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Proteins, Expression, Isolation and Analysis> | His-tagged Rab7bQ67L and His-tagged Rab33bQ92L were expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3; Agilent Technologies) transformed with pET16b His-Rab7bQ67L (Progida et al., 2012) and pET16b His-Rab3bQ92L (GenScript) | Get A Quote |
Lysosomal signaling facilitates the migration of immune cells by releasing Ca2+ to activate the actin-based motor myosin II at the cell rear. However, how the actomyosin cytoskeleton physically associates to lysosomes is unknown. We have previously identified myosin II as a direct interactor of Rab7b, a small GTPase that mediates the transport from late endosomes/lysosomes to the trans-Golgi network (TGN). Here, we show that Rab7b regulates the migration of dendritic cells (DCs) in one- and three-dimensional environments. DCs are immune sentinels that transport antigens from peripheral tissues to lymph nodes to activate T lymphocytes and initiate adaptive immune responses. We found that the lack of Rab7b reduce... More