Nitin Pandey

Assistant Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience, University of Southern California

Research Interests

Protein misfolding
Neurodegeneration
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Materials Chemistry
Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
Biochemistry
Structural Biology
Genetics
Genetics (clinical)
Drug Discovery
Analytical Chemistry
Physiology
Pharmacy
Cognitive Neuroscience
Electrochemistry
Spectroscopy
Pharmaceutical Science
Biophysics
Radiation
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
Condensed Matter Physics
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Acoustics and Ultrasonics
Neurology

Publications

Fibrillation in Human Serum Albumin Is Enhanced in the Presence of Copper(II)

The Journal of Physical Chemistry B / Jul 20, 2010

Pandey, N. K., Ghosh, S., & Dasgupta, S. (2010). Fibrillation in Human Serum Albumin Is Enhanced in the Presence of Copper(II). The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 114(31), 10228–10233. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp103876p

The 17-residue-long N terminus in huntingtin controls stepwise aggregation in solution and on membranes via different mechanisms

Journal of Biological Chemistry / Feb 01, 2018

Pandey, N. K., Isas, J. M., Rawat, A., Lee, R. V., Langen, J., Pandey, P., & Langen, R. (2018). The 17-residue-long N terminus in huntingtin controls stepwise aggregation in solution and on membranes via different mechanisms. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 293(7), 2597–2605. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m117.813667

(−)-Epicatechin gallate prevents alkali-salt mediated fibrillogenesis of hen egg white lysozyme

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules / Mar 01, 2013

Ghosh, S., Pandey, N. K., & Dasgupta, S. (2013). (−)-Epicatechin gallate prevents alkali-salt mediated fibrillogenesis of hen egg white lysozyme. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 54, 90–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2012.11.031

Prolonged Glycation of Hen Egg White Lysozyme Generates Non Amyloidal Structures

PLoS ONE / Sep 16, 2013

Ghosh, S., Pandey, N. K., Singha Roy, A., Tripathy, D. R., Dinda, A. K., & Dasgupta, S. (2013). Prolonged Glycation of Hen Egg White Lysozyme Generates Non Amyloidal Structures. PLoS ONE, 8(9), e74336. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074336

The folding equilibrium of huntingtin exon 1 monomer depends on its polyglutamine tract

Journal of Biological Chemistry / Dec 01, 2018

Bravo-Arredondo, J. M., Kegulian, N. C., Schmidt, T., Pandey, N. K., Situ, A. J., Ulmer, T. S., & Langen, R. (2018). The folding equilibrium of huntingtin exon 1 monomer depends on its polyglutamine tract. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 293(51), 19613–19623. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.ra118.004808

Fructose restrains fibrillogenesis in human serum albumin

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules / Oct 01, 2013

Pandey, N. K., Ghosh, S., & Dasgupta, S. (2013). Fructose restrains fibrillogenesis in human serum albumin. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 61, 424–432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2013.08.006

Effect of surfactants on preformed fibrils of human serum albumin

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules / Aug 01, 2013

Pandey, N. K., Ghosh, S., & Dasgupta, S. (2013). Effect of surfactants on preformed fibrils of human serum albumin. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 59, 39–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2013.04.014

Preferential binding of fisetin to the native state of bovine serum albumin: spectroscopic and docking studies

Molecular Biology Reports / Jan 01, 2013

Singha Roy, A., Pandey, N. K., & Dasgupta, S. (2013). Preferential binding of fisetin to the native state of bovine serum albumin: spectroscopic and docking studies. Molecular Biology Reports, 40(4), 3239–3253. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-012-2399-9

Formation and Structure of Wild Type Huntingtin Exon-1 Fibrils

Biochemistry / Jul 07, 2017

Isas, J. M., Langen, A., Isas, M. C., Pandey, N. K., & Siemer, A. B. (2017). Formation and Structure of Wild Type Huntingtin Exon-1 Fibrils. Biochemistry, 56(28), 3579–3586. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00138

Effect of (−)-epigallocatechin gallate on the fibrillation of human serum albumin

