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Medrano E, Collins KM. Muscle-directed mechanosensory feedback activates egg-laying circuit activity and behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans. Curr Biol. 2023 Jun 5;33(11):2330-2339.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.05.008. Epub 2023 May 25. PubMed PMID: 37236183; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10280788.
Santiago ER, Shelar A, Christie NTM, Lewis-Hayre MR, Koelle MR. Using NeuroPAL Multicolor Fluorescence Labeling to Identify Neurons in C. elegans. Curr Protoc. 2022 Dec;2(12):e610. doi: 10.1002/cpz1.610. PubMed PMID: 36521003; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10257892.
Zhang Y, Wang G, Huang P, Sun E, Kweon J, Li Q, Zhe J, Ying LL, Zhang HF. Minimizing Molecular Misidentification in Imaging Low-Abundance Protein Interactions Using Spectroscopic Single-Molecule Localization Microscopy. Anal Chem. 2022 Oct 11;94(40):13834-13841. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c02417. Epub 2022 Sep 27. PubMed PMID: 36165784; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9859736.
Dhakal P, Chaudhry SI, Signorelli R, Collins KM. Serotonin signals through postsynaptic Gαq, Trio RhoGEF, and diacylglycerol to promote Caenorhabditis elegans egg-laying circuit activity and behavior. Genetics. 2022 Jul 4;221(3). doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyac084. PubMed PMID: 35579369; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9252285.
Zhang B, Lam KY, Ni WM, Signorelli R, Collins KM, Fu Z, Zhai L, Lou Y, DeAngelis DL, Hastings A. Directed movement changes coexistence outcomes in heterogeneous environments. Ecol Lett. 2022 Feb;25(2):366-377. doi: 10.1111/ele.13925. Epub 2021 Nov 24. PubMed PMID: 34818698; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8799502.
Dhakal P, Chaudhry SI, Collins KM. Serotonin signals through postsynaptic Gαq, Trio RhoGEF, and DAG to promote C. elegans egg-laying circuit activity and behavior. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. 2021 October.
Ravi B, Zhao J, Chaudhry SI, Signorelli R, Bartole M, Kopchock RJ, Guijarro C, Kaplan JM, Kang L, Collins KM. Presynaptic Gαo (GOA-1) signals to depress command neuron excitability and allow stretch-dependent modulation of egg laying in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics. 2021 Aug 9;218(4). doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyab080. PubMed PMID: 34037773; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8864752.
Kumar S, Olson AC, Koelle MR. The neural G protein Gαo tagged with GFP at an internal loop is functional in Caenorhabditis elegans. G3 (Bethesda). 2021 Aug 7;11(8). doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkab167. PubMed PMID: 34003969; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8496287.
Kopchock RJ 3rd, Ravi B, Bode A, Collins KM. The Sex-Specific VC Neurons Are Mechanically Activated Motor Neurons That Facilitate Serotonin-Induced Egg Laying in C. elegans. J Neurosci. 2021 Apr 21;41(16):3635-3650. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2150-20.2021. Epub 2021 Mar 9. PubMed PMID: 33687965; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8055074.
Kumar S, Olson AC, Koelle MR. The neural G protein Galphao tagged with GFP at an internal loop is functional in C. elegans. [preprint]. 2021 February. [36 pages]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.16.431479. doi: 10.1101/2021.02.16.431479.
Kophchock III RJ, Ravi B, Bode A, Collins KM. The sex-specific VC neurons are mechanically activated motor neurons that facilitate serotonin-induced egg laying in C. elegans. [preprint]. 2021 January; [revised 01]: [56 pages]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.11.246942. doi: 10.1101/2020.08.11.246942.
Fernandez RW, Wei K, Wang EY, Mikalauskaite D, Olson A, Pepper J, Christie N, Kim S, Weissenborn S, Sarov M, Koelle MR. Cellular Expression and Functional Roles of All 26 Neurotransmitter GPCRs in the C. elegans Egg-Laying Circuit. J Neurosci. 2020 Sep 23;40(39):7475-7488. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1357-20.2020. Epub 2020 Aug 26. PubMed PMID: 32847964; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7511189.
