abstract：:Doing scientific research can be a challenging, but creative and rewarding career. However, the challenge of doing research is orders of magnitude more difficult for scientists lacking access to the necessary resources. Resource-scarce environments are quite common worldwide and are highly contingent on the financial ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Karasmanis EP

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In pancreatic β-cells, insulin granule membranes are enriched in cholesterol and are both recycled and newly generated. Cholesterol's role in supporting granule membrane formation and function is poorly understood. ATP binding cassette transporters ABCG1 and ABCA1 regulate intracellular cholesterol and are important f...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Hussain SS,Harris MT,Kreutzberger AJB,Inouye CM,Doyle CA,Castle AM,Arvan P,Castle JD

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Many cellular processes change during the Trypanosoma brucei life cycle as this parasite alternates between the mammalian host and tsetse fly vector. We show that the inositol phosphate pathway helps regulate these developmental changes. Knockdown of inositol polyphosphate multikinase (IPMK), which phosphorylates Ins(...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Cestari I,Anupama A,Stuart K

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrated that myosin IIA and IIB are essential for the formation of transverse arcs and ventral stress fibers, respectively. Furthermore, we illustrated the roles of both isoforms in lamellar flattening and also raised the possibility that actin filaments in ventral stress fibers are in a stretched conformation...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kuragano M,Uyeda TQP,Kamijo K,Murakami Y,Takahashi M

更新日期：2018-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In Schizosaccharomyces pombe, cytokinesis requires the assembly and constriction of an actomyosin-based contractile ring (CR). A single essential formin, Cdc12, localizes to the cell middle upon mitotic onset and nucleates the F-actin of the CR. Cdc12 medial recruitment is mediated in part by its direct binding to the...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Willet AH,Bohnert KA,Gould KL

更新日期：2018-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Motility of cilia (also known as flagella in some eukaryotes) is based on axonemal doublet microtubule sliding that is driven by the dynein molecular motors. Dyneins are organized into intricately patterned inner and outer rows of arms, whose collective activity is to produce inter-microtubule movement. However, to ge...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： King SM,Sale WS

更新日期：2018-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptor 4 interactor with leucine-rich repeats (Tril) functions as a coreceptor for Toll-like receptors (Tlrs) to mediate innate immune responses in adults. In embryos, Tril signals to promote degradation of the Bmp inhibitor, Smad7, to allow for blood formation. It is not known whether this function requir...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kim HS,McKnite A,Xie Y,Christian JL

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blebs are involved in various biological processes such as cell migration, cytokinesis, and apoptosis. While the expansion of blebs is largely an intracellular pressure-driven process, the retraction of blebs is believed to be driven by RhoA activation that leads to the reassembly of the actomyosin cortex at the bleb ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Jiao M,Wu D,Wei Q

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1 (LFA-1) and macrophage-1 antigen (Mac-1) and their counterreceptors such as intercellular cell adhesion molecules (ICAM-1 and ICAM-2), junctional adhesion molecules (JAM-A, JAM-C), and receptors for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) are crucial for promoting polymorphonucl...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Li N,Yang H,Wang M,Lü S,Zhang Y,Long M

更新日期：2018-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Target of rapamycin complex 1 (TORC1) is a central cellular signaling coordinator that allows eukaryotic cells to adapt to the environment. In the budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, TORC1 senses nitrogen and various stressors and modulates proteosynthesis, nitrogen uptake and metabolism, stress responses, and au...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Takeda E,Jin N,Itakura E,Kira S,Kamada Y,Weisman LS,Noda T,Matsuura A

更新日期：2018-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is caused by homozygous mutations in human SMN1 Expression of a duplicate gene (SMN2) primarily results in skipping of exon 7 and production of an unstable protein isoform, SMNΔ7. Although SMN2 exon skipping is the principal contributor to SMA severity, mechanisms governing stability of s...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Gray KM,Kaifer KA,Baillat D,Wen Y,Bonacci TR,Ebert AD,Raimer AC,Spring AM,Have ST,Glascock JJ,Gupta K,Van Duyne GD,Emanuele MJ,Lamond AI,Wagner EJ,Lorson CL,Matera AG

更新日期：2018-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-range chromatin interactions between gene loci in the cell nucleus are important for many biological processes, including transcriptional regulation. Previously, we demonstrated that several genes specifically cluster with the astrocyte-specific gene for glial fibrillary acidic protein (Gfap) during astrocyte dif...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Ito K,Noguchi A,Uosaki Y,Taga T,Arakawa H,Takizawa T

更新日期：2018-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The β4 isoform of the β-subunits of voltage-gated calcium channel regulates cell proliferation and cell cycle progression. Herein we show that coexpression of the β4-subunit with actors of the canonical Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in a hepatoma cell line inhibits Wnt-responsive gene transcription and decreases cel...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Rima M,Daghsni M,Lopez A,Fajloun Z,Lefrancois L,Dunach M,Mori Y,Merle P,Brusés JL,De Waard M,Ronjat M

