PERK pathway and neurodegenerative disease: to inhibit or to activate?

T Shacham, C Patel, GZ Lederkremer - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
With the extension of life span in recent decades, there is an increasing burden of late-onset
neurodegenerative diseases, for which effective treatments are lacking. Neurodegenerative …

The common cellular events in the neurodegenerative diseases and the associated role of endoplasmic reticulum stress

S Kim, DK Kim, S Jeong, J Lee - International journal of molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Neurodegenerative diseases are inseparably linked with aging and increase as life
expectancy extends. There are common dysfunctions in various cellular events shared …

Trazodone rescues dysregulated synaptic and mitochondrial nascent proteomes in prion neurodegeneration

H Albert-Gasco, HL Smith, B Alvarez-Castelao… - Brain, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The unfolded protein response (UPR) is rapidly gaining momentum as a therapeutic target
for protein misfolding neurodegenerative diseases, in which its overactivation results in …

Targeting integrated stress response with ISRIB combined with imatinib treatment attenuates RAS/RAF/MAPK and STAT5 signaling and eradicates chronic myeloid …

W Dudka, G Hoser, SS Mondal, L Turos-Korgul… - BMC cancer, 2022 - Springer
The integrated stress response (ISR) facilitates cellular adaptation to unfavorable conditions
by reprogramming the cellular response. ISR activation was reported in neurological …

The role of eIF2 phosphorylation in cell and organismal physiology: new roles for well-known actors

X Wang, CG Proud - Biochemical Journal, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Control of protein synthesis (mRNA translation) plays key roles in shaping the proteome and
in many physiological, including homeostatic, responses. One long-known translational …

Hyperactivation of ATF4/TGF-β1 signaling contributes to the progressive cardiac fibrosis in Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy caused by DSG2 Variant

B Zhang, Y Wu, C Zhou, J Xie, Y Zhang, X Yang, J Xiao… - BMC medicine, 2024 - Springer
Background Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is an inherited cardiomyopathy
characterized with progressive cardiac fibrosis and heart failure. However, the exact …

PERK-ATAD3A interaction provides a subcellular safe haven for protein synthesis during ER stress

KK Brar, DT Hughes, JL Morris, K Subramanian… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress induces the repression of protein synthesis throughout
the cell. Attempts to understand how localized stress leads to widespread repression have …

PERK-ATAD3A interaction protects mitochondrial proteins synthesis during ER stress

DT Hughes, KK Brar, JL Morris, K Subramanian… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Widespread repression of protein synthesis rates is a key feature of Endoplasmic Reticulum
(ER) stress, mediated by the ER sensor kinase PERK. While select transcripts escape this …

[HTML][HTML] PERK inhibition suppresses neovascularization and protects neurons during ischemia-induced retinopathy

S Shi, C Ding, S Zhu, F Xia, SE Buscho… - … & Visual Science, 2023 - jov.arvojournals.org
Purpose: Retinal ischemia is a common cause of a variety of eye diseases, such as
retinopathy of prematurity, diabetic retinopathy, and vein occlusion. Protein kinase RNA …

Trazodone rescues dysregulated synaptic and mitochondrial nascent translatomes in prion neurodegeneration

H Albert-Gasco, HL Smith, B Alvarez-Castelao… - BioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
The unfolded protein response (UPR) is rapidly gaining momentum as a therapeutic target
for protein misfolding neurodegenerative diseases, in which its overactivation results in …