Ravi B, Chaudhry SI, Bartole M, Kophchock III RJ, Kang L, Collins KM. Presynaptic Galphao (GOA-1) signals to depress command neuron excitability and allow stretch-dependent modulation of egg laying in Caenorhabditis elegans. [preprint]. 2020 May. [54 pages]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1101/701664. doi: 10.1101/701664.
Munro CJ, Nguyen MA, Falgons C, Chaudhry S, Olagunjo M, Bode A, Bobé C, Portela ME, Knecht MR, Collins KM. Identification of Toxicity Effects of Cu(2)O Materials on C. elegans as a Function of Environmental Ionic Composition. Environ Sci Nano. 2020 Feb 1;7(2):645-655. Epub 2020 Jan 8. PubMed PMID: 32123564; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7051015.
Ravi B, Garcia J, Collins K. The HSN egg-laying command neurons regulate the defecation motor program in Caenorhabditis elegans: Integration. MicroPubl Biol. 2019 Mar 29;2019. doi: 10.17912/micropub.biology.000095. PubMed PMID: 32550458; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7252377.
Ravi B, Collins K. Ca(2+) activity in the HSN egg-laying command neurons and animal age is accompanied by a delay in the defecation motor program in Caenorhabditis elegans (I). MicroPubl Biol. 2019 Mar 29;2019. doi: 10.17912/micropub.biology.000093. PubMed PMID: 32550471; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7255765.
Garcia J, Collins K. The HSN egg-laying command neurons are required for normal defecation frequency in Caenorhabditis elegans (II). MicroPubl Biol. 2019 Mar 29;2019. doi: 10.17912/10.17912/micropub.biology.000094. PubMed PMID: 32550479; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7293546.
Brewer JC, Olson AC, Collins KM, Koelle MR. Serotonin and neuropeptides are both released by the HSN command neuron to initiate Caenorhabditis elegans egg laying. PLoS Genet. 2019 Jan;15(1):e1007896. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007896. eCollection 2019 Jan. PubMed PMID: 30677018; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6363226.
Koelle MR. Neurotransmitter signaling through heterotrimeric G proteins: insights from studies in C. elegans. WormBook. 2018 Dec 11;2018:1-52. doi: 10.1895/wormbook.1.75.2. Review. PubMed PMID: 26937633; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5010795.
Tang S, Zhang Y, Dhakal P, Ravelo L, Anderson CL, Collins KM, Raymo FM. Photochemical Barcodes. J Am Chem Soc. 2018 Apr 4;140(13):4485-4488. doi: 10.1021/jacs.8b00887. Epub 2018 Mar 21. PubMed PMID: 29561604; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6056178.
Thapaliya ER, Zhang Y, Dhakal P, Brown AS, Wilson JN, Collins KM, Raymo FM. Bioimaging with Macromolecular Probes Incorporating Multiple BODIPY Fluorophores. Bioconjug Chem. 2017 May 17;28(5):1519-1528. doi: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.7b00166. Epub 2017 May 1. PubMed PMID: 28430413; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5906127.
Ghosh DD, Sanders T, Hong S, McCurdy LY, Chase DL, Cohen N, Koelle MR, Nitabach MN. Neural Architecture of Hunger-Dependent Multisensory Decision Making in C. elegans. Neuron. 2016 Dec 7;92(5):1049-1062. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.10.030. Epub 2016 Nov 17. PubMed PMID: 27866800; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5147516.
Collins KM, Bode A, Fernandez RW, Tanis JE, Brewer JC, Creamer MS, Koelle MR. Activity of the C. elegans egg-laying behavior circuit is controlled by competing activation and feedback inhibition. Elife. 2016 Nov 16;5. doi: 10.7554/eLife.21126. PubMed PMID: 27849154; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5142809.
Coleman BD, Marivin A, Parag-Sharma K, DiGiacomo V, Kim S, Pepper JS, Casler J, Nguyen LT, Koelle MR, Garcia-Marcos M. Evolutionary Conservation of a GPCR-Independent Mechanism of Trimeric G Protein Activation. Mol Biol Evol. 2016 Mar;33(3):820-37. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msv336. Epub 2015 Dec 10. PubMed PMID: 26659249; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4760084.
