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| Heidi M McBrideSummaryAffiliation: University of Ottawa Heart Institute Country: Canada Publications
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Parkin mitochondria in the autophagosomeHeidi M McBride
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4W7, Canada
J Cell Biol 183:757-9. 2008..This work significantly increases our understanding of PD and provides a new framework for the development of therapeutic interventions...
Mitochondria: more than just a powerhouseHeidi M McBride
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Canada
Curr Biol 16:R551-60. 2006..In this review we will highlight the emerging evidence that provides molecular definition to mitochondria as a central platform in the execution of diverse cellular events...
Mitofusin 2 protects cerebellar granule neurons against injury-induced cell deathArezu Jahani-Asl
Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Neurosciences Program, Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada
J Biol Chem 282:23788-98. 2007..These findings highlight a signaling role for Mfn2 in the regulation of apoptosis that extends beyond its role in mitochondrial fusion...
Cargo-selected transport from the mitochondria to peroxisomes is mediated by vesicular carriersMargaret Neuspiel
Lipoproteins and Atherosclerosis Group, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin St, Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4W7, Canada
Curr Biol 18:102-8. 2008..These data are the first to identify MAPL, describe and characterize MDVs, and define a new intracellular transport route between mitochondria and peroxisomes...
Translocation of SenP5 from the nucleoli to the mitochondria modulates DRP1-dependent fission during mitosisRodolfo Zunino
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4W7, Canada
J Biol Chem 284:17783-95. 2009..The altered intracellular localization of SenP5 represents the first example of the mitochondrial recruitment of a SUMO protease and provides new insights into the mechanisms of interorganellar communication during the cell cycle...
A vesicular transport pathway shuttles cargo from mitochondria to lysosomesVincent Soubannier
Lipoproteins and Atherosclerosis Group, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin Street, Ottawa, ON K1Y 1V1, Canada
Curr Biol 22:135-41. 2012..These data characterize a novel vesicle transport route between the mitochondria and lysosomes, providing insights into the basic mechanisms of mitochondrial quality control...
The mitochondrial inner membrane GTPase, optic atrophy 1 (Opa1), restores mitochondrial morphology and promotes neuronal survival following excitotoxicityArezu Jahani-Asl
Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, University of Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada
J Biol Chem 286:4772-82. 2011..These studies suggest Opa1 as a potential therapeutic target to promote neuronal survival following acute brain damage and neurodegenerative diseases...
Vps35 mediates vesicle transport between the mitochondria and peroxisomesEmelie Braschi
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin Street, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4W7, Canada
Curr Biol 20:1310-5. 2010..Silencing of Vps35 or Vps26A leads to a significant reduction in the delivery of MAPL to peroxisomes, placing the retromer within a novel intracellular trafficking route and providing insight into the formation of MAPL-positive MDVs...
MAPL is a new mitochondrial SUMO E3 ligase that regulates mitochondrial fissionEmelie Braschi
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
EMBO Rep 10:748-54. 2009..Importantly, the large number of unidentified mitochondrial SUMO targets suggests a global role for SUMOylation in mitochondrial function, placing MAPL as a crucial component in the regulation of multiple conjugation events...
The SUMO protease SENP5 is required to maintain mitochondrial morphology and functionRodolfo Zunino
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Rm H445A, 40 Ruskin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4W7, Canada
J Cell Sci 120:1178-88. 2007..These data demonstrate the importance of SENP5 as a new regulator of SUMO1 proteolysis from mitochondrial targets, impacting mitochondrial morphology and metabolism...
A novel cell-free mitochondrial fusion assay amenable for high-throughput screenings of fusion modulatorsAstrid C Schauss
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin St, Ottawa, ON, USA
BMC Biol 8:100. 2010..In terms of mitochondrial fusion, the field currently relies upon on semi-quantitative assays which, even under optimal conditions, are labour-intensive, low-throughput and require complex imaging techniques...
Bax/Bak promote sumoylation of DRP1 and its stable association with mitochondria during apoptotic cell deathSylwia Wasiak
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
J Cell Biol 177:439-50. 2007..Altogether, these data demonstrate that the apoptotic machinery regulates the biochemical properties of DRP1 during cell death...
Positioning mitochondrial plasticity within cellular signaling cascadesVincent Soubannier
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin Street, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1Y 4W7
Biochim Biophys Acta 1793:154-70. 2009..This review focuses on the molecular switches that control mitochondrial dynamics and the integration of mitochondrial morphology within cellular signaling cascades...
