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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-6-3
pubmed:abstractText
The ezrin-radixin-moesin (ERM) homolog EM10 is expressed by the larval stage of the parasite E. multilocularis and shows 46.9% overall identity in the primary structure with human ezrin. To determine whether EM10 has similar activities to ERM proteins, we investigated properties of the protein expressed in mammalian cells. In particular, we transiently expressed haemagglutinin-tagged (HA-tagged) versions of the full-length EM10 as well as the amino- and the carboxy-terminal halves of EM10 in HtTA-1 cells. In addition we stably transfected NIH-3T3 cells with untagged full-length EM10. The data demonstrate that EM10 polypeptides behave like their corresponding portions of radixin when transiently expressed in mammalian cells. The full-length and amino-terminal EM10 polypeptides were localized to cortical structures. Cells expressing the carboxy-terminal polypeptide of EM10 showed long actin-filled protrusions. Cells expressing full-length EM10 showed a reduction in endogenous moesin-staining at cortical structures. In stably transfected NIH-3T3 cells EM10 was not crisply localized but rather was diffuse throughout the cytoplasm. These cells showed a conspicuous loss of stress-fibers, a phenotype that was not seen in analogous experiments with ERM proteins. The results demonstrate both similarities and differences between the functional properties of EM10 and ERM proteins expressed in vertebrate cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Actins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antigens, Helminth, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antigens, Surface, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Blood Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cytoskeletal Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA Primers, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Elp protein, Echinococcus..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Microfilament Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phalloidine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phosphoproteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/ezrin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/moesin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/radixin
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0886-1544
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
178-88
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10098932-3T3 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:10098932-Actins, pubmed-meshheading:10098932-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10098932-Antigens, Helminth, pubmed-meshheading:10098932-Antigens, Surface, pubmed-meshheading:10098932-Blood Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10098932-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:10098932-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:10098932-Cytoskeletal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10098932-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:10098932-Echinococcus, pubmed-meshheading:10098932-HeLa Cells, pubmed-meshheading:10098932-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10098932-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10098932-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10098932-Microfilament Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10098932-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:10098932-Microvilli, pubmed-meshheading:10098932-Phalloidine, pubmed-meshheading:10098932-Phosphoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:10098932-Pseudopodia, pubmed-meshheading:10098932-Transfection
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Activities of the EM10 protein from Echinococcus multilocularis in cultured mammalian cells demonstrate functional relationships to ERM family members.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie, Universität Würzburg, Germany. khubert@hygiene.uni-wuerzburg.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't