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 cultureNanopatterning reveals an ECM area threshold for focal adhesion assembly and force transmission that is regulated by integrin activation and cytoskeleton tension
Coyer SR, Singh A, Dumbauld DW, Calderwood DA, Craig SW, Delamarche E, García AJ. Nanopatterning reveals an ECM area threshold for focal adhesion assembly and force transmission that is regulated by integrin activation and cytoskeleton tension. Journal Of Cell Science 2012, 125: 5110-5123. PMID: 22899715, PMCID: PMC3533393, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.108035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFocal adhesionsForce transductionFA assemblyCytoskeletal tensionExtracellular matrixIntegrin activationFocal adhesion assemblyVinculin head domainExpression of talinNon-migrating cellsVinculin mutantsCytoskeleton tensionAdhesion assemblyECM ligandsMyosin contractilityAdhesive areaStable assemblyIntracellular pathwaysTransductionAssemblyStructural linkPathwayStructural linkagesTraction forceCells