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ArticleCytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.)2012

G protein-coupled receptors participate in cytokinesis.

Xin Zhang, Anne V Bedigian, Wenchao Wang, Ulrike S Eggert

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Article in Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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45citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Xin ZhangDana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Anne V Bedigian
Wenchao Wang
Ulrike S Eggert
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · USChinese Academy of Sciences · CNHarvard University · US

Funding

Small molecule probes of cytokinesisR01GM082834 · NIGMS · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI EGGERT, ULRIKE S · 2008 to 2012
$2.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM082834
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cytokinesis, the last step during cell division, is a highly coordinated process that involves the relay of signals from both the outside and inside of the cell. We have a basic understanding of how cells regulate internal events, but how cells respond to extracellular cues is less explored. In a systematic RNAi screen of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and their effectors, we found that some GPCRs are involved in cytokinesis. RNAi knockdown of these GPCRs caused increased binucleated cell formation, and live cell imaging showed that most formed midbodies but failed at the abscission stage. OR2A4 (olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily A, member 4) localized to cytokinetic structures in cells and its knockdown caused cytokinesis failure at an earlier stage, likely due to effects on the actin cytoskeleton. Identifying the downstream components that transmit GPCR signals during cytokinesis will be the next step and we show that GIPC1 (GIPC PDZ domain containing family, member 1), an adaptor protein for GPCRs, may play a part. RNAi knockdown of GIPC1 significantly increased binucleated cell formation. Understanding the molecular details of GPCRs and their interaction proteins in cytokinesis regulation will give us important clues about GPCRs signaling as well as how cells communicate with their environment during division.

Indexed as

CytokinesisActin CytoskeletonAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingGene Knockdown TechniquesGiant CellsHeLa CellsHumansReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledRNA, Small InterferingAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingGIPC1 protein, humanReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledRNA, Small Interfering

Identifiers

PMID22888021
PMCPMC4137143
OpenAlexW2101091917

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