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ArticleCurrent protocols in cell biology2020

Kymolyzer, a Semi-Autonomous Kymography Tool to Analyze Intracellular Motility.

Himanish Basu, Lai Ding, Gulcin Pekkurnaz, Michelle Cronin, Thomas L Schwarz

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Article in Current protocols in cell biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Himanish BasuKirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Lai DingHarvard NeuroDiscovery Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Gulcin PekkurnazKirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Michelle CroninDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Thomas L SchwarzKirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Addgene · USBoston Children's Hospital · USHarvard NeuroDiscovery Center · USHarvard University · USUniversity of California System · US

Funding

Transgenic CoreP30DK046200 · NIDDK · TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER · PI GREENBERG, ANDREW S, PERISSI, VALENTINA · 1992 to 2021
$25.0M
Super-Resolution ImagingP30NS072030 · NINDS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI REGEHR, WADE G · 2011 to 2020
$5.8M
Milton/Trak 1/2 Protein and the Transport of MitochondriaR01GM069808 · NIGMS · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI SCHWARZ, THOMAS L. · 2004 to 2022
$5.2M
Mouse Neurodevelopmental Behavior CoreU54HD090255 · NICHD · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI CHEN, CHINFEI · 2016 to 2020
$5.2M
Metabolic Regulation of Mitochondrial FunctionR35GM128823 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Gulcin Pekkurnaz · 2018 to 2026
$4.1M
NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD090255NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK046200NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM069808NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM128823NIH HHS R01 GM069808NINDS NIH HHS P30 NS072030
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The movement of intracellular cargo, such as transcripts, proteins, and organelles, is fundamental to cellular function. Neurons, due to their long axons and dendrites, are particularly dependent on proper intracellular trafficking and vulnerable to defects in the movement of intracellular cargo that are noted in neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders. Accurate quantification of intracellular transport is therefore needed for studying the mechanisms of cargo trafficking, the influence of mutations, and the effects of potentially therapeutic pharmaceuticals. In this article, we introduce an algorithm called "Kymolyzer." The algorithm can quantify intracellular trafficking along a defined path, such as that formed by the aligned microtubules of axons and dendrites. Kymolyzer works as a semi-autonomous kymography software application. It constructs and analyzes kymographs to measure the movement and distribution of fluorescently tagged objects along a user-defined path. The algorithm can be used under a wide variety of experimental conditions and can extract a diverse array of motility parameters describing intracellular movement, including time spent in motion, percentage of objects in motion, percentage of objects that are stationary, and velocities of motile objects. This article serves as a user manual describing the design of Kymolyzer, providing a stepwise protocol for its use and illustrating its functions with common examples. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC Basic Protocol: Kymolyzer, a semi-autonomous kymography tool to analyze intracellular motility.

Indexed as

KymographyAlgorithmsAnimalsAxonsBiological TransportCell MovementMicrotubulesOrganellesProtein TransportSoftwareintracellular traffickingkymographyneuronsemi-autonomous software

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PMID32530579
PMCPMC8989283
OpenAlexW3034875886

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