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Characterization of actbl2 - recently discovered actin isoform and its role in migration and invasion of human melanoma cells

2015/17/B/NZ3/03604

Keywords:

actbl2 actin actin isoforms cell migration cell invasion tumor melanoma breast carcinoma prostate carcinoma cell pathology posttranslational modifications

Descriptors:

  • NZ3_1: Cell biology

Panel:

NZ3 - Cellular and developmental biology: cell biology, developmental biology, ageing biology, neurobiology

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Wydział Biotechnologii

woj. dolnośląskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Antonina Mazur 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 5

Call: OPUS 9 - announced on 2015-03-16

Amount awarded: 782 180 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2016-03-09

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2020-03-08

Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Termoblok.
  2. Blok chłodzącogrzejny z wytrząszaniem na probówki 1,5-2,0 ml oraz 15 ml probówki typu Falkon® (11 000 PLN)
  3. Wytrząsarka do bakterii z funkcją chłodzenia (49 000 PLN)
  4. Duży aparat do elektroforezy białkowej (10 500 PLN)
  5. Miniwirówka.
  6. Wirówka stołowa z chłodzeniem + rotory na 1,5-2,0 ml próbówki oraz 15 i 50 ml probówki typu Falkon® (38 000 PLN)
  7. komputer stacjonarny.

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (4)
  • Book publications / chapters in book publications (1)
  1. Knockout of ACTB and ACTG1 with CRISPR/Cas9(D10A) Technique Shows that Non-Muscle β and γ Actin Are Not Equal in Relation to Human Melanoma Cells' Motility and Focal Adhesion Formation
    Authors:
    Natalia Malek, Ewa Mrówczyńska, Aleksandra Michrowska, Ewa Mazurkiewicz, Iuliia Pavlyk, Antonina Joanna Mazur
    Academic press:
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences (rok: 2020, tom: 21(8), strony: 2746), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/ijms21082746 - link to the publication
  2. The origin of the expressed retrotransposed gene ACTBL2 and its influence on human melanoma cells' motility and focal adhesion formation
    Authors:
    Natalia Malek, Aleksandra Michrowska, Ewa Mazurkiewicz, Ewa Mrówczyńska, Paweł Mackiewicz, Antonina J. Mazur
    Academic press:
    Scientific Reports (rok: 2021, tom: 11, strony: 3329), Wydawca: Springer Nature
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41598-021-82074-x - link to the publication
  3. Are non-muscle actin isoforms functionally equivalent ?
    Authors:
    Aleksandra Simiczyjew, Katarzyna Pietraszek-Gremplewicz, Antonina Joanna Mazur, Dorota Nowak
    Academic press:
    Histology and Histopathology (rok: 2017, tom: 32, strony: 1125-1139), Wydawca: Jiménez-Godoy, S.A. Murcia. Spain
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.14670/HH-11-896 - link to the publication
  4. Non-muscle actin paralogues and their acting on the cell cycle progression and proliferation
    Authors:
    Estera Jeruzalska, Antonina Joanna Mazur
    Academic press:
    European Journal of Cell Biology , Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Submitted
  1. A Fluorescent Gelatin Degradation Assay to Study Melanoma Breakdown of Extracellular Matrix
    Authors:
    Ewa Mazurkiewicz, Ewa Mrówczyńska, Aleksandra Simiczyjew, Dorota Nowak, Antonina J. Mazur
    Book:
    "Melanoma - methods and protocols" w serii książek "Methods in molecular biology" (rok: 2021, tom: 2265, strony: 47-63), Wydawca: Springer Nature
    Status:
    Published