Long-distance relationships: do membrane nanotubes regulate cell-cell communication and disease progression?

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) plays critical roles in numerous physiological and pathological responses. Cholesterol, a major plasma membrane component, can have pronounced effects on signaling responses. Cells continually monitor cholesterol content and activate multilayered transcriptional and translational s...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Shapira KE,Ehrlich M,Henis YI

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) forms two complexes, mTORC1 and mTORC2, that play central roles in cell growth and functions. Only mTORC1 is directly inhibited by the immunosuppressive drug rapamycin. Despite recent progress in identifying new components and functions of the mTOR pathway, relatively little is kno...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Liu X,Zheng XF

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A role of Arp2/3 complex in lamellipodia is well established, whereas its roles in filopodia formation remain obscure. We addressed this question in neuronal cells, in which motility is heavily based on filopodia, and we found that Arp2/3 complex is involved in generation of both lamellipodia and filopodia in growth c...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Korobova F,Svitkina T

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli remain a food-borne health threat. Shiga toxin is endocytosed by intestinal epithelial cells and transported retrogradely through the secretory pathway. It is ultimately translocated to the cytosol where it inhibits protein translation. We found that Shiga toxin transport through...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hehnly H,Longhini KM,Chen JL,Stamnes M

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DSL1 was identified through its genetic interaction with SLY1, which encodes a t-SNARE-interacting protein that functions in endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-to-Golgi traffic. Conditional dsl1 mutants exhibit a block in ER-to-Golgi traffic at the restrictive temperature. Here, we show that dsl1 mutants are defective for ret...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Reilly BA,Kraynack BA,VanRheenen SM,Waters MG

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetraploidization, or genome doubling, is a prominent event in tumorigenesis, primarily because cell division in polyploid cells is error-prone and produces aneuploid cells. This study investigates changes in gene expression evoked in acute and adapted tetraploid cells and their effect on cell-cycle progression. Acute...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Potapova TA,Seidel CW,Box AC,Rancati G,Li R

更新日期：2016-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rho GTPases share a common inhibitor, Rho guanine nucleotide dissociation inhibitor (RhoGDI), which regulates their expression levels, membrane localization, and activation state. The selective dissociation of individual Rho GTPases from RhoGDI ensures appropriate responses to cellular signals, but the underlying mech...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ard R,Mulatz K,Abramovici H,Maillet JC,Fottinger A,Foley T,Byham MR,Iqbal TA,Yoneda A,Couchman JR,Parks RJ,Gee SH

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a search for genes controlling conidial dormancy in Aspergillus fumigatus, two dehydrin-like genes, DprA and DprB, were identified. The deduced proteins had repeated stretches of 23 amino acids that contained a conserved dehydrin-like protein (DPR) motif. Disrupted DprAΔ mutants were hypersensitive to oxidative...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Wong Sak Hoi J,Lamarre C,Beau R,Meneau I,Berepiki A,Barre A,Mellado E,Read ND,Latgé JP

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The insulin-stimulated trafficking of GLUT4 to the plasma membrane in muscle and fat tissue constitutes a central process in blood glucose homeostasis. The tethering, docking, and fusion of GLUT4 vesicles with the plasma membrane (PM) represent the most distal steps in this pathway and have been recently shown to be k...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Lopez JA,Burchfield JG,Blair DH,Mele K,Ng Y,Vallotton P,James DE,Hughes WE

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) triggers multiple signaling pathways and rapid endocytosis of the epidermal growth factor (EGF)-receptor complexes. To directly visualize the compartmentalization of molecules involved in the major signaling cascade, activation of Ras GTPase, we constructed fus...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Jiang X,Sorkin A

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For several decades, the trans-Golgi network (TGN) was considered the most distal stop and hence the ultimate protein-sorting station for distinct apical and basolateral transport carriers that reach their respective surface domains in the direct trafficking pathway. However, recent reports of apical and basolateral c...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Treyer A,Pujato M,Pechuan X,Müsch A

更新日期：2016-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Multisite phosphorylation of proteins is a powerful signal processing mechanism that plays crucial roles in cell division and differentiation as well as in disease. We recently demonstrated a novel phenomenon in cell cycle regulation by showing that cyclin-dependent kinase-dependent multisite phosphorylation of a cruc...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Valk E,Venta R,Ord M,Faustova I,Kõivomägi M,Loog M

更新日期：2014-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The secretory pathway along which newly synthesized secretory and membrane proteins traffic through the cell was revealed in two articles published 50 years ago. This discovery was the culmination of decades of effort to unite the power of biochemical and morphological methodologies in order to elucidate the dynamic n...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Matlin KS,Caplan MJ

更新日期：2017-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A provisional matrix consisting of fibrin and fibronectin (FN) is deposited at sites of tissue damage and repair. This matrix serves as a scaffold for fibroblast migration into the wound where these cells deposit new matrix to replace lost or damaged tissue and eventually contract the matrix to bring the margins of th...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Midwood KS,Schwarzbauer JE

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During vertebrate neuromuscular junction (NMJ) assembly, motor axons and their muscle targets exchange short-range signals that regulate the subsequent steps of presynaptic and postsynaptic specialization. We report here that this interaction is in part mediated by axonal filopodia extended preferentially by cultured ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Li PP,Chen C,Lee CW,Madhavan R,Peng HB

更新日期：2011-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cilia serve as sensory devices in a diversity of organisms and their defects contribute to many human diseases. In primary cilia of kidney cells, the transient receptor potential polycystin (TRPP) channels polycystin-1 (PC-1) and polycystin-2 (PC-2) act as a mechanosensitive channel, with defects resulting in autosoma...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hu J,Bae YK,Knobel KM,Barr MM

