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  1. Article ; Online: Primary mitochondrial diseases: The intertwined pathophysiology of bioenergetic dysregulation, oxidative stress and neuroinflammation.

    Aguilar, Kevin / Jakubek, Patrycja / Zorzano, Antonio / Wieckowski, Mariusz R

    European journal of clinical investigation

    2024  , Page(s) e14217

    Abstract: Objectives and scope: Primary mitochondrial diseases (PMDs) are rare genetic disorders resulting from mutations in genes crucial for effective oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) that can affect mitochondrial function. In this review, we examine the ... ...

    Abstract Objectives and scope: Primary mitochondrial diseases (PMDs) are rare genetic disorders resulting from mutations in genes crucial for effective oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) that can affect mitochondrial function. In this review, we examine the bioenergetic alterations and oxidative stress observed in cellular models of primary mitochondrial diseases (PMDs), shedding light on the intricate complexity between mitochondrial dysfunction and cellular pathology. We explore the diverse cellular models utilized to study PMDs, including patient-derived fibroblasts, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and cybrids. Moreover, we also emphasize the connection between oxidative stress and neuroinflammation.
    Insights: The central nervous system (CNS) is particularly vulnerable to mitochondrial dysfunction due to its dependence on aerobic metabolism and the correct functioning of OXPHOS. Similar to other neurodegenerative diseases affecting the CNS, individuals with PMDs exhibit several neuroinflammatory hallmarks alongside neurodegeneration, a pattern also extensively observed in mouse models of mitochondrial diseases. Based on histopathological analysis of postmortem human brain tissue and findings in mouse models of PMDs, we posit that neuroinflammation is not merely a consequence of neurodegeneration but a potential pathogenic mechanism for disease progression that deserves further investigation. This recognition may pave the way for novel therapeutic strategies for this group of devastating diseases that currently lack effective treatments.
    Summary: In summary, this review provides a comprehensive overview of bioenergetic alterations and redox imbalance in cellular models of PMDs while underscoring the significance of neuroinflammation as a potential driver in disease progression.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-21
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 186196-7
    ISSN 1365-2362 ; 0014-2972 ; 0960-135X
    ISSN (online) 1365-2362
    ISSN 0014-2972 ; 0960-135X
    DOI 10.1111/eci.14217
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  2. Article ; Online: An Update on Isolation of Functional Mitochondria from Cells for Bioenergetics Studies.

    Lebiedzinska-Arciszewska, Magdalena / Wojtczak, Lech / Wieckowski, Mariusz R

    Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)

    2021  Volume 2310, Page(s) 79–89

    Abstract: Mitochondria are the organelles where the most fundamental processes of energy transformation within the cell are located. They are also involved in several processes like apoptosis and autophagy, reactive oxygen species formation, and calcium signaling, ...

    Abstract Mitochondria are the organelles where the most fundamental processes of energy transformation within the cell are located. They are also involved in several processes like apoptosis and autophagy, reactive oxygen species formation, and calcium signaling, which are crucial for proper cell functioning. In addition, mitochondrial genome hosts genes encoding important proteins incorporated in respiratory chain complexes and indispensable for the oxidative phosphorylation. Studying isolated mitochondria is, therefore, crucial for better understanding of cell physiology. The presented protocol describes a relatively simple and handy method for crude mitochondrial fraction isolation from different mammalian cell lines. It includes mechanical cells disruption (homogenization) and differential centrifugation. In addition, this chapter presents two basic ways to assess mitochondrial functionality: by measuring mitochondrial inner membrane potential and coupled respiration.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Cell Fractionation ; Cell Respiration ; Centrifugation ; Energy Metabolism ; Fluorometry ; HeLa Cells ; Humans ; Jurkat Cells ; Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial ; Mice ; Mitochondria/metabolism ; Oxygen Consumption ; Rats
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-06-06
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ISSN 1940-6029
    ISSN (online) 1940-6029
    DOI 10.1007/978-1-0716-1433-4_7
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  3. Article ; Online: Update on the Histoenzymatic Methods for Visualization of the Activity of Individual Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain Complexes in the Human Frozen Sections.

    Wieckowski, Mariusz R / Pronicki, Maciej / Karkucinska-Wieckowska, Agnieszka

    Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)

    2021  Volume 2310, Page(s) 69–77

    Abstract: Investigation of mitochondrial metabolism perturbations and successful diagnosis of patients with mitochondrial abnormalities often requires assessment of human samples like muscle or liver biopsy as well as autopsy material. Immunohistochemical and ... ...

