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ArticleeLife2016

Dendritic mitochondria reach stable positions during circuit development.

Michelle C Faits, Chunmeng Zhang, Florentina Soto, Daniel Kerschensteiner

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Article in eLife, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers.

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62citing papers in PubMed
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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62 citing papers in PubMed, 98 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michelle C FaitsDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, United States.
Chunmeng ZhangDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, United States.
Florentina SotoDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, United States.
Daniel KerschensteinerDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, United States.
Hope Center for Neurological Disorders · USWashington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY CENTER VISION RESEARCHP30EY002687 · NEI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Philip Andrew Ruzycki · 1985 to 2026
$18.4M
Research Training Program in the Vision SciencesT32EY013360 · NEI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SHIMING CHEN, Daniel Kerschensteiner · 2000 to 2026
$5.6M
SPATIAL CELL BIOLOGY OF RETINAL CIRCUIT DEVELOPMENTR01EY021855 · NEI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI KERSCHENSTEINER, DANIEL · 2011 to 2015
$1.9M
NEI NIH HHS EY013360NEI NIH HHS EY021855NEI NIH HHS P30 EY002687NEI NIH HHS R01 EY021855NEI NIH HHS T32 EY013360
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondria move throughout neuronal dendrites and localize to sites of energy demand. The prevailing view of dendritic mitochondria as highly motile organelles whose distribution is continually adjusted by neuronal activity via Ca(2+)-dependent arrests is based on observations in cultured neurons exposed to artificial stimuli. Here, we analyze the movements of mitochondria in ganglion cell dendrites in the intact retina. We find that whereas during development 30% of mitochondria are motile at any time, as dendrites mature, mitochondria all but stop moving and localize stably to synapses and branch points. Neither spontaneous nor sensory-evoked activity and Ca(2+) transients alter motility of dendritic mitochondria; and pathological hyperactivity in a mouse model of retinal degeneration elevates rather than reduces motility. Thus, our findings indicate that dendritic mitochondria reach stable positions during a critical developmental period of high motility, and challenge current views about the role of activity in regulating mitochondrial transport in dendrites.

Indexed as

LocomotionAnimalsDendritesMice, Inbred C57BLMitochondriaRetinal Ganglion Cellscell biologydendritesmitochondriamouseneuronneuroscienceretinal circuitry

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PMID26742087
PMCPMC4749546
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