2024
Photosensitive Nanoprobes for Rapid High Purity Isolation and Size‐Specific Enrichment of Synthetic and Extracellular Vesicle Subpopulations (Adv. Funct. Mater. 34/2024)
Weerakkody J, Tseng T, Topper M, Thoduvayil S, Radhakrishnan A, Pincet F, Kyriakides T, Gunasekara R, Ramakrishnan S. Photosensitive Nanoprobes for Rapid High Purity Isolation and Size‐Specific Enrichment of Synthetic and Extracellular Vesicle Subpopulations (Adv. Funct. Mater. 34/2024). Advanced Functional Materials 2024, 34 DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202470191.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVesicle biogenesisExtracellular vesicle subpopulationsLipid nanoprobesVesicle subpopulationsNative extracellular vesiclesVesicle populationsSeparate vesiclesPurity isolationExtracellular vesiclesVesiclesCellular originHydrophobic interactionsBiogenesisSize variabilitySubpopulationsIsolatesExtracellularDual-Ring SNAREpin Machinery Tuning for Fast Synaptic Vesicle Fusion
Caruel M, Pincet F. Dual-Ring SNAREpin Machinery Tuning for Fast Synaptic Vesicle Fusion. Biomolecules 2024, 14: 600. PMID: 38786007, PMCID: PMC11117985, DOI: 10.3390/biom14050600.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAuthor Correction: Kinetic study of membrane protein interactions: from three to two dimensions
Adrien V, Reffay M, Taulier N, Verchère A, Monlezun L, Picard M, Ducruix A, Broutin I, Pincet F, Urbach W. Author Correction: Kinetic study of membrane protein interactions: from three to two dimensions. Scientific Reports 2024, 14: 8222. PMID: 38589433, PMCID: PMC11001852, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-58201-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPhotosensitive Nanoprobes for Rapid High Purity Isolation and Size‐Specific Enrichment of Synthetic and Extracellular Vesicle Subpopulations
Weerakkody J, Tseng T, Topper M, Thoduvayil S, Radhakrishnan A, Pincet F, Kyriakides T, Gunasekara R, Ramakrishnan S. Photosensitive Nanoprobes for Rapid High Purity Isolation and Size‐Specific Enrichment of Synthetic and Extracellular Vesicle Subpopulations. Advanced Functional Materials 2024, 34 PMID: 39372670, PMCID: PMC11452007, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202400390.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchExtracellular vesicle subpopulationsVesicle subpopulationsIsolation of vesiclesPurity extracellular vesiclesRelease of vesiclesAnalysis of nucleic acidsNear-native formLarge-scale isolationLipid nanoprobesDownstream analysisPurity isolationEfficient isolationVesiclesSynthetic vesiclesNucleic acidsExtracellular vesiclesIsolation methodIsolatesBiomarker discoveryExposure to lightSubpopulationsEnrichmentProteinComplex biological mediaCleavageKinetic study of membrane protein interactions: from three to two dimensions
Adrien V, Reffay M, Taulier N, Verchère A, Monlezun L, Picard M, Ducruix A, Broutin I, Pincet F, Urbach W. Kinetic study of membrane protein interactions: from three to two dimensions. Scientific Reports 2024, 14: 882. PMID: 38195620, PMCID: PMC10776792, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-50827-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMembrane proteinsMembrane protein interactionsProtein-protein interactionsProtein complexesProtein interactionsMembrane environmentOpposite membranesBacterial efflux pumpsProtein behaviorProtein systemsMolecular interactionsEfflux pumpsProteinExploration distanceMembraneFluorescence recovery experimentsInteractionBinding rateBinding constantsComplexes
2023
A model for collagen secretion by intercompartmental continuities
Bunel L, Pincet L, Malhotra V, Raote I, Pincet F. A model for collagen secretion by intercompartmental continuities. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2023, 121: e2310404120. PMID: 38147551, PMCID: PMC10769856, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2310404120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMembrane Tubulation with a Biomembrane Force Probe
Pincet L, Pincet F. Membrane Tubulation with a Biomembrane Force Probe. Membranes 2023, 13: 910. PMID: 38132914, PMCID: PMC10744658, DOI: 10.3390/membranes13120910.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBiomembrane force probeOptical tweezersForce probeTweezersGiant unilamellar vesiclesMeasurement of forcesExperimental setupMicromanipulation techniqueUnilamellar vesiclesProbeSimilar tubesMaterial transportLocal geometryHigh curvatureMicromanipulationMolecular interactionsGUVsSetupEnergeticsInteractionMeasurementsFormationTubeNanospringsApolipoproteins L1 and L3 control mitochondrial membrane dynamics
