Disturbed mitochondrial dynamics and neurodegenerative disorders

F Burté, V Carelli, PF Chinnery… - Nature reviews …, 2015‏ - nature.com
Mitochondria form a highly interconnected tubular network throughout the cell via a dynamic
process, with mitochondrial segments fusing and breaking apart continuously. Strong …

Regulation of mammalian mitochondrial dynamics: opportunities and challenges

R Yu, U Lendahl, M Nistér, J Zhao - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Mitochondria are highly dynamic organelles and important for a variety of cellular functions.
They constantly undergo fission and fusion events, referred to as mitochondrial dynamics …

[HTML][HTML] Apoptotic stress causes mtDNA release during senescence and drives the SASP

S Victorelli, H Salmonowicz, J Chapman, H Martini… - Nature, 2023‏ - nature.com
Senescent cells drive age-related tissue dysfunction partially through the induction of a
chronic senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP). Mitochondria are major …

Mitochondrial complex I inhibition triggers a mitophagy-dependent ROS increase leading to necroptosis and ferroptosis in melanoma cells

F Basit, LMPE Van Oppen, L Schöckel… - Cell death & …, 2017‏ - nature.com
Inhibition of complex I (CI) of the mitochondrial respiratory chain by BAY 87-2243 ('BAY')
triggers death of BRAF V600E melanoma cell lines and inhibits in vivo tumor growth. Here …

Mfn2 ubiquitination by PINK1/parkin gates the p97-dependent release of ER from mitochondria to drive mitophagy

GL McLelland, T Goiran, W Yi, G Dorval, CX Chen… - elife, 2018‏ - elifesciences.org
Despite their importance as signaling hubs, the function of mitochondria-ER contact sites in
mitochondrial quality control pathways remains unexplored. Here we describe a mechanism …

Modulating mitofusins to control mitochondrial function and signaling

E Zacharioudakis, B Agianian, V Kumar MV… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Mitofusins reside on the outer mitochondrial membrane and regulate mitochondrial fusion, a
physiological process that impacts diverse cellular processes. Mitofusins are activated by …

Newly born peroxisomes are a hybrid of mitochondrial and ER-derived pre-peroxisomes

A Sugiura, S Mattie, J Prudent, HM McBride - Nature, 2017‏ - nature.com
Peroxisomes function together with mitochondria in a number of essential biochemical
pathways, from bile acid synthesis to fatty acid oxidation. Peroxisomes grow and divide from …

Mitochondrial membrane permeabilization in cell death

G Kroemer, L Galluzzi, C Brenner - Physiological reviews, 2007‏ - journals.physiology.org
Irrespective of the morphological features of end-stage cell death (that may be apoptotic,
necrotic, autophagic, or mitotic), mitochondrial membrane permeabilization (MMP) is …

Inhibiting mitochondrial fission protects the heart against ischemia/reperfusion injury

SB Ong, S Subrayan, SY Lim, DM Yellon… - Circulation, 2010‏ - ahajournals.org
Background—Whether alterations in mitochondrial morphology affect the susceptibility of the
heart to ischemia/reperfusion injury is unknown. We hypothesized that modulating …

Mfn2 modulates the UPR and mitochondrial function via repression of PERK

JP Muñoz, S Ivanova, J Sánchez‐Wandelmer… - The EMBO …, 2013‏ - embopress.org
Mitofusin 2 (Mfn2) is a key protein in mitochondrial fusion and it participates in the bridging
of mitochondria to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Recent data indicate that Mfn2 ablation …