title: Interaction of cadherin with the actin cytoskeleton.
abstract: Cadherins regulate cell-cell adhesion throughout embryonic development and in the adult organism, and defects in cadherin expression and function are characteristic of many disease states including cancer. Although extracellular binding between cadherins specifies adhesion between cells, the strength of the interaction is thought to be regulated by cadherin clustering through reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton. Protein-protein interactions have been described that could link cadherins either directly or indirectly to the actin cytoskeleton. Here, we describe these protein interactions, and examine critically the evidence that they link cadherins to the actin cytoskeleton.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94305-5435, USA.
authors.forename: W James
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: Frauke
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Drees
authors.forename: Soichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamada
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D015820:Cadherins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051177:Catenins / Q000378:metabolism; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D015820:Cadherins; D051177:Catenins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins