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But how this fundamental asymmetry is established remains unclear1. Neuronal polarization has been thought to rely primarily on growth cones that sense external cues2. Here we show that growth cones alone do not direct this process and that the soma acts as a central organizer of neuronal polarization. Using live imaging and genetic loss-of-function approaches in vivo, combined with optogenetic control and local cytoskeletal perturbations in cultured neurons, we uncover a soma-initiated oscillatory program that primes axon selection. Periodic actin branching that depends on the actin-related protein 2/3 (ARP2/3) complex at the soma remodels a global actomyosin network, thereby generating an actin wave that retracts neurites before propagating into a single neurite tip. Exposure to this wave relaxes local actomyosin contractility, which drives a transient microtubule-based protrusion and biases this neurite towards axon fate. As the cell exits this oscillatory stage, this neurite can overcome global inhibition and extend independently of ARP2/3, whereas actomyosin activity suppresses axon formation in the remaining neurites so that they subsequently become dendrites. This soma-driven mechanism ensures the emergence of a single axon independent of environmental cues and underpins the unidirectional information flow in neuronal circuits.","lang":"eng"}],"scopus_import":"1","fulldoi":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10755-6","department":[{"_id":"FlSc"}],"project":[{"name":"Structure and isoform diversity of the Arp2/3 complex","_id":"9B954C5C-BA93-11EA-9121-9846C619BF3A","grant_number":"P33367"}],"acknowledgement":"We thank O. Gruss, E. Handley, H. Herzel, A. Kania, A. Koseska, E. Kiermaier, D. Manstein, C. Niessen, K. Rottner, J. Schiweck, G. Tavosanis, D. Wachten, R. Wedlich-Söldner and W. Witke for critically reading and discussing the manuscript; C. Günter and V. Štimac for feedback on data presentation; B. Randel, J. Benner, L. Meyn and A.-T. Pham for technical assistance; L. M. Neußer, K. Herz, K. Van-De-Kamp and M. Diwo for their support on mice maintenance; H. Fried, I. Koenig, S. Filser and Y. Fu for their technical support on experimental setup; and M. Aghabeig for writing the Fiji macro scripts. C.H.C. was a Human Frontier Science Program Long-term Postdoctoral Fellow (LT000100/2013). F.B. is supported by the Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE), the International Foundation for Research in Paraplegia, Wings for Life, ERANET AXON REPAIR, ERANET RATER SCI and the Chan–Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI). F.B. is also funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation)–Project-ID 227953431–SFB 1089, SFB 1690 as well as SFB 1158 and SPP 2395. F.B. is a member of the excellence cluster ImmunoSensation2 (EXC2151–390873048) and the iBehave NRW network. F.B. is a recipient of the Roger de Spoelberch Prize. F.K.M.S. acknowledges support from Austrian Science Fund (FWF): P33367. A.N. is supported by JSPS KAKENHI (grant numbers 18H02410 and 21H02440). Open access funding provided by Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen e.V. (DZNE) in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft.","date_updated":"2026-07-20T14:18:10Z","year":"2026","publication_identifier":{"issn":["0028-0836"],"eissn":["1476-4687"]},"supplementarymaterial":"yes","month":"07","type":"journal_article","status":"public","OA_type":"hybrid","citation":{"ieee":"T. C. Lin et al., “An intrinsic cytoskeletal oscillator establishes neuronal polarity,” Nature. Springer Nature, 2026.","chicago":"Lin, Tien Chen, Charlotte H. Coles, Eissa Alfadil, Florian Fäßler, Andreas Husch, Sebastian Dupraz, Thorben Pietralla, et al. “An Intrinsic Cytoskeletal Oscillator Establishes Neuronal Polarity.” Nature. Springer Nature, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10755-6.","ama":"Lin TC, Coles CH, Alfadil E, et al. An intrinsic cytoskeletal oscillator establishes neuronal polarity. Nature. 2026. doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10755-6","apa":"Lin, T. C., Coles, C. H., Alfadil, E., Fäßler, F., Husch, A., Dupraz, S., … Bradke, F. (2026). An intrinsic cytoskeletal oscillator establishes neuronal polarity. Nature. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10755-6","ista":"Lin TC, Coles CH, Alfadil E, Fäßler F, Husch A, Dupraz S, Pietralla T, Narita A, Schelski M, Flynn KC, Stern S, Möhl C, Hilton BJ, Vauti F, Arnold HH, Schur FK, Bradke F. 2026. An intrinsic cytoskeletal oscillator establishes neuronal polarity. Nature.","mla":"Lin, Tien Chen, et al. “An Intrinsic Cytoskeletal Oscillator Establishes Neuronal Polarity.” Nature, Springer Nature, 2026, doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10755-6.","short":"T.C. Lin, C.H. Coles, E. Alfadil, F. Fäßler, A. Husch, S. Dupraz, T. Pietralla, A. Narita, M. Schelski, K.C. Flynn, S. Stern, C. Möhl, B.J. Hilton, F. Vauti, H.H. Arnold, F.K. Schur, F. Bradke, Nature (2026)."