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ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2025

Mitochondria protect against an intracellular pathogen by restricting access to folate.

Tânia Catarina Medeiros, Jana Ovciarikova, Xianhe Li, Patrick Krueger, Tim Bartsch, Silvia Reato, John C Crow, Michelle Tellez Sutterlin, Bruna Martins Garcia, Irina Rais and 10 more

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Function and regulation of the mitochondrial stress response.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

Tânia Catarina MedeirosMetabolism of Infection Group, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5843-3763
Jana OvciarikovaCentre for Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Xianhe LiMetabolism of Infection Group, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1099-518X
Patrick KruegerMetabolism of Infection Group, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0009-0004-3606-7781
Tim BartschDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4041-1686
Silvia ReatoDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-0173-4219
John C CrowDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Michelle Tellez SutterlinMetabolism of Infection Group, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0009-0005-9708-6588
Bruna Martins GarciaMetabolism of Infection Group, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany.
Irina RaisMetabolism of Infection Group, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0367-1980
Kira AllmerothMetabolic and Genetic Regulation of Ageing, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2659-6776
Matías D HartmanMetabolic and Genetic Regulation of Ageing, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0839-2075
Martin S DenzelMetabolic and Genetic Regulation of Ageing, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5691-3349
Martin PurrioPhenotyping Core Facility, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany.
Andrea MesarosPhenotyping Core Facility, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2394-1412
Kit-Yi LeungDevelopmental Biology and Cancer Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7868-9616
Nicholas D E GreeneDevelopmental Biology and Cancer Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4170-5248
Lilach SheinerCentre for Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5909-2307
Patrick GiavaliscoMetabolomics Core Facility, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4636-1827
Lena PernasMetabolism of Infection Group, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4337-3435

Funding

Howard Hughes Medical InstituteWellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As major consumers of cellular metabolites, mitochondria are poised to compete with invading microbes for the nutrients that they need to grow. Whether cells exploit mitochondrial metabolism to protect from infection is unclear. In this work, we found that the activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4) activates a mitochondrial defense based on the essential B vitamin folate. During infection of cultured mammalian cells with the intracellular pathogen

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Activating Transcription Factor 4Folic AcidHost-Parasite InteractionsMitochondriaToxoplasmaToxoplasmosisAnimalsDNA, MitochondrialHeLa CellsHumansMiceActivating Transcription Factor 4ATF4 protein, humanDNA, MitochondrialFolic Acid

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PMID40811546
PMCPMC12483063

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