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Visualization and Quantification of TGFβ/BMP/SMAD Signaling under Different Fluid Shear Stress Conditions using Proximity-Ligation-Assay
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2021
Here, we establish a protocol to simultaneously visualize and analyze multiple SMAD complexes using proximity ligation assay (PLA) in endothelial cells exposed to pathological and physiological fluid shear stress conditions.
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Optogenetic Signaling Activation in Zebrafish Embryos
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2023
Optogenetic manipulation of signaling pathways can be a powerful strategy to investigate how signaling is decoded in development, regeneration, homeostasis, and disease. This protocol provides practical guidelines for using light-oxygen-voltage sensing domain-based Nodal and bone morphogenic protein (BMP) signaling activators in the early zebrafish embryo.
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Detection of Signaling Effector-Complexes Downstream of BMP4 Using in situ PLA, a Proximity Ligation Assay
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2011
Here we show how to use Proximity Ligation Assay (PLA), with a combination of antibodies to visualize Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP) signaling in fixed cells. This technique allowed us to follow the nuclear accumulation of endogenous BMP activated effector-complexes and quantify their levels over time under BMP4 stimulation.
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Imaging Odor-Evoked Activities in the Mouse Olfactory Bulb using Optical Reflectance and Autofluorescence Signals
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2011
This article presents the protocols of intrinsic optical signals and flavoproteins autofluorescence signals imaging to map odor-evoked activities at the surface of the olfactory bulb in mice.
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Covalent Binding of BMP-2 on Surfaces Using a Self-assembled Monolayer Approach
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2013
We describe a method for accomplishing efficient immobilization of BMP-2 on surfaces. Our approach is based on the formation of a self-assembled monolayer to achieve the covalent binding of BMP-2 via its free amine residues. This method is a useful tool to study signaling at the cell membrane.
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Receptor pairing determines how the signal is relayed inside the cell. A BMP ligand brings together a type I and type II serine/threonine kinase receptor, creating the receptor arrangement needed for downstream phosphorylation of SMAD1/5/8. This link connects an extracellular cue to intracellular signaling and provides a mechanistic point for interpreting changes in BMP-responsive cell behavior.
SMAD4 associates with phosphorylated SMAD1/5/8 to form a signaling complex with nuclear consequences. Once this complex moves into the nucleus, it can regulate target-gene expression rather than merely transmit the receptor signal. Following this transition helps connect receptor activity with changes in developmental programs, tissue formation, and cellular state.
Noncanonical pathways show that BMP responses are not limited to the SMAD1/5/8-SMAD4 route. Additional intracellular signaling mechanisms can contribute to how a cell responds after BMP receptor engagement. Considering both canonical and noncanonical contributions gives a broader interpretation of changes in cell behavior and helps explain why related BMP signals may produce different biological outcomes.
A useful investigation follows the pathway from BMP ligand engagement through paired type I and type II receptors, receptor-mediated phosphorylation of SMAD1/5/8, association with SMAD4, and movement of the resulting complex into the nucleus. Researchers can then relate target-gene regulation to observed changes in cell behavior, development, tissue formation, or homeostasis.
Analysis can connect an extracellular BMP cue with intracellular phosphorylation, nuclear signaling, and target-gene regulation. That sequence helps researchers examine how cells make fate decisions, contribute to pattern formation, or participate in organ development. It also provides a framework for relating pathway activity to tissue formation and maintenance rather than viewing gene-expression changes in isolation.
BMP signaling contributes to cell-fate decisions, pattern formation, and organ development, while also supporting tissue homeostasis. These roles make pathway activity relevant across multiple stages of biology, from the specification of cellular identities to the formation and maintenance of tissues. Studying the signaling sequence helps place individual cellular responses within broader developmental and physiological processes.
Research on Bmp signal activation informs studies of skeletal disorders, tissue repair, cancer, and strategies for controlling stem-cell differentiation. In each context, investigators can examine how receptor-driven signaling and nuclear target-gene regulation influence cell behavior. The pathway therefore provides both a biological framework for understanding disease or repair and a basis for investigating controlled changes in cellular identity.