Dissociating the dual roles of apoptosis-inducing factor in maintaining mitochondrial structure and apoptosisEric C C Cheung
Ottawa Health Research Institute, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
EMBO J 25:4061-73. 2006..Cell death induced by AIF is through its proapoptotic activity once it is translocated to the nucleus, not due to the loss of AIF from the mitochondria...
Processing-dependent trafficking of Sonic hedgehog to the regulated secretory pathway in neuronsShawn T Beug
Vision Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Mol Cell Neurosci 46:583-96. 2011....
Mitochondrial dynamics in the regulation of neuronal cell deathEric C C Cheung
University of Ottawa, Department of Cellular Molecular Medicine, Ottawa Health Research Institute, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Apoptosis 12:979-92. 2007..We will discuss how this uniqueness presents special challenges in the cellular response to neurotoxic stresses, and how this affects the mitochondrial dynamics in the regulation of cell death in neurons...
Different cellular traffic of LDL-cholesterol and acetylated LDL-cholesterol leads to distinct reverse cholesterol transport pathwaysMing dong Wang
Lipoprotein and Atherosclerosis Research Group, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, and Department of Biochemistry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
J Lipid Res 48:633-45. 2007..This indicates a greater efficiency of HDL than lipid-poor apoA-I in interstitial fluid in controlling in vivo RCT. These assays, taken together, emphasize the importance of mediators of diffusional cholesterol efflux in RCT...
Mitochondria and the culture of the Borg: understanding the integration of mitochondrial function within the reticulum, the cell, and the organismEmelie Braschi
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Bioessays 32:958-66. 2010..Decisions within the subspace domain couple signaling pathways involved in the functional integration of mitochondria with complex cellular transitions, including developmental cues, mitosis, and apoptosis...
Mitochondrial fission: a non-nuclear role for Num1pAstrid C Schauss
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Rm H445A, 40 Ruskin St, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4W7 Canada
Curr Biol 17:R467-70. 2007..A recent study by Rob Jensen and coworkers provides a new link between a protein required for the inheritance of nuclei in yeast with the positioning and morphology of the mitochondria...
SR-BI undergoes cholesterol-stimulated transcytosis to the bile canaliculus in polarized WIF-B cellsChristopher J Harder
Lipoprotein and Atherosclerosis Group, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4W7, Canada
J Biol Chem 282:1445-55. 2007..Taken together, these data demonstrate that hepatic SR-BI transcytosis is regulated by cholesterol and suggest that SR-BI has a stationary function on the bile canaliculus...
The lipoprotein receptor-related protein-1 (LRP) adapter protein GULP mediates trafficking of the LRP ligand prosaposin, leading to sphingolipid and free cholesterol accumulation in late endosomes and impaired effluxRobert S Kiss
Lipoprotein and Atherosclerosis Research Group, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa K1Y 4W7, Canada
J Biol Chem 281:12081-92. 2006..Taken together, these data reveal that GULP/LRP/ABCA1 represents a triad of molecules involved in engulfment and cellular lipid homeostasis...
The PINK1/Parkin pathway regulates mitochondrial morphologyAngela C Poole
Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:1638-43. 2008..Our studies suggest that the PINK1/Parkin pathway promotes mitochondrial fission and that the loss of mitochondrial and tissue integrity in PINK1 and parkin mutants derives from reduced mitochondrial fission...
Phosphorylation and cleavage of presenilin-associated rhomboid-like protein (PARL) promotes changes in mitochondrial morphologyDanny V Jeyaraju
Centre de Recherche Universite Laval Robert Giffard, 2601 Ch de la Canardiere, Quebec City, QC, Canada G1J 2G3
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:18562-7. 2006..Our findings reveal that PARL phosphorylation and cleavage impact mitochondrial dynamics, providing a blueprint to study the molecular evolution of mitochondrial morphology...
Mammalian polynucleotide phosphorylase is an intermembrane space RNase that maintains mitochondrial homeostasisHsiao Wen Chen
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Mol Cell Biol 26:8475-87. 2006..Combined, the data demonstrate an unexpected IMS localization and a key role for PNPase in maintaining mitochondrial homeostasis...
Endoplasmic reticulum BIK initiates DRP1-regulated remodelling of mitochondrial cristae during apoptosisMarc Germain
Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
EMBO J 24:1546-56. 2005..When expressed together, BIK and NOXA cause rapid release of mobilized cytochrome c and activation of caspases...
