Department of Medicine, Obesity and Nutrition Section, Mitochondria ARC, Evans Biomedical Research Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 650 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Cell Metab. 2013 Apr 2;17(4):491-506. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2013.03.002.
Mitochondrial fusion, fission, and mitophagy form an essential axis of mitochondrial quality control. However, quality control might not be the only task carried out by mitochondrial dynamics. Recent studies link mitochondrial dynamics to the balance between energy demand and nutrient supply, suggesting changes in mitochondrial architecture as a mechanism for bioenergetic adaptation to metabolic demands. By favoring either connected or fragmented architectures, mitochondrial dynamics regulates bioenergetic efficiency and energy expenditure. Placement of bioenergetic adaptation and quality control as competing tasks of mitochondrial dynamics might provide a new mechanism, linking excess nutrient environment to progressive mitochondrial dysfunction, common to age-related diseases.
线粒体融合、裂变和自噬形成了线粒体质量控制的重要轴。然而,质量控制可能不是线粒体动力学执行的唯一任务。最近的研究将线粒体动力学与能量需求和营养供应之间的平衡联系起来,表明线粒体结构的变化是生物能适应代谢需求的一种机制。通过促进连接或碎片化的结构,线粒体动力学调节生物能效率和能量消耗。将生物能适应和质量控制作为线粒体动力学的竞争任务来处理,可能为过度营养环境与与年龄相关的疾病中常见的进行性线粒体功能障碍之间提供一种新的机制。