2017
Novel ecto-tagged integrins reveal their trafficking in live cells
Huet-Calderwood C, Rivera-Molina F, Iwamoto DV, Kromann EB, Toomre D, Calderwood DA. Novel ecto-tagged integrins reveal their trafficking in live cells. Nature Communications 2017, 8: 570. PMID: 28924207, PMCID: PMC5603536, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00646-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntegrin functionΒ1 integrinLive cellsCell surface adhesion receptorsHeterodimeric cell-surface adhesion receptorsIntegrin endocytosisMulticellular organismsNovel powerful toolFocal adhesionsKnockout fibroblastsIntegrin activationAdhesion receptorsExtracellular loopIntegrinsTraffickingMajor mysteriesCellsTagsAdhesionHaloTagEndocytosisPowerful toolExocytosisOrganismsVesicles
2004
Talin controls integrin activation
Calderwood DA. Talin controls integrin activation. Biochemical Society Transactions 2004, 32: 434-437. PMID: 15157154, DOI: 10.1042/bst0320434.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntegrin beta tailsIntegrin activationCytoplasmic domainBeta tailsMajor actin-binding proteinIntegrin beta cytoplasmic domainsBeta cytoplasmic domainsIntegrin cytoplasmic domainIntegrin activation pathwaysCytoskeletal protein talinIntegrin extracellular domainActin-binding proteinsIntegrin adhesion receptorsBinding of talinTalin FERM domainIntegrin-binding siteMulticellular organismsPTB domainFERM domainProtein talinExtracellular ligandsTalin expressionRNA interferenceTalinIntracellular signalsIntegrin activation
Calderwood DA. Integrin activation. Journal Of Cell Science 2004, 117: 657-666. PMID: 14754902, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntegrin cytoplasmic domainExtracellular matrixCell-ECM adhesionIntegrin extracellular domainCytoskeletal protein talinTransmembrane adhesion receptorsAbility of cellsMulticellular organismsProtein talinExtracellular ligandsCytoplasmic domainIntegrin activationIntracellular signalsExtracellular domainAdhesion receptorsIntegrin familyConformational changesIntegrin receptorsIntracellular stepsReversible mechanismRecent studiesAdhesionTalinReceptorsOrganisms