The tubulin code and its role in controlling microtubule properties and functions

C Janke, MM Magiera - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2020 - nature.com
Microtubules are core components of the eukaryotic cytoskeleton with essential roles in cell
division, shaping, motility and intracellular transport. Despite their functional heterogeneity …

[HTML][HTML] Disruption of axonal transport in neurodegeneration

SH Berth, TE Lloyd - The Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Neurons are markedly compartmentalized, which makes them reliant on axonal transport to
maintain their health. Axonal transport is important for anterograde delivery of newly …

Axonal transport and neurological disease

JN Sleigh, AM Rossor, AD Fellows… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Axonal transport is the process whereby motor proteins actively navigate microtubules to
deliver diverse cargoes, such as organelles, from one end of the axon to the other, and is …

[HTML][HTML] Small heat shock proteins operate as molecular chaperones in the mitochondrial intermembrane space

E Adriaenssens, B Asselbergh, P Rivera-Mejías… - Nature Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Mitochondria are complex organelles with different compartments, each harbouring their
own protein quality control factors. While chaperones of the mitochondrial matrix are well …

HDAC6 as privileged target in drug discovery: A perspective

S Pulya, SA Amin, N Adhikari, S Biswas, T Jha… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract HDAC6, a class IIB HDAC isoenzyme, stands unique in its structural and
physiological functions. Besides histone modification, largely due to its cytoplasmic …

[HTML][HTML] HDAC6 inhibition reverses axonal transport defects in motor neurons derived from FUS-ALS patients

W Guo, M Naujock, L Fumagalli, T Vandoorne… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disorder due
to selective loss of motor neurons (MNs). Mutations in the fused in sarcoma (FUS) gene can …

Effects of α-tubulin acetylation on microtubule structure and stability

L Eshun-Wilson, R Zhang, D Portran… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Acetylation of K40 in α-tubulin is the sole posttranslational modification to mark the luminal
surface of microtubules. It is still controversial whether its relationship with microtubule …

Heat-shock chaperone HSPB1 regulates cytoplasmic TDP-43 phase separation and liquid-to-gel transition

S Lu, J Hu, OA Arogundade, A Goginashvili… - Nature cell …, 2022 - nature.com
While acetylated, RNA-binding-deficient TDP-43 reversibly phase separates within nuclei
into complex droplets (anisosomes) comprised of TDP-43-containing liquid outer shells and …

Axonal transport deficits and neurodegenerative diseases

S Millecamps, JP Julien - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2013 - nature.com
The intracellular transport of organelles along an axon is crucial for the maintenance and
function of a neuron. Anterograde axonal transport has a role in supplying proteins and …

[HTML][HTML] Charcot-Marie-Tooth: from molecules to therapy

J Morena, A Gupta, JC Hoyle - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) is the most prevalent category of inherited neuropathy. The most
common inheritance pattern is autosomal dominant, though there also are X-linked and …