2022
Transverse endoplasmic reticulum expansion in hereditary spastic paraplegia corticospinal axons
Zhu PP, Hung HF, Batchenkova N, Nixon-Abell J, Henderson J, Zheng P, Renvoisé B, Pang S, Xu CS, Saalfeld S, Funke J, Xie Y, Svara F, Hess HF, Blackstone C. Transverse endoplasmic reticulum expansion in hereditary spastic paraplegia corticospinal axons. Human Molecular Genetics 2022, 31: 2779-2795. PMID: 35348668, PMCID: PMC9402237, DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddac072.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Neuron-Astrocyte Metabolic Coupling Protects against Activity-Induced Fatty Acid Toxicity
Ioannou MS, Jackson J, Sheu SH, Chang CL, Weigel AV, Liu H, Pasolli HA, Xu CS, Pang S, Matthies D, Hess HF, Lippincott-Schwartz J, Liu Z. Neuron-Astrocyte Metabolic Coupling Protects against Activity-Induced Fatty Acid Toxicity. Cell 2019, 177: 1522-1535.e14. PMID: 31130380, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.04.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene expression programsLipid dropletsFatty acidsToxic fatty acidsMitochondrial β-oxidationNeuron-astrocyte couplingExpression programsMetabolic coordinationFatty acid toxicityFA toxicityCoordinated mechanismFA metabolismΒ-oxidationLipid metabolismHyperactive neuronsAcid toxicityNeuronal activityDisease statesNeuronsMetabolismNeural activityLipid particlesAstrocytesBrainHomeostasis