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Jing Y, Luo Y, Li L, Liu M, Liu JX. Deficiency of copper responsive gene stmn4 induces retinal developmental defects. Cell Biol Toxicol 2024; 40:2. [PMID: 38252267 PMCID: PMC10803583 DOI: 10.1007/s10565-024-09847-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 01/23/2024]
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As part of the central nervous system (CNS), the retina senses light and also conducts and processes visual impulses. The damaged development of the retina not only causes visual damage, but also leads to epilepsy, dementia and other brain diseases. Recently, we have reported that copper (Cu) overload induces retinal developmental defects and down-regulates microtubule (MT) genes during zebrafish embryogenesis, but whether the down-regulation of microtubule genes mediates Cu stress induced retinal developmental defects is still unknown. In this study, we found that microtubule gene stmn4 exhibited obviously reduced expression in the retina of Cu overload embryos. Furthermore, stmn4 deficiency (stmn4-/-) resulted in retinal defects similar to those seen in Cu overload embryos, while overexpression of stmn4 effectively rescued retinal defects and cell apoptosis occurred in the Cu overload embryos and larvae. Meanwhile, stmn4 deficient embryos and larvae exhibited reduced mature retinal cells, the down-regulated expression of microtubules and cell cycle-related genes, and the mitotic cell cycle arrests of the retinal cells, which subsequently tended to apoptosis independent on p53. The results of this study demonstrate that Cu stress might lead to retinal developmental defects via down-regulating expression of microtubule gene stmn4, and stmn4 deficiency leads to impaired cell cycle and the accumulation of retinal progenitor cells (RPCs) and their subsequent apoptosis. The study provides a certain referee for copper overload in regulating the retinal development in fish.
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- YuanYuan Jing
- College of Fisheries, Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Fisheries, Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Fisheries, Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, China
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- College of Fisheries, Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
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Farmer VJ, Zanic M. Beyond the GTP-cap: Elucidating the molecular mechanisms of microtubule catastrophe. Bioessays 2023; 45:e2200081. [PMID: 36398561 PMCID: PMC10648283 DOI: 10.1002/bies.202200081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Revised: 11/03/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Almost 40 years since the discovery of microtubule dynamic instability, the molecular mechanisms underlying microtubule dynamics remain an area of intense research interest. The "standard model" of microtubule dynamics implicates a "cap" of GTP-bound tubulin dimers at the growing microtubule end as the main determinant of microtubule stability. Loss of the GTP-cap leads to microtubule "catastrophe," a switch-like transition from microtubule growth to shrinkage. However, recent studies, using biochemical in vitro reconstitution, cryo-EM, and computational modeling approaches, challenge the simple GTP-cap model. Instead, a new perspective on the mechanisms of microtubule dynamics is emerging. In this view, highly dynamic transitions between different structural conformations of the growing microtubule end - which may or may not be directly linked to the nucleotide content at the microtubule end - ultimately drive microtubule catastrophe.
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- Veronica J. Farmer
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Department of Biomolecular and Chemical Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Tubulin Cytoskeleton in Neurodegenerative Diseases–not Only Primary Tubulinopathies. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2022:10.1007/s10571-022-01304-6. [DOI: 10.1007/s10571-022-01304-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2022] [Accepted: 11/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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AbstractNeurodegenerative diseases represent a large group of disorders characterized by gradual loss of neurons and functions of the central nervous systems. Their course is usually severe, leading to high morbidity and subsequent inability of patients to independent functioning. Vast majority of neurodegenerative diseases is currently untreatable, and only some symptomatic drugs are available which efficacy is usually very limited. To develop novel therapies for this group of diseases, it is crucial to understand their pathogenesis and to recognize factors which can influence the disease course. One of cellular structures which dysfunction appears to be relatively poorly understood in the light of neurodegenerative diseases is tubulin cytoskeleton. On the other hand, its changes, both structural and functional, can considerably influence cell physiology, leading to pathological processes occurring also in neurons. In this review, we summarize and discuss dysfunctions of tubulin cytoskeleton in various neurodegenerative diseases different than primary tubulinopathies (caused by mutations in genes encoding the components of the tubulin cytoskeleton), especially Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, prion diseases, and neuronopathic mucopolysaccharidoses. It is also proposed that correction of these disorders might attenuate the progress of specific diseases, thus, finding newly recognized molecular targets for potential drugs might become possible.
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Hornak I, Rieger H. Stochastic model of T Cell repolarization during target elimination (II). Biophys J 2022; 121:1246-1265. [PMID: 35196513 PMCID: PMC9034251 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.02.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Revised: 08/08/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (T cells) and natural killer cells form a tight contact, the immunological synapse (IS), with target cells, where they release their lytic granules containing perforin/granzyme and cytokine-containing vesicles. During this process the cell repolarizes and moves the microtubule organizing center (MTOC) toward the IS. In the first part of our work we developed a computational model for the molecular-motor-driven motion of the microtubule cytoskeleton during T cell polarization and analyzed the effects of cortical-sliding and capture-shrinkage mechanisms. Here we use this model to analyze the dynamics of the MTOC repositioning in situations in which 1) the IS is in an arbitrary position with respect to the initial position of the MTOC and 2) the T cell has two IS at two arbitrary positions. In the case of one IS, we found that the initial position determines which mechanism is dominant and that the time of repositioning does not rise monotonously with the MTOC-IS distance. In the case of two IS, we observe several scenarios that have also been reported experimentally: the MTOC alternates stochastically (but with a well-defined average transition time) between the two IS; it wiggles in between the two IS without transiting to one of the two; or it is at some point pulled to one of the two IS and stays there. Our model allows one to predict which scenario emerges in dependency of the mechanisms in action and the number of dyneins present. We report that the presence of capture-shrinkage mechanism in at least one IS is necessary to assure the transitions in every cell configuration. Moreover, the frequency of transitions does not decrease with the distance between the two IS and is the highest when both mechanisms are present in both IS.
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- Ivan Hornak
- Department of Theoretical Physics, Center for Biophysics, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.
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- Department of Theoretical Physics, Center for Biophysics, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
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Scott CB, Mjolsness E. Graph prolongation convolutional networks: explicitly multiscale machine learning on graphs with applications to modeling of cytoskeleton. MACHINE LEARNING: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1088/2632-2153/abb6d2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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We define a novel type of ensemble graph convolutional network (GCN) model. Using optimized linear projection operators to map between spatial scales of graph, this ensemble model learns to aggregate information from each scale for its final prediction. We calculate these linear projection operators as the infima of an objective function relating the structure matrices used for each GCN. Equipped with these projections, our model (a Graph Prolongation-Convolutional Network) outperforms other GCN ensemble models at predicting the potential energy of monomer subunits in a coarse-grained mechanochemical simulation of microtubule bending. We demonstrate these performance gains by measuring an estimate of the Floating Point OPerations spent to train each model, as well as wall-clock time. Because our model learns at multiple scales, it is possible to train at each scale according to a predetermined schedule of coarse vs. fine training. We examine several such schedules adapted from the algebraic multigrid literature, and quantify the computational benefit of each. We also compare this model to another model which features an optimized coarsening of the input graph. Finally, we derive backpropagation rules for the input of our network model with respect to its output, and discuss how our method may be extended to very large graphs.
