2023
Force redistribution in clathrin-mediated endocytosis revealed by coiled-coil force sensors
Ren Y, Yang J, Fujita B, Jin H, Zhang Y, Berro J. Force redistribution in clathrin-mediated endocytosis revealed by coiled-coil force sensors. Science Advances 2023, 9: eadi1535. PMID: 37831774, PMCID: PMC10575576, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adi1535.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsActin cytoskeletonPlasma membraneHuntingtin Interacting Protein 1Clathrin-mediated endocytosisCountless cellular processesEndocytic machineryCellular processesClathrin latticesProtein condensationCytoskeletonEnd4pProtein 1Membrane deformationPiconewton forcesEndocytosisVivo force measurementsMembranePiconewtonsClathrinMachineryProteinCoatMolecular scale
2021
Rapid adaptation of endocytosis, exocytosis and eisosomes after an acute increase in membrane tension in yeast cells
Lemière J, Ren Y, Berro J. Rapid adaptation of endocytosis, exocytosis and eisosomes after an acute increase in membrane tension in yeast cells. ELife 2021, 10: e62084. PMID: 33983119, PMCID: PMC9045820, DOI: 10.7554/elife.62084.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActinsCell MembraneClathrinEndocytosisExocytosisSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSchizosaccharomycesConceptsClathrin-mediated endocytosisMembrane tensionActin machineryYeast cellsFission yeast cellsRate of endocytosisRate of exocytosisActin assemblyLarge membrane tensionPlasma membraneCell wallMolecular mechanismsTurgor pressureEndocytosisRapid adaptationEisosomesExocytosisMachineryQuantitative microscopyMinute time scaleHypotonic shockCellsEukaryotesMembraneTension regulation
2019
A single tyrosine phosphorylation site in cortactin is important for filopodia formation in neuronal growth cones
Ren Y, He Y, Brown S, Zbornik E, Mlodzianoski M, Ma D, Huang F, Mattoo S, Suter D. A single tyrosine phosphorylation site in cortactin is important for filopodia formation in neuronal growth cones. Molecular Biology Of The Cell 2019, 30: 1817-1833. PMID: 31116646, PMCID: PMC6727743, DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e18-04-0202.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTyrosine phosphorylation sitesPhosphorylation sitesFilopodia formationNeuronal growth conesSingle tyrosine phosphorylation sitePhosphorylated cortactinGrowth conesPhospho-mimetic mutantVitro kinase assaysFilopodia lengthFunction of cortactinTyrosine-phosphorylated cortactinFormation of filopodiaSrc tyrosine kinaseCortactin mutantMultiple actinPhosphorylation substratesActin organizationCellular processesLength of filopodiaKinase assaysCortactinTyrosine kinaseNonneuronal cellsFilopodia