Modulating inter-mitochondrial contacts to increase membrane potential for mitigating blue light damage
Yuxin Wang, Kangqiang Qiu, Weiwei Zou, Prativa Amom, Tushar H. Ganjawala, Eugene Lee, Zhiqi Tian, Xiuqiong Xu, Taosheng Huang, Nien‐Pei Tsai, Donglu Shi, Ping Kang, Hua Bai, Amanda L. Zacharias, Kai Zhang, Jiajie Diao
This paper introduces an optogenetic system to modulate mitochondrial membrane potential by forming inter-mitochondrial contacts, showing it mitigates blue light damage in retinal cells and C. elegans.
bioRxiv · Oct 24, 2025 · PreprintBiophysics