Kosmaczewski SG, Han SM, Han B, Irving Meyer B, Baig HS, Athar W, Lin-Moore AT, Koelle MR, Hammarlund M. RNA ligation in neurons by RtcB inhibits axon regeneration. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Jul 7;112(27):8451-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1502948112. Epub 2015 Jun 22. PubMed PMID: 26100902; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4500288.
Han B, Bellemer A, Koelle MR. An evolutionarily conserved switch in response to GABA affects development and behavior of the locomotor circuit of Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics. 2015 Apr;199(4):1159-72. doi: 10.1534/genetics.114.173963. Epub 2015 Feb 2. PubMed PMID: 25644702; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4391577.
Li P, Collins KM, Koelle MR, Shen K. LIN-12/Notch signaling instructs postsynaptic muscle arm development by regulating UNC-40/DCC and MADD-2 in Caenorhabditis elegans. Elife. 2013 Mar 19;2:e00378. doi: 10.7554/eLife.00378. PubMed PMID: 23539368; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3601818.
Collins KM, Koelle MR. Postsynaptic ERG potassium channels limit muscle excitability to allow distinct egg-laying behavior states in Caenorhabditis elegans. J Neurosci. 2013 Jan 9;33(2):761-75. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3896-12.2013. PubMed PMID: 23303953; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3542984.
Gürel G, Gustafson MA, Pepper JS, Horvitz HR, Koelle MR. Receptors and other signaling proteins required for serotonin control of locomotion in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics. 2012 Dec;192(4):1359-71. doi: 10.1534/genetics.112.142125. Epub 2012 Sep 28. PubMed PMID: 23023001; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3512144.
Hofler C, Koelle MR. The G protein regulator AGS-3 allows C. elegans to alter behaviors in response to food deprivation. Worm. 2012 Jan 1;1(1):56-60. doi: 10.4161/worm.19042. PubMed PMID: 24058824; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3670173.
Hofler C, Koelle MR. AGS-3 alters Caenorhabditis elegans behavior after food deprivation via RIC-8 activation of the neural G protein G αo. J Neurosci. 2011 Aug 10;31(32):11553-62. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2072-11.2011. PubMed PMID: 21832186; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3161416.
Bellemer A, Hirata T, Romero MF, Koelle MR. Two types of chloride transporters are required for GABA(A) receptor-mediated inhibition in C. elegans. EMBO J. 2011 May 4;30(9):1852-63. doi: 10.1038/emboj.2011.83. Epub 2011 Mar 22. PubMed PMID: 21427702; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3101993.
Porter MY, Xie K, Pozharski E, Koelle MR, Martemyanov KA. A conserved protein interaction interface on the type 5 G protein beta subunit controls proteolytic stability and activity of R7 family regulator of G protein signaling proteins. J Biol Chem. 2010 Dec 24;285(52):41100-12. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M110.163600. Epub 2010 Oct 19. PubMed PMID: 20959458; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3003408.
Porter MY, Koelle MR. RSBP-1 is a membrane-targeting subunit required by the Galpha(q)-specific but not the Galpha(o)-specific R7 regulator of G protein signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans. Mol Biol Cell. 2010 Jan 15;21(2):232-43. doi: 10.1091/mbc.e09-07-0642. Epub 2009 Nov 18. PubMed PMID: 19923320; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2808233.
Porter MY, Koelle MR. Insights into RGS protein function from studies in Caenorhabditis elegans. Prog Mol Biol Transl Sci. 2009;86:15-47. doi: 10.1016/S1877-1173(09)86002-X. Epub 2009 Oct 7. Review. PubMed PMID: 20374712.
Tanis JE, Bellemer A, Moresco JJ, Forbush B, Koelle MR. The potassium chloride cotransporter KCC-2 coordinates development of inhibitory neurotransmission and synapse structure in Caenorhabditis elegans. J Neurosci. 2009 Aug 12;29(32):9943-54. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1989-09.2009. PubMed PMID: 19675228; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2737711.
Tanis JE, Moresco JJ, Lindquist RA, Koelle MR. Regulation of serotonin biosynthesis by the G proteins Galphao and Galphaq controls serotonin signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics. 2008 Jan;178(1):157-69. doi: 10.1534/genetics.107.079780. PubMed PMID: 18202365; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2206068.
