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ArticleScientific reports2017

Modulation of p-eIF2α cellular levels and stress granule assembly/disassembly by trehalose.

Pasquale Dimasi, Annamaria Quintiero, Tatyana A Shelkovnikova, Vladimir L Buchman

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trehalose's untapped mechanisms in alzheimer's: gut-brain-autophagy signalling beyond the usual targets.Daru : journal of Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pasquale DimasiSchool of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, United Kingdom.
Annamaria QuintieroSchool of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, United Kingdom.
Tatyana A ShelkovnikovaSchool of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, United Kingdom.
Vladimir L BuchmanSchool of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, United Kingdom.
Cardiff University · GB

Funding

Motor Neurone Disease Association BUCHMAN/APR13/822-791
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stress granules (SGs) are an important component of cellular stress response. Compromised assembly of SGs as well as their premature or delayed disassembly affect physiology and survival of cells under stress or during recovery from stress. Consequently, abnormal turnover of SGs has been implicated in the development of various pathologies, including neurodegeneration. We found that pretreatment of cells with a natural disaccharide trehalose, a known autophagy enhancer, delays SG assembly and facilitates their premature post-stress disassembly. Mechanistically, the effect of trehalose on SGs is mediated via the p-eIF2α rather than autophagosome pathway. Trehalose increases pre-stress levels of p-eIF2α and its phosphatase subunits and promotes post-stress translational recovery. Upon prolonged treatment, trehalose impairs basal translation affecting production of transiently expressed proteins. Early translational recovery and SG disassembly induced by trehalose pretreatment can sensitise cells to stress and impair survival. Our study has important implications for the use of trehalose in studies of autophagic clearance of misfolded proteins and for targeting SGs as a possible therapeutic approach in neurodegenerative and other diseases.

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Cell Line, TumorCytoplasmic GranulesEukaryotic Initiation Factor-2HumansTrehaloseEukaryotic Initiation Factor-2Trehalose

Identifiers

PMID28276506
PMCPMC5343430
OpenAlexW2594902697

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