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Ishihara K, Decker F, Caldas P, Pelletier JF, Loose M, Brugués J, Mitchison TJ. Spatial variation of microtubule depolymerization in large asters. Mol Biol Cell 2021; 32:869-879. [PMID: 33439671 PMCID: PMC8108532 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e20-11-0723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Microtubule plus-end depolymerization rate is a potentially important target of physiological regulation, but it has been challenging to measure, so its role in spatial organization is poorly understood. Here we apply a method for tracking plus ends based on time difference imaging to measure depolymerization rates in large interphase asters growing in Xenopus egg extract. We observed strong spatial regulation of depolymerization rates, which were higher in the aster interior compared with the periphery, and much less regulation of polymerization or catastrophe rates. We interpret these data in terms of a limiting component model, where aster growth results in lower levels of soluble tubulin and microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs) in the interior cytosol compared with that at the periphery. The steady-state polymer fraction of tubulin was ∼30%, so tubulin is not strongly depleted in the aster interior. We propose that the limiting component for microtubule assembly is a MAP that inhibits depolymerization, and that egg asters are tuned to low microtubule density.
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- Keisuke Ishihara
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, 01307 Dresden, Germany.,Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, 01307 Dresden, Germany.,Center for Systems Biology Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany.,Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life, TU Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, 01307 Dresden, Germany.,Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, 01307 Dresden, Germany.,Center for Systems Biology Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany.,Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life, TU Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.,Cell Division Group, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543.,Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, 01307 Dresden, Germany.,Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, 01307 Dresden, Germany.,Center for Systems Biology Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany.,Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life, TU Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.,Cell Division Group, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543
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Szatkowski L, Merz DR, Jiang N, Ejikeme I, Belonogov L, Ross JL, Dima RI. Mechanics of the Microtubule Seam Interface Probed by Molecular Simulations and in Vitro Severing Experiments. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:4888-4900. [PMID: 31117616 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b03059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Microtubules (MTs) are structural components essential for cell morphology and organization. It has recently been shown that defects in the filament's lattice structure can be healed to create stronger filaments in a local area and ultimately cause global changes in MT organization and cell mobility. The ability to break, causing a defect, and heal appears to be a physiologically relevant and important feature of the MT structure. Defects can be created by MT severing enzymes and are target sites for complete severing or for healing by newly incorporated dimers. One particular lattice defect, the MT lattice ''seam" interface, is a location often speculated to be a weak site, a site of disassembly, or a target site for MT binding proteins. Despite seams existing in many MT structures, very little is known about the seam's role in MT function and dynamics. In this study, we probed the mechanical stability of the seam interface by applying coarse-grained indenting molecular dynamics. We found that the seam interface is as structurally robust as the typical lattice structure of MTs. Our results suggest that, unlike prior results that claim the seam is a weak site, it is just as strong as any other location on the MT, corroborating recent mechanical measurements.
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- Lukasz Szatkowski
- Department of Chemistry , University of Cincinnati , Cincinnati , Ohio 45221 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cincinnati , Cincinnati , Ohio 45221 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cincinnati , Cincinnati , Ohio 45221 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cincinnati , Cincinnati , Ohio 45221 , United States
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- Department of Physics , University of Massachusetts , Amherst , Massachusetts 01003 , United States
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- Department of Physics , University of Massachusetts , Amherst , Massachusetts 01003 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cincinnati , Cincinnati , Ohio 45221 , United States
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Abe H, Sakurai A, Ochi A. Induction of steady-state glomeruloid sphere by self-assembly from human embryonic kidney cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2018; 508:654-659. [PMID: 30522864 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.11.160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2018] [Accepted: 11/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The glomerulus is a network of capillaries known as a tuft, located at the beginning of a nephron in the kidney. Here we describe a novel method for the induction of a macroscopically visible three-dimensional glomerulus-like sphere (GLS). This procedure did not require any additional cytokines and completed the formation of spheres within 24 h. After the formation was complete, GLS maintained a steady state for at least five days without proliferation and without a decrease in viability. Therefore, this procedure assists various assays for a prolong period of time. Overall, our protocol allows for a very simple mixing of cells from different sources to obtain fine-grained and highly dispersed GLSs. The kidney filtration barrier is a unique structure characterized by a complex three-dimensional framework of podocytes and endothelial cells. GLS exhibited the induction of many podocyte-specific gene profiles similar to those in adult human kidneys, suggesting that the sphere formation process is important for the maturation of podocytes. Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is one of the major causes of steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome, and some circulating permeability factors in the patient's serum FSGS have been implicated in the pathogenesis of the disease. Serum from patients with FSGS induced the collapse of GLS, which imitates the appearance of glomerulosclerosis in patients. In conclusion, the investigation and use of GLS may provide a novel method to elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying complicated and unexplained events in glomeruli in a similar condition in adult kidneys.
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- Hideharu Abe
- Department of Nephrology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan.
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- Department of Nephrology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan
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Barsegov V, Ross JL, Dima RI. Dynamics of microtubules: highlights of recent computational and experimental investigations. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2017; 29:433003. [PMID: 28812545 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aa8670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Microtubules are found in most eukaryotic cells, with homologs in eubacteria and archea, and they have functional roles in mitosis, cell motility, intracellular transport, and the maintenance of cell shape. Numerous efforts have been expended over the last two decades to characterize the interactions between microtubules and the wide variety of microtubule associated proteins that control their dynamic behavior in cells resulting in microtubules being assembled and disassembled where and when they are required by the cell. We present the main findings regarding microtubule polymerization and depolymerization and review recent work about the molecular motors that modulate microtubule dynamics by inducing either microtubule depolymerization or severing. We also discuss the main experimental and computational approaches used to quantify the thermodynamics and mechanics of microtubule filaments.
