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Lamellar Schwann Cells in the Pacinian Corpuscle Potentiate Vibration Perception

Graham Knott, Jérôme Blanc, Mary-Claude Croisier-Coeytaux

Pacinian corpuscles are among the most sensitive mechanoreceptors found in vertebrates, and they are tuned to vibrations in the highest perceptible frequency range (100 to 2000 Hz). One of their anatomical hallmarks is the onion-like cell layers surroundin ...

AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE2025

Membrane mechanics dictate axonal pearls-on-a-string morphology and function

Graham Knott

Axons are ultrathin membrane cables that are specialized for the conduction of action potentials. Although their diameter is variable along their length, how their morphology is determined is unclear. Here, we demonstrate that unmyelinated axons of the mou ...

2025

Differential role of C-terminal truncations on alpha-synuclein pathology and Lewy body formation

Graham Knott, Romain Hamelin, Anne-Laure Mahul Mellier, Nadine Aït Bouziad, Jonathan Jean-Pierre Ricci, Yllza Jasiqi, Mary-Claude Croisier-Coeytaux, Anass Chiki, Melek Firat Altay, Somanath Jagannath

Alpha-synuclein (aSyn) post-translational modifications (PTM), especially phosphorylation at serine 129 and C-terminal truncations, are highly enriched in Lewy bodies (LB), Lewy neurites, and other pathological aggregates in Parkinson's disease and synucle ...

Springer Science and Business Media LLC2025

Mechanisms of axoneme and centriole elimination in Naegleria gruberi

Pierre Gönczy, Graham Knott, Coralie Busso, Gabriela Garcia Rodriguez, Alexander Woglar, Mary-Claude Croisier-Coeytaux

The early branching eukaryote Naegleria gruberi can transform transiently from an amoeboid life form lacking centrioles and flagella to a flagellate life form where these elements are present, followed by reversion to the amoeboid state. The mechanisms imp ...

SPRINGERNATURE2024

Mechanopathology of biofilm-like Mycobacterium tuberculosis cords

John McKinney, Graham Knott, Neeraj Dhar, Nicolas Jean Philippe Guex, Jessica Sordet, Maxime Jan, Richa Mishra, Mélanie Thérèse Marie Hannebelle, Vivek Vijay Thacker, Kunal Sharma

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) cultured axenically without detergent forms biofilm-like cords, a clinical identifier of virulence. In lung-on-chip (LoC) and mouse models, cords in alveolar cells contribute to suppression of innate immune signaling via nu ...

Cell Press2023

Correlative light and volume electron microscopy to study brain development

Graham Knott

Recent advances in volume electron microscopy (EM) have been driving our thorough understanding of the brain architecture. Volume EM becomes increasingly powerful when cells and their subcellular structures that are imaged in light microscopy are correlate ...

OXFORD UNIV PRESS2023

Stable isotope labeling and ultra-high-resolution NanoSIMS imaging reveal alpha-synuclein-induced changes in neuronal metabolism in vivo

Anders Meibom, Bernard Schneider, Graham Knott, Stéphane Laurent Escrig, Louise Helene Soegaard Jensen, Bohumil Maco, Sofia Carmen Suzanne Spataro

In Parkinson's disease, pathogenic factors such as the intraneuronal accumulation of the protein alpha-synuclein affect key metabolic processes. New approaches are required to understand how metabolic dysregulations cause degeneration of vulnerable subtype ...

2023

Dynamics of CLIMP-63 S-acylation control ER morphology

Vassily Hatzimanikatis, Françoise Gisou van der Goot Grunberg, Graham Knott, Kathryn Hess Bellwald, Laurence Gouzi Abrami, Béatrice Kunz, Luciano Andres Abriata, Sylvia Ho, Catherine Maclachlan, Patrick Alain Sandoz

A key player in the formation of endoplasmic reticulum sheets is CLIMP-63, but mechanistic details remained elusive. Here authors combined cellular experiments and mathematical modelling to show that S-acylation of CLIMP-63 regulates its function by mediat ...

Nature Portfolio2023

Large-scale morphometry of the subarachnoid space of the optic nerve

Graham Knott, Gilles Fourestey

BackgroundThe meninges, formed by dura, arachnoid and pia mater, cover the central nervous system and provide important barrier functions. Located between arachnoid and pia mater, the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)-filled subarachnoid space (SAS) features a var ...

BMC2023

Retromer deficiency in Tauopathy models enhances the truncation and toxicity of Tau

Graham Knott, Evelyne Ruchti, Brian Donal McCabe, Greta Limoni, Catherine Maclachlan, Wei Jiao

Alteration of the levels, localization or post-translational processing of the microtubule associated protein Tau is associated with many neurodegenerative disorders. Here we develop adult-onset models for human Tau (hTau) toxicity in Drosophila that enabl ...

Nature Portfolio2022