| 2002 |
ARAP3 is a specific PtdIns(3,4,5)P3/PtdIns(3,4)P2-stimulated Arf6 GAP both in vitro and in vivo, and both its Arf GAP and Rho GAP domains cooperate in mediating PI3K-dependent rearrangements in cell cytoskeleton and cell shape. ARAP3 was identified by selective capture on phosphoinositide affinity matrices from leukocyte extracts and has five PH domains. |
Phosphoinositide affinity matrix capture, mass spectrometry identification, in vitro and in vivo GAP activity assays |
Molecular cell |
High |
11804589
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| 2004 |
ARAP3 functions as a RhoA-preferring Rho GAP (not other Rho family members) and is directly activated in vitro by GTP-bound Rap proteins binding to its Ras-binding domain (RBD). This activation is GTP-dependent and specific for Rap versus other Ras family members. PI3K activity was required for Rap-mediated activation in a cellular context, suggesting PtdIns(3,4,5)P3-dependent membrane translocation is required for subsequent Rap activation. |
In vitro GAP activity assays, direct binding assays with Rap proteins, cellular PI3K inhibition experiments |
Current biology : CB |
High |
15296756
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| 2004 |
ARAP3 is tyrosine phosphorylated by Src-family kinases (SFKs) upon adhesion to fibronectin, growth factor stimulation, and co-expression with SFKs. Adhesion-induced phosphorylation was suppressed by SFK and PI3K inhibitors. ARAP3 inhibits cell spreading in a RhoGAP-dependent manner, reducing active RhoA and Rac1 levels. Mutation of phosphorylation sites Y1399 and Y1404 enhanced ARAP3 activities, indicating negative regulation by phosphorylation on these tyrosines. |
Co-expression with SFKs, pharmacological inhibitors, dominant-negative mutants, inducible expression, RhoA/Rac1 activity assays, site-directed mutagenesis |
Journal of cell science |
High |
15546919
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| 2004 |
ARAP3 deficiency impairs entry of anthrax protective antigen (PA) and its bound toxigenic moieties into human and mouse cells, identifying ARAP3 as a host factor essential for cellular internalization of anthrax toxin, consistent with its role in membrane vesicle trafficking. |
EST-based genome-wide gene inactivation screen, antisense expression, cell survival assay after PA-dependent toxin treatment |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
Medium |
15569923
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| 2006 |
ARAP3 is essential for lamellipodia formation after growth factor stimulation in endothelial cells. ARAP3-deficient cells show increased RhoA and Arf6 activities, are more rounded, display fine stress fibres, and cannot produce lamellipodia. Rac was activated but mislocalized in ARAP3-deficient cells, likely due to increased Arf6 activity. ARAP3 recruitment to sites of elevated PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 allows localized RhoA inactivation and Arf6 cycling. |
RNAi knockdown in endothelial cells, RhoA/Arf6/Rac activity assays, confocal microscopy of cell morphology and actin dynamics |
Journal of cell science |
High |
16418224
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| 2006 |
ARAP3's domain structure includes five PH domains, an Arf GAP domain, three ankyrin repeats, a Rho GAP domain, and a Ras association domain. It is a PtdIns(3,4,5)P3-dependent GAP for Arf6 in vitro and in vivo, and a Rap-GTP-activated RhoA GAP in vitro requiring direct interaction between ARAP3 and Rap-GTP; in vivo, PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 is required to enable RhoA GAP activation by Rap-GTP. |
Protein purification, in vitro GAP activity assays, overexpression phenotype analysis in PAE cells |
Methods in enzymology |
High |
16472652
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| 2007 |
ARAP3 interacts with the PI(3,4,5)P3 phosphatase SHIP2 through a SAM domain-mediated heterodimeric interaction. The SAM domain of ARAP3 and the SAM domain of SHIP2 show specificity for heterodimeric interaction in vitro. This interaction was confirmed with endogenous proteins. |
Yeast two-hybrid screen, endogenous co-immunoprecipitation, in vitro SAM domain binding assay |
Cellular signalling |
High |
17314030
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| 2009 |
ARAP3 binds PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 through an unusual mechanism requiring the N-terminal tandem PH domains plus an N-terminal linker region. No single PH domain is sufficient for binding. The N-terminal SAM domain further contributes to substantial binding. Site-directed mutagenesis of either N-terminal PH domain greatly reduces PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 binding, and deletion of any single PH domain abolishes binding. |
PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 binding assays with truncation and point mutants, site-directed mutagenesis |
Cellular signalling |
High |
19786092
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| 2009 |
The NMR solution structure of Arap3-SAM was determined, and heterodimeric interaction with Ship2-SAM was characterized. Arap3-SAM associates with Ship2-SAM using a binding mode common to other SAM domain pairs, identical to Ship2-SAM/EphA2-SAM interaction. Key structural features mediating SAM-SAM interactions were identified. |
NMR solution structure determination, ITC, mutagenesis, molecular modeling |
BMC structural biology |
High |
19765305
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| 2010 |
ARAP3 deletion in mice causes embryonic death in mid-gestation due to an endothelial cell-autonomous defect in sprouting angiogenesis. Knock-in mice with an ARAP3 point mutant that cannot be activated by PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 have similar angiogenesis defects, establishing that PI3Kα signals through ARAP3 (via PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 activation) to control RhoA and Arf6 during angiogenesis. |
Arap3 knockout mouse, PtdIns(3,4,5)P3-binding point mutant knock-in mouse, ex vivo explant assays, genetic epistasis |
Science signaling |
High |
20978237
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| 2010 |
