Polyphosphoinositide binding domains: Key to inositol lipid biology

GRV Hammond, T Balla - Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular …, 2015 - Elsevier
Polyphosphoinositides (PPIn) are an important family of phospholipids located on the
cytoplasmic leaflet of eukaryotic cell membranes. Collectively, they are critical for the …

Retinal TRP channels: Cell-type-specific regulators of retinal homeostasis and multimodal integration

D Križaj, S Cordeiro, O Strauß - Progress in Retinal and eye Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels are a widely expressed family of 28
evolutionarily conserved cationic ion channels that operate as primary detectors of chemical …

TRPV1 channels are intrinsically heat sensitive and negatively regulated by phosphoinositide lipids

E Cao, JF Cordero-Morales, B Liu, F Qin, D Julius - Neuron, 2013 - cell.com
The capsaicin receptor, TRPV1, is regulated by phosphatidylinositol-4, 5-bisphosphate (PIP
2), although the precise nature of this effect (ie, positive or negative) remains controversial …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic manipulation of genes and cells in the nervous system of the fruit fly

KJT Venken, JH Simpson, HJ Bellen - Neuron, 2011 - cell.com
Research in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster has led to insights in neural development,
axon guidance, ion channel function, synaptic transmission, learning and memory, diurnal …

Photomechanical Responses in Drosophila Photoreceptors

RC Hardie, K Franze - Science, 2012 - science.org
Phototransduction in Drosophila microvillar photoreceptor cells is mediated by a G protein–
activated phospholipase C (PLC). PLC hydrolyzes the minor membrane lipid …

Activation of TRP channels by protons and phosphoinositide depletion in Drosophila photoreceptors

J Huang, CH Liu, SA Hughes, M Postma… - Current Biology, 2010 - cell.com
Background Phototransduction in microvillar photoreceptors is mediated via G protein-
coupled phospholipase C (PLC), but how PLC activation leads to the opening of the light …

TRP channels and lipids: from Drosophila to mammalian physiology

RC Hardie - The Journal of physiology, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channel family was the last major ion channel
family to be discovered. The prototypical member (dTRP) was identified by a forward genetic …

Fundamental role of microvilli in the main functions of differentiated cells: Outline of an universal regulating and signaling system at the cell periphery

K Lange - Journal of cellular physiology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Until now, the general importance of microvilli present on the surface of almost all
differentiated cells has been strongly underestimated and essential functions of these …

Endothelial TRPV4 channels modulate vascular tone by Ca2+‐induced Ca2+ release at inositol 1,4,5‐trisphosphate receptors

HR Heathcote, MD Lee, X Zhang… - British journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Purpose The TRPV4 ion channels are Ca2+ permeable, non‐selective
cation channels that mediate large, but highly localized, Ca2+ signals in the endothelium …

Regulation of membrane turnover by phosphatidic acid: cellular functions and disease implications

R Thakur, A Naik, A Panda, P Raghu - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Phosphatidic acid (PA) is a simple glycerophospholipid with a well-established role as an
intermediate in phospholipid biosynthesis. In addition to its role in lipid biosynthesis, PA has …