| 2003 |
DIAPH3 (Drf3/mDia2) contains a CRIB-like motif within its GTPase binding domain (GBD) that is required for Cdc42 binding; FRET analysis demonstrated this motif is necessary for Cdc42-mediated recruitment of DIAPH3 to the leading edge and to the microtubule organizing center (MTOC) of migrating fibroblasts. Inactive Drf3 variants and microinjected Drf3 antibodies interfered with Cdc42-induced filopodia, establishing Drf3 as a Cdc42 effector for actin cytoskeleton remodeling. |
FRET analysis, microinjection of dominant-negative variants and antibodies, gene targeting (Drf1 knockout), fluorescence microscopy |
Current biology : CB |
High |
12676083
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| 2008 |
A constitutively active form of DIAPH3 (Drf3ΔDaD, lacking the C-terminal DAD regulatory region) induces filopodia formation and accumulates at filopodial tips, while full-length DIAPH3 remains cytosolic and does not affect cell behavior. The data support de novo actin filament nucleation as the mechanism of DIAPH3-driven filopodia, rather than convergent elongation from lamellipodia. |
Ectopic expression of GFP-tagged full-length vs. constitutively active DIAPH3 truncation, live-cell fluorescence microscopy, electron microscopy of actin filament architecture |
Journal of microscopy |
Medium |
18755006
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| 2010 |
Overexpression of DIAPH3 (via a 5' UTR mutation c.-172G>A that increases transcription) causes auditory neuropathy in humans; expression of a constitutively active diaphanous in the Drosophila auditory organ recapitulates impaired response to sound, establishing that excess DIAPH3 formin activity is causally sufficient for auditory dysfunction. |
Luciferase reporter assay for mutation-driven overexpression, quantitative immunoblotting of patient lymphoblastoid cell lines, transgenic Drosophila expression of constitutively active diaphanous, genome-wide expression arrays and qRT-PCR |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
20624953
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| 2010 |
A missense variant Pro614Thr in a highly conserved domain of DIAPH3 significantly reduces the number of filopodia induced upon transfection into murine fibroblasts compared to wild-type DIAPH3, demonstrating that this residue is functionally required for DIAPH3-mediated filopodia formation. |
Transfection of wild-type vs. Pro614Thr mutant DIAPH3 in murine fibroblasts, quantification of filopodia |
Molecular psychiatry |
Medium |
20308993
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| 2011 |
DIAPH3 is required for plasma membrane blebbing during cell adhesion; isoform-specific roles were identified whereby the low-abundance isoform 1 specifically drives blebbing, while activation of isoform 7 (by DAD deletion) induces filopodia instead. The N-terminal GTPase-binding domain region determines subcellular localization and the type of protrusion formed. Dimerization and actin assembly activity are both essential for protrusion induction. |
siRNA screen against 21 actin nucleation factors, isoform-specific expression constructs, deletion mutagenesis of DAD domain, immunofluorescence, cell spreading/spreading assays |
Cell research |
High |
22184005
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| 2012 |
DIAPH3 silencing destabilizes microtubules, induces defective endocytic trafficking, causes endosomal accumulation of EGFR, and hyperactivates EGFR/MEK/ERK signaling, leading to amoeboid cell behavior, increased invasion, and metastasis in mice. DIAPH3-silenced cells showed reduced sensitivity to EGFR inhibition but increased sensitivity to MEK inhibition. |
siRNA-mediated knockdown in human carcinoma cells, immunofluorescence of microtubules and EGFR trafficking, in vivo mouse metastasis assay, pharmacological inhibitor experiments |
EMBO molecular medicine |
High |
22593025
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| 2015 |
DIAPH3 directly interacts with microtubules; its loss alters microtubule dynamics parameters, decreases polarized force generation, contractility, and mechanosensing response to substrate stiffness. These changes render cells hypersensitive to taxane chemotherapy. |
Co-localization and interaction assays with microtubules, DIAPH3 silencing in prostate and breast cancer cell lines, live-cell imaging of microtubule dynamics, atomic force microscopy for mechanics, cytotoxicity assays with taxanes, NCI-60 drug sensitivity analysis |
