Molecular mechanisms and physiological functions of mitophagy

M Onishi, K Yamano, M Sato, N Matsuda… - The EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
Degradation of mitochondria via a selective form of autophagy, named mitophagy, is a
fundamental mechanism conserved from yeast to humans that regulates mitochondrial …

Mitochondrial quality control in health and in Parkinson's disease

MA Eldeeb, RA Thomas, MA Ragheb… - Physiological …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
As a central hub for cellular metabolism and intracellular signaling, the mitochondrion is a
pivotal organelle, dysfunction of which has been linked to several human diseases including …

Regulation of mitochondrial biogenesis as a way for active longevity: interaction between the Nrf2 and PGC-1α signaling pathways

AP Gureev, EA Shaforostova, VN Popov - Frontiers in genetics, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Aging is a general degenerative process related to deterioration of cell functions in the entire
organism. Mitochondria, which play a key role in energy homeostasis and metabolism of …

Calcium signaling regulates autophagy and apoptosis

P Sukumaran, V Nascimento Da Conceicao, Y Sun… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Calcium (Ca2+) functions as a second messenger that is critical in regulating fundamental
physiological functions such as cell growth/development, cell survival, neuronal …

Macroautophagy in CNS health and disease

CJ Griffey, A Yamamoto - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2022 - nature.com
Macroautophagy is an evolutionarily conserved process that delivers diverse cellular
contents to lysosomes for degradation. As our understanding of this pathway grows, so does …

Autophagy in Parkinson's disease

X Hou, JO Watzlawik, FC Fiesel, W Springer - Journal of molecular biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Impaired protein homeostasis and accumulation of damaged or abnormally modified protein
are common disease mechanisms in many neurodegenerative disorders, including …

Building and decoding ubiquitin chains for mitophagy

JW Harper, A Ordureau, JM Heo - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2018 - nature.com
Mitochondria produce energy in the form of ATP via oxidative phosphorylation. As defects in
oxidative phosphorylation can generate harmful reactive oxygen species, it is important that …

Necrotic, apoptotic and autophagic cell fates triggered by nanoparticles

R Mohammadinejad, MA Moosavi, S Tavakol… - Autophagy, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Nanomaterials have gained a rapid increase in use in a variety of applications that pertain to
many aspects of human life. The majority of these innovations are centered on medical …

The roles of PINK1, parkin, and mitochondrial fidelity in Parkinson's disease

AM Pickrell, RJ Youle - Neuron, 2015 - cell.com
Understanding the function of genes mutated in hereditary forms of Parkinson's disease
yields insight into disease etiology and reveals new pathways in cell biology. Although …

The PINK1-PARKIN mitochondrial ubiquitylation pathway drives a program of OPTN/NDP52 recruitment and TBK1 activation to promote mitophagy

JM Heo, A Ordureau, JA Paulo, J Rinehart, JW Harper - Molecular cell, 2015 - cell.com
Damaged mitochondria are detrimental to cellular homeostasis. One mechanism for removal
of damaged mitochondria involves the PINK1-PARKIN pathway, which poly-ubiquitylates …