Identification of mRNAS enriched in endothelial cell protrusions
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ABSTRACT: Deciphering the complex biology of cell migration is key to understand human-related disorders. During angiogenesis, endothelial cells engage in coordinated migration events to form new blood vessels from parental counterparts. However, while subcellular localisation of mRNAs and localised translation are fundamental steps between gene transcription and protein activity, whether local regulation of gene expression controls the complex morphogenetic process of angiogenesis has never been addressed. Here, we set out to investigate the cytoplasmic distribution of mRNAs in migratory endothelial cells. We isolated RNA from endothelial cell protrusions from their cell bodies and used RNA-sequencing to identify asymmetrically distributed transcripts. These studies identified a set of transcripts enriched in endothelial cell protrusions over cell bodies, which included classically protrusion-enriched mRNAs and other intriguing transcripts encoding proteins implicated in cell migration.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE133055 | GEO | 2020/09/07
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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