Scientific reports |
Medium |
26179371
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| 2016 |
DIAPH3 co-immunoprecipitates with BubR1 (a key spindle assembly checkpoint regulator) in embryonic brain extracts; Diaph3-deficient cortical progenitors have decreased BubR1 levels, fail to activate the spindle assembly checkpoint, and undergo anaphase despite incorrect chromosome segregation, generating aneuploidy and causing microcephaly. |
Co-immunoprecipitation from embryonic brain extracts, conditional Diaph3 knockout in mice, immunofluorescence of BubR1 and mitotic markers, live imaging, brain histology |
Nature communications |
High |
27848932
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| 2016 |
Overexpression of DIAPH3 (diap3) in inner hair cells causes selective aberrant targeting of microtubule meshwork into the cuticular plate, followed by stereociliary bundle collapse and eventual loss of inner hair cell capacity to transmit auditory stimuli; DIAPH3 was identified as a component of the hair cell apical pole in wild-type mice. |
Transgenic diap3-overexpressing mice, immunofluorescence and electron microscopy of inner hair cell apical structures, electrophysiology (neurotransmitter release and potassium conductance measurements) |
eNeuro |
High |
28058271
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| 2017 |
DIAPH3 activates β-catenin/TCF signaling in hepatocellular carcinoma cells by binding HSP90 and disrupting the interaction between GSK3β and HSP90. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, siRNA knockdown and overexpression in HCC cells, western blotting, in vivo mouse metastasis model |
Molecular and cellular biochemistry |
Medium |
28795316
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| 2019 |
DIAPH3 was identified as a binding protein of STK38 (NDR kinase); DIAPH3 impairs the interaction between STK38 and MEKK, thereby activating ERK signaling and promoting lung adenocarcinoma growth. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, siRNA knockdown and overexpression, in vivo nude mouse and de novo mouse tumor models, western blotting for ERK pathway markers |
Experimental cell research |
Medium |
31586548
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| 2020 |
DIAPH3 interacts with the selenoprotein RPL6, a ribosome protein subunit involved in selenoamino acid metabolism, and promotes selenium content and TrxR1 (thioredoxin reductase 1) expression, thereby reducing cellular ROS levels in pancreatic cancer cells. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, overexpression and siRNA interference in pancreatic cancer cells, ROS measurement, nude mice xenograft model, TrxR1 western blotting |
Journal of cellular and molecular medicine |
Low |
33345387
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| 2020 |
Loss of DIAPH3 (Diaph3 knockout) causes cytokinesis failure specifically at high temperature (39°C) but not at 32°C in mouse FM3A cells. This phenotype was rescued by re-expression of Diaph3 WT but not by Diaph1 or Diaph2. Diaph3 knockout cells at 39°C also showed significantly increased levels of acetylated α-tubulin (indicating stabilized microtubules), which was reduced by Diaph3 re-expression. |
Exome sequencing of temperature-sensitive mutants, Diaph3 knockout cells, rescue with Diaph1/Diaph2/Diaph3 re-expression, acetylated α-tubulin immunofluorescence and western blotting |
International journal of molecular sciences |
Medium |
33187357
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| 2021 |
DIAPH3 localizes to the centrosome during mitosis and regulates assembly and bipolarity of the mitotic spindle; DIAPH3-deficient cells display multipolar spindles and disorganized cytoskeleton. DIAPH3 deficiency disrupts expression/stability of the kinetochore-associated protein SPAG5; knockdown of SPAG5 phenocopies DIAPH3 deficiency, and SPAG5 overexpression rescues DIAPH3 knockdown, placing SPAG5 downstream of DIAPH3 in spindle assembly. |
Immunofluorescence localization to centrosome, DIAPH3 conditional knockout in mouse cerebral cortex, siRNA knockdown, SPAG5 overexpression rescue experiments, live imaging, behavioral testing of mice |
eLife |
High |
33899739
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| 2023 |
Under cellular stress conditions, DIAPH3 undergoes liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) to form cytosolic condensates (D-granules) that spatially sequester DIAPH3, thereby inhibiting actin filament assembly in filopodia. D-granules are distinct from stress granules and P-bodies (lacking G3BP1, G3BP2, TIA1, and DCP1A markers). This was demonstrated using overexpression, knockout, pharmacological interventions, and optogenetics. |
