Mitochondrial and metabolic dysfunction in ageing and age-related diseases

JA Amorim, G Coppotelli, AP Rolo… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Organismal ageing is accompanied by progressive loss of cellular function and systemic
deterioration of multiple tissues, leading to impaired function and increased vulnerability to …

Cardiolipin, mitochondria, and neurological disease

M Falabella, HJ Vernon, MG Hanna… - Trends in Endocrinology …, 2021 - cell.com
Over the past decade, it has become clear that lipid homeostasis is central to cellular
metabolism. Lipids are particularly abundant in the central nervous system (CNS) where …

Cardiolipin in immune signaling and cell death

M Pizzuto, P Pelegrin - Trends in cell biology, 2020 - cell.com
Cardiolipin (CL) is a tetra-acylated diphosphatidylglycerol lipid. In physiological conditions,
CL presents unsaturated chains and is located in the inner mitochondria membrane (IMM) …

Phospholipid acyl chain diversity controls the tissue-specific assembly of mitochondrial cardiolipins

G Oemer, J Koch, Y Wohlfarter, MT Alam, K Lackner… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Cardiolipin (CL) is a phospholipid specific for mitochondrial membranes and crucial for
many core tasks of this organelle. Its acyl chain configurations are tissue specific …

Anomalous peroxidase activity of cytochrome c is the primary pathogenic target in Barth syndrome

VE Kagan, YY Tyurina, K Mikulska-Ruminska… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Barth syndrome (BTHS) is a life-threatening genetic disorder with unknown pathogenicity
caused by mutations in TAFAZZIN (TAZ) that affect remodeling of mitochondrial cardiolipin …

The TMEM189 gene encodes plasmanylethanolamine desaturase which introduces the characteristic vinyl ether double bond into plasmalogens

ER Werner, MA Keller, S Sailer… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
A significant fraction of the glycerophospholipids in the human body is composed of
plasmalogens, particularly in the brain, cardiac, and immune cell membranes. A decline in …

Increasing the chemical variety of small-molecule-based TLR4 modulators: An overview

A Romerio, F Peri - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Toll-Like Receptor 4 (TLR4) is one of the receptors of innate immunity. It is activated by
Pathogen-and Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns (PAMPs and DAMPs) and triggers …

Returning to the fold for lessons in mitochondrial crista diversity and evolution

T Pánek, M Eliáš, M Vancová, J Lukeš, H Hashimi - Current Biology, 2020 - cell.com
Cristae are infoldings of the mitochondrial inner membrane jutting into the organelle's
innermost compartment from narrow stems at their base called crista junctions. They are …

Mitochondria pleiotropism in stem cell senescence: Mechanisms and therapeutic approaches

C Mas-Bargues - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Aging is a complex biological process characterized by a progressive decline in cellular and
tissue function, ultimately leading to organismal aging. Stem cells, with their regenerative …

Clinical presentation and natural history of Barth Syndrome: An overview

C Taylor, ES Rao, G Pierre… - Journal of Inherited …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Barth Syndrome is a rare X‐linked disorder caused by pathogenic variants in the gene
TAFAZZIN, which encodes for an enzyme involved in the remodeling of cardiolipin, a …