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Basal mitophagy is widespread in Drosophila but minimally affected by loss of Pink1 or parkin

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Lee, Juliette J., Sanchez-Martinez, Alvaro, Zarate, Aitor Martinez, Benincá, Cristiane, Mayor, Ugo, Clague, Michael J., Whitworth, Alexander J.·2018·Journal of Cell Biology

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The Parkinson’s disease factors PINK1 and parkin are strongly implicated in stress-induced mitophagy in vitro, but little is known about their impact on basal mitophagy in vivo. We generated transgenic Drosophila melanogaster expressing fluorescent mitophagy reporters to evaluate the impact of Pink1/parkin mutations on basal mitophagy under physiological conditions. We find that mitophagy is readily detectable and abundant in many tissues, including Parkinson’s disease–relevant dopaminergic neurons. However, we did not detect mitolysosomes in flight muscle. Surprisingly, in Pink1 or parkin null flies, we did not observe any substantial impact on basal mitophagy. Because these flies exhibit locomotor defects and dopaminergic neuron loss, our findings raise questions about current assumptions of the pathogenic mechanism associated with the PINK1/parkin pathway. Our findings provide evidence that Pink1 and parkin are not essential for bulk basal mitophagy in Drosophila. They also emphasize that mechanisms underpinning basal mitophagy remain largely obscure.

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Authors
Lee, J. J., Sanchez-Martinez, A., Zarate, A. M., Benincá, C., Mayor, U., Clague, M. J., & Whitworth, A. J.
Venue
Journal of Cell Biology
Published
2018-03-02
Volume
217
Issue
5
Pages
1613-1622
ISSN
  • 0021-9525 (ISSN-L)
  • 1540-8140
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W2787965853
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348
References
40
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29.83
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Lee, J. J., Sanchez-Martinez, A., Zarate, A. M., Benincá, C., Mayor, U., Clague, M. J., & Whitworth, A. J. (2018). Basal mitophagy is widespread in Drosophila but minimally affected by loss of Pink1 or parkin. Journal of Cell Biology. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201801044

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