2022
Restricting α-synuclein transport into mitochondria by inhibition of α-synuclein–VDAC complexation as a potential therapeutic target for Parkinson’s disease treatment
Rajendran M, Queralt-Martín M, Gurnev P, Rosencrans W, Rovini A, Jacobs D, Abrantes K, Hoogerheide D, Bezrukov S, Rostovtseva T. Restricting α-synuclein transport into mitochondria by inhibition of α-synuclein–VDAC complexation as a potential therapeutic target for Parkinson’s disease treatment. Cellular And Molecular Life Sciences 2022, 79: 368. PMID: 35718804, PMCID: PMC11072225, DOI: 10.1007/s00018-022-04389-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlpha-SynucleinHeLa CellsHumansLipidsMitochondriaParkinson DiseaseVoltage-Dependent Anion ChannelsConceptsVoltage-dependent anion channelVDAC poreProtein-membrane bindingRegulating mitochondrial functionProximity ligation assayInvolvement of alpha-synucleinMembrane bindingMitochondrial respirationMitochondrial functionHeLa cellsLigation assayLipid membranesHexokinase 2MitochondriaTranslocation processComplex inhibitionAnion channelFluorescence correlation spectroscopyAlpha-synucleinMolecular levelMitochondrial toxicityASynTranslocationPeptide therapeuticsTherapeutic target
2020
Tunable Electromechanical Nanopore Trap Reveals Populations of Peripheral Membrane Protein Binding Conformations
Hoogerheide D, Rostovtseva T, Jacobs D, Gurnev P, Bezrukov S. Tunable Electromechanical Nanopore Trap Reveals Populations of Peripheral Membrane Protein Binding Conformations. ACS Nano 2020, 15: 989-1001. PMID: 33369404, PMCID: PMC9019845, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c07672.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlpha-SynucleinMembrane ProteinsMitochondriaMolecular ConformationNanoporesProtein BindingConceptsVoltage-dependent anion channelMembrane surfaceSingle-molecule levelSame membrane surfaceIndividual proteinsAnion channelNeuronal proteinsLipid membranesBinding conformationsLipid surfaceLipid compositionProteinΑ-synucleinMembraneConformationOrders of magnitudeSurfaceUnbindingMitochondriaBindsObserved distributionNanoporesMoleculesΑSynTraps
2019
Probing Membrane Association of α-Synuclein Domains with VDAC Nanopore Reveals Unexpected Binding Pattern
Jacobs D, Hoogerheide D, Rovini A, Jiang Z, Lee J, Rostovtseva T, Bezrukov S. Probing Membrane Association of α-Synuclein Domains with VDAC Nanopore Reveals Unexpected Binding Pattern. Scientific Reports 2019, 9: 4580. PMID: 30872688, PMCID: PMC6418135, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-40979-8.Peer-Reviewed Original Research