A dynamic microtubule cytoskeleton directs medial actomyosin function during tube formation.

abstract：:Mitochondrial fission mediated by the GTPase dynamin-related protein 1 (Drp1) is an attractive drug target in numerous maladies that range from heart disease to neurodegenerative disorders. The compound mdivi-1 is widely reported to inhibit Drp1-dependent fission, elongate mitochondria, and mitigate brain injury. Here...

journal_title：Developmental cell

authors： Bordt EA,Clerc P,Roelofs BA,Saladino AJ,Tretter L,Adam-Vizi V,Cherok E,Khalil A,Yadava N,Ge SX,Francis TC,Kennedy NW,Picton LK,Kumar T,Uppuluri S,Miller AM,Itoh K,Karbowski M,Sesaki H,Hill RB,Polster BM

更新日期：2017-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:TGF-beta superfamily signaling pathways emerged with the evolution of multicellular animals, suggesting that these pathways contribute to the increased diversity and complexity required for the development and homeostasis of these organisms. In this review we begin by exploring some key developmental and disease proce...

journal_title：Developmental cell

authors： Wu MY,Hill CS

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Auxins are a class of phytohormones implicated in virtually every aspect of plant growth and development. Many early plant responses to auxin are apparently mediated by members of a family of Aux/IAA proteins that dimerize with and inhibit members of the auxin response factor (ARF) family of transcription factors. Aux...

journal_title：Developmental cell

authors： Rogg LE,Bartel B

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The correct assignment of cell fate within fields of multipotent progenitors is essential for accurate tissue diversification. The first lymphatic vessels arise from pre-existing veins after venous endothelial cells become specified as lymphatic progenitors. Prox1 specifies lymphatic fate and labels these progenitors;...

journal_title：Developmental cell

authors： Baek S,Oh TG,Secker G,Sutton DL,Okuda KS,Paterson S,Bower NI,Toubia J,Koltowska K,Capon SJ,Baillie GJ,Simons C,Muscat GEO,Lagendijk AK,Smith KA,Harvey NL,Hogan BM

更新日期：2019-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The spindle assembly checkpoint ensures that mitotic cells only segregate their sister chromatids once all chromosomes are attached via kinetochores by microtubules of the mitotic spindle. Reporting in Developmental Cell, Silió et al. (2015) show that in human cells the signaling cascade controlling the checkpoint ope...

journal_title：Developmental cell

authors： Meraldi P

更新日期：2015-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The adult, virgin mammary gland is a highly organized tree-like structure formed by ducts with hollowed lumen. Although lumen formation during pubertal development appears to involve apoptosis, the molecular mechanisms that regulate this process are not known. Here, we demonstrate that disruption of the BH3-only proap...

journal_title：Developmental cell

authors： Mailleux AA,Overholtzer M,Schmelzle T,Bouillet P,Strasser A,Brugge JS

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we show that the liver-derived apolipoprotein M (ApoM) protects the lung and kidney from pro-fibrotic insults and that this circulating factor is attenuated in aged mice. Aged mouse hepatocytes exhibit transcriptional suppression of ApoM. This leads to reduced sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) signaling via the S1P ...

journal_title：Developmental cell

authors： Ding BS,Yang D,Swendeman SL,Christoffersen C,Nielsen LB,Friedman SL,Powell CA,Hla T,Cao Z

更新日期：2020-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Eukaryotic genomes are organized within the nucleus through interactions with inner nuclear membrane (INM) proteins. How chromatin tethering to the INM is controlled in interphase and how this process contributes to subsequent mitotic nuclear envelope (NE) remodeling remains unclear. We have probed these fundamental q...

journal_title：Developmental cell

authors： Pieper GH,Sprenger S,Teis D,Oliferenko S

更新日期：2020-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Human centromeres are defined by alpha satellite DNA arrays that are distinct and chromosome specific. Most human chromosomes contain multiple alpha satellite arrays that are competent for centromere assembly. Here, we show that human centromeres are defined by chromosome-specific RNAs linked to underlying organizatio...

journal_title：Developmental cell

authors： McNulty SM,Sullivan LL,Sullivan BA

更新日期：2017-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The orientation of the mitotic spindle plays a key role in determining whether a polarized cell will divide symmetrically or asymmetrically. In most cell types, cytoplasmic dynein plays a critical role in spindle orientation. However, how dynein directs opposite spindle poles toward distinct and predetermined cell end...

