DOE PAGES title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: In vivo epidermal migration requires focal adhesion targeting of ACF7

Abstract

Turnover of focal adhesions allows cell retraction, which is essential for cell migration. The mammalian spectraplakin protein, ACF7 (Actin-Crosslinking Factor 7), promotes focal adhesion dynamics by targeting of microtubule plus ends towards focal adhesions. However, it remains unclear how the activity of ACF7 is regulated spatiotemporally to achieve focal adhesion-specific guidance of microtubule. To explore the potential mechanisms, we resolve the crystal structure of ACF7's NT (amino-terminal) domain, which mediates F-actin interactions. Structural analysis leads to identification of a key tyrosine residue at the calponin homology (CH) domain of ACF7, whose phosphorylation by Src/FAK (focal adhesion kinase) complex is essential for F-actin binding of ACF7. Using skin epidermis as a model system, we further demonstrate that the phosphorylation of ACF7 plays an indispensable role in focal adhesion dynamics and epidermal migration in vitro and in vivo. Altogether, our findings provide critical insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying coordinated cytoskeletal dynamics during cell movement.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [3];  [2];  [2];  [1]
  1. The Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States)
  2. Guanxi Normal Univ., Guilin (China)
  3. Univ. of Louisville, Louisville, KY (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States). Ben May Dept. for Cancer Research
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); National Cancer Institute (NCI); University of Chicago; National Institutes of Health (NIH); American Cancer Society; V foundation; Natural Science Foundation of China; Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi
OSTI Identifier:
1261624
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nature Communications
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; induced-fit mechanism; actin-binding domain; f-actin; alpha-actinin; microtubule dynamics; cell-migration; kinase; src; promotes; phosphorylation

Citation Formats

Yue, Jiping, Zhang, Yao, Liang, Wenguang G., Gou, Xuewen, Lee, Philbert, Liu, Han, Lyu, Wanqing, Tang, Wei -Jen, Chen, Shao -Yu, Yang, Feng, Liang, Hong, and Wu, Xiaoyang. In vivo epidermal migration requires focal adhesion targeting of ACF7. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1038/ncomms11692.
Yue, Jiping, Zhang, Yao, Liang, Wenguang G., Gou, Xuewen, Lee, Philbert, Liu, Han, Lyu, Wanqing, Tang, Wei -Jen, Chen, Shao -Yu, Yang, Feng, Liang, Hong, & Wu, Xiaoyang. In vivo epidermal migration requires focal adhesion targeting of ACF7. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11692
Yue, Jiping, Zhang, Yao, Liang, Wenguang G., Gou, Xuewen, Lee, Philbert, Liu, Han, Lyu, Wanqing, Tang, Wei -Jen, Chen, Shao -Yu, Yang, Feng, Liang, Hong, and Wu, Xiaoyang. Tue . "In vivo epidermal migration requires focal adhesion targeting of ACF7". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11692. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1261624.
@article{osti_1261624,
title = {In vivo epidermal migration requires focal adhesion targeting of ACF7},
author = {Yue, Jiping and Zhang, Yao and Liang, Wenguang G. and Gou, Xuewen and Lee, Philbert and Liu, Han and Lyu, Wanqing and Tang, Wei -Jen and Chen, Shao -Yu and Yang, Feng and Liang, Hong and Wu, Xiaoyang},
abstractNote = {Turnover of focal adhesions allows cell retraction, which is essential for cell migration. The mammalian spectraplakin protein, ACF7 (Actin-Crosslinking Factor 7), promotes focal adhesion dynamics by targeting of microtubule plus ends towards focal adhesions. However, it remains unclear how the activity of ACF7 is regulated spatiotemporally to achieve focal adhesion-specific guidance of microtubule. To explore the potential mechanisms, we resolve the crystal structure of ACF7's NT (amino-terminal) domain, which mediates F-actin interactions. Structural analysis leads to identification of a key tyrosine residue at the calponin homology (CH) domain of ACF7, whose phosphorylation by Src/FAK (focal adhesion kinase) complex is essential for F-actin binding of ACF7. Using skin epidermis as a model system, we further demonstrate that the phosphorylation of ACF7 plays an indispensable role in focal adhesion dynamics and epidermal migration in vitro and in vivo. Altogether, our findings provide critical insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying coordinated cytoskeletal dynamics during cell movement.},
doi = {10.1038/ncomms11692},
journal = {Nature Communications},
number = ,
volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue May 24 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Tue May 24 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

