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ArticleCurrent protocols in cell biology2015

Isolation of Endoplasmic Reticulum, Mitochondria, and Mitochondria-Associated Membrane and Detergent Resistant Membrane Fractions from Transfected Cells and from Human Cytomegalovirus-Infected Primary Fibroblasts.

Chad D Williamson, Daniel S Wong, Petros Bozidis, Aiping Zhang, Anamaris M Colberg-Poley

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Article in Current protocols in cell biology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Chad D WilliamsonCenter for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's Research Institute, Washington, D.C.
Daniel S WongCellular and Molecular Physiology Program, Sackler School for Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts.
Petros BozidisLaboratory of Microbiology, Department of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
Aiping ZhangCenter for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's Research Institute, Washington, D.C.
Anamaris M Colberg-PoleyCenter for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's Research Institute, Washington, D.C.

Funding

HCMV UL37 Proteins: Trafficking &Functional DiversityR01AI057906 · NIAID · CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI COLBERG POLEY, ANAMARIS MARTHA · 2005 to 2009
$1.5M
Alteration of ER:mitochondrial contacts by human cytomegalovirus infectionR21AI081957 · NIAID · CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI COLBERG POLEY, ANAMARIS MARTHA · 2009 to 2010
$473k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI057906NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI081957
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increasingly mechanistic virology studies require dependable and sensitive methods for isolating purified organelles containing functional cellular sub-domains. The mitochondrial network is, in part, closely apposed to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). The mitochondria-associated membrane (MAM) fraction provides direct physical contact between the ER and mitochondria. Characterization of the dual localization and trafficking of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) UL37 proteins required establishing protocols in which the ER and mitochondria could be reliably separated. Because of its documented role in lipid and ceramide transfer from the ER to mitochondria, a method to purify MAM from infected cells was also developed. Two robust procedures were developed to efficiently isolate mitochondria, ER, and MAM fractions while providing substantial protein yields from HCMV-infected primary fibroblasts and from transfected HeLa cells. Furthermore, this unit includes protocols for isolation of detergent resistant membranes from subcellular fractions as well as techniques that allow visualization of the mitochondrial network disruption that occurs in permissively infected cells by their optimal resolution in Percoll gradients.

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CytomegalovirusDetergentsEndoplasmic ReticulumFibroblastsHeLa CellsHumansImmediate-Early ProteinsMitochondriaMitochondrial MembranesDetergentsImmediate-Early ProteinsUL37 protein, Human herpesvirus 5differential centrifugationERHCMVhuman fibroblastsMAMmitochondriaPercoll gradientprotein localizationsubcellular fractionationsucrose gradient

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PMID26331984
PMCPMC4607254

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