},"main_file_link":[{"open_access":"1","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10755-6"}],"date_published":"2026-07-08T00:00:00Z","dataavailabilitystatement":"The raw data of the representative images have been deposited into Zenodo (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20118606)99. Owing to the large file size of the raw image data and the processed data used in the analyses that generated the graphs, we archived the image files in the read-only file archive at the DZNE institute. We provide raw data files upon request. The request can be directed to and will be fulfilled by the lead contact F.B. Source data are provided with this paper. The custom ImageJ macro used for generating kymographs, extracting neurite tip positions and protein intensities is available at GitHub (https://github.com/darkbreaker0/IJ_NeuriteGrowthScript) and Zenodo (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20118606)99. The custom R and Python scripts used in the study are available at GitHub (https://github.com/darkbreaker0/Arp3_neuronal_polarization_2026) and Zenodo (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20118606)99. The code used for polarity determination of the actin filament in tomograms is available at Zenodo (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20081075)93.","title":"An intrinsic cytoskeletal oscillator establishes neuronal polarity"},{"has_accepted_license":"1","oa":1,"quality_controlled":"1","article_number":"eadw4124","date_created":"2025-09-22T08:00:52Z","DOAJ_listed":"1","PlanS_conform":"1","file":[{"date_created":"2025-09-23T07:57:51Z","file_name":"2025_ScienceAdvance_Carpentier.pdf","relation":"main_file","success":1,"content_type":"application/pdf","date_updated":"2025-09-23T07:57:51Z","file_id":"20372","access_level":"open_access","file_size":3599137,"creator":"dernst","checksum":"4e2407bdabf8d53f399eb8a20d86218e"}],"isi":1,"article_type":"original","OA_place":"publisher","ddc":["570"],"user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","pmid":1,"author":[{"last_name":"Carpentier","full_name":"Carpentier, Rémi","first_name":"Rémi"},{"last_name":"Kim","first_name":"Jaesung","full_name":"Kim, Jaesung"},{"last_name":"Capizzi","first_name":"Mariacristina","full_name":"Capizzi, Mariacristina"},{"full_name":"Kim, Hyeongju","first_name":"Hyeongju","last_name":"Kim"},{"orcid":"0000-0001-7149-769X","first_name":"Florian","full_name":"Fäßler, Florian","id":"404F5528-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","last_name":"Fäßler"},{"last_name":"Hansen","id":"1063c618-6f9b-11ec-9123-f912fccded63","full_name":"Hansen, Jesse","first_name":"Jesse","orcid":"0000-0001-7967-2085"},{"full_name":"Kim, Min Jeong","first_name":"Min Jeong","last_name":"Kim"},{"full_name":"Denarier, Eric","first_name":"Eric","last_name":"Denarier"},{"full_name":"Blot, Béatrice","first_name":"Béatrice","last_name":"Blot"},{"last_name":"Degennaro","full_name":"Degennaro, Marine","first_name":"Marine"},{"last_name":"Labou","full_name":"Labou, Sophia","first_name":"Sophia"},{"last_name":"Arnal","full_name":"Arnal, Isabelle","first_name":"Isabelle"},{"last_name":"Marcaida","first_name":"Maria J.","full_name":"Marcaida, Maria J."},{"last_name":"Peraro","full_name":"Peraro, Matteo Dal","first_name":"Matteo Dal"},{"first_name":"Doory","full_name":"Kim, Doory","last_name":"Kim"},{"last_name":"Schur","id":"48AD8942-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Schur, Florian KM","first_name":"Florian KM","orcid":"0000-0003-4790-8078"},{"last_name":"Song","first_name":"Ji-Joon","full_name":"Song, Ji-Joon"},{"last_name":"Humbert","first_name":"Sandrine","full_name":"Humbert, Sandrine"}],"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"APC_amount":"1395,61 EUR","day":"19","corr_author":"1","publication":"Science Advances","article_processing_charge":"Yes","_id":"20370","oa_version":"Published Version","publisher":"AAAS","external_id":{"pmid":["40971423"],"isi":["001575751700013"]},"publication_status":"published","scopus_import":"1","fulldoi":"https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adw4124","tmp":{"short":"CC BY (4.0)","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode"},"abstract":[{"text":"The Huntingtin protein (HTT), named for its role in Huntington’s disease, has been best understood as a scaffolding protein that promotes vesicle transport by molecular motors along microtubules. Here, we show that HTT also interacts with the actin cytoskeleton, and its loss of function disturbs the morphology and function of the axonal growth cone. We demonstrate that HTT organizes F-actin into bundles. Cryo–electron tomography (cryo-ET) and subtomogram averaging (STA) structural analyses reveal that HTT’s N-terminal HEAT and Bridge domains wrap around F-actin, while the C-terminal HEAT domain is displaced; furthermore, HTT dimerizes via the N-HEAT domain to bridge parallel actin filaments separated by ~20 nanometers. Our study provides the structural basis for understanding how HTT interacts with and organizes the actin cytoskeleton.","lang":"eng"}],"doi":"10.1126/sciadv.adw4124","department":[{"_id":"FlSc"}],"project":[{"name":"Structure and isoform diversity of the Arp2/3 complex","grant_number":"P33367","_id":"9B954C5C-BA93-11EA-9121-9846C619BF3A"},{"grant_number":"E435","_id":"7bd318a1-9f16-11ee-852c-cc9217763180","name":"In Situ Actin Structures via Hybrid Cryo-electron Microscopy"},{"name":"CryoMinflux-guided in-situ molecular census and structure determination","_id":"62909c6f-2b32-11ec-9570-e1476aab5308","grant_number":"CZI01"},{"_id":"bd980d18-d553-11ed-ba76-ceaa645c97eb","grant_number":"101076260","name":"A molecular atlas of Actin filament IDentities in the cell motility machinery"},{"_id":"3AC91DDA-15DF-11EA-824D-93A3E7B544D1","call_identifier":"FWF","name":"FWF Open Access Fund"}],"acknowledgement":"We thank C. Cuveillier, J. Delaroche, T. Ferraro, and A. Zanchi for help with TIRF experiments, electron microscopy preparation, data