2022
Presynaptic autophagy is coupled to the synaptic vesicle cycle via ATG-9
Yang S, Park D, Manning L, Hill SE, Cao M, Xuan Z, Gonzalez I, Dong Y, Clark B, Shao L, Okeke I, Almoril-Porras A, Bai J, De Camilli P, Colón-Ramos DA. Presynaptic autophagy is coupled to the synaptic vesicle cycle via ATG-9. Neuron 2022, 110: 824-840.e10. PMID: 35065714, PMCID: PMC9017068, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.12.031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAutophagyAutophagy-Related ProteinsCaenorhabditis elegansEndocytosisPresynaptic TerminalsSynaptic VesiclesConceptsSynaptic vesicle cycleVesicle cyclePresynaptic autophagyAutophagosome biogenesisATG-9Only transmembrane proteinTrans-Golgi networkCellular degradation pathwayPresynaptic sitesActivity-dependent mannerTransmembrane proteinSynaptojanin 1Synaptic fociBiogenesisAutophagyNeuronal healthDegradation pathwayTraffickingPathwayParkinson's diseaseSynaptic activityNeuronal activityElegansSitesEndocytosis
2021
Differential adhesion regulates neurite placement via a retrograde zippering mechanism
Sengupta T, Koonce NL, Vázquez-Martínez N, Moyle MW, Duncan LH, Emerson SE, Han X, Shao L, Wu Y, Santella A, Fan L, Bao Z, Mohler W, Shroff H, Colón-Ramos DA. Differential adhesion regulates neurite placement via a retrograde zippering mechanism. ELife 2021, 10: e71171. PMID: 34783657, PMCID: PMC8843091, DOI: 10.7554/elife.71171.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBrainCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCell AdhesionGene Expression RegulationNeuritesNeuronsSynapsesConceptsDifferential adhesionDifferential adhesion mechanismsSYG-1SYG-2Developmental programEmbryonic developmentNeurite tipsZippering mechanismBiophysical principlesNeurite shaftSynaptic specificityBrain neuropilSingle neuriteLayers occursAlternate mechanismAdhesion mechanismExpressionNeuritesZipperingAdhesionMechanismOutgrowthStructural and developmental principles of neuropil assembly in C. elegans
Moyle MW, Barnes KM, Kuchroo M, Gonopolskiy A, Duncan LH, Sengupta T, Shao L, Guo M, Santella A, Christensen R, Kumar A, Wu Y, Moon KR, Wolf G, Krishnaswamy S, Bao Z, Shroff H, Mohler WA, Colón-Ramos DA. Structural and developmental principles of neuropil assembly in C. elegans. Nature 2021, 591: 99-104. PMID: 33627875, PMCID: PMC8385650, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-03169-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlgorithmsAnimalsBrainCaenorhabditis elegansCell MovementDiffusionInterneuronsMotor NeuronsNeuritesNeuropilSensory Receptor CellsConceptsSpecific sensory organsNerve ringCaenorhabditis elegansC. elegansMuscle quadrantsNeuropil organizationDevelopmental principlesTissue organizationSensory organsBehavioral circuitsElegansPioneer neuronsCell positionDevelopmental sequenceStratified architectureTemporal progressionPrecise circuitsPacked neuronsUnique morphologyNeuronsSequenceOutgrowthAssemblyHierarchical developmentNeuropil
2019
Isotropic Light-Sheet Microscopy and Automated Cell Lineage Analyses to Catalogue Caenorhabditis elegans Embryogenesis with Subcellular Resolution.
Duncan LH, Moyle MW, Shao L, Sengupta T, Ikegami R, Kumar A, Guo M, Christensen R, Santella A, Bao Z, Shroff H, Mohler W, Colón-Ramos DA. Isotropic Light-Sheet Microscopy and Automated Cell Lineage Analyses to Catalogue Caenorhabditis elegans Embryogenesis with Subcellular Resolution. Journal Of Visualized Experiments 2019 PMID: 31233035, PMCID: PMC7255390, DOI: 10.3791/59533.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene expressionC. elegans embryosCell lineage identityCell lineage analysisSingle-cell resolutionElegans embryosCaenorhabditis elegansC. elegansSelective plane illumination microscopyLight-sheet microscopyLineage analysisNematode embryosCell resolutionEntire nervous systemSubcellular levelOnly organismSubcellular resolutionElegansCellular originSingle cellsEmbryosIllumination microscopyEmbryogenesisMorphological dynamicsExpression