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Liu D, Zhou X, He Y, Zhao J. The Roles of CircRNAs in Mitochondria. J Cancer 2024; 15:2759-2769. [PMID: 38577612 PMCID: PMC10988319 DOI: 10.7150/jca.92111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 03/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024] Open
Abstract
Mitochondria participate in varieties of cellular events. It is widely accepted that human mitochondrial genome encodes 13 proteins, 2 rRNAs, and 22 tRNAs. Gene variation derived from human nuclear genome cannot completely explain mitochondrial diseases. The advent of high-throughput sequencing coupled with novel bioinformatic analyses decode the complexity of mitochondria-derived transcripts. Recently, circular RNAs (circRNAs) from both human mitochondrial genome and nuclear genome have been found to be located at mitochondria. Studies about the roles and molecular mechanisms underlying trafficking of the nucleus encoded circRNAs to mitochondria and mitochondria encoded circRNAs to the nucleus or cytoplasm in mammals are only beginning to emerge. These circRNAs have been associated with a variety of diseases, especially cancers. Here, we discuss the emerging field of mitochondria-located circRNAs by reviewing their identification, expression patterns, regulatory roles, and functional mechanisms. Mitochondria-located circRNAs have regulatory roles in cellular physiology and pathology. We also highlight future perspectives and challenges in studying mitochondria-located circRNAs, as well as their potential biomedical applications.
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- Donghong Liu
- Department of Special Medical Care, Third Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, 200433, China
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- Department of Special Medical Care, Third Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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Pearce WJ. Mitochondrial influences on smooth muscle phenotype. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2024; 326:C442-C448. [PMID: 38009196 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00354.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2023] [Revised: 11/18/2023] [Accepted: 11/18/2023] [Indexed: 11/28/2023]
Abstract
Smooth muscle cells transition reversibly between contractile and noncontractile phenotypes in response to diverse influences, including many from mitochondria. Numerous molecules including myocardin, procontractile miRNAs, and the mitochondrial protein prohibitin-2 promote contractile differentiation; this is opposed by mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (mtROS), high lactate concentrations, and metabolic reprogramming induced by mitophagy and/or mitochondrial fission. A major pathway through which vascular pathologies such as oncogenic transformation, pulmonary hypertension, and atherosclerosis cause loss of vascular contractility is by enhancing mitophagy and mitochondrial fission with secondary effects on smooth muscle phenotype. Proproliferative miRNAs and the mitochondrial translocase TOMM40 also attenuate contractile differentiation. Hypoxia can initiate loss of contractility by enhancing mtROS and lactate production while simultaneously depressing mitochondrial respiration. Mitochondria can reduce cytosolic calcium by moving it across the inner mitochondrial membrane via the mitochondrial calcium uniporter, and then through mitochondria-associated membranes to and from calcium stores in the sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum. Through these effects on calcium, mitochondria can influence multiple calcium-sensitive nuclear transcription factors and genes, some of which govern smooth muscle phenotype, and possibly also the production of genomically encoded mitochondrial proteins and miRNAs (mitoMirs) that target the mitochondria. In turn, mitochondria also can influence nuclear transcription and mRNA processing through mitochondrial retrograde signaling, which is currently a topic of intensive investigation. Mitochondria also can signal to adjacent cells by contributing to the content of exosomes. Considering these and other mechanisms, it is becoming increasingly clear that mitochondria contribute significantly to the regulation of smooth muscle phenotype and differentiation.
