Selected Publications
2025
Ebding, J., Mazzone, F., Kins, S., Pielage, J., & Maritzen, T. (2025). How neurons cope with oxidative stress. Biological Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1515/hsz-2024-0146
2024
Lukas F, Duchmann M, Maritzen T. Focal adhesions, reticular adhesions, flat clathrin lattices: What divides them, what unites them? Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2024 Dec 9. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00821.2024. Online ahead of print.
Lukas, F., Matthaeus, C., López-Hernández, T., Lahmann, I., Schultz, N., Lehmann, M., Puchkov, D., Pielage, J., Haucke,V., Maritzen, T. (2024). Canonical and non-canonical integrin-based adhesions dynamically interconvert. Nature Communications, 15(1), 2093 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46381-x
2023
Vollweiter, D., Shergill, J. K., Hilse, A., Kochlamazashvili, G., Koch, S. P., Mueller, S., Boehm-Sturm, P., Haucke, V., & Maritzen, T. (2023). Intersectin deficiency impairs cortico-striatal neurotransmission and causes obsessive-compulsive behaviors in mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(35), e2304323120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2304323120
Bolz, S., Kaempf, N., Puchkov, D., Krauss, M., Russo, G., Soykan, T., Schmied, C., Lehmann, M., Müller, R., Schultz, C., Perrais, D., Maritzen, T. & Haucke, V. (2023). Synaptotagmin 1-triggered lipid signaling facilitates coupling of exo-and endocytosis. Neuron. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2023.08.016
2022
Visweshwaran, S. P., Nayab, H., Hoffmann, L., Gil, M., Liu, F., Kühne, R., & Maritzen, T. (2022). Ena/VASP proteins at the crossroads of actin nucleation pathways in dendritic cell migration. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 1987. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2022.1008898
Gozzelino, L., Kochlamazashvili, G., Baldassari, S., Mackintosh, A. I., Licchetta, L., Iovino, E., ... & Pippucci, T. (2022). Defective lipid signalling caused by mutations in PIK3C2B underlies focal epilepsy. Brain, 145(7), 2313-2331. doi: 10.1093/brain/awac082
Azarnia Tehran, D., Kochlamazashvili, G., Pampaloni, N. P., Sposini, S., Shergill, J. K., Lehmann, M., ... & Maritzen, T. (2022). Selective endocytosis of Ca2+-permeable AMPARs by the Alzheimer’s disease risk factor CALM bidirectionally controls synaptic plasticity. Science advances, 8(21), eabl5032. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abl5032
Maritzen, T. (2022). Endocytic proteins: An expanding repertoire of presynaptic functions. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 73, 102519. doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2022.01.004
2021
Kuijpers M, Kochlamazashvili G, Stumpf A, Puchkov D, Swaminathan A, Lucht MT, Krause E, Maritzen T, Schmitz D, Haucke V. Neuronal Autophagy Regulates Presynaptic Neurotransmission by Controlling the Axonal Endoplasmic Reticulum. Neuron. 2021 Jan 20;109(2):299-313.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.10.005. Epub 2020 Nov 5. PMID: 33157003
2020
López-Hernández T, Puchkov D, Krause D, Maritzen T, Haucke V. Endocytic regulation of cellular ion homeostasis controls lysosome biogenesis. Nat Cell Biol. 2020 Jun 29. doi: 10.1038/s41556-020-0535-7.
Gowrisankaran S, Houy S, Del Castillo JGP, Steubler V, Gelker M, Kroll J, Pinheiro PS, Schwitters D, Halbsgut N, Pechstein A, van Weering JRT, Maritzen T, Haucke V, Raimundo N, Sørensen JB, Milosevic I. Endophilin-A coordinates priming and fusion of neurosecretory vesicles via intersectin. Nat Commun. 2020 Mar 9;11(1):1266. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-14993-8
Kroll J, Oezcete OD, Jung S, Maritzen T, Milosevic I, Wichmann C, Moser T. AP180 promotes release site clearance and clathrin-dependent vesicle reformation in mouse cochlear inner hair cells. J Cell Sci. 2020 Jan 22;133(2). pii: jcs236737. doi: 10.1242/jcs.236737.
