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ArticleMolecular biomedicine2025

Healthy mitochondria attenuate metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis by restoring cell metabolism.

Peiyu Zhou, Jingli Li, Yafang Xie, Xiaorong Li, Zhihong Cui, Ailing Fu

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Article in Molecular biomedicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Peiyu Zhou *College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
Jingli Li *College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
Yafang Xie *College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
Xiaorong LiCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
Zhihong CuiCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
Ailing FuCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China. fal@swu.edu.cn.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) has become a major global health issue. Mitochondrial damage plays a crucial role in the development and progression of MASH. Therefore, it is speculated that mitochondrial transplantation therapy, which could replace dysfunctional mitochondria with normal ones, might potentially restore the liver cell metabolism of MASH. In palmitate-damaged AML-12 hepatocytes, exogenous mitochondria could eliminate lipid deposits and recover cell viability. However, in transforming growth factor β (TGF-β)-activated hepatic stellate cells (HSCs), the exogenous mitochondria showed the capability to inhibit the generation of α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) and collagen I. Moreover, the mechanism by which the exogenous mitochondria initiated the mitochondria-nucleus signaling pathway of liver cells was studied. The results showed the mitochondria could prevent metabolism disorders in the liver cells by regulating silent information regulator 1 (SIRT1) activity. Subsequently, a MASH animal model was established by the administration of a high-fat diet and the intraperitoneal injection of carbon tetrachloride to Kunming mice. The results indicated that the mitochondrial therapy significantly inhibited the livery injury and restored liver cell function in the experimental MASH mice (p < 0.01). The mitochondrial therapy would be a promising strategy to improve MASH pathological features, which could be developed as a new treatment option against MASH.

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Fatty LiverMitochondriaMitochondria, LiverActinsAnimalsCell LineDiet, High-FatDisease Models, AnimalHepatic Stellate CellsHepatocytesLiverMaleMiceSignal TransductionSirtuin 1Transforming Growth Factor betaActinsSirtuin 1Transforming Growth Factor betaHealthy mitochondriaMetabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH)Oxidative stressSilent information regulator 1 (SIRT1)

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PMCPMC12515195

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