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified and characterized sorb-1, the only sorbin and SH3 domain-containing protein family member in Caenorhabditis elegans SORB-1 is strongly localized to integrin adhesion complexes in larvae and adults, including adhesion plaques and dense bodies (Z-disks) of striated muscles and attachment plaques of sm...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Loveless T,Qadota H,Benian GM,Hardin J

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynamics of endocytic clathrin-coated structures can be remarkably divergent across different cell types, cells within the same culture, or even distinct surfaces of the same cell. The origin of this astounding heterogeneity remains to be elucidated. Here we show that cellular processes associated with changes in effe...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Willy NM,Ferguson JP,Huber SD,Heidotting SP,Aygün E,Wurm SA,Johnston-Halperin E,Poirier MG,Kural C

更新日期：2017-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The proper positioning of mitotic spindle in the single-cell Caenorhabditis elegans embryo is achieved initially by the migration and rotation of the pronuclear complex (PNC) and its two associated astral microtubules (MTs). Pronuclear migration produces global cytoplasmic flows that couple the mechanics of all MTs, t...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Nazockdast E,Rahimian A,Needleman D,Shelley M

更新日期：2017-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanosensing describes the ability of a cell to sense mechanical cues of its microenvironment, including not only all components of force, stress, and strain but also substrate rigidity, topology, and adhesiveness. This ability is crucial for the cell to respond to the surrounding mechanical cues and adapt to the ch...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Chen Y,Ju L,Rushdi M,Ge C,Zhu C

更新日期：2017-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to engagement of surface molecules, cells generate active forces that regulate many cellular processes. Developing tools that permit gathering mechanical and morphological information on these forces is of the utmost importance. Here we describe a new technique, the micropipette force probe, that uses a mi...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Sawicka A,Babataheri A,Dogniaux S,Barakat AI,Gonzalez-Rodriguez D,Hivroz C,Husson J

更新日期：2017-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubules are long, slender polymers of αβ-tubulin found in all eukaryotic cells. Tubulins associate longitudinally to form protofilaments, and adjacent protofilaments associate laterally to form the microtubule. In the textbook view, microtubules are 1) composed of 13 protofilaments, 2) arranged in a radial array ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Chaaban S,Brouhard GJ

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Syntaxin 3 (Stx3), a SNARE protein located and functioning at the apical plasma membrane of epithelial cells, is required for epithelial polarity. A fraction of Stx3 is localized to late endosomes/lysosomes, although how it traffics there and its function in these organelles is unknown. Here we report that Stx3 underg...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Giovannone AJ,Reales E,Bhattaram P,Fraile-Ramos A,Weimbs T

更新日期：2017-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) is a transmembrane protein expressed on microglia within the brain. Several rare mutations in TREM2 cause an early-onset form of neurodegeneration when inherited homozygously. Here we investigate how these mutations affect the intracellular transport of TREM2. W...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Sirkis DW,Aparicio RE,Schekman R

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbon fixation in cyanobacteria makes a major contribution to the global carbon cycle. The cyanobacterial carboxysome is a proteinaceous microcompartment that protects and concentrates the carbon-fixing enzyme ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO) in a paracrystalline lattice, making it possible f...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Niederhuber MJ,Lambert TJ,Yapp C,Silver PA,Polka JK

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actin nucleation factors function to organize, shape, and move membrane-bound organelles, yet they remain poorly defined in relation to disease. Galloway-Mowat syndrome (GMS) is an inherited disorder characterized by microcephaly and nephrosis resulting from mutations in the WDR73 gene. This core clinical phenotype ap...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Mathiowetz AJ,Baple E,Russo AJ,Coulter AM,Carrano E,Brown JD,Jinks RN,Crosby AH,Campellone KG

更新日期：2017-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell emergence onto damaged or organized fibrous extracellular matrix (ECM) is a crucial precursor to collective cell migration in wound closure and cancer metastasis, respectively. However, there is a fundamental gap in our quantitative understanding of the role of local ECM size and arrangement in cell emergence-bas...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Sharma P,Ng C,Jana A,Padhi A,Szymanski P,Lee JSH,Behkam B,Nain AS

更新日期：2017-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynamic microtubule ends exert pulling and pushing forces on intracellular membranes and organelles. However, the mechanical linkage of microtubule tips to their cargoes is poorly understood. CENP-F is a nonmotor microtubule-binding protein that participates in microtubule binding at kinetochores and in the mitotic re...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Kanfer G,Peterka M,Arzhanik VK,Drobyshev AL,Ataullakhanov FI,Volkov VA,Kornmann B

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GPR15 is an orphan G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) that serves for an HIV coreceptor and was also recently found as a novel homing receptor for T-cells implicated in colitis. We show that GPR15 undergoes a constitutive endocytosis in the absence of ligand. The endocytosis was clathrin dependent and partially depende...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Okamoto Y,Shikano S

更新日期：2017-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Extended coiled-coil proteins of the Golgin family play prominent roles in maintaining the structure and function of the Golgi complex. Here we further investigate the Golgin protein Coy1 and document its function in retrograde transport between early Golgi compartments. Cells that lack Coy1 displayed a reduced half-l...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Anderson NS,Mukherjee I,Bentivoglio CM,Barlowe C

