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ArticleScientific reports2013

Surface topography regulates wnt signaling through control of primary cilia structure in mesenchymal stem cells.

R J McMurray, A K T Wann, C L Thompson, J T Connelly, M M Knight

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Article in Scientific reports, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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49citing papers in PubMed
8.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 105 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

R J McMurrayInstitute of Bioengineering and School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Bancroft Road, Mile End, London E1 4NS, UK.
A K T WannInstitute of Bioengineering and School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Bancroft Road, Mile End, London E1 4NS, UK.
C L ThompsonInstitute of Bioengineering and School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Bancroft Road, Mile End, London E1 4NS, UK.
J T ConnellyInstitute of Bioengineering and Institute of Cellular and Molecular Sciences, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry Queen Mary University of London, 4 Newark Street London, E1 2AT, UK.
M M KnightInstitute of Bioengineering and School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Bancroft Road, Mile End, London E1 4NS, UK.
Queen Mary University of London · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilVersus Arthritis 19830
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The primary cilium regulates cellular signalling including influencing wnt sensitivity by sequestering β-catenin within the ciliary compartment. Topographic regulation of intracellular actin-myosin tension can control stem cell fate of which wnt is an important mediator. We hypothesized that topography influences mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) wnt signaling through the regulation of primary cilia structure and function. MSCs cultured on grooves expressed elongated primary cilia, through reduced actin organization. siRNA inhibition of anterograde intraflagellar transport (IFT88) reduced cilia length and increased active nuclear β-catenin. Conversely, increased primary cilia assembly in MSCs cultured on the grooves was associated with decreased levels of nuclear active β-catenin, axin-2 induction and proliferation, in response to wnt3a. This negative regulation, on grooved topography, was reversed by siRNA to IFT88. This indicates that subtle regulation of IFT and associated cilia structure, tunes the wnt response controlling stem cell differentiation.

Indexed as

Surface PropertiesActin CytoskeletonAmidesAxin Proteinbeta CateninBone Marrow CellsCell Culture TechniquesCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationCells, CulturedCiliaEnzyme InhibitorsHumansMechanotransduction, CellularMesenchymal Stem CellsMyosinsAmidesAXIN2 protein, humanAxin Proteinbeta CateninEnzyme InhibitorsIFT88 protein, humanMyosinsPyridinesrho-Associated KinasesRNA, Small InterferingTumor Suppressor ProteinsWnt3A ProteinWNT3A protein, humanY 27632

Identifiers

PMID24346024
PMCPMC3866595
OpenAlexW2124860227

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