LLPS characterization (fluorescence recovery after photobleaching, droplet fusion assay), DIAPH3 overexpression and knockout, optogenetic induction of DIAPH3 condensation, pharmacological stress induction, marker colocalization studies |
Cell reports |
High |
36640348
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| 2023 |
The lncRNA LINC01089 interacts with hnRNPM to cause hnRNPM-mediated skipping of DIAPH3 exon 3; inclusion of exon 3 contains an m6A modification site recognized by IGF2BP3 that stabilizes DIAPH3 mRNA. Knockdown of LINC01089 increased DIAPH3 protein levels, which suppressed ERK/Elk1/Snail signaling and inhibited EMT. |
RNA immunoprecipitation, alternative splicing analysis, m6A-seq, IGF2BP3 binding assays, siRNA knockdown, mRNA stability assays, in vivo HCC metastasis model |
Cancer research |
Medium |
37756562
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| 2024 |
DIAPH3 β-actin networks (but not γ-actin networks generated by DIAPH1) are required for maintaining non-muscle myosin II and RhoA at the cytokinetic furrow. Expression of hybrid DIAPH1/DIAPH3 proteins with altered actin isoform specificity relocalized actin isoform networks and caused cytokinetic failure, demonstrating non-redundant, specialized roles for β- and γ-actin in cytokinesis. |
Expression of hybrid DIAPH1/DIAPH3 chimeric proteins with altered actin isoform specificity, immunofluorescence of myosin II and RhoA localization at cytokinetic furrow, live-cell imaging of cytokinesis |
Nature communications |
High |
38897998
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| 2024 |
The E3 ubiquitin ligase Stub1 ubiquitinates activated DIAPH3 at K1142/1143/1144 lysine residues and promotes its proteasomal degradation. DID-DAD intramolecular interaction stabilizes DIAPH3 against degradation; disruption of DID-DAD by RhoA binding or M1041A mutation activates DIAPH3 but simultaneously triggers accelerated Stub1-mediated ubiquitination and degradation. FH2-FH2 interaction promotes activity while DD-DD interaction inhibits it. Knockdown of Stub1 in mouse cochlea causes hair cell stereocilia defects and hearing loss resembling DIAPH3 overexpression phenotype. |
In vitro ubiquitination assay, site-directed mutagenesis (M1041A, K1142/1143/1144R), Co-IP of domain interactions, RhoA binding experiments, proteasome inhibitor (MG132) treatment, Stub1 knockdown in mouse cochlea, auditory phenotyping |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
39322015
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| 2024 |
DIAPH3 interacts with FOXM1 (forkhead box M1) transcription factor, as determined by Co-IP; loss of DIAPH3 downregulates FOXM1 and blocks Wnt/β-catenin signaling in anaplastic thyroid carcinoma cells. FOXM1 overexpression rescues the anti-proliferative, pro-apoptotic effects of DIAPH3 depletion. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, siRNA knockdown, FOXM1 overexpression rescue, western blotting for Wnt/β-catenin pathway markers, cell proliferation/migration/invasion assays |
Endokrynologia Polska |
Low |
39376176
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| 2025 |
DIAPH3 reduces RPL6 protein levels by disrupting the interaction between RPL6 and the deubiquitinase OTUD4, thereby reducing RPL6-mediated activation of cGAS-STING signaling in pancreatic cancer cells. |
Co-immunoprecipitation of RPL6-OTUD4 interaction, forced expression of RPL6, DIAPH3 overexpression experiments, interferon-β production measurement |
European journal of medical research |
Low |
41318619
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| 2025 |
DIAPH3 silencing suppresses migration and invasion of colorectal cancer cells; mass spectrometry identified KRT19 as a downstream target of DIAPH3. Knockdown of DIAPH3 reduces KRT19 protein levels through proteasome-dependent degradation (blocked by MG132), and KRT19 overexpression rescues the invasion defect caused by DIAPH3 silencing, establishing a DIAPH3-KRT19 signaling axis. |
Mass spectrometry identification of downstream targets, siRNA knockdown, KRT19 overexpression rescue, proteasome inhibitor (MG132) treatment, wound healing and Transwell invasion assays, xenograft metastatic model |
Clinical & experimental metastasis |
Medium |
39843730
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