Altered cell spreading in cytochalasin B: a possible role for intermediate filaments.

Role of Intermediate Filaments in Mechanotransduction during Cell Migration

Role of Intermediate Filaments in Vesicular Traffic

Intermediate filaments are an important component of the cellular cytoskeleton. The first established role attributed to intermediate filaments was the mechanical support to cells. However, it is now clear that intermediate filaments have many different roles affecting a variety of other biological functions, such as the organization of microtubules and microfilaments, the regulation of nuclear...

Cytochalasin B

Cytochalasin B competitively inhibits the transport of uridine and thymidine by Novikoff rat hepatoma cells growing in suspension culture with apparent K(i)'s of 2 and 6 microM, respectively, but has no effect on the intracellular phosphorylation of the nucleosides. Choline transport is not affected by cytochalasin B. Results from pulse-chase experiments indicate that cytochalasin B has no dire...

Cytochalasin B

Cytochalasin B, a mold metabolite, has been shown to inhibit cytokinesis and motility (3), morphogenie development (18), endocytosis (5), and the transport of sugars (8-10, 12). I t has also been demonstrated that this drug inhibits the stimuatcd elaboration of extracellular substances from glands-the release of thyroxine from the thyroid gland after stimulation by thyroid-stimulating hormone (...

Intermediate Filaments Play a Pivotal Role in Regulating Cell Architecture and Function.

Intermediate filaments (IFs) are composed of one or more members of a large family of cytoskeletal proteins, whose expression is cell- and tissue type-specific. Their importance in regulating the physiological properties of cells is becoming widely recognized in functions ranging from cell motility to signal transduction. IF proteins assemble into nanoscale biopolymers with unique strain-harden...