analysis, and cell cultures, respectively; A. Antkowiak, C. Bosc, C. Fassier, A. Fourest-Lieuvin, and V. Brandt for helpful discussions. We acknowledge the contribution of the Photonic Imaging Center of Grenoble Institute Neuroscience which is part of the ISdV core facility and certified by the IBiSA label and ICM.Quant (RRID:SCR_026393) core facility of the Paris Brain Institute (ICM); the AniRA lentivector production facility from the CELPHEDIA Infrastructure and SFR Biosciences (UAR3444/CNRS, US8/Inserm, ENS de Lyon, UCBL); the Scientific Service Units (SSUs) of ISTA through resources provided by Scientific Computing (SciComp, A. Schloegl and S. Elefante); and the Electron Microscopy Facility (EMF, V.V. Hodirnau). The software programs used for the processing were supported by SBGrid (www.sbgrid.org). This work was supported by the Agence Nationale pour la Recherche (AXYON: ANR-18-CE16-0009-01, S.H.), Austrian Science Fund (FWF) grants (P33367, F.K.M.S.; E435, J.M.H.), ChanZuckerberg Initiative (CZI) grant (DAF2021-234754, F.K.M.S.), Hereditary Disease Foundation Research Grant (HDF 990846, M.C.), European Union (ERC: ActinID 101076260, F.K.M.S.), Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale (FRM: équipe labellisée DEQ202203014675, S.H.; PhD fellowship, FDT202001010865, R.C.), Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) (Korea-Switzerland global research support grant: RS-2023-00266300, J.-J.S.), National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea (Korea-Austria collaborative grant NRF-2019K1A3A1A181160, J.-J.S. and F.K.M.S.; NRF-2020R1A2B5B03001517 and RS-2024-00333346 and RS-2024-00436173, J.-J.S.; 2021R1C1C1006700, D.K.).","file_date_updated":"2025-09-23T07:57:51Z","date_updated":"2026-05-20T08:20:27Z","volume":11,"publication_identifier":{"issn":["2375-2548"]},"issue":"38","year":"2025","OA_type":"gold","status":"public","month":"09","type":"journal_article","title":"Structure of the Huntingtin F-actin complex reveals its role in cytoskeleton organization","date_published":"2025-09-19T00:00:00Z","citation":{"ista":"Carpentier R, Kim J, Capizzi M, Kim H, Fäßler F, Hansen J, Kim MJ, Denarier E, Blot B, Degennaro M, Labou S, Arnal I, Marcaida MJ, Peraro MD, Kim D, Schur FK, Song J-J, Humbert S. 2025. Structure of the Huntingtin F-actin complex reveals its role in cytoskeleton organization. Science Advances. 11(38), eadw4124.","ama":"Carpentier R, Kim J, Capizzi M, et al. Structure of the Huntingtin F-actin complex reveals its role in cytoskeleton organization. Science Advances. 2025;11(38). doi:10.1126/sciadv.adw4124","apa":"Carpentier, R., Kim, J., Capizzi, M., Kim, H., Fäßler, F., Hansen, J., … Humbert, S. (2025). Structure of the Huntingtin F-actin complex reveals its role in cytoskeleton organization. Science Advances. AAAS. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adw4124","short":"R. Carpentier, J. Kim, M. Capizzi, H. Kim, F. Fäßler, J. Hansen, M.J. Kim, E. Denarier, B. Blot, M. Degennaro, S. Labou, I. Arnal, M.J. Marcaida, M.D. Peraro, D. Kim, F.K. Schur, J.-J. Song, S. Humbert, Science Advances 11 (2025).","mla":"Carpentier, Rémi, et al. “Structure of the Huntingtin F-Actin Complex Reveals Its Role in Cytoskeleton Organization.” Science Advances, vol. 11, no. 38, eadw4124, AAAS, 2025, doi:10.1126/sciadv.adw4124.","chicago":"Carpentier, Rémi, Jaesung Kim, Mariacristina Capizzi, Hyeongju Kim, Florian Fäßler, Jesse Hansen, Min Jeong Kim, et al. “Structure of the Huntingtin F-Actin Complex Reveals Its Role in Cytoskeleton Organization.” Science Advances. AAAS, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adw4124.","ieee":"R. Carpentier et al., “Structure of the Huntingtin F-actin complex reveals its role in cytoskeleton organization,” Science Advances, vol. 11, no. 38. AAAS, 2025."},"intvolume":" 11"},{"file":[{"file_name":"2024_JCB_Zens.pdf","date_created":"2024-03-25T12:52:04Z","relation":"main_file","date_updated":"2024-03-25T12:52:04Z","content_type":"application/pdf","success":1,"file_id":"15188","access_level":"open_access","file_size":11907016,"creator":"dernst","checksum":"90d1984a93660735e506c2a304bc3f73"}],"isi":1,"article_type":"original","ddc":["570"],"pmid":1,"user_id":"317138e5-6ab7-11ef-aa6d-ffef3953e345","ec_funded":1,"author":[{"first_name":"Bettina","orcid":"0000-0002-9561-1239","full_name":"Zens, Bettina","id":"45FD126C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","last_name":"Zens"},{"last_name":"Fäßler","id":"404F5528-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Fäßler, Florian","first_name":"Florian","orcid":"0000-0001-7149-769X"},{"id":"1063c618-6f9b-11ec-9123-f912fccded63","last_name":"Hansen","first_name":"Jesse","orcid":"0000-0001-7967-2085","full_name":"Hansen, Jesse"},{"last_name":"Hauschild","id":"4E01D6B4-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Hauschild, Robert","orcid":"0000-0001-9843-3522","first_name":"Robert"},{"first_name":"Julia","orcid":"0000-0002-3616-8580","full_name":"Datler, Julia","id":"3B12E2E6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","last_name":"Datler"},{"id":"3661B498-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","last_name":"Hodirnau","orcid":"0000-0003-3904-947X","first_name":"Victor-Valentin","full_name":"Hodirnau, Victor-Valentin"},{"full_name":"Zheden, Vanessa","first_name":"Vanessa","orcid":"0000-0002-9438-4783","last_name":"Zheden","id":"39C5A68A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"},{"last_name":"Alanko","id":"2CC12E8C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Alanko, Jonna