bims-mikwok Biomed News
on Mitochondrial quality control
Issue of 2023‒12‒10
fourteen papers selected by
Gavin McStay, Liverpool John Moores University
  1. Holistic Assessment Based On Hepatocyte Mitochondria: Lycopene Repairs Oxidized mtDNA to Alleviate Mitochondrial Stress Induced by Atrazine.
  2. Quantitative assessment of mitochondrial morphology relevant for studies on cellular health and environmental toxicity.
  3. The mystery of phospho-Drp1 with four adaptors in cell cycle: when mitochondrial fission couples to cell fate decisions.
  4. Role of Pink1-mediated mitophagy in adenomyosis.
  5. Mitonuclear interactions modulate nutritional preference.
  6. Apolipoproteins L1 and L3 control mitochondrial membrane dynamics.
  7. Complete set of the Atg8-E1-E2-E3 conjugation machinery forms an interaction web that mediates membrane shaping.
  8. Mitochondrial Fusion Promoter Given During Ischemia Has Greater Neuroprotective Efficacy Than When Given at Onset of Reperfusion in Rats with Cardiac Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury.
  9. The mitochondrial fission protein DRP1 influences memory CD8+ T cell formation and function.
  10. A new role for phosphoinositides in regulating mitochondrial dynamics.
  11. Collective mitochondrial dynamics resolve conflicting cellular tensions: From plants to general principles.
  12. Dynamics of mitochondrial membranes under photo-oxidative stress with high spatiotemporal resolution.
  13. Exploring mito-nuclear genetic factors in Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy: insights from comprehensive profiling of unique cases.
  14. Mitochondrial dynamics and metabolism across skin cells: implications for skin homeostasis and aging.
  1. J Agric Food Chem. 2023 Dec 05.
    Holistic Assessment Based On Hepatocyte Mitochondria: Lycopene Repairs Oxidized mtDNA to Alleviate Mitochondrial Stress Induced by Atrazine.
    Tian-Ning Yang, Yu-Xiang Wang, Ping-An Jian, Xiang-Yu Ma, Shi-Yong Zhu, Xue-Nan Li, Jin-Long Li.
      Atrazine (ATZ) is a highly persistent herbicide that harms organism health. Lycopene (LYC) is an antioxidant found in plants and fruits. The aim of this study is to investigate the mechanisms of atrazine-induced mitochondrial damage and lycopene antagonism in the liver. The mice were divided into seven groups by randomization: blank control (Con group), vehicle control (Vcon group), 5 mg/kg lycopene (LYC group), 50 mg/kg atrazine (ATZ1 group), ATZ1+LYC group, 200 mg/kg atrazine (ATZ2 group), and ATZ2+LYC group. The present study performed a holistic assessment based on mitochondria to show that ATZ causes the excessive fission of mitochondria and disrupts mitochondrial biogenesis. However, the LYC supplementation reverses these changes. ATZ causes increased mitophagy and exacerbates the production of oxidized mitochondrial DNA (Ox-mtDNA) and mitochondrial stress. This study reveals that LYC could act as an antioxidant to repair Ox-mtDNA and restore the disordered mitochondrial function caused by ATZ.
    Keywords:  Ox-mtDNA; atrazine; liver; lycopene; mitochondrial stress; mitophagy
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.3c05369
  2. Comput Struct Biotechnol J. 2023 ;21 5609-5619
    Quantitative assessment of mitochondrial morphology relevant for studies on cellular health and environmental toxicity.
    Sophie Charrasse, Titouan Poquillon, Charlotte Saint-Omer, Manuela Pastore, Benoit Bordignon, Richard E Frye, Christelle Reynes, Victor Racine, Abdel Aouacheria.
