Direct Membrane Association Drives Mitochondrial Fission by the Parkinson Disease-associated Protein α-Synuclein

Inhibition of mitochondrial fusion by α-synuclein is rescued by PINK1, Parkin and DJ-1

(2010) Frits Kamp et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Membrane Curvature Induction and Tubulation Are Common Features of Synucleins and Apolipoproteins

(2010) Jobin Varkey et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The Transgenic Overexpression of α-Synuclein and Not Its Related Pathology Associates with Complex I Inhibition

(2010) Virginie Loeb et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

PINK1/Parkin-mediated mitophagy is dependent on VDAC1 and p62/SQSTM1

(2010) Sven Geisler et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Increased Expression of α-Synuclein Reduces Neurotransmitter Release by Inhibiting Synaptic Vesicle Reclustering after Endocytosis

(2010) Venu M. Nemani et al.   NEURON

   -Synuclein triple knockout mice reveal age-dependent neuronal dysfunction

(2010) B. Greten-Harrison et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 -Synuclein Promotes SNARE-Complex Assembly in Vivo and in Vitro

(2010) J. Burre et al.   SCIENCE

Parkin-induced mitophagy in the pathogenesis of Parkinson disease

(2009) Derek Narendra et al.   Autophagy

Clustering of α -Synuclein on Supported Lipid Bilayers: Role of Anionic Lipid, Protein, and Divalent Ion Concentration

(2009) Anjan P. Pandey et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Monoclonal Antibodies Recognize Distinct Conformational Epitopes Formed by Polyglutamine in a Mutant Huntingtin Fragment

(2009) Justin Legleiter et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The dynamin-related GTPase Drp1 is required for embryonic and brain development in mice

(2009) Junko Wakabayashi et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Molecular Insights into the Interaction between α-Synuclein and Docosahexaenoic Acid

(2009) Giorgia De Franceschi et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Mutant Pink1 induces mitochondrial dysfunction in a neuronal cell model of Parkinson’s disease by disturbing calcium flux

(2009) Roberta Marongiu et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 2 Regulates the Progression of Neuropathology Induced by Parkinson's-Disease-Related Mutant α-synuclein

(2009) Xian Lin et al.   NEURON

Parkinson Phenotype in Aged PINK1-Deficient Mice Is Accompanied by Progressive Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Absence of Neurodegeneration

(2009) Suzana Gispert et al.   PLoS One

PINK1-dependent recruitment of Parkin to mitochondria in mitophagy

(2009) C. Vives-Bauza et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Semi-quantitative analysis of α-synuclein in subcellular pools of rat brain neurons: An immunogold electron microscopic study using a C-terminal specific monoclonal antibody

(2008) Ling Zhang et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

Mitochondrial translocation of α-synuclein is promoted by intracellular acidification

(2008) Nelson B. Cole et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Mitochondrial Import and Accumulation of α-Synuclein Impair Complex I in Human Dopaminergic Neuronal Cultures and Parkinson Disease Brain

(2008) Latha Devi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Parkin is recruited selectively to impaired mitochondria and promotes their autophagy

(2008) Derek Narendra et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Optical Reporters for the Conformation of  -Synuclein Reveal a Specific Interaction with Mitochondria

(2008) K. Nakamura et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Phosphorylation of Profilin by ROCK1 Regulates Polyglutamine Aggregation

(2008) J. Shao et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

α-Synuclein–induced Aggregation of Cytoplasmic Vesicles in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

(2008) James H. Soper et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Mitochondrial localization of alpha-synuclein protein in alpha-synuclein overexpressing cells

(2008) Shaik Shavali et al.   NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS

Pink1 regulates mitochondrial dynamics through interaction with the fission/fusion machinery

(2008) Y. Yang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The PINK1/Parkin pathway regulates mitochondrial morphology

(2008) A. C. Poole et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA