2018
Mapping the Proteome of the Synaptic Cleft through Proximity Labeling Reveals New Cleft Proteins
Cijsouw T, Ramsey AM, Lam TT, Carbone BE, Blanpied TA, Biederer T. Mapping the Proteome of the Synaptic Cleft through Proximity Labeling Reveals New Cleft Proteins. Proteomes 2018, 6: 48. PMID: 30487426, PMCID: PMC6313906, DOI: 10.3390/proteomes6040048.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProximity labelingLabel-free quantitation mass spectrometryReceptor-type tyrosine-protein phosphatase zetaProximity labeling approachCell-cell contactSynaptic cleftPost-synaptic specializationsProteomic contentSynapse heterogeneitySynCAM 1Confocal microcopySurface proteinsCell surfaceProteomeSuper-resolution imagingCultured cortical neuronsMammalian brainLabeling approachMolecular compositionReporterProteinCortical neuronsFunctional organizationExcitatory synapsesDiverse set
2015
Topographic Mapping of the Synaptic Cleft into Adhesive Nanodomains
de Arce K, Schrod N, Metzbower SWR, Allgeyer E, Kong G, Tang AH, Krupp AJ, Stein V, Liu X, Bewersdorf J, Blanpied TA, Lucić V, Biederer T. Topographic Mapping of the Synaptic Cleft into Adhesive Nanodomains. Neuron 2015, 88: 1165-1172. PMID: 26687224, PMCID: PMC4687029, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.11.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSynaptic cell adhesion molecule 1Trans-synaptic complexesEphB2 receptor tyrosine kinaseReceptor tyrosine kinasesCryo-ETSynaptic cleftCryoelectron tomographyTyrosine kinaseMolecular insightsSynCAM 1Macromolecular organizationImmunoglobulin proteinCell adhesion molecule-1Immunoelectron microscopyAdhesion molecule-1Super-resolution imagingPostsynaptic densityDistinct density profilesDepression paradigmExcitatory synapsesPostsynaptic areaMolecule-1Cleft edgesSynapsesCleft