The
actin & Microtubule Dynamics Lab
with
Jessica Henty-Ridilla

Publications

Sneak peeks & recent acceptances

Courtemanche and Henty-Ridilla (2024) Jess and Naomi wrote a review about the awesome and powerful dynamics at actin filament plus ends.	Pimm et al., 2024 Morgan's paper on IQGAP1 and plus-ends is out in J Cell Biol! read about it here!!	Haarer et al 2023 Check out Brian's work in JCS and Bio-protocol! We got the covers!

Publications

at SUNY Upstate

Uncovering the molecular interactions underlying MBD2 and MBD3 phase separation

Nicole Maurici, Tien M. Phan, Jessica L. Henty-Ridilla, Young C. Kim, Jeetain Mittal, and Alaji Bah (2025) J. Physical Chem. B. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5c02741.

Mitochondrial and microtubule defects in Exfoliation Glaucoma

Arunkumar Venkatesan, Marc Ridilla, Nileyma Castro, J Mario Wolosin, Jessica L. Henty-Ridilla, Barry E. Knox, Preethi S. Ganapathy, Jamin S. Brown, Anthony F. DeVincentis III, Sandra Sieminski, and Audrey M. Bernstein (2025) Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 233: 226-239.

Actin filament dynamics at barbed ends: new structures, new insights

Naomi Courtemanche and Jessica L. Henty-Ridilla (2024) Curr Opin Cell Biol 90:102419.

Coordination of actin plus-end dynamics by IQGAP1, formin, and capping protein

Morgan L. Pimm, Brian K. Haarer, Alexander D. Nobles, Laura M. Haney, Alexandra G. Marcin, Marcela Alcaide Eligio, Jessica L. Henty-Ridilla (2024) J Cell Biol 223(9): e202305065.

Purification of Human Cytoplasmic Actins From Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Brian K. Haarer, David C. Amberg, & Jessica L. Henty-Ridilla

The formin DAAM1 regulates the deubiquitinase activity of USP10 and integrin homeostasis

Phillips AT, Boumil EF, Venkatesan A, Tilstra-Smith C, Castro N, Knox BE, Henty-Ridilla JL, & Bernstein AM (2023) Eur J Cell Biology, 102:151347.

Purification of human β and 𝝲 actin from budding yeast

Haarer BK, Pimm ML, de Jong EP, Amberg DC* & Henty-Ridilla JL* (2023) J Cell Sci 136(9): jcs260540.

Multiple roles for the cytoskeleton in ALS

Liu X & Henty-Ridilla JL (2022) Exp Neurol 355:114143.

Visualizing molecules of functional human profilin

Pimm ML, Liu X, Tuli F, Heritz J, Lojko A, & Henty-Ridilla JL (2022) eLife. 11:e76485.

Visualizing actin and microtubule coupling dynamics in vitro by Total Internal Reflection Fluorescen

Henty-Ridilla JL (2022) J Vis Exp 1e64074.

Biochemical characterization of actin assembly mechanisms with ALS-associated profilin variants

Liu X, Pimm ML, Haarer B, Brawner AT, & Henty-Ridilla JL (2022) Eur J Cell Biol 101(2): 151212.

TGFβ2 regulates human trabecular meshwork cell contractility via ERK and ROCK pathways with distinct

Li H, Henty-Ridilla JL, Ganapathy PS, & Herberg S (2022) Curr Eye Res 47(8):1165-1178.

New twists in actin-microtubule interactions

Pimm ML & Henty-Ridilla JL (2021) Mol Biol Cell 32(3):211-217.

Targeting SLP76:ITK interaction separates GVHD from GVL in allo-HSCT

Mammadli M, Huang W, Harris R, Xiong H, Weeks S, May A, Gentile T, Henty-Ridilla JL, Waickman AT, August A, Bah A, & Karimi M (2021) iScience. 24(4):102286.

Profilin choreographs actin and microtubules in cells and cancer

Pimm ML, Hotaling J, & Henty-Ridilla JL (2020) Int Rev Cell Mol Biol 355: 155-204.

