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ArticleNature cell biology2011

SHARPIN is an endogenous inhibitor of β1-integrin activation.

Juha K Rantala, Jeroen Pouwels, Teijo Pellinen, Stefan Veltel, Petra Laasola, Elina Mattila, Christopher S Potter, Ted Duffy, John P Sundberg, Olli Kallioniemi and 5 more

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Article in Nature cell biology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 125 papers.

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125citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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125 citing papers in PubMed, 200 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Juha K RantalaMedical Biotechnology, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, 20521 Turku, Finland.
Jeroen Pouwels
Teijo Pellinen
Stefan Veltel
Petra Laasola
Elina Mattila
Christopher S Potter
Ted Duffy
John P Sundberg
Olli Kallioniemi
Janet A Askari
Martin J Humphries
Maddy Parsons
Marko Salmi
Johanna Ivaska
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland · FIJackson Laboratory · USUniversity of Turku · FIUniversity of Manchester · GBInstitute for Molecular Medicine Finland · FIKing's College London · GBTurku Centre for Biotechnology · FI

Funding

Cpdm: Cloning a Gene That Regulates Eosinophil FunctionR01AR049288 · NIAMS · JACKSON LABORATORY · PI BOWCOCK, ANNE MARY, HOGENESCH, HARM · 2004 to 2016
$5.9M
EXPERIMENTAL HEMATOLOGY-IMMUNOLOGYT32DK007449 · NIDDK · JACKSON LABORATORY · PI HARRISON, DAVID E · 1986 to 2012
$1.4M
European Research Council 202809NIAMS NIH HHS AR49288NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR049288NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007449NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK07449-28
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulated activation of integrins is critical for cell adhesion, motility and tissue homeostasis. Talin and kindlins activate β1-integrins, but the counteracting inhibiting mechanisms are poorly defined. We identified SHARPIN as an important inactivator of β1-integrins in an RNAi screen. SHARPIN inhibited β1-integrin functions in human cancer cells and primary leukocytes. Fibroblasts, leukocytes and keratinocytes from SHARPIN-deficient mice exhibited increased β1-integrin activity, which was fully rescued by re-expression of SHARPIN. We found that SHARPIN directly binds to a conserved cytoplasmic region of integrin α-subunits and inhibits recruitment of talin and kindlin to the integrin. Therefore, SHARPIN inhibits the critical switching of β1-integrins from inactive to active conformations.

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AnimalsBinding SitesCell Line, TumorCell MovementFibroblastsHumansIntegrin beta1KeratinocytesLeukocytesLigandsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMutationNerve Tissue ProteinsProtein ConformationIntegrin beta1LigandsNerve Tissue ProteinsProtein SubunitsRecombinant Fusion ProteinssharpinTalin

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PMID21947080
PMCPMC3257806
OpenAlexW1977018102

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