Academic Staff

Dr Arto Maatta, PhD

Contact Dr Arto Maatta (email at arto.maatta@durham.ac.uk)

Research Groups

• Cell Structure
• Development and Regeneration

Research Interests

• Cell adhesion
• Cellular and molecular biology of epithelial tissues
• Function of the cytoskeleton
• Regulation of gene expression
• Skin biology

Publications

Journal papers: academic

• Boczonadi, Veronika & Määttä, Arto (2012). Annexin A9 is a periplakin interacting partner in membrane-targeted cytoskeletal linker protein complexes. FEBS Letters 586(19): 3090-3096.
• McInroy, Lorna & Maatta, Arto (2011). Plectin regulates invasiveness of SW480 colon carcinoma cells and is targeted to podosome-like adhesions in an isoform-specific manner. Experimental Cell Research 317(17): 2468-2478.
• Richardson, Gavin, Fantauzzo, Katherine, Bazzi, Hisham, Määttä, Arto & Jahoda Colin (2009). Dynamic expression of Syndecan-1 during hair follicle morphogenesis. Gene Expression Patterns 9(6): 454-460.
• Ojeh, Nkemcho, Pekovic, Vanja, Jahoda, Colin & Maatta, Arto (2008). The MAGUK-family protein CASK is targeted to nuclei of the basal epidermis and controls keratinocyte proliferation. Journal of Cell Science 121(16): 2705-2717.
• Boczonadi, Veronika, McInroy, Lorna & Maatta, Arto (2007). Cytolinker Cross-talk: Periplakin N-terminus Interacts with Plectin to Regulate Keratin Organisation and Epithelial Migration. Experimental Cell Research 313(16): 3579-3591.
• McInroy, Lorna & Maatta, Arto (2007). Down-regulation of vimentin expression inhibits carcinoma cell migration and adhesion. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 360(1): 109-114.
• Sevilla, LM, Nachat, R, Groot KR, Klement, JF, Uitto, J, Djian, P, Määttä, A & Watt FM (2007). Mice deficient in involucrin, envoplakin and periplakin have a defective epidermal barrier. The Journal of Cell Biology 179(7): 1599-1612.
• Long, Heather A., Boczonadi, Veronika, McInroy, Lorna, Goldberg, Martin & Maatta, Arto (2006). Periplakin-dependent re-organisation of keratin cytoskeleton and loss of collective migration in Keratin 8 down-regulated epithelial sheets. Journal of Cell Science 119(24): 5147-5159.
• Maatta, Arto (2004). Roads to the edge of the cell – Intracellular transport of cornified envelope precursors. Journal of Investigative Dermatology 122(1): xii-xiii.
• Maatta, Arto, Hutchison, Christopher J. & Watson, Martin (2004). Spectraplakins and nesprins, giant spectrin repeat proteins participating in the organization of the cytoskeleton and the nuclear envelope. Symposium of Society for Experimental Biology 56: 265-277.
• Maatta, Arto, Di Colandrea, Teresa, Groot, Karen & Watt Fiona M. (2001). Gene targeting of envoplakin, a cytoskeletal linker protein and precursor of epidermal cornified envelope. Molecular and Cellular Biology 21(20): 7047-7053.
• Maatta, Arto, Ruhrberg, Christiana & Watt, Fiona M. (2000). Structure and regulation of the envoplakin gene. Journal of Biological Chemistry 27519857-19865.
• DiColandrea, Teresa, Karashima, Tadashi, Maatta, Arto & Watt, Fiona M. (2000). Subcellular distribution of envoplakin and periplakin: insights into their role as precursors of the epidermal cornified envelope. Journal of Cell Biology 151: 573-586.