[HTML][HTML] C. elegans as a model for membrane traffic

K Sato, A Norris, M Sato, BD Grant - … the online review of C. elegans …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The counterbalancing action of the endocytosis and secretory pathways maintains a
dynamic equilibrium that regulates the composition of the plasma membrane, allowing it to …

C. elegans major fats are stored in vesicles distinct from lysosome-related organelles

EJ O'Rourke, AA Soukas, CE Carr, G Ruvkun - Cell metabolism, 2009 - cell.com
Genetic conservation allows ancient features of fat storage endocrine pathways to be
explored in C. elegans. Multiple studies have used Nile red or BODIPY-labeled fatty acids to …

Lysosome-related organelles promote stress and immune responses in C. elegans

G Hajdú, M Somogyvári, P Csermely, C Sőti - Communications Biology, 2023 - nature.com
Lysosome-related organelles (LROs) play diverse roles and their dysfunction causes
immunodeficiency. However, their primordial functions remain unclear. Here, we report that …

Lysosome-related organelles in intestinal cells are a zinc storage site in C. elegans

HC Roh, S Collier, J Guthrie, JD Robertson, K Kornfeld - Cell metabolism, 2012 - cell.com
Zinc is an essential trace element involved in many biological processes and human
diseases. Because zinc deficiency and excess are deleterious, animals require homeostatic …

Functional modularity of nuclear hormone receptors in a Caenorhabditis elegans metabolic gene regulatory network

HE Arda, S Taubert, LT MacNeil, CC Conine… - Molecular systems …, 2010 - embopress.org
Gene regulatory networks (GRNs) provide insights into the mechanisms of differential gene
expression at a systems level. GRNs that relate to metazoan development have been …

A novel sphingolipid-TORC1 pathway critically promotes postembryonic development in Caenorhabditis elegans

H Zhu, H Shen, AK Sewell, M Kniazeva, M Han - Elife, 2013 - elifesciences.org
Regulation of animal development in response to nutritional cues is an intensely studied
problem related to disease and aging. While extensive studies indicated roles of the Target …

Statins inhibit protein lipidation and induce the unfolded protein response in the non-sterol producing nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

C Mörck, L Olsen, C Kurth, A Persson… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Statins are compounds prescribed to lower blood cholesterol in millions of patients
worldwide. They act by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase, the rate-limiting enzyme in the …

Intracellular trafficking pathways in silver nanoparticle uptake and toxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans

LL Maurer, X Yang, AJ Schindler, RK Taggart… - …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
We used the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to study the roles of endocytosis and
lysosomal function in uptake and subsequent toxicity of silver nanoparticles (AgNP) in vivo …

Biochemical and high throughput microscopic assessment of fat mass in Caenorhabditis elegans

EC Pino, CM Webster, CE Carr, AA Soukas - JoVE (Journal of Visualized …, 2013 - jove.com
The nematode C. elegans has emerged as an important model for the study of conserved
genetic pathways regulating fat metabolism as it relates to human obesity and its associated …

Loss of the apical V-ATPase a-subunit VHA-6 prevents acidification of the intestinal lumen during a rhythmic behavior in C. elegans

E Allman, D Johnson, K Nehrke - American Journal of …, 2009 - journals.physiology.org
In Caenorhabditis elegans, oscillations of intestinal pH contribute to the rhythmic defecation
behavior, but the acid-base transport mechanisms that facilitate proton movement are not …