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Mitofusin 2: A link between mitochondrial function and substrate metabolism?

, 2021
Mitochondria are dynamic, interactive organelles that connect cellular signaling and whole-cell homeostasis. This "mitochatting" allows the cell to receive information about the mitochondria's condition before accommodating energy demands.
Ortiz, Rudy M, Emery, Janna M
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Canonical and non‐canonical functions of proteins regulating mitochondrial dynamics in mammalian physiology

The Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend Mitochondria are highly dynamic organelles that continuously remodel their architecture through coordinated cycles of fusion and fission. This review examines the four key GTPases that orchestrate mitochondrial dynamics in mammals: MFN1, MFN2, OPA1, and DRP1.
Rémi Chaney, Vincent Marcangeli, Krystel Desjardins, Shima Taherkhani, Gilles Gouspillou   +4 more
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Selective removal of deletion-bearing mitochondrial DNA in heteroplasmic Drosophila

Nature Communications, 2016
Heteroplasmy, in which mutant and wild-type mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) coexist in a cell, can result in diseases. Here the authors generate transgenic flies with heteroplasmic mtDNA in flight muscles, and show that stimulation of autophagy, or a decrease ...
Nikolay P. Kandul, Ting Zhang, Bruce A. Hay, Ming Guo   +3 more
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Placental mitochondrial metabolic adaptation maintains cellular energy balance in pregnancy complicated by gestational hypoxia

The Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend Placental mitochondrial adaptation to gestational hypoxia. Hypoxic pregnancy in sheep increases placental insulin like growth factor 2 (IGF2) signalling (1), which is associated with a shift in capacity away from β‐oxidation (2) and complex I‐mediated respiration (3), while maintaining total oxidative phosphorylation capacity (4).
Wen Tong, Beth J. Allison, Kirsty L. Brain, Olga V. Patey, Youguo Niu, Kimberley J. Botting, Sage G. Ford, Tess A. Garrud, Peter F. B. Wooding, Qiang Lyu, Lin Zhang, Jin Ma, Alice P. Sowton, Katie A. O'Brien, Tereza Cindrova‐Davies, Hong Wa Yung, Graham J. Burton, Andrew J. Murray, Dino A. Giussani   +18 more
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Expression of mitofusin 2R94Q in a transgenic mouse leads to Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy type 2A [PDF]

, 2017
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2A is an autosomal dominant axonal form of peripheral neuropathy caused by mutations in the mitofusin 2 gene. Mitofusin 2 encodes a mitochondrial outer membrane protein that participates in mitochondrial fusion in ...
Courvoisier, Delphine S., Chrast, Roman, Cartoni, Romain, Médard, Jean-Jacques, Martinou, Jean-Claude, Arnaud, Estelle, Poirot, Olivier   +6 more
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Mitochondrial control of ciliary gene expression and structure in striatal neurons

The Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend Neurons drive animal behaviour by receiving and transmitting information and require energy, primarily supplied by mitochondria, to function. Additionally, neurons need to sense environmental changes to adapt, a function that is locally played by the primary cilia.
Dogukan H. Ulgen, Alessandro Chioino, Olivia Zanoletti, Albert Quintana, Elisenda Sanz, Carmen Sandi   +5 more
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Structural insights of human mitofusin-2 into mitochondrial fusion and CMT2A onset

Nature Communications, 2019
Mitofusin-2 (MFN2) is a dynamin-like GTPase that plays a central role in regulating mitochondrial fusion and cell metabolism. Here, authors report crystal structures of truncated human MFN2 in different nucleotide-loading states and show that MFN2 forms ...
Yu-Jie Li, Yu-Lu Cao, Jian-Xiong Feng, Yuanbo Qi, Shuxia Meng, Jie-Feng Yang, Ya-Ting Zhong, Sisi Kang, Xiaoxue Chen, Lan Lan, Li Luo, Bing Yu, Shoudeng Chen, David C. Chan, Junjie Hu, Song Gao   +15 more
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Energetic microdomains and the vascular control of neuronal and muscle excitability: Toward a unified model

The Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend The capillary–mitochondria–ion channel (CMIC) axis scales structural resources to match functional workload. (Left) In settings of restricted energetic capacity (e.g. cortical neurons), sparse capillary networks and modest mitochondrial pools set a lower energetic ceiling, sufficient to support phasic, low‐workload excitability. (
L. Fernando Santana, Scott Earley
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Two deubiquitylases act on mitofusin and regulate mitochondrial fusion along independent pathways

, 2013
Mitofusins, conserved dynamin-related GTPases in the mitochondrial outer membrane, mediate the fusion of mitochondria. Here, we demonstrate that the activity of the mitofusin Fzo1 is regulated by sequential ubiquitylation at conserved lysine residues and
Escobar-Henriques, M., Anton, F., Dittmar, G., Langer, T.   +3 more
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Enhancing folic acid metabolism suppresses defects associated with loss of Drosophila mitofusin. [PDF]

, 2019
Mutations in the mitochondrial GTPase mitofusin 2 (MFN2) cause Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2 (CMT2A), a form of peripheral neuropathy that compromises axonal function. Mitofusins promote mitochondrial fusion and regulate mitochondrial dynamics. They

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