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SUBMITTER: Bouter A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3104517 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bouter Anthony A Gounou Céline C Bérat Rémi R Tan Sisareuth S Gallois Bernard B Granier Thierry T d'Estaintot Béatrice Langlois BL Pöschl Ernst E Brachvogel Bent B Brisson Alain R AR
Nature communications 20110101
Eukaryotic cells possess a universal repair machinery that ensures rapid resealing of plasma membrane disruptions. Before resealing, the torn membrane is submitted to considerable tension, which functions to expand the disruption. Here we show that annexin-A5 (AnxA5), a protein that self-assembles into two-dimensional (2D) arrays on membranes upon Ca(2+) activation, promotes membrane repair. Compared with wild-type mouse perivascular cells, AnxA5-null cells exhibit a severe membrane repair defec ...[more]