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ArticleThe Journal of cell biology2025

A truncated isoform of Connexin43 caps actin to organize forward delivery of full-length Connexin43.

Rachel Baum, Vu D Nguyen, Mario Maalouf, Daisuke Shimura, Miriam Waghalter, Sargis Srapyan, Qianru Jin, Lucas Kuzmanovich, Adelaide T Gaffney, Bridger R Bell and 6 more

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Article in The Journal of cell biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Beyond the gap: moonlighting functions of connexins in cancer.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Rachel Baum *Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, UT, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8227-7462
Vu D Nguyen *Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, UT, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-6250-8271
Mario MaaloufNora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, UT, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2998-5395
Daisuke ShimuraNora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, UT, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9954-2162
Miriam WaghalterNora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, UT, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-4549-8293
Sargis SrapyanDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), Long Beach, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-0117-1624
Qianru JinDisease Biophysics Group, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University , Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3182-8188
Lucas KuzmanovichNora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, UT, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-7913-2319
Adelaide T GaffneyNora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, UT, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-8249-6051
Bridger R BellNora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, UT, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-0424-0617
Shaohua XiaoDepartment of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-5125-6284
Joseph A PalatinusNora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, UT, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6424-0105
André G KléberDisease Biophysics Group, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University , Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3233-2005
Elena E GrintsevichDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), Long Beach, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9671-6139
TingTing HongNora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, UT, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0243-5046
Robin M ShawNora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, UT, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7429-6092

Funding

TRAINING IN CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCHT32HL007576 · NHLBI · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI Stavros George Drakos, Robin M Shaw · 1985 to 2026
$10.6M
Regulation of Cav1.2 Trafficking by GJA1-20k and cBIN1R01HL159983 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI HONG, TINGTING, SHAW, ROBIN M · 2021 to 2024
$2.2M
Regulation of Ion Channels at BIN1-induced T-tubule MicrodomainsR01HL133286 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI HONG, TINGTING · 2016 to 2020
$2.2M
A New Non-Canonical Role for an Alternatively Translated Ion Channel ProteinR01HL138577 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI SHAW, ROBIN M · 2017 to 2020
$2.1M
Unlocking Trafficking Specificity for Cx43 Gap JunctionsR01HL152691 · NHLBI · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI Robin M Shaw · 2020 to 2026
$2.0M
Altered Cell-Cell Coupling in Arrhythmogenic CardiomyopathyR01HL136463 · NHLBI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI SAFFITZ, JEFFREY E · 2018 to 2021
$1.8M
GJA1-20K is a new regulator of actin dynamics and myocardial cell-cell couplingF31HL147404 · NHLBI · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · PI BAUM, RACHEL · 2019 to 2021
$103k
NHLBI NIH HHS F31 HL147404NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL133286NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL136463NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL138577NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL152691NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL159983NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007576NIH HHS R01HL152691
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While membrane proteins such as ion channels continuously turn over and require replacement, the mechanisms of specificity of efficient channel delivery to appropriate membrane subdomains remain poorly understood. GJA1-20k is a truncated Connexin43 (Cx43) isoform arising from translation initiating at an internal start codon within the same parent GJA1 mRNA and is requisite for full-length Cx43 trafficking to cell borders. GJA1-20k does not have a full transmembrane domain, and it is not known how GJA1-20k enables forward delivery of Cx43 hemichannels. Here, we report that a RPEL-like domain at the C terminus of GJA1-20k binds directly to actin and induces an actin phenotype similar to that of an actin-capping protein. Furthermore, GJA1-20k organizes actin within the cytoplasm to physically outline a forward delivery pathway for microtubule-based trafficking of Cx43 channels to follow. In conclusion, we find that the postal address of membrane-bound Cx43 channel delivery is defined by a separate protein encoded by the same mRNA of the channel itself.

Indexed as

ActinsConnexin 43Protein IsoformsAnimalsGap JunctionsHeLa CellsHumansMicrotubulesProtein BindingProtein DomainsProtein TransportRatsRNA, MessengerActinsConnexin 43GJA1 protein, humanProtein IsoformsRNA, Messenger

Identifiers

PMID39737876
PMCPMC11687303

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