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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2022

Photocleavable Fluorescent Membrane Tension Probes: Fast Release with Spatiotemporal Control in Inner Leaflets of Plasma Membrane, Nuclear Envelope, and Secretory Pathway.

Javier López-Andarias, Krikor Eblighatian, Quentin T L Pasquer, Lea Assies, Naomi Sakai, Sascha Hoogendoorn, Stefan Matile

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Molecular Machines For The Control Of Transmembrane Transport.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Javier López-AndariasDepartment of Organic Chemistry, National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Chemical Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Krikor EblighatianDepartment of Organic Chemistry, National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Chemical Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Quentin T L PasquerDepartment of Organic Chemistry, National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Chemical Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-9355-1271
Lea AssiesDepartment of Organic Chemistry, National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Chemical Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Naomi SakaiDepartment of Organic Chemistry, National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Chemical Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9460-1944
Sascha HoogendoornDepartment of Organic Chemistry, National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Chemical Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-1155-8697
Stefan MatileDepartment of Organic Chemistry, National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Chemical Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-8537-8349
University of Geneva · CH

Funding

Alfred Werner Foundation MS FellowshipNational Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Chemical Biology / 51NF40-185898National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Molecular Systems Engineering / 51NF40-18289Swiss NSF 175486 and 204175Swiss NSF 189246Université de Genève DIP
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mechanosensitive flipper probes are attracting interest as fluorescent reporters of membrane order and tension in biological systems. We introduce PhotoFlippers, which contain a photocleavable linker and an ultralong tether between mechanophore and various targeting motifs. Upon irradiation, the original probe is released and labels the most ordered membrane that is accessible by intermembrane transfer. Spatiotemporal control from photocleavable flippers is essential to access open, dynamic or elusive membrane motifs without chemical or physical interference. For instance, fast release with light is shown to place the original small-molecule probes into the innermost leaflet of the nuclear envelope to image changes in membrane tension, at specific points in time of membrane trafficking along the secretory pathway, or in the inner leaflet of the plasma membrane to explore membrane asymmetry. These results identify PhotoFlippers as useful chemistry tools to enable research in biology.

Indexed as

Cell MembraneFluorescent DyesHeLa CellsHumansMolecular StructureNuclear EnvelopeOptical ImagingPhotochemical ProcessesFluorescent Dyesfluorescent probesmechanosensitivitymembrane asymmetrymembrane tensionphotocleavage

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PMID34734671
PMCPMC9299180
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