Jaepel M, Gerth F, Sakaba T, Bacetic J, Yao L, Koo SJ, Maritzen T, Freund C, Haucke V. Intersectin-mediated clearance of SNARE complexes is required for fast neurotransmission. Cell Rep. 2020 Jan 14;30(2):409-420.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.12.035
López-Hernández T, Haucke V. Maritzen T. Endocytosis in the adaptation to cellular stress. Cell Stress. 2020. In press.
2019
Jaepel M, Gerth F, Sakaba T, Bacetic J, Yao L, Koo SJ, Maritzen T, Freund C, Haucke V. Intersectin-mediated clearance of SNARE complexes is required for fast neurotransmission. Cell Rep. 2020 Jan 14;30(2):409-420.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.12.035
Maglione M, Kochlamazashvili G, Eisenberg T, Racz B, Michael E, Toppe D, Stumpf A, Wirth A, Zeug A, Müller F, Moreno-Velasquez L, Sammons R, Hofer S, Madeo F, Maritzen T, Maier N, Ponimaskin E, Schmitz D, Haucke V, Sigrist SJ. Spermidine protects from age-related synaptic alterations at hippocampal mossy fiber-CA3 synapses. Sci Rep. 2019 Dec 23;9(1):19616. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-56133-3
Fred SM, Laukkanen L, Brunello CA, Vesa L, Göös H, Cardon I, Moliner R, Maritzen T, Varjosalo M, Casarotto PC, Castrén E. Pharmacologically diverse antidepressants facilitate TRKB receptor activation by disrupting its interaction with the endoctic adaptor complex AP-2. J Biol Chem. 2019 Oct 20. pii: jbc.RA119.008837. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA119.008837
Pascolutti* R, Algisi* V, Conte A, Raimond A, Pasham M, Upadhyayula S, Maritzen T, Gaudin R, Barbieri E, Caldieri G, Freddi S, Confalonieri S, Malabarba MG, Maspero E, Polo S, Tacchetti C, Haucke V, Kirchhausen T, Di Fiore PP, Sigismund S. Molecularly distinct clathrin-coated pits differentially impact on EGFR fate and signaling. Cell Rep. 2019 Jun 4;27(10):3049-3061
Visweshwaran SP, Maritzen T. A simple 3D cellular chemotaxis assay and analysis workflow suitable for a wide range of migrating cells. MethodsX. 2019; 6, 2807-2821
Azarnia Tehran D, López-Hernández T, Maritzen T. Endocytic Adaptor Proteins in Health and Disease: Lessons from Model Organisms and Human Mutations. Cells. 2019; 8(11), 1345
2017
Gerth* F, Jäpel* M, Pechstein* A, Kochlamaszashvili G, Lehmann M, Puchkov D, Onofri F, Benfenati F, Nikonenko AG, Maritzen T, Freund C, Haucke# V. Intersectin associates with synapsin and regulates its nanoscale localization and function. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Nov 7;114(45):12057-12062
Mertins P, Przybylski D, Yosef N, Qiao J, Clauser K, Raychowdhury R, Eisenhaure TM, Maritzen T, Haucke V, Satoh T, Akira S, Carr SA, Regev A, Hacohen N, Chevrier N. An integrative framework reveals signaling-to-transcription events in Toll-like receptor signaling. Cell Rep. 2017 Jun 27;19(13):2853-2866
Jakob B, Kochlamazashvili G, Jäpel M, Gauhar A, Bock H, Maritzen T, Haucke V. Intersectin 1 is a component of the Reelin pathway to regulate neuronal migration and synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 May 23;114(21):5533-5538
Kononenko NL, Claßen GA, Kuijpers M, Puchkov D, Maritzen T, Tempes A, Malik AR, Skalecka A, Bera S, Jaworski J, Volker Haucke. Retrograde transport of TrkB-containing autophagosomes via the endocytic adaptor AP-2 mediates neuronal complexity and prevents neurodegeneration. Nat Commun. 2017; 8:14819