journal_title：Developmental cell

authors： Grava S,Schaerer F,Faty M,Philippsen P,Barral Y

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant steroid hormones, brassinosteroids (BRs), are perceived by a cell surface receptor kinase, BRI1, but how BR binding leads to regulation of gene expression in the nucleus is unknown. Here we describe the identification of BZR1 as a nuclear component of the BR signal transduction pathway. A dominant mutation bzr1-...

journal_title：Developmental cell

authors： Wang ZY,Nakano T,Gendron J,He J,Chen M,Vafeados D,Yang Y,Fujioka S,Yoshida S,Asami T,Chory J

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While autophagy is thought to be an essential process in some cancer cells, it is unknown if or how such cancer cells can circumvent autophagy inhibition. To address this, we developed a CRISPR/Cas9 assay with dynamic live-cell imaging to measure acute effects of knockout (KO) of autophagy genes compared to known esse...

journal_title：Developmental cell

authors： Towers CG,Fitzwalter BE,Regan D,Goodspeed A,Morgan MJ,Liu CW,Gustafson DL,Thorburn A

更新日期：2019-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In a recent issue of Cell, Coureuil et al. (2010) show that type IV pili of Neisseria meningitidis-the causative bacterium of cerebrospinal meningitis-bind to the endothelial β2-adrenoceptor and elicit biased β-arrestin signaling resulting in microvilli formation and paracytotic bacterial migration. ...

journal_title：Developmental cell

authors： Tourret J,Finlay BB

更新日期：2011-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:PTEN is one of the most commonly lost tumor suppressors in human cancer and is known to inhibit insulin signaling. Eph receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) have also been implicated in cancer formation and progression, and they have diverse functions, including nervous and vascular system development. We show that in C. e...

journal_title：Developmental cell

authors： Brisbin S,Liu J,Boudreau J,Peng J,Evangelista M,Chin-Sang I

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To enable stratification and barrier function, the epidermis must permit self-renewal while maintaining adhesive connections. By generating K14-GFP-actin mice to monitor actin dynamics in cultured primary keratinocytes, we uncovered a role for the actin cytoskeleton in establishing cellular organization. During epider...

journal_title：Developmental cell

authors： Vaezi A,Bauer C,Vasioukhin V,Fuchs E

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoplasmic reticulum-plasma membrane (ER-PM) junctions are conserved structures defined as regions of the ER that tightly associate with the plasma membrane. However, little is known about the mechanisms that tether these organelles together and why such connections are maintained. Using a quantitative proteomic appr...

journal_title：Developmental cell

authors： Manford AG,Stefan CJ,Yuan HL,Macgurn JA,Emr SD

更新日期：2012-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:In migrating cells, Rho family GTPases and their effectors play a central role in polarizing and in organizing the actin and microtubule cytoskeletons. A study by Fukata et al. in the June 28th issue of Cell now shows that the Rac1/Cdc42 effector IQGAP1 captures microtubules by binding to CLIP170. ...

journal_title：Developmental cell

authors： Brunner D

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma membrane subdomains enriched in sphingolipids, cholesterol, and signaling proteins are critical for organization of actin, membrane trafficking, and cell polarity, but the role of such domains in cytokinesis in animal cells is unknown. Here, we show that eggs form a plasma membrane domain enriched in gangliosid...

journal_title：Developmental cell

authors： Ng MM,Chang F,Burgess DR

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Border cells in the Drosophila ovary originate within an epithelium, detach from it, invade neighboring nurse cells, and migrate as a coherent cluster. This migration has served as a useful genetic model for understanding epithelial cell motility. The prevailing model of growth factor-mediated chemotaxis in general, a...

journal_title：Developmental cell

authors： Prasad M,Montell DJ

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fission yeast Pat1 kinase inhibits sexual differentiation by phosphorylating the meiotic inducer Mei2 and the transcription factor Ste11. Here, we show how Pat1 downregulates these proteins. Mei2 is degraded via a ubiquitin-proteasome pathway in a phosphorylation-dependent fashion. The E2 Ubc2 and the E3 Ubr1 are requ...

