Dr Vikas Tillu
Research Officer
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
+61 7 334 62338
Journal Articles
Wu, Yeping, Lim, Ye-Wheen, McMahon, Kerrie-Ann, Martel, Nick, Rae, James, Lo, Harriet P., Gao, Ya, Tillu, Vikas, Larsson, Elin, Lundmark, Richard, Levic, Daniel S., Bagnat, Michel, Lim, Junxian, Fairlie, David P., Pol, Albert, Collins, Brett M., Ariotti, Nicholas, Hall, Thomas E. and Parton, Robert G. (2025). Pro-ferroptotic lipids as key control points for caveola formation and disassembly. Cell Reports, 44 (6) 115789, 115789-6. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115789
Gao, Ya, Tillu, Vikas A., Wu, Yeping, Rae, James, Hall, Thomas E., Chen, Kai-en, Weeratunga, Saroja, Guo, Qian, Livingstone, Emma, Tham, Wai-Hong, Parton, Robert G. and Collins, Brett M. (2025). Cavin1 binding nanobodies reveal structural flexibility and regulated interactions of the N-terminal coiled-coil domain. Journal of Cell Science, 138 (8) 263756. doi: 10.1242/jcs.263756
Chen, Kai-En, Tillu, Vikas A., Gopaldass, Navin, Chowdhury, Sudeshna Roy, Leneva, Natalya, Kovtun, Oleksiy, Ruan, Juanfang, Guo, Qian, Ariotti, Nicholas, Mayer, Andreas and Collins, Brett M. (2025). Molecular basis for the assembly of the Vps5-Vps17 SNX-BAR proteins with Retromer. Nature Communications, 16 (1) 3568, 3568-1. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-58846-8
Tillu, Vikas A., Redpath, Gregory M. I., Rae, James, Ruan, Juanfang, Yao, Yin, Cagigas, Maria L., Whan, Renee, Hardeman, Edna C., Gunning, Peter W., Ananthanarayanan, Vaishnavi, Parton, Robert G. and Ariotti, Nicholas A. (2024). Precision in situ cryo-correlative light and electron microscopy of optogenetically-positioned organelles. Journal of Cell Science, 137 (20) jcs262163, 1-16. doi: 10.1242/jcs.262163
Tillu, Vikas (2024). First person-Vikas Tillu. Journal of Cell Science, 137 (20) jcs263557, 1-2. doi: 10.1242/jcs.263557
Brooks, John W., Tillu, Vikas, Eckert, Julia, Verma, Suzie, Collins, Brett M., Parton, Robert G. and Yap, Alpha S. (2023). Caveola mechanotransduction reinforces the cortical cytoskeleton to promote epithelial resilience. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 34 (12) ar120, 1-14. doi: 10.1091/mbc.e23-05-0163
Healy, Michael D., Sacharz, Joanna, McNally, Kerrie E., McConville, Calum, Tillu, Vikas A., Hall, Ryan J., Chilton, Molly, Cullen, Peter J., Mobli, Mehdi, Ghai, Rajesh, Stroud, David A. and Collins, Brett M. (2022). Proteomic identification and structural basis for the interaction between sorting nexin SNX17 and PDLIM family proteins. Structure, 30 (12), 1590-1602.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2022.10.001
Paul, Blessy, Weeratunga, Saroja, Tillu, Vikas A., Hariri, Hanaa, Henne, W. Mike and Collins, Brett M. (2022). Structural predictions of the SNX-RGS proteins suggest they belong to a new class of lipid transfer proteins. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 10 826688, 826688. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2022.826688
Lo, Harriet P., Lim, Ye-Wheen, Xiong, Zherui, Martel, Nick, Ferguson, Charles, Ariotti, Nicholas, Giacomotto, Jean, Rae, James, Floetenmeyer, Matthias, Moradi, Shayli Varasteh, Gao, Ya, Tillu, Vikas A., Xia, Di, Wang, Huang, Rahnama, Samira, Nixon, Susan J., Bastiani, Michele, Day, Ryan D., Smith, Kelly A., Palpant, Nathan J., Johnston, Wayne A., Alexandrov, Kirill, Collins, Brett M., Hall, Thomas E. and Parton, Robert G. (2021). Cavin4 interacts with Bin1 to promote T-tubule formation and stability in developing skeletal muscle. Journal of Cell Biology, 220 (12) e201905065. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201905065
Parton, Robert G., Tillu, Vikas, McMahon, Kerrie-Ann and Collins, Brett M. (2021). Key phases in the formation of caveolae. Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 71, 7-14. doi: 10.1016/j.ceb.2021.01.009
