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ReviewCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2021

Mitochondrial disease, mitophagy, and cellular distress in methylmalonic acidemia.

Alessandro Luciani, Matthew C S Denley, Larissa P Govers, Vincenzo Sorrentino, D Sean Froese

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Review in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Cellular Mechanisms Enabling Mitochondria Transfer and Transplantation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  3. [Occurrence status and treatment strategies of abnormal growth and development in children with methylmalonic acidemia].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Alessandro Luciani *Mechanisms of Inherited Kidney Diseases Group, Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, 8032, Zurich, Switzerland. alessandro.luciani@uzh.ch.
Matthew C S DenleyDivision of Metabolism and Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8032, Zurich, Switzerland.
Larissa P GoversMechanisms of Inherited Kidney Diseases Group, Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, 8032, Zurich, Switzerland.
Vincenzo SorrentinoDepartment of Musculo-Skeletal Health, Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences, Nestlé Research, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland. vincenzo.sorrentino@rd.nestle.com.
D Sean Froese *Division of Metabolism and Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8032, Zurich, Switzerland. sean.froese@kispi.uzh.ch.
University of Zurich · CHNestlé (Switzerland) · CHUniversity Children's Hospital Zurich · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondria-the intracellular powerhouse in which nutrients are converted into energy in the form of ATP or heat-are highly dynamic, double-membraned organelles that harness a plethora of cellular functions that sustain energy metabolism and homeostasis. Exciting new discoveries now indicate that the maintenance of this ever changing and functionally pleiotropic organelle is particularly relevant in terminally differentiated cells that are highly dependent on aerobic metabolism. Given the central role in maintaining metabolic and physiological homeostasis, dysregulation of the mitochondrial network might therefore confer a potentially devastating vulnerability to high-energy requiring cell types, contributing to a broad variety of hereditary and acquired diseases. In this Review, we highlight the biological functions of mitochondria-localized enzymes from the perspective of understanding-and potentially reversing-the pathophysiology of inherited disorders affecting the homeostasis of the mitochondrial network and cellular metabolism. Using methylmalonic acidemia as a paradigm of complex mitochondrial dysfunction, we discuss how mitochondrial directed-signaling circuitries govern the homeostasis and physiology of specialized cell types and how these may be disturbed in disease. This Review also provides a critical analysis of affected tissues, potential molecular mechanisms, and novel cellular and animal models of methylmalonic acidemia which are being used to develop new therapeutic options for this disease. These insights might ultimately lead to new therapeutics, not only for methylmalonic acidemia, but also for other currently intractable mitochondrial diseases, potentially transforming our ability to regulate homeostasis and health.

Indexed as

Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn ErrorsAnimalsEnergy MetabolismHomeostasisHumansMitochondriaMitochondrial DiseasesMitophagyOrganellesSignal TransductionCell damageInherited metabolic diseasesMetabolismMitochondriaMitophagyOxidative stress

Identifiers

PMID34524466
PMCPMC8558192
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