Recent Publications from Our Laboraroty
2008
Klaavuniemi, T., Yamashiro,
S., and Ono, S. (2008) “Caenorhabditis
elegans GSNL-1 is a novel actin filament severing protein with four gelsolin-like repeats.” J. Biol. Chem. In press. Abstract.
Ono, K., Yamashiro, S., and
Ono, S. (2008) “Essential role
of ADF/cofilin for assembly of contractile actin networks in the C. elegans somatic
gonad.” J. Cell Sci.
In press.
2007
Yamashiro, S., Gimona, M.,
and Ono, S. (2007) “UNC-87, a
calponin-related protein in C. elegans,
antagonizes ADF/cofilin-mediated actin filament dynamics.” J. Cell
Sci. 120, 3022-3033. Abstract
Ono, K., Yu, R., and Ono, S. (2007) “Structural components of the
non-striated contractile apparatuses in the Caenorhabditis
elegans gonadal sheath and their essential roles
for ovulation.” Dev. Dyn. 236, 1093-1105. Abstract
Ono,
S. (2007) “Mechanism of
depolymerization and severing of actin filaments and its significance in
cytoskeletal dynamics.” Int. Rev. Cytol.
258, 1-82. Abstract
2006
Yu, R., and Ono, S. (2006) “Dual roles of tropomyosin as an F-actin stabilizer and a
regulator of muscle contraction in Caenorhabditis
elegans body wall muscle.”
Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton 63,
659-672. Abstract
Ono,
K., Yu, R., Mohri, K., and Ono, S. (2006) “Caenorhabditis elegans kettin,
a large immunoglobulin-like repeat protein, binds to filamentous actin and
provides mechanical stability to the contractile apparatuses in body wall
muscle.” Mol. Biol. Cell 17,
2722-2734. Abstract
Mohri, K., Ono, K., Yu, R., Yamashiro, S. and Ono,
S. (2006) “Enhancement
of actin-depolymerizing factor/cofilin-dependent actin disassembly by
actin-interacting protein 1 is required for organized actin filament assembly
in the Caenorhabditis elegans body
wall muscle.” Mol. Biol. Cell 17, 2190-2199. Abstract
Procaccio, V., Salazar, G., Ono, S., Styers,
M., Gearing, M., Davila, A., Jimenez, R., Juncos, J. L., Gutekunst,
C-. A., Meroni,
G., Fontanella, B., Sontag,
E., Sontag, J. M., Faundez,
V. and Wainer, B. H. (2006) “A mutation of
β-actin that alters depolymerization dynamics is associated with autosomal dominant developmental malformations, deafness
and dystonia.” Am. J. Hum. Genet. 78, 947-960. Abstract
Polet, D., Lambrechts, A., Ono, K., Mah,
A., Peelman, F., Vandekerckhove,
J., Baillie, D. L., Ampe, C., and Ono, S. (2006)
“Ceanorhabditis elegans
expresses three functional profilins in a tissue
specific manner.” Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton
63, 14-28. Abstract
2005
Nakashima, K., Nakagaki, T.,
Sato, N., Abe, H., Ono, S., and
Obinata, T. (2005) “Two mouse cofilin isoforms, muscle-type (MCF) and
non-muscle-type (NMCF), interact with F-actin by different efficiency.” J. Biochem. 138, 519-526. Abstract
Yamashiro, S., Mohri, K., and Ono, S. (2005) “The two Caenorhabditis elegans actin depolymerizing factor/cofilin proteins
differently enhance actin filament severing and depolymerization.” Biochemistry.
44, 14238-14247. Abstract
Ono, S., Mohri, K., and Ono, K. (2005) “Molecular and biochemical
characterization of kettin in Caenorhabditis
elegans.” J. Muscle Res & Cell Motil. 26,
449-454. Abstract
2004
Anyanful, A.*, Ono, K.*, Johnsen, R.
