Neuronal microtubules: When the MAP is the roadblock

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 183-187

  Baas, Peter W ^a   Qiang, Liang ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KATANIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CELL ORGANELLE; CYTOSKELETON; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

EID: 16844379161     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2005.02.001     Document Type: Short Survey

References (28)

1. O.C. Rodriguez Conserved microtubule-actin interactions in cell movement and morphogenesis Nat. Cell Biol. 5 2003 599 609
2. T. Schroer Dynactin Annu. Rev. Cell Dev. Biol. 20 2004 759 779
3. K.L. Weber A microtubule-binding myosin required for nuclear anchoring and spindle assembly Nature 431 2004 325 329
4. E.M. Mandelkow MARK/PAR1 kinase is a regulator of microtubule-dependent transport in axons J. Cell Biol. 167 2004 99 110
5. A. Ebneth Overexpression of tau protein inhibits kinesin-dependent trafficking of vesicles, mitochondria, and endoplasmic reticulum: implications for Alzheimer's disease J. Cell Biol. 143 1998 777 794
6. B. Trinczek Tau regulates the attachment/detachment but not the speed of motors in microtubule-dependent transport of single vesicles and organelles J. Cell Sci. 112 1999 2355 2367
7. K. Stamer Tau blocks traffic of organelles, neurofilaments, and APP vesicles in neurons and enhances oxidative stress J. Cell Biol. 156 2002 1051 1063
8. A. Seitz Single-molecule investigation of the interference between kinesin, tau and MAP2c EMBO J. 21 2002 4896 4905
9. A. von Massow Interaction between kinesin, microtubules, and microtubule-associated protein 2 Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton 14 1989 562 571
10. F.J. Ahmad An essential role for katanin in severing microtubules in the neuron J. Cell Biol. 145 1999 305 315
11. A. Errico Spastin, the protein mutated in autosomal dominant hereditary spastic paraplegia, is involved in microtubule dynamics Hum. Mol. Genet. 11 2002 153 163
12. A. Karabay Axonal growth is sensitive to the levels of katanin, a protein that severs microtubules J. Neurosci. 24 2004 5778 5788
13. F.J. McNally, and R.D. Vale Identification of katanin, an ATPase that severs and disassembles stable microtubules Cell 75 1993 419 429
14. R.D. Vale Severing of stable microtubules by a mitotically activated protein in Xenopus egg extracts Cell 64 1991 827 839
15. K.P. McNally Katanin-mediated microtubule severing can be regulated by multiple mechanisms Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton 53 2002 337 349
16. C.M. Waterman-Storer, and E.D. Salmon Actomyosin-based retrograde flow of microtubules in the lamella of migrating epithelial cells influences microtubule dynamic instability and turnover and is associated with microtubule breakage and treadmilling J. Cell Biol. 139 1997 417 434
17. Y. He Microtubule reconfiguration during axonal retraction induced by nitric oxide J. Neurosci. 22 2002 5982 5991
18. M.E. Janson Dynamic instability of microtubules is regulated by force J. Cell Biol. 161 2003 1029 1034
19. W. Yu Microtubule fragmentation and partitioning in the axon during collateral branch formation J. Neurosci. 14 1994 5872 5884
20. E. Dent Reorganization and movement of microtubules in growth cones and developing interstitial branches J. Neurosci. 19 1999 8894 8908
21. A. Ebneth Phosphorylation of MAP2c and MAP4 by MARK kinases leads to the destabilization of microtubules in cells Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton 44 1999 209 224
22. L.J. Davis The importance of lattice defects in katanin-mediated microtubule severing in vitro Biophys. J. 82 2002 2916 2927
23. J.J. Hartman, and R.D. Vale Microtubule disassembly by ATP-dependent oligomerization of the AAA enzyme katanin Science 286 1999 782 785
24. A. Meixner MAP1B is required for axon guidance and is involved in the development of the central and peripheral nervous system J. Cell Biol. 151 2000 1169 1178
25. S.A. Przyborski, and M.A. Cambray-Deakin Developmental regulation of MAP2 variants during neuronal differentiation in vitro Brain Res. Dev. Brain Res. 89 1995 187 201
26. C. Charriere-Bertrand, and J. Nunez Regulation of tubulin, Tau and microtubule associated protein 2 expression during mouse brain development Neurochem. Int. 21 1992 535 541
27. G. Mangin Timing of expression of tau and its encoding mRNAs in the developing cerebral neocortex and cerebellum of the mouse J. Neurochem. 53 1989 45 50
28. D. Couchie Expression of the mRNA for tau proteins during brain development and in cultured neurons and astroglial cells J. Neurochem. 50 1988 1894 1899