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Despite recognizing the importance of its unique cellular architecture and mechanical properties, the molecular mechanisms governing these attributes remain elusive. This study aims to elucidate the role of ankyrin-B (AnkB), a membrane scaffolding protein, in lens cytoarchitecture, growth and function using a conditional knockout (cKO) mouse model. AnkB cKO mouse has no defects in lens morphogenesis, but exhibited changes that supported a global role for AnkB in maintenance of lens clarity, size, cytoarchitecture, and stiffness. Notably, absence of AnkB led to nuclear cataract formation, evident from P16. AnkB cKO lens fibers exhibit progressive disruption in membrane organization of the spectrin-actin cytoskeleton, channel proteins, cell-cell adhesion, shape change, loss and degradation of several membrane proteins (e.g., NrCAM. N-cadherin and aquaporin-0) along with a disorganized plasma membrane and impaired ball-and-socket membrane interdigitations. Furthermore, absence of AnkB led to decreased lens stiffness. Collectively, these results illustrate the essential role for AnkB in lens architecture, growth and function through its involvement in membrane protein and cytoskeletal organization.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1101\/2024.06.12.598702","type":"posted-content","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,13]],"date-time":"2024-06-13T05:15:33Z","timestamp":1718255733000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Ankyrin-B is required for the establishment and maintenance of lens cytoarchitecture, mechanics, and clarity"],"prefix":"10.64898","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1341-3934","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rupalatha","family":"Maddala","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ariana","family":"Allen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3606-0462","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nikolai P.","family":"Skiba","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1553-1691","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ponugoti Vasantha","family":"Rao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"54368","reference":[{"key":"2024061601200916000_2024.06.12.598702v1.1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1006\/exer.2000.0937"},{"key":"2024061601200916000_2024.06.12.598702v1.2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1101\/gad.184000"},{"key":"2024061601200916000_2024.06.12.598702v1.3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.cell.2008.10.018"},{"key":"2024061601200916000_2024.06.12.598702v1.4","first-page":"1678","article-title":"Fiber cell denucleation in the primate lens","volume":"38","year":"1997","journal-title":"Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci"},{"key":"2024061601200916000_2024.06.12.598702v1.5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1098\/rstb.2010.0302"},{"key":"2024061601200916000_2024.06.12.598702v1.6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/281597a0"},{"key":"2024061601200916000_2024.06.12.598702v1.7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1152\/physrev.2001.81.3.1353"},{"key":"2024061601200916000_2024.06.12.598702v1.8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/bs.ctm.2015.10.001"},{"key":"2024061601200916000_2024.06.12.598702v1.9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1167\/iovs.07-0109"},{"key":"2024061601200916000_2024.06.12.598702v1.10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1083\/jcb.123.6.1463"},{"key":"2024061601200916000_2024.06.12.598702v1.11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Cheng, C. , Nowak, R. 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