    Abstract Investigation of mitochondrial metabolism perturbations and successful diagnosis of patients with mitochondrial abnormalities often requires assessment of human samples like muscle or liver biopsy as well as autopsy material. Immunohistochemical and histochemical examination is an important technique to investigate mitochondrial dysfunction that combined with spectrophotometric and Blue Native electrophoresis techniques can be an important tool to provide diagnosis of mitochondrial disorders. In this chapter, we focus on technical description of the methods that are suitable to detect the activity of complex I, II, and IV of mitochondrial respiratory chain in frozen sections of brain, heart, muscle, and liver biopsies/autopsy. The protocols provided can be useful not only for general assessment of mitochondrial activity in studied material, but they are also successfully used in the diagnostic procedures in case of suspicion of mitochondrial disorders. In the age of high-performance NGS sequencing, these methods can be used to confirm whether mutations are pathogenic by proving their impact on the activity of individual respiratory chain complexes.
    MeSH term(s) Brain/enzymology ; Electron Transport Chain Complex Proteins/analysis ; Frozen Sections ; Humans ; Microscopy ; Mitochondria, Heart/enzymology ; Mitochondria, Liver/enzymology ; Mitochondria, Muscle/enzymology ; Staining and Labeling
    Chemical Substances Electron Transport Chain Complex Proteins
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-06-06
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ISSN 1940-6029
    ISSN (online) 1940-6029
    DOI 10.1007/978-1-0716-1433-4_6
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  4. Article: Editorial: Organelles Relationships and Interactions: A Cancer Perspective.

    Patergnani, Simone / Marchi, Saverio / Delprat, Benjamin / Wieckowski, Mariusz R

    Frontiers in cell and developmental biology

    2021  Volume 9, Page(s) 678307

    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-04-08
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Editorial
    ZDB-ID 2737824-X
    ISSN 2296-634X
    ISSN 2296-634X
    DOI 10.3389/fcell.2021.678307
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  5. Article ; Online: Calcium Homeostasis in the Control of Mitophagy.

    Perrone, Mariasole / Patergnani, Simone / Di Mambro, Tommaso / Palumbo, Laura / Wieckowski, Mariusz R / Giorgi, Carlotta / Pinton, Paolo

    Antioxidants & redox signaling

    2023  Volume 38, Issue 7-9, Page(s) 581–598

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    MeSH term(s) Mitophagy ; Calcium/metabolism ; Mitochondria/metabolism ; Homeostasis ; Biological Transport ; Autophagy
    Chemical Substances Calcium (SY7Q814VUP)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-01
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1483836-9
    ISSN 1557-7716 ; 1523-0864
    ISSN (online) 1557-7716
    ISSN 1523-0864
    DOI 10.1089/ars.2022.0122
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  6. Article: From mitochondrial large amplitude swelling to the permeability transition - a short historic overview.

    Wojtczak, Lech / Więckowski, Mariusz R

    Postepy biochemii

    2016  Volume 62, Issue 3, Page(s) 298–302

    Abstract: An outline of studies on the mitochondrial large conductance permeability pore is presented starting from the early observations in the 1950s on the large amplitude mitochondrial swelling, through the concept of the permeability transition and various ... ...

    Title translation Od pęcznienia mitochondriów po koncepcję transformacji przepuszczalnościowej - krótki zarys historyczny.
    Abstract An outline of studies on the mitochondrial large conductance permeability pore is presented starting from the early observations in the 1950s on the large amplitude mitochondrial swelling, through the concept of the permeability transition and various theories on the structure of the related permeability transition pore, up to its present identification as a part of mitochondrial (F
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016
    Publishing country Poland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 414019-9
    ISSN 0032-5422
    ISSN 0032-5422
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  7. Article: Some Insights into the Regulation of Cardiac Physiology and Pathology by the Hippo Pathway.

    Ramaccini, Daniela / Pedriali, Gaia / Perrone, Mariasole / Bouhamida, Esmaa / Modesti, Lorenzo / Wieckowski, Mariusz R / Giorgi, Carlotta / Pinton, Paolo / Morciano, Giampaolo

    Biomedicines

    2022  Volume 10, Issue 3

    Abstract: The heart is one of the most fascinating organs in living beings. It beats up to 100,000 times a day throughout the lifespan, without resting. The heart undergoes profound anatomical, biochemical, and functional changes during life, from hypoxemic fetal ... ...

