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ReviewBritish journal of pharmacology2014

Turn up the power - pharmacological activation of mitochondrial biogenesis in mouse models.

J C Komen, D R Thorburn

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Review in British journal of pharmacology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
80citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

80 citing papers in PubMed, 142 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Bezafibrate confers neuroprotection in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

J C KomenMurdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
D R Thorburn
Murdoch Children's Research Institute · AUUniversity of Melbourne · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) system in mitochondria is responsible for the generation of the majority of cellular energy in the form of ATP. Patients with genetic OXPHOS disorders form the largest group of inborn errors of metabolism. Unfortunately, there is still a lack of efficient therapies for these disorders other than management of symptoms. Developing therapies has been complicated because, although the total group of OXPHOS patients is relatively large, there is enormous clinical and genetic heterogeneity within this patient population. Thus there has been a lot of interest in generating relevant mouse models for the different kinds of OXPHOS disorders. The most common treatment strategies tested in these mouse models have aimed to up-regulate mitochondrial biogenesis, in order to increase the residual OXPHOS activity present in affected animals and thereby to ameliorate the energy deficiency. Drugs such as bezafibrate, resveratrol and AICAR target the master regulator of mitochondrial biogenesis PGC-1α either directly or indirectly to manipulate mitochondrial metabolism. This review will summarize the outcome of preclinical treatment trials with these drugs in mouse models of OXPHOS disorders and discuss similar treatments in a number of mouse models of common diseases in which pathology is closely linked to mitochondrial dysfunction. In the majority of these studies the pharmacological activation of the PGC-1α axis shows true potential as therapy; however, other effects besides mitochondrial biogenesis may be contributing to this as well.

Indexed as

Disease Models, AnimalAminoimidazole CarboxamideAMP-Activated Protein KinasesAnimalsBezafibrateEnergy MetabolismMitochondriaMitochondrial DiseasesMitochondrial TurnoverPeroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alphaResveratrolRibonucleotidesSirtuin 1StilbenesTranscription FactorsUp-RegulationAICA ribonucleotideAminoimidazole CarboxamideAMP-Activated Protein KinasesBezafibratePeroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alphaPpargc1a protein, mouseResveratrolRibonucleotidesSirt1 protein, mouseSirtuin 1StilbenesTranscription FactorsAICARbezafibratemitochondriamitochondrial biogenesismitochondrial diseasemouse modelsoxidative phosphorylationPGC-1αresveratrol

Identifiers

PMID24102298
PMCPMC3976607
OpenAlexW1903564790

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