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PUBLICATIONS

2020

Williams, B., Lopez, J., Maddox, J.W., and A. Lee. (2020) Functional impact of a congenital stationary night blindness type 2 mutation depends on subunit composition of Cav1.4 Ca2+ channels. J. Biol. Chem. 295(50):17215-17226

 

Maddox, J.W., Randall, K.L., Williams, B., Yadav, R.P., Hagen, J, Derr, P.J., Kerov, V., Della Santina, L, Baker S.A., Artemyev, N.O., Hoon, M., and A. Lee. (2020) A dual role for Cav1.4 Ca2+ channels in the molecular and structural organization of the rod photoreceptor synapse. eLife 9:e62184.

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Waldner DM, Ito K, Chen LL, Nguyen L, Chow RL, Lee A, Rancourt DE, Tremblay F, Stell WK, Bech-Hansen NT. (2020) Transgenic Expression of Cacna1f Rescues Vision and Retinal Morphology in a Mouse Model of Congenital Stationary Night Blindness 2A (CSNB2A). Transl Vis Sci Technol. 11:19. doi: 10.1167/tvst.9.11.19.

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Jin J, Bhatti DL, Lee KW, Medrihan L, Cheng J, Wei J, Zhong P, Yan Z, Kooiker C, Song C, Ahn JH, Obermair GJ, Lee A, Gresack J, Greengard P, Kim Y. (2020) Ahnak scaffolds p11/Anxa2 complex and L-type voltage-gated calcium channel and modulates depressive behavior. Mol Psychiatry. 25(5):1035-1049.

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Dolphin AC, Lee A. (2020) Presynaptic calcium channels: specialized control of synaptic neurotransmitter release. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2020 21(4):213-229.

 

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2018

Thomas, J.R., Hagen, J., Soh, D., and A. Lee. (2018) Molecular moieties masking Ca2+-dependent facilitation of voltage-gated Cav2.2 Ca2+ channels. J. Gen. Physiol. 150: 83-94.

Yang, T., Choi, J.E., Soh, D., Tobin, K., Joiner, M.L., Hansen, M., and A. Lee. (2018) CaBP1 regulates Cav1 L-type Ca2+ channels and their coupling to neurite growth and gene transcription in mouse spiral ganglion neurons. Mol. Cell. Neurosci. 88:342-352.

Yang, T., Hu, N., Pangrsic, T., Green, S.H., Hansen, M. and A. Lee. (2018) Functions of CaBP1 and CaBP2 in the peripheral auditory system. Hearing Res. 364:48-58.

Yang, T., Britt, J.K., Cintrón-Pérez, C.J., Vázquez-Rosa, E., Tobin, K.V., Stalker, G., Hardie, J., Taugher, R.J., Wemmie, J., Pieper, A.A., and A. Lee. (2018) Ca2+ binding protein 1 regulates hippocampal-dependent memory and synaptic plasticity. Neuroscience 380:90-102.


Nanou, E., Lee, A., and W.A. Catterall. (2018) Control of excitation/inhibition balance in a hippocampal circuit by calcium sensor protein regulation of presynaptic calcium channels. J. Neurosci. 38:4430-4440.


Kerov, V., Laird, J.G., Joiner, M.L., Knecht, S., Soh, D., Hagen, J., Gardner, S.H., Gutierrez, W., Yoshimatsu, T., Bhattarai, S., Puthussery, T., Artemyev, N.O., Drack, A.V., Wong, R.O., Baker, S.A., and A. Lee. (2018) α2δ-4 is required for the molecular and structural organization of rod and cone photoreceptor synapses. J. Neurosci. 38: 6145-6160.


Garza-Lopez, E., Lopez, J., Hagen, J., Sheffield, R., Meiner, V. and A. Lee. (2018) Role of a conserved glutamine in the function of voltage-gated Ca2+ channels revealed by a mutation in human CACNA1D. J. Biol. Chem. 293: 14444-14454.


