fibroblasts to a relatively thick cortical actin lining the inner surface of the plasma membrane in adipocytes (20Kanzaki M. Pessin J.E. J. Biol. Chem. 2001; 276: 42436-42444Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (232) Google Scholar). These findings suggest that the reorganization of stress fiber actin to that of cortical actin is an important process of adipocyte differentiation that may be essential for the development of adipocyte insulin responsiveness. To further investigate this differentiation-dependent reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton, we initially compared the intracellular distribution of F-actin with caveolin (Fig.1). As previously observed, predifferentiated 3T3L1 fibroblasts displayed long organized F-actin stress fibers as detected by rhodamine-phalloidin labeling (Fig. 1,panel e). Caveolin was dispersed throughout the cells with no apparent relationship to the localization pattern of caveolin 1 (Fig. 1 a, panels a, e, andi). Two days after initiation of adipocyte differentiation, the amount of F-actin stress fibers visualized at the cell bottom were markedly reduced, being more diffuse and decreasing in both thickness and length (Fig. 1 a, panel f). At this time, caveolin began to develop a more organized pattern in some of the cells (Fig. 1 a, panels b, f, andj). However, after 6 and 10 days of adipocyte differentiation the stress fiber F-actin became small patches of punctate actin that were co-localized with the caveolin-positive clusters that are characteristic of lipid raft microdomains in adipocytes (Fig. 1 a, panels c, d,g, h, k, and l). We and others have found that individual caveolae in differentiated 3T3L1 adipocytes are often clustered into ring-like arrays (caveolae-rosettes) that can be visualized by fluorescent microscopy (16Watson R.T. Shigematsu S. Chiang S.H. Mora S. Kanzaki M. Macara I.G. Saltiel A.R. Pessin J.E. J. Cell Biol. 2001; 154: 829-840Crossref PubMed Scopus (148) Google Scholar, 36Voldstedlund M. Tranum-Jensen J. Vinten J. J. Membr. Biol. 1993; 136: 63-73Crossref PubMed Scopus (38) Google Scholar, 37Scherer P.E. Lisanti M.P. Baldini G. Sargiacomo M. Mastick C.C. Lodish H.F. J. Cell Biol. 1994; 127: 1233-1243Crossref PubMed Scopus (358) Google Scholar). Consistent with these data, these ring-like caveolae organized structures were observed in the plasma membrane of differentiated 3T3L1 adipocytes (Fig. 1 b, panel a). A similar pattern was also observed in the labeling of F-actin with rhodamine-phalloidin (Fig. 1 b, panels b andc). At higher magnification the caveolae-rosette structures are readily apparent and are co-localized with rhodamine-phalloidin labeling of F-actin (Fig. 1 b, panels d–f). In many cases, the F-actin appears to localize along the inner circumference of the large caveolae-rosettes (Fig. 1 b,panels d–f, arrows) and sometimes fills the center regions of the smaller caveolae-rosettes (Fig. 1 b,panels d–f, arrowheads). We have also confirmed that the rhodamine-phalloidin staining of these structures represents polymerized actin by comparison with the expression of EGFP-actin (data not shown). Thus, these data suggest that the caveolae-rosette structures play a role in the formation and/or localization of F-actin at the plasma membrane of differentiated adipocytes. Previous studies have demonstrated that the small GTP-binding protein TC10 is localized to caveolae-rosettes and inhibits insulin-stimulated GLUT4 translocation (15Chiang S.-H. Baumann C.A. Kanzaki M. Watson R.T. Thurmond D.C. Macara I.G. Pessin J.E. Saltiel A.R. Nature. 2001; 410: 944-948Crossref PubMed Scopus (484) Google Scholar, 16Watson R.T. Shigematsu S. Chiang S.H. Mora S. Kanzaki M. Macara I.G. Saltiel A.R. Pessin J.E. J. Cell Biol. 2001; 154: 829-840Crossref PubMed Scopus (148) Google Scholar). Since Rho family members are well established to regulate F-actin, we examined the effect of dominant-interfering TC10 (TC10/T31N) expression on Cav-actin (Fig.2). The expressed TC10/T31N protein displayed a plasma membrane localization similar to that of caveolin and importantly did not disrupt the caveolae-rosette structures (Fig.2, panels a and b). However, rhodamine-phalloidin staining demonstrated a near complete loss of Cav-actin structure (Fig.2, panels c and d). The disruption of Cav-actin is consistent with total loss of cortical actin that also occurs in adipocytes expressing TC10/T31N (20Kanzaki M. Pessin J.E. J. Biol. Chem. 2001; 276: 42436-42444Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (232) Google Scholar). The fact that expression of TC10/T31N disrupts the Cav-actin structure without significantly affecting caveolae-rosettes indicates that the clustered organization of caveolae are not dependent upon F-actin. To test this prediction, we next examined the effect of latrunculin B, a red sea sponge toxin that binds to monomeric actin and prevents its polymerization to F-actin (Fig. 3). As previously observed, differentiated adipocytes displayed the typical organization of caveolae-rosettes with the co-localization of F-actin (Fig. 3, panels a, e, and i). Latrunculin B treatment of differentiated adipocytes for 2 h resulted in a marked loss of the Cav-actin structure at the bottom of the cell with little effect on the caveolae-rosette organization (Fig.3, panels b, f, and j). As previously reported (20Kanzaki M. Pessin J.E. J. Biol. Chem. 2001; 276: 42436-42444Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (232) Google Scholar), under these conditions there was also a complete disruption of cortical actin lining the inner surface of the plasma membrane (data not shown). In addition, following removal of latrunculin B the Cav-actin structure reassembled, consistent with these structures undergoing continuous remodeling (data not shown). Similarly the Cav-actin structures were disrupted by toxin B treatment without significant changes in the organization of the caveolae-rosettes (Fig. 3, panels c, g, andk). This also occurred concomitant with the disappearance of the F-actin staining at the center of the cells (data not shown). In contrast, cholesterol depletion with MβCD effectively disrupted the localization of F-actin and, in parallel, dispersed the caveolae-rosette organization (Fig. 3, panels d,h, and l). Together these data indicate that the caveolae-rosettes are responsible for organization of F-actin into the Cav-actin structure. At present, the functional role of this unusual adipocyte Cav-actin structure has not yet been defined. Nevertheless several lines of evidence suggest that Cav-actin may play an important role in the insulin regulation of GLUT4 translocation. For example, depolymerization or stabilization of F-actin inhibits insulin-stimulated GLUT4 translocation (20Kanzaki M. Pessin J.E. J. Biol. Chem. 2001; 276: 42436-42444Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (232) Google Scholar, 25Tsakiridis T. Tong P. Matthews B. Tsiani E. Bilan P.J. Klip A. Downey G.P. Microsc. Res. Tech. 1999; 47: 79-92Crossref PubMed Scopus (76) Google Scholar, 26Khayat Z.A. Tong P. Yaworsky K. Bloch R.J. Klip A. J. Cell Sci. 2000; 113: 279-290Crossref PubMed Google Scholar, 27Omata W. Shibata H., Li, L. Takata K. Kojima I. Biochem. J. 2000; 346: 321-328Crossref PubMed Google Scholar). 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