2020
Freezing and piercing of in vitro asymmetric plasma membrane by α-synuclein
Heo P, Pincet F. Freezing and piercing of in vitro asymmetric plasma membrane by α-synuclein. Communications Biology 2020, 3: 148. PMID: 32235856, PMCID: PMC7109109, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-0883-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlpha-SynucleinCell MembraneElectric CapacitanceFluorescence Recovery After PhotobleachingHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsLab-On-A-Chip DevicesMembrane FluidityMembrane LipidsMembrane PotentialsMembranes, ArtificialMicrofluidic Analytical TechniquesNeuronsProtein AggregatesProtein Aggregation, PathologicalProtein BindingProtein ConformationStructure-Activity RelationshipSynucleinopathiesConceptsPlasma membraneMembrane-bound proteinsAccumulation of aggregatesΑ-synucleinCytosolic leafletMembrane topologyMembrane hydrophobic coreCytosolic proteinsProteinExtracellular onesHydrophobic corePathological roleDiscrete sizesMembraneLeafletsMembrane capacitanceNeurological diseasesLipidsAccumulationMicrofluidic setup
2019
Highly Reproducible Physiological Asymmetric Membrane with Freely Diffusing Embedded Proteins in a 3D‐Printed Microfluidic Setup
Heo P, Ramakrishnan S, Coleman J, Rothman JE, Fleury J, Pincet F. Highly Reproducible Physiological Asymmetric Membrane with Freely Diffusing Embedded Proteins in a 3D‐Printed Microfluidic Setup. Small 2019, 15: e1900725. PMID: 30977975, DOI: 10.1002/smll.201900725.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMost biological processesLipid leafletAreas of biologyEmbedded proteinsBiological processesRelevant lipidsProteinAsymmetric bilayersPhysiological conditionsModel membranesPlanar bilayersBilayer formation processInvaluable insightsBilayersConfocal microscopeMembraneLipidsTransmembraneBiologyLeafletsMicrofluidic setupRecapitulation