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Cell-Matrix Interactions

How Integrins Link Cells to Their Environment

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Integrins help cells connect with their environment and send signals across the cell membrane. They can carry information from outside the cell to the inside, or from inside the cell to the outside. These two paths are called outside-in signaling and inside-out signaling.

In outside-in signaling,...

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细胞要迁移通过细胞外基质(ECM),必须快速形成并解除细胞与ECM的附着。

这由膜结合的整合素在能够形成连接的活性状态与不能形成连接的非活性状态之间快速转换所介导。

在非活性构象中,整合素二聚体的尾部紧密地锁定在一起,阻止整合素与细胞外基质蛋白或细胞骨架丝结合。

整合素可通过细胞外的“由外向内”机制或细胞内的机制被激活 "“内向外”机制

在"由外向内"机制中,细胞外基质蛋白(如纤连蛋白)与整合素的胞外结构域结合。其尾部解离,整合素由此从非活性状态转变为活性状态,暴露出细胞质衔接蛋白的结合位点。

相反,在 "内向外" 机制上,衔接蛋白(如talin)与整合素的胞质β链结合,从而破坏α-β链之间的连接,迫使整合素的腿状结...

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