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Cell reportsApr 2025 |
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115502
DOI:
10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115502

Spatial proteomics of ER tubules reveals CLMN, an ER-actin tether at focal adhesions that promotes cell migration

Merta, Holly; Gov, Kaitlynn; Isogai, Tadamoto; Paul, Blessy; Sannigrahi, Achinta; Radhakrishnan, Arun; Danuser, Gaudenz; Henne, W Mike
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Abstract
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is structurally and functionally diverse, yet how its functions are organized within morphological subdomains is incompletely understood. Utilizing TurboID-based proximity labeling and CRISPR knockin technologies, we map the proteomic landscape of the human ER network. Sub-organelle proteomics reveals enrichments of proteins into ER tubules, sheets, and the nuclear envelope. We uncover an ER-enriched actin-binding protein, calmin/CLMN, and define it as an ER-actin tether that localizes to focal adhesions adjacent to ER tubules. Mechanistically, we find that CLMN depletion perturbs adhesion disassembly, actin dynamics, and cell movement. CLMN-depleted cells display decreased polarization of ER-plasma membrane contacts and calcium signaling factor STIM1 and altered calcium signaling near ER-actin interfaces, suggesting that CLMN influences calcium signaling to facilitate F-actin/adhesion dynamics. Collectively, we map the sub-organelle proteome landscape of the ER, identify CLMN as an ER-actin tether, and describe a non-canonical mechanism by which ER tubules engage actin to regulate cell migration.
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