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- William J Pearce
- Department of Basic Sciences, Lawrence D. Longo, MD Center for Perinatal Biology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California, United States
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Zhou Q, Boeckel J, Yao J, Zhao J, Bai Y, Lv Y, Hu M, Meng D, Xie Y, Yu P, Xi P, Xu J, Zhang Y, Dimmeler S, Xiao J. Diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction using a combination of circulating circular RNA cZNF292 and clinical information based on machine learning. MedComm (Beijing) 2023; 4:e299. [PMID: 37323876 PMCID: PMC10264944 DOI: 10.1002/mco2.299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2022] [Revised: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023] Open
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Circulating circular RNAs (circRNAs) are emerging as novel biomarkers for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Machine learning can provide optimal predictions on the diagnosis of diseases. Here we performed a proof-of-concept study to determine if combining circRNAs with an artificial intelligence approach works in diagnosing CVD. We used acute myocardial infarction (AMI) as a model setup to prove the claim. We determined the expression level of five hypoxia-induced circRNAs, including cZNF292, cAFF1, cDENND4C, cTHSD1, and cSRSF4, in the whole blood of coronary angiography positive AMI and negative non-AMI patients. Based on feature selection by using lasso with 10-fold cross validation, prediction model by logistic regression, and ROC curve analysis, we found that cZNF292 combined with clinical information (CM), including age, gender, body mass index, heart rate, and diastolic blood pressure, can predict AMI effectively. In a validation cohort, CM + cZNF292 can separate AMI and non-AMI patients, unstable angina and AMI patients, acute coronary syndromes (ACS), and non-ACS patients. RNA stability study demonstrated that cZNF292 was stable. Knockdown of cZNF292 in endothelial cells or cardiomyocytes showed anti-apoptosis effects in oxygen glucose deprivation/reoxygenation. Thus, we identify circulating cZNF292 as a potential biomarker for AMI and construct a prediction model "CM + cZNF292."
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- Qiulian Zhou
- Institute of Geriatrics (Shanghai University)Affiliated Nantong Hospital of Shanghai University (The Sixth People's Hospital of Nantong) and School of Life ScienceShanghai UniversityNantongChina
- Cardiac Regeneration and Ageing LabInstitute of Cardiovascular SciencesShanghai Engineering Research Center of Organ Repair, School of MedicineShanghai UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Institute for Cardiovascular RegenerationUniversity FrankfurtFrankfurtGermany
- Klinik und Poliklinik für KardiologieUniversitätsklinikum LeipzigLeipzigGermany
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- Department of CardiologyShanghai Tenth People's HospitalTongji University School of MedicineShanghaiChina
- Department of CardiologyShigatse People's HospitalTibetChina
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- Institute of Geriatrics (Shanghai University)Affiliated Nantong Hospital of Shanghai University (The Sixth People's Hospital of Nantong) and School of Life ScienceShanghai UniversityNantongChina
- Cardiac Regeneration and Ageing LabInstitute of Cardiovascular SciencesShanghai Engineering Research Center of Organ Repair, School of MedicineShanghai UniversityShanghaiChina
- School of Pharmacy Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineShanghaiChina
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- Institute of Geriatrics (Shanghai University)Affiliated Nantong Hospital of Shanghai University (The Sixth People's Hospital of Nantong) and School of Life ScienceShanghai UniversityNantongChina
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- Institute of Geriatrics (Shanghai University)Affiliated Nantong Hospital of Shanghai University (The Sixth People's Hospital of Nantong) and School of Life ScienceShanghai UniversityNantongChina
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- Institute of Geriatrics (Shanghai University)Affiliated Nantong Hospital of Shanghai University (The Sixth People's Hospital of Nantong) and School of Life ScienceShanghai UniversityNantongChina
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- Institute of Geriatrics (Shanghai University)Affiliated Nantong Hospital of Shanghai University (The Sixth People's Hospital of Nantong) and School of Life ScienceShanghai UniversityNantongChina
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- Department of CardiologyTongji HospitalTongji University School of MedicineShanghaiChina
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- Department of CardiologyTongji HospitalTongji University School of MedicineShanghaiChina
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- Department of CardiologyTongji HospitalTongji University School of MedicineShanghaiChina
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- Department of CardiologyTongji HospitalTongji University School of MedicineShanghaiChina
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- Department of CardiologyShanghai Tenth People's HospitalTongji University School of MedicineShanghaiChina
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- Institute for Cardiovascular RegenerationUniversity FrankfurtFrankfurtGermany
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- Institute of Geriatrics (Shanghai University)Affiliated Nantong Hospital of Shanghai University (The Sixth People's Hospital of Nantong) and School of Life ScienceShanghai UniversityNantongChina
- Cardiac Regeneration and Ageing LabInstitute of Cardiovascular SciencesShanghai Engineering Research Center of Organ Repair, School of MedicineShanghai UniversityShanghaiChina
