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ArticleMolecular biology of the cell2022

Septins guide noncentrosomal microtubules to promote focal adhesion disassembly in migrating cells.

Daniel Merenich, Konstantinos Nakos, Taylor Pompan, Samantha J Donovan, Amrik Gill, Pranav Patel, Elias T Spiliotis, Kenneth A Myers

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Article in Molecular biology of the cell, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Decoding Rho GTPase signalling networks in directed cell migration.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Daniel MerenichDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Konstantinos NakosDepartment of Biology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Taylor PompanDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Samantha J DonovanDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Amrik GillDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Pranav PatelDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Elias T SpiliotisDepartment of Biology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Kenneth A MyersDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
University of the Sciences · USDrexel University · US

Funding

Spatial control of membrane traffic by septin GTPasesR35GM136337 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI Elias T Spiliotis · 2020 to 2026
$3.1M
Control of cell polarity and migration by non-centrosomal microtubulesR15GM139063 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES PHILADELPHIA · PI MYERS, KENNETH ALBERT · 2020 to 2024
$906k
NIGMS NIH HHS R15 GM139063NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM136337
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endothelial cell migration is critical for vascular angiogenesis and is compromised to facilitate tumor metastasis. The migratory process requires the coordinated assembly and disassembly of focal adhesions (FA), actin, and microtubules (MT). MT dynamics at FAs deliver vesicular cargoes and enhance actomyosin contractility to promote FA turnover and facilitate cell advance. Noncentrosomal (NC) MTs regulate FA dynamics and are sufficient to drive cell polarity, but how NC MTs target FAs to control FA turnover is not understood. Here, we show that Rac1 induces the assembly of FA-proximal septin filaments that promote NC MT growth into FAs and inhibit mitotic centromere-associated kinesin (MCAK)-associated MT disassembly, thereby maintaining intact MT plus ends proximal to FAs. Septin-associated MT rescue is coupled with accumulation of Aurora-A kinase and cytoplasmic linker-associated protein (CLASP) localization to the MT between septin and FAs. In this way, NC MTs are strategically positioned to undergo MCAK- and CLASP-regulated bouts of assembly and disassembly into FAs, thereby regulating FA turnover and cell migration.

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Focal AdhesionsSeptinsActin CytoskeletonActinsCell MovementMicrotubulesActinsSeptins

Identifiers

PMID35274967
PMCPMC9282018
OpenAlexW4221056634

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