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Showing papers by "Ihor Smal published in 2020"


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11 Nov 2020-eLife
TL;DR: Sub-pixel localization demonstrated that during microtubule plus-end directed transport, both kinesins localize to the vesicle front and can be engaged on the same vesicles, suggesting that KIF5B but not KIF13B undergoes a tug-of-war with a minus- end directed motor.
Abstract: Intracellular transport relies on multiple kinesins, but it is poorly understood which kinesins are present on particular cargos, what their contributions are and whether they act simultaneously on the same cargo. Here, we show that Rab6-positive secretory vesicles are transported from the Golgi apparatus to the cell periphery by kinesin-1 KIF5B and kinesin-3 KIF13B, which determine the location of secretion events. KIF5B plays a dominant role, whereas KIF13B helps Rab6 vesicles to reach freshly polymerized microtubule ends, to which KIF5B binds poorly, likely because its cofactors, MAP7-family proteins, are slow in populating these ends. Sub-pixel localization demonstrated that during microtubule plus-end directed transport, both kinesins localize to the vesicle front and can be engaged on the same vesicle. When vesicles reverse direction, KIF13B relocates to the middle of the vesicle, while KIF5B shifts to the back, suggesting that KIF5B but not KIF13B undergoes a tug-of-war with a minus-end directed motor.

40 citations


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TL;DR: A deep-learning-based method that uses convolutional neural networks and long short-term memory networks to extract relevant dynamics features and predict the motion of a particle and the cost of linking detected particles from one time point to the next is presented.
Abstract: MOTIVATION Biological studies of dynamic processes in living cells often require accurate particle tracking as a first step toward quantitative analysis. Although many particle tracking methods have been developed for this purpose, they are typically based on prior assumptions about the particle dynamics, and/or they involve careful tuning of various algorithm parameters by the user for each application. This may make existing methods difficult to apply by non-expert users and to a broader range of tracking problems. Recent advances in deep-learning techniques hold great promise in eliminating these disadvantages, as they can learn how to optimally track particles from example data. RESULTS Here, we present a deep-learning-based method for the data association stage of particle tracking. The proposed method uses convolutional neural networks and long short-term memory networks to extract relevant dynamics features and predict the motion of a particle and the cost of linking detected particles from one time point to the next. Comprehensive evaluations on datasets from the particle tracking challenge demonstrate the competitiveness of the proposed deep-learning method compared to the state of the art. Additional tests on real-time-lapse fluorescence microscopy images of various types of intracellular particles show the method performs comparably with human experts. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION The software code implementing the proposed method as well as a description of how to obtain the test data used in the presented experiments will be available for non-commercial purposes from https://github.com/yoyohoho0221/pt_linking. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.

22 citations


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TL;DR: This paper reports on the development of a novel dynamic coronary roadmapping approach for improving visual feedback and reducing contrast use during PCI, and proposes a new deep learning based Bayesian filtering method that integrates the detection outcome of a convolutional neural network and the motion estimation between frames using a particle filtering framework.

19 citations


Posted ContentDOI
23 Oct 2020-bioRxiv
TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that Rab6-positive secretory vesicles are transported from the Golgi apparatus to the cell periphery by kinesin-1 KIF5B and kinein-3 KIF13B, which determine the location of secretion events.
Abstract: Intracellular transport relies on multiple kinesins, but it is poorly understood which kinesins are present on particular cargos, what their contributions are and whether they act simultaneously on the same cargo. Here, we show that Rab6-positive secretory vesicles are transported from the Golgi apparatus to the cell periphery by kinesin-1 KIF5B and kinesin-3 KIF13B, which determine the location of secretion events. KIF5B plays a dominant role, whereas KIF13B helps Rab6 vesicles to reach freshly polymerized microtubule ends, to which KIF5B binds poorly, likely because its cofactors, MAP7-family proteins, are slow in populating these ends. Sub-pixel localization demonstrated that during microtubule plus-end directed transport, both kinesins localize to the vesicle front and can be engaged on the same vesicle. When vesicles reverse direction, KIF13B relocates to the middle of the vesicle, while KIF5B shifts to the back, suggesting that KIF5B but not KIF13B undergoes a tug-of-war with a minus-end directed motor.

