2024
A-tisket, a-tasket, what a beautiful nuclear basket
Lusk C, King M. A-tisket, a-tasket, what a beautiful nuclear basket. Cell 2024, 187: 5225-5227. PMID: 39303690, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.08.030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIdentifying topologically associating domains using differential kernels
Maisuradze L, King M, Surovtsev I, Mochrie S, Shattuck M, O’Hern C. Identifying topologically associating domains using differential kernels. PLOS Computational Biology 2024, 20: e1012221. PMID: 39008525, PMCID: PMC11249266, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012221.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTopologically associating domainsHi-C mapsFalse discovery rateChromatin conformation capture techniquesEnhancer-promoter interactionsLow false discovery rateSelf-interacting regionsStructure of chromatinRegulate gene expressionAverage contact probabilitiesHi-CLocus IDNA transcriptionGene expressionChromatinDiscovery rateContact probabilityBiological phenomenaState-of-the-artKernel-based techniqueComputer visionReplicationCorrelated changesDisease statesCapture techniques
2023
Acetyl-methyllysine marks chromatin at active transcription start sites
Lu-Culligan W, Connor L, Xie Y, Ekundayo B, Rose B, Machyna M, Pintado-Urbanc A, Zimmer J, Vock I, Bhanu N, King M, Garcia B, Bleichert F, Simon M. Acetyl-methyllysine marks chromatin at active transcription start sites. Nature 2023, 622: 173-179. PMID: 37731000, PMCID: PMC10845139, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06565-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-translational modificationsLysine residuesActive transcription start sitesTranscription start siteRange of speciesChromatin biologyChromatin proteinsLysine methylationActive chromatinProteins BRD2Transcriptional initiationLysine acetylationHistone H4Start siteMammalian tissuesHuman diseasesSame residuesMethylationAcetylationChromatinResiduesProteinBiological signalsHistonesBRD2
2019
Ablation of SUN2-containing LINC complexes drives cardiac hypertrophy without interstitial fibrosis
Stewart RM, Rodriguez EC, King MC. Ablation of SUN2-containing LINC complexes drives cardiac hypertrophy without interstitial fibrosis. Molecular Biology Of The Cell 2019, 30: 1664-1675. PMID: 31091167, PMCID: PMC6727752, DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e18-07-0438.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCardiomegalyCell AdhesionCell Nucleus ShapeDNA-Binding ProteinsFibrosisGene DeletionIntegrinsMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMembrane ProteinsMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMultiprotein ComplexesMyocardiumNuclear EnvelopeProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktSarcomeresTelomere-Binding ProteinsTransforming Growth Factor betaConceptsLINC complexType laminsInner nuclear membrane protein MAN1Nuclear envelopeA-type laminsSarcomeric contractile apparatusNuclear laminaDisease etiologyProfibrotic signalingCytoskeletal linkageAKT/MAPK signalingCardiomyocyte cytoskeletonPlasma membraneMAPK signalingNegative regulatorAntagonistic rolesTGFβ signalingLaminsCellular adhesionSignalingCardiac hypertrophySUN2Human cardiomyopathyHypertrophy markersContractile apparatus
2016
Improved Determination of Subnuclear Position Enabled by Three-Dimensional Membrane Reconstruction
Zhao Y, Schreiner SM, Koo PK, Colombi P, King MC, Mochrie SG. Improved Determination of Subnuclear Position Enabled by Three-Dimensional Membrane Reconstruction. Biophysical Journal 2016, 111: 19-24. PMID: 27410730, PMCID: PMC4945324, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.05.036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChromatin biologyLac operator arraysMembrane marker proteinsNuclear positionBroad practical utilityNuclear volumeNuclear peripheryOrganelle shapeChromatin markersTranscriptional regulationSubnuclear positionLacI-GFPDNA repairIndividual lociNuclear compartmentPopulation of cellsNuclear envelopeLocus positionParticular locusMarker proteinsImage analysis pipelineLociCell populationsAnalysis pipelineBiological accuracy
2015
Nuclear–cytoskeletal linkages facilitate cross talk between the nucleus and intercellular adhesions
Stewart RM, Zubek AE, Rosowski KA, Schreiner SM, Horsley V, King MC. Nuclear–cytoskeletal linkages facilitate cross talk between the nucleus and intercellular adhesions. Journal Of Cell Biology 2015, 209: 403-418. PMID: 25963820, PMCID: PMC4427780, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201502024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntercellular adhesionNuclear positionEpidermal tissue integrityLinker of nucleoskeletonCross talkPrimary mouse keratinocytesCytoskeleton (LINC) complexCytoplasmic cytoskeletonAdhesion functionMicrotubule networkDefective adhesionCytoskeletonSUN2Mouse keratinocytesTissue integrityFollicle structureEpidermal keratinocytesAdhesionNucleoskeletonCellsKeratinocytesAdhesion formationNucleusIntegrityComplexes