ZFIN Lab: Laboratório de Diferenciação Muscular e Citoesqueleto

ZFIN ID: ZDB-LAB-030807-1

Laboratório de Diferenciação Muscular e Citoesqueleto

PI/Director:	Costa, Manoel Luis
Co-PI / Senior Researcher:	Mermelstein, Claudia
Contact Person:	Costa, Manoel Luis
Email:	manoelluiscosta@ufrj.br
URL:	http://www.histo.ufrj.br/LabMus/
Address:	Programa de Pesquisa em Diferenciação Celular Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Centro de Ciências da Saúde Sala F2-019, Bloco F-2° Andar Cidade Universitária - Ilha do Fundão Rio de Janeiro, 21949-590 Brazil
Country:	Brazil
Phone:	55-21-3938-6429
Fax:	55-21-3938-6480
Line Designation:	None assigned

GENOMIC FEATURES ORIGINATING FROM THIS LAB No data available

STATEMENT OF RESEARCH INTERESTS

Muscle, cytoskeleton and differentiation.

LAB MEMBERS

ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS OF LAB MEMBERS

Gomes, G., Oliveira, J.L., Costa, M.L., Mermelstein, C., Feitosa, N.M. (2023) Manganese Exposure Induces Cellular Aggregates and the Accumulation of β-Catenin in Skin of Zebrafish Embryos. Zebrafish. 20(4):160-168

do Amaral, M.J., de Andrade Rosa, I., Andrade, S.A., Fang, X., Andrade, L.R., Costa, M.L., Mermelstein, C. (2022) The perinuclear region concentrates disordered proteins with predicted phase separation distributed in a 3D network of cytoskeletal filaments and organelles. Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular cell research. 1869:119161

Gomes, G., do Amaral, M.J., Bagri, K.M., Vasconcellos, L.M., Almeida, M.D.S., Alvares, L.E., Mermelstein, C. (2021) New Findings on LMO7 Transcripts, Proteins and Regulatory Regions in Human and Vertebrate Model Organisms and the Intracellular Distribution in Skeletal Muscle Cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(23):

Morris, E.A., Bodin, S., Delaval, B., Comunale, F., Georget, V., Costa, M.L., Lutfalla, G., Gauthier-Rouvière, C. (2017) Flotillins control zebrafish epiboly through their role in cadherin-mediated cell-cell adhesion. Biology of the cell. 109(5):210-221

Campos, L.M., Rios, E.A., Guapyassu, L., Midlej, V., Atella, G.C., Herculano-Houzel, S., Benchimol, M., Mermelstein, C., Costa, M.L. (2016) Alterations in zebrafish development induced by simvastatin: Comprehensive morphological and physiological study, focusing on muscle. Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.). 241(17):1950-1960

Campos, L.M., Rios, E.A., Midlej, V., Atella, G.C., Herculano-Houzel, S., Benchimol, M., Mermelstein, C., Costa, M.L. (2015) Structural Analysis of Alterations in Zebrafish Muscle Differentiation Induced by Simvastatin and Their Recovery with Cholesterol. The journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry : official journal of the Histochemistry Society. 63(6):427-37

Araujo, G.L., Vieira, A.E., Barreiro, E.J., Lima, L.M., Cardoso, C.N., Emiliano, N.F., Martins, M.T., Souza, S.S., De Souza, A.M., Berto, C., Costa, M.L., Campos, L.M., França, F.D., Tagliati, C.A. (2014) Toxicological in vitro and subchronic evaluation of LASSBio-596. Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association. 73:148-56

Câmara-Pereira, E.S., Campos, L.M., Vannier-Santos, M.A., Mermelstein, C.S., and Costa, M.L. (2009) Distribution of cytoskeletal and adhesion proteins in adult zebrafish skeletal muscle. Histology and histopathology. 24(2):187-196

Costa, M.L., Escaleira, R.C., Jazenko, F., and Mermelstein, C.S. (2008) Cell adhesion in zebrafish myogenesis: Distribution of intermediate filaments, microfilaments, intracellular adhesion structures and extracellular matrix. Cell motility and the cytoskeleton. 65(10):801-815

Souza, A.R., Kozlowski, E.O., Cerqueira, V.R., Castelo-Branco, M.T., Costa, M.L., and Pavão, M.S. (2007) Chondroitin sulfate and keratan sulfate are the major glycosaminoglycans present in the adult zebrafish Danio rerio (Chordata-Cyprinidae). Glycoconjugate journal. 24(9):521-530

Costa, M.L., Escaleira, R., Manasfi, M., Souza, L.F., and Mermelstein, C.S. (2003) Cytoskeletal and cellular adhesion proteins in zebrafish (Danio rerio) myogenesis. Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas. 36(8):1117-1120

Costa, M.L., Escaleira, R.C., Rodrigues, V.B., Manasfi, M., and Mermelstein, C.S. (2002) Some distinctive features of zebrafish myogenesis based on unexpected distributions of the muscle cytoskeletal proteins actin, myosin, desmin, alpha-actinin, troponin and titin. Mechanisms of Development. 116(1-2):95-104