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ArticleNature communications2019

Mul1 restrains Parkin-mediated mitophagy in mature neurons by maintaining ER-mitochondrial contacts.

Rajat Puri, Xiu-Tang Cheng, Mei-Yao Lin, Ning Huang, Zu-Hang Sheng

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Article in Nature communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 94 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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94citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

94 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 147 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rajat PuriSynaptic Function Section, The Porter Neuroscience Research Center, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Room 2B-215, 35 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892-3706, USA.
Xiu-Tang ChengSynaptic Function Section, The Porter Neuroscience Research Center, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Room 2B-215, 35 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892-3706, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9385-2031
Mei-Yao LinSynaptic Function Section, The Porter Neuroscience Research Center, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Room 2B-215, 35 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892-3706, USA.
Ning HuangSynaptic Function Section, The Porter Neuroscience Research Center, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Room 2B-215, 35 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892-3706, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8233-2572
Zu-Hang ShengSynaptic Function Section, The Porter Neuroscience Research Center, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Room 2B-215, 35 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892-3706, USA. shengz@ninds.nih.gov.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4586-4753
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Regulation of mitochondrial transport and its impact on synaptic transmissionZIANS003029 · NINDS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI SHENG, ZU-HANG · 2009 to 2025
$31.5M
Transport and regulation of presynaptic release machineryZIANS002946 · NINDS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI SHENG, ZU-HANG · 2009 to 2025
$25.6M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA NS002946Intramural NIH HHS ZIA NS003029
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic mitochondrial stress associates with major neurodegenerative diseases. Recovering stressed mitochondria constitutes a critical step of mitochondrial quality control and thus energy maintenance in early stages of neurodegeneration. Here, we reveal Mul1-Mfn2 pathway that maintains neuronal mitochondrial integrity under stress conditions. Mul1 deficiency increases Mfn2 activity that triggers the first phasic mitochondrial hyperfusion and also acts as an ER-Mito tethering antagonist. Reduced ER-Mito coupling leads to increased cytoplasmic Ca

Indexed as

MitophagyAnimalsCalciumEndoplasmic ReticulumGTP PhosphohydrolasesHumansMitochondriaMitochondrial ProteinsNeuronsUbiquitin-Protein LigasesCalciumGTP PhosphohydrolasesMfn2 protein, mouseMitochondrial ProteinsMUL1 protein, mouseparkin proteinUbiquitin-Protein Ligases

Identifiers

PMID31409786
PMCPMC6692330
OpenAlexW2967392900

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