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- Valeri Barsegov
- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA 01854, United States of America
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Molecular self-assembly is the dominant form of chemical reaction in living systems, yet efforts at systems biology modeling are only beginning to appreciate the need for and challenges to accurate quantitative modeling of self-assembly. Self-assembly reactions are essential to nearly every important process in cell and molecular biology and handling them is thus a necessary step in building comprehensive models of complex cellular systems. They present exceptional challenges, however, to standard methods for simulating complex systems. While the general systems biology world is just beginning to deal with these challenges, there is an extensive literature dealing with them for more specialized self-assembly modeling. This review will examine the challenges of self-assembly modeling, nascent efforts to deal with these challenges in the systems modeling community, and some of the solutions offered in prior work on self-assembly specifically. The review concludes with some consideration of the likely role of self-assembly in the future of complex biological system models more generally.
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- Marcus Thomas
- Computational Biology Department, Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America. Joint Carnegie Mellon University/University of Pittsburgh Ph.D. Program in Computational Biology, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States of America
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Bailey ME, Jiang N, Dima RI, Ross JL. Invited review: Microtubule severing enzymes couple atpase activity with tubulin GTPase spring loading. Biopolymers 2017; 105:547-56. [PMID: 27037673 DOI: 10.1002/bip.22842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2016] [Revised: 03/23/2016] [Accepted: 03/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Microtubules are amazing filaments made of GTPase enzymes that store energy used for their own self-destruction to cause a stochastically driven dynamics called dynamic instability. Dynamic instability can be reproduced in vitro with purified tubulin, but the dynamics do not mimic that observed in cells. This is because stabilizers and destabilizers act to alter microtubule dynamics. One interesting and understudied class of destabilizers consists of the microtubule-severing enzymes from the ATPases Associated with various cellular Activities (AAA+) family of ATP-enzymes. Here we review current knowledge about GTP-driven microtubule dynamics and how that couples to ATP-driven destabilization by severing enzymes. We present a list of challenges regarding the mechanism of severing, which require development of experimental and modeling approaches to shed light as to how severing enzymes can act to regulate microtubule dynamics in cells. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Biopolymers 105: 547-556, 2016.
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- Megan E Bailey
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, 1705 NE Pacific St., Seattle, WA 98195
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH 45221
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH 45221
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- Department of Physics, 666 N. Pleasant St. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
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Ghosh C, Bhunia D, Ghosh S, Jana B, Ghosh S, Bhattacharyya K. Fluorescence Probing of Fluctuating Microtubule using a Covalent Fluorescent Probe: Effect of Taxol. ChemistrySelect 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201600353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Catherine Ghosh
- Department of Physical Chemistry; Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science; Jadavpur Kolkata- 700032 India
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- Organic & Medicinal Chemistry Division; CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology; Jadavpur Kolkata- 700032 India
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- Department of Physical Chemistry; Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science; Jadavpur Kolkata- 700032 India
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- Organic & Medicinal Chemistry Division; CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology; Jadavpur Kolkata- 700032 India
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- Organic & Medicinal Chemistry Division; CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology; Jadavpur Kolkata- 700032 India
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- Department of Physical Chemistry; Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science; Jadavpur Kolkata- 700032 India
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Numata M, Hirose N. Flowing microenvironments regulate the helical pitch of a semi-artificial polymer. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra12944g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A novel strategy has been developed for tuning a polymer's conformation in a microfluidic system. The helical pitch of a semi-artificial polymer was controlled precisely in a top-down manner under the non-equilibrium regulated in the microflow.
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- Munenori Numata
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences
- Kyoto Prefectural University
- Kyoto 606-8522
- Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences
- Kyoto Prefectural University
- Kyoto 606-8522
- Japan
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Alonso A, Greenlee M, Matts J, Kline J, Davis KJ, Miller RK. Emerging roles of sumoylation in the regulation of actin, microtubules, intermediate filaments, and septins. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2015; 72:305-39. [PMID: 26033929 PMCID: PMC5049490 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2014] [Revised: 05/25/2015] [Accepted: 05/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Sumoylation is a powerful regulatory system that controls many of the critical processes in the cell, including DNA repair, transcriptional regulation, nuclear transport, and DNA replication. Recently, new functions for SUMO have begun to emerge. SUMO is covalently attached to components of each of the four major cytoskeletal networks, including microtubule-associated proteins, septins, and intermediate filaments, in addition to nuclear actin and actin-regulatory proteins. However, knowledge of the mechanisms by which this signal transduction system controls the cytoskeleton is still in its infancy. One story that is beginning to unfold is that SUMO may regulate the microtubule motor protein dynein by modification of its adaptor Lis1. In other instances, cytoskeletal elements can both bind to SUMO non-covalently and also be conjugated by it. The molecular mechanisms for many of these new functions are not yet clear, but are under active investigation. One emerging model links the function of MAP sumoylation to protein degradation through SUMO-targeted ubiquitin ligases, also known as STUbL enzymes. Other possible functions for cytoskeletal sumoylation are also discussed.
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- Annabel Alonso
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyOklahoma State UniversityStillwaterOklahoma
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyOklahoma State UniversityStillwaterOklahoma
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyOklahoma State UniversityStillwaterOklahoma
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyOklahoma State UniversityStillwaterOklahoma
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyOklahoma State UniversityStillwaterOklahoma
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyOklahoma State UniversityStillwaterOklahoma
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Chiu CT, Liao CK, Shen CC, Tang TK, Jow GM, Wang HS, Wu JC. HYS-32-Induced Microtubule Catastrophes in Rat Astrocytes Involves the PI3K-GSK3beta Signaling Pathway. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0126217. [PMID: 25938237 PMCID: PMC4418738 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2014] [Accepted: 03/31/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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HYS-32 is a novel derivative of combretastatin-A4 (CA-4) previously shown to induce microtubule coiling in rat primary astrocytes. In this study, we further investigated the signaling mechanism and EB1, a microtubule-associated end binding protein, involved in HYS-32-induced microtubule catastrophes. Confocal microscopy with double immunofluorescence staining revealed that EB1 accumulates at the growing microtubule plus ends, where they exhibit a bright comet-like staining pattern in control astrocytes. HYS-32 induced microtubule catastrophes in both a dose- and time-dependent manner and dramatically increased the distances between microtubule tips and the cell border. Treatment of HYS-32 (5 μM) eliminated EB1 localization at the microtubule plus ends and resulted in an extensive redistribution of EB1 to the microtubule lattice without affecting the β-tubulin or EB1 protein expression. Time-lapse experiments with immunoprecipitation further displayed that the association between EB-1 and β-tubulin was significantly decreased following a short-term treatment (2 h), but gradually increased in a prolonged treatment (6-24 h) with HYS-32. Further, HYS-32 treatment induced GSK3β phosphorylation at Y216 and S9, where the ratio of GSK3β-pY216 to GSK3β-pS9 was first elevated followed by a decrease over time. Co-treatment of astrocytes with HYS-32 and GSK3β inhibitor SB415286 attenuated the HYS-32-induced microtubule catastrophes and partially prevented EB1 dissociation from the plus end of microtubules. Furthermore, co-treatment with PI3K inhibitor LY294002 inhibited HYS-32-induced GSK3β-pS9 and partially restored EB1 distribution from the microtubule lattice to plus ends. Together these findings suggest that HYS-32 induces microtubule catastrophes by preventing EB1 from targeting to microtubule plus ends through the GSK3β signaling pathway.
