Inhibition of autophagy curtails visual loss in a model of autosomal dominant optic atrophy

Autor: Marta Zaninello, Konstantinos Palikaras, Deborah Naon, Keiko Iwata, Stephanie Herkenne, Ruben Quintana-Cabrera, Martina Semenzato, Francesca Grespi, Fred N. Ross-Cisneros, Valerio Carelli, Alfredo A. Sadun, Nektarios Tavernarakis, Luca Scorrano
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17821-1
Popis: Autosomal dominant optic atrophy is caused by mutations in the mitochondrial fusion protein OPA1. Here, the authors show that AMPK-induced autophagy depletes mitochondria in axons of retinal ganglion cells and that autophagic inhibition reverses vision loss in a mouse model.
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