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules / Sep 01, 2014

Bhattacharya, S., Pandey, N. K., Roy, A., & Dasgupta, S. (2014). Effect of (−)-epigallocatechin gallate on the fibrillation of human serum albumin. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 70, 312–319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2014.07.003

Copper(II) directs formation of toxic amorphous aggregates resulting in inhibition of hen egg white lysozyme fibrillation under alkaline salt-mediated conditions

Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics / May 28, 2014

Ghosh, S., Pandey, N. K., Banerjee, P., Chaudhury, K., Nagy, N. V., & Dasgupta, S. (2014). Copper(II) directs formation of toxic amorphous aggregates resulting in inhibition of hen egg white lysozyme fibrillation under alkaline salt-mediated conditions. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 33(5), 991–1007. https://doi.org/10.1080/07391102.2014.921864

Identification of distinct conformations associated with monomers and fibril assemblies of mutant huntingtin

Human Molecular Genetics / Apr 18, 2018

Ko, J., Isas, J. M., Sabbaugh, A., Yoo, J. H., Pandey, N. K., Chongtham, A., Ladinsky, M., Wu, W.-L., Rohweder, H., Weiss, A., Macdonald, D., Munoz-Sanjuan, I., Langen, R., Patterson, P. H., & Khoshnan, A. (2018). Identification of distinct conformations associated with monomers and fibril assemblies of mutant huntingtin. Human Molecular Genetics, 27(13), 2330–2343. https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddy141

Fibrillation of hen egg white lysozyme triggers reduction of copper(II)

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules / Jul 01, 2012

Ghosh, S., Pandey, N. K., Bhattacharya, S., Roy, A., & Dasgupta, S. (2012). Fibrillation of hen egg white lysozyme triggers reduction of copper(II). International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 51(1–2), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2012.04.024

Structure of Membrane-Bound Huntingtin Exon 1 Reveals Membrane Interaction and Aggregation Mechanisms

Structure / Oct 01, 2019

Tao, M., Pandey, N. K., Barnes, R., Han, S., & Langen, R. (2019). Structure of Membrane-Bound Huntingtin Exon 1 Reveals Membrane Interaction and Aggregation Mechanisms. Structure, 27(10), 1570-1580.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2019.08.003

Fibrillation of human serum albumin shows nonspecific coordination on stoichiometric increment of Copper(II)

Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics / Jul 22, 2013

Pandey, N. K., Ghosh, S., Nagy, N. V., & Dasgupta, S. (2013). Fibrillation of human serum albumin shows nonspecific coordination on stoichiometric increment of Copper(II). Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 32(9), 1366–1378. https://doi.org/10.1080/07391102.2013.819300

Discovery of Small Molecule Inhibitors of Huntingtin Exon 1 Aggregation by FRET-Based High-Throughput Screening in Living Cells

ACS Chemical Neuroscience / Jun 22, 2020

Lo, C. H., Pandey, N. K., Lim, C. K.-W., Ding, Z., Tao, M., Thomas, D. D., Langen, R., & Sachs, J. N. (2020). Discovery of Small Molecule Inhibitors of Huntingtin Exon 1 Aggregation by FRET-Based High-Throughput Screening in Living Cells. ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 11(15), 2286–2295. https://doi.org/10.1021/acschemneuro.0c00226

Effects of urea, metal ions and surfactants on the binding of baicalein with bovine serum albumin

Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis / Aug 01, 2016

Roy, A. S., Dinda, A. K., Pandey, N. K., & Dasgupta, S. (2016). Effects of urea, metal ions and surfactants on the binding of baicalein with bovine serum albumin. Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis, 6(4), 256–267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpha.2016.04.001

Lipid-modulation of membrane insertion and refolding of the apoptotic inhibitor Bcl-xL

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics / Jul 01, 2019

Vasquez-Montes, V., Vargas-Uribe, M., Pandey, N. K., Rodnin, M. V., Langen, R., & Ladokhin, A. S. (2019). Lipid-modulation of membrane insertion and refolding of the apoptotic inhibitor Bcl-xL. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics, 1867(7–8), 691–700. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbapap.2019.04.006

