<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
document.write('<div id="oa_widget"></div>');
document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.openaire.eu/index.php?option=com_openaire&view=widget&format=raw&projectId=undefined&type=result"></script>');
-->
</script>RhoGAP18B Isoforms Act on Distinct Rho-Family GTPases and Regulate Behavioral Responses to Alcohol via Cofilin
RhoGAP18B Isoforms Act on Distinct Rho-Family GTPases and Regulate Behavioral Responses to Alcohol via Cofilin
Responses to the effects of ethanol are highly conserved across organisms, with reduced responses to the sedating effects of ethanol being predictive of increased risk for human alcohol dependence. Previously, we described that regulators of actin dynamics, such as the Rho-family GTPases Rac1, Rho1, and Cdc42, alter Drosophila's sensitivity to ethanol-induced sedation. The GTPase activating protein RhoGAP18B also affects sensitivity to ethanol. To better understand how different RhoGAP18B isoforms affect ethanol sedation, we examined them for their effects on cell shape, GTP-loading of Rho-family GTPase, activation of the actin-severing cofilin, and actin filamentation. Our results suggest that the RhoGAP18B-PA isoform acts on Cdc42, while PC and PD act via Rac1 and Rho1 to activate cofilin. In vivo, a loss-of-function mutation in the cofilin-encoding gene twinstar leads to reduced ethanol-sensitivity and acts in concert with RhoGAP18B. Different RhoGAP18B isoforms, therefore, act on distinct subsets of Rho-family GTPases to modulate cofilin activity, actin dynamics, and ethanol-induced behaviors.
- University of Houston - Victoria United States
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center United States
- UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER
- Government of the United States of America United States
- UT Southwestern Medical Center United States
rho GTP-Binding Proteins, Science, Cell Line, GTP-Binding Proteins, Animals, Drosophila Proteins, Humans, Hypnotics and Sedatives, Protein Isoforms, Cell Shape, Behavior, Animal, Q, GTPase-Activating Proteins, R, rac GTP-Binding Proteins, Drosophila melanogaster, Actin Depolymerizing Factors, Gene Expression Regulation, Alcohols, Models, Animal, Medicine, Research Article
rho GTP-Binding Proteins, Science, Cell Line, GTP-Binding Proteins, Animals, Drosophila Proteins, Humans, Hypnotics and Sedatives, Protein Isoforms, Cell Shape, Behavior, Animal, Q, GTPase-Activating Proteins, R, rac GTP-Binding Proteins, Drosophila melanogaster, Actin Depolymerizing Factors, Gene Expression Regulation, Alcohols, Models, Animal, Medicine, Research Article
23 Research products, page 1 of 3
- 2017IsRelatedTo
- 2017IsRelatedTo
- 2006IsAmongTopNSimilarDocuments
- 2017IsRelatedTo
- 2017IsRelatedTo
- 2017IsRelatedTo
- 2017IsRelatedTo
- 2017IsRelatedTo
- 2017IsRelatedTo
- 2017IsRelatedTo
chevron_left - 1
- 2
- 3
chevron_right
citations This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).15 popularity This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network.Top 10% influence This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).Average impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network.Top 10%
