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Mitochondrial Dynamics: Molecular Mechanisms, Related Primary Mitochondrial Disorders and Therapeutic Approaches
Mitochondria do not exist as individual entities in the cell—conversely, they constitute an interconnected community governed by the constant and opposite process of fission and fusion. The mitochondrial fission leads to the formation of smaller mitochondria, promoting the biogenesis of new organell...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7916359/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33578638 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes12020247 |
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author | Di Nottia, Michela Verrigni, Daniela Torraco, Alessandra Rizza, Teresa Bertini, Enrico Carrozzo, Rosalba |
author_facet | Di Nottia, Michela Verrigni, Daniela Torraco, Alessandra Rizza, Teresa Bertini, Enrico Carrozzo, Rosalba |
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description | Mitochondria do not exist as individual entities in the cell—conversely, they constitute an interconnected community governed by the constant and opposite process of fission and fusion. The mitochondrial fission leads to the formation of smaller mitochondria, promoting the biogenesis of new organelles. On the other hand, following the fusion process, mitochondria appear as longer and interconnected tubules, which enhance the communication with other organelles. Both fission and fusion are carried out by a small number of highly conserved guanosine triphosphatase proteins and their interactors. Disruption of this equilibrium has been associated with several pathological conditions, ranging from cancer to neurodegeneration, and mutations in genes involved in mitochondrial fission and fusion have been reported to be the cause of a subset of neurogenetic disorders. |
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spelling | pubmed-79163592021-03-01 Mitochondrial Dynamics: Molecular Mechanisms, Related Primary Mitochondrial Disorders and Therapeutic Approaches Di Nottia, Michela Verrigni, Daniela Torraco, Alessandra Rizza, Teresa Bertini, Enrico Carrozzo, Rosalba Genes (Basel) Review Mitochondria do not exist as individual entities in the cell—conversely, they constitute an interconnected community governed by the constant and opposite process of fission and fusion. The mitochondrial fission leads to the formation of smaller mitochondria, promoting the biogenesis of new organelles. On the other hand, following the fusion process, mitochondria appear as longer and interconnected tubules, which enhance the communication with other organelles. Both fission and fusion are carried out by a small number of highly conserved guanosine triphosphatase proteins and their interactors. Disruption of this equilibrium has been associated with several pathological conditions, ranging from cancer to neurodegeneration, and mutations in genes involved in mitochondrial fission and fusion have been reported to be the cause of a subset of neurogenetic disorders. MDPI 2021-02-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7916359/ /pubmed/33578638 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes12020247 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Di Nottia, Michela Verrigni, Daniela Torraco, Alessandra Rizza, Teresa Bertini, Enrico Carrozzo, Rosalba Mitochondrial Dynamics: Molecular Mechanisms, Related Primary Mitochondrial Disorders and Therapeutic Approaches |
title | Mitochondrial Dynamics: Molecular Mechanisms, Related Primary Mitochondrial Disorders and Therapeutic Approaches |
title_full | Mitochondrial Dynamics: Molecular Mechanisms, Related Primary Mitochondrial Disorders and Therapeutic Approaches |
title_fullStr | Mitochondrial Dynamics: Molecular Mechanisms, Related Primary Mitochondrial Disorders and Therapeutic Approaches |
title_full_unstemmed | Mitochondrial Dynamics: Molecular Mechanisms, Related Primary Mitochondrial Disorders and Therapeutic Approaches |
title_short | Mitochondrial Dynamics: Molecular Mechanisms, Related Primary Mitochondrial Disorders and Therapeutic Approaches |
title_sort | mitochondrial dynamics: molecular mechanisms, related primary mitochondrial disorders and therapeutic approaches |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7916359/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33578638 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes12020247 |
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