Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36917977›Full record

ArticleNeuron2023

Gasdermin-E mediates mitochondrial damage in axons and neurodegeneration.

Dylan V Neel, Himanish Basu, Georgia Gunner, Matthew D Bergstresser, Richard M Giadone, Haeji Chung, Rui Miao, Vicky Chou, Eliza Brody, Xin Jiang and 13 more

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Article in Neuron, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 81 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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81citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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81 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 113 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Dylan V NeelDepartment of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Himanish BasuDepartment of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Georgia GunnerDepartment of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Matthew D BergstresserDepartment of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Richard M GiadoneDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, 7 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Haeji ChungDepartment of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Rui MiaoProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Vicky ChouAnn Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Eliza BrodyDepartment of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Xin JiangDepartment of Neurology, Mass General Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease (MIND), Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Edward LeeDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Michelle E WattsDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, 7 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Christine MarquesDepartment of Neurology, Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Aaron HeldDepartment of Neurology, Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Brian WaingerDepartment of Neurology, Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Clotilde Lagier-TourenneDepartment of Neurology, Mass General Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease (MIND), Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Broad Institute of Harvard University and MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Yong-Jie ZhangDepartment of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA.
Leonard PetrucelliDepartment of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA.
Tracy L Young-PearseAnn Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Alice S Chen-PlotkinDepartment of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Lee L RubinDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, 7 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Judy LiebermanProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: judy.lieberman@childrens.harvard.edu.
Isaac M ChiuDepartment of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: isaac_chiu@hms.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · USBoston Children's Hospital · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USMayo Clinic in Florida · USBroad Institute · US

Funding

Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM007753 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI WALENSKY, LOREN DAVID · 1985 to 2021
$50.0M
Project IV: "Alpha-Synuclein Strains & Diverse Synucleinopathies"P50NS053488 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI TROJANOWSKI, JOHN Q. · 2007 to 2017
$20.9M
Project IV "Tackling Heterogeneity of Cognitive Trajectory in LBD"U19AG062418 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI LEE, VIRGINIA M · 2019 to 2023
$18.1M
Probing Heterogeneity of Alzheimer's Disease Using iPSCsR01AG055909 · NIA · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI Tracy L YOUNG-PEARSE · 2018 to 2026
$5.7M
Staphylococcus aureus induced itch and neuro-immune signaling in skin infectionsR01AI168005 · NIAID · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI Isaac Ming-Cheng Chiu, ALEXANDER R HORSWILL · 2022 to 2026
$3.7M
Biomarkers of cognitive decline in Parkinson's DiseaseR01NS115139 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI CHEN-PLOTKIN, ALICE S · 2019 to 2023
$3.6M
Gasdermin E and pyroptosis in cancerR01CA240955 · NCI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI LIEBERMAN, JUDY · 2020 to 2024
$2.5M
Nociceptor neuron regulation of gastrointestinal barrier protection and host defenseR01DK127257 · NIDDK · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI CHIU, ISAAC MING-CHENG · 2021 to 2024
$2.2M
Understanding Roles for Protein Homeostasis Machinery in Aging Brain VasculatureF32AG079593 · NIA · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI GIADONE, RICHARD · 2022 to 2024
$218k
Gasdermin-Driven Cell Death and Immune Activation in Parkinson's DiseaseF31NS122292 · NINDS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI NEEL, DYLAN · 2021 to 2022
$80k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA240955NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI168005NIA NIH HHS R01 AG055909NIA NIH HHS U19 AG062418NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK127257NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007753NINDS NIH HHS F31 NS122292NINDS NIH HHS P50 NS053488NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS115139
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondrial dysfunction and axon loss are hallmarks of neurologic diseases. Gasdermin (GSDM) proteins are executioner pore-forming molecules that mediate cell death, yet their roles in the central nervous system (CNS) are not well understood. Here, we find that one GSDM family member, GSDME, is expressed by both mouse and human neurons. GSDME plays a role in mitochondrial damage and axon loss. Mitochondrial neurotoxins induced caspase-dependent GSDME cleavage and rapid localization to mitochondria in axons, where GSDME promoted mitochondrial depolarization, trafficking defects, and neurite retraction. Frontotemporal dementia (FTD)/amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)-associated proteins TDP-43 and PR-50 induced GSDME-mediated damage to mitochondria and neurite loss. GSDME knockdown protected against neurite loss in ALS patient iPSC-derived motor neurons. Knockout of GSDME in SOD1

Indexed as

Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisAnimalsAxonsFrontotemporal DementiaGasderminsHumansMiceMice, KnockoutMotor NeuronsGasderminsALSaxon degenerationcell deathFTDgasderminsinnate immunitymitochondrianeurodegenerationneuroimmunologypyroptosis

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PMID36917977
PMCPMC10121894
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