Emerging principles of primary cilia dynamics in controlling tissue organization and function

J Gopalakrishnan, K Feistel, BM Friedrich… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
Primary cilia project from the surface of most vertebrate cells and are key in sensing
extracellular signals and locally transducing this information into a cellular response. Recent …

[HTML][HTML] The emerging tools for precisely manipulating microtubules

YL Lian, YC Lin - Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Cells generate a highly diverse microtubule network to carry out different activities. This
network is comprised of distinct tubulin isotypes, tubulins with different post-translational …

In Vivo Photocontrol of Microtubule Dynamics and Integrity, Migration and Mitosis, by the Potent GFP-Imaging-Compatible Photoswitchable Reagents SBTubA4P and …

L Gao, JCM Meiring, A Varady, IE Ruider… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Photoswitchable reagents are powerful tools for high-precision studies in cell biology. When
these reagents are globally administered yet locally photoactivated in two-dimensional (2D) …

[HTML][HTML] Opto-katanin, an optogenetic tool for localized, microtubule disassembly

JCM Meiring, I Grigoriev, W Nijenhuis, LC Kapitein… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Microtubules are cytoskeletal polymers that separate chromosomes during mitosis and
serve as rails for intracellular transport and organelle positioning. Manipulation of …

Fluoroindole chalcone analogues targeting the colchicine binding site of tubulin for colorectal oncotherapy

X Liu, J Jin, Y Wu, B Du, L Zhang, D Lu, Y Liu… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a common malignancy of the gastrointestinal tract with high
morbidity and mortality. Our previous studies have demonstrated that indole-chalcone …

Actin filaments form a size‐dependent diffusion barrier around centrosomes

H Cheng, YL Kao, T Chen, L Sharma, WT Yang… - EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
The centrosome, a non‐membranous organelle, constrains various soluble molecules
locally to execute its functions. As the centrosome is surrounded by various dense …

A missense mutation in human INSC causes peripheral neuropathy

JY Yeh, HC Chao, CL Hong, YC Hung… - EMBO Molecular …, 2024 - embopress.org
Abstract PAR3/INSC/LGN form an evolutionarily conserved complex required for asymmetric
cell division in the developing brain, but its post-developmental function and disease …

A Photocaged Microtubule‐Stabilising Epothilone Allows Spatiotemporal Control of Cytoskeletal Dynamics

C Schmitt, P Mauker, NA Vepřek… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The cytoskeleton is essential for spatial and temporal organisation of a wide range of
cellular and tissue‐level processes, such as proliferation, signalling, cargo transport …

[HTML][HTML] Light-induced trapping of endogenous proteins reveals spatiotemporal roles of microtubule and kinesin-1 in dendrite patterning of Drosophila sensory …

Y Xu, B Wang, I Bush, HAJ Saunders, J Wildonger… - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Animal development involves numerous molecular events, whose spatiotemporal properties
largely determine the biological outcomes. Conventional methods for studying gene function …

[HTML][HTML] Spastin is required for human immunodeficiency virus-1 efficient replication through cooperation with the endosomal sorting complex required for transport …

W Shen, C Liu, Y Hu, Q Ding, J Feng, Z Liu, X Kong - Virologica Sinica, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) encodes simply 15 proteins and thus
depends on multiple host cellular factors for virus reproduction. Spastin, a microtubule …