Arp2/3 and Mena/VASP require Profilin 1 for actin network assembly at the leading edge

Skruber K, Warp PV, Shklyarov R, Thomas JD, Swanson MS, Henty-Ridilla JL, Read T-A, & Vitriol EA (2020) Curr Biol 30(14): 2651-2664.e5

Profilin directly promotes microtubule growth through resides mutated in amyotrophic lateral scleros

Henty-Ridilla JL, Juanes MA, & Goode BL (2017) Curr Biol 27(22): 3535-3543.e4.

on bioRxiv

Other Publications

(Brandeis & Purdue)

Accelerated actin filament polymerization from microtubule plus ends Henty-Ridilla JL, Rankova A, Eskin JA, Kenny K, & Goode BL (2016) Science. 352(6288): 1004-1009.	Global resource distribution: allocation of actin building blocks by profilin Henty-Ridilla JL & Goode BL (2015) Dev Cell 32(1): 5-6.	The Pseudomonas syringae type III effector HopG1 induces actin remodeling to promote symptom develop Shimono M, Lu YJ, Porter K, Kvitko BH, Henty-Ridilla JL, Creason A, He SY, Chang JH, Staiger CJ, & Day B (2016) Plant Physiol.171(3): 2239-2255.
Profilin-dependent nucleation and assembly of actin filaments controls cell elongation in Arabidopsi Profilin-dependent nucleation and assembly of actin filaments controls cell elongation in Arabidopsis (2015) Plant Physiol. 170(1): 220-233.	Capping protein integrates multiple MAMP signaling pathways to modulate actin dynamics during plant Li J, Henty-Ridilla JL, Staiger BH, Day B, & Staiger CJ (2015) Nat Commun. 6: 7206.	Arabidopsis myosin XI: a motor rules the tracks Cai C, Henty-Ridilla JL, Szymanski DB, & Staiger CJ (2014) Plant Physiol. 166(3): 1359-1370.
The availability of filament ends modulates actin stochastic dynamics in live plant cells Li J, Henty-Ridilla JL, Abu-Abied M, Sadot E, Blanchoin L, & Staiger CJ (2014) Mol Biol Cell. 25(8): 1263-1275.	ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTOR4 regulates actin dynamics during innate immune signaling in Arabidopsis Henty-Ridilla JL, Li J, Day B, & Staiger CJ (2014) Plant Cell. 26(1): 340-352.	Actin dynamics in the cortical array of plant cells Henty-Ridilla JL, Li J, Blanchoin L, & Staiger CJ (2013) Curr Opin Plant Biol. 16(6): 678-687.
The plant actin cytoskeleton responds to signals from microbe-associated molecular patterns Henty-Ridilla JL, Shimono M, Li J, Chang JH, Day B, & Staiger CJ (2013) PLoS Pathog. 9(4): e1003290.	Arabidopsis capping protein senses cellular phosphatidic acid levels and transduces these into chang Li J, Pleskot R, Henty-Ridilla JL, Blanchoin L, Potocký M, & Staiger CJ (2012) Plant Signal Behav. 7(12): 1727-1730.	Capping protein modulates the dynamic behavior of actin filaments in response to phosphatidic acid i Li J, Henty-Ridilla JL, Huang S, Wang X, Blanchoin L, and Staiger CJ (2012) Plant Cell. 24(9): 3742-3754.
Arabidopsis actin depolymerizing factor4 modulates the stochastic dynamic behavior of actin filament Henty JL, Bledsoe SW, Khurana P, Meagher RB, Day B, Blanchoin L, and Staiger CJ (2011) Plant Cell. 23(10): 3711-3726.	The pathogen-actin connection: a platform for defense signaling in plants Day B, Henty JL, Porter K, and Staiger CJ (2011) Annu Rev Phytopathol. 49: 483-506.	Actin dynamics in plant cells: a team effort from multiple proteins orchestrates this very fast-pace Blanchoin L, Boujemaa-Paterski R, Henty JL, Khurana P, & Staiger CJ (2010) Curr Opin Plant Biol. 13(6): 714-723.
Arabidopsis VILLIN1 and VILLIN3 have overlapping and distinct activities in actin bundle formation a Khurana P, Henty JL, Huang S, Staiger AM, Blanchoin L, and Staiger CJ (2010) Plant Cell. 22(8): 2727-2748.	Regulation of actin dynamics by actin-binding proteins in pollen Staiger CJ, Poulter NS, Henty JL, Franklin-Tong VE, & Blanchoin L (2010) J Exp Bot 61(7): 1969-1986.

The actin & Microtubule Dynamics Lab with Jessica Henty-Ridilla

Publications

Sneak peeks & recent acceptances

Courtemanche and Henty-Ridilla (2024)

Jess and Naomi wrote a review about the awesome and powerful dynamics at actin filament plus ends.

Pimm et al., 2024

Morgan's paper on IQGAP1 and plus-ends is out in J Cell Biol! read about it here!!

