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ArticleNature communications2021

STIM-Orai1 signaling regulates fluidity of cytoplasm during membrane blebbing.

Kana Aoki, Shota Harada, Keita Kawaji, Kenji Matsuzawa, Seiichi Uchida, Junichi Ikenouchi

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

24 citing papers in PubMed, 39 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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kana AokiDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-9664-741X
Shota HaradaDepartment of Advanced Information Technology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan.
Keita KawajiDepartment of Advanced Information Technology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan.
Kenji MatsuzawaDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-9664-0736
Seiichi UchidaDepartment of Advanced Information Technology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-8592-7566
Junichi IkenouchiDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan. ikenouchi.junichi.033@m.kyushu-u.ac.jp.ORCID 0000-0002-2936-3548
Kyushu University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cytoplasm in mammalian cells is considered homogeneous. In this study, we report that the cytoplasmic fluidity is regulated in the blebbing cells; the cytoplasm of rapidly expanding membrane blebs is more disordered than the cytoplasm of retracting blebs. The increase of cytoplasmic fluidity in the expanding bleb is caused by a sharp rise in the calcium concentration. The STIM-Orai1 pathway regulates this rapid and restricted increase of calcium in the expanding blebs. Conversely, activated ERM protein binds to Orai1 to inhibit the store-operated calcium entry in retracting blebs, which results in decreased in cytoplasmic calcium, rapid reassembly of the actin cortex.

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Actin CytoskeletonActinsAnimalsCalciumCalcium SignalingCell LineCell Line, TumorCell MembraneCytoplasmCytoskeletal ProteinsEzrinHEK293 CellsHumansMembrane ProteinsORAI1 ProteinStromal Interaction Molecule 1ActinsCalciumCytoskeletal ProteinsEzrinMembrane ProteinsORAI1 ProteinORAI1 protein, humanStromal Interaction Molecule 1

Identifiers

PMID33473127
PMCPMC7817837
OpenAlexW3123246537

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