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A serotonergic axon-cilium synapse drives nuclear signaling to alter chromatin accessibility
Sheu SH, Upadhyayula S, Dupuy V, Pang S, Deng F, Wan J, Walpita D, Pasolli HA, Houser J, Sanchez-Martinez S, Brauchi SE, Banala S, Freeman M, Xu CS, Kirchhausen T, Hess HF, Lavis L, Li Y, Chaumont-Dubel S, Clapham DE. A serotonergic axon-cilium synapse drives nuclear signaling to alter chromatin accessibility. Cell 2022, 185: 3390-3407.e18. PMID: 36055200, PMCID: PMC9789380, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.07.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCA1 pyramidal neuronsChromatin accessibilityPyramidal neuronsSerotonergic axonsEpigenetic statePrimary ciliaHippocampal CA1 pyramidal neuronsChemogenetic stimulationSerotonin receptorsNuclear actinReceptor 6Histone acetylationAxonsChemical synapsesIntercellular communicationRhoA pathwaySynapseNeuronsCiliaSynapsesStimulationPathwayNeurotransmissionReceptors
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