2014
A hierarchy of ankyrin-spectrin complexes clusters sodium channels at nodes of Ranvier
Ho TS, Zollinger DR, Chang KJ, Xu M, Cooper EC, Stankewich MC, Bennett V, Rasband MN. A hierarchy of ankyrin-spectrin complexes clusters sodium channels at nodes of Ranvier. Nature Neuroscience 2014, 17: 1664-1672. PMID: 25362473, PMCID: PMC4271271, DOI: 10.1038/nn.3859.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 morphology
2010
Targeted deletion of βIII spectrin impairs synaptogenesis and generates ataxic and seizure phenotypes
Stankewich MC, Gwynn B, Ardito T, Ji L, Kim J, Robledo RF, Lux SE, Peters LL, Morrow JS. Targeted deletion of βIII spectrin impairs synaptogenesis and generates ataxic and seizure phenotypes. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2010, 107: 6022-6027. PMID: 20231455, PMCID: PMC2851889, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1001522107.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBetaIII spectrinSpinocerebellar ataxia type 5Spectrin membrane skeletonTargeted gene disruptionAmino acid transportersExcitatory amino acid transportersImpairs synaptogenesisProtein traffickingSeizure disorderGene disruptionDark Purkinje cellsMembrane skeletonAlphaII-spectrinAcid transportersMechanistic basisPurkinje cellsMembrane channelsGlutamate receptor deltaIntracellular pathwaysSpectrin bindsSynaptic proteinsSpectrinReceptor deltaProteinGolgi profiles