Control of host mitochondria by bacterial pathogens

S Marchi, G Morroni, P Pinton, L Galluzzi - Trends in Microbiology, 2022 - cell.com
Mitochondria control various processes that are integral to cellular and organismal
homeostasis, including Ca 2+ fluxes, bioenergetic metabolism, and cell death. Perhaps not …

Mitochondrial membrane proteins and VPS35 orchestrate selective removal of mtDNA

A Sen, S Kallabis, F Gaedke, C Jüngst, J Boix… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Understanding the mechanisms governing selective turnover of mutation-bearing mtDNA is
fundamental to design therapeutic strategies against mtDNA diseases. Here, we show that …

The crucial role of NLRP3 inflammasome in viral infection-associated fibrosing interstitial lung diseases

WI Effendi, T Nagano - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), one of the most common fibrosing interstitial lung
diseases (ILD), is a chronic-age-related respiratory disease that rises from repeated micro …

Chemical mimetics of the N-degron pathway alleviate systemic inflammation by activating mitophagy and immunometabolic remodeling

P Silwal, YJ Kim, YJ Lee, IS Kim, SM Jeon… - … & Molecular Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
The Arg/N-degron pathway, which is involved in the degradation of proteins bearing an N-
terminal signal peptide, is connected to p62/SQSTM1-mediated autophagy. However, the …

Transport Stress Induces Skin Innate Immunity Response in Hybrid Yellow Catfish (Tachysurus fulvidraco♀ × P. vachellii♂) Through TLR/NLR Signaling Pathways …

T Zheng, Z Song, J Qiang, Y Tao, H Zhu, J Ma… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The transport of live fish is a necessary step for commercial production. The skin of teleost
fish is the first non-specific immune barrier against exogenous stimuli, and it plays an …

The triangle relationship between long noncoding RNA, RIG-I-like receptor signaling pathway, and glycolysis

Z Ren, Y Yu, C Chen, D Yang, T Ding, L Zhu… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Long noncoding RNA (LncRNA), a noncoding RNA over 200nt in length, can regulate
glycolysis through metabolic pathways, glucose metabolizing enzymes, and epigenetic …

Repeated social defeat stress inhibits development of hippocampus neurons through mitophagy and autophagy

L Guo, Z Jiang, R Sun, W Pang, M Du, M Chen… - Brain Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
The social defeat stress model is commonly used to study depression and anxiety disorder,
which can significantly affect the structure and function of neurons in the hippocampus; …

Targeting protein conformations with small molecules to control protein complexes

E Zacharioudakis, E Gavathiotis - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2022 - cell.com
Dynamic protein complexes function in all cellular processes, from signaling to transcription,
using distinct conformations that regulate their activity. Conformational switching of proteins …

Mitofusin 2, a key coordinator between mitochondrial dynamics and innate immunity

IS Kim, P Silwal, EK Jo - Virulence, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Remodeling of mitochondrial dynamics and mitochondrial morphology plays a pivotal role in
the maintenance of mitochondrial homeostasis in response to pathogenic attacks or stress …

Endogenous interactomes of MFN1 and MFN2 provide novel insights into interorganelle communication and autophagy

I Gordaliza-Alaguero… - Autophagy, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT MFN1 (mitofusin 1) and MFN2 are key players in mitochondrial fusion,
endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-mitochondria juxtaposition, and macroautophagy/autophagy …