2024
Competition and synergy of Arp2/3 and formins in nucleating actin waves
Le Chua X, San Tong C, Su M, Xǔ X, Xiao S, Wu X, Wu M. Competition and synergy of Arp2/3 and formins in nucleating actin waves. Cell Reports 2024, 43: 114423. PMID: 38968072, PMCID: PMC11378572, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114423.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchActin wavesActin regulatory proteinsActin cytoskeletal networkConstitutively active mutantArp2/3 complexActin assemblyMonomeric actinActive Cdc42Cdc42-interactingCytoskeletal networkArp2/3Active mutantCellular processesRegulatory proteinsUpstream regulatorCdc42ActinPlasma membraneFMNL1Complex feedback loopsForminPhysiological stateDelayed recruitmentFeedback loopGTPaseCollective dynamics of actin and microtubule and its crosstalk mediated by FHDC1
San Tong C, Su M, Sun H, Le Chua X, Xiong D, Guo S, Raj R, Ong N, Lee A, Miao Y, Wu M. Collective dynamics of actin and microtubule and its crosstalk mediated by FHDC1. Frontiers In Cell And Developmental Biology 2024, 11: 1261117. PMID: 38567385, PMCID: PMC10985548, DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1261117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchActin wavesActin polymerizationFormin-mediated actin polymerizationDynamics of actinMultiple cellular processesActin nucleationCell cortexCytoskeletal networkCellular processesMicrotubule networkCell divisionMicrotubule depolymerizationActinAntagonistic interplayMicrotubulesMolecular insightsProtein 1CellsCdc42Mast cellsConcurrent releaseDepolymerizationInteractionInhibition
2018
Membrane shape-mediated wave propagation of cortical protein dynamics
Wu Z, Su M, Tong C, Wu M, Liu J. Membrane shape-mediated wave propagation of cortical protein dynamics. Nature Communications 2018, 9: 136. PMID: 29321558, PMCID: PMC5762918, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02469-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMembrane shape changesF-BAR proteinsDomain-containing proteinsPeripheral membrane proteinsProtein lateral diffusionActin machineryProtein recruitmentMembrane proteinsProtein dynamicsCortical proteinsShape changesProtein waveActin wavesUnderappreciated roleProteinMembrane undulationsLateral diffusionSpatial gradientsMachineryCytoplasmImmune cellsRecruitmentAssemblyCells