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Tan L, She H, Zheng J, Peng X, Guo N, Zhang B, Sun Y, Ma C, Xu S, Bao D, Zhou Y, Li Q, Mao Q, Liu L, Hu Y, Li T. Effects of Malate Ringer's solution on myocardial injury in sepsis and enforcement effects of TPP@PAMAM-MR. J Transl Med 2022; 20:591. [PMID: 36514103 PMCID: PMC9746071 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-022-03811-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Myocardial dysfunction played a vital role in organ damage after sepsis. Fluid resuscitation was the essential treatment in which Lactate Ringer's solution (LR) was commonly used. Since LR easily led to hyperlactatemia, its resuscitation effect was limited. Malate Ringer's solution (MR) was a new resuscitation crystal liquid. Whether MR had a protective effect on myocardial injury in sepsis and the relevant mechanism need to be studied. METHODS The cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) inducing septic model and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulating cardiomyocytes were used, and the cardiac function, the morphology and function of mitochondria were observed. The protective mechanism of MR on myocardial injury was explored by proteomics. Then the effects of TPP@PAMAM-MR, which consisted of the mitochondria- targeting polymer embodied malic acid, was further observed. RESULTS Compared with LR, MR resuscitation significantly prolonged survival time, improved the cardiac function, alleviated the damages of liver, kidney and lung following sepsis in rats. The proteomics of myocardial tissue showed that differently expressed proteins between MR and LR infusion involved oxidative phosphorylation, apoptosis. Further study found that MR decreased ROS, improved the mitochondrial morphology and function, and ultimately enhanced mitochondrial respiration and promoted ATP production. Moreover, MR infusion decreased the expression of apoptosis-related proteins and increased the expression of anti-apoptotic proteins. TPP@PAMAM@MA was a polymer formed by wrapping L-malic acid with poly amido amine (PAMAM) modified triphenylphosphine material. TPP@PAMAM-MR (TPP-MR), which was synthesized by replacing the L-malic acid of MR with TPP@PAMAM@MA, was more efficient in targeting myocardial mitochondria and was superior to MR in protecting the sepsis-inducing myocardial injury. CONCLUSION MR was suitable for protecting myocardial injury after sepsis. The mechanism was related to MR improving the function and morphology of cardiomyocyte mitochondria and inhibiting cardiomyocyte apoptosis. The protective effect of TPP-MR was superior to MR.
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- Lei Tan
- grid.414048.d0000 0004 1799 2720Department of Anesthesiology, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400042 China ,grid.414048.d0000 0004 1799 2720State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Shock and Transfusion Department, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400042 China
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- grid.414048.d0000 0004 1799 2720Department of Anesthesiology, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400042 China ,grid.414048.d0000 0004 1799 2720State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Shock and Transfusion Department, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400042 China
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- grid.190737.b0000 0001 0154 0904School of Medicine, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044 China
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- grid.414048.d0000 0004 1799 2720State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Shock and Transfusion Department, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400042 China
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- grid.414048.d0000 0004 1799 2720State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Shock and Transfusion Department, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400042 China
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- grid.414048.d0000 0004 1799 2720Department of Anesthesiology, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400042 China
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- grid.414048.d0000 0004 1799 2720Department of Anesthesiology, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400042 China
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- grid.414048.d0000 0004 1799 2720State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Shock and Transfusion Department, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400042 China
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- grid.414048.d0000 0004 1799 2720Department of Anesthesiology, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400042 China
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- grid.414048.d0000 0004 1799 2720Department of Anesthesiology, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400042 China
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- grid.414048.d0000 0004 1799 2720State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Shock and Transfusion Department, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400042 China
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- grid.414048.d0000 0004 1799 2720State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Shock and Transfusion Department, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400042 China
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- grid.414048.d0000 0004 1799 2720Department of Anesthesiology, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400042 China
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- grid.414048.d0000 0004 1799 2720State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Shock and Transfusion Department, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400042 China
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- grid.414048.d0000 0004 1799 2720Department of Anesthesiology, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400042 China
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- grid.414048.d0000 0004 1799 2720State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Shock and Transfusion Department, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400042 China
