Article
Mitochondrial autophagy in cells with mtDNA mutations results from synergistic loss of transmembrane potential and mTORC1 inhibition.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Mar 2012
Gilkerson Robert W, De Vries Rosa L A, Lebot Paul, Wikstrom Jakob D, Torgyekes Edina, Shirihai Orian S, Przedborski Serge, Schon Eric A
Abstract excerpt
Autophagy has emerged as a key cellular process for organellar quality control, yet this pathway apparently fails to eliminate mitochondria containing pathogenic mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in patients with a variety of human diseases. In order to explore how mtDNA-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction interacts with endogenous autophagic pathways, we examined autophagic status in a panel of human...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
