OPA1: How much do we know to approach therapy?

V Del Dotto, M Fogazza, G Lenaers, M Rugolo… - Pharmacological …, 2018 - Elsevier
OPA1 is a GTPase that controls several functions, such as mitochondrial dynamics and
energetics, mtDNA maintenance and cristae integrity. In the last years, there have been …

OPA1-associated disorders: phenotypes and pathophysiology

P Amati-Bonneau, D Milea, D Bonneau… - The international journal …, 2009 - Elsevier
The OPA1 gene, encoding a dynamin-like mitochondrial GTPase, is involved in autosomal
dominant optic atrophy (ADOA, OMIM# 165500). ADOA, also known as Kjer's optic atrophy …

[HTML][HTML] Solving a 50 year mystery of a missing OPA1 mutation: more insights from the first family diagnosed with autosomal dominant optic atrophy

N Fuhrmann, S Schimpf, Y Kamenisch… - Molecular …, 2010 - Springer
Background Up to the 1950s, there was an ongoing debate about the diversity of hereditary
optic neuropathies, in particular as to whether all inherited optic atrophies can be ascribed to …

[HTML][HTML] Dominant Optic Atrophy (DOA): modeling the kaleidoscopic roles of OPA1 in mitochondrial homeostasis

V Del Dotto, V Carelli - Frontiers in Neurology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In the year 2000, the discovery of OPA1 mutations as causative for dominant optic atrophy
(DOA) was pivotal to rapidly expand the field of mitochondrial dynamics and describe the …

OPA1-related disorders: diversity of clinical expression, modes of inheritance and pathophysiology

JMC de La Barca, D Prunier-Mirebeau… - Neurobiology of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Mutations in the Optic Atrophy 1 gene (OPA1) were first identified in 2000 as the
main cause of Dominant Optic Atrophy, a disease specifically affecting the retinal ganglion …

OPA1 functions in mitochondria and dysfunctions in optic nerve

G Lenaers, P Reynier, G ElAchouri… - The international journal …, 2009 - Elsevier
OPA1 is the major gene responsible for Dominant Optic Atrophy (DOA), a blinding disease
that affects specifically the retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), which function consists in …

Loss of functional OPA 1 unbalances redox state: implications in dominant optic atrophy pathogenesis

AMC Millet, AM Bertholet, M Daloyau… - Annals of clinical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objective OPA 1 mutations cause protein haploinsufficiency leading to dominant optic
atrophy (DOA), an incurable retinopathy with variable severity. Up to 20% of patients also …

[HTML][HTML] Loss of OPA1 disturbs cellular calcium homeostasis and sensitizes for excitotoxicity

YE Kushnareva, AA Gerencser, B Bossy… - Cell Death & …, 2013 - nature.com
Abstract Optic atrophy 1 (OPA1) mutations cause dominant optic atrophy (DOA) with retinal
ganglion cell (RGC) and optic nerve degeneration. The mechanism for the selective …

OPA1 mutations impair mitochondrial function in both pure and complicated dominant optic atrophy

P Yu-Wai-Man, MI Trenell, KG Hollingsworth… - Brain, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Sir, Autosomal dominant optic atrophy (DOA) is a common cause of inherited visual failure
affecting at least 1 in 35000 of the general population (Yu-Wai-Man et al., 2010a) …

[HTML][HTML] Optimized OPA1 Isoforms 1 and 7 provide therapeutic benefit in models of mitochondrial dysfunction

DM Maloney, N Chadderton… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Optic Atrophy 1 (OPA1) is a mitochondrially targeted GTPase that plays a pivotal role in
mitochondrial health, with mutations causing severe mitochondrial dysfunction and typically …