Maritzen T, Haucke V. Coupling of Exocytosis and Endocytosis at the Presynaptic Active Zone. Neurosci Res. 2017 Dec 5. pii:S0168-0102(17)30422-4
Kaempf N, Maritzen T. Safeguards of Neurotransmission: Endocytic Adaptors as Regulators of Synaptic Vesicle Composition and Function. Front Cell Neurosci. 2017 Oct 11;11:320
2016
Soykan T, Maritzen T, Haucke V. Modes and mechanisms of synaptic vesicle recycling. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2016; 39:17-23
2015
Schachtner* H, Weimershaus* W, Stache V, Plewa N, Legler DF, Höpken UE, Maritzen T. Loss of Gadkin affects dendritic cell migration in vitro. PLOS ONE. 2015; 10(12):e0143883
Feutlinske* F, Browarski* M, Ku M, Trnka P, Waiczies S, Niendorf T, Stallcup WB, Glass R, Krause E, Maritzen T. Stonin1 mediates endocytosis of the proteoglycan NG2 and regulates focal adhesion dynamics and cell motility. Nat Commun. 2015; 6:8535
Jung* SY, Maritzen* T, Wichmann* C, Jing Z, Neef A, Revelo NH, Al-Moyed H, Meese S, Wojcik SM, Panou I, Bulut H, Schu P, Ficner R, Reisinger E, Rizzoli SO, Neef J, Strenzke N, Haucke V, Moser T. Disruption of adaptor protein 2µ (AP-2µ) in cochlear hair cells impairs synaptic vesicle replenishment and hearing. EMBO J. 2015; 34(21):2686-702
Koo* SJ, Kochlamazashvili* G, Rost B, Puchkov D, Gimber N, Lehmann M, Tadeus G, Schmoranzer J, Rosenmund C, Haucke# V, Maritzen# T. Vesicular synaptobrevin/VAMP2 levels guarded by AP180 control efficient neurotransmission. Neuron. 2015; 88(2):330-44
Gimber N, Tadeus G, Maritzen T, Schmoranzer J, Haucke V. Diffusional spread and confinement of newly exocytosed synaptic vesicle proteins. Nat Commun. 2015; 6:8392
Kaempf N, Kochlamazashvili G, Puchkov D, Maritzen T, Bajjalieh SM, Kononenko NL, Haucke V. Overlapping functions of stonin 2 and SV2 in sorting of the calcium sensor synaptotagmin 1 to synaptic vesicles. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015; 112(23):7297-302
Seifert W, Kühnisch J, Maritzen T, Lommatzsch S, Hennies HC, Bachmann S, Horn D, Haucke V. Cohen Syndrome-associated Protein COH1 Physically and Functionally Interacts with the Small GTPase RAB6 at the Golgi Complex and Directs Neurite Outgrowth. J Biol Chem. 2015; 290(6):3349-58
Pechstein A, Gerth F, Milosevic I, Jäpel M, Eichhorn-Grünig M, Vorontsova O, Bacetic J, Maritzen T, Shupliakov O, Freund C, Haucke V. Vesicle uncoating regulated by SH3-SH3 domain-mediated complex formation between endophilin and intersectin at synapses. EMBO Rep. 2015; 16(2):232-9
Maritzen T, Schachtner H, Legler DF. On the move: Endocytic trafficking in cell migration. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2015; 72(11):2119-34
Rust MB & Maritzen T. Relevance of presynaptic actin dynamics for synapse function and mouse behavior. Exp Cell Res. 2015; 335(2):165-71
2014
Kononenko NL, Puchkov D, Classen GA, Walter AM, Pechstein A, Sawade L, Kaempf N, Trimbuch T, Lorenz D, Rosenmund C, Maritzen T, Haucke V. Clathrin/AP-2 mediate synaptic vesicle reformation from endosome-like vacuoles but are not essential for membrane retrieval at central synapses. Neuron. 2014; 82(5):981-8
2013
Kononenko N, Diril MK, Puchkov D, Kintscher M, Koo SJ, Pfuhl G, Winter Y, Wienisch M, Klingauf J, Breustedt J, Schmitz D, Maritzen*# T, Haucke*# V. Compromised fidelity of endocytic synaptic vesicle protein sorting in the absence of stonin 2. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013;110(6):526-35
2012
