Evidence map›Paper›PMID 9404032›Full record

ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences1997

Motile areas of leech neurites are rich in microfilaments and two actin-binding proteins: gelsolin and profilin.

M D Neely, E Macaluso

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Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 1997. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

M D NeelyDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Basel, Switzerland. diana.neely@mcmail.vanderbilt.edu
E Macaluso
University of Basel · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell motility is produced by changes in the dynamics and organization of actin filaments. The aim of the experiments described here was to test whether growing neurites contain two actin-binding proteins, gelsolin and profilin, that regulate polymerization of actin and affect non-neuronal cell motility. The distribution of gelsolin, profilin and the microfilaments was compared by immunocytochemistry of leech neurons growing in culture. We observed that microfilaments are enriched in the peripheral motile areas of the neurites. Both gelsolin and profilin are also concentrated in these regions. Gelsolin is abundant in filopodia and is associated with single identifiable microfilament bundles in lamellipodia. Profilin is not prominent in filopodia and shows a diffuse staining pattern in lamellipodia. The colocalization of gelsolin and profilin in motile, microfilament-rich areas supports the hypothesis that they synergistically regulate the actin dynamics that underlie neurite growth.

Indexed as

Contractile ProteinsActin CytoskeletonAnimalsCell MovementCells, CulturedGelsolinLeechesMicrofilament ProteinsNeuritesProfilinsContractile ProteinsGelsolinMicrofilament ProteinsProfilins

Identifiers

PMID9404032
PMCPMC1688718
OpenAlexW1970317747

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