[HTML][HTML] Advancing mitochondrial therapeutics: Synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of pyrazole-based inhibitors targeting the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier

L Maram, JM Michael, H Politte, VS Srirama… - European Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
Inhibition of mitochondrial pyruvate transport via the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC)
has shown beneficial effects in treating metabolic diseases, certain cancers, various forms of …

[HTML][HTML] Interference with mitochondrial function as part of the antifibrogenic effect of Rilpivirine: A step towards novel targets in hepatic stellate cell activation

AM Benedicto, F Lucantoni, I Fuster-Martínez… - Biomedicine & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Activated hepatic stellate cells (aHSCs), the main perpetrators of liver fibrosis, are a
promising therapeutic target in the treatment of chronic liver disease. During liver injury …

[HTML][HTML] Manipulating mitochondrial pyruvate carrier function causes metabolic remodeling in corneal myofibroblasts that ameliorates fibrosis

KI Jeon, A Kumar, PS Brookes, K Nehrke, KR Huxlin - Redox Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Myofibroblasts are key cellular effectors of corneal wound healing from trauma, surgery, or
infection. However, their persistent deposition of disorganized extracellular matrix can also …

Recent Advances in Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier Inhibitors

Y Huang, H Zhang, X Peng, Q Zhang - Pharmaceutical Fronts, 2024 - thieme-connect.com
The mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC) exists in the mitochondria inner membrane which
transports pyruvate to the mitochondrial matrix. Evidence shows that MPC is the …

Hepatokine ITIH3 protects against hepatic steatosis by downregulating mitochondrial bioenergetics and de novo lipogenesis

NK Talari, U Mattam, D Kaminska… - Iscience, 2024 - cell.com
Recent studies demonstrate that liver secretory proteins, also known as hepatokines,
regulate normal development, obesity, and simple steatosis to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis …