2020
Optimized Vivid-derived Magnets photodimerizers for subcellular optogenetics in mammalian cells
Benedetti L, Marvin JS, Falahati H, Guillén-Samander A, Looger LL, De Camilli P. Optimized Vivid-derived Magnets photodimerizers for subcellular optogenetics in mammalian cells. ELife 2020, 9: e63230. PMID: 33174843, PMCID: PMC7735757, DOI: 10.7554/elife.63230.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein fusion partnersSmall subcellular volumesSubcellular optogeneticsOrganelle contactsHomodimerization interfaceProtein modulesMammalian cellsBiological processesPhysiological processesSubcellular organellesLow temperature preincubationSimultaneous photoactivationFusion partnerCell preincubationWhole cellsSubcellular volumesConcatemerizationSpatial controlSpatiotemporal confinementCellsNeurosporaOrganellesHeterodimersVIVIDProteinAbsence of Sac2/INPP5F enhances the phenotype of a Parkinson’s disease mutation of synaptojanin 1
Cao M, Park D, Wu Y, De Camilli P. Absence of Sac2/INPP5F enhances the phenotype of a Parkinson’s disease mutation of synaptojanin 1. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2020, 117: 12428-12434. PMID: 32424101, PMCID: PMC7275725, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2004335117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSynaptojanin 1Sac domain-containing proteinsDisease mutationsDomain-containing proteinsGenome-wide association studiesPD risk lociSynaptic vesicle recyclingEndocytic factorsPD risk genesPhosphatase domainPhosphoinositide phosphataseParkinson's diseaseNumerous genesParkinson’s disease mutationsVesicle recyclingRisk lociAssociation studiesRisk genesInactivating mutationStriatal dopaminergic nerve terminalsGenesOccasional survivorsMutationsDopaminergic nerve terminalsSJ1
2017
Contacts between the endoplasmic reticulum and other membranes in neurons
Wu Y, Whiteus C, Xu CS, Hayworth KJ, Weinberg RJ, Hess HF, De Camilli P. Contacts between the endoplasmic reticulum and other membranes in neurons. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2017, 114: e4859-e4867. PMID: 28559323, PMCID: PMC5474793, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1701078114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndoplasmic reticulumER–plasma membrane contactsER-PM contactsMembrane contactSmaller focal contactsRegulation of CaInterorganelle communicationOrganelle biogenesisDifferent neuronal compartmentsCell physiologyIntracellular membranesFocal contactsMultivesicular bodiesER contactsIntracellular organellesER cisternaeLipid homeostasisBiochemical studiesTubulovesicular structuresMembrane appositionNeuronal compartmentsImportant functionsMitochondriaReticulumMembrane