2022
In situ architecture of the lipid transport protein VPS13C at ER–lysosome membrane contacts
Cai S, Wu Y, Guillén-Samander A, Hancock-Cerutti W, Liu J, De Camilli P. In situ architecture of the lipid transport protein VPS13C at ER–lysosome membrane contacts. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2022, 119: e2203769119. PMID: 35858323, PMCID: PMC9303930, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2203769119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndoplasmic reticulumCryo-focused ion beam millingMembrane contact sitesCryo-electron tomographyFull-length structureLipid transport proteinsRod-like densitiesLysosome contactBinding partnerGenetic approachesHydrophobic grooveTransport proteinsContact sitesVps13Lipid transportAlphaFold predictionsFull-length modelHeLa cellsMembrane contactSitu architectureAdjacent membranesVPS13CProteinStructural informationEndo/lysosomes
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 functionsMitochondriaReticulumMembraneLipid transport by TMEM24 at ER–plasma membrane contacts regulates pulsatile insulin secretion
Lees JA, Messa M, Sun EW, Wheeler H, Torta F, Wenk MR, De Camilli P, Reinisch KM. Lipid transport by TMEM24 at ER–plasma membrane contacts regulates pulsatile insulin secretion. Science 2017, 355 PMID: 28209843, PMCID: PMC5414417, DOI: 10.1126/science.aah6171.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsER–plasma membrane contactsLipid transportLipid-binding modulesMembrane contactPhosphoinositide signalingMembrane proteinsPrecursor phosphatidylinositolProtein 24Reversible localizationEndoplasmic reticulumTMEM24Β-cellsPhosphatidylinositolInsulin secretionCalcium oscillationsCytosolic calciumDephosphorylationType II diabetesPhosphorylationSignalingProteinReticulumSecretionII diabetesTransport
2015
PI4P/phosphatidylserine countertransport at ORP5- and ORP8-mediated ER–plasma membrane contacts
Chung J, Torta F, Masai K, Lucast L, Czapla H, Tanner LB, Narayanaswamy P, Wenk MR, Nakatsu F, De Camilli P. PI4P/phosphatidylserine countertransport at ORP5- and ORP8-mediated ER–plasma membrane contacts. Science 2015, 349: 428-432. PMID: 26206935, PMCID: PMC4638224, DOI: 10.1126/science.aab1370.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlasma membraneEndoplasmic reticulumER integral membrane proteinsER–plasma membrane contactsMembrane lipid homeostasisIntegral membrane proteinsPleckstrin homology domainOxysterol-binding proteinPI4P phosphatase Sac1PI4P levelsCell membrane bilayerHomology domainPhosphatase Sac1Membrane proteinsORP8Function experimentsMembrane bilayerLipid homeostasisLipid transferProtein 5Membrane contactORP5PI4PPhosphatidylserineProtein