Neurons: the interplay between cytoskeleton, ion channels/transporters and mitochondria

P Alberti, S Semperboni, G Cavaletti, A Scuteri - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Neurons are permanent cells whose key feature is information transmission via chemical
and electrical signals. Therefore, a finely tuned homeostasis is necessary to maintain …

MFN2 deficiency impairs mitochondrial transport and downregulates motor protein expression in human spinal motor neurons

Y Mou, J Dein, Z Chen, M Jagdale… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is one of the most common genetically inherited
neurological disorders and CMT type 2A (CMT 2A) is caused by dominant mutations in the …

[HTML][HTML] Liver-X-receptor agonists rescue axonal degeneration in SPG11-deficient neurons via regulating cholesterol trafficking

E Chai, Z Chen, Y Mou, G Thakur, W Zhan, XJ Li - Neurobiology of disease, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Spastic paraplegia type 11 (SPG11) is a common autosomal recessive form of
hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) characterized by the degeneration of cortical motor …

Expanding the Toolkit for In Vivo Imaging of Axonal Transport

AP Tosolini, D Villarroel-Campos, G Schiavo… - JoVE (Journal of …, 2021 - jove.com
Axonal transport maintains neuronal homeostasis by enabling the bidirectional trafficking of
diverse organelles and cargoes. Disruptions in axonal transport have devastating …

Inhibiting mitochondrial fission rescues degeneration in hereditary spastic paraplegia neurons

Z Chen, E Chai, Y Mou, RH Roda, C Blackstone, XJ Li - Brain, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Hereditary spastic paraplegias are characterized by lower limb spasticity resulting from
degeneration of long corticospinal axons. SPG11 is one of the most common autosomal …

Impaired lipid metabolism in astrocytes underlies degeneration of cortical projection neurons in hereditary spastic paraplegia

Y Mou, Y Dong, Z Chen, KR Denton, MO Duff… - Acta Neuropathologica …, 2020 - Springer
Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs) are caused by a length-dependent axonopathy of
long corticospinal neurons, but how axons of these cortical projection neurons (PNs) …

[HTML][HTML] Lotus germ extract rejuvenates aging fibroblasts via restoration of disrupted proteostasis by the induction of autophagy

K Machihara, S Kageyama, S Oki, H Makino… - Aging (Albany …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cell aging attenuates cellular functions, resulting in time-dependent disruption of cellular
homeostasis, which maintains the functions of proteins and organelles. Mitochondria are …

Multi-omics analysis of Bacillus. subtilis spores formed at different environmental temperatures reveal differences at the morphological and molecular level

Y Huang, W Roseboom, S Brul, G Kramer - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Spore-forming bacteria play an essential role in the food industry and public health. Through
sporulation, bacteria can withstand extreme environmental conditions that vegetative cells …