更新日期：2017-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs), the tiny regulatory RNAs, form complexes with Argonaute (Ago) proteins and inhibit gene expression in metazoan cells. While studying parasite-invaded macrophages, we identify a unique mode of gene regulation in which the parasite Leishmania donovani (Ld) causes mitochondrial depolarization, reduces...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Chakrabarty Y,Bhattacharyya SN

更新日期：2017-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell nucleus must continually resist and respond to intercellular and intracellular mechanical forces to transduce mechanical signals and maintain proper genome organization and expression. Altered nuclear mechanics is associated with many human diseases, including heart disease, progeria, and cancer. Chromatin an...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Stephens AD,Banigan EJ,Adam SA,Goldman RD,Marko JF

更新日期：2017-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Motor neuron (MN) diseases are progressive disorders resulting from degeneration of neuromuscular junctions (NMJs), which form the connection between MNs and muscle fibers. NMJ-in-a-dish models have been developed to examine human MN-associated dysfunction with disease; however such coculture models have randomly orie...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Happe CL,Tenerelli KP,Gromova AK,Kolb F,Engler AJ

更新日期：2017-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the adenine nucleotide translocase (ANT) family exchange ADP for ATP across the mitochondrial inner membrane, an activity that is essential for oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). Mutations in or dysregulation of ANTs is associated with progressive external ophthalmoplegia, cardiomyopathy, nonsyndromic inte...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Lu YW,Acoba MG,Selvaraju K,Huang TC,Nirujogi RS,Sathe G,Pandey A,Claypool SM

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:How nuclear size is regulated is a fundamental cell-biological question with relevance to cancers, which often exhibit enlarged nuclei. We previously reported that conventional protein kinase C (cPKC) contributes to nuclear size reductions that occur during early Xenopus development. Here we report that PKC-mediated p...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Edens LJ,Dilsaver MR,Levy DL

更新日期：2017-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The secretory and autophagy pathways can be thought of as the biosynthetic (i.e., anabolic) and degradative (i.e., catabolic) branches of the endomembrane system. In analogy to anabolic and catabolic pathways in metabolism, there is mounting evidence that the secretory and autophagy pathways are intimately linked and ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Farhan H,Kundu M,Ferro-Novick S

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholesterol is an essential constituent of membranes in mammalian cells. The plasma membrane and the endocytic recycling compartment (ERC) are both highly enriched in cholesterol. The abundance and distribution of cholesterol among organelles are tightly controlled by a combination of mechanisms involving vesicular an...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Iaea DB,Mao S,Lund FW,Maxfield FR

更新日期：2017-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:MARK2 regulates the establishment of polarity in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells in part through phosphorylation of serine 227 of Rab11-FIP2. We identified Eps15 as an interacting partner of phospho-S227-Rab11-FIP2 (pS227-FIP2). During recovery from low calcium, Eps15 localized to the lateral membrane before pS...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Lapierre LA,Manning EH,Mitchell KM,Caldwell CM,Goldenring JR

更新日期：2017-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell cycle-dependent morphogenesis of unicellular organisms depends on the spatiotemporal control of cell polarity. Rho GTPases are the major players that guide cells through structural reorganizations such as cytokinesis (Rho1 dependent) and polarity establishment (Cdc42 dependent). In budding yeast, the protein Gps1...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Meitinger F,Pereira G

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recognition of surface-tethered antigens (Ags) by B-cells leads to the formation of an immune synapse that promotes Ag uptake for presentation onto MHC-II molecules. Extraction of immobilized Ags at the immune synapse of B-cells relies on the local secretion of lysosomes, which are recruited to the Ag contact site by ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Obino D,Diaz J,Sáez JJ,Ibañez-Vega J,Sáez PJ,Alamo M,Lankar D,Yuseff MI

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A heterozygous Caveolin-1 c.474delA mutation has been identified in a family with heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). This frameshift mutation leads to caveolin-1 protein that contains all known functional domains but has a change only in the final 20 amino acids of the C terminus. Here we studied how thi...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Marsboom G,Chen Z,Yuan Y,Zhang Y,Tiruppathi C,Loyd JE,Austin ED,Machado RF,Minshall RD,Rehman J,Malik AB

更新日期：2017-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:While lysosomes are degradative compartments and one of the defenses against invading pathogens, they are also hubs of metabolic activity. Late endocytic compartments accumulate around Plasmodium berghei liver-stage parasites during development, and whether this is a host defense strategy or active recruitment by the ...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Petersen W,Stenzel W,Silvie O,Blanz J,Saftig P,Matuschewski K,Ingmundson A

更新日期：2017-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulation of the MAPK pathway results in mitogen- and stress-activated protein kinase 1/2 (MSK1/2)-catalyzed phosphorylation of histone H3 at serine 10 or 28 and expression of immediate-early (IE) genes. In 10T1/2 mouse fibroblasts, phosphorylation of H3S10 and H3S28 occurs on different H3 molecules and in different...

journal_title：Molecular biology of the cell

authors： Khan DH,Healy S,He S,Lichtensztejn D,Klewes L,Sharma KL,Lau V,Mai S,Delcuve GP,Davie JR

更新日期：2017-03-15 00:00:00