Nature Communications (May 2020)

Mitochondrial phosphatase PGAM5 modulates cellular senescence by regulating mitochondrial dynamics

  • Bo Yu,
  • Jing Ma,
  • Jing Li,
  • Dazhi Wang,
  • Zhigao Wang,
  • Shusheng Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16312-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Mitochondria are a hub that can direct cellular outcomes in response to stress. Here, the authors show that mitochondrial phosphatase PGAM5 has a role in mitochondrial turnover and regulation of cellular senescence by altering organellar dynamics via fission regulator Drp1.