H","first_name":"Jonna H","orcid":"0000-0002-7698-3061"},{"last_name":"Sixt","id":"41E9FBEA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Sixt, Michael K","orcid":"0000-0002-6620-9179","first_name":"Michael K"},{"orcid":"0000-0003-4790-8078","first_name":"Florian KM","full_name":"Schur, Florian KM","id":"48AD8942-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","last_name":"Schur"}],"has_accepted_license":"1","oa":1,"quality_controlled":"1","article_number":"e202309125","date_created":"2024-03-21T06:45:51Z","corr_author":"1","publication":"Journal of Cell Biology","article_processing_charge":"Yes (via OA deal)","oa_version":"Published Version","_id":"15146","publisher":"Rockefeller University Press","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"day":"20","department":[{"_id":"FlSc"},{"_id":"MiSi"},{"_id":"Bio"},{"_id":"EM-Fac"}],"project":[{"name":"Structure and isoform diversity of the Arp2/3 complex","_id":"9B954C5C-BA93-11EA-9121-9846C619BF3A","grant_number":"P33367"},{"_id":"7bd318a1-9f16-11ee-852c-cc9217763180","grant_number":"E435","name":"In Situ Actin Structures via Hybrid Cryo-electron Microscopy"},{"_id":"25FE9508-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425","call_identifier":"H2020","grant_number":"724373","name":"Cellular Navigation Along Spatial Gradients"},{"_id":"059B463C-7A3F-11EA-A408-12923DDC885E","name":"NÃ-Fonds Preis für die Jungforscherin des Jahres am IST Austria"},{"name":"Spatiotemporal regulation of chemokine-induced signalling in leukocyte chemotaxis","grant_number":"21317","_id":"2615199A-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425"},{"name":"CryoMinflux-guided in-situ visual proteomics and structure determination","grant_number":"CZI01","_id":"62909c6f-2b32-11ec-9570-e1476aab5308"}],"acknowledgement":"Open Access funding provided by IST Austria. We thank Armel Nicolas and his team at the ISTA proteomics facility, Alois Schloegl, Stefano Elefante, and colleagues at the ISTA Scientific Computing facility, Tommaso Constanzo and Ludek Lovicar at the Electron Microsocpy Facility (EMF), and Thomas Menner at the Miba Machine shop for their support. We also thank Wanda Kukulski (University of Bern) as well as Darío Porley, Andreas Thader, and other members of the Schur group for helpful discussions. Matt Swulius and Jessica Heebner provided great support in using Dragonfly. We thank Dorotea Fracciolla (Art & Science) for support in figure illustration.\r\n\r\nThis research was supported by the Scientific Service Units of ISTA through resources provided by Scientific Computing, the Lab Support Facility, and the Electron Microscopy Facility. We acknowledge funding support from the following sources: Austrian Science Fund (FWF) grant P33367 (to F.K.M. Schur), the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (to F.K.M. Schur), Niederösterreich (NÖ) Fonds (to B. Zens), FWF grant E435 (to J.M. Hansen), European Research Council under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research (grant agreement No. 724373) (to M. Sixt), and Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation (to J. Alanko). This publication has been made possible in part by CZI grant DAF2021-234754 and grant DOI https://doi.org/10.37921/812628ebpcwg from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative DAF, an advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation (to F.K.M. Schur).","external_id":{"pmid":["38506714"],"isi":["001264190100001"]},"publication_status":"published","fulldoi":"https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202309125","scopus_import":"1","abstract":[{"text":"The extracellular matrix (ECM) serves as a scaffold for cells and plays an essential role in regulating numerous cellular processes, including cell migration and proliferation. Due to limitations in specimen preparation for conventional room-temperature electron microscopy, we lack structural knowledge on how ECM components are secreted, remodeled, and interact with surrounding cells. We have developed a 3D-ECM platform compatible with sample thinning by cryo-focused ion beam milling, the lift-out extraction procedure, and cryo-electron tomography. Our workflow implements cell-derived matrices (CDMs) grown on EM grids, resulting in a versatile tool closely mimicking ECM environments. This allows us to visualize ECM for the first time in its hydrated, native context. Our data reveal an intricate network of extracellular fibers, their positioning relative to matrix-secreting cells, and previously unresolved structural entities. Our workflow and results add to the structural atlas of the ECM, providing novel insights into its secretion and assembly.","lang":"eng"}],"tmp":{"short":"CC BY (4.0)","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode"},"doi":"10.1083/jcb.202309125","status":"public","month":"03","type":"journal_article","title":"Lift-out cryo-FIBSEM and cryo-ET reveal the ultrastructural landscape of extracellular matrix","date_published":"2024-03-20T00:00:00Z","citation":{"short":"B. Zens, F. Fäßler, J. Hansen, R. Hauschild, J. Datler, V.-V. Hodirnau, V. Zheden, J.H. Alanko, M.K. Sixt, F.K. 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This is particularly true for dynamic extra- and intracellular filamentous assemblies, playing a role in cell motility, cell integrity, cytokinesis, tissue formation and maintenance. For example, genetic manipulation or modulation of actin regulatory proteins frequently manifests in changes of the morphology, dynamics, and ultrastructural architecture of actin filament-rich cell peripheral structures, such as lamellipodia or filopodia. However, the observed ultrastructural effects often remain subtle and require sufficiently large datasets for appropriate quantitative analysis. The acquisition of such large datasets has been enabled by recent advances in high-throughput cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) methods. This also necessitates the development of complementary approaches to maximize the extraction of relevant biological information. 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Specifically, both ArpC5 subunit isoforms, ArpC5 and ArpC5L, have been reported to fine-tune nucleation activity and branch junction stability. We have combined reverse genetics and cellular structural biology to describe how ArpC5 and ArpC5L differentially affect cell migration. Both define the structural stability of ArpC1 in branch junctions and, in turn, by determining protrusion characteristics, affect protein dynamics and actin network ultrastructure. ArpC5 isoforms also affect the positioning of members of the Ena/Vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) family of actin filament elongators, which mediate ArpC5 isoform–specific effects on the actin assembly level. Our results suggest that ArpC5 and Ena/VASP proteins are part of a signaling pathway enhancing cell migration.","lang":"eng"}],"scopus_import":"1","fulldoi":"https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.add6495","doi":"10.1126/sciadv.add6495","type":"journal_article","month":"01","status":"public","date_published":"2023-01-20T00:00:00Z","title":"ArpC5 isoforms regulate Arp2/3 complex–dependent protrusion through differential Ena/VASP positioning","intvolume":" 9","citation":{"apa":"Fäßler, F., Javoor, M., Datler, J., Döring, H., Hofer, F., Dimchev, G. A., … Schur, F. K. (2023). ArpC5 isoforms regulate Arp2/3 complex–dependent protrusion through differential Ena/VASP positioning. Science Advances. American Association for the Advancement of Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.add6495","ama":"Fäßler F, Javoor M, Datler J, et al. ArpC5 isoforms regulate Arp2/3 complex–dependent protrusion through differential Ena/VASP positioning. 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Schur, Science Advances 9 (2023).","mla":"Fäßler, Florian, et al. “ArpC5 Isoforms Regulate Arp2/3 Complex–Dependent Protrusion through Differential Ena/VASP Positioning.” Science Advances, vol. 9, no. 3, add6495, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2023, doi:10.1126/sciadv.add6495.","chicago":"Fäßler, Florian, Manjunath Javoor, Julia Datler, Hermann Döring, Florian Hofer, Georgi A Dimchev, Victor-Valentin Hodirnau, Jan Faix, Klemens Rottner, and Florian KM Schur. “ArpC5 Isoforms Regulate Arp2/3 Complex–Dependent Protrusion through Differential Ena/VASP Positioning.” Science Advances. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.add6495.","ieee":"F. Fäßler et al., “ArpC5 isoforms regulate Arp2/3 complex–dependent protrusion through differential Ena/VASP positioning,” Science Advances, vol. 9, no. 3. 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Portland Press, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1042/bst20220221.","ieee":"F. Fäßler, M. Javoor, and F. K. Schur, “Deciphering the molecular mechanisms of actin cytoskeleton regulation in cell migration using cryo-EM,” Biochemical Society Transactions, vol. 51, no. 1. Portland Press, pp. 87–99, 2023.","ista":"Fäßler F, Javoor M, Schur FK. 2023. Deciphering the molecular mechanisms of actin cytoskeleton regulation in cell migration using cryo-EM. Biochemical Society Transactions. 51(1), 87–99.","apa":"Fäßler, F., Javoor, M., & Schur, F. K. (2023). Deciphering the molecular mechanisms of actin cytoskeleton regulation in cell migration using cryo-EM. Biochemical Society Transactions. Portland Press. https://doi.org/10.1042/bst20220221","ama":"Fäßler F, Javoor M, Schur FK. Deciphering the molecular mechanisms of actin cytoskeleton regulation in cell migration using cryo-EM. Biochemical Society Transactions. 2023;51(1):87-99. doi:10.1042/bst20220221","short":"F. Fäßler, M. Javoor, F.K. Schur, Biochemical Society Transactions 51 (2023) 87–99.","mla":"Fäßler, Florian, et al. “Deciphering the Molecular Mechanisms of Actin Cytoskeleton Regulation in Cell Migration Using Cryo-EM.” Biochemical Society Transactions, vol. 51, no. 1, Portland Press, 2023, pp. 87–99, doi:10.1042/bst20220221."},"month":"02","type":"journal_article","status":"public","publication_identifier":{"issn":["0300-5127"],"eissn":["1470-8752"]},"volume":51,"page":"87-99","year":"2023","keyword":["Biochemistry"],"issue":"1","file_date_updated":"2023-03-16T07:58:16Z","date_updated":"2026-09-03T09:36:24Z","acknowledgement":"We apologize for not being able to mention and cite additional excellent work that would have fit the scope of this review, due to space restraints. We thank Jesse Hansen for comments on the manuscript. We acknowledge support from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF): P33367 and the Institute of Science and Technology Austria.","project":[{"_id":"9B954C5C-BA93-11EA-9121-9846C619BF3A","grant_number":"P33367","name":"Structure and isoform diversity of the Arp2/3 complex"}],"department":[{"_id":"FlSc"}],"abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"The actin cytoskeleton plays a key role in cell migration and cellular