Modeling Alzheimer's Disease in Caenorhabditis elegans

J Alvarez, P Alvarez-Illera, J Santo-Domingo… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most frequent cause of dementia. After decades of research,
we know the importance of the accumulation of protein aggregates such as β-amyloid …

Regulation of membrane turnover by phosphatidic acid: cellular functions and disease implications

R Thakur, A Naik, A Panda, P Raghu - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Phosphatidic acid (PA) is a simple glycerophospholipid with a well-established role as an
intermediate in phospholipid biosynthesis. In addition to its role in lipid biosynthesis, PA has …

Effects of APOE4 allelic dosage on lipidomic signatures in the entorhinal cortex of aged mice

AM Miranda, A Ashok, RB Chan, B Zhou, Y Xu… - Translational …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Apolipoprotein E ε4 (APOE4) is the primary genetic risk factor for the late-onset form
of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although the reason for this association is not completely …

Presenilin mutations deregulate mitochondrial Ca2+ homeostasis and metabolic activity causing neurodegeneration in Caenorhabditis elegans

S Sarasija, JT Laboy, Z Ashkavand, J Bonner, Y Tang… - Elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
Mitochondrial dysfunction and subsequent metabolic deregulation is observed in
neurodegenerative diseases and aging. Mutations in the presenilin (PSEN) encoding genes …

Lipid metabolism and ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans: a complex interplay

T Rubio-Tomás, N Tavernarakis - Biogerontology, 2022 - Springer
Life expectancy in Western countries is increasing, with concomitant rise in ageing-related
pathologies, including Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, as well as other …

Phospholipase D, a Novel Therapeutic Target Contributes to the Pathogenesis of Neurodegenerative and Neuroimmune Diseases

W Zhang, F Zhu, J Zhu, K Liu - Analytical Cellular Pathology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Phospholipase D (PLD) is an enzyme that consists of six isoforms (PLD1–PLD6) and has
been discovered in different organisms including bacteria, viruses, plants, and mammals …

Phospholipase D1 ablation disrupts mouse longitudinal hippocampal axis organization and functioning

L Santa-Marinha, I Castanho, RR Silva, FV Bravo… - Cell Reports, 2020 - cell.com
Phosphatidic acid (PA) is a signaling lipid involved in the modulation of synaptic structure
and functioning. Based on previous work showing a decreasing PA gradient along the …

The wide world of non-mammalian phospholipase D enzymes

Y Wang, MJO Wakelam, VA Bankaitis… - Advances in Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Phospholipase D (PLD) hydrolyses phosphatidylcholine (PtdCho) to produce free choline
and the critically important lipid signaling molecule phosphatidic acid (PtdOH). Since the …

Mass Spectrometry Chromatography-Based Metabolomics: The Effect of Long-Term Aerobic Exercise on Learning Ability and the Metabolism of Intestinal Contents in …

X Li, Y Zhang, X Ding, Y Jin, C Wei, J Xu - Metabolites, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study aimed to investigate the effect of long-term aerobic exercise on the metabolism of
intestinal contents in APP/PS1 mice was studied using a non-targeted metabolomics …

Evaluation of the silkworm lemon mutant as an invertebrate animal model for human sepiapterin reductase deficiency

G Jiang, J Song, H Hu, X Tong… - Royal Society Open …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Human sepiapterin reductase (SR) deficiency is an inherited disease caused by SPR gene
mutations and is a monoamine neurotransmitter disorder. Here, we investigated whether the …