Abstract

The long-term goals of the Program Project include the development of a detailed mechanistic model for actin filament branching mediated by the Arp2/3 complex and to characterize the role of the Arp2/3 complex in directed cell motility. Here, we aim at further characterizing the structures of key intermediates and their interactions along the activation pathway of the Arp2/3 complex (Aim 1).
For Aim 2, we will generate high resolution, three-dimensional (3D) structures of actin networks mediated by the complex in its cellular environment. This should allow us to determine how structural details of the Arp2/3-mediated actin networks are being modified by changes in cellular dynamics. We will apply high-resolution electron cryo-microscopy (cryo-EM), electron cryotomography and image analysis to achieve these aims.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Type
Research Program Projects (P01)
Project #
5P01GM066311-07
Application #
8081736
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1)
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
2010-05-01
Budget End
2011-04-30
Support Year
7
Fiscal Year
2010
Total Cost
$286,208
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Yale University
Department
Type
DUNS #
043207562
City
New Haven
State
CT
Country
United States
Zip Code
06520

  Publications

Anderson, Karen L; Page, Christopher; Swift, Mark F et al. (2017) Nano-scale actin-network characterization of fibroblast cells lacking functional Arp2/3 complex. J Struct Biol 197:312-321
Wang, Pei-Shan; Chou, Fu-Sheng; Ramachandran, Sreekumar et al. (2016) Crucial roles of the Arp2/3 complex during mammalian corticogenesis. Development 143:2741-52
Pollard, Thomas D (2016) Actin and Actin-Binding Proteins. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 8:
Page, Christopher; Hanein, Dorit; Volkmann, Niels (2015) Accurate membrane tracing in three-dimensional reconstructions from electron cryotomography data. Ultramicroscopy 155:20-26
Jurgenson, Christopher T; Pollard, Thomas D (2015) Crystals of the Arp2/3 complex in two new space groups with structural information about actin-related protein 2 and potential WASP binding sites. Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun 71:1161-8
Li, Yongchao; Wang, Pei-Shan; Lucas, George et al. (2015) ARP2/3 complex is required for directional migration of neural stem cell-derived oligodendrocyte precursors in electric fields. Stem Cell Res Ther 6:41
Tee, Yee Han; Shemesh, Tom; Thiagarajan, Visalatchi et al. (2015) Cellular chirality arising from the self-organization of the actin cytoskeleton. Nat Cell Biol 17:445-57
Suraneni, Praveen; Fogelson, Ben; Rubinstein, Boris et al. (2015) A mechanism of leading-edge protrusion in the absence of Arp2/3 complex. Mol Biol Cell 26:901-12
Volkmann, Niels; Page, Christopher; Li, Rong et al. (2014) Three-dimensional reconstructions of actin filaments capped by Arp2/3 complex. Eur J Cell Biol 93:179-83
Volkmann, Niels (2014) The joys and perils of flexible fitting. Adv Exp Med Biol 805:137-55

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