Journal Article:
Free Publicly Available Full Text
Publisher's Version of Record

Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 41 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

Save / Share:

Works referenced in this record:

Conserved microtubule–actin interactions in cell movement and morphogenesis
journal, July 2003

  • Rodriguez, Olga C.; Schaefer, Andrew W.; Mandato, Craig A.
  • Nature Cell Biology, Vol. 5, Issue 7
  • DOI: 10.1038/ncb0703-599

ACF7 Regulates Cytoskeletal-Focal Adhesion Dynamics and Migration and Has ATPase Activity
journal, October 2008


Microtubules Regulate Focal Adhesion Dynamics through MAP4K4
journal, December 2014


Plakins: Goliaths that link cell junctions and the cytoskeleton
journal, July 2004

  • Jefferson, Julius J.; Leung, Conrad L.; Liem, Ronald K. H.
  • Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, Vol. 5, Issue 7
  • DOI: 10.1038/nrm1425

The `Spectraplakins': cytoskeletal giants with characteristics of both spectrin and plakin families
journal, November 2002


Spectraplakins: Master orchestrators of cytoskeletal dynamics
journal, May 2012

  • Suozzi, Kathleen C.; Wu, Xiaoyang; Fuchs, Elaine
  • Journal of Cell Biology, Vol. 197, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201112034

The role of microtubule actin cross-linking factor 1 (MACF1) in the Wnt signaling pathway
journal, July 2006


Acf7
journal, October 2003


ACF7 Is a Hair-Bundle Antecedent, Positioned to Integrate Cuticular Plate Actin and Somatic Tubulin
journal, December 2013


Nervous-tissue-specific elimination of microtubule-actin crosslinking factor 1a results in multiple developmental defects in the mouse brain
journal, May 2010

  • Goryunov, Dmitry; He, Cui-Zhen; Lin, Chyuan-Sheng
  • Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Vol. 44, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2010.01.010

MACF1 regulates the migration of pyramidal neurons via microtubule dynamics and GSK-3 signaling
journal, November 2014


Skin Stem Cells Orchestrate Directional Migration by Regulating Microtubule-ACF7 Connections through GSK3β
journal, February 2011


An Epidermal Plakin That Integrates Actin and Microtubule Networks at Cellular Junctions
journal, April 2000

  • Karakesisoglou, Iakowos; Yang, Yanmin; Fuchs, Elaine
  • Journal of Cell Biology, Vol. 149, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1083/jcb.149.1.195

Novel structural insights into F-actin-binding and novel functions of calponin homology domains
journal, December 2008

  • Sjöblom, Björn; Ylänne, Jari; Djinović-Carugo, Kristina
  • Current Opinion in Structural Biology, Vol. 18, Issue 6
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2008.10.003

Integrins
journal, September 2002


Src and focal adhesion kinase as therapeutic targets in cancer
journal, August 2008


Adhesion signaling - crosstalk between integrins, Src and Rho
journal, April 2009

  • Huveneers, S.; Danen, E. H. J.
  • Journal of Cell Science, Vol. 122, Issue 8
  • DOI: 10.1242/jcs.039446

Focal Adhesion Kinase: From In Vitro Studies to Functional Analyses In Vivo
journal, February 2011


FAK–Src signalling through paxillin, ERK and MLCK regulates adhesion disassembly
journal, January 2004

