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    12/11/12 | Visualizing cell structure and function with point-localization superresolution imaging.
    Sengupta P, van Engelenburg S, Lippincott-Schwartz J
    Developmental cell. 2012 Dec 11;23(6):1092-102. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2012.09.022

    Fundamental to the success of cell and developmental biology is the ability to tease apart molecular organization in cells and tissues by localizing specific proteins with respect to one another in a native cellular context. However, many key cellular structures (from mitochondrial cristae to nuclear pores) lie below the diffraction limit of visible light, precluding analysis of their organization by conventional approaches. Point-localization superresolution microscopy techniques, such as PALM and STORM, are poised to resolve, with unprecedented clarity, the organizational principles of macromolecular complexes within cells, thus leading to deeper insights into cellular function in both health and disease.

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    12/01/12 | Visualization of live primary cilia dynamics using fluorescence microscopy.
    Ott C, Lippincott-Schwartz J
    Current protocols in cell biology / editorial board, Juan S. Bonifacino ... [et al.]. 2012 Dec;Chapter 4:Unit 4.26. doi: 10.1002/0471143030.cb0426s57

    Methods useful for exploring the formation and functions of primary cilia in living cells are described here. First, multiple protocols for visualizing solitary cilia that extend away from the cell body are described. Primary cilia collect, synthesize, and transmit information about the extracellular space into the cell body to promote critical cellular responses. Problems with cilia formation or function can lead to dramatic changes in cell physiology. These methods can be used to assess cilia formation and length, the location of the cilium relative to other cellular structures, and localization of specific proteins to the cilium. The subsequent protocols describe how to quantify movement of fluorescent molecules within the cilium using kymographs, photobleaching, and photoconversion. The microtubules that form the structural scaffold of the cilium are also critical avenues for kinesin and dynein-mediated movement of proteins within the cilium. Assessing intraflagellar dynamics can provide insight into mechanisms of ciliary-mediated signal perception and transmission.

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    12/01/12 | Visualization of live primary cilia dynamics using fluorescence microscopy.
    Ott C, Lippincott-Schwartz J
    Current protocols in cell biology / editorial board, Juan S. Bonifacino ... [et al.]. 2012 Dec;Chapter 4:Unit 4.26. doi: 10.1002/0471143030.cb0426s57

    Methods useful for exploring the formation and functions of primary cilia in living cells are described here. First, multiple protocols for visualizing solitary cilia that extend away from the cell body are described. Primary cilia collect, synthesize, and transmit information about the extracellular space into the cell body to promote critical cellular responses. Problems with cilia formation or function can lead to dramatic changes in cell physiology. These methods can be used to assess cilia formation and length, the location of the cilium relative to other cellular structures, and localization of specific proteins to the cilium. The subsequent protocols describe how to quantify movement of fluorescent molecules within the cilium using kymographs, photobleaching, and photoconversion. The microtubules that form the structural scaffold of the cilium are also critical avenues for kinesin and dynein-mediated movement of proteins within the cilium. Assessing intraflagellar dynamics can provide insight into mechanisms of ciliary-mediated signal perception and transmission.

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    10/30/12 | Plasticity of the asialoglycoprotein receptor deciphered by ensemble FRET imaging and single-molecule counting PALM imaging.
    Renz M, Daniels BR, Vámosi G, Arias IM, Lippincott-Schwartz J
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2012 Oct 30;109(44):E2989-97. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1211753109

    The stoichiometry and composition of membrane protein receptors are critical to their function. However, the inability to assess receptor subunit stoichiometry in situ has hampered efforts to relate receptor structures to functional states. Here, we address this problem for the asialoglycoprotein receptor using ensemble FRET imaging, analytical modeling, and single-molecule counting with photoactivated localization microscopy (PALM). We show that the two subunits of asialoglycoprotein receptor [rat hepatic lectin 1 (RHL1) and RHL2] can assemble into both homo- and hetero-oligomeric complexes, displaying three forms with distinct ligand specificities that coexist on the plasma membrane: higher-order homo-oligomers of RHL1, higher-order hetero-oligomers of RHL1 and RHL2 with two-to-one stoichiometry, and the homo-dimer RHL2 with little tendency to further homo-oligomerize. Levels of these complexes can be modulated in the plasma membrane by exogenous ligands. Thus, even a simple two-subunit receptor can exhibit remarkable plasticity in structure, and consequently function, underscoring the importance of deciphering oligomerization in single cells at the single-molecule level.

