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ArticleScientific reports2025

Deficiency in NPC2 results in disruption of mitochondria-late endosome/lysosomes contact sites and endo-lysosomal lipid dyshomeostasis.

Raffaele Pastore, Lihang Yao, Nathan Hatcher, Martin Helley, Janet Brownlees, Radha Desai

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Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Raffaele PastoreMSD R&D Innovation Centre, 120 Moorgate, London, EC2M 6UR, UK.
Lihang YaoMerck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Rahway, NJ, USA.
Nathan HatcherMerck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Rahway, NJ, USA.
Martin HelleyMSD R&D Innovation Centre, 120 Moorgate, London, EC2M 6UR, UK.
Janet BrownleesMSD R&D Innovation Centre, 120 Moorgate, London, EC2M 6UR, UK.
Radha DesaiMSD R&D Innovation Centre, 120 Moorgate, London, EC2M 6UR, UK. radha.desai@msd.com.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dysfunction of the endo-lysosomal intracellular Cholesterol transporter 2 protein (NPC2) leads to the onset of Niemann-Pick Disease Type C (NPC), a lysosomal storage disorder. Metabolic and homeostatic mechanisms are disrupted in lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) hence we characterized a cellular model of NPC2 knock out, to assess alterations in organellar function and inter-organellar crosstalk between mitochondria and lysosomes. We performed characterization of lipid alterations and confirmed altered lysosomal morphology, but no overt changes in oxidative stress markers. Using several techniques, we demonstrated that contacts between mitochondria and late endosomes/lysosomes are reduced in NPC2

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EndosomesLysosomesMitochondriaVesicular Transport ProteinsHEK293 CellsHomeostasisHumansLipid MetabolismNiemann-Pick Disease, Type CSphingolipidsNPC2 protein, humanSphingolipidsVesicular Transport Proteins

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PMID39747180
PMCPMC11696400

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