2017
Novel ecto-tagged integrins reveal their trafficking in live cells
Huet-Calderwood C, Rivera-Molina F, Iwamoto DV, Kromann EB, Toomre D, Calderwood DA. Novel ecto-tagged integrins reveal their trafficking in live cells. Nature Communications 2017, 8: 570. PMID: 28924207, PMCID: PMC5603536, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00646-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntegrin functionΒ1 integrinLive cellsCell surface adhesion receptorsHeterodimeric cell-surface adhesion receptorsIntegrin endocytosisMulticellular organismsNovel powerful toolFocal adhesionsKnockout fibroblastsIntegrin activationAdhesion receptorsExtracellular loopIntegrinsTraffickingMajor mysteriesCellsTagsAdhesionHaloTagEndocytosisPowerful toolExocytosisOrganismsVesicles
2010
The inositol 5-phosphatase SHIP2 regulates endocytic clathrin-coated pit dynamics
Nakatsu F, Perera RM, Lucast L, Zoncu R, Domin J, Gertler FB, Toomre D, De Camilli P. The inositol 5-phosphatase SHIP2 regulates endocytic clathrin-coated pit dynamics. Journal Of Cell Biology 2010, 190: 307-315. PMID: 20679431, PMCID: PMC2922640, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201005018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClathrin-coated pitsNegative regulatorEndocytic clathrin-coated pitsClathrin-coated pit dynamicsPit maturationCCP lifetimeProduct phosphatidylinositolCoat assemblyCellular functionsMajor phosphoinositidePlasma membraneSHIP2SHIP2 expressionPit dynamicsDependent signalingReceptor signalingPhosphatidylinositolPhosphoinositide metabolismSignalingRegulatorInositolIntersectinPositive roleClathrinEndocytosis
2008
Analyzing Protein-Protein Spatial-Temporal Dependencies from Image Sequences Using Fuzzy Temporal Random Sets
Daz M, Ayala G, Len T, Zoncu R, Toomre D. Analyzing Protein-Protein Spatial-Temporal Dependencies from Image Sequences Using Fuzzy Temporal Random Sets. Journal Of Computational Biology 2008, 15: 1221-1236. PMID: 18973437, DOI: 10.1089/cmb.2008.0055.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal internal reflection fluorescence microscopyFluorescent-tagged proteinsReflection fluorescence microscopyEndocytic proteinsBiological questionsPlasma membraneDifferent proteinsFluorescence microscopyProteinSequenceK-functionArea of fluorescenceEndocytosisFree tuning parametersGFPBiologistsColocalizationHigh spatial-temporal resolutionMembraneSpatial-temporal resolutionPoisson cluster modelCellsFluorescenceRepair of injured plasma membrane by rapid Ca2+-dependent endocytosis
Idone V, Tam C, Goss JW, Toomre D, Pypaert M, Andrews NW. Repair of injured plasma membrane by rapid Ca2+-dependent endocytosis. Journal Of Cell Biology 2008, 180: 905-914. PMID: 18316410, PMCID: PMC2265401, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200708010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlasma membraneStreptolysin OPore-forming proteinsPlasma membrane lesionsBacterial toxin streptolysin OEnhancement of endocytosisDependent endocytosisToxin streptolysin OImportant new insightsMembrane resealingLysosomal organellesEndocytosisMicrobial toxinsNovel pathwayExocytosisRepair processMembrane lesionsProteinNew insightsMembraneRapid Ca2ResealingRapid repair processCellsImmune system