Mitochondrial heterogeneity and homeostasis through the lens of a neuron

G Pekkurnaz, X Wang - Nature metabolism, 2022 - nature.com
Mitochondria are vital organelles with distinct morphological features and functional
properties. The dynamic network of mitochondria undergoes structural and functional …

Energy matters: presynaptic metabolism and the maintenance of synaptic transmission

S Li, ZH Sheng - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2022 - nature.com
Synaptic activity imposes large energy demands that are met by local adenosine
triphosphate (ATP) synthesis through glycolysis and mitochondrial oxidative …

[HTML][HTML] Mitocytosis, a migrasome-mediated mitochondrial quality-control process

H Jiao, D Jiang, X Hu, W Du, L Ji, Y Yang, X Li, T Sho… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Damaged mitochondria need to be cleared to maintain the quality of the mitochondrial pool.
Here, we report mitocytosis, a migrasome-mediated mitochondrial quality-control process …

Genome-wide analyses identify KIF5A as a novel ALS gene

A Nicolas, KP Kenna, AE Renton, N Ticozzi, F Faghri… - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
To identify novel genes associated with ALS, we undertook two lines of investigation. We
carried out a genome-wide association study comparing 20,806 ALS cases and 59,804 …

Structure and function of ER membrane contact sites with other organelles

MJ Phillips, GK Voeltz - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2016 - nature.com
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the largest organelle in the cell, and its functions have
been studied for decades. The past several years have provided novel insights into the …

Mechanisms and functions of lysosome positioning

J Pu, CM Guardia, T Keren-Kaplan… - Journal of cell …, 2016 - journals.biologists.com
Lysosomes have been classically considered terminal degradative organelles, but in recent
years they have been found to participate in many other cellular processes, including killing …

Mitochondrial dynamics and inheritance during cell division, development and disease

P Mishra, DC Chan - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2014 - nature.com
During cell division, it is critical to properly partition functional sets of organelles to each
daughter cell. The partitioning of mitochondria shares some common features with that of …

Nuclear-mitochondrial interactions

BR Walker, CT Moraes - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mitochondria, the cell's major energy producers, also act as signaling hubs, interacting with
other organelles both directly and indirectly. Despite having its own circular genome, the …

Mitochondrial transport in neurons: impact on synaptic homeostasis and neurodegeneration

ZH Sheng, Q Cai - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2012 - nature.com
Mitochondria have a number of essential roles in neuronal function. Their complex mobility
patterns within neurons are characterized by frequent changes in direction. Mobile …

Mitochondrial trafficking in neurons

TL Schwarz - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2013 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Neurons, perhaps more than any other cell type, depend on mitochondrial trafficking for their
survival. Recent studies have elucidated a motor/adaptor complex on the mitochondrial …