  • Webb, Donna J.; Donais, Karen; Whitmore, Leanna A.
  • Nature Cell Biology, Vol. 6, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1038/ncb1094

Methods for Cultivation of Keratinocytes with an Air-Liquid Interface
journal, July 1983

  • Pruniéras, Michel; Régnier, Marcelle; Woodley, David
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Vol. 81, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12540324

Collective cell migration in morphogenesis, regeneration and cancer
journal, July 2009

  • Friedl, Peter; Gilmour, Darren
  • Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, Vol. 10, Issue 7
  • DOI: 10.1038/nrm2720

Utrophin ABD binds to F-actin in an open conformation
journal, January 2012


High-resolution cryo-EM structure of the F-actin-fimbrin/plastin ABD2 complex
journal, January 2008

  • Galkin, V. E.; Orlova, A.; Cherepanova, O.
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 105, Issue 5
  • DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0708667105

Large-scale opening of utrophin's tandem calponin homology (CH) domains upon actin binding by an induced-fit mechanism
journal, July 2011

  • Lin, A. Y.; Prochniewicz, E.; James, Z. M.
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 108, Issue 31
  • DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1106453108

The N-Terminal Actin-Binding Tandem Calponin-Homology (CH) Domain of Dystrophin Is in a Closed Conformation in Solution and When Bound to F-actin
journal, November 2012


Structural Analysis of the Plakin Domain of Bullous Pemphigoid Antigen1 (BPAG1) Suggests that Plakins Are Members of the Spectrin Superfamily
journal, February 2007

  • Jefferson, Julius J.; Ciatto, Carlo; Shapiro, Lawrence
  • Journal of Molecular Biology, Vol. 366, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.11.036

Structure of the utrophin actin-binding domain bound to F-actin reveals binding by an induced fit mechanism
journal, March 2000

  • Moores, Carolyn A.; Keep, Nicholas H.; Kendrick-Jones, John
  • Journal of Molecular Biology, Vol. 297, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3583

PiggyBac Toolbox
book, January 2012


Focal adhesion kinase modulates tension signaling to control actin and focal adhesion dynamics
journal, February 2007

  • Schober, Markus; Raghavan, Srikala; Nikolova, Maria
  • Journal of Cell Biology, Vol. 176, Issue 5
  • DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200608010

Lifeact: a versatile marker to visualize F-actin
journal, June 2008

  • Riedl, Julia; Crevenna, Alvaro H.; Kessenbrock, Kai
  • Nature Methods, Vol. 5, Issue 7
  • DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.1220

An Ex Vivo Assay to Assess the Potential of Skin Keratinocytes for Wound Epithelialization
journal, May 2002


Microtubule Targeting of Substrate Contacts Promotes Their Relaxation and Dissociation
journal, September 1999

  • Kaverina, Irina; Krylyshkina, Olga; Small, J. Victor
  • Journal of Cell Biology, Vol. 146, Issue 5
  • DOI: 10.1083/jcb.146.5.1033

Modulation of substrate adhesion dynamics via microtubule targeting requires kinesin-1
journal, January 2002

  • Krylyshkina, Olga; Kaverina, Irina; Kranewitter, Wolfgang
  • Journal of Cell Biology, Vol. 156, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200105051

Microtubule-induced focal adhesion disassembly is mediated by dynamin and focal adhesion kinase
journal, May 2005

  • Ezratty, Ellen J.; Partridge, Michael A.; Gundersen, Gregg G.
  • Nature Cell Biology, Vol. 7, Issue 6
  • DOI: 10.1038/ncb1262

Calcium tips the balance: a microtubule plus end to lattice binding switch operates in the carboxyl terminus of BPAG1n4
journal, September 2012


Mechanisms of CAS Substrate Domain Tyrosine Phosphorylation by FAK and Src
journal, November 2001


