Heterochromatin networks: topology, dynamics, and function (a working hypothesis)

J Erenpreisa, J Krigerts, K Salmina, BI Gerashchenko… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Open systems can only exist by self-organization as pulsing structures exchanging matter
and energy with the outer world. This review is an attempt to reveal the organizational …

Understanding immunoactinopathies: A decade of research on WAS gene defects

RC Vieira, LG Pinho… - Pediatric Allergy and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Immunoactinopathies caused by mutations in actin‐related proteins are a growing group of
inborn errors of immunity (IEI). Immunoactinopathies are caused by a dysregulated actin …

TFAM loss induces nuclear actin assembly upon mDia2 malonylation to promote liver cancer metastasis

Q Huang, D Wu, J Zhao, Z Yan, L Chen, S Guo… - The EMBO …, 2022 - embopress.org
The mechanisms underlying cancer metastasis remain poorly understood. Here, we report
that TFAM deficiency rapidly and stably induced spontaneous lung metastasis in mice with …

Positive regulation of oxidative phosphorylation by nuclear myosin 1 protects cells from metabolic reprogramming and tumorigenesis in mice

T Venit, O Sapkota, WS Abdrabou… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Metabolic reprogramming is one of the hallmarks of tumorigenesis. Here, we show that
nuclear myosin 1 (NM1) serves as a key regulator of cellular metabolism. NM1 directly …

[HTML][HTML] Chromatin meets the cytoskeleton: the importance of nuclear actin dynamics and associated motors for genome stability

HP Wollscheid, HD Ulrich - DNA repair, 2023 - Elsevier
The actin cytoskeleton is of fundamental importance for numerous cellular processes,
including intracellular transport, cell plasticity, and cell migration. However, functions of …

A dynamic actin-dependent nucleoskeleton and cell identity

T Venit, NH El Said, SR Mahmood… - The journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Actin is an essential regulator of cellular functions. In the eukaryotic cell nucleus, actin
regulates chromatin as a bona fide component of chromatin remodelling complexes, it …

Myosin in chromosome organisation and gene expression

IW Shahid-Fuente, CP Toseland - Biochemical Society …, 2023 - portlandpress.com
The importance of myosin motor protein is well-characterised within the cytoplasm and
cytoskeleton. However, mounting evidence on four nuclear myosins highlights the central …

[HTML][HTML] Journey to the center of the cell: cytoplasmic and nuclear actin in immune cell functions

J Record, MB Saeed, T Venit, P Percipalle… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Actin cytoskeletal dynamics drive cellular shape changes, linking numerous cell functions to
physiological and pathological cues. Mutations in actin regulators that are differentially …

FERM domain–containing proteins are active components of the cell nucleus

P Borkúti, I Kristó, A Szabó, Z Kovács… - Life Science …, 2024 - life-science-alliance.org
The FERM domain is a conserved and widespread protein module that appeared in the
common ancestor of amoebae, fungi, and animals, and is therefore now found in a wide …

[HTML][HTML] Nuclear Smooth Muscle α-actin in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation

CS Kwartler, AJ Pedroza, A Kaw, P Guan, S Ma… - Research …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Missense variants throughout ACTA2, encoding smooth muscle α-actin (αSMA), predispose
to adult onset thoracic aortic disease, but variants disrupting arginine 179 (R179) lead to …