Lipid nanodomains and receptor signaling: From actin-based organization to membrane mechanics

C Li, YQ Perez, C Lamaze, CM Blouin - Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
The plasma membrane serves as the primary barrier between the cell's interior and its
external surroundings, which places it at the forefront of intercellular communication …

Hydrazide/metal/indocyanine green coordinated nanoplatform for potentiating reciprocal ferroptosis and immunity against melanoma

G Hou, J Qian, Y Wang, W Xu, M Guo, Z Li… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ferroptosis holds great potential in cancer treatment, but its efficacy is severely limited by a
low Fenton reaction efficacy. Meanwhile, the interactive relationship between Ferroptosis …

Super-resolution microscopy to study interorganelle contact sites

JA Nieto-Garai, J Olazar-Intxausti, I Anso… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Interorganelle membrane contact sites (MCS) are areas of close vicinity between the
membranes of two organelles that are maintained by protein tethers. Recently, a significant …

Enhanced endosomal signaling and desensitization of GLP-1R vs GIPR in pancreatic beta cells

Y Manchanda, S Bitsi, S Chen, J Broichhagen… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The incretin receptors, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) and glucose-dependent
insulinotropic polypeptide receptor (GIPR), are prime therapeutic targets for the treatment of …

The Neurolipid Atlas: a lipidomics resource for neurodegenerative diseases uncovers cholesterol as a regulator of astrocyte reactivity impaired by ApoE4

FM Feringa, SJ Koppes-den Hertog, L Wang… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Lipid changes in the brain have been implicated in many neurodegenerative diseases
including Alzheimer's Disease (AD), Parkinson's disease and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis …

AIM2 inflammasome regulated by the IFN‐γ/JAK2/STAT1 pathway promotes activation and pyroptosis of monocytes in Coronary Artery Disease

Y Zhao, B Liang, S Sheng, C Wang… - Immunity …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Numerous studies have demonstrated that Absent in Melanoma 2 (AIM2) is
upregulated in aortic plaques, especially in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Coronary …

AXL limits the mobilization of cholesterol to regulate dendritic cell maturation and the immunogenic response to cancer

MDY Park, M Belabed, M Merad - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
We previously found that uptake of cellular debris prompts conventional dendritic cells
(cDCs) to undergo maturation. This transformation results in DCs entering the molecular …

Butyrate driven raft disruption trots off enteric pathogen invasion: possible mechanism of colonization resistance

O Das, A Masid, M Chakraborty, A Gope, S Dutta… - Gut Pathogens, 2023 - Springer
The gut microbiome derived short chain fatty acids perform multitude of functions to maintain
gut homeostasis. Here we studied how butyrate stymie enteric bacterial invasion in cell …

An examination of the divergent spatiotemporal signaling of GLP-1R versus GIPR in pancreatic beta cells

Y Manchanda, S Bitsi, S Chen, J Broichhagen… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
The incretin receptors, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) and glucose-dependent
insulinotropic polypeptide receptor (GIPR), are class B GPCRs and prime therapeutic targets …

Dia2 formin controls receptor activity by organizing plasma membrane lipid partitioning at the nanoscale

C Li, Y Hamon, D Mazaud, M Dessard… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Activation of JAK/STAT signaling by IFN-g requires partitioning of IFN-gR into specific lipid
nanodomains at the plasma membrane. Using IFN-gR as a proxy, we investigated the role of …