      Mitochondria are essential organelles that play crucial roles in cellular energy metabolism, calcium signaling and apoptosis. Their importance in tissue homeostasis and stress responses, combined to their ability to transition between various structural and functional states, make them excellent organelles for monitoring cellular health. Quantitative assessment of mitochondrial morphology can therefore provide valuable insights into environmentally-induced cell damage. High-content screening (HCS) provides a powerful tool for analyzing organelles and cellular substructures. We developed a fully automated and miniaturized HCS wet-plus-dry pipeline (MITOMATICS) exploiting mitochondrial morphology as a marker for monitoring cellular health or damage. MITOMATICS uses an in-house, proprietary software (MitoRadar) to enable fast, exhaustive and cost-effective analysis of mitochondrial morphology and its inherent diversity in live cells. We applied our pipeline and big data analytics software to assess the mitotoxicity of selected chemicals, using the mitochondrial uncoupler CCCP as an internal control. Six different pesticides (inhibiting complexes I, II and III of the mitochondrial respiratory chain) were tested as individual compounds and five other pesticides present locally in Occitanie (Southern France) were assessed in combination to determine acute mitotoxicity. Our results show that the assayed pesticides exhibit specific signatures when used as single compounds or chemical mixtures and that they function synergistically to impact mitochondrial architecture. Study of environment-induced mitochondrial damage has the potential to open new fields in mechanistic toxicology, currently underexplored by regulatory toxicology and exposome research. Such exploration could inform health policy guidelines and foster pharmacological intervention, water, air and soil pollution control and food safety.
    Keywords:  Cellular stress; Confocal microscopy; Environmental health; High content analysis; Live-cell imaging; Mitochondria; Pesticides; Quantitative imaging
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2023.11.015
  3. Cell Cycle. 2023 Dec 05. 1-19
    The mystery of phospho-Drp1 with four adaptors in cell cycle: when mitochondrial fission couples to cell fate decisions.
    Nian-Siou Wu, I-Chu Ma, Yi-Fan Lin, Huey-Jiun Ko, Joon-Khim Loh, Yi-Ren Hong.
      Recent study had deepened our knowledge of the mitochondrial dynamics to classify mitochondrial fission into two types. To further clarify the relationship between the two distinct fission machinery and the four major adaptors of Drp1, we propose a model of mechanism elucidating the multiple functions of phospho-Drp1 with its adaptors during cell cycle and providing in-depth insights into the molecular basis and evolutionary implications in depth. The model highlights not only the clustering characteristics of different phospho-Drp1 with respective subsets of mitochondrial pro-fission adaptors but also the correlation, crosstalk and shifting between different clustering of phosphorylated Drp1-adaptors during different key fission situations. Particularly, phospho-Drp1 (Ser616) couples with Mff/MiD51 to exert mitochondrial division and phospho-Drp1 (Ser637) couples with MiD49/Fis1 to execute mitophagy in M-phase. We then apply the model to address the relationship of mitochondrial dynamics to Parkinson's disease (PD) and carcinogenesis. Our proposed model is indeed compatible with current research results and pathological observations, providing promising directions for future treatment design.
    Keywords:  Drp1; Mitochondrial Adaptors; cell cycle; mitophagy; phosphorylation
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1080/15384101.2023.2289753
  4. PeerJ. 2023 ;11 e16497
    Role of Pink1-mediated mitophagy in adenomyosis.
    Minmin Chen, Wei Wang, Xianyun Fu, Yongli Yi, Kun Wang, Meiling Wang.
      Abstract Background: Recent studies indicate that endometrial hypoxia plays a critical role in adenomyosis (AM) development. Mitochondria are extremely sensitive to hypoxic damage, which can result in both morphological and functional impairment. Mitophagy is a crucial mechanism for preserving mitochondrial quality by selectively removing damaged mitochondria, thus ensuring the proper functioning of the entire mitochondrial network. In response to hypoxia, PINK1 is activated as a regulator of mitophagy, but its role in AM requires further study.Objective: To explore the potential mechanism of mitophagy mediated by PINK1 in the pathogenesis of AM.
    Method: The study compared PINK1, Parkin, OPTIN, P62, and NDP52 protein expression levels in patients with or without AM using clinical specimens and an AM mouse model. Pathological changes were compared using HE staining. Immunofluorescence and western blot were used to detect protein expression levels. Endometrial stromal cells (ESC) were isolated and examined for mitophagy, protein expression level, and cell invasion ability.
    Results: Both the endometrial tissue from patients with AM and AM ESC displayed an upregulation of protein levels for PINK1, Parkin, OPTIN, P62, and NDP52 when compared with the control group. Then, HE staining confirmed the successful establishment of the AM mouse model. Moreover, the ultrastructural analysis using transmission electron microscopy revealed that AM mice's endometrial glandular epithelial and stromal cells had exhibited swollen, deformed, and reduced mitochondria along with an increase in the number of lysosomes and mitochondrial autophagosomes. The protein levels of PINK1, Parkin, OPTIN, P62, and NDP52 in uterine tissue from AM mice were noticeably increased, accompanied by a considerable upregulation of ROS levels compared to the control group. In addition, cells in the AM group showed remarkably elevated mitophagy and invasion potentials compared to the control group. In contrast, the cell invasion ability decreased following PINK1 knockdown using the RNA interference technique.
