The elephant in the room: The role of microtubules in cancer

L Cirillo, M Gotta, P Meraldi - Cell Division Machinery and Disease, 2017 - Springer
Microtubules are the backbone of all eukaryotic cells cytoskeleton. Their dynamic behaviour
constitutes the basis for many biological processes such as cellular motility, cytoplasmic …

Regulation of paclitaxel activity by microtubule-associated proteins in cancer chemotherapy

X Shi, X Sun - Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology, 2017 - Springer
Microtubules, highly dynamic components of the cytoskeleton, participate in diverse cellular
activities such as mitosis, cell migration, and intracellular trafficking. Dysregulation of …

MAP7 family proteins regulate kinesin-1 recruitment and activation

PJ Hooikaas, M Martin, T Mühlethaler… - Journal of Cell …, 2019 - rupress.org
Kinesin-1 is responsible for microtubule-based transport of numerous cellular cargoes.
Here, we explored the regulation of kinesin-1 by MAP7 proteins. We found that all four …

A structural and dynamic visualization of the interaction between MAP7 and microtubules

A Adler, M Bangera, JW Beugelink, S Bahri… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Microtubules (MTs) are key components of the eukaryotic cytoskeleton and are essential for
intracellular organization, organelle trafficking and mitosis. MT tasks depend on binding and …

Targeting the IL-1β/EHD1/TUBB3 axis overcomes resistance to EGFR-TKI in NSCLC

J Huang, X Lan, T Wang, H Lu, M Cao, S Yan, Y Cui… - Oncogene, 2020 - nature.com
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKIs) significantly
prolong the survival time of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with EGFR …

Microtubule‐binding proteins as promising biomarkers of paclitaxel sensitivity in cancer chemotherapy

S Xie, A Ogden, R Aneja, J Zhou - Medicinal research reviews, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Microtubules, tirelessly animated and highly dynamic structures, are vital for most cellular
processes and their intricacies are still being revealed even after a century since their …

Autophagic degradation of KAT2A/GCN5 promotes directional migration of vascular smooth muscle cells by reducing TUBA/α-tubulin acetylation

C Ouyang, J Mu, Q Lu, J Li, H Zhu, Q Wang, MH Zou… - Autophagy, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Macroautophagy/autophagy, a fundamental process for degradation of macromolecules and
organelles, occurs constitutively at a basal level and is upregulated in response to stress …

Parkin deficiency contributes to pancreatic tumorigenesis by inducing spindle multipolarity and misorientation

X Sun, M Liu, J Hao, D Li, Y Luo, X Wang, Y Yang, F Li… - Cell Cycle, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Parkin, an E3 ubiquitin ligase well known for its role in the pathogenesis of juvenile
Parkinson disease, has been considered as a candidate tumor suppressor in certain types …

Acetylation/deacetylation and microtubule associated proteins influence flagellar axonemal stability and sperm motility

V Chawan, S Yevate, R Gajbhiye, V Kulkarni… - Bioscience …, 2020 - portlandpress.com
PTMs and microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs) are known to regulate microtubule
dynamicity in somatic cells. Reported literature on modulation of α-tubulin acetyl transferase …

RCCD1 depletion attenuates TGF-β-induced EMT and cell migration by stabilizing cytoskeletal microtubules in NSCLC cells

J Wu, Z He, XM Yang, KL Li, DL Wang, FL Sun - Cancer letters, 2017 - Elsevier
Lung cancer is one of the most lethal cancers due to its highly metastatic spreading. The
motility of lung cancer cells is regulated by paracrine factors, such as TGF-β, in the tumor …