2013
Real Time Measures of Prestin Charge and Fluorescence during Plasma Membrane Trafficking Reveal Sub-Tetrameric Activity
Bian S, Navaratnam D, Santos-Sacchi J. Real Time Measures of Prestin Charge and Fluorescence during Plasma Membrane Trafficking Reveal Sub-Tetrameric Activity. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e66078. PMID: 23762468, PMCID: PMC3677934, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066078.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObligate tetramerPlasma membraneMembrane motor proteinIntegral membrane proteinsTetracycline-inducible cell lineMembrane proteinsMotor proteinsPrestin densityTemperature blockPrestinFluorescence measuresMembrane fluorescenceCell linesNonlinear capacitanceCochlear amplificationProteinTetramerMembraneFluorescencePrevious observationsVoltage clampFluorescence methodCellsAmplification
2011
Interactions between β-Catenin and the HSlo Potassium Channel Regulates HSlo Surface Expression
Bian S, Bai JP, Chapin H, Le Moellic C, Dong H, Caplan M, Sigworth FJ, Navaratnam DS. Interactions between β-Catenin and the HSlo Potassium Channel Regulates HSlo Surface Expression. PLOS ONE 2011, 6: e28264. PMID: 22194818, PMCID: PMC3237428, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028264.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBeta CateninBinding SitesBiological AssayCell MembraneChickensGene Knockdown TechniquesHair Cells, AuditoryHEK293 CellsHumansImmunoprecipitationIntercellular JunctionsKineticsLarge-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel alpha SubunitsModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataMutant ProteinsMutationPhosphorylationProtein BindingProtein TransportRNA, Small InterferingSequence DeletionTransfectionWnt Signaling PathwayConceptsΒ-cateninS10 regionHEK cellsSurface expressionCell biology toolsPotassium channel alpha subunitΒ-catenin interactionDownregulation of WntCytoskeleton frameworkChannel alpha subunitChicken hair cellsPhosphorylation sitesDeletion mutantsBiology toolsΒ-catenin-dependent canonical WntAlpha subunitCanonical WntMultiple binding sitesNumber of diseasesStable bindingWntPhysiological significanceBinding sitesReduced expressionHair cells