ArticleiScience2022
Horizontal mtDNA transfer between cells is common during mouse development.
Article in iScience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Mitochondrial Transfer as a Novel Therapeutic Approach in Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Adopted neoplastic cells and the consequences of their existence.Oncotarget · 2023Article
- The Potential Use of Mitochondrial Extracellular Vesicles as Biomarkers or Therapeutical Tools.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Multifaceted mitochondria: moving mitochondrial science beyond function and dysfunction.Nature metabolism · 2023Review
- Mitochondria on the move: Horizontal mitochondrial transfer in disease and health.The Journal of cell biology · 2023Article
- Long term survival and abnormal liver fat accumulation in mice with specific thymidine kinase 2 deficiency in liver tissue.PloS one · 2023Article
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Abstract
Cells transmit their genomes vertically to daughter cells during cell divisions. Here, we demonstrate the occurrence and extent of horizontal mitochondrial (mt)DNA acquisition between cells that are not in a parent-offspring relationship. Extensive single-cell sequencing from various tissues and organs of adult chimeric mice composed of cells carrying distinct mtDNA haplotypes showed that a substantial fraction of individual cardiomyocytes, neurons, glia, intestinal, and spleen cells captured donor mtDNA at high levels. In addition, chimeras composed of cells with wild-type and mutant mtDNA exhibited increased trafficking of wild-type mtDNA to mutant cells, suggesting that horizontal mtDNA transfer may be a compensatory mechanism to restore compromised mitochondrial function. These findings establish the groundwork for further investigations to identify mtDNA donor cells and mechanisms of transfer that could be critical to the development of novel gene therapies.
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