Zhongyuan Zuo, MS
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2026
Electromotility can be disassociated from gating charge movement in outer hair cells of conditional alpha2 spectrin knockout mice
Bai J, Stankewich M, Yang J, Tan W, Zuo Z, Song Q, Khan S, Wang L, Morrow J, Santos-Sacchi J, Navaratnam D. Electromotility can be disassociated from gating charge movement in outer hair cells of conditional alpha2 spectrin knockout mice. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2026, 302: 111226. PMID: 41638427, PMCID: PMC12955104, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2026.111226.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2025
Cerebellar deep brain stimulation rescues Purkinje cell mitochondrial density in a genetic mouse model of cerebellar ataxia
Miterko-Myers L, Peacoe L, Duraine L, Zuo Z, Sillitoe R. Cerebellar deep brain stimulation rescues Purkinje cell mitochondrial density in a genetic mouse model of cerebellar ataxia. Brain Research Bulletin 2025, 234: 111704. PMID: 41453498, PMCID: PMC13314846, DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2025.111704.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Cdk8/CDK19 promotes mitochondrial fission through Drp1 phosphorylation and can phenotypically suppress pink1 deficiency in Drosophila
Liao J, Chung H, Shih C, Wong K, Dutta D, Nil Z, Burns C, Kanca O, Park Y, Zuo Z, Marcogliese P, Sew K, Bellen H, Verheyen E. Cdk8/CDK19 promotes mitochondrial fission through Drp1 phosphorylation and can phenotypically suppress pink1 deficiency in Drosophila. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 3326. PMID: 38637532, PMCID: PMC11026413, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47623-8.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
A defect in mitochondrial fatty acid synthesis impairs iron metabolism and causes elevated ceramide levels
Dutta D, Kanca O, Byeon S, Marcogliese P, Zuo Z, Shridharan R, Park J, Lin G, Ge M, Heimer G, Kohler J, Wheeler M, Kaipparettu B, Pandey A, Bellen H. A defect in mitochondrial fatty acid synthesis impairs iron metabolism and causes elevated ceramide levels. Nature Metabolism 2023, 5: 1595-1614. PMID: 37653044, PMCID: PMC11151872, DOI: 10.1038/s42255-023-00873-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDaam2 phosphorylation by CK2α negatively regulates Wnt activity during white matter development and injury
Wang C, Zuo Z, Jo J, Kim K, Madamba C, Ye Q, Jung S, Bellen H, Lee H. Daam2 phosphorylation by CK2α negatively regulates Wnt activity during white matter development and injury. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2023, 120: e2304112120. PMID: 37607236, PMCID: PMC10469030, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2304112120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVery-long-chain fatty acids induce glial-derived sphingosine-1-phosphate synthesis, secretion, and neuroinflammation
Chung H, Ye Q, Park Y, Zuo Z, Mok J, Kanca O, Tattikota S, Lu S, Perrimon N, Lee H, Bellen H. Very-long-chain fatty acids induce glial-derived sphingosine-1-phosphate synthesis, secretion, and neuroinflammation. Cell Metabolism 2023, 35: 855-874.e5. PMID: 37084732, PMCID: PMC10160010, DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2023.03.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchExploring therapeutic strategies for infantile neuronal axonal dystrophy (INAD/PARK14)
Lin G, Tepe B, McGrane G, Tipon R, Croft G, Panwala L, Hope A, Liang A, Zuo Z, Byeon S, Wang L, Pandey A, Bellen H. Exploring therapeutic strategies for infantile neuronal axonal dystrophy (INAD/PARK14). ELife 2023, 12: e82555. PMID: 36645408, PMCID: PMC9889087, DOI: 10.7554/elife.82555.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Two neuronal peptides encoded from a single transcript regulate mitochondrial complex III in Drosophila
Bosch J, Ugur B, Pichardo-Casas I, Rabasco J, Escobedo F, Zuo Z, Brown B, Celniker S, Sinclair D, Bellen H, Perrimon N. Two neuronal peptides encoded from a single transcript regulate mitochondrial complex III in Drosophila. ELife 2022, 11: e82709. PMID: 36346220, PMCID: PMC9681215, DOI: 10.7554/elife.82709.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeuronal activity induces glucosylceramide that is secreted via exosomes for lysosomal degradation in glia
Wang L, Lin G, Zuo Z, Li Y, Byeon S, Pandey A, Bellen H. Neuronal activity induces glucosylceramide that is secreted via exosomes for lysosomal degradation in glia. Science Advances 2022, 8: eabn3326. PMID: 35857503, PMCID: PMC9278864, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abn3326.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAn expanded toolkit for Drosophila gene tagging using synthesized homology donor constructs for CRISPR-mediated homologous recombination
Kanca O, Zirin J, Hu Y, Tepe B, Dutta D, Lin W, Ma L, Ge M, Zuo Z, Liu L, Levis R, Perrimon N, Bellen H. An expanded toolkit for Drosophila gene tagging using synthesized homology donor constructs for CRISPR-mediated homologous recombination. ELife 2022, 11: e76077. PMID: 35723254, PMCID: PMC9239680, DOI: 10.7554/elife.76077.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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Whole cell model was generated with Apeer and reconstructed with Arivis Vision 4D.