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- Chi-Ting Chiu
- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10051, Taiwan
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry, National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Taipei 11221, Taiwan
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- Department of Nursing, College of Health and Nursing, National Quemoy University, Kinmen 89250, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City 24205, Taiwan
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan
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Kononova O, Kholodov Y, Theisen KE, Marx KA, Dima RI, Ataullakhanov FI, Grishchuk EL, Barsegov V. Tubulin bond energies and microtubule biomechanics determined from nanoindentation in silico. J Am Chem Soc 2014; 136:17036-45. [PMID: 25389565 PMCID: PMC4277772 DOI: 10.1021/ja506385p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Microtubules,
the primary components of the chromosome segregation
machinery, are stabilized by longitudinal and lateral noncovalent
bonds between the tubulin subunits. However, the thermodynamics of
these bonds and the microtubule physicochemical properties are poorly
understood. Here, we explore the biomechanics of microtubule polymers
using multiscale computational modeling and nanoindentations in silico of a contiguous microtubule fragment. A close
match between the simulated and experimental force–deformation
spectra enabled us to correlate the microtubule biomechanics with
dynamic structural transitions at the nanoscale. Our mechanical testing
revealed that the compressed MT behaves as a system of rigid elements
interconnected through a network of lateral and longitudinal elastic
bonds. The initial regime of continuous elastic deformation of the
microtubule is followed by the transition regime, during which the
microtubule lattice undergoes discrete structural changes, which include
first the reversible dissociation of lateral bonds followed by irreversible
dissociation of the longitudinal bonds. We have determined the free
energies of dissociation of the lateral (6.9 ± 0.4 kcal/mol)
and longitudinal (14.9 ± 1.5 kcal/mol) tubulin–tubulin
bonds. These values in conjunction with the large flexural rigidity
of tubulin protofilaments obtained (18,000–26,000 pN·nm2) support the idea that the disassembling microtubule is capable
of generating a large mechanical force to move chromosomes during
cell division. Our computational modeling offers a comprehensive quantitative
platform to link molecular tubulin characteristics with the physiological
behavior of microtubules. The developed in silico nanoindentation method provides a powerful tool for the exploration
of biomechanical properties of other cytoskeletal and multiprotein
assemblies.
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- Olga Kononova
- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts , Lowell, Massachusetts 01854, United States
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Theisen KE, Desai NJ, Volski AM, Dima RI. Mechanics of severing for large microtubule complexes revealed by coarse-grained simulations. J Chem Phys 2014; 139:121926. [PMID: 24089738 DOI: 10.1063/1.4819817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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We investigate the mechanical behavior of microtubule (MT) protofilaments under the action of bending forces, ramped up linearly in time, to provide insight into the severing of MTs by microtubule associated proteins (MAPs). We used the self-organized polymer model which employs a coarse-grained description of the protein chain and ran Brownian dynamics simulations accelerated on graphics processing units that allow us to follow the dynamics of a MT system on experimental timescales. Our study focused on the role played in the MT depolymerization dynamics by the inter-tubulin contacts a protofilament experiences when embedded in the MT lattice, and the number of binding sites of MAPs on MTs. We found that proteins inducing breaking of MTs must have at least three attachment points on any tubulin dimer from an isolated protofilament. In contrast, two points of contact would suffice when dimers are located in an intact MT lattice, in accord with experimental findings on MT severing proteins. Our results show that confinement of a protofilament in the MT lattice leads to a drastic reduction in the energy required for the removal of tubulin dimers, due to the drastic reduction in entropy. We further showed that there are differences in the energetic requirements based on the location of the dimer to be removed by severing. Comparing the energy of tubulin dimers removal revealed by our simulations with the amount of energy resulting from one ATP hydrolysis, which is the source of energy for all MAPs, we provided strong evidence for the experimental finding that severing proteins do not bind uniformly along the MT wall.
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- Kelly E Theisen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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Horio T, Murata T. The role of dynamic instability in microtubule organization. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:511. [PMID: 25339962 PMCID: PMC4188131 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2014] [Accepted: 09/12/2014] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Microtubules are one of the three major cytoskeletal components in eukaryotic cells. Heterodimers composed of GTP-bound α- and β-tubulin molecules polymerize to form microtubule protofilaments, which associate laterally to form a hollow microtubule. Tubulin has GTPase activity and the GTP molecules associated with β-tubulin molecules are hydrolyzed shortly after being incorporated into the polymerizing microtubules. GTP hydrolysis alters the conformation of the tubulin molecules and drives the dynamic behavior of microtubules. Periods of rapid microtubule polymerization alternate with periods of shrinkage in a process known as dynamic instability. In plants, dynamic instability plays a key role in determining the organization of microtubules into arrays, and these arrays vary throughout the cell cycle. In this review, we describe the mechanisms that regulate microtubule dynamics and underlie dynamic instability, and discuss how dynamic instability may shape microtubule organization in plant cells.
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- Tetsuya Horio
- Department of Natural Sciences, Nippon Sport Science UniversityYokohama, Japan
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- Division of Evolutionary Biology, National Institute for Basic BiologyOkazaki, Japan
- Department of Basic Biology, School of Life Sciences, The Graduate University for Advanced StudiesOkazaki, Japan
- *Correspondence: Takashi Murata, Division of Evolutionary Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan e-mail:
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Cilia and flagella are surface-exposed, finger-like organelles whose core consists of a microtubule (MT)-based axoneme that grows from a modified centriole, the basal body. Cilia are found on the surface of many eukaryotic cells and play important roles in cell motility and in coordinating a variety of signaling pathways during growth, development, and tissue homeostasis. Defective cilia have been linked to a number of developmental disorders and diseases, collectively called ciliopathies. Cilia are dynamic organelles that assemble and disassemble in tight coordination with the cell cycle. In most cells, cilia are assembled during growth arrest in a multistep process involving interaction of vesicles with appendages present on the distal end of mature centrioles, and addition of tubulin and other building blocks to the distal tip of the basal body and growing axoneme; these building blocks are sorted through a region at the cilium base known as the ciliary necklace, and then transported via intraflagellar transport (IFT) along the axoneme toward the tip for assembly. After assembly, the cilium frequently continues to turn over and incorporate tubulin at its distal end in an IFT-dependent manner. Prior to cell division, the cilia are usually resorbed to liberate centrosomes for mitotic spindle pole formation. Here, we present an overview of the main cytoskeletal structures associated with cilia and centrioles with emphasis on the MT-associated appendages, fibers, and filaments at the cilium base and tip. The composition and possible functions of these structures are discussed in relation to cilia assembly, disassembly, and length regulation.