    Conclusion: The high levels of PINK1-mediated mitophagy have been found in AM. The upregulation in mitophagy contributes to mitochondrial damage, which may result in the abnormal invasion characteristic of AM.
    Keywords:  Adenomyosis; Mitophagy; PINK1
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16497
  5. Biol Lett. 2023 Dec;19(12): 20230375
    Mitonuclear interactions modulate nutritional preference.
    M Florencia Camus, Sahutchai Inwongwan.
      In nature, organisms are faced with constant nutritional options which fuel key life-history traits. Studies have shown that species can actively make nutritional decisions based on internal and external cues. Metabolism itself is underpinned by complex genomic interactions involving components from both nuclear and mitochondrial genomes. Products from these two genomes must coordinate how nutrients are extracted, used and recycled. Given the complicated nature of metabolism, it is not well understood how nutritional choices are affected by mitonuclear interactions. This is under the rationale that changes in genomic interactions will affect metabolic flux and change physiological requirements. To this end we used a large Drosophila mitonuclear genetic panel, comprising nine isogenic nuclear genomes coupled to nine mitochondrial haplotypes, giving a total of 81 different mitonuclear genotypes. We use a capillary-based feeding assay to screen this panel for dietary preference between carbohydrate and protein. We find significant mitonuclear interactions modulating nutritional choices, with these epistatic interactions also being dependent on sex. Our findings support the notion that complex genomic interactions can place a constraint on metabolic flux. This work gives us deeper insights into how key metabolic interactions can have broad implications on behaviour.
    Keywords:  behaviour; mitonuclear epistasis; mtDNA; nutrition
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0375
  6. Cell Rep. 2023 Dec 01. pii: S2211-1247(23)01540-1. [Epub ahead of print]42(12): 113528
    Apolipoproteins L1 and L3 control mitochondrial membrane dynamics.
    Laurence Lecordier, Paul Heo, Jonas H Graversen, Dorle Hennig, Maria Kløjgaard Skytthe, Alexandre Cornet d'Elzius, Frédéric Pincet, David Pérez-Morga, Etienne Pays.
      Apolipoproteins L1 and L3 (APOLs) are associated at the Golgi with the membrane fission factors phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase-IIIB (PI4KB) and non-muscular myosin 2A. Either APOL1 C-terminal truncation (APOL1Δ) or APOL3 deletion (APOL3-KO [knockout]) reduces PI4KB activity and triggers actomyosin reorganization. We report that APOL3, but not APOL1, controls PI4KB activity through interaction with PI4KB and neuronal calcium sensor-1 or calneuron-1. Both APOLs are present in Golgi-derived autophagy-related protein 9A vesicles, which are involved in PI4KB trafficking. Like APOL3-KO, APOL1Δ induces PI4KB dissociation from APOL3, linked to reduction of mitophagy flux and production of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species. APOL1 and APOL3, respectively, can interact with the mitophagy receptor prohibitin-2 and the mitophagosome membrane fusion factor vesicle-associated membrane protein-8 (VAMP8). While APOL1 conditions PI4KB and APOL3 involvement in mitochondrion fission and mitophagy, APOL3-VAMP8 interaction promotes fusion between mitophagosomal and endolysosomal membranes. We propose that APOL3 controls mitochondrial membrane dynamics through interactions with the fission factor PI4KB and the fusion factor VAMP8.
    Keywords:  APOL1 risk variants; COVAN; COVID-19-associated nephropathy; CP: Cell biology; HIV-associated nephropathy; HIVAN; inflammation; interferon 1; kidney disease; mitochondrion fission/fusion; mitophagy
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113528
  7. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2023 Dec 06.
    Complete set of the Atg8-E1-E2-E3 conjugation machinery forms an interaction web that mediates membrane shaping.
