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ReviewToxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology2015

The role of astrocyte mitochondria in differential regional susceptibility to environmental neurotoxicants: tools for understanding neurodegeneration.

Laura L Kubik, Martin A Philbert

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Review in Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Laura L KubikToxicology Program, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.
Martin A PhilbertToxicology Program, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 philbert@umich.edu.
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

Strategic Vision & Impact on Environmental HealthP30ES017885 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Dana Dolinoy · 2011 to 2026
$21.3M
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY PRE/POST DOCTORAL RES.TRAININGT32ES007062 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Justin Adam Colacino · 1985 to 2026
$10.5M
Role of Astrocyte Mitochondria in NeurotoxicityR01ES008846 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI PHILBERT, MARTIN A. · 1999 to 2012
$4.7M
NIEHS NIH HHS 2R01 ES08846NIEHS NIH HHS 2T32 ES007062NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES017885NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007062
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent decades, there has been a significant expansion in our understanding of the role of astrocytes in neuroprotection, including spatial buffering of extracellular ions, secretion of metabolic coenzymes, and synaptic regulation. Astrocytic neuroprotective functions require energy, and therefore require a network of functional mitochondria. Disturbances to astrocytic mitochondrial homeostasis and their ability to produce ATP can negatively impact neural function. Perturbations in astrocyte mitochondrial function may accrue as the result of physiological aging processes or as a consequence of neurotoxicant exposure. Hydrophobic environmental neurotoxicants, such as 1,3-dinitrobenzene and α-chlorohydrin, cause regionally specific spongiform lesions mimicking energy deprivation syndromes. Astrocyte involvement includes mitochondrial damage that either precedes or is accompanied by neuronal damage. Similarly, environmental neurotoxicants that are implicated in the etiology of age-related neurodegenerative conditions cause regionally specific damage in the brain. Based on the regioselective nature of age-related neurodegenerative lesions, chemically induced models of regioselective lesions targeting astrocyte mitochondria can provide insight into age-related susceptibilities in astrocyte mitochondria. Most of the available research to date focuses on neuronal damage in cases of age-related neurodegeneration; however, there is a body of evidence that supports a central mechanistic role for astrocyte mitochondria in the expression of neural injury. Regional susceptibility to neuronal damage induced by aging by exposure to neurotoxicants may be a reflection of highly variable regional energy requirements. This review identifies region-specific vulnerabilities in astrocyte mitochondria in examples of exposure to neurotoxicants and in age-related neurodegeneration.

Indexed as

Nerve DegenerationAnimalsAstrocytesBrainEnvironmental PollutantsHippocampusHumansMitochondriaNeurotoxicity SyndromesRisk AssessmentSubstantia NigraVestibulocochlear NerveEnvironmental PollutantsAgingAstrocytesMitochondriaNeurotoxicologyRegional Susceptibility

Identifiers

PMID25740792
PMCPMC4349135
OpenAlexW2169158952

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