Mechanisms of mitophagy

RJ Youle, DP Narendra - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2011 - nature.com
Autophagy not only recycles intracellular components to compensate for nutrient deprivation
but also selectively eliminates organelles to regulate their number and maintain quality …

What genetics tells us about the causes and mechanisms of Parkinson's disease

O Corti, S Lesage, A Brice - Physiological reviews, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common motor disorder of mysterious etiology. It is due to the
progressive degeneration of the dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra and is …

PINK1/Parkin-mediated mitophagy is dependent on VDAC1 and p62/SQSTM1

S Geisler, KM Holmström, D Skujat, FC Fiesel… - Nature cell …, 2010 - nature.com
Parkinson's disease is the most common neurodegenerative movement disorder. Mutations
in PINK1 and PARKIN are the most frequent causes of recessive Parkinson's disease …

Mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson's disease: molecular mechanisms and pathophysiological consequences

N Exner, AK Lutz, C Haass, KF Winklhofer - The EMBO journal, 2012 - embopress.org
Neurons are critically dependent on mitochondrial integrity based on specific morphological,
biochemical, and physiological features. They are characterized by high rates of metabolic …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson's disease

KF Winklhofer, C Haass - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular …, 2010 - Elsevier
Mitochondria are highly dynamic organelles which fulfill a plethora of functions. In addition to
their prominent role in energy metabolism, mitochondria are intimately involved in various …

Role of manganese in neurodegenerative diseases

AB Bowman, GF Kwakye, EH Hernández… - Journal of trace elements …, 2011 - Elsevier
Manganese (Mn) is an essential ubiquitous trace element that is required for normal growth,
development and cellular homeostasis. Exposure to high Mn levels causes a clinical …

Bcl-2 family proteins participate in mitochondrial quality control by regulating Parkin/PINK1-dependent mitophagy

E Hollville, RG Carroll, SP Cullen, SJ Martin - Molecular cell, 2014 - cell.com
Mitophagy facilitates the selective elimination of impaired or depolarized mitochondria
through targeting the latter to autophagosomes. Parkin becomes localized to depolarized …

RBR E3 ubiquitin ligases: new structures, new insights, new questions

DE Spratt, H Walden, GS Shaw - Biochemical journal, 2014 - portlandpress.com
The RBR (RING-BetweenRING-RING) or TRIAD [two RING fingers and a DRIL (double
RING finger linked)] E3 ubiquitin ligases comprise a group of 12 complex multidomain …

Somatic mutations of the Parkinson's disease–associated gene PARK2 in glioblastoma and other human malignancies

S Veeriah, BS Taylor, S Meng, F Fang, E Yilmaz… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Mutation of the gene PARK2, which encodes an E3 ubiquitin ligase, is the most common
cause of early-onset Parkinson's disease,,. In a search for multisite tumor suppressors, we …

The PINK1/Parkin-mediated mitophagy is compromised by PD-associated mutations

S Geisler, KM Holmström, A Treis, D Skujat, SS Weber… - Autophagy, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Mitochondrial dysfunction is an early sign of many neurodegenerative diseases. Very
recently, two Parkinson disease (PD) associated genes, PINK1 and Parkin, were shown to …