morphodynamics in most eukaryotes. The ability of the actin cytoskeleton to assemble and disassemble in a spatiotemporally controlled manner allows it to form higher-order structures, which can generate forces required for a cell to explore and navigate through its environment. It is regulated not only via a complex synergistic and competitive interplay between actin-binding proteins (ABP), but also by filament biochemistry and filament geometry. The lack of structural insights into how geometry and ABPs regulate the actin cytoskeleton limits our understanding of the molecular mechanisms that define actin cytoskeleton remodeling and, in turn, impact emerging cell migration characteristics. With the advent of cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) and advanced computational methods, it is now possible to define these molecular mechanisms involving actin and its interactors at both atomic and ultra-structural levels in vitro and in cellulo. In this review, we will provide an overview of the available cryo-EM methods, applicable to further our understanding of the actin cytoskeleton, specifically in the context of cell migration. We will discuss how these methods have been employed to elucidate ABP- and geometry-defined regulatory mechanisms in initiating, maintaining, and disassembling cellular actin networks in migratory protrusions."}],"tmp":{"short":"CC BY (4.0)","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode"},"scopus_import":"1","fulldoi":"https://doi.org/10.1042/bst20220221","doi":"10.1042/bst20220221","publication_status":"published","external_id":{"isi":["000926043100001"],"pmid":["36695514"]}},{"external_id":{"isi":["000822399200019"],"pmid":["35508170"]},"publication_status":"published","fulldoi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.04.024","scopus_import":"1","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"One hallmark of plant cells is their cell wall. They protect cells against the environment and high turgor and mediate morphogenesis through the dynamics of their mechanical and chemical properties. The walls are a complex polysaccharidic structure. Although their biochemical composition is well known, how the different components organize in the volume of the cell wall and interact with each other is not well understood and yet is key to the wall’s mechanical properties. To investigate the ultrastructure of the plant cell wall, we imaged the walls of onion (Allium cepa) bulbs in a near-native state via cryo-focused ion beam milling (cryo-FIB milling) and cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET). This allowed the high-resolution visualization of cellulose fibers in situ. We reveal the coexistence of dense fiber fields bathed in a reticulated matrix we termed “meshing,” which is more abundant at the inner surface of the cell wall. The fibers adopted a regular bimodal angular distribution at all depths in the cell wall and bundled according to their orientation, creating layers within the cell wall. Concomitantly, employing homogalacturonan (HG)-specific enzymatic digestion, we observed changes in the meshing, suggesting that it is—at least in part—composed of HG pectins. We propose the following model for the construction of the abaxial epidermal primary cell wall: the cell deposits successive layers of cellulose fibers at −45° and +45° relative to the cell’s long axis and secretes the surrounding HG-rich meshing proximal to the plasma membrane, which then migrates to more distal regions of the cell wall."}],"tmp":{"short":"CC BY (4.0)","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode"},"doi":"10.1016/j.cub.2022.04.024","department":[{"_id":"FlSc"}],"project":[{"grant_number":"P33367","_id":"9B954C5C-BA93-11EA-9121-9846C619BF3A","name":"Structure and isoform diversity of the Arp2/3 complex"}],"acknowledgement":"This work was supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and grant R35 GM122588 to G.J. and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) P33367 to F.K.M.S. We thank Noé Cochetel for his guidance and great help in data analysis, discovery, and representation with the R software. We thank Hans-Ulrich Endress for graciously providing us with the purified citrus pectin and Jozef Mravec for generating and providing the COS488 probe. Cryo-EM work was done in the Beckman Institute Resource Center for Transmission Electron Microscopy at Caltech. This article is subject to HHMI’s Open Access to Publications policy. HHMI lab heads have previously granted a nonexclusive CC BY 4.0 license to the public and a sublicensable license to HHMI in their research articles. Pursuant to those licenses, the author accepted manuscript of this article can be made freely available under a CC BY 4.0 license immediately upon publication.","file_date_updated":"2022-08-05T06:29:18Z","date_updated":"2025-04-15T08:25:40Z","volume":32,"publication_identifier":{"issn":["0960-9822"]},"issue":"11","keyword":["General Agricultural and Biological Sciences","General Biochemistry","Genetics and Molecular Biology"],"year":"2022","page":"P2375-2389","status":"public","month":"06","type":"journal_article","title":"Cryo-electron tomography of the onion cell wall shows bimodally oriented cellulose fibers and reticulated homogalacturonan networks","date_published":"2022-06-06T00:00:00Z","citation":{"ista":"Nicolas WJ, Fäßler F, Dutka P, Schur FK, Jensen G, Meyerowitz E. 2022. Cryo-electron tomography of the onion cell wall shows bimodally oriented cellulose fibers and reticulated homogalacturonan networks. 