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- Lotte B Pedersen
- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Tretiakov KV, Szleifer I, Grzybowski BA. The Rate of Energy Dissipation Determines Probabilities of Non-equilibrium Assemblies. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013; 52:10304-8. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201301386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Tretiakov KV, Szleifer I, Grzybowski BA. The Rate of Energy Dissipation Determines Probabilities of Non-equilibrium Assemblies. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201301386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Norris V, Amar P, Legent G, Ripoll C, Thellier M, Ovádi J. Sensor potency of the moonlighting enzyme-decorated cytoskeleton: the cytoskeleton as a metabolic sensor. BMC BIOCHEMISTRY 2013; 14:3. [PMID: 23398642 PMCID: PMC3577492 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2091-14-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2012] [Accepted: 01/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Background There is extensive evidence for the interaction of metabolic enzymes with the eukaryotic cytoskeleton. The significance of these interactions is far from clear. Presentation of the hypothesis In the cytoskeletal integrative sensor hypothesis presented here, the cytoskeleton senses and integrates the general metabolic activity of the cell. This activity depends on the binding to the cytoskeleton of enzymes and, depending on the nature of the enzyme, this binding may occur if the enzyme is either active or inactive but not both. This enzyme-binding is further proposed to stabilize microtubules and microfilaments and to alter rates of GTP and ATP hydrolysis and their levels. Testing the hypothesis Evidence consistent with the cytoskeletal integrative sensor hypothesis is presented in the case of glycolysis. Several testable predictions are made. There should be a relationship between post-translational modifications of tubulin and of actin and their interaction with metabolic enzymes. Different conditions of cytoskeletal dynamics and enzyme-cytoskeleton binding should reveal significant differences in local and perhaps global levels and ratios of ATP and GTP. The different functions of moonlighting enzymes should depend on cytoskeletal binding. Implications of the hypothesis The physical and chemical effects arising from metabolic sensing by the cytoskeleton would have major consequences on cell shape, dynamics and cell cycle progression. The hypothesis provides a framework that helps the significance of the enzyme-decorated cytoskeleton be determined.
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- Vic Norris
- EA 3829, Faculté des Sciences de l'Université de Rouen, 76821, Mont Saint Aignan Cedex, France.
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Dentler W. A role for the membrane in regulating Chlamydomonas flagellar length. PLoS One 2013; 8:e53366. [PMID: 23359798 PMCID: PMC3554728 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2012] [Accepted: 11/30/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Flagellar assembly requires coordination between the assembly of axonemal proteins and the assembly of the flagellar membrane and membrane proteins. Fully grown steady-state Chlamydomonas flagella release flagellar vesicles from their tips and failure to resupply membrane should affect flagellar length. To study vesicle release, plasma and flagellar membrane surface proteins were vectorially pulse-labeled and flagella and vesicles were analyzed for biotinylated proteins. Based on the quantity of biotinylated proteins in purified vesicles, steady-state flagella appeared to shed a minimum of 16% of their surface membrane per hour, equivalent to a complete flagellar membrane being released every 6 hrs or less. Brefeldin-A destroyed Chlamydomonas Golgi, inhibited the secretory pathway, inhibited flagellar regeneration, and induced full-length flagella to disassemble within 6 hrs, consistent with flagellar disassembly being induced by a failure to resupply membrane. In contrast to membrane lipids, a pool of biotinylatable membrane proteins was identified that was sufficient to resupply flagella as they released vesicles for 6 hrs in the absence of protein synthesis and to support one and nearly two regenerations of flagella following amputation. These studies reveal the importance of the secretory pathway to assemble and maintain full-length flagella.
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- William Dentler
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.
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Sasai Y. Cytosystems dynamics in self-organization of tissue architecture. Nature 2013; 493:318-26. [DOI: 10.1038/nature11859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 315] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2012] [Accepted: 11/08/2012] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Theisen KE, Zhmurov A, Newberry ME, Barsegov V, Dima RI. Multiscale modeling of the nanomechanics of microtubule protofilaments. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:8545-55. [PMID: 22509945 DOI: 10.1021/jp212608f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Large-size biomolecular systems that spontaneously assemble, disassemble, and self-repair by controlled inputs play fundamental roles in biology. Microtubules (MTs), which play important roles in cell adhesion and cell division, are a prime example. MTs serve as ″tracks″ for molecular motors, and their biomechanical functions depend on dynamic instability-a stochastic switching between periods of rapid growing and shrinking. This process is controlled by many cellular factors so that growth and shrinkage periods are correlated with the life cycle of a cell. Resolving the molecular basis for the action of these factors is of paramount importance for understanding the diverse functions of MTs. We employed a multiscale modeling approach to study the force-induced MT depolymerization by analyzing the mechanical response of a MT protofilament to external forces. We carried out self-organized polymer (SOP) model based simulations accelerated on Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). This approach enabled us to follow the mechanical behavior of the molecule on experimental time scales using experimental force loads. We resolved the structural details and determined the physical parameters that characterize the stretching and bending modes of motion of a MT protofilament. The central result is that the severing action of proteins, such as katanin and kinesin, can be understood in terms of their mechanical coupling to a protofilament. For example, the extraction of tubulin dimers from MT caps by katanin can be achieved by pushing the protofilament toward the axis of the MT cylinder, while the removal of large protofilaments curved into ″ram's horn″ structures by kinesin is the result of the outward bending of the protofilament. We showed that, at the molecular level, these types of deformations are due to the anisotropic, but homogeneous, micromechanical properties of MT protofilaments.
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- Kelly E Theisen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, United States
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Padinhateeri R, Kolomeisky AB, Lacoste D. Random hydrolysis controls the dynamic instability of microtubules. Biophys J 2012; 102:1274-83. [PMID: 22455910 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.12.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2011] [Revised: 10/15/2011] [Accepted: 12/01/2011] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Uncovering mechanisms that control the dynamics of microtubules is fundamental for our understanding of multiple cellular processes such as chromosome separation and cell motility. Building on previous theoretical work on the dynamic instability of microtubules, we propose here a stochastic model that includes all relevant biochemical processes that affect the dynamics of microtubule plus-end, namely, the binding of GTP-bound monomers, unbinding of GTP- and GDP-bound monomers, and hydrolysis of GTP monomers. The inclusion of dissociation processes, present in our approach but absent from many previous studies, is essential to guarantee the thermodynamic consistency of the model. Our theoretical method allows us to compute all dynamic properties of microtubules explicitly. Using experimentally determined rates, it is found that the cap size is ∼3.6 layers, an estimate that is compatible with several experimental observations. In the end, our model provides a comprehensive description of the dynamic instability of microtubules that includes not only the statistics of catastrophes but also the statistics of rescues.
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- Ranjith Padinhateeri
- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering and Wadhwani Research Centre for Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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Fu C, Jain D, Costa J, Velve-Casquillas G, Tran PT. mmb1p binds mitochondria to dynamic microtubules. Curr Biol 2012; 21:1431-9. [PMID: 21856157 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2010] [Revised: 06/22/2011] [Accepted: 07/12/2011] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Mitochondria form a dynamic tubular network within the cell. Proper mitochondria movement and distribution are critical for their localized function in cell metabolism, growth, and survival. In mammalian cells, mechanisms of mitochondria positioning appear dependent on the microtubule cytoskeleton, with kinesin or dynein motors carrying mitochondria as cargos and distributing them throughout the microtubule network. Interestingly, the timescale of microtubule dynamics occurs in seconds, and the timescale of mitochondria distribution occurs in minutes. How does the cell couple these two time constants? RESULTS Fission yeast also relies on microtubules for mitochondria distribution. We report here a new microtubule-dependent but motor-independent mechanism for proper mitochondria positioning in fission yeast. We identify the protein mmb1p, which binds to mitochondria and microtubules. mmb1p attaches the tubular mitochondria to the microtubule lattice at multiple discrete interaction sites. mmb1 deletion causes mitochondria to aggregate, with the long-term consequence of defective mitochondria distribution and cell death. mmb1p decreases microtubule dynamicity. CONCLUSIONS mmb1p is a new microtubule-mitochondria binding protein. We propose that mmb1p acts to couple long-term mitochondria distribution to short-term microtubule dynamics by attenuating microtubule dynamics, thus enhancing the mitochondria-microtubule interaction time.
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- Chuanhai Fu
- Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Windoffer R, Beil M, Magin TM, Leube RE. Cytoskeleton in motion: the dynamics of keratin intermediate filaments in epithelia. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 194:669-78. [PMID: 21893596 PMCID: PMC3171125 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201008095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Epithelia are exposed to multiple forms of stress. Keratin intermediate filaments are abundant in epithelia and form cytoskeletal networks that contribute to cell type–specific functions, such as adhesion, migration, and metabolism. A perpetual keratin filament turnover cycle supports these functions. This multistep process keeps the cytoskeleton in motion, facilitating rapid and protein biosynthesis–independent network remodeling while maintaining an intact network. The current challenge is to unravel the molecular mechanisms underlying the regulation of the keratin cycle in relation to actin and microtubule networks and in the context of epithelial tissue function.
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- Reinhard Windoffer
- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Anatomy, RWTH Aachen University, 52057 Aachen, Germany
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Roberts TM, Stewart M. Role of Major Sperm Protein (MSP) in the Protrusion and Retraction of Ascaris Sperm. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2012; 297:265-93. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-394308-8.00007-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Ji XY, Feng XQ. Mechanochemical modeling of dynamic microtubule growth involving sheet-to-tube transition. PLoS One 2011; 6:e29049. [PMID: 22205994 PMCID: PMC3243706 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2011] [Accepted: 11/18/2011] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Microtubule dynamics is largely influenced by nucleotide hydrolysis and the resultant tubulin configuration changes. The GTP cap model has been proposed to interpret the stabilizing mechanisms of microtubule growth from the view of hydrolysis effects. Besides, the growth of a microtubule involves the closure of a curved sheet at its growing end. The curvature conversion from the longitudinal direction to the circumferential direction also helps to stabilize the successive growth, and the curved sheet is referred to as the conformational cap. However, there still lacks theoretical investigation on the mechanical–chemical coupling growth process of microtubules. In this paper, we study the growth mechanisms of microtubules by using a coarse-grained molecular method. First, the closure process involving a sheet-to-tube transition is simulated. The results verify the stabilizing effect of the sheet structure and predict that the minimum conformational cap length that can stabilize the growth is two dimers. Then, we show that the conformational cap and the GTP cap can function independently and harmoniously, signifying the pivotal role of mechanical factors. Furthermore, based on our theoretical results, we describe a Tetris-like growth style of microtubules: the stochastic tubulin assembly is regulated by energy and harmonized with the seam zipping such that the sheet keeps a practically constant length during growth.
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- Xiang-Ying Ji
- Institute of Biomechanics and Medical Engineering, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Biomechanics and Medical Engineering, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- * E-mail:
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Currie JD, Stewman S, Schimizzi G, Slep KC, Ma A, Rogers SL. The microtubule lattice and plus-end association of Drosophila Mini spindles is spatially regulated to fine-tune microtubule dynamics. Mol Biol Cell 2011; 22:4343-61. [PMID: 21965297 PMCID: PMC3216660 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e11-06-0520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Individual microtubules (MTs) exhibit dynamic instability, a behavior in which they cycle between phases of growth and shrinkage while the total amount of MT polymer remains constant. Dynamic instability is promoted by the conserved XMAP215/Dis1 family of microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs). In this study, we conducted an in vivo structure-function analysis of the Drosophila homologue Mini spindles (Msps). Msps exhibits EB1-dependent and spatially regulated MT localization, targeting to microtubule plus ends in the cell interior and decorating the lattice of growing and shrinking microtubules in the cell periphery. RNA interference rescue experiments revealed that the NH(2)-terminal four TOG domains of Msps function as paired units and were sufficient to promote microtubule dynamics and EB1 comet formation. We also identified TOG5 and novel inter-TOG linker motifs that are required for targeting Msps to the microtubule lattice. These novel microtubule contact sites are necessary for the interplay between the conserved TOG domains and inter-TOG MT binding that underlies the ability of Msps to promote MT dynamic instability.
