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ArticleThe Journal of cell biology2021

Vps13D functions in a Pink1-dependent and Parkin-independent mitophagy pathway.

James L Shen, Tina M Fortier, Ruoxi Wang, Eric H Baehrecke

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Article in The Journal of cell biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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35 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Species-dependent activities of the PINK1-parkin axis.Translational neurodegeneration · 2026
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  12. Neuronal VPS13D loss drives microglial activation.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2025
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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.

James L ShenDepartment of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA.
Tina M FortierDepartment of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA.
Ruoxi WangDepartment of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA.ORCID 0000-0002-3828-899X
Eric H BaehreckeDepartment of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA.ORCID 0000-0003-1683-5064
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US

Funding

Regulation of autophagy during animal developmentR35GM131689 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI Eric H Baehrecke · 2019 to 2026
$4.9M
Discovery of a novel role of VPS13D in AutophagyF30CA239374 · NCI · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI SHEN, JAMES L · 2019 to 2023
$140k
NCI NIH HHS F30 CA239374NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM131689NIH HHS R35GM131689
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Defects in autophagy cause problems in metabolism, development, and disease. The autophagic clearance of mitochondria, mitophagy, is impaired by the loss of Vps13D. Here, we discover that Vps13D regulates mitophagy in a pathway that depends on the core autophagy machinery by regulating Atg8a and ubiquitin localization. This process is Pink1 dependent, with loss of pink1 having similar autophagy and mitochondrial defects as loss of vps13d. The role of Pink1 has largely been studied in tandem with Park/Parkin, an E3 ubiquitin ligase that is widely considered to be crucial in Pink1-dependent mitophagy. Surprisingly, we find that loss of park does not exhibit the same autophagy and mitochondrial deficiencies as vps13d and pink1 mutant cells and contributes to mitochondrial clearance through a pathway that is parallel to vps13d. These findings provide a Park-independent pathway for Pink1-regulated mitophagy and help to explain how Vps13D regulates autophagy and mitochondrial morphology and contributes to neurodegenerative diseases.

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AnimalsAutophagyDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsMitochondriaMitophagyProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesPTEN-Induced Putative KinaseSignal TransductionUbiquitinUbiquitin-Protein LigasesDrosophila Proteinspark protein, DrosophilaPINK1 protein, DrosophilaProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesPTEN-Induced Putative KinaseUbiquitinUbiquitin-Protein Ligases

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PMID34459871
PMCPMC8406608
OpenAlexW3196322306

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