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We also thank Victor-Valentin Hodirnau for help with cryo-ET data acquisition. The authors acknowledge support from IST Austria and from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF): M02495 to G.D. and Austrian Science Fund (FWF): P33367 to F.K.M.S.","project":[{"name":"Structure and isoform diversity of the Arp2/3 complex","grant_number":"P33367","_id":"9B954C5C-BA93-11EA-9121-9846C619BF3A"},{"name":"Protein structure and function in filopodia across scales","grant_number":"M02495","call_identifier":"FWF","_id":"2674F658-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425"}],"publication_status":"published","external_id":{"isi":["000720259500002"]},"doi":"10.1016/j.jsb.2021.107808","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"A precise quantitative description of the ultrastructural characteristics underlying biological mechanisms is often key to their understanding. This is particularly true for dynamic extra- and intracellular filamentous assemblies, playing a role in cell motility, cell integrity, cytokinesis, tissue formation and maintenance. For example, genetic manipulation or modulation of actin regulatory proteins frequently manifests in changes of the morphology, dynamics, and ultrastructural architecture of actin filament-rich cell peripheral structures, such as lamellipodia or filopodia. However, the observed ultrastructural effects often remain subtle and require sufficiently large datasets for appropriate quantitative analysis. The acquisition of such large datasets has been enabled by recent advances in high-throughput cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) methods. This also necessitates the development of complementary approaches to maximize the extraction of relevant biological information. We have developed a computational toolbox for the semi-automatic quantification of segmented and vectorized filamentous networks from pre-processed cryo-electron tomograms, facilitating the analysis and cross-comparison of multiple experimental conditions. GUI-based components simplify the processing of data and allow users to obtain a large number of ultrastructural parameters describing filamentous assemblies. We demonstrate the feasibility of this workflow by analyzing cryo-ET data of untreated and chemically perturbed branched actin filament networks and that of parallel actin filament arrays. In principle, the computational toolbox presented here is applicable for data analysis comprising any type of filaments in regular (i.e. parallel) or random arrangement. We show that it can ease the identification of key differences between experimental groups and facilitate the in-depth analysis of ultrastructural data in a time-efficient manner."}],"tmp":{"short":"CC BY (4.0)","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode"},"fulldoi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2021.107808","scopus_import":"1","month":"11","type":"journal_article","status":"public","intvolume":" 213","citation":{"short":"G.A. Dimchev, B. Amiri, F. Fäßler, M. Falcke, F.K. Schur, Journal of Structural Biology 213 (2021).","mla":"Dimchev, Georgi A., et al. “Computational Toolbox for Ultrastructural Quantitative Analysis of Filament Networks in Cryo-ET Data.” Journal of Structural Biology, vol. 213, no. 4, 107808, Elsevier, 2021, doi:10.1016/j.jsb.2021.107808.","ista":"Dimchev GA, Amiri B, Fäßler F, Falcke M, Schur FK. 2021. Computational toolbox for ultrastructural quantitative analysis of filament networks in cryo-ET data. Journal of Structural Biology. 213(4), 107808.","apa":"Dimchev, G. A., Amiri, B., Fäßler, F., Falcke, M., & Schur, F. K. (2021). Computational toolbox for ultrastructural quantitative analysis of filament networks in cryo-ET data. Journal of Structural Biology. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2021.107808","ama":"Dimchev GA, Amiri B, Fäßler F, Falcke M, Schur FK. Computational toolbox for ultrastructural quantitative analysis of filament networks in cryo-ET data. Journal of Structural Biology. 2021;213(4). doi:10.1016/j.jsb.2021.107808","chicago":"Dimchev, Georgi A, Behnam Amiri, Florian Fäßler, Martin Falcke, and Florian KM Schur. “Computational Toolbox for Ultrastructural Quantitative Analysis of Filament Networks in Cryo-ET Data.” Journal of Structural Biology. Elsevier, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2021.107808.","ieee":"G. A. Dimchev, B. Amiri, F. Fäßler, M. 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STL-Files for 3D-Printed Grid Holders Described in Fäßler F, Zens B, et Al.; 3D Printed Cell Culture Grid Holders for Improved Cellular Specimen Preparation in Cryo-Electron Microscopy. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2020, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:14592.","short":"F.K. Schur, (2020).","ama":"Schur FK. STL-files for 3D-printed grid holders described in Fäßler F, Zens B, et al.; 3D printed cell culture grid holders for improved cellular specimen preparation in cryo-electron microscopy. 2020. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:14592","ista":"Schur FK. 2020. STL-files for 3D-printed grid holders described in Fäßler F, Zens B, et al.; 3D printed cell culture grid holders for improved cellular specimen preparation in cryo-electron microscopy, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 10.15479/AT:ISTA:14592.","apa":"Schur, F. K. (2020). 