2019
Mitochondrial MsrB2 serves as a switch and transducer for mitophagy
Lee SH, Lee S, Du J, Jain K, Ding M, Kadado AJ, Atteya G, Jaji Z, Tyagi T, Kim W, Herzog RI, Patel A, Ionescu CN, Martin KA, Hwa J. Mitochondrial MsrB2 serves as a switch and transducer for mitophagy. EMBO Molecular Medicine 2019, 11: emmm201910409. PMID: 31282614, PMCID: PMC6685081, DOI: 10.15252/emmm.201910409.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBlood PlateletsCell LineDiabetes MellitusFemaleHumansMethionine Sulfoxide ReductasesMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMicrofilament ProteinsMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsMitochondriaMitochondrial Membrane Transport ProteinsMitochondrial Permeability Transition PoreMitophagyMutationOxidation-ReductionOxidative StressParkinson DiseaseSignal TransductionUbiquitin-Protein LigasesUbiquitinationConceptsReduced mitophagyOxidative stress-induced mitophagyNovel regulatory mechanismStress-induced mitophagyLC3 interactionMitochondrial matrixDamaged mitochondriaMsrB2Reactive oxygen speciesRegulatory mechanismsMethionine oxidationMitophagyMitochondriaPlatelet apoptosisOxygen speciesPlatelet-specific knockoutApoptosisPathophysiological importanceExpressionImportant roleUbiquitinationParkin mutationsParkinSpeciesLC3
2017
β-Hydroxybutyrate Deactivates Neutrophil NLRP3 Inflammasome to Relieve Gout Flares
Goldberg EL, Asher JL, Molony RD, Shaw AC, Zeiss CJ, Wang C, Morozova-Roche LA, Herzog RI, Iwasaki A, Dixit VD. β-Hydroxybutyrate Deactivates Neutrophil NLRP3 Inflammasome to Relieve Gout Flares. Cell Reports 2017, 18: 2077-2087. PMID: 28249154, PMCID: PMC5527297, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.02.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKetogenic dietGouty flaresΒ-hydroxybutyrateMajor risk factorAnti-inflammatory moleculesNLRP3-dependent mannerAlternate metabolic fuelsGout flaresJoint destructionIL-1βIntense painInterleukin-1βNLRP3 inflammasomeRisk factorsInflammatory neutrophilsBacterial infectionsNeutrophilsNLRP3Immune defenseGoutMetabolic fuelsBHBS100A9 fibrilsDietPain
2015
Hyperglycemia repression of miR-24 coordinately upregulates endothelial cell expression and secretion of von Willebrand factor
Xiang Y, Cheng J, Wang D, Hu X, Xie Y, Stitham J, Atteya G, Du J, Tang WH, Lee SH, Leslie K, Spollett G, Liu Z, Herzog E, Herzog RI, Lu J, Martin KA, Hwa J. Hyperglycemia repression of miR-24 coordinately upregulates endothelial cell expression and secretion of von Willebrand factor. Blood 2015, 125: 3377-3387. PMID: 25814526, PMCID: PMC4447857, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2015-01-620278.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVon Willebrand factorDiabetes mellitusMiR-24Diabetic patientsAdverse thrombotic eventsThrombotic cardiovascular eventsVWF expressionWillebrand factorDiabetic mouse modelNovel therapeutic targetHistamine H1 receptorsEndothelial cell expressionHyperglycemia-induced activationCardiovascular eventsThrombotic eventsH1 receptorsMouse modelVWF levelsTherapeutic targetCell expressionMellitusPatientsEndothelial cellsElevated levelsReactive oxygen species