Williams, B.., Haeeleer, F., and A. Lee. (2018) Splicing of an automodulatory domain in Cav1.4 Ca2+ channels confers distinct regulation by calmodulin. J. Gen. Physiol. 150: 1676-1687

2017

Zhu, L., Almaça, J., Dadi, P.K., Hong, H., Sakamoto, W., Rossi, M., Lee, R.J., Vierra, N.C., Lu, H., Cui, Y., McMillin, S.M., Perry, N.A., Gurevich, V.V., Lee, A., Kuo, B., Leapman, R.D., Matschinsky, F.M., Doliba, N.M., Urs, N.M., Caron, M.G., Jacobson, D.A., Caicedo, A., and J. Wess. (2017) β -Arrestin-2 is an essential regulator of pancreatic β-cell function under physiological and pathophysiological conditions. Nat. Commun. 8:14295

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Martínez-Rivera, A., Hao, J., Tropea, T.F., Giordano, T.P., Kosovsky, M., Rice, R.C., Lee, A., Huganir, R.L., Striessnig, J., Addy, N.A., Han, S., and A.M. Rajadhyaksha. (2017) Enhancing VTA Cav1.3 L-type Ca2+ channel activity promotes cocaine and mood-related behaviors via overlapping AMPA receptor mechanisms in the nucleus accumbens. Mol. Psychiatry 22:1735-1745


Wang, S., Hagen, J., Hardie, J., Stanika, R.I., Obermair, G.J., Kennedy, M.B., Colbran, R.J., and A. Lee. (2017) Densin-180 controls the trafficking and signaling of voltage-gated Cav1.2 Ca2+ channels at excitatory synapses. J. Neurosci. 37:4679-4691.


Wang, X., Marks, C.R., Perfitt, T.L., Nakagawa, T., Lee, A., Jacobson, D.A., and R.J. Colbran. (2017) A novel mechanism for Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II targeting to L-type Ca2+ channels that initiates long-range signaling to the nucleus. J. Biol. Chem. 292:17324-17336.

2016

Yang, T., Scholl, E.S., Pan, N., Fritzsch, B., Haeseleer, F. and A. Lee. (2016) Expression and localization of CaBP Ca2+ Binding Proteins in the mouse cochlea. PLoS One 25: e0147495.


Haeseleer, F., Williams, B., and A. Lee. (2016) Characterization of C-terminal splice variants of Cav1.4 Ca2+ Channels in human retina. J. Biol. Chem. 291(30):15663-73


Krueger, J.N., Moore, S.J., Parent, R., Lee, A., and G.G. Murphy. (2016) A novel mouse model of the aged brain: Over-expression of the L-type voltage-gated calcium channel Cav1.3. Behav. Brain Res. pii: S0166-4328(16)30418


Thomas, J. and A. Lee. (2016) Measuring Ca2+- Dependent Modulation of Voltage-Gated Ca2+ Channels in HEK-293T Cells. Cold Spring Harb. Protocols 2016(9):pdb.prot087213


Stanika, R., Campiglio, M., Pinggera, A., Lee, A., Striessnig, J., Flucher, B., and G. Obermair. (2016) Splice variants of the Cav1.3 L-type calcium channel regulate dendritic spine morphology. Sci. Reports 6:34528


Sinha, R., Lee, A., Rieke, F., and F. Haeseleer. (2016) Lack of CaBP1/caldendrin or CaBP2 leads to altered ganglion cell responses. eNeuro eNeuro 3(5). pii: ENEURO.0099-16.2016

2015

Lee, A., Wang, S., Williams, B., and F. Haeseleer. (2015) Characterization of Cav1.4 complexes (α11.4, β2, α2δ4) in HEK293T cells and in the retina. J. Biol. Chem. 290, 1505-21.

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Joiner, M.A. and A. Lee. (2015) Voltage-gated Cav1 channels in disorders of vision and hearing. Current Mol. Pharmacol. 8(2):143-8.


