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. 2019 Nov;111(11):271-283.
doi: 10.1111/boc.201900014. Epub 2019 Sep 6.

Dock5 is a new regulator of microtubule dynamic instability in osteoclasts

Sarah Guimbal  1   2 , Anne Morel  1   2 , David Guérit  1   2 , Manon Chardon  1   2 , Anne Blangy  1   2 , Virginie Vives  1   2
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Dock5 is a new regulator of microtubule dynamic instability in osteoclasts

Sarah Guimbal et al. Biol Cell. 2019 Nov.

Abstract

Background information: Osteoclast resorption is dependent on a podosome-rich structure called sealing zone. It tightly attaches the osteoclast to the bone creating a favourable acidic microenvironment for bone degradation. This adhesion structure needs to be stabilised by microtubules whose acetylation is maintained by down-regulation of deacetylase HDAC6 and/or of microtubule destabilising kinase GSK3β activities. We already established that Dock5 is a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Rac1. As a consequence, Dock5 inhibition results in a decrease of the GTPase activity associated with impaired podosome assembly into sealing zones and resorbing activity in osteoclasts. More, administration of C21, a chemical compound that directly inhibits the exchange activity of Dock5, disrupts osteoclast podosome organisation and protects mice against bone degradation in models recapitulating major osteolytic diseases.

Results: In this report, we show that Dock5 knockout osteoclasts also present a reduced acetylated tubulin level leading to a decreased length and duration of microtubule growth phases, whereas their growth speed remains unaffected. Dock5 does not act by direct interaction with the polymerised tubulin. Using specific Rac inhibitors, we showed that Dock5 regulates microtubule dynamic instability through Rac-dependent and -independent pathways. The latter involves GSK3β inhibitory serine 9 phosphorylation downstream of Akt activation but not HDAC6 activity.

Conclusion: We showed that Dock5 is a new regulator of microtubule dynamic instability in osteoclast.

Significance: Dock5 dual role in the regulation of the actin cytoskeleton and microtubule, which both need to be intact for bone resorption, reinforces the fact that it is an interesting therapeutic target for osteolytic pathologies.

Keywords: Dock5; Knockout mice; Microtubule; Osteoclast; Rac.

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