Maritzen T, Zech T, Schmidt MR, Krause E, Machesky LM, Haucke# V. Gadkin negatively regulates cell spreading and motility via sequestration of the actin-nucleating ARP2/3 complex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012; 109(26):10382-7
Maritzen T, Koo SJ, Haucke V. Turning CALM into excitement: AP180 and CALM in endocytosis and disease. Biol Cell. 2012; 104(10):588-602
2011
Seifert W, Kuehnisch J, Maritzen T, Horn H, Haucke V, Hennies HC. The Cohen syndrome-associated protein, COH1, is a novel, giant Golgi matrix protein required for Golgi integrity. J Biol Chem. 2011; 286(43):37665-75
Koo SJ, Markovic S, Puchkov D, Mahrenholz CC, Beceren-Braun F, Maritzen T, Dernedde J, Volkmer R, Oschkinat H, Haucke V. SNARE motif-mediated sorting of synaptobrevin by the endocytic adaptors clathrin assembly lymphoid myeloid leukemia (CALM) and AP180 at synapses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011; 108(33):13540-5
Laulagnier K, Schieber NL, Maritzen T, Haucke V, Parton RG, Gruenberg J. Role of AP1 and Gadkin in the traffic of secretory endo-lysosomes. Mol Biol Cell. 2011; 22(12):2068-8
2010
Maritzen* T, Schmidt* MR, Kukhtina V, Higman V, Strauss H, Volkmer R, Oschkinat H, Dotti CG, and Haucke V. A novel subtype of AP-1 binding motif within the palmitoylated TGN/endosomal accessory protein Gadkin/g-BAR. J Biol Chem. 2010; 285(6):4074-86
Maritzen T, Podufall J, Haucke V. Stonins-Specialized Adaptors for Synaptic Vesicle Recycling and Beyond? Traffic. 2010; 11(1):8-15
Maritzen T & Haucke V. Gadkin – A novel link between endosomal vesicles and microtubule tracks. Commun & Integr Biol. 2010; 3(4):299-302
2009
Schmidt* MR, Maritzen* T, Kukhtina V, Higman VA, Doglio L, Barak NN, Strauss HM, Oschkinat H, Dotti CG, Haucke V. Regulation of endosomal membrane traffic by a Gadkin/AP-1/kinesin KIF5 complex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009; 106(36):15344-
Maritzen T, Haucke V, Wieffer M. Ins Innere der Zelle. Nachrichten aus der Chemie (Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker). 2009; 57:1085-1089
Wieffer M, Maritzen T, Haucke V. SnapShot: Endocytic trafficking. Cell. 2009; 137(2):382.e1-3
2008
Maritzen T, Keating DJ, Neagoe I, Zdebik AA, Jentsch TJ. Role of the vesicular chloride transporter ClC-3 in neuroendocrine tissue. J Neurosci. 2008; 28(42):10587-98
Rumpf J, Simon B, Jung N, Maritzen T, Haucke V, Sattler M, Groemping Y. Structure of the Eps15-stonin2 complex provides a molecular explanation for EH-domain ligand specificity. EMBO J. 2008; 27(3):558-69
2006
Maritzen* T, Lisi* S, Botta R, Pinchera A, Fanelli G, Viacava P, Marcocci C, Marinò M. ClC-5 Does Not Affect Megalin Expression and Function in the Thyroid. Thyroid. 2006; 16(8):725-30
Maritzen* T, Rickheit* G, Schmitt A, Jentsch TJ. Kidney-specific upregulation of vitamin D3 target genes in ClC-5 KO mice. Kidney Int. 2006; 70(1):79-87
Rust MB, Faulhaber J, Budack MK, Pfeffer C, Maritzen T, Didié M, Beck FX, Boettger T, Schubert R, Ehmke H, Jentsch TJ, Hübner CA. Neurogenic mechanisms contribute to hypertension in mice with disruption of the K-Cl cotransporter KCC3. Circ Res. 2006; 98(4):549-5
2005
Jentsch TJ, Maritzen T, Zdebik AA. Chloride channel diseases resulting from impaired transepithelial transport or vesicular function. J Clin Invest. 2005; 115(8):2039-46
2003
Maritzen T, Löhler J, Deppert W, Knippschild U. Casein kinase I delta is involved in lymphocyte physiology. Eur J Cell Biol. 2003; 82(7):369-78