Scharinger, A., Eckrich, S., Vandael, D. H., Schonig, K., Koschak, A., Hecker, D., Kaur, G., Lee, A., Sah, A., Bartsch, D., Benedetti, B., Lieb, A., Schick, B., Singewald, N., Sinnegger-Brauns, M. J., Carbone, E., Engel, J., and J. Striessnig. (2015) Cell-type-specific tuning of Cav1.3 Ca(2+)-channels by a C-terminal automodulatory domain. Front.Cell.Neurosci. 9:309.


Hardie, J. and A. Lee. (2015) Decalmodulation of Cav1 channels by CaBPs. Channels 8:1-5


Cao, Y., Sarria, I., Fehlhaber, K.E., Kamasawa, N., Orlandi. C., James, K. N., Hazen, J.L., Gardner, M.R., Farzan, M., Lee, A., Baker, S., Baldwin, K., Sampath, A.P., and K.A. Martemyanov. (2015) Mechanism for selective synaptic wiring of rod photoreceptors into the retinal circuitry and its role in vision. Neuron 2015; 87(6):1248-60.


Kerov,V. and A. Lee. (2015) Degrading vision with too much Ca2+. Channels 9:221-222.

2013

Haeseleer, F., Sokal, I., Gregory, F.D., and A. Lee. (2013) Protein phosphatase 2A dephosphorylates CaBP4 in the retina and regulates CaBP4 function. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 54:1214-1226.


Oz, S., Benmocha, A., Sasson, Y., Sachyani, D., Almagor, L., Lee, A., Hirsch, J. A., and N.Dascal. (2013) Competitive and non-competitive regulation of calcium-dependent inactivation in CaV1.2 L-type Ca2+ channels by calmodulin and Ca2+-binding protein 1. J Biol. Chem. 288:12680-12691.


Hall, D.D., Dai, S., Tseng P.Y., Malik, Z., Nguyen, M., Matt. L., Schnizler, K., Shepherd, A., Mohapatra, D.P., Tsuruta, F., Dolmetsch, R.E., Christel, C. J., Lee, A., Burette, A., Weinberg, R.J., and J. W. Hell. (2013) Competition between a-actinin and Ca2+/calmodulin controls surface retention of the L-type Ca2+ channel Cav1.2. Neuron 78:483-497.


Inagaki, A., and A. Lee. (2013) Developmental alterations in the biophysical properties of Cav1.3 Ca2+ channels in mouse inner hair cells. Channels 7:171-181.


Gregory, F. D., Pangrsic, T., Calin-Jageman, I. E., Moser, T., and A. Lee. (2013) Harmonin enhances voltage-dependent facilitation of Cav1.3 channels and synchronous exocytosis in mouse inner hair cells. J. Physiol. 591:3252-3269.


Knoflach, D., Kerov, V., Sartori, S. B., Obermair, G. J., Schmuckermair, C., Liu, X., Sothilingam, V., Garrido, M. G., Baker, S., Glösmann, M., Schicker, K., Seeliger, M., Lee. A., and A. Koschak.(2013) Cav1.4 IT mouse as model for vision impairment in human Congenital Stationary Night Blindness Type 2. Channels 7:502-512.


Liu, X., Kerov, V., Haeseleer, F., Majumder, A., Artemyev, N., Baker, S. A., and A. Lee. (2013) Dysregulation of Cav1.4 channels disrupts the maturation of photoreceptor synaptic ribbons in congenital stationary night blindness type 2. Channels 7:513-522.

2012

Christel, C. and A. Lee. (2012) Electrophysiological analysis of Ca2+-dependent modulation of voltage-gated Ca2+ channels. Biochem. Biophys. Acta 1820:1243-1252.

Lee, A.S., Ra, S., Rajadhyaksha, A.M., Britt, J.K., Jesus-Cortes, D. H., Gonzales, K. L., Moosmang, S., Lee, A., Hofmann, F., Pieper, A.A., Rajadhyaksha, A.M. (2012) Forebrain elimination of CACNA1C mediates anxiety-like behavior in mice. Mol. Psychiatry. 17:1054-1055.


