Molecular mechanisms and regulation of mammalian mitophagy

V Choubey, A Zeb, A Kaasik - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mitochondria in the cell are the center for energy production, essential biomolecule
synthesis, and cell fate determination. Moreover, the mitochondrial functional versatility …

Mitophagy: A novel perspective for insighting into cancer and cancer treatment

C Song, S Pan, J Zhang, N Li, Q Geng - Cell Proliferation, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Mitophagy refers to the selective self‐elimination of mitochondria under
damaged or certain developmental conditions. As an important regulatory mechanism to …

Distinct proteostasis circuits cooperate in nuclear and cytoplasmic protein quality control

RS Samant, CM Livingston, EM Sontag, J Frydman - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Protein misfolding is linked to a wide array of human disorders, including Alzheimer's
disease, Parkinson's disease and type II diabetes,. Protective cellular protein quality control …

Protein degradation: expanding the toolbox to restrain cancer drug resistance

H Ming, B Li, J Jiang, S Qin, EC Nice, W He… - Journal of hematology & …, 2023 - Springer
Despite significant progress in clinical management, drug resistance remains a major
obstacle. Recent research based on protein degradation to restrain drug resistance has …

Ubiquitination of NLRP3 by gp78/Insig-1 restrains NLRP3 inflammasome activation

T Xu, W Yu, H Fang, Z Wang, Z Chi, X Guo… - Cell Death & …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The NLRP3 (NOD−, LRR− and pyrin domain-containing protein 3) inflammasome
plays a pivotal role in defending the host against infection as well as sterile inflammation …

Staphylococcal virulence factor HlgB targets the endoplasmic-reticulum-resident E3 ubiquitin ligase AMFR to promote pneumonia

L Sun, H Zhang, H Zhang, X Lou, Z Wang, Y Wu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Staphylococcus aureus invades cells and persists intracellularly, causing persistent
inflammation that is notoriously difficult to treat. Here we investigated host–pathogen …

Mitofusins: disease gatekeepers and hubs in mitochondrial quality control by E3 ligases

M Escobar-Henriques, M Joaquim - Frontiers in physiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Mitochondria are dynamic organelles engaged in quality control and aging processes. They
constantly undergo fusion, fission, transport, and anchoring events, which empower …

Protein quality control in the endoplasmic reticulum and cancer

HW Moon, HG Han, YJ Jeon - International journal of molecular sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is an essential compartment of the biosynthesis, folding,
assembly, and trafficking of secretory and transmembrane proteins, and consequently …

Gp78 deficiency in hepatocytes alleviates hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury via suppressing ACSL4-mediated ferroptosis

C Li, Y Wu, K Chen, R Chen, S Xu, B Yang, Z Lian… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Ferroptosis, which is driven by iron-dependent lipid peroxidation, plays an essential role in
liver ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) during liver transplantation (LT). Gp78, an E3 ligase …

AMFR drives allergic asthma development by promoting alveolar macrophage–derived GM-CSF production

H Zhang, R Wei, X Yang, L Xu, H Jiang, M Li… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - rupress.org
Alveolar macrophages (AMs) are specialized tissue-resident macrophages that orchestrate
the immune response in allergic inflammation and asthma. However, what signals direct …