2015
Intraciliary Calcium Oscillations Initiate Vertebrate Left-Right Asymmetry
Yuan S, Zhao L, Brueckner M, Sun Z. Intraciliary Calcium Oscillations Initiate Vertebrate Left-Right Asymmetry. Current Biology 2015, 25: 556-567. PMID: 25660539, PMCID: PMC4469357, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.12.051.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft-right organizerLR developmentCiliary motilityVertebrate left–right asymmetryLeft-right signalingLive zebrafish embryosVertebrate developmentLeft-right asymmetryZebrafish embryosSensory ciliaPolycystin-2Signaling cascadesMolecular signalsMolecular mechanismsIntraciliary calciumCation channelsMotilityBilateral symmetryCalcium sinkCiliaCalcium oscillationsPKD2SignalingEmbryosExtracellular fluid
2013
Reptin/Ruvbl2 is a Lrrc6/Seahorse interactor essential for cilia motility
Zhao L, Yuan S, Cao Y, Kallakuri S, Li Y, Kishimoto N, DiBella L, Sun Z. Reptin/Ruvbl2 is a Lrrc6/Seahorse interactor essential for cilia motility. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2013, 110: 12697-12702. PMID: 23858445, PMCID: PMC3732945, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1300968110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA damage responseCilia motilityDamage responseAxonemal dynein armsReptin functionsDefective cilia motilityVertebrate developmentTranscriptional regulationVivo functionCiliary defectsMutantsPCD genesReptinRUVBL2Expression levelsZebrafishSeahorsesDynein armsAutosomal recessive diseasePrimary ciliary dyskinesiaMotilityMultiple processesArm formationRecessive diseaseInteractors
2012
Target-of-rapamycin complex 1 (Torc1) signaling modulates cilia size and function through protein synthesis regulation
Yuan S, Li J, Diener DR, Choma MA, Rosenbaum JL, Sun Z. Target-of-rapamycin complex 1 (Torc1) signaling modulates cilia size and function through protein synthesis regulation. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2012, 109: 2021-2026. PMID: 22308353, PMCID: PMC3277533, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1112834109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBody PatterningCiliaEvolution, MolecularGene Knockdown TechniquesGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 betaHumansMovementOrgan SizeProtein BiosynthesisRheologyRibosomal Protein S6 KinasesSignal TransductionTranscription FactorsTuberous Sclerosis Complex 1 ProteinTumor Suppressor ProteinsZebrafishZebrafish ProteinsConceptsCilia lengthRibosomal protein S6 kinase 1Protein S6 kinase 1Protein synthesisLeft-right body asymmetryProtein synthesis regulationS6 kinase 1Vertebrate developmentTOR pathwayCilium sizeZebrafish developmentCilia assemblyTreatment of embryosDownstream substratesCilia morphologyEnvironmental cuesSynthesis regulationFluid flow generationKinase 1Cellular antennaHuman disordersCilia motilityUpstream inhibitorProper functionCiliary function