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ArticleRedox biology2025

Mitochondrial ROS modulate presynaptic plasticity in the drosophila neuromuscular junction.

Irina Stavrovskaya, Bethany Kristi Morin, Stephen Madamba, Cliyahnelle Alexander, Alexis Romano, Samia Alam, Lucas Pavlov, Erna Mitaishvili, Pablo M Peixoto

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Article in Redox biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Irina StavrovskayaBaruch College and CUNY Graduate Center, 1 Baruch Way, New York, NY, 10010, USA.
Bethany Kristi MorinBaruch College and CUNY Graduate Center, 1 Baruch Way, New York, NY, 10010, USA.
Stephen MadambaBaruch College and CUNY Graduate Center, 1 Baruch Way, New York, NY, 10010, USA.
Cliyahnelle AlexanderBaruch College and CUNY Graduate Center, 1 Baruch Way, New York, NY, 10010, USA.
Alexis RomanoBaruch College and CUNY Graduate Center, 1 Baruch Way, New York, NY, 10010, USA.
Samia AlamBaruch College and CUNY Graduate Center, 1 Baruch Way, New York, NY, 10010, USA.
Lucas PavlovBaruch College and CUNY Graduate Center, 1 Baruch Way, New York, NY, 10010, USA.
Erna MitaishviliBaruch College and CUNY Graduate Center, 1 Baruch Way, New York, NY, 10010, USA.
Pablo M PeixotoBaruch College and CUNY Graduate Center, 1 Baruch Way, New York, NY, 10010, USA. Electronic address: Pablo.Peixoto@baruch.cuny.edu.

Funding

Retraction or reshaping: dissecting the role of mitochondrial ROS in synaptic plasticitySC1GM136609 · NIGMS · BERNARD M. BARUCH COLLEGE · PI PEIXOTO, PABLO M · 2020 to 2023
$1.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS 1SC1 GM136609NIGMS NIH HHS SC1 GM136609
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The elevated emission of reactive oxygen species (ROS) from presynaptic mitochondria is well-documented in several inflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases. However, the potential role of mitochondrial ROS in presynaptic function and plasticity remains largely understudied beyond the context of disease. Here, we investigated this potential ROS role in presynaptic function and short-term plasticity by combining optogenetics, whole cell electrophysiological recordings, and live confocal imaging using a well-established protocol for induction and measurement of synaptic potentiation in Drosophila melanogaster neuromuscular junctions (NMJ). Optogenetic induction of ROS emission from presynaptic motorneuron mitochondria expressing mitokiller red (mK) resulted in synaptic potentiation, evidenced by an increase in the frequency of spontaneous mini excitatory junction potentials. Notably, this effect was not observed in flies co-expressing catalase, a cytosolic hydrogen peroxide (H

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Drosophila melanogasterMitochondriaNeuromuscular JunctionNeuronal PlasticityPresynaptic TerminalsReactive Oxygen SpeciesAnimalsDrosophila ProteinsOptogeneticsDrosophila ProteinsReactive Oxygen SpeciesActivity-dependent short-term synaptic plasticityDrosophilaLive imagingMitochondrial oxidative signalingNeuromuscular junctionOptogenetics

Identifiers

PMID39721493
PMCPMC11732232

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