Featured Publications
ER-to-Golgi protein delivery through an interwoven, tubular network extending from ER
Weigel AV, Chang CL, Shtengel G, Xu CS, Hoffman DP, Freeman M, Iyer N, Aaron J, Khuon S, Bogovic J, Qiu W, Hess HF, Lippincott-Schwartz J. ER-to-Golgi protein delivery through an interwoven, tubular network extending from ER. Cell 2021, 184: 2412-2429.e16. PMID: 33852913, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.03.035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTubular networkEarly secretory compartmentsAccurate traffickingProtein exportDiverse proteinsProtein localizationSecretory pathwayMammalian cellsSecretory compartmentsCargo entryGolgi apparatusLipid bilayersIllumination microscopyBeam scanning electron microscopyIon beam scanning electron microscopyProtein deliveryCOPIIERDynamic 3D viewsTraffickingMicrotubulesProteinVesiclesPathwayCompartmentsCOPII with ALG2 and ESCRTs control lysosome-dependent microautophagy of ER exit sites
Liao Y, Pang S, Li W, Shtengel G, Choi H, Schaefer K, Xu C, Lippincott-Schwartz J. COPII with ALG2 and ESCRTs control lysosome-dependent microautophagy of ER exit sites. Developmental Cell 2024, 59: 1410-1424.e4. PMID: 38593803, DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.03.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEndoplasmic reticulum exit sitesER exit sitesAmino acid starvationPurified recombinant componentsExit siteProtein sortingSecretory pathwayMammalian cellsNutrient stressCellular conditionsEndoplasmic reticulumGiant unilamellar vesiclesTubular outgrowthsESCRTMicroautophagyNutrient stressorsALG2COPIILysosomesPathwayMTOR inhibitionUnilamellar vesiclesRecombinant componentsFocused ion beam scanning electron microscopyIon beam scanning electron microscopy
2022
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
2019
Comparisons between the ON- and OFF-edge motion pathways in the Drosophila brain
Shinomiya K, Huang G, Lu Z, Parag T, Xu CS, Aniceto R, Ansari N, Cheatham N, Lauchie S, Neace E, Ogundeyi O, Ordish C, Peel D, Shinomiya A, Smith C, Takemura S, Talebi I, Rivlin PK, Nern A, Scheffer LK, Plaza SM, Meinertzhagen IA. Comparisons between the ON- and OFF-edge motion pathways in the Drosophila brain. ELife 2019, 8: e40025. PMID: 30624205, PMCID: PMC6338461, DOI: 10.7554/elife.40025.Peer-Reviewed Original Research