Rac rather than Rho drives the early transcriptional response to extracellular matrix stiffness and mediates repression of ATF3
Dang, I.; Bae, Y.; Assoian, R. K.
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The Rho family GTPases, Rac and Rho, play critical roles in transmitting mechanical information contained within the extracellular matrix (ECM) to the cell. Rac and Rho have well described roles in regulating stiffness-dependent actin remodeling, proliferation and motility. However, much less is known about the relative roles of these GTPases in stiffness-dependent transcription, particularly at the genome-wide level. Here, we selectively inhibited Rac and Rho in mouse embryonic fibroblasts cultured on deformable substrata and used RNA sequencing to elucidate and compare the contribution of these GTPases to the early transcriptional response to ECM stiffness. Surprisingly, we found that Rac activation is almost exclusively responsible for the initial transcriptional response to ECM stiffness. We also identified Activating Transcription Factor 3 (ATF3) as a major target of stiffness/Rac signaling and show that ATF3 repression by ECM stiffness connects the stiffness-dependent activation of Rac to the induction of cyclin D1.
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