2024
Real-time imaging of axonal membrane protein life cycles
Tyagi S, Higerd-Rusli G, Akin E, Baker C, Liu S, Dib-Hajj F, Waxman S, Dib-Hajj S. Real-time imaging of axonal membrane protein life cycles. Nature Protocols 2024, 19: 2771-2802. PMID: 38831222, DOI: 10.1038/s41596-024-00997-x.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsMembrane proteinsRecycling of membrane proteinsProtein subcellular localizationMembrane protein homeostasisMembrane protein traffickingEngineered membrane proteinsMultiple membrane proteinsSelf-labeling tagsCell culturesProtein traffickingProtein tagsSubcellular localizationProtein homeostasisSpatiotemporal regulationCellular processesMultiple proteinsSubcellular distributionVesicular packagingThroughput mannerProteinNeuronal compartmentsDistal axonsProtein spatial organizationFluorescent labelingNeuronal cultures
2023
Pain-causing stinging nettle toxins target TMEM233 to modulate NaV1.7 function
Jami S, Deuis J, Klasfauseweh T, Cheng X, Kurdyukov S, Chung F, Okorokov A, Li S, Zhang J, Cristofori-Armstrong B, Israel M, Ju R, Robinson S, Zhao P, Ragnarsson L, Andersson Å, Tran P, Schendel V, McMahon K, Tran H, Chin Y, Zhu Y, Liu J, Crawford T, Purushothamvasan S, Habib A, Andersson D, Rash L, Wood J, Zhao J, Stehbens S, Mobli M, Leffler A, Jiang D, Cox J, Waxman S, Dib-Hajj S, Neely G, Durek T, Vetter I. Pain-causing stinging nettle toxins target TMEM233 to modulate NaV1.7 function. Nature Communications 2023, 14: 2442. PMID: 37117223, PMCID: PMC10147923, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37963-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSensory neuronsVoltage-sensing domainNav channelsTransmembrane proteinAccessory proteinsVoltage-gated sodium channelsCritical regulatorPore domainChannel gatingExtracellular loopToxin-mediated effectsNeuronal excitabilityPeptide toxinsProteinSodium channelsPharmacological activitiesNav1.7 functionKnottin peptidesNeuronsImportant insightsToxinSubunitsRegulatorDomainExcelsa
2022
The fates of internalized NaV1.7 channels in sensory neurons: Retrograde cotransport with other ion channels, axon-specific recycling, and degradation
Higerd-Rusli G, Tyagi S, Liu S, Dib-Hajj F, Waxman S, Dib-Hajj S. The fates of internalized NaV1.7 channels in sensory neurons: Retrograde cotransport with other ion channels, axon-specific recycling, and degradation. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2022, 299: 102816. PMID: 36539035, PMCID: PMC9843449, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102816.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMembrane proteinsIon channelsNeuronal functionDistinct neuronal compartmentsAxonal membrane proteinsRetrograde traffickingNeuronal polarityRecycling pathwayLate endosomesPlasma membraneSpecific proteinsAxonal traffickingNovel mechanismCell membraneSodium channel NaNeuronal compartmentsMultiple pathwaysLive neuronsVoltage-gated sodium channel NaProteinEndocytosisMembrane specializationsTraffickingMembraneChannel Na
2012
An AnkyrinG-Binding Motif Is Necessary and Sufficient for Targeting Nav1.6 Sodium Channels to Axon Initial Segments and Nodes of Ranvier
Gasser A, Ho TS, Cheng X, Chang KJ, Waxman SG, Rasband MN, Dib-Hajj SD. An AnkyrinG-Binding Motif Is Necessary and Sufficient for Targeting Nav1.6 Sodium Channels to Axon Initial Segments and Nodes of Ranvier. Journal Of Neuroscience 2012, 32: 7232-7243. PMID: 22623668, PMCID: PMC3413458, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.5434-11.2012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReporter proteinAxon initial segmentKinase phosphorylation siteSodium channelsIntracellular loop 2Nodes of RanvierFull-length channelGlutamic acid residuesPhosphorylation sitesMechanism of channelVoltage-gated sodium channelsAcid residuesLoop 2Functional mouseNav1.6 sodium channelsMotifProteinVivo analysisAnkyrinGSomatodendritic compartmentCultured neuronsInitial segmentVivoAction potentialsCells
2001
Glycosylation Alters Steady-State Inactivation of Sodium Channel Nav1.9/NaN in Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons and Is Developmentally Regulated
Tyrrell L, Renganathan M, Dib-Hajj S, Waxman S. Glycosylation Alters Steady-State Inactivation of Sodium Channel Nav1.9/NaN in Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons and Is Developmentally Regulated. Journal Of Neuroscience 2001, 21: 9629-9637. PMID: 11739573, PMCID: PMC6763018, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-24-09629.2001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgingAnimalsAnimals, NewbornAntibody SpecificityAxotomyCell MembraneCells, CulturedFemaleGanglia, SpinalGlycosylationImmunoblottingMembrane PotentialsN-Acetylneuraminic AcidNAV1.9 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelNeuraminidaseNeuronsNeuropeptidesPatch-Clamp TechniquesRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySciatic NerveSodiumSodium ChannelsSubcellular FractionsTetrodotoxinTrigeminal GanglionConceptsImmunoreactive proteinMembrane fractionAdult DRG neuronsTranscription-PCR analysisHigh molecular weight immunoreactive proteinTheoretical molecular weightWhole-cell patch-clamp analysisLong transcriptsGlycosylation statePatch-clamp analysisAdult tissuesLarge proteinsLimited glycosylationEnzymatic deglycosylationExtensive glycosylationState of glycosylationProteinAdult dorsal root gangliaGlycosylationNative neuronsDevelopmental changesInactivationMembrane preparationsDRG neuronsDorsal root ganglia