2009
CASK Deletion in Intestinal Epithelia Causes Mislocalization of LIN7C and the DLG1/Scrib Polarity Complex without Affecting Cell Polarity
Lozovatsky L, Abayasekara N, Piawah S, Walther Z. CASK Deletion in Intestinal Epithelia Causes Mislocalization of LIN7C and the DLG1/Scrib Polarity Complex without Affecting Cell Polarity. Molecular Biology Of The Cell 2009, 20: 4489-4499. PMID: 19726564, PMCID: PMC2770937, DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e09-04-0280.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpidermal growth factor receptorEpithelial polarityNormal localizationBasolateral membranePolarity complexMammalian orthologsCell polarityCaenorhabditis elegansMAGUK familyProtein complexesIntestinal epitheliumGrowth factor receptorLIN7CBasolateral localizationComplete knockoutCASK expressionTumor suppressorSubcellular distributionDlg1CASK deletionFactor receptorImmunofluorescence analysisErbB-2Intestinal homeostasisAppropriate localization
2008
A PDZ‐Binding Motif Controls Basolateral Targeting of Syndecan‐1 Along the Biosynthetic Pathway in Polarized Epithelial Cells
Maday S, Anderson E, Chang HC, Shorter J, Satoh A, Sfakianos J, Fölsch H, Anderson JM, Walther Z, Mellman I. A PDZ‐Binding Motif Controls Basolateral Targeting of Syndecan‐1 Along the Biosynthetic Pathway in Polarized Epithelial Cells. Traffic 2008, 9: 1915-1924. PMID: 18764819, PMCID: PMC2820280, DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2008.00805.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolarized epithelial cellsBiosynthetic pathwayPDZ domain-containing proteinsType II PDZDomain-containing proteinsPDZ-Binding MotifSyndecan-1Cell surface proteoglycansEpithelial cellsBasolateral targetingNormal epithelial morphologyBasolateral domainMotif leadPlasma membranePDZBasolateral localizationSurface proteoglycansBasolateral surfaceApical surfaceEpithelial morphologyMotifPotential rolePathwayCellsMislocalization