Zasp regulates integrin activation
Bouaouina M, Jani K, Long JY, Czerniecki S, Morse EM, Ellis SJ, Tanentzapf G, Schöck F, Calderwood DA. Zasp regulates integrin activation. Journal Of Cell Science 2012, 125: 5647-5657. PMID: 22992465, PMCID: PMC3575701, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.103291.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntegrin activationDomain-containing proteinsExtracellular matrixHeterodimeric adhesion receptorsPDZ motif-containing proteinΑ5β1 integrinMammalian tissue cultureScaffold proteinCytoplasmic tailFirst proteinECM ligandsMuscle contractile machineryΒ-integrinExtracellular domainAdhesion receptorsIntegrin heterodimersTalinConformational changesHigh-affinity bindingEssential processProteinIntegrinsHuman cardiomyopathyZASPTissue cultureMacrophage Mesenchymal Migration Requires Podosome Stabilization by Filamin A*
Guiet R, Vérollet C, Lamsoul I, Cougoule C, Poincloux R, Labrousse A, Calderwood DA, Glogauer M, Lutz PG, Maridonneau-Parini I. Macrophage Mesenchymal Migration Requires Podosome Stabilization by Filamin A*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2012, 287: 13051-13062. PMID: 22334688, PMCID: PMC3339984, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.307124.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFilamin AMesenchymal migrationEmbryonic developmentPodosome rosette formationCell migrationMesenchymal migration modeCertain cell typesPodosome stabilityScaffold proteinActin polymerizationAmoeboid migrationNull mutationPodosomesActin filamentsMigratory cellsAmoeboid modeCell typesOrgan defectsMigration modesNew functionsThree-dimensional environmentMutationsProteaseStrong consequencesFLNA mutations