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ArticleHistochemistry and cell biology2017

The respiratory chain inhibitor rotenone affects peroxisomal dynamics via its microtubule-destabilising activity.

Josiah B Passmore, Sonia Pinho, Maria Gomez-Lazaro, Michael Schrader

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Article in Histochemistry and cell biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 35 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 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Josiah B PassmoreCollege of Life and Environmental Sciences, Biosciences, University of Exeter, Geoffrey Pope Building, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QD, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7791-3439
Sonia PinhoCentre for Cell Biology & Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7426-5197
Maria Gomez-LazaroCentre for Cell Biology & Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8836-396X
Michael SchraderCollege of Life and Environmental Sciences, Biosciences, University of Exeter, Geoffrey Pope Building, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QD, UK. m.schrader@exeter.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2146-0535
University of Exeter · GBi3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto · PTUniversity of Aveiro · PT

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/N01541X/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Peroxisomes and mitochondria in mammalian cells are closely linked subcellular organelles, which maintain a redox-sensitive relationship. Their interplay and role in ROS signalling are supposed to impact on age-related and degenerative disorders. Whereas the generation of peroxisome-derived oxidative stress can affect mitochondrial morphology and function, little is known about the impact of mitochondria-derived oxidative stress on peroxisomes. Here, we investigated the effect of the mitochondrial complex I inhibitor rotenone on peroxisomal and mitochondrial membrane dynamics. We show that rotenone treatment of COS-7 cells alters peroxisome morphology and distribution. However, this effect is related to its microtubule-destabilising activity rather than to the generation of oxidative stress. Rotenone also induced alterations in mitochondrial morphology, which-in contrast to its effect on peroxisomes-were dependent on the generation of ROS but independent of its microtubule-active properties. The importance of our findings for the peroxisome-mitochondria redox relationship and the interpretation of in cellulo and in vivo studies with rotenone, which is widely used to study Parkinson's disease, are discussed.

Indexed as

AnimalsCells, CulturedChlorocebus aethiopsCOS CellsElectron TransportMicrotubulesMitochondrial MembranesPeroxisomesReactive Oxygen SpeciesRotenoneUncoupling AgentsReactive Oxygen SpeciesRotenoneUncoupling AgentsMitochondriaOrganelle cooperationPeroxisomesROSRotenone

Identifiers

PMID28523458
PMCPMC5539279
OpenAlexW2612153158

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