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1992 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

REGULATION OF CELL ADHESION BY CYTOSKELETON

Research Project

Project/Area Number 02305016
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Co-operative Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 広領域
Research InstitutionNational Institute for Physiological Sciences

Principal Investigator

TSUKITA Shoichiro  National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Professor, 生理学研究所, 教授 (50155347)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) TANIGUCHI Shunichirou  Kyushu Univ. Associate Prof., 生医研, 助教授 (60117166)
NISHIMURA Takashi  Tokai University, Associate Prof., 医学部, 助教授 (30143001)
SHIDA Masato  Yamanashi Medical College, Associate Professor, 生物, 助教授 (90004663)
TSUKITA Sachiko  National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Assistant Professor, 生理学研究所, 助手 (00188517)
OWARIBE Katsushi  Nagoya University, Assistant Prof., 理学部, 助手 (90109257)
Project Period (FY) 1990 – 1992
Keywordscytoskeleton / cell adhesion / cadherin / actin / metastasis / cancer / tyrosine kinase / desmosome
Research Abstract

The adherens junction and desmosome are the sites for cadherin-mediated cell adhesion where actin filaments and 10nm filaments, respectively, are densely associated with the plasma membrane through its well-developed plasmalemmal undercoat. This group has focused on the molecular linkage between cadherins/cadherin-like proteins and actin filaments/10nm filaments in the undercoat of adherens junctions/desmosomes towards the understanding of the functions of these undercoat-constitutive proteins in the regulation and signal transduction of cadherin-based cell adhesion.
(1) Shoichiro Tsukita succeeded in establishing the isolation procedure for cell-to-cell adherens junctions.
(2) Masatoshi Takeich analyzed the structure and functions of cadherins.
(3) Masato Shida clarified the fine structure of desmosomes.
(4) Akihiro Kusumi analyzed the dynamic behavior of adhesion molecules.
(5) Sachiko Tsukita identified c-yes and c-src kinases in cell-to-cell adherens junctions.
(6) Katsushi Owaribe succeeded in establishing the isolation procedure for hemidesmosomes.
(7) Yasuo Kitajima analyzed adhesion molecules in some human skin diseases.
(8) Kouji Nishimura clarified the direct interaction between adhesion molecules and cytoskeletons in human leukocytes.
(9) Shunichirou Taniguchi found the abnormal expression of actin in cancer cells.

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All Publications (17 results)

  • [Publications] Sato,N.: "Radixin, a barbed end-capping actin-modulating protein, is concentrated at the cleavage furrow during cytokinesis." Journal of Cell Biology. 113. 321-330 (1991)

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  • [Publications] Moto,E.: "Double-rowed organization of inner dynein arms in Chlamydomonas flgaella revealed by tiltseries thin-section electron microscopy." Journal of Cell Science. 99. 57-66 (1991)

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  • [Publications] Tsukita,S.: "Specific proto-oncogenic tyrosine kinases of src family are enriched in cell-to-cell adherens junctions where the level of tyrosine phosphorylatio is elevated." Journal of Cell Biology. 113. 867-879 (1991)

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  • [Publications] Yonemura,S.: "Mass isolation of cleavage furrows frow dividing sea urchin ehhs." Journal of Cell science. 100. 73-84 (1991)

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  • [Publications] Nagafuchi,A.: "The 102kd cadherin-associated protein:Sinilarity to vinculin and posttranscriptional regulation of expression." Cell. 65. 1-20 (1991)

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  • [Publications] Funayama,N.: "Radixin is a novel member of the band 4.1 family." Journal of Cell Biology. 115. 1039-1048 (1991)

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  • [Publications] Tsukita,Sh.,Tsukita,Sa.& Nagafuchi,A: "(1990) The undercoat of adherens junctions: A key specialized structure in organogenesis and caroinogenesis" Cell Struct. Funct. 15. 7-12

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  • [Publications] Nishikawa,S.,Tsukita,Sa.& Tsukita,Sh: "(1990) Localization of adherens junction proteins along the possible sliding interface between secretory ameloblasts of the rat incisor" Cell Struct. Funct. 15. 245-250

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  • [Publications] Funatsu,T.,Higuchi,H.& Ishiwata,S: "(1990) Elastic filaments in skeletal muscle revealed by selective removal of thin filaments with plasma gelsolin" J. Cell Biol. 110. 53-62

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  • [Publications] Sato,N.,Yonemura,S.,Obinata,T.,Tsukita,Sa.& Tsukita,Sh: "(1991) Radixin. a barbedend-capping actin-modulating protein. is concentrated at the cleavage furrow during cytokinesis" J. Cell Biol. 113. 321-330

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  • [Publications] Muto,E.,Kamiya,R.& Tsukita,Sh: "(1991) Double-rowed organization of inner dynein arms in Chlamydomonas flagella revealed by tilt-series thin-section electron microscopy" J. Cell Sci. 99. 57-66

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  • [Publications] Tsukita,Sa.,Oishi,K.,Akiyama,T.,Yamanashi,Y.,Yamamoto,T.& Tsukita,Sh: "(1991) Specific proto-oncogenic tyrosine kinases of she family are enriched in cell-to-cell adherens junctions where the level of tyrosine phosphorylation is elevated" J. Cell Biol. 113. 867-879

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  • [Publications] Yonemura,S.,Mabuchi,I.& Tsukita,Sh: "(1991) Mass isolation of cleavage furrows from dividing sea urchin eggs" J. Cell Sci. 100. 73-84

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  • [Publications] Nagafuchi,A.,Takeichi,M.& Tsukita,Sh: "(1991) The 102kd cadherin-associated protein : Similarity to vinculin and posttranscriptional regulation of expression" Cell. 65. 1-20

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  • [Publications] Funayama,N.,Nagafuchi,A.,Sato,N.,Tsukita,Sa.& Tsukita,Sh: "(1991) Radixin is a novel member of the band 4.1 family" J. Cell Biol. 115. 1039-1048

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  • [Publications] Itoh,M.,Yonemura,S.,Nagafuchi,A.,Tsukita,Sa.& Tsukita,Sh: "(1991) A 220kD undercoat-constitutive protein : Its specific localization at cadherin-based cell-to-cell adhesion sites" J.Cell Biol. 115. 1449-1462

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  • [Publications] Tsukita,Sh: "(1991) Signal transduciton through the undercoat of adherens junctions which is tightly associated with actin filaments" Yamakawa,T.ed.RINSHOKEN 15 Years of Research.Tokyo. 19-29

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