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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Micropipette aspiration reveals differential RNA-dependent viscoelasticity of nucleolar subcompartments.

Holly H Cheng, James V Roggeveen, Huan Wang, Howard A Stone, Zheng Shi, Clifford P Brangwynne

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Distinguishing near- versus off-critical phase behaviors of intrinsically disordered proteins.Reports on progress in physics. Physical Society (Great Britain) · 2026
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  10. Mechanobiology of the Nucleolus.Biology of the cell · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Holly H ChengDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544.ORCID 0009-0009-5530-8786
James V RoggeveenDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton, NJ 08544.ORCID 0000-0002-9741-8790
Huan WangDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854.ORCID 0000-0001-7549-5026
Howard A StoneDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton, NJ 08544.ORCID 0000-0002-9670-0639
Zheng ShiDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854.ORCID 0000-0002-5214-1871
Clifford P BrangwynnePrinceton Materials Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544.ORCID 0000-0002-1350-9960

Funding

Understanding the viscoelasticity, surface tension, and membrane interactions of biomolecular condensates in live cellsR35GM147027 · NIGMS · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI Zheng Shi · 2022 to 2026
$1.6M
Micropipette-based quantification of neuronal protein condensates in live cellsR21DA056322 · NIDA · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI SHI, ZHENG · 2022 to 2023
$392k
DOD | AF | AMC | AFRL | Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) FA9550-20-1-0241HHMI (HHMI) N/AHHS | NIH (NIH) DMS-2245850HHS | NIH (NIH) R21DA056322HHS | NIH (NIH) R35GM147027NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA056322NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM147027NSF (NSF) DMR-2011750
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The nucleolus is a multiphasic biomolecular condensate that facilitates ribosome biogenesis, a complex process involving hundreds of proteins and RNAs. The proper execution of ribosome biogenesis likely depends on the material properties of the nucleolus. However, these material properties remain poorly understood due to the challenges of in vivo measurements. Here, we use micropipette aspiration (MPA) to directly characterize the viscoelasticity and interfacial tensions of nucleoli within transcriptionally active

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Cell NucleolusRNARNA, RibosomalAnimalsElasticityOocytesRibosomesViscosityXenopus laevisRNARNA, Ribosomalbiomolecular condensatesnucleolusorganellesrheologysoft matter

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PMID40434645
PMCPMC12146704

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