17 citations


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TL;DR: The transcription factor Zeb2 uses distinct molecular subdomains to regulate olfactory bulb interneuron generation and maturation from the young postnatal ventricular-subventricular zone in mice, suggesting that Zeb 2 partners co-determine neuronal output from the mouse V-SVZ in both quantitative and qualitative ways in early postnatal life.
Abstract: The transcription factor Zeb2 controls fate specification and subsequent differentiation and maturation of multiple cell types in various embryonic tissues. It binds many protein partners, including activated Smad proteins and the NuRD co-repressor complex. How Zeb2 subdomains support cell differentiation in various contexts has remained elusive. Here, we studied the role of Zeb2 and its domains in neurogenesis and neural differentiation in the young postnatal ventricular-subventricular zone (V-SVZ), in which neural stem cells generate olfactory bulb-destined interneurons. Conditional Zeb2 knockouts and separate acute loss- and gain-of-function approaches indicated that Zeb2 is essential for controlling apoptosis and neuronal differentiation of V-SVZ progenitors before and after birth, and we identified Sox6 as a potential downstream target gene of Zeb2. Zeb2 genetic inactivation impaired the differentiation potential of the V-SVZ niche in a cell-autonomous fashion. We also provide evidence that its normal function in the V-SVZ also involves non-autonomous mechanisms. Additionally, we demonstrate distinct roles for Zeb2 protein-binding domains, suggesting that Zeb2 partners co-determine neuronal output from the mouse V-SVZ in both quantitative and qualitative ways in early postnatal life.

9 citations


Posted ContentDOI
05 Oct 2020-bioRxiv
TL;DR: Interestingly, fork protection challenged BRCA1-deficient naïve- or PARPi-resistant tumors require SMARCAD1 mediated active fork stabilization to maintain unperturbed fork progression and cellular proliferation.
Abstract: Stalled fork protection pathway mediated by BRCA1/2 proteins is critical for replication fork stability that has implications in tumorigenesis. However, it is unclear if additional mechanisms are required to maintain replication fork stability. We describe a novel mechanism by which the chromatin remodeler SMARCAD1 stabilizes active replication forks that is essential for resistance towards replication poisons. We find that loss of SMARCAD1 results in toxic enrichment of 53BP1 at replication forks which mediates untimely dissociation of PCNA via the PCNA-unloader, ATAD5. Faster dissociation of PCNA causes frequent fork stalling, inefficient fork restart and accumulation of single-stranded DNA resulting in genome instability. Although, loss of 53BP1 in SMARCAD1 mutants restore PCNA levels, fork restart efficiency, genome stability and tolerance to replication poisons; this requires BRCA1 mediated fork protection. Interestingly, fork protection challenged BRCA1-deficient naive- or PARPi-resistant tumors require SMARCAD1 mediated active fork stabilization to maintain unperturbed fork progression and cellular proliferation.

6 citations


Posted ContentDOI
07 Apr 2020-bioRxiv
TL;DR: Sub-pixel localization demonstrated that during microtubule plus-end directed transport, both kinesins localize to the vesicle front and can be engaged on the same vesicles, suggesting that KIF5B but not KIF13B undergoes a tug-of-war with a minus- end directed motor.
Abstract: Intracellular transport relies on different types of kinesins, but it is poorly understood which kinesins are present on a particular cargo, what their specific roles are and whether they can act simultaneously on the same cargo. Here, we show that Rab6-positive secretory vesicles are transported from the Golgi apparatus to the cell periphery by kinesin-1 KIF5B and kinesin-3 KIF13B, which determine the location of secretion events. KIF5B plays a dominant role, whereas KIF13B helps Rab6 vesicles to reach freshly polymerized microtubule ends, to which KIF5B binds poorly, likely because its cofactors, MAP7-family proteins, are slow in populating these ends. Sub-pixel localization demonstrated that during microtubule plus-end directed transport, both kinesins localize to the vesicle front and can be engaged on the same vesicle. When vesicles reverse direction, KIF13B relocates to the middle of the vesicle, while KIF5B shifts to the back, suggesting that KIF5B but not KIF13B undergoes a tug-of-war with a minus-end directed motor.

4 citations



Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: It is found that loss of SMARCAD1 results in toxic enrichment of 53BP1 at replication forks which mediates untimely dissociation of PCNA via the PCNA-unloader, ATAD5 which requires BRCA1 mediated fork protection.
Abstract: Chemotherapeutic regimens that poison DNA replication are used for the treatment of homologous recombination (HR)-deficient cancers. We have discovered a novel mechanism by which the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeler SMARCAD1 stabilizes replication forks that is essential for resistance towards replication poisons. We find that loss of SMARCAD1 results in toxic enrichment of 53BP1 at replication forks which mediates untimely dissociation of PCNA via the PCNA-unloader, ATAD5. Faster dissociation of PCNA causes frequent fork stalling, inefficient fork restart and accumulation of single-stranded DNA resulting in genome instability. Although, loss of 53BP1 in SMARCAD1 mutants restore PCNA levels, fork restart efficiency, genome stability and resistance to replication poisons, this requires BRCA1 mediated fork protection. Interestingly, fork protection challenged BRCA1-deficient naive-or PARPi-resistant tumors require SMARCAD1 mediated fork stabilization to maintain cellular proliferation. Our data reveal a critical interplay between SMARCAD1 mediated fork stabilization and BRCA1 mediated fork protection in maintenance of genome stability.