C.*, Ly, H., Jensen, V., Baillie, D. L., and Ono, S. (2004) “The RNA-binding protein SUP-12 controls
muscle-specific splicing of the ADF/cofilin pre-mRNA in C. elegans.” J. Cell Biol. 167, 639-647. Abstract
* Equally contributed to this work.
Van Troys, M., Ono, K., Dewitte, D., Jonckheere, V., De Ruyck, N., Vandekerckhove,
J., Ono, S., and Ampe, C. (2004) “TetraThymosin b is required for actin dynamics in C. elegans and acts via functionally different actin
binding repeats.” Mol. Biol. Cell 15, 4735-4748. Abstract
Mohri, K., Vorobiev, S., Fedorov, A. A., Almo, S. C., and Ono, S. (2004)
“Identification of functional
residues on Caenorhabditis elegans actin-interacting protein 1 (UNC-78)
for disassembly of actin depolymerizing factor/cofilin-bound actin filaments.” J. Biol. Chem. 279, 31697-31707. Abstract
Ono,
K., and Ono, S. (2004) “Tropomyosin and troponin are required for
ovarian contraction in the Caenorhabditis
elegans reproductive system.” Mol. Biol. Cell 15,
2782-2793. Abstract
Ono, S., Mohri, K., and Ono, K. (2004) “Microscopic evidence that actin-interacting
protein 1 actively disassembles actin depolymerizing factor/cofilin-bound actin
filaments.” J. Biol.
Chem. 279, 14207-14212. Abstract
2003
Ono,
S. (2003) “Regulation of actin
filament dynamics by actin depolymerizing factor/cofilin and actin-interacting
protein 1: new blades for twisted filaments.” Biochemistry
42, 13363-13370. Abstract
Mohri, K. and Ono, S. (2003)
“Actin filament disassembling activity of Caenorhabditis elegans actin-interacting protein 1 (UNC-78) is
dependent on filament binding by a specific ADF/cofilin isoform.” J. Cell
Sci. 116, 4107-4118. Abstract
Vorobiev, S., Strokopytov, B.,
Drubin, D. G., Frieden, C., Ono, S., Condeelis, J., Rubenstein, P. A.,
Almo, S. C. (2003) “The structure
of nonvertebrate actin: implications for the ATP hydrolytic mechanism.” PNAS 100,
5760-5765 Abstract
Ono, K., Parast, M., Alberico, C., Benian, G.
M., Ono, S. (2003) “Specific
requirement for two ADF/cofilin isoforms in distinct actin-dependent processes
in Caenorhabditis elegans.” J. Cell Sci. 116, 2073-2085
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Ono, S.
(2003) “Function of ADF/cofilin in muscle cells: an important regulator
of actin cytoskeletal dynamics in myofibril assembly and muscle diseases”
in Recent Developments in Cell Research, Research
2002
Gearing, M.,
Juncos, J. L., Procaccio, V., Gutekunst, C. A., Marino-Rodriguez, E. M., Gyure,
K. A., Ono, S., Santoianni, R., Krawiecki, N. S., Wallace, D. C.,
Wainer, B. H. (2002) “Aggregation
of actin and cofilin in identical twins with juvenile-onset dystonia.” Ann. Neurol.
52, 465-476. Abstract
Ono,
S. and Ono, K. (2002) “Tropomyosin inhibits ADF/cofilin-dependent
actin filament dynamics.” J. Cell Biol.
156, 1065-1076. Abstract
2001
Ono, S. (2001) “The Caenorhabditis elegans unc-78 gene encodes
a homologue of actin-interacting protein 1 required for organized assembly of
muscle actin filaments.” J. Cell Biol. 152,
1313-1319. Abstract
Ono, S., McGough, A., Pope, B., Tolbert, V., Bui, A., Pohl, J.,
Bui, A., Benian, G. M., Gernert, K, and Weeds, A. G. (2001) "The
C-terminal tail of UNC-60B (actin depolymerizing factor/cofilin) is critical
for maintaining its stable association with F-actin and is implicated in the
second actin-binding site." J. Biol. Chem. 276, 5952-5958. Abstract
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