Haarer et al 2023

Check out Brian's work in JCS and Bio-protocol! We got the covers!

Publications

at SUNY Upstate

on bioRxiv

on bioRxiv

on bioRxiv

on bioRxiv

on bioRxiv

on bioRxiv

on bioRxiv

on bioRxiv

on bioRxiv

on bioRxiv

on bioRxiv

Other Publications

(Brandeis & Purdue)

Accelerated actin filament polymerization from microtubule plus ends

Henty-Ridilla JL, Rankova A, Eskin JA, Kenny K, & Goode BL (2016) Science. 352(6288): 1004-1009.

Global resource distribution: allocation of actin building blocks by profilin

Henty-Ridilla JL & Goode BL (2015) Dev Cell 32(1): 5-6.

The Pseudomonas syringae type III effector HopG1 induces actin remodeling to promote symptom develop

Shimono M, Lu YJ, Porter K, Kvitko BH, Henty-Ridilla JL, Creason A, He SY, Chang JH, Staiger CJ, & Day B (2016) Plant Physiol.171(3): 2239-2255.

Profilin-dependent nucleation and assembly of actin filaments controls cell elongation in Arabidopsi

Profilin-dependent nucleation and assembly of actin filaments controls cell elongation in Arabidopsis (2015) Plant Physiol. 170(1): 220-233.

Capping protein integrates multiple MAMP signaling pathways to modulate actin dynamics during plant

Li J, Henty-Ridilla JL, Staiger BH, Day B, & Staiger CJ (2015) Nat Commun. 6: 7206.

Arabidopsis myosin XI: a motor rules the tracks

Cai C, Henty-Ridilla JL, Szymanski DB, & Staiger CJ (2014) Plant Physiol. 166(3): 1359-1370.

The availability of filament ends modulates actin stochastic dynamics in live plant cells

Li J, Henty-Ridilla JL, Abu-Abied M, Sadot E, Blanchoin L, & Staiger CJ (2014) Mol Biol Cell. 25(8): 1263-1275.

ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTOR4 regulates actin dynamics during innate immune signaling in Arabidopsis

Henty-Ridilla JL, Li J, Day B, & Staiger CJ (2014) Plant Cell. 26(1): 340-352.

Actin dynamics in the cortical array of plant cells

Henty-Ridilla JL, Li J, Blanchoin L, & Staiger CJ (2013) Curr Opin Plant Biol. 16(6): 678-687.

The plant actin cytoskeleton responds to signals from microbe-associated molecular patterns

Henty-Ridilla JL, Shimono M, Li J, Chang JH, Day B, & Staiger CJ (2013) PLoS Pathog. 9(4): e1003290.

Arabidopsis capping protein senses cellular phosphatidic acid levels and transduces these into chang

Li J, Pleskot R, Henty-Ridilla JL, Blanchoin L, Potocký M, & Staiger CJ (2012) Plant Signal Behav. 7(12): 1727-1730.

Capping protein modulates the dynamic behavior of actin filaments in response to phosphatidic acid i

Li J, Henty-Ridilla JL, Huang S, Wang X, Blanchoin L, and Staiger CJ (2012) Plant Cell. 24(9): 3742-3754.

Arabidopsis actin depolymerizing factor4 modulates the stochastic dynamic behavior of actin filament

Henty JL, Bledsoe SW, Khurana P, Meagher RB, Day B, Blanchoin L, and Staiger CJ (2011) Plant Cell. 23(10): 3711-3726.

The pathogen-actin connection: a platform for defense signaling in plants

Day B, Henty JL, Porter K, and Staiger CJ (2011) Annu Rev Phytopathol. 49: 483-506.

Actin dynamics in plant cells: a team effort from multiple proteins orchestrates this very fast-pace

Blanchoin L, Boujemaa-Paterski R, Henty JL, Khurana P, & Staiger CJ (2010) Curr Opin Plant Biol. 13(6): 714-723.

Arabidopsis VILLIN1 and VILLIN3 have overlapping and distinct activities in actin bundle formation a

Khurana P, Henty JL, Huang S, Staiger AM, Blanchoin L, and Staiger CJ (2010) Plant Cell. 22(8): 2727-2748.

Regulation of actin dynamics by actin-binding proteins in pollen

Staiger CJ, Poulter NS, Henty JL, Franklin-Tong VE, & Blanchoin L (2010) J Exp Bot 61(7): 1969-1986.

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The
actin & Microtubule Dynamics Lab
with
Jessica Henty-Ridilla