Mitochondrion

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A single mitochondrion, with exterior and interior membranes.
A single mitochondrion

A mitochondrion (plural: mitochondria) is an organelle found in all cells that have a nucleus. In the human body, that would be all cells except red blood cells. Mitochondria generate most of a cell's energy by manufacturing adenosine triphosphate, ATP. Mitochondria have their own independent genome called mitochondrial DNA.

Biogenesis[edit | edit source]

Mitochondrial biogenesis (the creation of new mitochondria) can be increased via hormesis, the exposure of the body to short-term stressors. Healthy stressors include exercise, fasting, cold, heat and light. Resveratrol may also increase mitochondrial biogenesis.

Infection and immunity[edit | edit source]

Mitochondria play crucial role in innate immunity, namely through their induction of interferon production and apoptosis through mitochondrial antiviral signaling protein (MAVS).[1] Many viruses, including Coxsackievirus B3, echovirus 7, and enterovirus 71 inhibit interferon induction and evade host immunity by cleaving or downregulating MAVS.[2]

Herpes simplex virus (HSV-1),[3] influenza virus,[3] and poliovirus[4] have all been found to reduce cellular respiration. Hepatitis C reduces aerobic metabolism and upregulates glycolysis.[5]

In human disease[edit | edit source]

Infection with pathogens, including viruses, bacteria, and parasites, can all induce changes in mitochondrial function and energy metabolism.

Viruses can induce or inhibit mitochondrial processes in order to replicate. "Viruses like Herpes simplex virus 1 deplete the host mitochondrial DNA and some, like human immunodeficiency virus and Hepatitis C Virus, hijack the host mitochondrial proteins to function fully inside the host cell."[6][7] Hepatitis C has also been shown to "fragment host mitochondria".[7]

Parasites such as Toxoplasma gondii have also been shown to modulate host energy metabolism and dysregulate mitochondrial function,[8] as have bacteria[9] such as E. coli (Escherichia coli), which has been shown to modulate mitochondrial receptor function.[10]

Mitochondrial diseases have a high prevalence of fatigue and debilitation, with the severity of disease predicting the level of fatigue; Gorman et al (2015) found the degree of muscle weakness was not related to fatigue severity.[11]

Chronic fatigue syndrome[edit | edit source]

There is evidence of mitochondrial dysfunction in chronic fatigue syndrome patients. Muscle biopsies have shown evidence of mitochondrial degeneration,[12] deletions of mitochondrial DNA,[13][14] the reduction of mitochondrial activity,[13] and Sarah Myhill found measurable mitochondrial dysfunction correlating with severity of illness.[15][16] Myhill also produced improvement by targeting those dysfunctions.[17] Mitochondrial DNA variants correlate with symptoms, symptom clusters & symptom severity.[18]

Mitochondrial disorders can be mistaken for chronic fatigue syndrome.[19]

There is evidence of genetic risk factors for mitochondrial dysfunction in related diseases such as complex regional pain syndrome, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), and dysautonomia.[20]

A small study of 20 ME/CFS patients meeting the Canadian Consensus Criteria found that re-activation of Human Herpesvirus-6 caused mitochondria dysfunction and reduced the ATP content of cells.[21]

Notable studies[edit | edit source]

Videos[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

Learn more[edit | edit source]

Unused Citations[edit | edit source]

Armstrong2014 [34] Craig2015[35] Vermeulen2010 [36] Maes2009 [37] Morris2013 [38]. Morris2014 [39] Meeus2013 [40]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Yu, Chia-Yi (December 2009). "The Interferon Stimulator Mitochondrial Antiviral Signaling Protein Facilitates Cell Death by Disrupting the Mitochondrial Membrane Potential and by Activating Caspases". Journal of Virology.
  2. Mukherjee, A (March 2011). "The coxsackievirus B 3C protease cleaves MAVS and TRIF to attenuate host type I interferon and apoptotic signaling". PLoS Pathology. 7.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Derakhshan, Mohammed (August 1, 2006). "Human herpesvirus 1 protein US3 induces an inhibition of mitochondrial electron transport". Journal of General Virology. 87: 2155–2159.
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  5. Ripoli, Maria (October 2009). "Hepatitis C Virus-Linked Mitochondrial Dysfunction Promotes Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1α-Mediated Glycolytic Adaptation". Journal of Virology.
  6. Anand, Sanjeev K; Tikoo, Suresh K (October 24, 2013), "Viruses as Modulators of Mitochondrial Functions", Advances in Virology, Advances in Virology, 2013, 2013: –738794, doi:10.1155/2013/738794
  7. 7.0 7.1 Siu, GK; Zhou, F; Yu, MK; Zhang, L; Wang, T; Liang, Y; Chen, Y; Chan, HC; Yu, S (March 2016), "Hepatitis C virus NS5A protein cooperates with phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase IIIα to induce mitochondrial fragmentation", Sci. Rep., doi:10.1038/srep23464, PMID 27010100
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  10. Nagai, T; Abe, A; Sasakawa, C (January 2005), "Targeting of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli EspF to host mitochondria is essential for bacterial pathogenesis: critical role of the 16th leucine residue in EspF", J Bio. Chem., doi:10.1074/jbc.M411550200, PMID 15533930
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