Mitochondria in health, disease, and aging

JS Harrington, SW Ryter, M Plataki… - Physiological …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Mitochondria are well known as organelles responsible for the maintenance of cellular
bioenergetics through the production of ATP. Although oxidative phosphorylation may be …

[HTML][HTML] Determinants and outcomes of mitochondrial dynamics

R Quintana-Cabrera, L Scorrano - Molecular Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Mitochondria are not only central organelles in metabolism and energy conversion but are
also platforms for cellular signaling cascades. Classically, the shape and ultrastructure of …

The role of mitochondrial fission in cardiovascular health and disease

JM Quiles, ÅB Gustafsson - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2022 - nature.com
Mitochondria are organelles involved in the regulation of various important cellular
processes, ranging from ATP generation to immune activation. A healthy mitochondrial …

Cholesterol transfer via endoplasmic reticulum contacts mediates lysosome damage repair

M Radulovic, EM Wenzel, S Gilani, LKK Holland… - The EMBO …, 2022 - embopress.org
Lysosome integrity is essential for cell viability, and lesions in lysosome membranes are
repaired by the ESCRT machinery. Here, we describe an additional mechanism for …

ER as master regulator of membrane trafficking and organelle function

EM Wenzel, LA Elfmark, H Stenmark… - Journal of cell biology, 2022 - rupress.org
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER), which occupies a large portion of the cytoplasm, is the
cell's main site for the biosynthesis of lipids and carbohydrate conjugates, and it is essential …

Mitochondrial signalling and homeostasis: from cell biology to neurological disease

JJ Collier, M Oláhová, TG McWilliams… - Trends in …, 2023 - cell.com
Efforts to understand how mitochondrial dysfunction contributes to neurodegeneration have
primarily focussed on the role of mitochondria in neuronal energy metabolism. However …

Light-activated mitochondrial fission through optogenetic control of mitochondria-lysosome contacts

K Qiu, W Zou, H Fang, M Hao, K Mehta, Z Tian… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Mitochondria are highly dynamic organelles whose fragmentation by fission is critical to their
functional integrity and cellular homeostasis. Here, we develop a method via optogenetic …

[HTML][HTML] Nutrient-regulated control of lysosome function by signaling lipid conversion

M Ebner, D Puchkov, O López-Ortega… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Lysosomes serve dual antagonistic functions in cells by mediating anabolic growth signaling
and the catabolic turnover of macromolecules. How these janus-faced activities are …

Lysosomes in senescence and aging

JX Tan, T Finkel - EMBO reports, 2023 - embopress.org
Dysfunction of lysosomes, the primary hydrolytic organelles in animal cells, is frequently
associated with aging and age‐related diseases. At the cellular level, lysosomal dysfunction …

HKDC1, a target of TFEB, is essential to maintain both mitochondrial and lysosomal homeostasis, preventing cellular senescence

M Cui, K Yamano, K Yamamoto… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Mitochondrial and lysosomal functions are intimately linked and are critical for cellular
homeostasis, as evidenced by the fact that cellular senescence, aging, and multiple …