2024
Cell Membrane Tension Gradients, Membrane Flows, and Cellular Processes
Yan Q, Gomis Perez C, Karatekin E. Cell Membrane Tension Gradients, Membrane Flows, and Cellular Processes. Physiology 2024, 39: 231-245. PMID: 38501962, PMCID: PMC11368524, DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00007.2024.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Membrane fission during bacterial spore development requires cellular inflation driven by DNA translocation
Landajuela A, Braun M, Martínez-Calvo A, Rodrigues CDA, Gomis Perez C, Doan T, Rudner DZ, Wingreen NS, Karatekin E. Membrane fission during bacterial spore development requires cellular inflation driven by DNA translocation. Current Biology 2022, 32: 4186-4200.e8. PMID: 36041438, PMCID: PMC9730832, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.08.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMother cell membraneMembrane fissionMother cellsDNA translocationMembrane tensionLarger mother cellMother cell cytoplasmCell membraneHigh membrane tensionSmaller foresporeDNA translocaseEnergy-limited conditionsForespore compartmentAsymmetric divisionEndospore formationMembrane compartmentsMembrane necksSpore developmentCell divisionMolecular basisForesporeMembrane flowBacillus subtilisCell cytoplasmFisBRapid propagation of membrane tension at retinal bipolar neuron presynaptic terminals
Perez C, Dudzinski NR, Rouches M, Landajuela A, Machta B, Zenisek D, Karatekin E. Rapid propagation of membrane tension at retinal bipolar neuron presynaptic terminals. Science Advances 2022, 8: eabl4411. PMID: 34985955, PMCID: PMC11580022, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abl4411.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMembrane tensionMembrane flowStimulation of exocytosisSynaptic vesicle turnoverNeuroendocrine adrenal chromaffin cellsCell divisionVesicle turnoverCellular activitiesCell migrationCell typesAdrenal chromaffin cellsChromaffin cellsGlobal decreasePresynaptic terminalsRapid propagationEndocytosisExocytosisNeuronal terminalsPhagocytosisTurnoverGradientCellsDivisionMigration