Lecordier L, Heo P, Graversen J, Hennig D, Skytthe M, d’Elzius A, Pincet F, Pérez-Morga D, Pays E. Apolipoproteins L1 and L3 control mitochondrial membrane dynamics. Cell Reports 2023, 42: 113528. PMID: 38041817, PMCID: PMC10765320, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113528.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVesicle-associated membrane protein 8Mitochondrial membrane dynamicsPI4KBMembrane dynamicsPI4KB activityMembrane protein 8Mitochondrial reactive oxygen speciesNeuronal calcium sensor-1Apolipoprotein L1C-terminal truncationsEndolysosomal membranesFission factorCalneuron-1Mitochondria fissionProhibitin 2Reactive oxygen speciesMitophagy fluxProtein 8APOL3KbOxygen speciesGolgiKB activityAPOL1MitophagySynaptophysin chaperones the assembly of 12 SNAREpins under each ready-release vesicle
Bera M, Radhakrishnan A, Coleman J, Sundaram R, Ramakrishnan S, Pincet F, Rothman J. Synaptophysin chaperones the assembly of 12 SNAREpins under each ready-release vesicle. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2023, 120: e2311484120. PMID: 37903271, PMCID: PMC10636311, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2311484120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpecific molecular functionsSynaptic vesicle protein synaptophysinTarget membrane bilayerSensor synaptotagminSNARE proteinsMolecular functionsMembrane proteinsSNAREpinsReceptor vesiclesSingle-molecule measurementsGene knockoutMembrane bilayerLipid bilayersProtein synaptophysinVesiclesDetergent extractsHexamer structureSYPMechanism of actionProteinAssemblyChaperonesSynaptotagminExocytosisBilayersDiacylglycerol-dependent hexamers of the SNARE-assembling chaperone Munc13-1 cooperatively bind vesicles
Li F, Grushin K, Coleman J, Pincet F, Rothman J. Diacylglycerol-dependent hexamers of the SNARE-assembling chaperone Munc13-1 cooperatively bind vesicles. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2023, 120: e2306086120. PMID: 37883433, PMCID: PMC10623011, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2306086120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTurbocharging synaptic transmission
Rothman J, Grushin K, Bera M, Pincet F. Turbocharging synaptic transmission. FEBS Letters 2023, 597: 2233-2249. PMID: 37643878, DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14718.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDirect determination of oligomeric organization of integral membrane proteins and lipids from intact customizable bilayer
Panda A, Giska F, Duncan A, Welch A, Brown C, McAllister R, Hariharan P, Goder J, Coleman J, Ramakrishnan S, Pincet F, Guan L, Krishnakumar S, Rothman J, Gupta K. Direct determination of oligomeric organization of integral membrane proteins and lipids from intact customizable bilayer. Nature Methods 2023, 20: 891-897. PMID: 37106230, PMCID: PMC10932606, DOI: 10.1038/s41592-023-01864-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntegral membrane proteinsMembrane proteinsOligomeric organizationOligomeric stateNative mass spectrometry analysisFunctional oligomeric stateKey membrane componentMass spectrometry analysisNMS analysisTarget membraneLipid bindingMembrane componentsProteolipid vesiclesMembrane compositionLipid compositionSpectrometry analysisLipid membranesNeurotransmitter releaseProteinMembraneLipidsMembrane propertiesDirect determinationBilayersTransporters
2022
The Get1/2 insertase forms a channel to mediate the insertion of tail-anchored proteins into the ER
Heo P, Culver J, Miao J, Pincet F, Mariappan M. The Get1/2 insertase forms a channel to mediate the insertion of tail-anchored proteins into the ER. Cell Reports 2022, 42: 111921. PMID: 36640319, PMCID: PMC9932932, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111921.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransmembrane domainTA proteinsSingle C-terminal transmembrane domainC-terminal transmembrane domainTail-anchored (TA) proteinsTail-anchored proteinsEndoplasmic reticulum membraneGet3Reticulum membraneChannel functionInsertaseBulk fluorescenceAqueous channelsProteinChannel activityMutation analysisMembraneMicrofluidic assayTranslocaseYeastComplexesInsertionTranslocationHydrophilic segmentsBindingActuating tension-loaded DNA clamps drives membrane tubulation
