Nucleation, stabilization, and disassembly of branched actin networks

AM Gautreau, FE Fregoso, G Simanov… - Trends in cell …, 2022 - cell.com
Arp2/3 complex is an actin filament nucleation and branching machinery conserved in all
eukaryotes from yeast to human. Arp2/3 complex branched networks generate pushing …

[HTML][HTML] Oxidation and reduction of actin: Origin, impact in vitro and functional consequences in vivo

C Rouyère, T Serrano, S Frémont, A Echard - European journal of cell …, 2022 - Elsevier
Actin is among the most abundant proteins in eukaryotic cells and assembles into dynamic
filamentous networks regulated by many actin binding proteins. The actin cytoskeleton must …

The selenoprotein methionine sulfoxide reductase B1 (MSRB1)

L Tarrago, A Kaya, HY Kim, B Manta, BC Lee… - Free Radical Biology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Methionine (Met) can be oxidized to methionine sulfoxide (MetO), which exist as R-and S-
diastereomers. Present in all three domains of life, methionine sulfoxide reductases (MSR) …

Regeneration of actin filament branches from the same Arp2/3 complex

F Ghasemi, LY Cao, M Mladenov, B Guichard… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Branched actin filaments are found in many key cellular structures. Branches are nucleated
by the Arp2/3 complex activated by nucleation-promoting factor (NPF) proteins and bound to …

ArpC5 isoforms regulate Arp2/3 complex–dependent protrusion through differential Ena/VASP positioning

F Fäßler, MG Javoor, J Datler, H Döring, FW Hofer… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Regulation of the Arp2/3 complex is required for productive nucleation of branched actin
networks. An emerging aspect of regulation is the incorporation of subunit isoforms into the …

[HTML][HTML] MICAL-mediated oxidation of actin and its effects on cytoskeletal and cellular dynamics

S Rajan, JR Terman, E Reisler - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Actin and its dynamic structural remodelings are involved in multiple cellular functions,
including maintaining cell shape and integrity, cytokinesis, motility, navigation, and muscle …

Transcriptomics reveals amygdala neuron regulation by fasting and ghrelin thereby promoting feeding

C Peters, S He, F Fermani, H Lim, W Ding, C Mayer… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The central amygdala (CeA) consists of numerous genetically defined inhibitory neurons
that control defensive and appetitive behaviors including feeding. Transcriptomic signatures …

[HTML][HTML] Branching out in different directions: emerging cellular functions for the Arp2/3 complex and WASP-family actin nucleation factors

KG Campellone, NM Lebek, VL King - European journal of cell biology, 2023 - Elsevier
The actin cytoskeleton impacts practically every function of a eukaryotic cell. Historically, the
best-characterized cytoskeletal activities are in cell morphogenesis, motility, and division …

[HTML][HTML] ARPC1B binds WASP to control actin polymerization and curtail tonic signaling in B cells

G Leung, Y Zhou, P Ostrowski, S Mylvaganam… - JCI insight, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Immune cells exhibit low-level, constitutive signaling at rest (tonic signaling). Such tonic
signals are required for fundamental processes, including the survival of B lymphocytes, but …

ARPC5 deficiency leads to severe early-onset systemic inflammation and mortality

E Sindram, A Caballero-Oteyza… - Disease models & …, 2023 - journals.biologists.com
The Arp2/3 complex drives the formation of branched actin networks that are essential for
many cellular processes. In humans, the ARPC5 subunit of the Arp2/3 complex is encoded …