2015
ZO-1 controls endothelial adherens junctions, cell–cell tension, angiogenesis, and barrier formation
Tornavaca O, Chia M, Dufton N, Almagro LO, Conway DE, Randi AM, Schwartz MA, Matter K, Balda MS. ZO-1 controls endothelial adherens junctions, cell–cell tension, angiogenesis, and barrier formation. Journal Of Cell Biology 2015, 208: 821-838. PMID: 25753039, PMCID: PMC4362456, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201404140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActomyosinAdherens JunctionsAnimalsAntigens, CDCadherinsCapillary PermeabilityCell Adhesion MoleculesCell MovementCells, CulturedClaudin-5Cytoskeletal ProteinsCytoskeletonEndothelial CellsHumansMechanotransduction, CellularMice, Inbred C57BLMyosinsNeovascularization, PhysiologicProtein TransportReceptors, Cell SurfaceTight JunctionsZonula Occludens-1 ProteinConceptsCell-cell tensionAdherens junctionsActive myosin IIZO-1VE-cadherinBarrier formationEndothelial adherens junctionsJunctional recruitmentPrimary endothelial cellsCadherin complexActomyosin organizationCentral regulatorStress fibersInhibition of ROCKMyosin IIProtein ZO-1Tight junction protein ZO-1Cell migrationIntercellular junctionsP114RhoGEFMechanotransducersTight junctionsEndothelial junctionsEndothelial cellsTight junction disruption
2013
N-cadherin regulates spatially polarized signals through distinct p120ctn and β-catenin-dependent signalling pathways
Ouyang M, Lu S, Kim T, Chen CE, Seong J, Leckband DE, Wang F, Reynolds AB, Schwartz MA, Wang Y. N-cadherin regulates spatially polarized signals through distinct p120ctn and β-catenin-dependent signalling pathways. Nature Communications 2013, 4: 1589. PMID: 23481397, PMCID: PMC3602931, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2560.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActin CytoskeletonAnimalsBeta CateninCadherinsCateninsCell PolarityChickensCHO CellsCricetinaeDelta CateninEmbryo, MammalianFibroblastsFluorescent DyesIntegrinsIntercellular JunctionsMiceModels, BiologicalPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProtein BindingRac GTP-Binding ProteinsRatsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsRNA, Small InterferingSignal TransductionConceptsMyosin II light chainRac activityActin filamentsSmall GTPase RacΒ-catenin-dependent signaling pathwaysHigher phosphoinositidesCellular functionsGTPase RacDistinct effectorsMolecular signalsSignaling pathwaysMolecular activityLight chainNeighbouring cellsN-cadherinPhosphoinositideIntercellular junctionsIntegrin α5RacCellsComplexesFilamentsP120ctnSpatial distributionEffectors