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PROTOPLASMA
Volume 229, Issue 2-4, Pages 215-220Publisher
SPRINGER WIEN
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-006-0204-0
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fibroblast; GTP-binding protein of Rho family; cytoskeleton; proliferation
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Small GTP-bindin proteins of the Rho family (RhoA, Cdc42, Rac1) regulate the organisation and the turnover of the cell Is cytoskeleton and adhesion structures. A significant function of these cellular structures is to translate and counterbalance forces applied to, or generated by, cells in order to maintain homeostasis and control cell movement. We therefore hypothesised that Rho-GTPases are directly involved in cellular gravity perception and may participate in the alterations induced in microgravity. To define an adequate cellular model allowing to investigate this issue, we have established stable cell lines constitutively expressing active forms of either RhoA, Cdc42, or Rac1. The three cell lines differ by morphology and by their ability to form filopodia, lamellipodia. and bundles of actin stress fibers. Overexpression of the active form of either RhoA. Cdc42, or Rac1 is compatible with cell viability and does not affect cell population doubling time. Thus, our series of mutant cells appear well Suited to gain further knowledge on the molecular mechanisms of cellular gravity perception.
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