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    10/30/12 | Plasticity of the asialoglycoprotein receptor deciphered by ensemble FRET imaging and single-molecule counting PALM imaging.
    Renz M, Daniels BR, Vámosi G, Arias IM, Lippincott-Schwartz J
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2012 Oct 30;109(44):E2989-97. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1211753109

    The stoichiometry and composition of membrane protein receptors are critical to their function. However, the inability to assess receptor subunit stoichiometry in situ has hampered efforts to relate receptor structures to functional states. Here, we address this problem for the asialoglycoprotein receptor using ensemble FRET imaging, analytical modeling, and single-molecule counting with photoactivated localization microscopy (PALM). We show that the two subunits of asialoglycoprotein receptor [rat hepatic lectin 1 (RHL1) and RHL2] can assemble into both homo- and hetero-oligomeric complexes, displaying three forms with distinct ligand specificities that coexist on the plasma membrane: higher-order homo-oligomers of RHL1, higher-order hetero-oligomers of RHL1 and RHL2 with two-to-one stoichiometry, and the homo-dimer RHL2 with little tendency to further homo-oligomerize. Levels of these complexes can be modulated in the plasma membrane by exogenous ligands. Thus, even a simple two-subunit receptor can exhibit remarkable plasticity in structure, and consequently function, underscoring the importance of deciphering oligomerization in single cells at the single-molecule level.

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    08/20/12 | Rab10 and myosin-Va mediate insulin-stimulated GLUT4 storage vesicle translocation in adipocytes.
    Chen Y, Wang Y, Zhang J, Deng Y, Jiang L, Song E, Wu XS, Hammer JA, Xu T, Lippincott-Schwartz J
    The Journal of cell biology. 2012 Aug 20;198(4):545-60. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201111091

    Rab proteins are important regulators of insulin-stimulated GLUT4 translocation to the plasma membrane (PM), but the precise steps in GLUT4 trafficking modulated by particular Rab proteins remain unclear. Here, we systematically investigate the involvement of Rab proteins in GLUT4 trafficking, focusing on Rab proteins directly mediating GLUT4 storage vesicle (GSV) delivery to the PM. Using dual-color total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy and an insulin-responsive aminopeptidase (IRAP)-pHluorin fusion assay, we demonstrated that Rab10 directly facilitated GSV translocation to and docking at the PM. Rab14 mediated GLUT4 delivery to the PM via endosomal compartments containing transferrin receptor (TfR), whereas Rab4A, Rab4B, and Rab8A recycled GLUT4 through the endosomal system. Myosin-Va associated with GSVs by interacting with Rab10, positioning peripherally recruited GSVs for ultimate fusion. Thus, multiple Rab proteins regulate the trafficking of GLUT4, with Rab10 coordinating with myosin-Va to mediate the final steps of insulin-stimulated GSV translocation to the PM.

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    05/29/12 | Multiscale diffusion in the mitotic Drosophila melanogaster syncytial blastoderm.
    Daniels BR, Rikhy R, Renz M, Dobrowsky TM, Lippincott-Schwartz J
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2012 May 29;109(22):8588-93. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1204270109

    Despite the fundamental importance of diffusion for embryonic morphogen gradient formation in the early Drosophila melanogaster embryo, there remains controversy regarding both the extent and the rate of diffusion of well-characterized morphogens. Furthermore, the recent observation of diffusional "compartmentalization" has suggested that diffusion may in fact be nonideal and mediated by an as-yet-unidentified mechanism. Here, we characterize the effects of the geometry of the early syncytial Drosophila embryo on the effective diffusivity of cytoplasmic proteins. Our results demonstrate that the presence of transient mitotic membrane furrows results in a multiscale diffusion effect that has a significant impact on effective diffusion rates across the embryo. Using a combination of live-cell experiments and computational modeling, we characterize these effects and relate effective bulk diffusion rates to instantaneous diffusion coefficients throughout the syncytial blastoderm nuclear cycle phase of the early embryo. This multiscale effect may be related to the effect of interphase nuclei on effective diffusion, and thus we propose that an as-yet-unidentified role of syncytial membrane furrows is to temporally regulate bulk embryonic diffusion rates to balance the multiscale effect of interphase nuclei, which ultimately stabilizes the shapes of various morphogen gradients.

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    05/16/12 | Computational model of cytokinetic abscission driven by ESCRT-III polymerization and remodeling.
    Elia N, Fabrikant G, Kozlov MM, Lippincott-Schwartz J
    Biophysical journal. 2012 May 16;102(10):2309-20. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.04.007

    The endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT)-III complex, capable of polymerization and remodeling, participates in abscission of the intercellular membrane bridge connecting two daughter cells at the end of cytokinesis. Here, we integrate quantitative imaging of ESCRT-III during cytokinetic abscission with biophysical properties of ESCRT-III complexes to formulate and test a computational model for ESCRT-mediated cytokinetic abscission. We propose that cytokinetic abscission is driven by an ESCRT-III fission complex, which arises from ESCRT-III polymerization at the edge of the cytokinetic midbody structure, located at the center of the intercellular bridge. Formation of the fission complex is completed by remodeling and breakage of the ESCRT-III polymer assisted by VPS4. Subsequent spontaneous constriction of the fission complex generates bending deformation of the intercellular bridge membrane. The related membrane elastic force propels the fission complex along the intercellular bridge away from the midbody until it reaches an equilibrium position, determining the scission site. Membrane attachment to the dome-like end-cap of the fission complex drives membrane fission, completing the abscission process. We substantiate the model by theoretical analysis of the membrane elastic energy and by experimental verification of the major model assumptions.

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    05/14/12 | DRP1-dependent mitochondrial fission initiates follicle cell differentiation during Drosophila oogenesis.
    Mitra K, Rikhy R, Lilly M, Lippincott-Schwartz J
    The Journal of cell biology. 2012 May 14;197(4):487-97. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201110058

    Exit from the cell cycle is essential for cells to initiate a terminal differentiation program during development, but what controls this transition is incompletely understood. In this paper, we demonstrate a regulatory link between mitochondrial fission activity and cell cycle exit in follicle cell layer development during Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis. Posterior-localized clonal cells in the follicle cell layer of developing ovarioles with down-regulated expression of the major mitochondrial fission protein DRP1 had mitochondrial elements extensively fused instead of being dispersed. These cells did not exit the cell cycle. Instead, they excessively proliferated, failed to activate Notch for differentiation, and exhibited downstream developmental defects. Reintroduction of mitochondrial fission activity or inhibition of the mitochondrial fusion protein Marf-1 in posterior-localized DRP1-null clones reversed the block in Notch-dependent differentiation. When DRP1-driven mitochondrial fission activity was unopposed by fusion activity in Marf-1-depleted clones, premature cell differentiation of follicle cells occurred in mitotic stages. Thus, DRP1-dependent mitochondrial fission activity is a novel regulator of the onset of follicle cell differentiation during Drosophila oogenesis.

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    04/19/12 | Intracellular spatial localization regulated by the microtubule network.
    Chen J, Lippincott-Schwartz J, Liu J
    PloS one. 2012;7(4):e34919. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034919

    The commonly recognized mechanisms for spatial regulation inside the cell are membrane-bounded compartmentalization and biochemical association with subcellular organelles. We use computational modeling to investigate another spatial regulation mechanism mediated by the microtubule network in the cell. Our results demonstrate that the mitotic spindle can impose strong sequestration and concentration effects on molecules with binding affinity for microtubules, especially dynein-directed cargoes. The model can recapitulate the essence of three experimental observations on distinct microtubule network morphologies: the sequestration of germ plasm components by the mitotic spindles in the Drosophila syncytial embryo, the asymmetric cell division initiated by the time delay in centrosome maturation in the Drosophila neuroblast, and the diffusional block between neighboring energids in the Drosophila syncytial embryo. Our model thus suggests that the cell cycle-dependent changes in the microtubule network are critical for achieving different spatial regulation effects. The microtubule network provides a spatially extensive docking platform for molecules and gives rise to a "structured cytoplasm", in contrast to a free and fluid environment.

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