McMahon, Kerrie-Ann, Stroud, David A., Gambin, Yann, Tillu, Vikas, Bastiani, Michele, Sierecki, Emma, Polinkovsky, Mark E., Hall, Thomas E., Gomez, Guillermo A., Wu, Yeping, Parat, Marie-Odile, Martel, Nick, Lo, Harriet P., Khanna, Kum Kum, Alexandrov, Kirill, Daly, Roger, Yap, Alpha, Ryan, Michael T. and Parton, Robert G. (2021). Cavin3 released from caveolae interacts with BRCA1 to regulate the cellular stress response. eLife, 10 e61407, 1-35. doi: 10.7554/elife.61407
Tillu, Vikas A., Rae, James, Gao, Ya, Ariotti, Nicholas, Floetenmeyer, Matthias, Kovtun, Oleksiy, McMahon, Kerrie-Ann, Chaudhary, Natasha, Parton, Robert G. and Collins, Brett M. (2021). Cavin1 intrinsically disordered domains are essential for fuzzy electrostatic interactions and caveola formation. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 931, 931. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21035-4
Zhou, Yong, Ariotti, Nicholas, Rae, James, Liang, Hong, Tillu, Vikas, Tee, Shern, Bastiani, Michele, Bademosi, Adekunle T., Collins, Brett M., Meunier, Frederic A., Hancock, John F. and Parton, Robert G. (2021). Caveolin-1 and cavin1 act synergistically to generate a unique lipid environment in caveolae. Journal of Cell Biology, 220 (3) e202005138. doi: 10.1083/jcb.202005138
Das Gupta, Kaustav, Shakespear, Melanie R., Curson, James E.B., Murthy, Ambika M.V., Iyer, Abishek, Hodson, Mark P., Ramnath, Divya, Tillu, Vikas A., von Pein, Jessica B., Reid, Robert C., Tunny, Kathryn, Hohenhaus, Daniel M., Moradi, Shayli Varasteh, Kelly, Gregory M., Kobayashi, Takumi, Gunter, Jennifer H., Stevenson, Alexander J., Xu, Weijun, Luo, Lin, Jones, Alun, Johnston, Wayne A., Blumenthal, Antje, Alexandrov, Kirill, Collins, Brett M., Stow, Jennifer L., Fairlie, David P. and Sweet, Matthew J. (2020). Class IIa histone deacetylases drive toll-like receptor-inducible glycolysis and macrophage inflammatory responses via pyruvate kinase M2. Cell Reports, 30 (8), 2712-2728.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.02.007
McMahon, Kerrie-Ann, Wu, Yeping, Gambin, Yann, Sierecki, Emma, Tillu, Vikas A., Hall, Thomas, Martel, Nick, Okano, Satomi, Moradi, Shayli Varasteh, Ruelcke, Jayde E., Ferguson, Charles, Yap, Alpha S., Alexandrov, Kirill, Hill, Michelle M. and Parton, Robert G. (2019). Identification of intracellular cavin target proteins reveals cavin-PP1alpha interactions regulate apoptosis. Nature Communications, 10 (1) 3279, 3279. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-11111-1
Chen, Kai-En, Tillu, Vikas A., Chandra, Mintu and Collins, Brett M. (2018). Molecular basis for membrane recruitment by the PX and C2 domains of Class II Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase-C2α. Structure, 26 (12), 1612-1625.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2018.08.010
Tillu, Vikas A., Lim, Ye-Wheen, Kovtun, Oleksiy, Mureev, Sergey, Ferguson, Charles, Bastiani, Michele, McMahon, Kerrie-Ann, Lo, Harriet P., Hall, Thomas E., Alexandrov, Kirill, Collins, Brett M. and Parton, Robert G. (2018). A variable undecad repeat domain in cavin1 regulates caveola formation and stability. EMBO Reports, 19 (9) e45775. doi: 10.15252/embr.201845775
Healy, Michael D., Hospenthal, Manuela K., Hall, Ryan J., Chandra, Mintu, Chilton, Molly, Tillu, Vikas, Chen, Kai-En, Celligoi, Dion J., McDonald, Fiona J., Cullen, Peter J., Lott, J. Shaun, Collins, Brett M. and Ghai, Rajesh (2018). Structural insights into the architecture and membrane interactions of the conserved COMMD proteins. eLife, 7 e35898. doi: 10.7554/elife.35898
Parton, Robert G, Tillu, Vikas A and Collins, Brett M (2018). Caveolae. Current Biology, 28 (8), R402-R405. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.11.075
Tillu, Vikas A., Kovtun, Oleksiy, McMahon, Kerrie-Ann, Collins, Brett M. and Parton, Robert G. (2015). A phosphoinositide-binding cluster in cavin1 acts as a molecular sensor for cavin1 degradation. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 26 (20), 3561-3569. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E15-06-0359
Kovtun, Oleksiy, Tillu, Vikas A., Ariotti, Nicholas, Parton, Robert G. and Collins, Brett M. (2015). Cavin family proteins and the assembly of caveolae. Journal of Cell Science, 128 (7), 1269-1278. doi: 10.1242/jcs.167866
