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FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.669379
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mitochondrial DNA; DNA repair; mitochondrial fusion; mitochondrial fission; mitophagy
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [82073257]
- University Natural Science Research Project of Anhui Province (China) [KJ2020A0159]
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Mitochondria are essential organelles in eukaryotic cells that provide energy through oxidative phosphorylation. Mitochondrial DNA is prone to damage by DNA damaging agents, which can lead to dysfunction and contribute to various human diseases. Understanding mtDNA repair mechanisms is crucial for developing therapeutic strategies.
Mitochondria are double membrane organelles in eukaryotic cells that provide energy by generating adenosine triphosphate (ATP) through oxidative phosphorylation. They are crucial to many aspects of cellular metabolism. Mitochondria contain their own DNA that encodes for essential proteins involved in the execution of normal mitochondrial functions. Compared with nuclear DNA, the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is more prone to be affected by DNA damaging agents, and accumulated DNA damages may cause mitochondrial dysfunction and drive the pathogenesis of a variety of human diseases, including neurodegenerative disorders and cancer. Therefore, understanding better how mtDNA damages are repaired will facilitate developing therapeutic strategies. In this review, we focus on our current understanding of the mtDNA repair system. We also discuss other mitochondrial events promoted by excessive DNA damages and inefficient DNA repair, such as mitochondrial fusion, fission, and mitophagy, which serve as quality control events for clearing damaged mtDNA.
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