reviewRedox BiologyJan 16, 2017GOLD OA

Mitochondrial dynamics in type 2 diabetes: Pathophysiological implications

Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset · Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana · +1 more institution

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Abstract

Mitochondria play a key role in maintaining cellular metabolic homeostasis. These organelles have a high plasticity and are involved in dynamic processes such as mitochondrial fusion and fission, mitophagy and mitochondrial biogenesis. Type 2 diabetes is characterised by mitochondrial dysfunction, high production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and low levels of ATP. Mitochondrial fusion is modulated by different proteins, including mitofusin-1 (MFN1), mitofusin-2 (MFN2) and optic atrophy (OPA-1), while fission is controlled by mitochondrial fission 1 (FIS1), dynamin-related protein 1 (DRP1) and mitochondrial fission factor (MFF). PARKIN and (PTEN)-induced putative kinase 1 (PINK1) participate in the process…

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