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ArticleRSC advances2025

Non-erythrocyte spectrin network preferentially stabilizes flat membrane and enhances cell stiffness.

Takumi Komikawa, Takahiro Miyake, Mayu Morooka, Rikuto Kawakami, Shogo Saito, Kevin Critchley, Stephen D Evans, Mina Okochi, Masayoshi Tanaka

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Article in RSC advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Takumi KomikawaSchool of Materials and Chemical Technology, Institute of Science Tokyo 4259 Nagatsuda, Midori-ku Yokohama-city Kanagawa 226-8503 Japan tanaka.m@mct.isct.ac.jp +81-45-924-5567 +81-45-924-5567.
Takahiro MiyakeSchool of Materials and Chemical Technology, Institute of Science Tokyo 2-12-1 O-okayama Meguro-ku Tokyo 152-8552 Japan okochi.m.aa@m.titech.ac.jp +81-3-5734-2116 +81-3-5734-2116.
Mayu MorookaSchool of Materials and Chemical Technology, Institute of Science Tokyo 2-12-1 O-okayama Meguro-ku Tokyo 152-8552 Japan okochi.m.aa@m.titech.ac.jp +81-3-5734-2116 +81-3-5734-2116.
Rikuto KawakamiSchool of Materials and Chemical Technology, Institute of Science Tokyo 4259 Nagatsuda, Midori-ku Yokohama-city Kanagawa 226-8503 Japan tanaka.m@mct.isct.ac.jp +81-45-924-5567 +81-45-924-5567.
Shogo SaitoSchool of Materials and Chemical Technology, Institute of Science Tokyo 2-12-1 O-okayama Meguro-ku Tokyo 152-8552 Japan okochi.m.aa@m.titech.ac.jp +81-3-5734-2116 +81-3-5734-2116.
Kevin CritchleySchool of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0112-8626
Stephen D EvansSchool of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8342-5335
Mina OkochiSchool of Materials and Chemical Technology, Institute of Science Tokyo 2-12-1 O-okayama Meguro-ku Tokyo 152-8552 Japan okochi.m.aa@m.titech.ac.jp +81-3-5734-2116 +81-3-5734-2116.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1727-2948
Masayoshi TanakaSchool of Materials and Chemical Technology, Institute of Science Tokyo 4259 Nagatsuda, Midori-ku Yokohama-city Kanagawa 226-8503 Japan tanaka.m@mct.isct.ac.jp +81-45-924-5567 +81-45-924-5567.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4701-5352

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spectrin αII and βII, the predominant non-erythroid isoforms, assemble into cytoskeletal networks that shape the plasma membrane. However, how these networks interact with membranes of different curvatures remains unclear. Using microfluidic deformation cytometry, we show that spectrin βII overexpression increases the apparent stiffness of MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. Fluorescence microscopy further demonstrates that spectrin is excluded from highly curved regions and enriched on flatter membranes

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PMCPMC12699370

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