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ArticleSmall GTPases2020

Isolation of Rab5-positive endosomes reveals a new mitochondrial degradation pathway utilized by BNIP3 and Parkin.

Babette C Hammerling, Sarah E Shires, Leonardo J Leon, Melissa Q Cortez, Åsa B Gustafsson

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Article in Small GTPases, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Rab12 is a regulator of mitophagy and mitochondrial homeostasis.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Babette C HammerlingSkaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Sarah E ShiresSkaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0897-366X
Leonardo J LeonSkaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Melissa Q CortezSkaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Åsa B GustafssonSkaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.

Funding

GRADUATE TRAINING IN CELLULAR &MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGYT32GM007752 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI BROWN, JOAN HELLER, HANDEL, TRACY M · 1985 to 2023
$13.5M
Training Program in Basic Clinical GeneticsT32GM008666 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI HAMILTON, BRUCE A · 1998 to 2021
$8.6M
Role of Bnip3 in Myocardial Ischemia/ReperfusionR01HL087023 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI GUSTAFSSON, ASA B. · 2007 to 2016
$3.8M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL087023NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007752NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008666
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Degradation of mitochondria is an important cellular quality control mechanism mediated by two distinct pathways: one involving Parkin-mediated ubiquitination and the other dependent on mitophagy receptors. It is known that mitochondria are degraded by the autophagy pathway; however, we recently reported that the small GTPase Rab5 and early endosomes also participate in Parkin-mediated mitochondrial clearance. Here, we have developed a protocol to isolate Rab5-positive vesicles from cells for proteomics analysis and provide additional data confirming that mitophagy regulators and mitochondrial proteins are present in these vesicles. We also demonstrate that the mitophagy receptor BNIP3 utilizes the Rab5-endosomal pathway to clear mitochondria in cells. These findings indicate that a redundancy exists in the downstream degradation pathways to ensure efficient mitochondrial clearance.

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MitophagyAnimalsEndosomesMembrane ProteinsMiceMitochondrial Proteinsrab5 GTP-Binding ProteinsUbiquitin-Protein LigasesBNip3 protein, mouseMembrane ProteinsMitochondrial Proteinsparkin proteinrab5 GTP-Binding ProteinsUbiquitin-Protein LigasesautophagyBNIP3endosomesmitochondriamitophagyParkinRab5

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PMID28696827
PMCPMC6959301

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