Publications
Biorxiv submissions
Local regulation of extracellular vesicle traffic by the syanptic endocytic machinery. Cassandra R. Blanchette, Amy L. Scalera, Kathryn P. Harris, Zechuan Zhao, Kate Koles, Anna Yeh, Julia K. Apiki, Bryan A. Stewart, Avital A. Rodal bioRxiv 2021.08.04.454987; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.04.454987
A 3D model of human skeletal muscle innervated with stem cell-derived motor neurons enables epsilon-subunit targeted myasthenic syndrome studies. Mohsen Afshar Bakooshli, Ethan S Lippmann, Ben Mulcahy, Nisha Iyer, Christine T Nguyen, Kayee Tung, Bryan A Stewart, Anne Bigot, Elena Pegoraro, Henry Ahn, Howard Ginsberg, Mei Zhen, Randolph S Ashton, Penney M Gilbert. bioRxiv 275545; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/275545
The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis protein, Cln7, regulates neural development from the post-synaptic cell. Megan B O' Hare, Alamin Mohammed, Kyle J Connolly, Katelyn C Aitchison, Niki C Anthoney, Amy L Roberts, Matthew J Taylor, Bryan A Stewart, Richard I Tuxworth, Guy Tear. bioRxiv 278895; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/278895
2022
Local regulation of extracellular vesicle traffic by the synaptic endocytic machinery. Blanchette CR, Scalera AL, Harris KP, Zhao Z, Dresselhaus EC, Koles K, Yeh A, Apiki JK, Stewart BA, Rodal AA. J Cell Biol. 221(5):e202112094. doi: 10.1083/jcb.202112094. Epub 2022 Mar 23. PMID: 3532034
2021
Electrophysiological analysis of healthy and dystrophic 3-D bioengineered skeletal muscle tissues. Nguyen CT, Ebrahimi M, Gilbert PM, Stewart BA. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2021 Oct 1;321(4):C749-C759. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00049.2021. Epub 2021 Aug 18.PMID: 34406904
Disruption of Drosophila larval muscle structure and fucntion by UNC45 knockdown. Karunendiran A, Nguyen CT, Barzda V, Stewart BA. BMC Mol Cell Biol. Jul 13;22(1):38. doi: 10.1186/s12860-021-00373-7.
De novo revertant fiber formation and therapy testing in a 3D culture model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy skeletal muscle. Ebrahimi M, Lad H, Fusto A, Tiper Y, Datye A, Nguyen CT, Jacques E, Moyle LA, Nguyen T, Musgrave B, Chávez-Madero C, Bigot A, Chen C, Turner S, Stewart BA, Pegoraro E, Vitiello L, Gilbert PM.Acta Biomater. 2021 Sep 15;132:227-244. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2021.05.020. Epub 2021 May 25.PMID: 34048976
2020
Dual- and single-shot susceptibility ratio measurements with circular polarizations in second-harmonic generation microscopy. Golaraei A, Kontenis L, Karunendiran A, Stewart BA, Barzda V. (2020)J Biophotonics. Jan 23:e201960167. doi: 10.1002/jbio.201960167.
2019
A 3D culture model of innervated human skeletal muscle enables studies of the adult neuromuscular junction. Afshar Bakooshli M, Lippmann ES, Mulcahy B, Iyer N, Nguyen CT, Tung K, Stewart BA, van den Dorpel H, Fuehrmann T, Shoichet M, Bigot A, Pegoraro E, Ahn H, Ginsberg H, Zhen M, Ashton RS, Gilbert PM. (2019) Elife. May 14;8. pii: e44530. doi: 10.7554/eLife.44530.
The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis protein Cln7 functions in the postsynaptic cell to regulate synapse development. Connolly KJ, O'Hare MB, Mohammed A, Aitchison KM, Anthoney NC, Taylor MJ, Stewart BA, Tuxworth RI, Tear G. Sci Rep. (2019) Oct 30;9(1):15592. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51588-w.
Live imaging of contracting muscles with wide-field second harmonic generation microscopy using a high power laser. Zhao H, Cisek R, Karunendiran A, Tokarz D, Stewart BA, Barzda V. (2019) Biomed Opt Express. Sep 13;10(10):5130-5135. doi: 10.1364/BOE.10.005130. eCollection 2019 Oct 1.
Analysis of Drosophila nervous system development following early, brief exposure to ethanol. Scepanovic G, Stewart BA. (2019) Dev Neurobiol. Aug;79(8):780-793. doi: 10.1002/dneu.22718
Imaging SNAP-29 in Drosophila. Xu H, Stewart, B. (2019) Methods Mol Biol. 1860:391-401. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8760-3_26.
