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ArticlePLoS genetics2012

SLI-1 Cbl inhibits the engulfment of apoptotic cells in C. elegans through a ligase-independent function.

Courtney Anderson, Shan Zhou, Emma Sawin, H Robert Horvitz, Michael E Hurwitz

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Article in PLoS genetics, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Adaptor protein Abelson interactor 1 in homeostasis and disease.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2024
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  3. The Ubiquitin-Proteasome System in Apoptosis and Apoptotic Cell Clearance.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022
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  4. Control of developmental networks by Rac/Rho small GTPases: How cytoskeletal changes during embryogenesis are orchestrated.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2016
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  8. Apoptosis in C. elegans: lessons for cancer and immunity.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2013
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Courtney AndersonYale Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America.
Shan Zhou
Emma Sawin
H Robert Horvitz
Michael E Hurwitz
Yale Cancer Center · USMassachusetts Institute of Technology · USYale University · US

Funding

Screening of Synthetic Lethality with C. elegans RbK08CA104890 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI HURWITZ, MICHAEL E · 2004 to 2008
$680k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCI NIH HHS K08 CA104890NCI NIH HHS K08CA104890
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The engulfment of apoptotic cells is required for normal metazoan development and tissue remodeling. In Caenorhabditis elegans, two parallel and partially redundant conserved pathways act in cell-corpse engulfment. One pathway, which includes the small GTPase CED-10 Rac and the cytoskeletal regulator ABI-1, acts to rearrange the cytoskeleton of the engulfing cell. The CED-10 Rac pathway is also required for proper migration of the distal tip cells (DTCs) during the development of the C. elegans gonad. The second pathway includes the receptor tyrosine kinase CED-1 and might recruit membranes to extend the surface of the engulfing cell. Cbl, the mammalian homolog of the C. elegans E3 ubiquitin ligase and adaptor protein SLI-1, interacts with Rac and Abi2 and modulates the actin cytoskeleton, suggesting it might act in engulfment. Our genetic studies indicate that SLI-1 inhibits apoptotic cell engulfment and DTC migration independently of the CED-10 Rac and CED-1 pathways. We found that the RING finger domain of SLI-1 is not essential to rescue the effects of SLI-1 deletion on cell migration, suggesting that its role in this process is ubiquitin ligase-independent. We propose that SLI-1 opposes the engulfment of apoptotic cells via a previously unidentified pathway.

Indexed as

ApoptosisCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCell MovementProto-Oncogene Proteins c-cblActin CytoskeletonAnimalsCytoskeletal ProteinsGonadsMembrane ProteinsPhagocytosisrac GTP-Binding ProteinsSignal Transductionabi-1 protein, C elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCED-10 protein, C elegansced-1 protein, C elegansCytoskeletal ProteinsMembrane ProteinsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-cblrac GTP-Binding ProteinsSli-1 protein, C elegans

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PMID23271977
PMCPMC3521709
OpenAlexW2068902806

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