Mitochondrial membrane lipids in the regulation of bioenergetic flux

ST Decker, K Funai - Cell metabolism, 2024‏ - cell.com
Oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) occurs through and across the inner mitochondrial
membrane (IMM). Mitochondrial membranes contain a distinct lipid composition, aided by …

Reign in the membrane: How common lipids govern mitochondrial function

K Funai, SA Summers, J Rutter - Current opinion in cell biology, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The lipids that make up biological membranes tend to be the forgotten molecules of cell
biology. The paucity of data on these important entities likely reflects the difficulties of …

Cardiolipin-targeted NIR-II fluorophore causes “avalanche effects” for re-engaging cancer apoptosis and inhibiting metastasis

H Bian, D Ma, F Pan, X Zhang, K **n… - Journal of the …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Restoring innate apoptosis and simultaneously inhibiting metastasis by a molecular drug is
an effective cancer therapeutic approach. Herein, a large rigid and V-shaped NIR-II dye …

Mitochondrial protein interaction landscape of SS-31

JD Chavez, X Tang, MD Campbell, G Reyes… - Proceedings of the …, 2020‏ - pnas.org
Mitochondrial dysfunction underlies the etiology of a broad spectrum of diseases including
heart disease, cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, and the general aging process …

Phospholipid ebb and flow makes mitochondria go

MG Acoba, N Senoo, SM Claypool - Journal of Cell Biology, 2020‏ - rupress.org
Mitochondria, so much more than just being energy factories, also have the capacity to
synthesize macromolecules including phospholipids, particularly cardiolipin (CL) and …

How cardiolipin modulates the dynamics of respiratory complex I

A Jussupow, A Di Luca, VRI Kaila - Science advances, 2019‏ - science.org
Cardiolipin modulates the activity of membrane-bound respiratory enzymes that catalyze
biological energy transduction. The respiratory complex I functions as the primary redox …

Dynamic cardiolipin synthesis is required for CD8+ T cell immunity

M Corrado, J Edwards-Hicks, M Villa, LJ Flachsmann… - Cell metabolism, 2020‏ - cell.com
Mitochondria constantly adapt to the metabolic needs of a cell. This mitochondrial plasticity
is critical to T cells, which modulate metabolism depending on antigen-driven signals and …

Position-dependent diffusion tensors in anisotropic media from simulation: oxygen transport in and through membranes

A Ghysels, RM Venable, RW Pastor… - Journal of chemical …, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
A Bayesian-based methodology is developed to estimate diffusion tensors from molecular
dynamics simulations of permeants in anisotropic media, and is applied to oxygen in lipid …

Cobra venom cytotoxins as a tool for probing mechanisms of mitochondrial energetics and understanding mitochondrial membrane structure

ES Gasanoff, RK Dagda - Toxins, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
In this paper, we provide an overview of mitochondrial bioenergetics and specific conditions
that lead to the formation of non-bilayer structures in mitochondria. Secondly, we provide a …

TAZ encodes tafazzin, a transacylase essential for cardiolipin formation and central to the etiology of Barth syndrome

AO Garlid, CT Schaffer, J Kim, H Bhatt… - Gene, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Tafazzin, which is encoded by the TAZ gene, catalyzes transacylation to form mature
cardiolipin and shows preference for the transfer of a linoleic acid (LA) group from …