Mitochondrial transfer/transplantation: an emerging therapeutic approach for multiple diseases

Z Liu, Y Sun, Z Qi, L Cao, S Ding - Cell & bioscience, 2022 - Springer
Mitochondria play a pivotal role in energy generation and cellular physiological processes.
These organelles are highly dynamic, constantly changing their morphology, cellular …

The role of lipids in exosome biology and intercellular communication: Function, analytics and applications

J Donoso‐Quezada, S Ayala‐Mar, J González‐Valdez - Traffic, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Exosomes are extracellular vesicles that in recent years have received special attention for
their regulatory functions in numerous biological processes. Recent evidence suggests a …

A degradative to secretory autophagy switch mediates mitochondria clearance in the absence of the mATG8-conjugation machinery

HWS Tan, G Lu, H Dong, YL Cho, A Natalia… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
PINK1-Parkin mediated mitophagy, a selective form of autophagy, represents one of the
most important mechanisms in mitochondrial quality control (MQC) via the clearance of …

[HTML][HTML] Neural stem cells traffic functional mitochondria via extracellular vesicles

L Peruzzotti-Jametti, JD Bernstock, CM Willis… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Neural stem cell (NSC) transplantation induces recovery in animal models of central
nervous system (CNS) diseases. Although the replacement of lost endogenous cells was …

Selective packaging of mitochondrial proteins into extracellular vesicles prevents the release of mitochondrial DAMPs

K Todkar, L Chikhi, V Desjardins, F El-Mortada… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Most cells constitutively secrete mitochondrial DNA and proteins in extracellular vesicles
(EVs). While EVs are small vesicles that transfer material between cells, Mitochondria …

Inside (sight) of tiny communicator: exosome biogenesis, secretion, and uptake

AS Jadli, N Ballasy, P Edalat, VB Patel - Molecular and cellular …, 2020 - Springer
Discovered in the late 1980s as an extracellular vesicle of endosomal origin secreted from
reticulocytes, exosomes recently gained scientific attention due to its role in intercellular …

Mitochondria-derived cell-to-cell communication

ZAA Dache, AR Thierry - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
In addition to their intracellular mobility, mitochondria and their components can exist
outside the cells from which they originate. As a result, they are capable of acting on non …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondria on the move: Horizontal mitochondrial transfer in disease and health

LF Dong, J Rohlena, R Zobalova, Z Nahacka… - Journal of Cell …, 2023 - rupress.org
Mammalian genes were long thought to be constrained within somatic cells in most cell
types. This concept was challenged recently when cellular organelles including …

Mitophagy in cancer: a tale of adaptation

M Vara-Perez, B Felipe-Abrio, P Agostinis - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
In the past years, we have learnt that tumors co-evolve with their microenvironment, and that
the active interaction between cancer cells and stromal cells plays a pivotal role in cancer …

Lung tumor cell-derived exosomes promote M2 macrophage polarization

A Pritchard, S Tousif, Y Wang, K Hough, S Khan… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cellular cross-talk within the tumor microenvironment (TME) by exosomes is known to
promote tumor progression. Tumor promoting macrophages with an M2 phenotype are …