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Adenine Nucleotide Translocase: From Nucleotide Carrier to a Modulator of Mitochondrial Bioenergetics, Quality Control, and Cellular Communication.

Ursula Rauch-Kroehnert, Jacqueline Heger, Ulf Landmesser, Andrea Dörner

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Review in Cells, 2026. 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ursula Rauch-KroehnertDepartment of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité (DHZC) University Hospital Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, 12203 Berlin, Germany.
Jacqueline HegerInstitute of Physiology, Justus-Liebig-University, 35392 Giessen, Germany.
Ulf LandmesserDepartment of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité (DHZC) University Hospital Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, 12203 Berlin, Germany.
Andrea DörnerDepartment of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité (DHZC) University Hospital Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, 12203 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1398-1779

Funding

German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) Partner site Berlin 81Z0100202
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adenine nucleotide translocase (ANT) has traditionally been defined as the ADP/ATP exchanger of the inner mitochondrial membrane. However, accumulating mechanistic evidence reveals a substantially broader functional spectrum that extends beyond nucleotide transport. In this review, we integrate these advances into a unified conceptual framework that positions ANT isoforms as modulators of mitochondrial bioenergetics, quality control, and cellular communication. Beyond its canonical exchange activity, ANT influences permeability transition thresholds and membrane potential stability, participates in regulated uncoupling and redox control, and contributes to inner membrane organization and cristae integrity. ANT further modulates TIMM23-dependent protein import and PINK1-Parkin-mediated mitophagy, thereby shaping mitochondrial quality control decisions. In addition, ANT regulates mitochondrial nucleic acid release and inflammasome activation, linking bioenergetic imbalance to innate immune signaling. Emerging evidence for alternative subcellular localizations suggests that ANT-dependent signaling extends mitochondrial state information to extracellular and intercellular contexts. Collectively, these findings support an expanded view of ANT as a multifunctional modulator linking mitochondrial energetic state to stress adaptation, inflammatory signaling, and tissue-level communication.

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Cell CommunicationEnergy MetabolismMitochondriaMitochondrial ADP, ATP TranslocasesAnimalsHumansSignal TransductionMitochondrial ADP, ATP Translocasesadenine nucleotide translocasedsRNA transportextracellular vesiclesimmunometabolismmitochondrial dynamicsmitochondrial permeability transition poremitochondrial signalingmitochondrial uncouplingmitophagymtDNA stability

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PMID41972733
PMCPMC13072411

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