کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
10903737 1086519 2016 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Mechanosensitive components of integrin adhesions: Role of vinculin
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی تحقیقات سرطان
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Mechanosensitive components of integrin adhesions: Role of vinculin
چکیده انگلیسی
External forces play a key role in shaping development and normal physiology. Aberrant responses to forces, or changes in the nature of such forces, are implicated in a variety of diseases. Cells contain several types of adhesions, linking them to their external environment. It is through these adhesions that forces are both sensed (from the outside inwards) and applied (from inside to out). Furthermore, several adhesion-based proteins are sensitive to changes in intracellular forces, utilising them for activation and regulation. Here, we outline how vinculin, a key component of integrin-mediated adhesions linking the actin cytoskeleton to the extracellular matrix (ECM), is regulated by force and acts as force transducing protein. We discuss the role of vinculin in vivo and its place in health and disease; summarise the proposed mechanisms by which vinculin is recruited to and activated at integrin-ECM adhesions; and discuss recent findings that place vinculin as the major force sensing and transmitting component of cell-matrix adhesion complexes. Finally, we discuss the role of vinculin in regulating the cellular responses to both the physical properties of the external environment and to externally applied physical stimuli.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Experimental Cell Research - Volume 343, Issue 1, 10 April 2016, Pages 21-27
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