    Jahangir Md Alam, Tatsuro Maruyama, Daisuke Noshiro, Chika Kakuta, Tetsuya Kotani, Hitoshi Nakatogawa, Nobuo N Noda.
      Atg8, a ubiquitin-like protein, is conjugated with phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) via Atg7 (E1), Atg3 (E2) and Atg12-Atg5-Atg16 (E3) enzymatic cascade and mediates autophagy. However, its molecular roles in autophagosome formation are still unclear. Here we show that Saccharomyces cerevisiae Atg8-PE and E1-E2-E3 enzymes together construct a stable, mobile membrane scaffold. The complete scaffold formation induces an in-bud in prolate-shaped giant liposomes, transforming their morphology into one reminiscent of isolation membranes before sealing. In addition to their enzymatic roles in Atg8 lipidation, all three proteins contribute nonenzymatically to membrane scaffolding and shaping. Nuclear magnetic resonance analyses revealed that Atg8, E1, E2 and E3 together form an interaction web through multivalent weak interactions, where the intrinsically disordered regions in Atg3 play a central role. These data suggest that all six Atg proteins in the Atg8 conjugation machinery control membrane shaping during autophagosome formation.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-023-01132-2
  8. J Alzheimers Dis. 2023 Nov 30.
    Mitochondrial Fusion Promoter Given During Ischemia Has Greater Neuroprotective Efficacy Than When Given at Onset of Reperfusion in Rats with Cardiac Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury.
    Titikorn Chunchai, Nattayaporn Apaijai, Sornram Janjek, Busarin Arunsak, Chattipakorn Nipon, Siriporn C Chattipakorn.
      BACKGROUND: Cardiac ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury has been shown to impose deleterious effects not only on the heart but also on the brain. Our previous study demonstrated that pretreatment with a mitochondrial fusion promoter (M1) provided central neuroprotective effects following cardiac I/R injury.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of M1 given during the ischemic phase and M1 given at the beginning of reperfusion on brain pathologies following cardiac I/R.
    METHODS: Male Wistar rats were randomly divided into either a sham operation (n = 6) or cardiac I/R injury (n = 18) group. Rats with cardiac I/R injury were then randomly divided into 3 subgroups: 1) Control, 2) M1 treatment during cardiac ischemia (2 mg/kg, intravenous (i.v.)), and 3) M1 treatment at the beginning of reperfusion (2 mg/kg, i.v.). After euthanasia, the brain of each rat was removed for further analysis.
    RESULTS: Cardiac I/R injury caused brain mitochondrial dynamic imbalance, brain mitochondrial dysfunction, brain apoptosis, microglial dysmorphology, brain inflammation, tau hyperphosphorylation, and synaptic dysplasticity. M1 treatment at both time points effectively improved these parameters. M1 given during the ischemic phase had greater efficacy with regard to preventing brain mitochondrial dysfunction and suppressing brain inflammation, when compared to M1 given at the beginning of reperfusion.
    CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that treatment with this mitochondrial fusion promoter prevents mitochondrial dynamic imbalance in the brain of rats with cardiac I/R injury, thereby attenuating brain pathologies. Interestingly, giving the mitochondrial fusion promoter during the ischemic phase exerted greater neuroprotection than if given at the beginning of reperfusion.
    Keywords:  Alzheimer’s disease; brain; ischemic/reperfusion injury; microglia; mitochondrial function; mitochondrial fusion promoter
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-230859
  9. J Leukoc Biol. 2023 Dec 06. pii: qiad155. [Epub ahead of print]
    The mitochondrial fission protein DRP1 influences memory CD8+ T cell formation and function.
    Marissa G Stevens, Frank M Mason, Timothy N J Bullock.
      Pharmacological methods for promoting mitochondrial elongation suggest that effector T cells can be altered to support a memory T cell-like metabolic state. Such mitochondrial elongation approaches may enhance the development of immunological memory. Therefore, we hypothesized that deletion of the mitochondrial fission protein, DRP1, would lead to mitochondrial elongation and generate a large memory T cell population, an approach that could be exploited to enhance vaccination protocols. We find that, as expected, while deletion of DRP1 from T cells in dLckCre x Drp1flfl does compromise the magnitude and functionality of primary effector CD8+ T cells, a disproportionately large pool of memory CD8+ T cells does form. In contrast to primary effector CD8+ T cells, DRP1-deficient memory dLckCre x Drp1flfl CD8+ T cells mount a secondary response comparable to control memory T cells with respect to kinetics, magnitude, and effector capabilities. Interestingly, the relative propensity to form memory cells in the absence of DRP1 was neither associated with differentiation toward more memory precursor CD8+ T cells nor decreased cellular death of effector T cells. Instead, the tendency to form memory CD8+ T cells in the absence of DRP1 is associated with decreased TCR expression. Remarkably, in a competitive environment with DRP1-replete CD8+ T cells, the absence of DRP1 from CD8+ T cells compromised the generation of primary, memory and secondary responses, indicating that approaches targeting DRP1 need to be carefully tailored.
