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Systems Phytohormone Responses to Mitochondrial Proteotoxic Stress

Mitochondrial function is controlled by two separate genomes. This feature makes mitochondria prone to proteotoxic stress when a stoichiometric imbalance occurs in the protein complexes that perform oxidative phosphorylation, which consist of both nucleara ...

Cell Press2017

Multi-omics analysis identifies ATF4 as a key regulator of the mitochondrial stress response in mammals

Johan Auwerx, Davide D'Amico

Mitochondrial stress activates a mitonuclear response to safeguard and repair mitochondrial function and to adapt cellular metabolism to stress. Using a multiomics approach in mammalian cells treated with four types of mitochondrial stressors, we identify ...

Rockefeller University Press2017

A microfluidic platform for automated phenotyping during full lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans at high-throughput

Martinus Adela Maria Gijs, Johan Auwerx, Matteo Cornaglia, Laurent Mouchiroud, Hüseyin Baris Atakan

We present a multiplexed and automated microfluidic platform for phenotyping of C. elegans during their full lifespan and at high-throughput. We used the fluorescent hsp-6::gfp strain of worms and performed experiments to observe the effect of four differe ...

2017

The chromatin remodeling factor ISW-1 integrates organismal responses against nuclear and mitochondrial stress

Johan Auwerx, Maroun Bou Sleiman

Age-associated changes in chromatin structure have a major impact on organismal longevity. Despite being a central part of the ageing process, the organismal responses to the changes in chromatin organization remain unclear. Here we show that moderate dist ...

Nature Research2017

Cytosolic Proteostasis Networks of the Mitochondrial Stress Response

Johan Auwerx, Vincenzo Sorrentino, Davide D'Amico

Mitochondrial stress requires timely intervention to prevent mitochondria' and cellular dysfunction. Re-establishing the correct protein homeostasis is crucial for coping with mitochondria' stress and maintaining cellular homeostasis. The best-characterize ...

Elsevier Science London2017

Mitochondrial Post-translational Modifications and Metabolic Control: Sirtuins and Beyond

Carlos Canto Alvarez

Introduction: In order to maintain metabolic homeostasis, organisms adjust the capacity and efficiency of ATP generation to changes in energetic demand and supply. While the transcriptional control of mitochondrial biogenesis allows to adapt mitochondrial ...

Bentham Science Publ Ltd2017

Enhancing mitochondrial proteostasis reduces amyloid-beta proteotoxicity

Johan Auwerx, Adrian Schmid, Norman Lionel Moullan, Hongbo Zhang, Vincenzo Sorrentino, Davide D'Amico, Mario Romani

Alzheimer's disease is a common and devastating disease characterized by aggregation of the amyloid-beta peptide. However, we know relatively little about the underlying molecular mechanisms or how to treat patients with Alzheimer's disease. Here we provid ...

2017

Mitochondrial unfolded protein response, its molecular mechanism and physiological impact

Virginija Jovaisaite

Mitochondria are the main producers of ATP, the energy currency of the cell, and they perform a wide array of other fundamental functions. These organelles are essential not only for cellular metabolism, but also for organismal physiology and lifespan. A r ...

EPFL2016

Metabolic control of muscle and muscle stem cell function

Hongbo Zhang

Skeletal muscle composed of myofibers and a small amount of muscle stem cells (MuSCs). It plays important roles in energy metabolism. Some of the key metabolites, such as NAD+ and acetyl-CoA were recently found to regulate muscle and MuSCs function. Most o ...

EPFL2016