How Reserpine works (IMAGE)

NIH/National Eye Institute

How Reserpine works

Caption

In LCA10, CEP290 mutations lead to defects in the photoreceptor outer segment. Consequently, the building blocks of the primary cilium accumulate in the photoreceptors, which activates autophagy (shown left, untreated). Reserpine restores the balance between autophagy and the ubiquitin-proteasome system histone deacetylase 6 and improves primary cilium assembly.

Credit

Holly Y. Chen, Ph.D., NEI

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