[HTML][HTML] Building the neuronal microtubule cytoskeleton

LC Kapitein, CC Hoogenraad - Neuron, 2015 - cell.com
Microtubules are one of the major cytoskeletal components of neurons, essential for many
fundamental cellular and developmental processes, such as neuronal migration, polarity …

Stability properties of neuronal microtubules

PW Baas, AN Rao, AJ Matamoros, L Leo - Cytoskeleton, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Neurons are terminally differentiated cells that use their microtubule arrays not for cell
division but rather as architectural elements required for the elaboration of elongated axons …

Microtubule organization, dynamics and functions in differentiated cells

A Muroyama, T Lechler - Development, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
Over the past several decades, numerous studies have greatly expanded our knowledge
about how microtubule organization and dynamics are controlled in cultured cells in vitro …

Motor proteins at the mitochondria–cytoskeleton interface

AJ Kruppa, F Buss - Journal of cell science, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
Mitochondria are multifunctional organelles that not only produce energy for the cell, but are
also important for cell signalling, apoptosis and many biosynthetic pathways. In most cell …

JIP3 interacts with dynein and kinesin-1 to regulate bidirectional organelle transport

R Celestino, JB Gama, AF Castro-Rodrigues… - Journal of Cell …, 2022 - rupress.org
The MAP kinase and motor scaffold JIP3 prevents excess lysosome accumulation in axons
of vertebrates and invertebrates. How JIP3's interaction with dynein and kinesin-1 …

Dendrites in vitro and in vivo contain microtubules of opposite polarity and axon formation correlates with uniform plus-end-out microtubule orientation

KW Yau, P Schätzle, E Tortosa, S Pagès… - Journal of …, 2016 - Soc Neuroscience
In cultured vertebrate neurons, axons have a uniform arrangement of microtubules with plus-
ends distal to the cell body (plus-end-out), whereas dendrites contain mixed polarity …

[HTML][HTML] Cell biology in neuroscience: Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying axon formation, growth, and branching

TL Lewis Jr, J Courchet, F Polleux - The Journal of cell biology, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Proper brain wiring during development is pivotal for adult brain function. Neurons display a
high degree of polarization both morphologically and functionally, and this polarization …

[HTML][HTML] Microtubule organization determines axonal transport dynamics

S Yogev, R Cooper, R Fetter, M Horowitz, K Shen - Neuron, 2016 - cell.com
Axonal microtubule (MT) arrays are the major cytoskeleton substrate for cargo transport.
How MT organization, ie, polymer length, number, and minus-end spacing, is regulated and …

[HTML][HTML] Microtubule control of functional architecture in neurons

MT Kelliher, HAJ Saunders, J Wildonger - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Regulation of non-centrosomal microtubule organization in neurons.•Role of
resilient acetylated microtubules in mechanosensation.•Patterning microtubule tracks to …

[HTML][HTML] Metaxins are core components of mitochondrial transport adaptor complexes

Y Zhao, E Song, W Wang, CH Hsieh, X Wang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Trafficking of mitochondria into dendrites and axons plays an important role in the
physiology and pathophysiology of neurons. Mitochondrial outer membrane protein Miro …