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Motion of VAPB molecules reveals ER–mitochondria contact site subdomains
Obara C, Nixon-Abell J, Moore A, Riccio F, Hoffman D, Shtengel G, Xu C, Schaefer K, Pasolli H, Masson J, Hess H, Calderon C, Blackstone C, Lippincott-Schwartz J. Motion of VAPB molecules reveals ER–mitochondria contact site subdomains. Nature 2024, 626: 169-176. PMID: 38267577, PMCID: PMC10830423, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06956-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsContact sitesExchange of signaling moleculesInterorganelle communicationOrganelle tetheringEukaryotic cellsSingle-molecule imagingCellular physiologyThree-dimensional electron microscopyMembrane curvatureSignaling moleculesExchange of moleculesDynamic subdomainsNanoscale organizationProtein BMetabolic needsSubdomainsCellsSitesMutationsMoleculesRemodelingSites1,2HomeostasisCommunication hubRegulation
2018
The ESCRT-III Protein CHMP1A Mediates Secretion of Sonic Hedgehog on a Distinctive Subtype of Extracellular Vesicles
Coulter ME, Dorobantu CM, Lodewijk GA, Delalande F, Cianferani S, Ganesh VS, Smith RS, Lim ET, Xu CS, Pang S, Wong ET, Lidov HGW, Calicchio ML, Yang E, Gonzalez DM, Schlaeger TM, Mochida GH, Hess H, Lee WA, Lehtinen MK, Kirchhausen T, Haussler D, Jacobs FMJ, Gaudin R, Walsh CA. The ESCRT-III Protein CHMP1A Mediates Secretion of Sonic Hedgehog on a Distinctive Subtype of Extracellular Vesicles. Cell Reports 2018, 24: 973-986.e8. PMID: 30044992, PMCID: PMC6178983, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.06.100.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnimalsBrainChoroid PlexusEndosomal Sorting Complexes Required for TransportExtracellular VesiclesHedgehog ProteinsHumansInfant, NewbornMiceNIH 3T3 CellsVesicular Transport ProteinsConceptsExtracellular vesiclesMultivesicular bodiesIntraluminal vesicle formationESCRT proteinsHedgehog secretionProgenitor maintenanceMolecular mechanistic insightsComplex proteinsCell communicationEV subtypesVesicle formationChmp1AAutosomal recessive microcephalyHuman cerebral organoidsSonic hedgehogProgenitor proliferationFunction mutationsImpairs secretionAdult functionMechanistic insightsCerebral organoidsNull micePontocerebellar hypoplasiaShhProtein