Selected Publications

TP53INP2-dependent activation of muscle autophagy ameliorates sarcopenia and promotes healthy aging

Sebastián D, Beltrà M, Irazoki A, Sala D, Aparicio P, Aris C, Alibakhshi E, Rubio-Valera M, Palacín M, Castellanos J, Lores L, Zorzano A 

Autophagy. 2024 Mar 28:1-10. doi: 10.1080/15548627.2024.2333717


Mitochondrial fitness sustains healthy muscle aging

Irazoki A, Zorzano A, Sebastián D. 

Aging (Albany NY). 2023, Jun 24; 15 doi: 10.18632/aging.204857


Splice variants of mitofusin 2 shape the endoplasmic reticulum and tether it to mitochondria

Naón D, Hernández-Alvarez MI, Shinjo S, Wieczor M, Ivanova S, Martins de Brito O, Quintana A, Hidalgo J, Palacín M, Aparicio P, Castellanos J, Lores L, Sebastián D, Fernández-Veledo S, Vendrell J, Joven J, Orozco M, Zorzano A, Scorrano L 

Science. 2023, Jun 23; 380 (6651) doi: 10.1126/science.adh9351


Disruption of mitochondrial dynamics triggers muscle inflammation through interorganellar contacts and mitochondrial DNA mislocation

Irazoki A, Gordaliza-Alaguero I, Frank E, Giakoumakis NN, Seco J, Palacín M, Gumà A, Sylow L, Sebastián D*, Zorzano A*. (*co-corresponding authors)

Nat Commun. 2023, Jan 6;14(1):108. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35732-1.


Essential lipid autacoids rewire mitochondrial energy efficiency in metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease

López-Vicario C, Sebastián D, Casulleras M, Duran-Güell M, Flores-Costa R, Aguilar F, Lozano JJ, Zhang IW, Titos E, Kang JX, Zorzano A, Arita M, Clària J.

Hepatology. 2022 Jul 5. doi: 10.1002/hep.32647


Coordination of mitochondrial and lysosomal homeostasis mitigates inflammation and muscle atrophy during aging

Irazoki A, Martinez-Vicente M, Aparicio P, Aris C, Alibakhshi E, Rubio-Valera M, Castellanos J, Lores L, Palacín M, Gumà A, Zorzano A, Sebastián D.

Aging Cell. 2022 Apr;21(4):e13583. doi: 10.1111/acel.13583.


Self-Eating for Muscle Fitness: Autophagy in the Control of Energy Metabolism

Sebastián D, Zorzano A.

Dev Cell. 2020 Jul 20;54(2):268-281. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2020.06.030.


Deficient Endoplasmic Reticulum-Mitochondrial Phosphatidylserine Transfer Causes Liver Disease

Hernández-Alvarez MI, Sebastián D, Vives S, Ivanova S, Bartoccioni P, Kakimoto P, Plana N, Veiga SR, Hernández V, Vasconcelos N, Peddinti G, Adrover A, Jové M, Pamplona R, Gordaliza-Alaguero I, Calvo E, Cabré N, Castro R, Kuzmanic A, Boutant M, Sala D, Hyotylainen T, Orešič M, Fort J, Errasti-Murugarren E, Rodrígues CMP, Orozco M, Joven J, Cantó C, Palacin M, Fernández-Veledo S, Vendrell J, Zorzano A.

Cell. 2019 May 2;177(4):881-895.e17. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.04.010


Identification of New Activators of Mitochondrial Fusion Reveals a Link between Mitochondrial Morphology and Pyrimidine Metabolism

Miret-Casals L, Sebastián D, Brea J, Rico-Leo EM, Palacín M, Fernández-Salguero PM, Loza MI, Albericio F, Zorzano A.

Cell Chem Biol. 2018 Mar 15;25(3):268-278.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2017.12.001.


Mitochondrial Dynamics: Coupling Mitochondrial Fitness with Healthy Aging

Sebastián D, Palacín M, Zorzano A..

Trends Mol Med. 2017 Mar;23(3):201-215. doi: 10.1016/j.molmed.2017.01.003. 


When MFN2 (mitofusin 2) met autophagy: A new age for old muscles

Sebastián D, Zorzano A.

Autophagy. 2016 Nov;12(11):2250-2251. doi: 10.1080/15548627.2016.1215383.


Mfn2 deficiency links age-related sarcopenia and impaired autophagy to activation of an adaptive mitophagy pathway

Sebastián D, Sorianello E, Segalés J, Irazoki A, Ruiz-Bonilla V, Sala D, Planet E, Berenguer-Llergo A, Muñoz JP, Sánchez-Feutrie M, Plana N, Hernández-Álvarez MI, Serrano AL, Palacín M, Zorzano A.

EMBO J. 2016 Aug 1;35(15):1677-93. doi: 10.15252/embj.201593084.


Mitofusin 2 (Mfn2) links mitochondrial and endoplasmic reticulum function with insulin signaling and is essential for normal glucose homeostasis

Sebastián D, Hernández-Alvarez MI, Segalés J, Sorianello E, Muñoz JP, Sala D, Waget A, Liesa M, Paz JC, Gopalacharyulu P, Orešič M, Pich S, Burcelin R, Palacín M, Zorzano A.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Apr 3;109(14):5523-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1108220109.