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Cutting Edge: Induced Expression of a RhoA-Specific Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor, p190RhoGEF, Following CD40 Stimulation and WEHI 231 B Cell Activation¹

Jong Ran Lee^2,*,, Yun Jung Ha^* and Hye Jin Kim^*

^* Division of Molecular Life Sciences and Center for Cell Signaling Research, and Department of Life Science, College of Natural Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea

Stimulation of the B cell surface receptor CD40 induces transcriptional activation and protein expression. To determine which proteins are required for the CD40-mediated B cell activation, we performed a two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of the WEHI 231 B cell lysates. We report in this study the identification of one protein in which the expression was remarkably induced following CD40 stimulation. It was the p190 Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF), p190RhoGEF, a recently identified GEF that is specific for RhoA. Overexpression of either p190RhoGEF or RhoA (Q63L), a constitutively active form of RhoA, mimics the effects of CD40 stimulation, such as changes in cellular structure and NF-B activation. These p190RhoGEF overexpression effects are abrogated when coexpressed with a dominant negative form of RhoA (T19N). We also provide evidence for the CD40-mediated cellular changes that are abrogated in cells that are overexpressed with the dominant negative form of either p190RhoGEF (Y1003A) or RhoA (T19N).

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