2013
PINK1 protects against cell death induced by mitochondrial depolarization, by phosphorylating Bcl-xL and impairing its pro-apoptotic cleavage
Arena G, Gelmetti V, Torosantucci L, Vignone D, Lamorte G, De Rosa P, Cilia E, Jonas EA, Valente EM. PINK1 protects against cell death induced by mitochondrial depolarization, by phosphorylating Bcl-xL and impairing its pro-apoptotic cleavage. Cell Death & Differentiation 2013, 20: 920-930. PMID: 23519076, PMCID: PMC3679455, DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2013.19.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBcl-xLMitochondrial depolarizationCell deathPro-autophagic protein Beclin-1Autosomal recessive Parkinson's diseaseBeclin-1Recessive Parkinson's diseaseAnti-apoptotic proteinsXL interactionMitochondrial kinaseProtein Beclin 1Mitochondrial traffickingMitochondrial homeostasisMitophagy pathwayBcl-xL.PINK1Functional linkCell survivalPathogenesis of PDNovel mechanismPINK1 genePathwayCleavageMitophagyParkinson's disease
2007
Expression of the Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel NaV1.5 in the Macrophage Late Endosome Regulates Endosomal Acidification
Carrithers MD, Dib-Hajj S, Carrithers LM, Tokmoulina G, Pypaert M, Jonas EA, Waxman SG. Expression of the Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel NaV1.5 in the Macrophage Late Endosome Regulates Endosomal Acidification. The Journal Of Immunology 2007, 178: 7822-7832. PMID: 17548620, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.12.7822.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVoltage-gated sodium channelsEndosomal acidificationLate endosomesPlasma membraneDistinct subcellular localizationPrimary human monocyte-derived macrophagesSodium channelsHuman monocyte-derived macrophagesSubcellular localizationSodium channel Nav1.5Human monocytic cell lineMonocyte-derived macrophagesMonocytic cell lineCardiac voltage-gated sodium channelNovel mechanismCell linesEndosomesMembrane potentialChannel Nav1.5Endosomal pHTHP-1Neuronal channelsMacrophage functionMembraneAcidification