Lee, A.S., Gonzales, K.L., Lee, A., Moosmang, S., Hofmann, F., Pieper, A.A., Rajadhyaksha, A.M. (2012) Selective genetic deletion of CACNA1C in the mouse prefrontal cortex. Mol. Psychiatry. 17:1051.


Schrauwen, I., Helfmann, S., Inagaki, A., Wolk, F., Tabatabaiefar, M.A., Picher M.M., Sommen, M., ZazoSeco, C., Kremer, H., Dheedene, A., Claes, C., Fransen,E., Reimnitz, F., Diederichsen, U., HashemzadehM., Couke, P., Lee, A., Moser, T., and G. Van Camp. (2012) A mutation in CABP2, expressed in cochlear hair cells, causes autosomal recessive hearing impairment. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 91(4):636-45.


Christel, C.J., Schaer, R., Wang, S., Henzi, T., Kreiner, L., Grabs, D., Schwaller, B., and A. Lee. (2012) Calretinin regulates Ca2+-dependent inactivation and facilitation of Cav2.1 Ca2+ channels through a direct interaction with the α12.1 subunit. J. Biol. Chem. 287:39766-39775.


Christel, C.J., Cardona, N., Mesirca, P., Herrmann, S., Hofmann, F., Striessnig, J., Ludwig, A., Mangoni, M.E.,and A. Lee. (2012) Distinct localization and modulation of Cav1.2 and Cav1.3 L-type Ca2+ channels in mouse sinoatrial node. J. Physiol. 590: 6327-6341.


Zou, J., Lee, A., and J. Yang. (2012) The expression of whirlin and Cav1.3α1 is mutually independent in photoreceptors. Vision Res. 75:53-59

2010

Kreiner, L., Christel, C.J., Benveniste, M., Schwaller, B., and A. Lee. (2010) Compensatory regulation of Cav2.1 Ca2+ channels in cerebellar Purkinje neurons lacking parvalbumin and calbindin D-28k. J. Neurophysiol. 103: 371-381.


Jenkins, M.A., Christel C.J., Jiao, Y., Abiria, S Kim, K., Obermair, G.J., Colbran, R.J., and A. Lee. (2010) Ca2+-dependent facilitation of Cav1.3 Ca2+ channels by densin and Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II. J. Neurosci. 30:5125-5135.


Frank,T., Rutherford, M.A., Strenzke, N., Neef, A., Pangršič , T., Khimich, D., Fetjova, A., Gundelfinger, E.D., Liberman, M.C., Harke, B., Bryan, K.E., Lee, A., Egner, A., Riedel, D., and T. Moser. (2010) Bassoon and the Synaptic Ribbon Organize Ca2+ Channels and Vesicles to Add Release Sites and Promote Refilling. Neuron 68: 724-738.

2007

Cui, G., Meyer, A.C., Calin-Jageman, I., Neef, J., Haeseleer, F., Moser, T., and A. Lee. (2007) Ca2+-binding proteins tune Ca2+-feedback to Cav1.3 channels in mouse auditory hair cells. J. Physiol. 585: 791-803 (featured in “Perspectives” article by J. Striessnig (2007) J. Physiol. 585: 643-644).


Lee , A., Jimenez, A., Cui, G., and F. Haeseleer. (2007) Phosphorylation of CaBP4 by protein kinase C zeta in photoreceptors. J. Neurosci. 27:12743-12754.


Tippens, A.L., and A. Lee. (2007) Caldendrin: a neuron-specific modulator of Cav1.2 (L-type) Ca2+ channels. J. Biol. Chem. 282:8464-8473.


Calin-Jageman, I., Yu, K., Hall, R.A., Mei, L., and A. Lee. (2007) Erbin enhances voltage-dependent facilitation of Cav1.3 Ca2+ channels through relief of an autoinhibitory domain in the Cav1.3 α1 subunit J. Neurosci. 27:1374-1385.