2023
A model for collagen secretion by intercompartmental continuities
Bunel L, Pincet L, Malhotra V, Raote I, Pincet F. A model for collagen secretion by intercompartmental continuities. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2023, 121: e2310404120. PMID: 38147551, PMCID: PMC10769856, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2310404120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTurbocharging synaptic transmission
Rothman J, Grushin K, Bera M, Pincet F. Turbocharging synaptic transmission. FEBS Letters 2023, 597: 2233-2249. PMID: 37643878, DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14718.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDirect determination of oligomeric organization of integral membrane proteins and lipids from intact customizable bilayer
Panda A, Giska F, Duncan A, Welch A, Brown C, McAllister R, Hariharan P, Goder J, Coleman J, Ramakrishnan S, Pincet F, Guan L, Krishnakumar S, Rothman J, Gupta K. Direct determination of oligomeric organization of integral membrane proteins and lipids from intact customizable bilayer. Nature Methods 2023, 20: 891-897. PMID: 37106230, PMCID: PMC10932606, DOI: 10.1038/s41592-023-01864-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntegral membrane proteinsMembrane proteinsOligomeric organizationOligomeric stateNative mass spectrometry analysisFunctional oligomeric stateKey membrane componentMass spectrometry analysisNMS analysisTarget membraneLipid bindingMembrane componentsProteolipid vesiclesMembrane compositionLipid compositionSpectrometry analysisLipid membranesNeurotransmitter releaseProteinMembraneLipidsMembrane propertiesDirect determinationBilayersTransporters
2014
Arf1/COPI machinery acts directly on lipid droplets and enables their connection to the ER for protein targeting
Wilfling F, Thiam AR, Olarte MJ, Wang J, Beck R, Gould TJ, Allgeyer ES, Pincet F, Bewersdorf J, Farese RV, Walther TC. Arf1/COPI machinery acts directly on lipid droplets and enables their connection to the ER for protein targeting. ELife 2014, 3: e01607. PMID: 24497546, PMCID: PMC3913038, DOI: 10.7554/elife.01607.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsADP-Ribosylation Factor 1AnimalsBiological TransportCell LineCoat Protein Complex ICOP-Coated VesiclesDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsEndoplasmic ReticulumHumansLipaseLipid DropletsLipolysisMiceNanoparticlesParticle SizePhospholipidsRNA InterferenceSurface TensionTime FactorsTransfectionTriglyceridesConceptsCellular lipid dropletsLipid dropletsProtein machineryProtein targetingUbiquitous organellesVesicle traffickingLD surfaceSpecific proteinsKey enzymeLD morphologyMembrane precursorsMachineryMetabolic energyProteinNeutral lipidsTG storageEnzymeUnclear mechanismsAmount of phospholipidsRecent evidenceOrganellesCOPITraffickingTriacylglycerolsBuds
2013
Preparation and characterization of SNARE-containing nanodiscs and direct study of cargo release through fusion pores
Shi L, Howan K, Shen QT, Wang YJ, Rothman JE, Pincet F. Preparation and characterization of SNARE-containing nanodiscs and direct study of cargo release through fusion pores. Nature Protocols 2013, 8: 935-948. PMID: 23598444, DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2013.048.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFusion eventsScaffold proteinFusion poreMembrane scaffold proteinFluorescent lipidFluorescence-based approachFusion machineryAccessible lipidsCognate proteinNanodiscsPore expansionLipid bilayersProteinCargo releaseCargoLipidsPlate readerVAMP2MachineryFluorescenceSnareEncapsulated cargoDirect studyReleaseAssays