2022
A partnership between the lipid scramblase XK and the lipid transfer protein VPS13A at the plasma membrane
Guillén-Samander A, Wu Y, Pineda SS, García FJ, Eisen JN, Leonzino M, Ugur B, Kellis M, Heiman M, De Camilli P. A partnership between the lipid scramblase XK and the lipid transfer protein VPS13A at the plasma membrane. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2022, 119: e2205425119. PMID: 35994651, PMCID: PMC9436381, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2205425119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCaudate neuronsClinical manifestationsExposure of PtdSerPH domainMcLeod syndromeCell surface exposureER-PM contactsLipid dropletsTransport of lipidsPutative roleUnknown mechanismNeuronsLipid transfer proteinVPS13ALipid scramblasesTransfer proteinCytosolic loopExposurePlasma membraneCell surfaceEndoplasmic reticulumLipid transferERSyndromeDisease
2017
Contacts between the endoplasmic reticulum and other membranes in neurons
Wu Y, Whiteus C, Xu CS, Hayworth KJ, Weinberg RJ, Hess HF, De Camilli P. Contacts between the endoplasmic reticulum and other membranes in neurons. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2017, 114: e4859-e4867. PMID: 28559323, PMCID: PMC5474793, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1701078114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndoplasmic reticulumER–plasma membrane contactsER-PM contactsMembrane contactSmaller focal contactsRegulation of CaInterorganelle communicationOrganelle biogenesisDifferent neuronal compartmentsCell physiologyIntracellular membranesFocal contactsMultivesicular bodiesER contactsIntracellular organellesER cisternaeLipid homeostasisBiochemical studiesTubulovesicular structuresMembrane appositionNeuronal compartmentsImportant functionsMitochondriaReticulumMembraneEndoplasmic Reticulum—Plasma Membrane Contact Sites
Saheki Y, De Camilli P. Endoplasmic Reticulum—Plasma Membrane Contact Sites. Annual Review Of Biochemistry 2017, 86: 1-26. PMID: 28301744, DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biochem-061516-044932.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlasma membraneEndoplasmic reticulumProtein tethersEndoplasmic reticulum-plasma membrane contact sitesNonvesicular lipid transportER-PM contactsMembrane contact sitesLipid transfer proteinLipid trafficCell physiologyContact sitesMembranous organellesLipid transportBroad localizationTransfer proteinCross talkIntracellular CaDirect physical contactMultiplicity of rolesFunctional state