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- Joshua D Currie
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Buch I, Tsai CJ, Wolfson HJ, Nussinov R. Symmetry-based self-assembled nanotubes constructed using native protein structures: the key role of flexible linkers. Protein Pept Lett 2011; 18:362-72. [PMID: 21222638 PMCID: PMC7316382 DOI: 10.2174/092986611794653996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2010] [Accepted: 12/15/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We construct nanotubes using native protein structures and their native associations from structural databases. The construction is based on a shape-guided symmetric self-assembly concept. Our strategy involves fusing judiciously-selected oligomerization domains via peptide linkers. Linkers are inherently flexible, hence their choice is critical: they should position the domains in three-dimensional space in the desired orientation while retaining their own natural conformational tendencies; however, at the same time, retain the construct stability. Here we outline a design scheme which accounts for linker flexibility considerations, and present two examples. The first is HIV-1 capsid protein, which in vitro self-assembles into nanotubes and conical capsids, and its linker exists as a short flexible loop. The second involves novel nanotubes construction based on antimicrobial homodimer Magainin 2, employing linkers of distinct lengths and flexibility levels. Our strategy utilizes the abundance of unique shapes and sizes of proteins and their building blocks which can assemble into a vast number of combinations, and consequently, nanotubes of distinct morphologies and diameters. Computational design and assessment methodologies can help reduce the number of candidates for experimental validation. This is an invited paper for a special issue on protein dynamics, here focusing on flexibility in nanotube design based on protein building blocks.
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- Idit Buch
- Department of Human Genetics, Sackler Institute of Molecular Medicine, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- SAIC-Frederick, Inc., Center for Cancer Research Nanobiology Program, NCI – Frederick, Bldg 469, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Department of Human Genetics, Sackler Institute of Molecular Medicine, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
- SAIC-Frederick, Inc., Center for Cancer Research Nanobiology Program, NCI – Frederick, Bldg 469, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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Chekler ELP, Kiselyov AS, Ouyang X, Chen X, Pattaropong V, Wang Y, Tuma MC, Doody JF. Discovery of Dual VEGFR-2 and Tubulin Inhibitors with in Vivo Efficacy. ACS Med Chem Lett 2010; 1:488-92. [PMID: 24900236 PMCID: PMC4007844 DOI: 10.1021/ml1001568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2010] [Accepted: 08/14/2010] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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In an effort to develop potent, orally bioavailable compounds for the treatment of neoplastic diseases, we developed a class of dual VEGFR-2 kinase and tubulin inhibitors. Targeting the VEGFR receptor kinase and tubulin structure allows for inhibition of both tumor cells and tumor vasculature. Previously, a combination of two compounds, a VEGF receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor and tubulin agent, was demonstrated to produce an enhanced antitumor response in animal studies. We have reaffirmed their results, with the added benefit that both activities are found in one compound.
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Shaw SL, Lucas J. Intrabundle microtubule dynamics in the Arabidopsis cortical array. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2010; 68:56-67. [PMID: 20960529 DOI: 10.1002/cm.20495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2010] [Revised: 09/09/2010] [Accepted: 10/07/2010] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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We tested the general hypothesis that bundling stabilizes the dynamic properties of the constituent microtubules (MTs) in vivo. We quantified the assembly dynamics of bundled and unbundled MTs in the interphase cortical array of Arabidopsis hypocotyl cells using high dynamic range spinning disk confocal microscopy. We find no evidence that bundled MTs are stabilized against depolymerization through changes to their dynamic properties. Our observations of MT plus and minus ends indicate that both bundled and unbundled polymers undergo persistent treadmilling in this system. We conclude that the temporal persistence of MT subassemblies in the Arabidopsis cortical array is largely dependent upon recruitment or nucleation of new treadmilling MTs and not on polymer stabilization. Monte Carlo simulations suggest that small differences discovered in the dynamic properties between bundled and unbundled polymers would produce relatively small macroscopic effects on the larger MT array.
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- Sidney L Shaw
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.
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Noree C, Sato BK, Broyer RM, Wilhelm JE. Identification of novel filament-forming proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Drosophila melanogaster. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 190:541-51. [PMID: 20713603 PMCID: PMC2928026 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201003001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 226] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The discovery of large supramolecular complexes such as the purinosome suggests that subcellular organization is central to enzyme regulation. A screen of the yeast GFP strain collection to identify proteins that assemble into visible structures identified four novel filament systems comprised of glutamate synthase, guanosine diphosphate-mannose pyrophosphorylase, cytidine triphosphate (CTP) synthase, or subunits of the eIF2/2B translation factor complex. Recruitment of CTP synthase to filaments and foci can be modulated by mutations and regulatory ligands that alter enzyme activity, arguing that the assembly of these structures is related to control of CTP synthase activity. CTP synthase filaments are evolutionarily conserved and are restricted to axons in neurons. This spatial regulation suggests that these filaments have additional functions separate from the regulation of enzyme activity. The identification of four novel filaments greatly expands the number of known intracellular filament networks and has broad implications for our understanding of how cells organize biochemical activities in the cytoplasm.
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- Chalongrat Noree
- Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Iwatsuki H, Suda M. Seven kinds of intermediate filament networks in the cytoplasm of polarized cells: structure and function. Acta Histochem Cytochem 2010; 43:19-31. [PMID: 20514289 PMCID: PMC2875862 DOI: 10.1267/ahc.10009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2010] [Accepted: 03/15/2010] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Intermediate filaments (IFs) are involved in many important physiological functions, such as the distribution of organelles, signal transduction, cell polarity and gene regulation. However, little information exists on the structure of the IF networks performing these functions. We have clarified the existence of seven kinds of IF networks in the cytoplasm of diverse polarized cells: an apex network just under the terminal web, a peripheral network lying just beneath the cell membrane, a granule-associated network surrounding a mass of secretory granules, a Golgi-associated network surrounding the Golgi apparatus, a radial network locating from the perinuclear region to the specific area of the cell membrane, a juxtanuclear network surrounding the nucleus, and an entire cytoplasmic network. In this review, we describe these seven kinds of IF networks and discuss their biological roles.
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- Department of Anatomy, Kawasaki Medical School
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Charlebois BD, Schek HT, Hunt AJ. Nanometer-Resolution Microtubule Polymerization Assays Using Optical Tweezers and Microfabricated Barriers. Methods Cell Biol 2010; 95:207-19. [DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(10)95012-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Gouveia SM, Akhmanova A. Cell and Molecular Biology of Microtubule Plus End Tracking Proteins. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2010; 285:1-74. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-381047-2.00001-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Etienne-Manneville S. From signaling pathways to microtubule dynamics: the key players. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2009; 22:104-11. [PMID: 20031384 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2009.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2009] [Revised: 11/13/2009] [Accepted: 11/20/2009] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Microtubules are highly dynamic structures whose regulation is crucial for cell division, cell polarity, cell migration, or neuronal differentiation. Because they contribute to most cellular functions, they must be regulated in response to extracellular and intracellular signals. The parameters of microtubule dynamics are numerous and complex and the connection between signaling pathways and regulation of microtubule dynamics remain obscure. Recent observations reveal key players that can both integrate the diversity of signaling cascades and directly influence microtubule dynamics. I review here how modifications of the tubulin dimer, tubulin modifying enzymes, and microtubule-associated proteins are directly involved in the regulation of microtubule behavior and functions.
