2012
A Distal Axonal Cytoskeleton Forms an Intra-Axonal Boundary that Controls Axon Initial Segment Assembly
Galiano MR, Jha S, Ho TS, Zhang C, Ogawa Y, Chang KJ, Stankewich MC, Mohler PJ, Rasband MN. A Distal Axonal Cytoskeleton Forms an Intra-Axonal Boundary that Controls Axon Initial Segment Assembly. Cell 2012, 149: 1125-1139. PMID: 22632975, PMCID: PMC3361702, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.03.039.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Cell organization, growth, and neural and cardiac development require αII-spectrin
Stankewich MC, Cianci CD, Stabach PR, Ji L, Nath A, Morrow JS. Cell organization, growth, and neural and cardiac development require αII-spectrin. Journal Of Cell Science 2011, 124: 3956-3966. PMID: 22159418, PMCID: PMC3244980, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.080374.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActinsAnimalsAnkyrinsAxonsBody PatterningCarrier ProteinsCell MembraneCell PolarityCell ProliferationCraniofacial AbnormalitiesEmbryo, MammalianEmbryonic DevelopmentFemaleFibroblastsGene DeletionHeart Defects, CongenitalMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMicrofilament ProteinsNeural Tube DefectsNeuroepithelial CellsPhenotypeProtein StabilityPseudopodiaSpectrinConceptsΑII-spectrinSteady-state protein levelsΒIII spectrinEmbryonic day 12.5Tissue patterningRenal epithelial cellsEmbryonic lethalCortical actinOrgan developmentAnkyrin BExon trappingEmbryonic fibroblastsTranscriptional levelΒ-spectrinCardiac developmentCell organizationCell spreadingAxon formationNeural tubeHeterozygous animalsTargeted disruptionApical membraneNeuroepithelial cellsDay 12.5Cell morphologySchwann cell spectrins modulate peripheral nerve myelination
Susuki K, Raphael AR, Ogawa Y, Stankewich MC, Peles E, Talbot WS, Rasband MN. Schwann cell spectrins modulate peripheral nerve myelination. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2011, 108: 8009-8014. PMID: 21518878, PMCID: PMC3093478, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1019600108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSchwann cell cytoskeletonCell cytoskeletonΒII spectrinSubmembranous cytoskeletal proteinsNeuron-glia interactionsEfficient action potential propagationSchwann cellsMembrane proteinsCytoskeletal rearrangementsLoss of spectrinCytoskeletal proteinsNectin-like proteinsCell shapeContact sitesF-actinPeripheral nerve myelinationSpectrinPeripheral nerve developmentΑII-spectrinCytoskeletonProteinNerve myelinationNerve developmentMotor nervesCells