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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2021

Tsc1 regulates tight junction independent of mTORC1.

Mingqiang Lai, Wenchong Zou, Zelong Han, Ling Zhou, Zeyou Qiu, Juan Chen, Sheng Zhang, Pinglin Lai, Kai Li, Yue Zhang and 4 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Mingqiang LaiState Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Wenchong ZouState Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Zelong HanGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4217-8117
Ling ZhouState Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5851-9492
Zeyou QiuState Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1125-1070
Juan ChenState Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Sheng ZhangState Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Pinglin LaiGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Bone and Joint Degeneration Diseases, Academy of Orthopedics, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510630, China.
Kai LiGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Bone and Joint Degeneration Diseases, Academy of Orthopedics, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510630, China.
Yue ZhangState Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6612-8002
Li LiangDepartment of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Yu JiangDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261.
Zhipeng ZouState Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; baixc15@smu.edu.cn zzp@smu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-0421-4738
Xiaochun BaiState Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; baixc15@smu.edu.cn zzp@smu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-9631-4781
Southern Medical University · CNThird Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University · CNNanfang Hospital · CNUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tuberous sclerosis complex 1 (Tsc1) is a tumor suppressor that functions together with Tsc2 to negatively regulate the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) activity. Here, we show that Tsc1 has a critical role in the tight junction (TJ) formation of epithelium, independent of its role in Tsc2 and mTORC1 regulation. When an epithelial cell establishes contact with neighboring cells, Tsc1, but not Tsc2, migrates from the cytoplasm to junctional membranes, in which it binds myosin 6 to anchor the perijunctional actin cytoskeleton to β-catenin and ZO-1. In its absence, perijunctional actin cytoskeleton fails to form. In mice, intestine-specific or inducible, whole-body Tsc1 ablation disrupts adherens junction/TJ structures in intestine or skin epithelia, respectively, causing Crohn's disease-like symptoms in the intestine or psoriasis-like phenotypes on the skin. In patients with Crohn's disease or psoriasis, junctional Tsc1 levels in epithelial tissues are markedly reduced, concomitant with the TJ structure impairment, suggesting that Tsc1 deficiency may underlie TJ-related diseases. These findings establish an essential role of Tsc1 in the formation of cell junctions and underpin its association with TJ-related human diseases.

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Actin CytoskeletonAnimalsCase-Control StudiesCrohn DiseaseMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1MiceMice, KnockoutPsoriasisSignal TransductionTight JunctionsTuberous Sclerosis Complex 1 ProteinMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1TSC1 protein, humanTsc1 protein, mouseTuberous Sclerosis Complex 1 Proteincell adhesionmTORC1Myo6tight junction–related diseaseTsc1

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PMID34301883
PMCPMC8325158
OpenAlexW3186640841

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