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- Sandrine Etienne-Manneville
- Institut Pasteur, Cell Polarity and Migration Group and CNRS URA 2582, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.
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Allard JF, Wasteneys GO, Cytrynbaum EN. Mechanisms of self-organization of cortical microtubules in plants revealed by computational simulations. Mol Biol Cell 2009; 21:278-86. [PMID: 19910489 PMCID: PMC2808237 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e09-07-0579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Microtubules confined to the two-dimensional cortex of elongating plant cells must form a parallel yet dispersed array transverse to the elongation axis for proper cell wall expansion. Some of these microtubules exhibit free minus-ends, leading to migration at the cortex by hybrid treadmilling. Collisions between microtubules can result in plus-end entrainment ("zippering") or rapid depolymerization. Here, we present a computational model of cortical microtubule organization. We find that plus-end entrainment leads to self-organization of microtubules into parallel arrays, whereas catastrophe-inducing collisions do not. Catastrophe-inducing boundaries (e.g., upper and lower cross-walls) can tune the orientation of an ordered array to a direction transverse to elongation. We also find that changes in dynamic instability parameters, such as in mor1-1 mutants, can impede self-organization, in agreement with experimental data. Increased entrainment, as seen in clasp-1 mutants, conserves self-organization, but delays its onset and fails to demonstrate increased ordering. We find that branched nucleation at acute angles off existing microtubules results in distinctive sparse arrays and infer either that microtubule-independent or coparallel nucleation must dominate. Our simulations lead to several testable predictions, including the effects of reduced microtubule severing in katanin mutants.
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- Jun F Allard
- Institute of Applied Mathematics and Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z2
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Zhu ZC, Gupta KK, Slabbekoorn AR, Paulson BA, Folker ES, Goodson HV. Interactions between EB1 and microtubules: dramatic effect of affinity tags and evidence for cooperative behavior. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:32651-61. [PMID: 19778897 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.013466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Plus end tracking proteins (+TIPs) are a unique group of microtubule binding proteins that dynamically track microtubule (MT) plus ends. EB1 is a highly conserved +TIP with a fundamental role in MT dynamics, but it remains poorly understood in part because reported EB1 activities have differed considerably. One reason for this inconsistency could be the variable presence of affinity tags used for EB1 purification. To address this question and establish the activity of native EB1, we have measured the MT binding and tubulin polymerization activities of untagged EB1 and EB1 fragments and compared them with those of His-tagged EB1 proteins. We found that N-terminal His tags directly influence the interaction between EB1 and MTs, significantly increasing both affinity and activity, and that small amounts of His-tagged proteins act synergistically with larger amounts of untagged proteins. Moreover, the binding ratio between EB1 and tubulin can exceed 1:1, and EB1-MT binding curves do not fit simple binding models. These observations demonstrate that EB1 binding is not limited to the MT seam, and they suggest that EB1 binds cooperatively to MTs. Finally, we found that removal of tubulin C-terminal tails significantly reduces EB1 binding, indicating that EB1-tubulin interactions are mediated in part by the same tubulin acidic tails utilized by other MAPs. These binding relationships are important for helping to elucidate the complex of proteins at the MT tip.
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- Zhiqing C Zhu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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Jackman RW, Rhoads MG, Cornwell E, Kandarian SC. Microtubule-mediated NF-kappaB activation in the TNF-alpha signaling pathway. Exp Cell Res 2009; 315:3242-9. [PMID: 19732770 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2009.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2008] [Revised: 07/27/2009] [Accepted: 08/24/2009] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The microtubule cytoskeleton is known to play a role in cell structure and serve as a scaffold for a variety of active molecules in processes as diverse as motility and cell division. The literature on the role of microtubules in signal transduction, however, is marked by inconsistencies. We have investigated a well-studied signaling pathway, TNF-alpha-induced NF-kappaB activation, and found a connection between the stability of microtubules and the regulation of NF-kappaB signaling in C2C12 myotubes. When microtubules are stabilized by paclitaxel (taxol), there is a strong induction of NF-kappaB even in the absence of TNF-alpha . Although there was no additive effect of taxol and TNF-alpha on NF-kappaB activity suggesting a shared mechanism of activation, taxol strongly induced the NF-kappaB reporter in the presence of a TNF receptor (TNFR) blocking antibody while TNF-alpha did not. Both TNF-alpha and taxol induce the degradation of endogenous IkappaBalpha and either taxol or TNF-alpha induction of NF-kappaB activity was blocked by inhibitors of NF-kappaB acting at different sites in the signaling pathway. Both TNF-alpha and taxol strongly induce known NF-kappaB chemokine target genes. On the other hand, if microtubules are destabilized by colchicine, then the induction of NF-kappaB by TNF-alpha or taxol is greatly reduced. Taken together, we surmise that the activity of microtubules is at the level of the TNFR intracellular domain. This phenomenon may indicate a new level of signaling organization in cell biology, actively created by the state of the cytoskeleton, and has ramifications for therapies where microtubule regulating drugs are used.
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- Robert W Jackman
- Department of Health Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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Marchantin C, a novel microtubule inhibitor from liverwort with anti-tumor activity both in vivo and in vitro. Cancer Lett 2009; 276:160-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2008.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2008] [Revised: 11/01/2008] [Accepted: 11/04/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Evolution of cytomotive filaments: The cytoskeleton from prokaryotes to eukaryotes. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2009; 41:323-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2008.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2008] [Revised: 08/06/2008] [Accepted: 08/06/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Sjöblom B, Ylänne J, Djinović-Carugo K. Novel structural insights into F-actin-binding and novel functions of calponin homology domains. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2008; 18:702-8. [PMID: 18952167 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2008.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2008] [Revised: 10/14/2008] [Accepted: 10/14/2008] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Tandem calponin homology (CH) domains are well-known actin filaments (F-actin) binding motifs. There has been a continuous debate about the details of CH domain-actin interaction, mainly because atomic level structures of F-actin are not available. A recent electron microscopy study has considerably advanced our structural understanding of CH domain:F-actin complex. On the contrary, it has recently also been shown that CH domains can bind other macromolecular systems: two CH domains from separate polypeptides Ncd80, Nuf2 can form a microtubule-binding site, as well as tandem CH domains in the EB1 dimer, while the single C-terminal CH domain of alpha-parvin has been observed to bind to a alpha-helical leucin-aspartate rich motif from paxillin.
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- Björn Sjöblom
- Department for Biomolecular Structural Chemistry, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Campus Vienna Biocenter 5, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
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