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The mitochondrial calcium uniporter (MCU) activates mitochondrial respiration and enhances mobility by regulating mitochondrial redox state

Sonia Karaz, Vincenzo Sorrentino, Umberto De Marchi, Federico Sizzano

Regulation of mitochondrial redox balance is emerging as a key event for cell signaling in both physiological and pathological conditions. However, the link between the mitochondrial redox state and the modulation of these conditions remains poorly defined ...

ELSEVIER2023

A Tead1-Apelin axis directs paracrine communication from myogenic to endothelial cells in skeletal muscle

Bart Deplancke, Julie Marie Russeil, Sonia Karaz, Maria Deak, Umji Lee, Benjamin D. Cosgrove

Apelin (Apln) is a myokine that regulates skeletal muscle plasticity and meta-bolism and declines during aging. Through a yeast one-hybrid transcription factor binding screen, we identified the TEA domain transcription factor 1 (Tead1) as a novel regulator ...

CELL PRESS2022

Mitochondrial oxidative capacity and NAD(+) biosynthesis are reduced in human sarcopenia across ethnicities

Patrick Descombes, Tanja Sonntag, Sylviane Métairon, Sonia Karaz, Sofia Moco, Lei Feng

The causes of impaired skeletal muscle mass and strength during aging are well-studied in healthy populations. Less is known on pathological age-related muscle wasting and weakness termed sarcopenia, which directly impacts physical autonomy and survival. H ...

Springer2019

Aging Disrupts Muscle Stem Cell Function by Impairing Matricellular WISP1 Secretion from Fibro-Adipogenic Progenitors

Patrick Descombes, Omid Mashinchian, Guillaume Jacot, Sylviane Métairon, Sonia Karaz, Laura Lukjanenko, Federico Sizzano, Sara Ancel

Research on age-related regenerative failure of skeletal muscle has extensively focused on the phenotypes of muscle stem cells (MuSCs). In contrast, the impact of aging on regulatory cells in the MuSC niche remains largely unexplored. Here, we demonstrate ...

CELL PRESS2019

Vitamin B12 deficiency and impaired expression of amnionless during aging

Albano António De Abreu E Presa De Castro E Sousa, Sonia Karaz, Laurence Goulet, Alice Pannerec

Background Physical frailty and loss of mobility in elderly individuals lead to reduced independence, quality of life, and increased mortality. Vitamin B12 deficiency has been linked to several age-related chronic diseases, including in the musculo-skeleta ...

2018

PPAR gamma Controls Ectopic Adipogenesis and Cross-Talks with Myogenesis During Skeletal Muscle Regeneration

Sonia Karaz

2018

Aging and sarcopenia associate with specific interactions between gut microbes, serum biomarkers and host physiology in rats

Sonia Karaz, Anirikh Chakrabarti, Mojgan Masoodi, Alice Pannerec, Jay Siddharth

The microbiome has been demonstrated to play an integral role in the maintenance of many aspects of health that are also associated with aging. In order to identify areas of potential exploration and intervention, we simultaneously characterized age-relate ...

Impact Journals Llc2017