CELL POLARITY

Role of Microtubule Polarity and Polarized Membrane Traffic in Directed Cell Migration

 Coordinatore FREIE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN 

 Organization address address: Kaiserswertherstrasse 16-18
city: BERLIN
postcode: 14195

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Christine
Cognome: Koßbau
Email: send email
Telefono: 493084000000
Fax: 493083000000

 Nazionalità Coordinatore Germany [DE]
 Totale costo 100˙000 €
 EC contributo 100˙000 €
 Programma FP7-PEOPLE
Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
 Code Call FP7-PEOPLE-2009-RG
 Funding Scheme MC-IRG
 Anno di inizio 2010
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2010-05-01   -   2014-04-30

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    FREIE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN

 Organization address address: Kaiserswertherstrasse 16-18
city: BERLIN
postcode: 14195

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Christine
Cognome: Koßbau
Email: send email
Telefono: 493084000000
Fax: 493083000000

DE (BERLIN) coordinator 100.00

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image    edge    distinct    directed    mt    migration    cell    wound    cellular    traffic    trafficking    polarized    play    screening    membrane    migrating    central    polarity    front    cells    mts    imaging    secretory   

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The ability of cells to polarize is crucial for development, wound healing, and neurotransmission. As many cellular polarity factors play central roles in disease (e.g. cancer, neurological dysfunction) understanding the molecular basis of cell polarity is of great importance to the biomedical sciences. One central aspect of cell polarity involves the regulation of the cytoskeleton and membrane-trafficking machinery, leading to the delivery of specific proteins and lipids to distinct cellular subdomains. This polarized membrane traffic seems important for cells that exhibit local cell growth, including migrating cells. Using advanced imaging approaches I showed that migrating cells preferentially deliver their secretory vesicles towards the leading edge (i.e. the front), and that this polarized delivery depends on intact microtubules (MTs). But how MTs and polarized membrane traffic contribute to cell migration remains unclear. Recent work on wound-edge migrating cells has identified factors that lead to distinct MT polarity phenotypes, i.e. MT stabilization and centrosome orientation, both of which could contribute to bias membrane traffic towards the front of the cell by either forming specialized vesicular tracks or by positioning secretory organelles in front of the nucleus. I will use interdisciplinary cell biological and state-of-the-art imaging and screening approaches to 1) investigate the mechanism of how MT polarity and polarized membrane traffic contribute to directed migration using known factors, 2) identify membrane trafficking factors that play a role in directed migration using automated image-based screening and 3) investigate the role of common traffic/migration factors in polarized membrane traffic and MT polarity. Further, I will implement ‘super-resolution’ microscopy to image the nanoscale localization of polarity factors in greater detail. These studies are aimed toward a more comprehensive understanding of cell polarity.'

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