FAK-Mediated Src Phosphorylation of Endophilin A2 Inhibits Endocytosis of MT1-MMP and Promotes ECM Degradation
journal, August 2005


The Cytoskeletal/Non-muscle Isoform of α-Actinin Is Phosphorylated on Its Actin-binding Domain by the Focal Adhesion Kinase
journal, May 2001

  • Izaguirre, Gonzalo; Aguirre, Lina; Hu, Ya-Ping
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 276, Issue 31
  • DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M101678200

The fimbrin and alpha-actinin footprint on actin.
journal, July 1994


α-Actinin structure and regulation
journal, May 2008

  • Sjöblom, B.; Salmazo, A.; Djinović-Carugo, K.
  • Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, Vol. 65, Issue 17
  • DOI: 10.1007/s00018-008-8080-8

Phaser crystallographic software
journal, July 2007

  • McCoy, Airlie J.; Grosse-Kunstleve, Ralf W.; Adams, Paul D.
  • Journal of Applied Crystallography, Vol. 40, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1107/S0021889807021206

Coot model-building tools for molecular graphics
journal, November 2004

  • Emsley, Paul; Cowtan, Kevin
  • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, Vol. 60, Issue 12, p. 2126-2132
  • DOI: 10.1107/S0907444904019158

Crystallography & NMR System: A New Software Suite for Macromolecular Structure Determination
journal, September 1998

  • Brünger, A. T.; Adams, P. D.; Clore, G. M.
  • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, Vol. 54, Issue 5
  • DOI: 10.1107/S0907444998003254

PHENIX : building new software for automated crystallographic structure determination
journal, October 2002

  • Adams, Paul D.; Grosse-Kunstleve, Ralf W.; Hung, Li-Wei
  • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, Vol. 58, Issue 11
  • DOI: 10.1107/S0907444902016657

New developments in the ATSAS program package for small-angle scattering data analysis
journal, March 2012

  • Petoukhov, Maxim V.; Franke, Daniel; Shkumatov, Alexander V.
  • Journal of Applied Crystallography, Vol. 45, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1107/S0021889812007662

Loss of TGFβ Signaling Destabilizes Homeostasis and Promotes Squamous Cell Carcinomas in Stratified Epithelia
journal, October 2007


Structure of the utrophin actin-binding domain bound to F-actin reveals binding by an induced fit mechanism
journal, March 2000

  • Moores, Carolyn A.; Keep, Nicholas H.; Kendrick-Jones, John
  • Journal of Molecular Biology, Vol. 297, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3583

Dystrophin’s Tandem Calponin-Homology Domains: Is the Case Closed?
journal, November 2012


Spectraplakins: The Cytoskeleton's Swiss Army Knife
journal, October 2008


Src and focal adhesion kinase as therapeutic targets in cancer
journal, August 2008


FAK-Mediated Src Phosphorylation of Endophilin A2 Inhibits Endocytosis of MT1-MMP and Promotes ECM Degradation
journal, August 2005


Microtubules Regulate Focal Adhesion Dynamics through MAP4K4
journal, December 2014


Utrophin ABD binds to F-actin in an open conformation
journal, January 2012


Structural Analysis of the Plakin Domain of Bullous Pemphigoid Antigen1 (BPAG1) Suggests that Plakins Are Members of the Spectrin Superfamily
journal, February 2007

  • Jefferson, Julius J.; Ciatto, Carlo; Shapiro, Lawrence
  • Journal of Molecular Biology, Vol. 366, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.11.036

Novel structural insights into F-actin-binding and novel functions of calponin homology domains
journal, December 2008

  • Sjöblom, Björn; Ylänne, Jari; Djinović-Carugo, Kristina
  • Current Opinion in Structural Biology, Vol. 18, Issue 6
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2008.10.003

MACF1 regulates the migration of pyramidal neurons via microtubule dynamics and GSK-3 signaling
journal, November 2014