journal_title：Developmental cell

authors： Kitamura K,Katayama S,Dhut S,Sato M,Watanabe Y,Yamamoto M,Toda T

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combination of fluid and mechanical properties exhibited by cell membranes enables a wealth of physical phenomena, many of which also have biological functions. A recent study in Cell (Shi et al., 2018) now shows that membrane tension in the cell may not be as simple as it first seemed. ...

journal_title：Developmental cell

authors： Groves JT

更新日期：2019-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:To maintain proper organ size, nature has devised trans-organ communication systems-involving both paracrine and circulating regulatory factors-to safeguard homeostasis. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Ji et al. (2019) now describe an enterohepatic feedback loop that balances tissue size and function in the mamma...

journal_title：Developmental cell

authors： Merrell AJ,Stanger BZ

更新日期：2019-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysosomes degrade macromolecular cargos, recycle catabolites, and serve as signaling platforms to maintain cell homeostasis, but their role at the tissue level is unclear. Here, we investigate lysosome regulation and function during C. elegans molting, a specialized extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling process essent...

journal_title：Developmental cell

authors： Miao R,Li M,Zhang Q,Yang C,Wang X

更新日期：2020-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic inflammation is associated with tumorigenesis, but how acute inflammation affects the tumor microenvironment is less known. Recently, Antonio et al. (2015) found that neutrophils attracted to an acute wound such as a biopsy drive cell proliferation of nearby pre-neoplastic cells, suggesting that acute wounds m...

journal_title：Developmental cell

authors： Rosowski EE,Huttenlocher A

更新日期：2015-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:As they enter mitosis, animal cells undergo profound actin-dependent changes in shape to become round. Here we identify the Cdk1 substrate, Ect2, as a central regulator of mitotic rounding, thus uncovering a link between the cell-cycle machinery that drives mitotic entry and its accompanying actin remodeling. Ect2 is ...

journal_title：Developmental cell

authors： Matthews HK,Delabre U,Rohn JL,Guck J,Kunda P,Baum B

更新日期：2012-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The Drosophila lipoprotein particle, Lipophorin, bears lipid-linked morphogens on its surface and is required for long-range signaling activity of Wingless and Hedgehog. Heparan sulfate proteoglycans are also critical for trafficking and signaling of these morphogens. Here we show that Lipophorin interacts with the he...

journal_title：Developmental cell

authors： Eugster C,Panáková D,Mahmoud A,Eaton S

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anterior visceral endoderm plays a pivotal role in establishing anterior-posterior polarity of the mouse embryo, but the molecular nature of the signals required remains to be determined. Here, we demonstrate that Cerberus-like(-/-);Lefty1(-/-) compound mutants can develop a primitive streak ectopically in the emb...

journal_title：Developmental cell

authors： Perea-Gomez A,Vella FD,Shawlot W,Oulad-Abdelghani M,Chazaud C,Meno C,Pfister V,Chen L,Robertson E,Hamada H,Behringer RR,Ang SL

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulating the osmotic pressure of our body fluids relies on osmosensory neurons that depolarize when their volume decreases. Recently in Neuron, Prager-Khoutorsky et al. (2014) report that this depolarization arises from direct interactions between the transient receptor potential channel TRPV1 and microtubules, whic...

journal_title：Developmental cell

authors： Andrés M,Göpfert MC

更新日期：2014-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Selection of the correct targets for myelination and regulation of myelin sheath growth are essential for central nervous system (CNS) formation and function. Through a genetic screen in zebrafish and complementary analyses in mice, we find that loss of oligodendrocyte Neurofascin leads to mistargeting of myelin to ce...

journal_title：Developmental cell

authors： Klingseisen A,Ristoiu AM,Kegel L,Sherman DL,Rubio-Brotons M,Almeida RG,Koudelka S,Benito-Kwiecinski SK,Poole RJ,Brophy PJ,Lyons DA

更新日期：2019-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Drosophila tracheal terminal branches are plastic and have the capacity to sprout out projections toward oxygen-starved areas, in a process analogous to mammalian angiogenesis. This response involves the upregulation of FGF/Branchless in hypoxic tissues, which binds its receptor Breathless on tracheal cells. Here, we ...

journal_title：Developmental cell

authors： Centanin L,Dekanty A,Romero N,Irisarri M,Gorr TA,Wappner P

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00