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    Filamin A (FLNA) cross-links actin filaments and mediates mechanotransduction by force-induced conformational changes of its domains. FLNA's mechanosensitive immunoglobulin-like repeats (R) interact with each other to create cryptic binding sites, which can be exposed by physiologically relevant mechanical forces. Using the FLNA mechanosensing domains as an affinity ligand followed by stable isotope labeling by amino acids in cell culture (SILAC)-based proteomics, we recently identified smoothelin and fimbacin as FLNA mechanobinding proteins. Here, using the mechanosensing domain as an affinity ligand and two labeled amino acids, we identify salvador homologue 1 (SAV1), a component of the Hippo pathway kinase cascade, as a new FLNA mechanobinding partner. We demonstrate that SAV1 specifically interacts with the cryptic C-D cleft of FLNA R21 and map the FLNA-binding site on SAV1. We show that point mutations on the R21 C strand block the SAV1 interaction and find that SAV1 contains a FLNA-binding motif in the central region (116Phe-124Val). Point mutations F116A and T118A (FT/AA) disrupt the interaction. A proximity ligation assay reveals that their interaction occurs in the cytosol in an actin polymerization-dependent manner. Although SAV1 is typically found in the cytosol, disrupting the interaction between SAV1 and FLNA causes SAV1 to diffuse to the nucleus and YAP1 to diffuse to the cytosol in an inverse relationship. These results suggest that FLNA mediates regulation of the Hippo pathway through actin polymerization-dependent interaction with SAV1.

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    Huaguan Zhang, Zhenfeng Mao, Ziwei Yang, Fumihiko Nakamura. Identification of Filamin A Mechanobinding Partner III: SAV1 Specifically Interacts with Filamin A Mechanosensitive Domain 21. Biochemistry. 2023 Mar 21;62(6):1197-1208

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    PMID: 36857526

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