Chase DL, Koelle MR. Biogenic amine neurotransmitters in C. elegans. WormBook. 2007 Feb 20;:1-15. doi: 10.1895/wormbook.1.132.1. Review. PubMed PMID: 18050501; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4781333.
Ferkey DM, Hyde R, Haspel G, Dionne HM, Hess HA, Suzuki H, Schafer WR, Koelle MR, Hart AC. C. elegans G protein regulator RGS-3 controls sensitivity to sensory stimuli. Neuron. 2007 Jan 4;53(1):39-52. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2006.11.015. PubMed PMID: 17196529; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1855255.
Jose AM, Bany IA, Chase DL, Koelle MR. A specific subset of transient receptor potential vanilloid-type channel subunits in Caenorhabditis elegans endocrine cells function as mixed heteromers to promote neurotransmitter release. Genetics. 2007 Jan;175(1):93-105. doi: 10.1534/genetics.106.065516. Epub 2006 Oct 22. PubMed PMID: 17057248; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1774992.
Koelle MR. Heterotrimeric G protein signaling: Getting inside the cell. Cell. 2006 Jul 14;126(1):25-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2006.06.026. Review. PubMed PMID: 16839871.
Palmitessa A, Hess HA, Bany IA, Kim YM, Koelle MR, Benovic JL. Caenorhabditus elegans arrestin regulates neural G protein signaling and olfactory adaptation and recovery. J Biol Chem. 2005 Jul 1;280(26):24649-62. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M502637200. Epub 2005 May 6. PubMed PMID: 15878875.
Jose AM, Koelle MR. Domains, amino acid residues, and new isoforms of Caenorhabditis elegans diacylglycerol kinase 1 (DGK-1) important for terminating diacylglycerol signaling in vivo. J Biol Chem. 2005 Jan 28;280(4):2730-6. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M409460200. Epub 2004 Nov 24. PubMed PMID: 15563467; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2048986.
Hess HA, Röper JC, Grill SW, Koelle MR. RGS-7 completes a receptor-independent heterotrimeric G protein cycle to asymmetrically regulate mitotic spindle positioning in C. elegans. Cell. 2004 Oct 15;119(2):209-18. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2004.09.025. PubMed PMID: 15479638.
Chase DL, Pepper JS, Koelle MR. Mechanism of extrasynaptic dopamine signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nat Neurosci. 2004 Oct;7(10):1096-103. doi: 10.1038/nn1316. Epub 2004 Sep 19. PubMed PMID: 15378064.
Moresco JJ, Koelle MR. Activation of EGL-47, a Galpha(o)-coupled receptor, inhibits function of hermaphrodite-specific motor neurons to regulate Caenorhabditis elegans egg-laying behavior. J Neurosci. 2004 Sep 29;24(39):8522-30. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1915-04.2004. PubMed PMID: 15456826; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6729914.
Chase DL, Koelle MR. Genetic analysis of RGS protein function in Caenorhabditis elegans. Methods Enzymol. 2004;389:305-20. doi: 10.1016/S0076-6879(04)89018-9. Review. PubMed PMID: 15313573.
Bany IA, Dong MQ, Koelle MR. Genetic and cellular basis for acetylcholine inhibition of Caenorhabditis elegans egg-laying behavior. J Neurosci. 2003 Sep 3;23(22):8060-9. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-22-08060.2003. PubMed PMID: 12954868; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6740490.
Patikoglou GA, Koelle MR. An N-terminal region of Caenorhabditis elegans RGS proteins EGL-10 and EAT-16 directs inhibition of G(alpha)o versus G(alpha)q signaling. J Biol Chem. 2002 Dec 6;277(49):47004-13. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M208186200. Epub 2002 Sep 26. PubMed PMID: 12354761.
Chase DL, Patikoglou GA, Koelle MR. Two RGS proteins that inhibit Galpha(o) and Galpha(q) signaling in C. elegans neurons require a Gbeta(5)-like subunit for function. Curr Biol. 2001 Feb 20;11(4):222-31. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(01)00071-9. PubMed PMID: 11250150.
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