    Keywords:  CD8+ T cell; Cell Death; Cytokine; Differentiation; Memory T cell; Metabolism; Mitochondria; T cell receptor
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1093/jleuko/qiad155
  10. Adv Biol Regul. 2023 Nov 30. pii: S2212-4926(23)00047-7. [Epub ahead of print] 101001
    A new role for phosphoinositides in regulating mitochondrial dynamics.
    Sonia Raveena Lourdes, Rajendra Gurung, Saveen Giri, Christina A Mitchell, Meagan J McGrath.
      Phosphoinositides are a minor group of membrane-associated phospholipids that are transiently generated on the cytoplasmic leaflet of many organelle membranes and the plasma membrane. There are seven functionally distinct phosphoinositides, each derived via the reversible phosphorylation of phosphatidylinositol in various combinations on the inositol ring. Their generation and termination is tightly regulated by phosphatidylinositol-kinases and -phosphatases. These enzymes can function together in an integrated and coordinated manner, whereby the phosphoinositide product of one enzyme may subsequently serve as a substrate for another to generate a different phosphoinositide species. This regulatory mechanism not only enables the transient generation of phosphoinositides on membranes, but also more complex sequential or bidirectional conversion pathways, and phosphoinositides can also be transferred between organelles via membrane contacts. It is this capacity to fine-tune phosphoinositide signals that makes them ideal regulators of membrane organization and dynamics, through their recruitment of signalling, membrane altering and lipid transfer proteins. Research spanning several decades has provided extensive evidence that phosphoinositides are major gatekeepers of membrane organization, with roles in endocytosis, exocytosis, autophagy, lysosome dynamics, vesicular transport and secretion, cilia, inter-organelle membrane contact, endosome maturation and nuclear function. By contrast, there has been remarkably little known about the role of phosphoinositides at mitochondria - an enigmatic and major knowledge gap, with challenges in reliably detecting phosphoinositides at this site. Here we review recent significant breakthroughs in understanding the role of phosphoinositides in regulating mitochondrial dynamics and metabolic function.
    Keywords:  Mitochondria; Mitochondrial fission; PI(4,5)P(2); PI3P; PI4P; Phosphoinositide
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbior.2023.101001
  11. Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2024 Mar 15. pii: S1084-9521(23)00169-6. [Epub ahead of print]156 253-265
    Collective mitochondrial dynamics resolve conflicting cellular tensions: From plants to general principles.
    Joanna M Chustecki, Iain G Johnston.
      Mitochondria play diverse and essential roles in eukaryotic cells, and plants are no exception. Plant mitochondria have several differences from their metazoan and fungal cousins: they often exist in a fragmented state, move rapidly on actin rather than microtubules, have many plant-specific metabolic features and roles, and usually contain only a subset of the complete mtDNA genome, which itself undergoes frequent recombination. This arrangement means that exchange and complementation is essential for plant mitochondria, and recent work has begun to reveal how their collective dynamics and resultant "social networks" of encounters support this exchange, connecting plant mitochondria in time rather than in space. This review will argue that this social network perspective can be extended to a "societal network", where mitochondrial dynamics are an essential part of the interacting cellular society of organelles and biomolecules. Evidence is emerging that mitochondrial dynamics allow optimal resolutions to competing cellular priorities; we will survey this evidence and review potential future research directions, highlighting that plant mitochondria can help reveal and test principles that apply across other kingdoms of life. In parallel with this fundamental cell biology, we also highlight the translational "One Health" importance of plant mitochondrial behaviour - which is exploited in the production of a vast amount of crops consumed worldwide - and the potential for multi-objective optimisation to understand and rationally re-engineer the evolved resolutions to these tensions.
