TY - JOUR T1 - RhoG and Cdc42 can contribute to Rac-dependent lamellipodia formation through WAVE Regulatory Complex-binding JF - bioRxiv DO - 10.1101/603340 SP - 603340 AU - Matthias Schaks AU - Hermann Döring AU - Frieda Kage AU - Anika Steffen AU - Thomas Klünemann AU - Wulf Blankenfeldt AU - Theresia Stradal AU - Klemens Rottner Y1 - 2019/01/01 UR - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2019/04/09/603340.abstract N2 - Cell migration frequently involves the formation of lamellipodial protrusions, the initiation of which requires Rac GTPases signalling to heteropentameric WAVE regulatory complex (WRC). While Rac-related RhoG and Cdc42 can potently stimulate lamellipodium formation, so far presumed to occur by upstream signalling to Rac activation, we show here that the latter can be bypassed by RhoG and Cdc42 given that WRC has been artificially activated. This evidence arises from generation of B16-F1 cells simultaneously lacking both Rac GTPases and WRC, followed by reconstitution of lamellipodia formation with specific Rho-GTPase and differentially active WRC variant combinations. We conclude that formation of canonical lamellipodia requires WRC activation through Rac, but can possibly be tuned, in addition, by WRC interactions with RhoG and Cdc42. ER -