(-)-Blebbistatin

(-)-Blebbistatin Structure
(-)-Blebbistatin structure
Common Name (-)-Blebbistatin
CAS Number 856925-71-8 Molecular Weight 292.33
Density 1.3±0.1 g/cm3 Boiling Point 486.7±55.0 °C at 760 mmHg
Molecular Formula C18H16N2O2 Melting Point 210-212ºC
MSDS Chinese USA Flash Point 248.1±31.5 °C
Symbol GHS07
GHS07
Signal Word Warning

Stretch-stimulated glucose transport in skeletal muscle is regulated by Rac1.

J. Physiol. 593(3) , 645-56, (2015)

Rac1 regulates stretch-stimulated (i.e. mechanical stress) glucose transport in muscle. Actin depolymerization decreases stretch-induced glucose transport in skeletal muscle. Rac1 is a required part of the mechanical stress-component of the contraction-stimul...

Formation of contractile networks and fibers in the medial cell cortex through myosin-II turnover, contraction, and stress-stabilization.

Cytoskeleton (Hoboken.) 72(1) , 29-46, (2015)

The morphology of adhered cells depends crucially on the formation of a contractile meshwork of parallel and cross-linked fibers along the contacting surface. The motor activity and minifilament assembly of non-muscle myosin-II is an important component of co...

Intramolecular loop/tail interactions are essential for connexin 43-hemichannel activity.

FASEB J. 24 , 4378-95, (2010)

Connexin-assembled gap junctions (GJs) and hemichannels coordinate intercellular signaling processes. Although the regulation of connexins in GJs has been well characterized, the molecular determinants controlling connexin-hemichannel activity are unresolved....

Glucocorticoid receptor-mediated expression of caldesmon regulates cell migration via the reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton.

J. Biol. Chem. , 31183-96, (2008)

Glucocorticoids (GCs) play important roles in numerous cellular processes, including growth, development, homeostasis, inhibition of inflammation, and immunosuppression. Here we found that GC-treated human lung carcinoma A549 cells exhibited the enhanced form...

Distinct cytoskeleton populations and extensive crosstalk control Ciona notochord tubulogenesis.

Development 138 , 1631-41, (2011)

Cell elongation is a fundamental process that allows cells and tissues to adopt new shapes and functions. During notochord tubulogenesis in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis, a dramatic elongation of individual cells takes place that lengthens the notochord and...

Calcium- and myosin-dependent changes in troponin structure during activation of heart muscle.

J. Physiol. 587 , 155-63, (2009)

Each heartbeat is triggered by a pulse of intracellular calcium ions which bind to troponin on the actin-containing thin filaments of heart muscle cells, initiating a change in filament structure that allows myosin to bind and generate force. We investigated ...

Epac and phospholipase Cepsilon regulate Ca2+ release in the heart by activation of protein kinase Cepsilon and calcium-calmodulin kinase II.

J. Biol. Chem. , 1514-22, (2009)

Recently, we identified a novel signaling pathway involving Epac, Rap, and phospholipase C (PLC)epsilon that plays a critical role in maximal beta-adrenergic receptor (betaAR) stimulation of Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release (CICR) in cardiac myocytes. Here we demons...

Mammalian pre-mRNA 3' end processing factor CF I m 68 functions in mRNA export.

Mol. Biol. Cell 20 , 5211-23, (2009)

Export of mRNA from the nucleus is linked to proper processing and packaging into ribonucleoprotein complexes. Although several observations indicate a coupling between mRNA 3' end formation and export, it is not known how these two processes are mechanistica...

Epithelial relaxation mediated by the myosin phosphatase regulator Mypt1 is required for brain ventricle lumen expansion and hindbrain morphogenesis.

Development 137 , 795 - 804, (2010)

We demonstrate that in the zebrafish hindbrain, cell shape, rhombomere morphogenesis and, unexpectedly, brain ventricle lumen expansion depend on the contractile state of the neuroepithelium. The hindbrain neural tube opens in a specific sequence, with initia...

Roles of formin nodes and myosin motor activity in Mid1p-dependent contractile-ring assembly during fission yeast cytokinesis.

Mol. Biol. Cell 20 , 5195-210, (2009)

Two prevailing models have emerged to explain the mechanism of contractile-ring assembly during cytokinesis in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe: the spot/leading cable model and the search, capture, pull, and release (SCPR) model. We tested some of...