ER-phagy and human diseases

CA Hübner, I Dikic - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2020 - nature.com
Autophagy regulates the degradation of unnecessary or dysfunctional cellular components.
This catabolic process requires the formation of a double-membrane vesicle, the …

Staying tight: plasmodesmal membrane contact sites and the control of cell-to-cell connectivity in plants

J Tilsner, W Nicolas, A Rosado… - Annual review of plant …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Multicellularity differs in plants and animals in that the cytoplasm, plasma membrane, and
endomembrane of plants are connected between cells through plasmodesmal pores …

MIGA2 links mitochondria, the ER, and lipid droplets and promotes de novo lipogenesis in adipocytes

CAC Freyre, PC Rauher, CS Ejsing, RW Klemm - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
Physical contact between organelles is vital to the function of eukaryotic cells. Lipid droplets
(LDs) are dynamic organelles specialized in lipid storage that interact physically with …

Multivesicular body formation enhancement and exosome release during endoplasmic reticulum stress

S Kanemoto, R Nitani, T Murakami, M Kaneko… - Biochemical and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) plays a pivotal role in maintaining cellular homeostasis.
However, numerous environmental and genetic factors give rise to ER stress by inducing an …

Yeast Vps13 promotes mitochondrial function and is localized at membrane contact sites

JS Park, MK Thorsness, R Policastro… - Molecular biology of …, 2016 - Am Soc Cell Biol
The Vps13 protein family is highly conserved in eukaryotic cells. Mutations in human VPS13
genes result in a variety of diseases, such as chorea acanthocytosis (ChAc), but the cellular …

Multiple C2 domains and transmembrane region proteins (MCTP s) tether membranes at plasmodesmata

ML Brault, JD Petit, F Immel, WJ Nicolas, M Glavier… - EMBO …, 2019 - embopress.org
In eukaryotes, membrane contact sites (MCS) allow direct communication between
organelles. Plants have evolved a unique type of MCS, inside intercellular pores, the …

Identification of VAPA and VAPB as Kv2 channel-interacting proteins defining endoplasmic reticulum–plasma membrane junctions in mammalian brain neurons

M Kirmiz, NC Vierra, S Palacio… - Journal of …, 2018 - Soc Neuroscience
Membrane contacts between endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and plasma membrane (PM), or
ER-PM junctions, are ubiquitous in eukaryotic cells and are platforms for lipid and calcium …

GRAM domain proteins specialize functionally distinct ER-PM contact sites in human cells

M Besprozvannaya, E Dickson, H Li, KS Ginburg… - Elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane contact sites (MCSs) are crucial regulatory hubs in
cells, playing roles in signaling, organelle dynamics, and ion and lipid homeostasis …

Endoplasmic Reticulum–Plasma Membrane Junctions as Sites of Depolarization-Induced Ca2+ Signaling in Excitable Cells

RE Dixon, JS Trimmer - Annual review of physiology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Membrane contact sites between endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and plasma membrane (PM),
or ER-PM junctions, are found in all eukaryotic cells. In excitable cells they play unique roles …

Tricalbin-mediated contact sites control ER curvature to maintain plasma membrane integrity

J Collado, M Kalemanov, F Campelo, C Bourgoint… - Developmental cell, 2019 - cell.com
Membrane contact sites (MCS) between the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and the plasma
membrane (PM) play fundamental roles in all eukaryotic cells. ER-PM MCS are particularly …