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Here, we report a 9.0 Å resolution structure of the actin filament Arp2/3 complex branch junction in cells using cryo-electron tomography and subtomogram averaging. This allows us to generate an accurate model of the active Arp2/3 complex in the branch junction and its interaction with actin filaments. Notably, our model reveals a previously undescribed set of interactions of the Arp2/3 complex with the mother filament, significantly different to the previous branch junction model. Our structure also indicates a central role for the ArpC3 subunit in stabilizing the active conformation.","lang":"eng"}],"tmp":{"short":"CC BY (4.0)","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode"},"doi":"10.1038/s41467-020-20286-x","department":[{"_id":"FlSc"},{"_id":"EM-Fac"}],"project":[{"name":"Structure and isoform diversity of the Arp2/3 complex","grant_number":"P33367","_id":"9B954C5C-BA93-11EA-9121-9846C619BF3A"},{"_id":"2674F658-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425","call_identifier":"FWF","grant_number":"M02495","name":"Protein structure and function in filopodia across scales"}],"acknowledgement":"This research was supported by the Scientific Service Units (SSUs) of IST Austria through resources provided by Scientific Computing (SciComp), the Life Science Facility (LSF), the BioImaging Facility (BIF), and the Electron Microscopy Facility (EMF). We also thank Dimitry Tegunov (MPI for Biophysical Chemistry) for helpful discussions\r\nabout the M software, and Michael Sixt (IST Austria) and Klemens Rottner (Technical University Braunschweig, HZI Braunschweig) for critical reading of the manuscript. We also thank Gregory Voth (University of Chicago) for providing us the MD-derived branch junction model for comparison. The authors acknowledge support from IST Austria and from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF): M02495 to G.D. and Austrian Science Fund (FWF): P33367 to F.K.M.S. 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However, a major challenge still lies in the efficient and reproducible preparation of adherent cells for subsequent cryo-EM analysis. This is due to the sensitivity of many cellular specimens to the varying seeding and culturing conditions required for EM experiments, the often limited amount of cellular material and also the fragility of EM grids and their substrate. Here, we present low-cost and reusable 3D printed grid holders, designed to improve specimen preparation when culturing challenging cellular samples directly on grids. The described grid holders increase cell culture reproducibility and throughput, and reduce the resources required for cell culturing. We show that grid holders can be integrated into various cryo-EM workflows, including micro-patterning approaches to control cell seeding on grids, and for generating samples for cryo-focused ion beam milling and cryo-electron tomography experiments. Their adaptable design allows for the generation of specialized grid holders customized to a large variety of applications."}],"scopus_import":"1","fulldoi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2020.107633","doi":"10.1016/j.jsb.2020.107633","publication_status":"published","external_id":{"pmid":["32987119"],"isi":["000600997800008"]},"project":[{"name":"Structure and isoform diversity of the Arp2/3 complex","grant_number":"P33367","_id":"9B954C5C-BA93-11EA-9121-9846C619BF3A"},{"_id":"059B463C-7A3F-11EA-A408-12923DDC885E","name":"NÖ-Fonds Preis für die Jungforscherin des Jahres am IST Austria"}],"acknowledgement":"This work was supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF, P33367) to FKMS. BZ acknowledges support by the Niederösterreich Fond. This research was also supported by the Scientific Service Units (SSU) of IST Austria through resources provided by Scientific Computing (SciComp), the Life Science Facility (LSF), the BioImaging Facility (BIF) and the Electron Microscopy Facility (EMF). We thank Georgi Dimchev (IST Austria) and Sonja Jacob (Vienna Biocenter Core Facilities) for testing our grid holders in different experimental setups and Daniel Gütl and the Kondrashov group (IST Austria) for granting us repeated access to their 3D printers. We also thank Jonna Alanko and the Sixt lab (IST Austria) for providing us HeLa cells, primary BL6 mouse tail fibroblasts, NIH 3T3 fibroblasts and human telomerase immortalised foreskin fibroblasts for our experiments. We are thankful to Ori Avinoam and William Wan for helpful comments on the manuscript and also thank Dorotea Fracchiolla (Art&Science) for illustrating the graphical abstract.","department":[{"_id":"FlSc"}],"publication_identifier":{"issn":["1047-8477"]},"volume":212,"year":"2020","keyword":["electron microscopy","cryo-EM","EM sample preparation","3D printing","cell culture"],"issue":"3","file_date_updated":"2020-12-10T14:01:10Z","acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"ScienComp"},{"_id":"LifeSc"},{"_id":"Bio"},{"_id":"EM-Fac"}],"date_updated":"2026-09-15T22:30:03Z","date_published":"2020-12-01T00:00:00Z","title":"3D printed cell culture grid holders for improved cellular specimen preparation in cryo-electron microscopy","intvolume":" 212","citation":{"chicago":"Fäßler, Florian, Bettina Zens, Robert Hauschild, and Florian KM Schur. “3D Printed Cell Culture Grid Holders for Improved Cellular Specimen Preparation in Cryo-Electron Microscopy.” Journal of Structural Biology. 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