Cell Migration: A Physically Integrated Molecular Process
journal, February 1996


Involvement of microtubules in the control of adhesion-dependent signal transduction
journal, October 1996


Microtubule-induced focal adhesion disassembly is mediated by dynamin and focal adhesion kinase
journal, May 2005

  • Ezratty, Ellen J.; Partridge, Michael A.; Gundersen, Gregg G.
  • Nature Cell Biology, Vol. 7, Issue 6
  • DOI: 10.1038/ncb1262

Lifeact: a versatile marker to visualize F-actin
journal, June 2008

  • Riedl, Julia; Crevenna, Alvaro H.; Kessenbrock, Kai
  • Nature Methods, Vol. 5, Issue 7
  • DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.1220

Plakins: Goliaths that link cell junctions and the cytoskeleton
journal, July 2004

  • Jefferson, Julius J.; Leung, Conrad L.; Liem, Ronald K. H.
  • Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, Vol. 5, Issue 7
  • DOI: 10.1038/nrm1425

Collective cell migration in morphogenesis, regeneration and cancer
journal, July 2009

  • Friedl, Peter; Gilmour, Darren
  • Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, Vol. 10, Issue 7
  • DOI: 10.1038/nrm2720

High-resolution cryo-EM structure of the F-actin-fimbrin/plastin ABD2 complex
journal, January 2008

  • Galkin, V. E.; Orlova, A.; Cherepanova, O.
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 105, Issue 5
  • DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0708667105

The Structure of the Plakin Domain of Plectin Reveals a Non-canonical SH3 Domain Interacting with Its Fourth Spectrin Repeat
journal, February 2011

  • Ortega, Esther; Buey, Rubén M.; Sonnenberg, Arnoud
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 286, Issue 14
  • DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.197467

Focal Adhesion Kinase Regulation of N-WASP Subcellular Localization and Function
journal, December 2003

  • Wu, Xiaoyang; Suetsugu, Shiro; Cooper, Lee Ann
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 279, Issue 10
  • DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m310739200

The fimbrin and alpha-actinin footprint on actin.
journal, July 1994


Microtubule Targeting of Substrate Contacts Promotes Their Relaxation and Dissociation
journal, September 1999

  • Kaverina, Irina; Krylyshkina, Olga; Small, J. Victor
  • Journal of Cell Biology, Vol. 146, Issue 5
  • DOI: 10.1083/jcb.146.5.1033

An Epidermal Plakin That Integrates Actin and Microtubule Networks at Cellular Junctions
journal, April 2000

  • Karakesisoglou, Iakowos; Yang, Yanmin; Fuchs, Elaine
  • Journal of Cell Biology, Vol. 149, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1083/jcb.149.1.195

Modulation of substrate adhesion dynamics via microtubule targeting requires kinesin-1
journal, January 2002

  • Krylyshkina, Olga; Kaverina, Irina; Kranewitter, Wolfgang
  • Journal of Cell Biology, Vol. 156, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200105051

Focal adhesion kinase modulates tension signaling to control actin and focal adhesion dynamics
journal, February 2007

  • Schober, Markus; Raghavan, Srikala; Nikolova, Maria
  • Journal of Cell Biology, Vol. 176, Issue 5
  • DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200608010

Spectraplakins: Master orchestrators of cytoskeletal dynamics
journal, May 2012

  • Suozzi, Kathleen C.; Wu, Xiaoyang; Fuchs, Elaine
  • Journal of Cell Biology, Vol. 197, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201112034

Methods for Cultivation of Keratinocytes with an Air-Liquid Interface
journal, July 1983

  • Pruniéras, Michel; Régnier, Marcelle; Woodley, David
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Vol. 81, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12540324

Focal Adhesion Kinase: From In Vitro Studies to Functional Analyses In Vivo
journal, February 2011


Works referencing / citing this record:

Adhesion Anisotropy Substrate with Janus Micropillar Arrays Guides Cell Polarized Migration and Division Cycle
journal, February 2019


A novel long noncoding RNA AK016739 inhibits osteoblast differentiation and bone formation
journal, December 2018

  • Yin, Chong; Tian, Ye; Yu, Yang
  • Journal of Cellular Physiology, Vol. 234, Issue 7
  • DOI: 10.1002/jcp.27815

ACF7 regulates inflammatory colitis and intestinal wound response by orchestrating tight junction dynamics
journal, May 2017

  • Ma, Yanlei; Yue, Jiping; Zhang, Yao
  • Nature Communications, Vol. 8, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15375

Genome-edited skin epidermal stem cells protect mice from cocaine-seeking behaviour and cocaine overdose
journal, September 2018


Adenomatous polyposis coli nucleates actin assembly to drive cell migration and microtubule-induced focal adhesion turnover
journal, June 2017

  • Juanes, M. Angeles; Bouguenina, Habib; Eskin, Julian A.
  • The Journal of Cell Biology
  • DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201702007

Actin and microtubule cross talk mediates persistent polarized growth
journal, July 2018

  • Wu, Shu-Zon; Bezanilla, Magdalena
  • Journal of Cell Biology, Vol. 217, Issue 10
  • DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201802039

MACF1 Facilitates SMAD7 Nuclear Translocation to Drive Bone Formation in Mice
posted_content, August 2019


AmotP130 regulates Rho GTPase and decreases breast cancer cell mobility
journal, January 2018

  • Chen, Zhe-Ling; Yang, Jiao; Shen, Yan-Wei
  • Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Vol. 22, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.13533

Spectraplakin family proteins – cytoskeletal crosslinkers with versatile roles
journal, July 2017

  • Zhang, Jamie; Yue, Jiping; Wu, Xiaoyang
  • Journal of Cell Science, Vol. 130, Issue 15
  • DOI: 10.1242/jcs.196154

Mammalian Plakins, Giant Cytolinkers: Versatile Biological Functions and Roles in Cancer
journal, March 2018

  • Hu, Lifang; Huang, Zizhan; Wu, Zixiang
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol. 19, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.3390/ijms19040974

Adhesion Anisotropy Substrate with Janus Micropillar Arrays Guides Cell Polarized Migration and Division Cycle
journal, March 2019

  • Liu, Sidi; Nie, Yifeng; Zhang, Qiang
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 58, Issue 13
  • DOI: 10.1002/anie.201814579

Cancer Biology: APC Delivers Kiss of Death to Focal Adhesions
journal, August 2017


ACF7 regulates inflammatory colitis and intestinal wound response by orchestrating tight junction dynamics
journal, May 2017

  • Ma, Yanlei; Yue, Jiping; Zhang, Yao
  • Nature Communications, Vol. 8, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15375

Genome-edited skin epidermal stem cells protect mice from cocaine-seeking behaviour and cocaine overdose
journal, September 2018


Actin and microtubule cross talk mediates persistent polarized growth
journal, July 2018

  • Wu, Shu-Zon; Bezanilla, Magdalena
  • Journal of Cell Biology, Vol. 217, Issue 10
  • DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201802039

AmotP130 regulates Rho GTPase and decreases breast cancer cell mobility
journal, January 2018

  • Chen, Zhe-Ling; Yang, Jiao; Shen, Yan-Wei
  • Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Vol. 22, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.13533

Mammalian Plakins, Giant Cytolinkers: Versatile Biological Functions and Roles in Cancer
journal, March 2018

  • Hu, Lifang; Huang, Zizhan; Wu, Zixiang
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol. 19, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.3390/ijms19040974

Microtubule-associated protein 4 phosphorylation regulates epidermal keratinocyte migration and proliferation
journal, January 2019

  • Zhang, Junhui; Li, Lingfei; Zhang, Qiong
  • International Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 15, Issue 9
  • DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.35440