ARAP3 inactivates RhoA downstream of Rap1 during neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells in response to bFGF. Dominant-negative ARAP3 and dominant-negative Rap1 both reduced neurite formation, placing ARAP3 as a Rap1 effector that inactivates RhoA to enable neurite outgrowth. |
Dominant-negative ARAP3 expression in PC12 cells, GTP-RhoA activity assays, neurite outgrowth quantification |
Journal of cellular physiology |
Medium |
20578246
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| 2010 |
In PC12 cells responding to NGF, ARAP3 acts downstream of Rap1 to inactivate RhoA and enable neurite outgrowth. Dominant-negative ARAP3 prevented RhoA inactivation and abolished neurite formation. RhoA was co-immunoprecipitated with Rap1, and NGF activated Rap1. |
Dominant-negative expression, GTP-RhoA activity assays, co-immunoprecipitation of RhoA and Rap1, neurite outgrowth quantification |
Experimental & molecular medicine |
Medium |
20200473
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| 2010 |
ARAP3 overexpression in scirrhous gastric carcinoma cells inhibits peritoneal dissemination by regulating cell attachment to ECM and invasion. These effects required a functional Rho-GAP domain and the C-terminal tyrosine residues (Y1399/Y1404) phosphorylated by Src, but were suppressed by mutations in either the RhoGAP domain or these tyrosines. |
Overexpression in cancer cell lines, peritoneal dissemination assay, cell adhesion and invasion assays, RhoGAP domain mutants and tyrosine phosphorylation site mutants |
Oncogene |
Medium |
21076469
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| 2011 |
ARAP3 functions downstream of Rap in neutrophils to modulate β2 integrin affinity and avidity. ARAP3-deficient neutrophils are preactivated, show increased β2 integrin inside-out signaling, hyperresponsive adhesion-dependent functions (ROS formation, adhesion, spreading, granule release), and defective integrin-dependent chemotaxis. ARAP3 guards neutrophils in their quiescent state. |
Arap3 conditional knockout mouse neutrophils, β2 integrin activation assays, flow assays, intravital microscopy, in vitro chemotaxis |
Blood |
High |
21490342
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| 2012 |
PI3K regulates β2 integrin activity in neutrophils specifically through its effector ARAP3: neutrophils from ARAP3 PH domain point mutant knock-in mice (R302,303A, uncoupled from PI3K activation) show increased β2 integrin inside-out signaling and disturbed adhesion-dependent responses, with reduced neutrophil recruitment in vivo. Neutrophil chemotaxis was also affected. |
ARAP3 PH domain point mutant knock-in mouse, β2 integrin activation assays, in vitro chemotaxis, in vivo peritonitis and arthritis models, bone marrow chimeras |
Journal of immunology |
High |
23180820
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| 2012 |
Arap3-SAM interacts with the first SAM domain of Odin (Odin-Sam1) with low micromolar affinity. NMR, SPR, ITC, and molecular docking revealed a heterotypic SAM-SAM binding topology common to other SAM domain complexes, identifying structural determinants for the interaction. |
NMR spectroscopy, SPR, ITC, molecular docking |
Chembiochem |
Medium |
23239578
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| 2012 |
Vav2 SH2 domain interacts directly with phosphorylated Y1403 and Y1408 (corresponding to the Src-phosphorylated tyrosines) within the C-terminal region of Arap3, with dissociation constants of ~0.27 and ~1.40 μM respectively. The solution structures of Vav2 SH2 domain free and in complex with pY1408 peptide were determined, revealing the structural basis for this recognition. |
ITC, NMR chemical shift perturbation, NMR solution structure determination, Co-IP in vivo |
Journal of structural biology |
High |
22750419
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| 2013 |
ARAP3 is necessary for lymphatic vascular development in mice and zebrafish and acts as a mediator of the cellular response to Vegfc signaling in lymphatic endothelial cells. ARAP3 is downregulated in HLT mouse aberrant dermal lymphatic vessels, positioning it downstream of Vegfc in lymphangiogenesis. |
Mouse model gene expression profiling, zebrafish functional analysis, in vitro Vegfc signaling assays, in vivo lymphatic vessel analysis |
Human molecular genetics |
Medium |
24163130
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| 2016 |
Crystal structure of RhoA in complex with the RhoGAP domain of ARAP3 was solved, revealing the molecular interface. In vitro GTPase activity assays and ITC experiments identified crucial residues affecting RhoGAP catalytic activity and substrate specificity, explaining why ARAP3 preferentially activates RhoA over Rac1 and Cdc42. |
X-ray crystallography, in vitro GTPase activity assays, ITC, mutagenesis |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
27311713
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| 2023 |
The first PH domain of Arap3 (PH1) is sufficient to interact with PI(3,4,5)P3 (and with lower affinity PI(4,5)P2). The crystal structure of Arap3-PH1 in apo form and in complex with diC4-PI(3,4,5)P3 was determined, revealing the structural basis for specific phosphoinositide recognition. PI(3,4,5)P3-binding by PH1 is essential for ARAP3's ability to inhibit breast cancer cell invasion. |
Liposome pull-down, SPR, NMR, X-ray crystallography of apo and PI(3,4,5)P3-bound PH1, cell invasion assays with PH1 mutants |
International journal of molecular sciences |
High |
36674645
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| 2024 |
ARAP3 protects against formylated peptide-induced microvascular permeability through both endothelial cells and neutrophils. In vitro, Arap3-/- endothelial monolayers show enhanced permeability due to upregulated FPR1 and enhanced VE-cadherin internalisation. In vivo, loss of ARAP3 leads to excessive microvascular leakage and neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation; pharmacological inhibition of NET formation abrogated the excessive leakage. |
Arap3 knockout mouse, endothelial monolayer permeability assays, adoptive transfer experiments, pharmacological NET inhibition, bronchoalveolar lavage analysis, influenza infection model |
The Journal of pathology |
High |
38734878
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