The tubulin code, from molecules to health and disease

ED McKenna, SL Sarbanes… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Microtubules are essential dynamic polymers composed of α/β-tubulin heterodimers. They
support intracellular trafficking, cell division, cellular motility, and other essential cellular …

Structural diversity within the endoplasmic reticulum—from the microscale to the nanoscale

CJ Obara, AS Moore… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2023 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a continuous, highly dynamic membrane compartment
that is crucial for numerous basic cellular functions. The ER stretches from the nuclear …

NF-κB activation enhances STING signaling by altering microtubule-mediated STING trafficking

L Zhang, X Wei, Z Wang, P Liu, Y Hou, Y Xu, H Su… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
It is widely known that stimulator of interferon genes (STING) can trigger nuclear factor κB
(NF-κB) signaling. However, whether and how the NF-κB pathway affects STING signaling …

Endosomal lipid signaling reshapes the endoplasmic reticulum to control mitochondrial function

W Jang, D Puchkov, P Samsó, YT Liang… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Cells respond to fluctuating nutrient supply by adaptive changes in organelle dynamics and
in metabolism. How such changes are orchestrated on a cell-wide scale is unknown. We …

Redox‐Responsive Dendrimer Nanogels Enable Ultrasound‐Enhanced Chemoimmunotherapy of Pancreatic Cancer via Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Amplification …

G Zhang, M Zhan, C Zhang, Z Wang, H Sun… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Developing a multifunctional nanoplatform to achieve efficient theranostics of tumors
through multi‐pronged strategies remains to be challenging. Here, the design of the …

Cytoplasmic organization promotes protein diffusion in Xenopus extracts

WYC Huang, X Cheng, JE Ferrell Jr - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
The cytoplasm is highly organized. However, the extent to which this organization influences
the dynamics of cytoplasmic proteins is not well understood. Here, we use Xenopus laevis …

RNF26 binds perinuclear vimentin filaments to integrate ER and endolysosomal responses to proteotoxic stress

T Cremer, LM Voortman, E Bos, MLM Jongsma… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
Proteotoxic stress causes profound endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane remodeling into
a perinuclear quality control compartment (ERQC) for the degradation of misfolded proteins …

A role for endoplasmic reticulum dynamics in the cellular distribution of microtubules

MS Tikhomirova, A Kadosh… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The dynamic distribution of the microtubule (MT) cytoskeleton is crucial for the shape,
motility, and internal organization of eukaryotic cells. However, the basic principles that …

Tubulin engineering by semi-synthesis reveals that polyglutamylation directs detyrosination

E Ebberink, S Fernandes, G Hatzopoulos, N Agashe… - Nature Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
Microtubules, a critical component of the cytoskeleton, carry post-translational modifications
(PTMs) that are important for the regulation of key cellular processes. Long-lived …

Dynamics of CLIMP-63 S-acylation control ER morphology

PA Sandoz, RA Denhardt-Eriksson, L Abrami… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The complex architecture of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) comprises distinct dynamic
features, many at the nanoscale, that enable the coexistence of the nuclear envelope …