2024
Structure, interaction and nervous connectivity of beta cell primary cilia
Müller A, Klena N, Pang S, Garcia L, Topcheva O, Aurrecoechea Duran S, Sulaymankhil D, Seliskar M, Mziaut H, Schöniger E, Friedland D, Kipke N, Kretschmar S, Münster C, Weitz J, Distler M, Kurth T, Schmidt D, Hess H, Xu C, Pigino G, Solimena M. Structure, interaction and nervous connectivity of beta cell primary cilia. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 9168. PMID: 39448638, PMCID: PMC11502866, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53348-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary ciliaCell's primary ciliumNon-islet cellsPancreatic beta cellsCiliary pocketSensory organellesAxonemal organizationMotility componentsExtrinsic signalsStructural basisBeta cellsCiliaCell typesExpansion microscopyParacrine signalingIslet innervationCellsIsletsBetaAxonemeOrganellesSignalThree-dimensional reconstructionInteraction
2019
Spastin tethers lipid droplets to peroxisomes and directs fatty acid trafficking through ESCRT-III
Chang C, Weigel A, Ioannou M, Pasolli H, Xu C, Peale D, Shtengel G, Freeman M, Hess H, Blackstone C, Lippincott-Schwartz J. Spastin tethers lipid droplets to peroxisomes and directs fatty acid trafficking through ESCRT-III. Journal Of Cell Biology 2019, 218: 2583-2599. PMID: 31227594, PMCID: PMC6683741, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201902061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenosine TriphosphatasesAmino Acid MotifsATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily D, Member 1Biological TransportEndosomal Sorting Complexes Required for TransportFatty AcidsHeLa CellsHumansHydrolysisLauric AcidsLipid DropletsModels, BiologicalMutant ProteinsOncogene ProteinsPeroxisomesSpastinConceptsFA traffickingLipid dropletsESCRT-III componentsNeutral lipid storage organellesLipid storage organellesFatty acid traffickingAAA-ATPaseESCRT-IIIDual roleMIT domainFatty acidsStorage organellesContact sitesPathogenesis of diseaseFA metabolismTraffickingPeroxisomesSpastinIST1OrganellesCHMP1BInterrelated mechanismsLipid peroxidationContact formationATPase