Autophagy: Regulator of cell death

SZ Liu, SJ Yao, H Yang, SJ Liu, YJ Wang - Cell death & disease, 2023 - nature.com
Autophagy is the process by which cells degrade and recycle proteins and organelles to
maintain intracellular homeostasis. Generally, autophagy plays a protective role in cells, but …

The functional universe of membrane contact sites

WA Prinz, A Toulmay, T Balla - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2020 - nature.com
Organelles compartmentalize eukaryotic cells, enhancing their ability to respond to
environmental and developmental changes. One way in which organelles communicate and …

Ferroptosis and cancer: mitochondria meet the “iron maiden” cell death

AM Battaglia, R Chirillo, I Aversa, A Sacco, F Costanzo… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ferroptosis is a new type of oxidative regulated cell death (RCD) driven by iron-dependent
lipid peroxidation. As major sites of iron utilization and master regulators of oxidative …

Quantitative proteomics identifies proteins enriched in large and small extracellular vesicles

A Lischnig, M Bergqvist, T Ochiya, C Lässer - Molecular & Cellular …, 2022 - ASBMB
There is a long-held consensus that several proteins are unique to small extracellular
vesicles (EVs), such as exosomes. However, recent studies have shown that several of …

Mitochondrial remodeling and ischemic protection by G protein–coupled receptor 35 agonists

GA Wyant, W Yu, IIP Doulamis, RS Nomoto, MY Saeed… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Kynurenic acid (KynA) is tissue protective in cardiac, cerebral, renal, and retinal ischemia
models, but the mechanism is unknown. KynA can bind to multiple receptors, including the …

The functional impact of mitochondrial structure across subcellular scales

B Glancy, Y Kim, P Katti, TB Willingham - Frontiers in physiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Mitochondria are key determinants of cellular health. However, the functional role of
mitochondria varies from cell to cell depending on the relative demands for energy …

GPx4, lipid peroxidation, and cell death: discoveries, rediscoveries, and open issues

M Maiorino, M Conrad, F Ursini - Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Iron-dependent lipid peroxidation is a complex oxidative process where
phospholipid hydroperoxides (PLOOH) are produced in membranes and finally transformed …

NPC1 regulates ER contacts with endocytic organelles to mediate cholesterol egress

D Höglinger, T Burgoyne, E Sanchez-Heras… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Transport of dietary cholesterol from endocytic organelles to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)
is essential for cholesterol homoeostasis, but the mechanism and regulation of this transport …

A new pathway for mitochondrial quality control: mitochondrial‐derived vesicles

A Sugiura, GL McLelland, EA Fon, HM McBride - The EMBO journal, 2014 - embopress.org
The last decade has been marked by tremendous progress in our understanding of the cell
biology of mitochondria, with the identification of molecules and mechanisms that regulate …

Mitochondria and Iron: current questions

BT Paul, DH Manz, FM Torti, SV Torti - Expert review of hematology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Mitochondria are cellular organelles that perform numerous bioenergetic,
biosynthetic, and regulatory functions and play a central role in iron metabolism …