The actin-driven movement and formation of acetylcholine receptor clusters.
The actin-driven movement and formation of acetylcholine receptor clusters.
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DOI:
10.1083/jcb.150.6.1321
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发表时间:
2000-09-18
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影响因子:
--
通讯作者:
Peng HB
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作者:
Dai Z;Luo X;Xie H;Peng HB
A new method was devised to visualize actin polymerization induced by postsynaptic differentiation signals in cultured muscle cells. This entails masking myofibrillar filamentous (F)-actin with jasplakinolide, a cell-permeant F-actin–binding toxin, before synaptogenic stimulation, and then probing new actin assembly with fluorescent phalloidin. With this procedure, actin polymerization associated with newly induced acetylcholine receptor (AChR) clustering by heparin-binding growth-associated molecule–coated beads and by agrin was observed. The beads induced local F-actin assembly that colocalized with AChR clusters at bead–muscle contacts, whereas both the actin cytoskeleton and AChR clusters induced by bath agrin application were diffuse. By expressing a green fluorescent protein–coupled version of cortactin, a protein that binds to active F-actin, the dynamic nature of the actin cytoskeleton associated with new AChR clusters was revealed. In fact, the motive force generated by actin polymerization propelled the entire bead-induced AChR cluster with its attached bead to move in the plane of the membrane. In addition, actin polymerization is also necessary for the formation of both bead and agrin-induced AChR clusters as well as phosphotyrosine accumulation, as shown by their blockage by latrunculin A, a toxin that sequesters globular (G)-actin and prevents F-actin assembly. These results show that actin polymerization induced by synaptogenic signals is necessary for the movement and formation of AChR clusters and implicate a role of F-actin as a postsynaptic scaffold for the assembly of structural and signaling molecules in neuromuscular junction formation.
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影响因子:
64.8
作者:
FORSCHER, P;LIN, CH;THOMPSON, C
通讯作者:
THOMPSON, C
DOI:
10.1083/jcb.110.6.2061
发表时间:
1990-06
期刊:
The Journal of cell biology
影响因子:
--
作者:
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通讯作者:
Peng HB
影响因子:
3.5
作者:
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通讯作者:
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DOI:
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
11.1
作者:
BURDEN, SJ
通讯作者:
BURDEN, SJ
影响因子:
4.8
作者:
Fuhrer, C;Hall, ZW
通讯作者:
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