    Keywords:  MtDNA inheritance; MtDNA maintenance; Multi-objective optimisation; Plant mitochondrial dynamics; Social network
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semcdb.2023.09.005
  12. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2023 ;11 1307502
    Dynamics of mitochondrial membranes under photo-oxidative stress with high spatiotemporal resolution.
    Vincent Loriette, Alexandra Fragola, Sergei G Kruglik, Susmita Sridhar, Antoine Hubert, François Orieux, Eduardo Sepulveda, Franck Sureau, Stephanie Bonneau.
      In our study, we harnessed an original Enhanced Speed Structured Illumination Microscopy (Fast-SIM) imaging setup to explore the dynamics of mitochondrial and inner membrane ultrastructure under specific photo-oxidation stress induced by Chlorin-e6 and light irradiation. Notably, our Fast-SIM system allowed us to observe and quantify a distinct remodeling and shortening of the mitochondrial structure after 60-80 s of irradiation. These changes were accompanied by fusion events of adjacent inner membrane cristae and global swelling of the organelle. Preceding these alterations, a larger sequence was characterized by heightened dynamics within the mitochondrial network, featuring events such as mitochondrial fission, rapid formation of tubular prolongations, and fluctuations in cristae structure. Our findings provide compelling evidence that, among enhanced-resolution microscopy techniques, Fast-SIM emerges as the most suitable approach for non-invasive dynamic studies of mitochondrial structure in living cells. For the first time, this approach allows quantitative and qualitative characterization of successive steps in the photo-induced oxidation process with sufficient spatial and temporal resolution.
    Keywords:  Chlorin-e6; dynamics; live cell imaging; mitochondria; oxidation; shape changes; structured illumination microscopy (SIM); sub-organelles structures
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2023.1307502
  13. EXCLI J. 2023 ;22 1077-1091
    Exploring mito-nuclear genetic factors in Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy: insights from comprehensive profiling of unique cases.
    Prakash Chermakani, Poigaialwar Gowri, Shanmugam Mahesh Kumar, Periasamy Sundaresan.
      Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a mitochondrial complex I disorder and causes inexorable painless vision loss. Recent studies from India reported that a significant proportion of LHON patients lack primary mitochondrial DNA mutations, suggesting that alternative genetic factors contribute to disease development. Therefore, this study investigated the genetic profile of LHON-affected individuals in order to understand the role of mito-nuclear genetic factors in LHON. A total of thirty probands displaying symptoms consistent with LHON have undergone whole mitochondrial and whole exome sequencing. Interestingly, whole mtDNA sequencing revealed primary mtDNA mutations in 30 % of the probands (n=9), secondary mtDNA mutations in 40 % of the probands (n=12) and no mitochondrial changes in 30 % of individuals (n=9). Further, WES analysis determined pathogenic mutations in 11 different nuclear genes, especially in cases with secondary mtDNA mutations (n=6) or no mtDNA mutations (n=6). These findings provide valuable insight into LHON genetic predisposition, particularly in cases lacking primary mtDNA mutations. See also Figure 1(Fig. 1).
    Keywords:  arLHON; mito-nuclear genetic factors; mitochondrial complex I disorder; optic atrophy and vision loss; retinoganglion degeneration
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17179/excli2023-6297
  14. Front Physiol. 2023 ;14 1284410
    Mitochondrial dynamics and metabolism across skin cells: implications for skin homeostasis and aging.
    Ines Martic, Federica Papaccio, Barbara Bellei, Maria Cavinato.
      Aging of human skin is a complex process leading to a decline in homeostasis and regenerative potential of this tissue. Mitochondria are important cell organelles that have a crucial role in several cellular mechanisms such as energy production and free radical maintenance. However, mitochondrial metabolism as well as processes of mitochondrial dynamics, biogenesis, and degradation varies considerably among the different types of cells that populate the skin. Disturbed mitochondrial function is known to promote aging and inflammation of the skin, leading to impairment of physiological skin function and the onset of skin pathologies. In this review, we discuss the essential role of mitochondria in different skin cell types and how impairment of mitochondrial morphology, physiology, and metabolism in each of these cellular compartments of the skin contributes to the process of skin aging.
    Keywords:  aging; mitochondria; skin; skin cells; skin homeostasis
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2023.1284410
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