Liu L, Xiong Q, Xie C, Pincet F, Lin C. Actuating tension-loaded DNA clamps drives membrane tubulation. Science Advances 2022, 8: eadd1830. PMID: 36223466, PMCID: PMC9555772, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.add1830.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA clampMembrane tubulationMembrane dynamicsMembrane-remodeling eventsVesicle tubulationConformational changesSpatiotemporal controlDNA signalsCell membraneDNA nanostructuresTubulationMembrane deformationClosed stateOpen stateSelf-assembled DNA nanostructuresOrganismsProteinMembrane tubeArtificial systemsTube widthMembraneDynamicsThe beginning and the end of SNARE‐induced membrane fusion
Mion D, Bunel L, Heo P, Pincet F. The beginning and the end of SNARE‐induced membrane fusion. FEBS Open Bio 2022, 12: 1958-1979. PMID: 35622519, PMCID: PMC9623537, DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.13447.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
CX3CL1 homo-oligomerization drives cell-to-cell adherence
Ostuni M, Hermand P, Saindoy E, Guillou N, Guellec J, Coens A, Hattab C, Desuzinges-Mandon E, Jawhari A, Iatmanen-Harbi S, Lequin O, Fuchs P, Lacapere J, Combadière C, Pincet F, Deterre P. CX3CL1 homo-oligomerization drives cell-to-cell adherence. Scientific Reports 2020, 10: 9069. PMID: 32494000, PMCID: PMC7271195, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-65988-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNumerous adhesion moleculesPhotobleaching assaysNative electrophoresisAdhesive potencyTransmembrane peptidesLipid environmentKey immune processesAdhesive functionFluorescence recoveryFunctional roleDomain peptideFluorescence kineticsOligomerizationCellular adherenceMolecular modelingAdhesion moleculesCell adherenceTransmembrane chemokineImmune processesCompact bundlePeptidesBlood leukocytesClustersElectrophoresisCX3CL1TANGO1 membrane helices create a lipid diffusion barrier at curved membranes
Raote I, Ernst AM, Campelo F, Rothman JE, Pincet F, Malhotra V. TANGO1 membrane helices create a lipid diffusion barrier at curved membranes. ELife 2020, 9: e57822. PMID: 32452385, PMCID: PMC7266638, DOI: 10.7554/elife.57822.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIn vitro physiological membrane‐on‐a‐chip and its application in cell and neuronal biology
Heo P, Rothman J, Pincet F. In vitro physiological membrane‐on‐a‐chip and its application in cell and neuronal biology. The FASEB Journal 2020, 34: 1-1. DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2020.34.s1.08637.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeuronal biologyTail-anchored proteinsPost-translational insertionMost biological processesAreas of biologyVesicle traffickingProtein insertionER membranePhysiological lipid compositionBiological processesMolecular mechanismsBiologyLipid compositionPhysiological membranesModel membranesMembraneInvaluable insightsCellsTraffickingProteinInsertionPatch-clamp amplifierΑ-synucleinopathiesCompositionBilayersFreezing and piercing of in vitro asymmetric plasma membrane by α-synuclein
Heo P, Pincet F. Freezing and piercing of in vitro asymmetric plasma membrane by α-synuclein. Communications Biology 2020, 3: 148. PMID: 32235856, PMCID: PMC7109109, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-0883-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlpha-SynucleinCell MembraneElectric CapacitanceFluorescence Recovery After PhotobleachingHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsLab-On-A-Chip DevicesMembrane FluidityMembrane LipidsMembrane PotentialsMembranes, ArtificialMicrofluidic Analytical TechniquesNeuronsProtein AggregatesProtein Aggregation, PathologicalProtein BindingProtein ConformationStructure-Activity RelationshipSynucleinopathiesConceptsPlasma membraneMembrane-bound proteinsAccumulation of aggregatesΑ-synucleinCytosolic leafletMembrane topologyMembrane hydrophobic coreCytosolic proteinsProteinExtracellular onesHydrophobic corePathological roleDiscrete sizesMembraneLeafletsMembrane capacitanceNeurological diseasesLipidsAccumulationMicrofluidic setupMunc13 Recruits SNAP25 to Facilitate SNARE Complex Assembly
Sundaram R, Li F, Coleman J, Pincet F, Rothman J, Krishnakumar S. Munc13 Recruits SNAP25 to Facilitate SNARE Complex Assembly. Biophysical Journal 2020, 118: 400a-401a. DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2019.11.2274.Peer-Reviewed Original Research