2018
Postsynaptic Syntaxin 4 negatively regulates the efficiency of neurotransmitter release. Harris KP, Littleton JT, Stewart BA. (2018) J Neurogenet. 2018 Sep 3:1-9. doi: 10.1080/01677063.2018.
Imaging SNAP-29 in Drosophila. Xu H, Stewart B. (2018) Methods Mol Biol. 1860:391-401. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8760-3_26.
Jack bean urease modulates neurotransmitter release at insect neuromuscular junctions. Carrazoni T, Nguyen C, Maciel LF, Delgado-Cañedo A, Stewart BA, Lange AB, Dal Belo CA, Carlini CR, Orchard I. Pestic Biochem Physiol. (2018) Apr;146:63-70. doi: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2018.02.009.
2017
Examination of Drosophila eye development with third harmonic generation microscopy. A Karunendiran, R Cisek, D Tokarz, V Barzda, BA Stewart (2017) Biomedical Optics Express 8(10), 4504-451 3doi:10.1364/BOE.8.004504
2016
The influence of postsynaptic structure on missing quanta at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction. CT Nguyen, BA Stewart (2016) BMC Neuroscience 17:53 doi: 10.1186/s12868-016-0290-7
Second harmonic generation double stokes Mueller polarimetric microscopy of myofilaments. L Kontenis, M Samim, A Karunendiran, S Krouglov, B Stewart, V Barzda (2016) Biomedical Optics Express 7 (2), 559-569. doi:10.1364/BOE.7.000559
2014
Phospho-regulated Drosophila adducin is a determinant of synaptic plasticity in a complex with Dlg and PIP2 at the larval neuromuscular junction. Wang SJ, Tsai A, Wang M, Yoo S, Kim HY, Yoo B, Chui V, Kisiel M, Stewart B, Parkhouse W, Harden N, Krieger C. Biol Open. 2014 3(12):1196-206. doi: 10.1242/bio.20148342. PMID: 25416060
Localization and mobility of synaptic vesicles in Myosin VI mutants of Drosophila. Kisiel M, McKenzie K, Stewart B. PLoS One. 2014 9(7):e102988. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0102988. eCollection 2014. PMID:25062032
Investigation of the juxtamembrane region of neuronal-Synaptobrevin in synaptic transmission at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction. DeMill CM, Qiu X, Kisiel M, Bolotta A, Stewart BA. J Neurophysiol. 2014 12(6):1356-66. doi: 10.1152/jn.00474.2013. PMID:24944220
Second harmonic generation polarization properties of myofilaments. Samim M, Prent N, Dicenzo D, Stewart B, Barzda V. J Biomed Opt. 2014 19(5):056005. doi:10.1117/1.JBO.19.5.056005. PMID:24805809
Drosophila SNAP-29 is an essential SNARE that binds multiple proteins involved in membrane traffic. Xu H, Mohtashami M, Stewart B, Boulianne G, Trimble WS. PLoS One. 2014 9(3):e91471. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091471. PMID: 24626111
2013
Early consolidation of development and physiology of an identified presynaptic nerve terminal. Laviolette M, Stewart BA. BMC Neurosci. 2013 14:124. doi: 10.1186/1471-2202-14-124. PMID: 24134061
2012
Effect of juxtamembrane tryptophans on the immersion depth of Synaptobrevin, an integral vesicle membrane protein. Al-Abdul-Wahid MS, Demill CM, Serwin MB, Prosser RS, Stewart BA. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2012 Dec;1818(12):2994-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2012.07.018. PMID: 22846509
Carotenoid based bio-compatible labels for third harmonic generation microscopy.Tokarz D, Cisek R, Garbaczewska M, Sandkuijl D, Qiu X, Stewart B, Levine JD, Fekl U, Barzda V. Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2012 Aug 14;14(30):10653-61. doi: 10.1039/c2cp41583f
2011
Myosin VI contributes to synaptic transmission and development at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction. Kisiel M, Majumdar D, Campbell S, Stewart BA. BMC Neurosci. 2011 Jul 11;12:65. doi: 10.1186/1471-2202-12-65.
Synaptic transmission and plasticity are modulated by nonmuscle myosin II at the neuromuscular junction of Drosophila. Seabrooke S, Stewart BA. J Neurophysiol. 2011 May;105(5):1966-76. doi: 10.1152/jn.00718.2010.
2010
Nonmuscle Myosin II helps regulate synaptic vesicle mobility at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction.Seabrooke S, Qiu X, Stewart BA. BMC Neurosci. 2010 Mar 16;11:37. doi: 10.1186/1471-2202-11-37.