2024
Ectopic reconstitution of a spine-apparatus-like structure provides insight into mechanisms underlying its formation
Falahati H, Wu Y, Fang M, De Camilli P. Ectopic reconstitution of a spine-apparatus-like structure provides insight into mechanisms underlying its formation. Current Biology 2024 PMID: 39626668, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.11.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEndoplasmic reticulumSpine apparatusActin bundlesEndomembrane networkER sheetsConserved regionProtein synaptopodinCisternal organelleNon-neuronal cellsER cisternsOrganellesSynaptopodinProteinNeuronal dendritesNeuronal spinesAxon initial segmentFindings shed lightBiogenesisActinProtein matrixNarrow lumenReticulumMammalsInitial segmentMechanism
2022
Proximity proteomics of synaptopodin provides insight into the molecular composition of the spine apparatus of dendritic spines
Falahati H, Wu Y, Feuerer V, Simon HG, De Camilli P. Proximity proteomics of synaptopodin provides insight into the molecular composition of the spine apparatus of dendritic spines. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2022, 119: e2203750119. PMID: 36215465, PMCID: PMC9586327, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2203750119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpine apparatusDendritic spinesSubset of neuronsAxon initial segmentDendritic shaftsER cisternsNonneuronal cellsSynaptopodinSpineSmooth endoplasmic reticulumEndoplasmic reticulumCisternal organelleInitial segmentSpecific localizationCisternsBinding proteinPDLIM7Expression patternsSubsetProteinSmall subsetDiseaseNeuronsBrainFunctional partnership