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conserved NDR-kinase Dbf2 plays a critical role in cytokinesis in budding yeast. Among its cytokinesis-related substrates is the F-BAR protein Hof1. Hof1 colocalizes at the cell division site with the septin complex and, as mitotic exit progresses, moves to the actomyosin ring (AMR). Neither the function of Hof1 a...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Meitinger F,Palani S,Hub B,Pereira G

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclin D1 expression is jointly regulated by growth factors and cell adhesion to the extracellular matrix in many cell types. Growth factors are thought to regulate cyclin D1 expression because they stimulate sustained extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) activity. However, we show here that growth factors indu...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Roovers K,Davey G,Zhu X,Bottazzi ME,Assoian RK

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial dysfunction is associated with the development of many age-related human diseases. Therefore recognizing and correcting the early signs of malfunctioning mitochondria is of critical importance for cellular welfare and survival. We previously demonstrated that VCP/Cdc48-associated mitochondrial stress res...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Heo JM,Nielson JR,Dephoure N,Gygi SP,Rutter J

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RhoA is a small guanosine-5'-triphosphatase (GTPase) suggested to be essential for cytokinesis, stress fiber formation, and epithelial cell-cell contacts. In skin, loss of RhoA was suggested to underlie pemphigus skin blistering. To analyze RhoA function in vivo, we generated mice with a keratinocyte-restricted deleti...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Jackson B,Peyrollier K,Pedersen E,Basse A,Karlsson R,Wang Z,Lefever T,Ochsenbein AM,Schmidt G,Aktories K,Stanley A,Quondamatteo F,Ladwein M,Rottner K,van Hengel J,Brakebusch C

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vertebrates, zyxin is a LIM-domain protein belonging to a family composed of seven members. We show that the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has a unique zyxin-like protein, ZYX-1, which is the orthologue of the vertebrate zyxin subfamily composed of zyxin, migfilin, TRIP6, and LPP. The ZYX-1 protein is expressed i...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Lecroisey C,Brouilly N,Qadota H,Mariol MC,Rochette NC,Martin E,Benian GM,Ségalat L,Mounier N,Gieseler K

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distinct levels of Rac activity differentially regulate the pattern of intrinsic cell migration. However, it remains unknown how Rac activity is modulated and how the level of Rac activity controls cell migratory behavior. Here we show that Slit-Robo GAP 1 (srGAP1) is a modulator of Rac activity in locomotive cell...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Yamazaki D,Itoh T,Miki H,Takenawa T

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinase D2 (PKD2) belongs to the PKD family of serine/threonine kinases that is activated by phorbol esters and G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Its C-terminal regulatory domain comprises two cysteine-rich domains (C1a/C1b) followed by a pleckstrin homology (PH) domain. Here, we examined the role of the reg...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Auer A,von Blume J,Sturany S,von Wichert G,Van Lint J,Vandenheede J,Adler G,Seufferlein T

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scaffold protein XB130 regulates cell growth, survival, and migration. Yeast two-hybrid screening suggests that XB130 interacts with another scaffold protein, Tks5. We hypothesized that XB130 and Tks5 form a macromolecular complex to mediate signal transduction cascades for the regulation of cell growth and surviv...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Moodley S,Hui Bai X,Kapus A,Yang B,Liu M

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gp78 is an ERAD-associated E3 ubiquitin ligase that induces degradation of the mitofusin mitochondrial fusion proteins and mitochondrial fission. Gp78 is localized throughout the ER; however, the anti-Gp78 3F3A monoclonal antibody (mAb) recognizes Gp78 selectively in mitochondria-associated ER domains. Epitope mapping...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Li L,Gao G,Shankar J,Joshi B,Foster LJ,Nabi IR

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used E1A probes to study the roles of the p34cdc2 kinase and the retinoblastoma tumor susceptibility gene product (pRB) in transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF beta 1)-mediated growth suppression in mink lung epithelial (Mv1Lu) cells. In agreement with previous reports, we see a decline in p34cdc2 kinase act...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Abraham SE,Carter MC,Moran E

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ste5 scaffold activates an associated mitogen-activated protein kinase cascade by binding through its RING-H2 domain to a Gbetagamma dimer (Ste4/Ste18) at the plasma membrane in a recruitment event that requires prior nuclear shuttling of Ste5. Genetic evidence suggests that Ste5 must oligomerize to function, but ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Wang Y,Elion EA

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammals, a finite population of oocytes is generated during embryogenesis, and proper oocyte meiotic divisions are crucial for fertility. Sperm-associated antigen 1 (SPAG-1) has been implicated in infertility and tumorigenesis; however, its relevance in cell cycle programs remains rudimentary. Here we explore a nov...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Huang C,Wu D,Khan FA,Jiao X,Guan K,Huo L

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The eukaryotic flagellum is a large structure into which specific constituent proteins must be targeted, transported and assembled after their synthesis in the cytoplasm. Using Trypanosoma brucei and a proteomic approach, we have identified and characterized a novel set of adenylate kinase proteins that are localized ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Pullen TJ,Ginger ML,Gaskell SJ,Gull K

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EB1 proteins are ubiquitous microtubule-associated proteins involved in microtubule search and capture, regulation of microtubule dynamics, cell polarity, and chromosome stability. We have cloned a complete cDNA of Dictyostelium EB1 (DdEB1), the largest known EB1 homolog (57 kDa). Immunofluorescence analysis and expre...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Rehberg M,Gräf R

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00