Huntingtin fibrils with different toxicity, structure, and seeding potential can be interconverted

Nature Communications / Jul 13, 2021

Mario Isas, J., Pandey, N. K., Xu, H., Teranishi, K., Okada, A. K., Fultz, E. K., Rawat, A., Applebaum, A., Meier, F., Chen, J., Langen, R., & Siemer, A. B. (2021). Huntingtin fibrils with different toxicity, structure, and seeding potential can be interconverted. Nature Communications, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24411-2

Crowded milieu prevents fibrillation of hen egg white lysozyme with retention of enzymatic activity

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology / Sep 01, 2014

Ghosh, S., Pandey, N. K., & Dasgupta, S. (2014). Crowded milieu prevents fibrillation of hen egg white lysozyme with retention of enzymatic activity. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 138, 8–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2014.04.021

Disruption of human serum albumin fibrils by a static electric field

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics / Jul 03, 2014

Pandey, N. K., Mitra, S., Chakraborty, M., Ghosh, S., Sen, S., Dasgupta, S., & DasGupta, S. (2014). Disruption of human serum albumin fibrils by a static electric field. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 47(30), 305401. https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/47/30/305401

Binding of hen egg white lysozyme fibrils with nucleic acids

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology / Oct 01, 2013

Ghosh, S., Pandey, N. K., Sen, S., Tripathy, D. R., & Dasgupta, S. (2013). Binding of hen egg white lysozyme fibrils with nucleic acids. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 127, 52–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2013.07.015

Evidence of two oxidation states of copper during aggregation of hen egg white lysozyme (HEWL)

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules / May 01, 2015

Ghosh, S., Pandey, N. K., Bhattacharya, S., Roy, A., Nagy, N. V., & Dasgupta, S. (2015). Evidence of two oxidation states of copper during aggregation of hen egg white lysozyme (HEWL). International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 76, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2015.02.014

Effect of Temperature and Solvent on Fibrillation of Human Serum Albumin

Protein & Peptide Letters / Jan 28, 2015

Pandey, N., Ghosh, S., Tripathy, D., & Dasgupta, S. (2015). Effect of Temperature and Solvent on Fibrillation of Human Serum Albumin. Protein & Peptide Letters, 22(2), 112–118. https://doi.org/10.2174/0929866521666140320104409

Amplification of neurotoxic HTTex1 assemblies in human neurons

Neurobiology of Disease / Nov 01, 2021

Chongtham, A., Isas, J. M., Pandey, N. K., Rawat, A., Yoo, J. H., Mastro, T., Kennedy, M. B., Langen, R., & Khoshnan, A. (2021). Amplification of neurotoxic HTTex1 assemblies in human neurons. Neurobiology of Disease, 159, 105517. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2021.105517

Distribution of Protein Ramachandran Psi (ψ) Angle Using Non-Resonance Visible Raman Scattering Measurements

The Journal of Physical Chemistry B / Nov 01, 2013

Bhattacharya, S., Ghosh, S., Pandey, N. K., Chaudhury, S., Dasgupta, S., & Roy, A. (2013). Distribution of Protein Ramachandran Psi (ψ) Angle Using Non-Resonance Visible Raman Scattering Measurements. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 117(45), 13993–14000. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp408009y

An insight into the ribonucleolytic and antiangiogenic activity of buffalo lactoferrin

Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics / Dec 10, 2013

Tripathy, D. R., Pandey, N. K., Dinda, A. K., Ghosh, S., Singha Roy, A., & Dasgupta, S. (2013). An insight into the ribonucleolytic and antiangiogenic activity of buffalo lactoferrin. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 33(1), 184–195. https://doi.org/10.1080/07391102.2013.865564

Education

IIT Kharagpur

PhD, Chemistry / July, 2014

Kharagpur

Banaras Hindu University

MS, Chemistry

Varanasi

Experience

University of Southern California

Postdoctoral research Associate / June, 2014May, 2019

Research Associate / June, 2019June, 2021

Assistant Professor of Research / July, 2021Present

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