Kovtun, Oleksiy, Tilu, Vikas A., Jung, WooRam, Leneva, Natalya, Ariotti, Nicholas, Chaudhary, Natasha, Mandyam, Ramya A., Ferguson, Charles, Morgan, Garry P., Johnston, Wayne A., Harrop, Stephen J., Alexandrov, Kirill, Parton, Robert G. and Collins, Brett M. (2014). Structural insights into the organization of the cavin membrane coat complex. Developmental Cell, 31 (4), 405-419. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2014.10.002
Sheokand, Navdeep, Malhotra, Himanshu, Kumar, Santosh, Tillu, Vikas A., Chauhan, Anoop S., Raje, Chaaya I. and Raje, Manoj (2014). Moonlighting cell-surface GAPDH recruits apotransferrin to effect iron egress from mammalian cells. Journal of Cell Science, 127 (19), 4279-4291. doi: 10.1242/jcs.154005
Boradia, Vishant Mahendra, Malhotra, Himanshu, Thakkar, Janak Shrikant, Tillu, Vikas Ajit, Vuppala, Bhavana, Patil, Pravinkumar, Sheokand, Nadeep, Sharma, Prerna, Chauhan, Anoop Singh, Raje, Manoj and Raje, Chaaya Iyengar (2014). Mycobacterium tuberculosis acquires iron by cell-surface sequestration and internalization of human holo-transferrin. Nature Communications, 5 (4730) 4730, 1-13. doi: 10.1038/ncomms5730
Sheokand, Navdeep, Kumar, Santosh, Malhotra, Himanshu, Tillu, Vikas, Raje, Chaaya Iyengar and Raje, Manoj (2013). Secreted glyceraldehye-3-phosphate dehydrogenase is a multifunctional autocrine transferrin receptor for cellular iron acquisition. BBA - General Subjects , 1830 (6), 3816-3827. doi: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2013.03.019
Kar, Subhabrata, Tillu, Vikas A., Meena, Shiv Charan and Pande, Abhay H. (2011). Closely related oxidized phospholipids differentially modulate the physicochemical properties of lipid particles. Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, 164 (1), 54-61. doi: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2010.10.006
Pande, Abhay H. and Tillu, Vikas A. (2011). Membrane lipid composition differentially modulates the function of human plasma platelet activating factor-acetylhydrolase. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, 1811 (1), 46-56. doi: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2010.09.002
Conference Papers
Gao, Ya, Tillu, Vikas A., Wu, Yeping, Rae, James, Hall, Thomas E., Chen, Kai-En, Weeratunga, Saroja, Guo, Qian, Parton, Robert G. and Collins, Brett M. (2023). Discovery and structural characterization of novel nanobodies targeting the Cavin1 complex essential for forming caveola membrane vesicles. XXVI IUCr Congress, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 22-29 August 2023. Hoboken, NJ United States: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1107/s2053273323086825
Gao, Ya, Tillu, Vikas A., Wu, Yeping, Rae, James, Hall, Thomas E., Chen, Kai-en, Weeratunga, Saroja, Guo, Qian, Parton, Robert G. and Collins, Brett M. (2023). Discovery and structural characterization of novel nanobodies targeting the Cavin1 complex essential for forming caveola membrane vesicles. XXVI IUCr Congress, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 22-29 August 2023. Hoboken, NJ United States: Wiley-Blackwell.
Collins, B., Kovtun, O., Tillu, V. and Parton, R. (2014). Molecular organization and membrane interactions of the cavin coat complex. FEBS EMBO 2014 Conference, Paris France, Aug 30-Sep 04, 2014. HOBOKEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL.
Kovtun, O., Tillu, V., Jung, W., Leneva, N., Ariotti, N., Alexandrov, K., Parton, R. and Collins, B. (2014). Structural dissection of architecture of caveolar protein coat. FEBS EMBO 2014 Conference, Paris, France, 30 August - 4 September, 2014. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.
Sheokand, N., Malhotra, H., Tillu, V., Kumar, S. and Raje, M. (2012). Cell surface GAPDH recruits Apo Tf to facilitate iron export in iron overloaded cells.. AMER SOC CELL BIOLOGY.
Thesis
Tillu, Vikas Ajit (2016). Structural and functional characterisation of the cavin membrane coat complex. PhD Thesis, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2016.815