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ZIP kinase is responsible for the phosphorylation of myosin II and necessary for cell motility in mammalian fibroblasts

Department of Physiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655

Address correspondence to Mitsuo Ikebe, Dept. of Physiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Ave. North, Worcester, MA 01655. Tel.: (508) 856-1954. Fax: (508) 856-4600. email: mitsuo.ikebe{at}umassmed.edu

Reorganization of actomyosin is an essential process for cell migration and myosin regulatory light chain (MLC₂₀) phosphorylation plays a key role in this process. Here, we found that zipper-interacting protein (ZIP) kinase plays a predominant role in myosin II phosphorylation in mammalian fibroblasts. Using two phosphorylation site-specific antibodies, we demonstrated that a significant portion of the phosphorylated MLC₂₀ is diphosphorylated and that the localization of mono- and diphosphorylated myosin is different from each other. The kinase responsible for the phosphorylation was ZIP kinase because (a) the kinase in the cell extracts phosphorylated Ser19 and Thr18 of MLC₂₀ with similar potency; (b) immunodepletion of ZIP kinase from the cell extracts markedly diminished its myosin II kinase activity; and (c) disruption of ZIP kinase expression by RNA interference diminished myosin phosphorylation, and resulted in the defect of cell polarity and migration efficiency. These results suggest that ZIP kinase is critical for myosin phosphorylation and necessary for cell motile processes in mammalian fibroblasts.

Key Words: migration; siRNA; nonmuscle; localization; Rho-kinase

Abbreviations used in this paper: DIC, differential interference contrast; MBS, myosin binding subunit; MLC₂₀, myosin regulatory light chain; MLCK, myosin light chain kinase; MLCP, myosin phosphatase; Rho-kinase, Rho-associated kinase; RNAi, RNA interference; siRNA, small interfering RNA; ZIP, zipper-interacting protein.

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