The creatine kinase system and pleiotropic effects of creatine

T Wallimann, M Tokarska-Schlattner, U Schlattner - Amino acids, 2011 - Springer
The pleiotropic effects of creatine (Cr) are based mostly on the functions of the enzyme
creatine kinase (CK) and its high-energy product phosphocreatine (PCr). Multidisciplinary …

Mitochondrial dynamics in neuronal injury, development and plasticity

KH Flippo, S Strack - Journal of cell science, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
Mitochondria fulfill numerous cellular functions including ATP production, Ca2+ buffering,
neurotransmitter synthesis and degradation, ROS production and sequestration, apoptosis …

Biochemical adaptations of the retina and retinal pigment epithelium support a metabolic ecosystem in the vertebrate eye

MA Kanow, MM Giarmarco, CSR Jankowski… - elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
Here we report multiple lines of evidence for a comprehensive model of energy metabolism
in the vertebrate eye. Metabolic flux, locations of key enzymes, and our finding that glucose …

Retinal metabolism: a comparative look at energetics in the retina

MW Country - Brain research, 2017 - Elsevier
The retina is part of the central nervous system, and shares the characteristically high
metabolism of the brain. The high energy demand of the retina is normally matched with a …

Glucose, lactate, and shuttling of metabolites in vertebrate retinas

JB Hurley, KJ Lindsay, J Du - Journal of neuroscience research, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The vertebrate retina has specific functions and structures that give it a unique set of
constraints on the way in which it can produce and use metabolic energy. The retina's …

Lateral interactions in the outer retina

WB Thoreson, SC Mangel - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2012 - Elsevier
Lateral interactions in the outer retina, particularly negative feedback from horizontal cells to
cones and direct feed-forward input from horizontal cells to bipolar cells, play a number of …

Hypoxia-induced metabolic stress in retinal pigment epithelial cells is sufficient to induce photoreceptor degeneration

T Kurihara, PD Westenskow, ML Gantner, Y Usui… - Elife, 2016 - elifesciences.org
Photoreceptors are the most numerous and metabolically demanding cells in the retina.
Their primary nutrient source is the choriocapillaris, and both the choriocapillaris and …

Metabolomics in the study of retinal health and disease

I Laíns, M Gantner, S Murinello, JA Lasky-Su… - Progress in retinal and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Metabolomics is the qualitative and quantitative assessment of the metabolites (small
molecules< 1.5 kDa) in body fluids. The metabolites are the downstream of the genetic …

Retinal energy demands control vascular supply of the retina in development and disease: The role of neuronal lipid and glucose metabolism

JS Joyal, ML Gantner, LEH Smith - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2018 - Elsevier
Neuronal energy demands are met by a tightly coupled and adaptive vascular network that
supplies nutrients and oxygen. The retina is one of the highest energy-consuming organs …

[HTML][HTML] Quantification of oxygen consumption in retina ex vivo demonstrates limited reserve capacity of photoreceptor mitochondria

K Kooragayala, N Gotoh, T Cogliati… - … & visual science, 2015 - arvojournals.org
Purpose: Cell death in neurodegeneration occurs at the convergence of diverse metabolic
pathways. In the retina, a common underlying mechanism involves mitochondrial …