Enhancing CNS mitophagy: drug development and disease-relevant models

KS Dhar, B Townsend, AP Montgomery… - Trends in …, 2024 - cell.com
Mitophagy, the selective degradation of mitochondria, is impaired in many
neurodegenerative diseases (NDs), resulting in an accumulation of dysfunctional …

[HTML][HTML] Coordinating BNIP3/NIX-mediated mitophagy in space and time

NM Niemi, JR Friedman - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2024 - portlandpress.com
Mitochondria maintain organellar homeostasis through multiple quality control pathways,
including the clearance of defective or unwanted mitochondria by selective autophagy. This …

Dual-localized PPTC7 limits mitophagy through proximal and dynamic interactions with BNIP3 and NIX

L Wei, MO Gok, JD Svoboda, KL Kozul… - Life Science …, 2024 - life-science-alliance.org
PPTC7 is a mitochondrial-localized phosphatase that suppresses BNIP3-and NIX-mediated
mitophagy, but the mechanisms underlying this regulation remain ill-defined. Here, we …

Reconstitution of BNIP3/NIX-mediated autophagy reveals two pathways and hierarchical flexibility of the initiation machinery

E Adriaenssens, S Schaar, ASI Cook, JFM Stuke… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Selective autophagy is a lysosomal degradation pathway that is critical for maintaining
cellular homeostasis by disposing of harmful cellular material. While the mechanisms by …

Sex and Region-Specific Disruption of Autophagy and Mitophagy in Alzheimer's Disease: Linking Cellular Dysfunction to Cognitive Decline

A Adlimoghaddam, F Fayazbakhsh, M Mohammadi… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Macroautophagy and mitophagy are critical processes in Alzheimer disease (AD), yet their
links to behavioral outcomes, particularly sex-specific differences, are not fully understood …