Tunneling Nanotubes and Gap Junctions-Their Role in Long-Range Intercellular Communication during Development, Health, and Disease Conditions.
Tunneling Nanotubes and Gap Junctions-Their Role in Long-Range Intercellular Communication during Development, Health, and Disease Conditions.
复制标题
DOI:
10.3389/fnmol.2017.00333
复制
发表时间:
2017
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Zurzolo C
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Ariazi J;Benowitz A;De Biasi V;Den Boer ML;Cherqui S;Cui H;Douillet N;Eugenin EA;Favre D;Goodman S;Gousset K;Hanein D;Israel DI;Kimura S;Kirkpatrick RB;Kuhn N;Jeong C;Lou E;Mailliard R;Maio S;Okafo G;Osswald M;Pasquier J;Polak R;Pradel G;de Rooij B;Schaeffer P;Skeberdis VA;Smith IF;Tanveer A;Volkmann N;Wu Z;Zurzolo C
Cell-to-cell communication is essential for the organization, coordination, and development of cellular networks and multi-cellular systems. Intercellular communication is mediated by soluble factors (including growth factors, neurotransmitters, and cytokines/chemokines), gap junctions, exosomes and recently described tunneling nanotubes (TNTs). It is unknown whether a combination of these communication mechanisms such as TNTs and gap junctions may be important, but further research is required. TNTs are long cytoplasmic bridges that enable long-range, directed communication between connected cells. The proposed functions of TNTs are diverse and not well understood but have been shown to include the cell-to-cell transfer of vesicles, organelles, electrical stimuli and small molecules. However, the exact role of TNTs and gap junctions for intercellular communication and their impact on disease is still uncertain and thus, the subject of much debate. The combined data from numerous laboratories indicate that some TNT mediate a long-range gap junctional communication to coordinate metabolism and signaling, in relation to infectious, genetic, metabolic, cancer, and age-related diseases. This review aims to describe the current knowledge, challenges and future perspectives to characterize and explore this new intercellular communication system and to design TNT-based therapeutic strategies.
登录
查看更多内容
影响因子:
--
作者:
Austefjord MW;Gerdes HH;Wang X
通讯作者:
Wang X
影响因子:
21.3
作者:
通讯作者:
--
影响因子:
7.5
作者:
Gerdes, Hans-Hermann;Carvalho, Raquel Negrao
通讯作者:
Carvalho, Raquel Negrao
影响因子:
--
作者:
Abounit, Saida;Delage, Elise;Zurzolo, Chiara
通讯作者:
Zurzolo, Chiara
影响因子:
4.4
作者:
Al Heialy, Saba;Zeroual, Melissa;Martin, James G.
通讯作者:
Martin, James G.