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Ning L, Rui X, Guorui L, Tinglv F, Donghang L, Chenzhen X, Xiaojing W, Qing G. A novel mechanism for the protection against acute lung injury by melatonin: mitochondrial quality control of lung epithelial cells is preserved through SIRT3-dependent deacetylation of SOD2. Cell Mol Life Sci 2022; 79:610. [PMID: 36449070 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-022-04628-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Revised: 08/12/2022] [Accepted: 11/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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The mitochondrial quality control of lung epithelial cells is disturbed during sepsis, which contributes to abnormal mitochondrial function and acute lung injury. Melatonin is one of the primary hormones secreted by the pineal gland, displaying favorable antioxidative actions in sepsis and cardiopulmonary disease. However, the potential roles and molecular basis of melatonin in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-treated lung epithelial cells have not been explored and reported. Herein, we investigated whether melatonin could protect against sepsis-induced acute lung injury (ALI) and LPS-treated lung epithelial cells through the mitochondrial quality control as well as its possible molecular targets. Wild type and Sirt3 knockout mice were intratracheally instilled with LPS for 12 h to construct an in vivo acute lung injury model. Both A549 lung epithelial cells and primary alveolar type II (AT-II) cells were used to explore the possible roles of melatonin in vitro by incubating with small interfering RNA against Sirt3. To determine the involvement of the melatonin receptor, cells and mice were treated with si Mtnr1b and luzindole. Melatonin pretreatment significantly inhibited pathological injury, inflammatory response, oxidative stress, and apoptosis in LPS-treated lung tissues and LPS-treated lung epithelial cells. Furthermore, melatonin also shifted the dynamic course of mitochondria from fission to fusion, inhibited mitophagy and fatty acid oxidation in LPS-treated lung epithelial cells in vitro and in vivo. However, SIRT3 inhibition abolished the protective roles of melatonin in acute lung injury. Mechanistically, we found that melatonin increased the activity and expression of SIRT3, which further promoted the deacetylation of SOD2 at K122 and K68. More importantly, melatonin exerted pulmonary protection by activating MTNR1B but not MTNR1A during ALI. Collectively, melatonin could preserve the mitochondrial quality control of lung epithelial cells through the deacetylation of SOD2 in a SIRT3-dependent manner, which eventually alleviated sepsis-induced injury, inflammation, oxidative stress, and apoptosis. Thus, melatonin may serve as a promising candidate against ALI in the future.
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- Li Ning
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Jiefang Road 238, Wuhan, 430060, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Jiefang Road 238, Wuhan, 430060, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Jiefang Road 238, Wuhan, 430060, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Jiefang Road 238, Wuhan, 430060, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Jiefang Road 238, Wuhan, 430060, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Jiefang Road 238, Wuhan, 430060, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China.
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Jiefang Road 238, Wuhan, 430060, China.
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Li Y, Liu H, Tian C, An N, Song K, Wei Y, Sun Y, Xing Y, Gao Y. Targeting the multifaceted roles of mitochondria in intracerebral hemorrhage and therapeutic prospects. Biomed Pharmacother 2022; 148:112749. [PMID: 35219118 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2022.112749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Revised: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a severe, life-threatening subtype of stoke that constitutes a crucial health and socioeconomic problem worldwide. However, the current clinical treatment can only reduce the mortality of patients to a certain extent, but cannot ameliorate neurological dysfunction and has a high recurrence rate. Increasing evidence has demonstrated that mitochondrial dysfunction occurs in the early stages of brain injury and participates in all stages of secondary brain injury (SBI) after ICH. As the energy source of cells, various pathobiological processes that lead to SBI closely interact with the mitochondria, such as oxidative stress, calcium overload, and neuronal injury. In this review, we discussed the structure and function of mitochondria and the abnormal morphological changes after ICH. In addition, we discussed recent research on the involvement of mitochondrial dynamics in the pathological process of SBI after ICH and introduced the pathological variations and related molecular mechanisms of mitochondrial dysfunction in the occurrence of brain injury. Finally, we summarized the latest progress in mitochondrion-targeted agents for ICH, which provides a direction for the development of emerging therapeutic strategies targeting the mitochondria after ICH.
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- Yuanyuan Li
- Key Laboratory of Chinese Internal Medicine of Ministry of Education, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, China; Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, China; Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chinese Internal Medicine of Ministry of Education, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, China; Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, China
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- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China; China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chinese Internal Medicine of Ministry of Education, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, China; Guang'an men Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100053, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chinese Internal Medicine of Ministry of Education, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, China
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- Department of Internal Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Guangxi 530000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chinese Internal Medicine of Ministry of Education, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, China
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- Guang'an men Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100053, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Chinese Internal Medicine of Ministry of Education, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, China; Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, China.
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