Mitochondrial dysfunction in neurodegenerative disorders: Potential therapeutic application of mitochondrial transfer to central nervous system-residing cells

FA Bustamante-Barrientos, N Luque-Campos… - Journal of Translational …, 2023 - Springer
Mitochondrial dysfunction is reiteratively involved in the pathogenesis of diverse
neurodegenerative diseases. Current in vitro and in vivo approaches support that …

Molecular basis for maternal inheritance of human mitochondrial DNA

W Lee, A Zamudio-Ochoa, G Buchel, P Podlesniy… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Uniparental inheritance of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is an evolutionary trait found in
nearly all eukaryotes. In many species, including humans, the sperm mitochondria are …

Assisted reproductive technologies at the nexus of fertility treatment and disease prevention

M Herbert, M Choudhary, D Zander-Fox - Science, 2023 - science.org
Assisted reproductive technology (ART) refers to processing gametes in vitro and usually
involves in vitro fertilization. Originally developed for the treatment of infertility, culture of …

[HTML][HTML] First pilot study of maternal spindle transfer for the treatment of repeated in vitro fertilization failures in couples with idiopathic infertility

N Costa-Borges, E Nikitos, K Späth, I Miguel-Escalada… - Fertility and sterility, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives To gain insights into the technical feasibility of maternal spindle transfer (MST)
applied in the context of repeated in vitro fertilization (IVF) failures for the treatment of …

[HTML][HTML] Heteroplasmy and individual mitogene pools: characteristics and potential roles in ecological studies

W Wang, L Lin, Q Zhang, J Yang, E Kamili, J Chu, X Li… - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The mitochondrial genome is a multicopy circular DNA with high mutation
rates due to replication and repair errors. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) heteroplasmy refers …

Mitochondrial disease: Replace or edit?

EY Adashi, DS Rubenstein, JA Mossman, EA Schon… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Maternal transmission of a wide spectrum of mutant alleles of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)
gives rise to metabolic diseases of differing penetrance, presentation, and prognosis to …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring dexamethasone skin biodistribution with ex vivo MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry imaging and confocal Raman microscopy

E Pena-Rodríguez, T García-Berrocoso… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Two of the most promising techniques in terms of ex vivo skin imaging and quantifying are
confocal Raman microscopy and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry imaging (MALDI-TOF MSI) …

Reproductive options in mitochondrial disease

HJM Smeets, SCEH Sallevelt, M Herbert - Handbook of Clinical Neurology, 2023 - Elsevier
Mitochondrial diseases require customized approaches for reproductive counseling,
addressing differences in recurrence risks and reproductive options. The majority of …

Single-cell multiomics analyses of spindle-transferred human embryos suggest a mostly normal embryonic development

S Qi, W Wang, X Xue, Z Lu, J Yan, Y Li, Y Zhang… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations are often associated with incurable diseases and
lead to detectable pathogenic variants in 1 out of 200 babies. Uncoupling of the inheritance …

Human germline nuclear transfer to overcome mitochondrial disease and failed fertilization after ICSI

M Tang, A Boel, N Castelluccio… - Journal of Assisted …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Providing additional insights on the efficacy of human nuclear transfer (NT). Here,
and earlier, NT has been applied to minimize transmission risk of mitochondrial DNA …