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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2023

Misregulation of mitochondria-lysosome contact dynamics in Charcot-Marie-Tooth Type 2B disease Rab7 mutant sensory peripheral neurons.

Yvette C Wong, Nirupa D Jayaraj, Tayler B Belton, George C Shum, Hannah E Ball, Dongjun Ren, Abigail L D Tadenev, Dimitri Krainc, Robert W Burgess, Daniela M Menichella

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yvette C Wong *Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611.ORCID 0000-0002-3188-4342
Nirupa D Jayaraj *Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611.
Tayler B BeltonDepartment of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611.
George C ShumDepartment of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611.ORCID 0000-0001-5464-0570
Hannah E BallDepartment of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611.ORCID 0000-0003-2804-2387
Dongjun RenDepartment of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611.
Abigail L D TadenevThe Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME 04609.ORCID 0000-0003-0801-8267
Dimitri KraincDepartment of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611.ORCID 0000-0002-4716-1886
Robert W BurgessThe Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME 04609.ORCID 0000-0002-9229-3407
Daniela M MenichellaDepartment of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611.
Northwestern University · USJackson Laboratory · US

Funding

Tumor Environment and Metastasis (TEAM) Research ProgramP30CA060553 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Daniela E Matei · 1993 to 2026
$153.9M
Shared Resource ManagementP30CA034196 · NCI · JACKSON LABORATORY · PI Mark D ADAMS · 1985 to 2026
$61.9M
The Genetics of the Neuromuscular Junction: Mechanisms and Disease ModelsR37NS054154 · NINDS · JACKSON LABORATORY · PI Robert W. Burgess · 2020 to 2026
$5.9M
Neuron-Keratinocyte Communication in the Epidermis in Normal and Diabetic Wound HealingR01AR077691 · NIAMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI MENICHELLA, DANIELA M, PALLER, AMY S · 2020 to 2023
$2.6M
Cellular and Molecular Role of CXCR4 signaling in Painful Diabetic NeuropathyR01NS104295 · NINDS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI MENICHELLA, DANIELA M · 2018 to 2022
$2.5M
A Resource for Mouse Models of Peripheral NeuropathyR24NS098523 · NINDS · JACKSON LABORATORY · PI BOGDANIK, LAURENT P, BURGESS, ROBERT W. · 2016 to 2019
$1.2M
Molecular mechanisms underlying mitochondria-lysosome membrane contact sites in neuronal function and neurodegenerationR00NS109252 · NINDS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI WONG, YVETTE · 2020 to 2023
$883k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA034196NCI NIH HHS P30 CA060553NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR077691NINDS NIH HHS R00 NS109252NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS104295NINDS NIH HHS R24 NS098523NINDS NIH HHS R37 NS054154
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inter-organelle contact sites between mitochondria and lysosomes mediate the crosstalk and bidirectional regulation of their dynamics in health and disease. However, mitochondria-lysosome contact sites and their misregulation have not been investigated in peripheral sensory neurons. Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2B disease is an autosomal dominant axonal neuropathy affecting peripheral sensory neurons caused by mutations in the GTPase Rab7. Using live super-resolution and confocal time-lapse microscopy, we showed that mitochondria-lysosome contact sites dynamically form in the soma and axons of peripheral sensory neurons. Interestingly, Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2B mutant Rab7 led to prolonged mitochondria-lysosome contact site tethering preferentially in the axons of peripheral sensory neurons, due to impaired Rab7 GTP hydrolysis-mediated contact site untethering. We further generated a Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2B mutant Rab7 knock-in mouse model which exhibited prolonged axonal mitochondria-lysosome contact site tethering and defective downstream axonal mitochondrial dynamics due to impaired Rab7 GTP hydrolysis as well as fragmented mitochondria in the axon of the sciatic nerve. Importantly, mutant Rab7 mice further demonstrated preferential sensory behavioral abnormalities and neuropathy, highlighting an important role for mutant Rab7 in driving degeneration of peripheral sensory neurons. Together, this study identifies an important role for mitochondria-lysosome contact sites in the pathogenesis of peripheral neuropathy.

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Charcot-Marie-Tooth Diseaserab GTP-Binding ProteinsAnimalsGuanosine TriphosphateLysosomesMiceMitochondriaMutationrab7 GTP-Binding ProteinsSensory Receptor CellsGuanosine Triphosphaterab7 GTP-Binding Proteinsrab GTP-Binding ProteinsCharcot–Marie–Tooth diseaseinter-organelle contact sitelysosomemitochondriaperipheral neuropathy

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PMID37878717
PMCPMC10622892
OpenAlexW4387934569

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