Lithium (Li) is widely used as a mood stabilizer to treat bipolar affective disorder. However, the molecular targets of Li that underpin its therapeutic effect remain unresolved. Inositol monophosphatase (IMPA1) is an enzyme involved in phosphatidylin…
Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate [PI(4,5)P2] hydrolysis by phospholipase C (PLC) is a conserved mechanism of signalling. Given the low abundance of PI(4,5)P2, its hydrolysis needs to be coupled to resynthesis to ensure continued PLC activity; how…
Failure in the structural maintenance of the hair cell stereocilia bundle and ribbon synapse causes hearing loss. Here, we have studied how ER stress elicits hair cell pathology, using mouse models with inactivation of Manf (mesencephalic astrocyte-de…