    Abstract The heart is one of the most fascinating organs in living beings. It beats up to 100,000 times a day throughout the lifespan, without resting. The heart undergoes profound anatomical, biochemical, and functional changes during life, from hypoxemic fetal stages to a completely differentiated four-chambered cardiac muscle. In the middle, many biological events occur after and intersect with each other to regulate development, organ size, and, in some cases, regeneration. Several studies have defined the essential roles of the Hippo pathway in heart physiology through the regulation of apoptosis, autophagy, cell proliferation, and differentiation. This molecular route is composed of multiple components, some of which were recently discovered, and is highly interconnected with multiple known prosurvival pathways. The Hippo cascade is evolutionarily conserved among species, and in addition to its regulatory roles, it is involved in disease by drastically changing the heart phenotype and its function when its components are mutated, absent, or constitutively activated. In this review, we report some insights into the regulation of cardiac physiology and pathology by the Hippo pathway.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-03-21
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2720867-9
    ISSN 2227-9059
    ISSN 2227-9059
    DOI 10.3390/biomedicines10030726
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  8. Article ; Online: Isolation of crude mitochondrial fraction from cells.

    Wieckowski, Mariusz R / Wojtczak, Lech

    Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)

    2015  Volume 1241, Page(s) 1–8

    Abstract: Mitochondria are intracellular organelles where most fundamental processes of energy transformation within the cell are located. They also play important roles in programmed cell death (apoptosis), free radical formation, and signal transduction. In ... ...

    Abstract Mitochondria are intracellular organelles where most fundamental processes of energy transformation within the cell are located. They also play important roles in programmed cell death (apoptosis), free radical formation, and signal transduction. In addition, mitochondria host genes encoding several important proteins. Studying isolated mitochondria is therefore crucial for better understanding cell functioning. The present article describes a relatively simple and handy procedure for isolation of crude mitochondrial fraction from cultivated mammalian and human cells. It consists of mechanical homogenization and fractionating centrifugation. Assays of checking mitochondrial competence by measuring membrane potential formation and coupled respiration are also presented.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Cell Fractionation/methods ; Cell Line ; Humans ; Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial ; Mice ; Mitochondria/metabolism ; Mitochondrial Proteins/analysis ; Mitochondrial Proteins/metabolism ; Oxygen Consumption ; Phenazines/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Mitochondrial Proteins ; Phenazines ; safranine T (XTX0YXU2HV)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ISSN 1940-6029
    ISSN (online) 1940-6029
    DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-1875-1_1
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  9. Article ; Online: Oxidative stress in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD): How does the animal model resemble human disease?

    Jakubek, Patrycja / Kalinowski, Piotr / Karkucinska-Wieckowska, Agnieszka / Kaikini, Aakruti / Simões, Inês C M / Potes, Yaiza / Kruk, Beata / Grajkowska, Wieslawa / Pinton, Paolo / Milkiewicz, Piotr / Grąt, Michał / Pronicki, Maciej / Lebiedzinska-Arciszewska, Magdalena / Krawczyk, Marcin / Wieckowski, Mariusz R

    FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

    2024  Volume 38, Issue 3, Page(s) e23466

    Abstract: Despite decades of research, the pathogenesis of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is still not completely understood. Based on the evidence from preclinical models, one of the factors proposed as a main driver of disease ... ...

    Abstract Despite decades of research, the pathogenesis of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is still not completely understood. Based on the evidence from preclinical models, one of the factors proposed as a main driver of disease development is oxidative stress. This study aimed to search for the resemblance between the profiles of oxidative stress and antioxidant defense in the animal model of MASLD and the group of MASLD patients. C57BL/6J mice were fed with the Western diet for up to 24 weeks and served as the animal model of MASLD. The antioxidant profile of mice hepatic tissue was determined by liquid chromatography-MS3 spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). The human cohort consisted of 20 patients, who underwent bariatric surgery, and 6 controls. Based on histological analysis, 4 bariatric patients did not have liver steatosis and as such were also classified as controls. Total antioxidant activity was measured in sera and liver biopsy samples. The hepatic levels of antioxidant enzymes and oxidative damage were determined by Western Blot. The levels of antioxidant enzymes were significantly altered in the hepatic tissue of mice with MASLD. In contrast, there were no significant changes in the antioxidant profile of hepatic tissue of MASLD patients, except for the decreased level of carbonylated proteins. Decreased protein carbonylation together with significant correlations between the thioredoxin system and parameters describing metabolic health suggest alterations in the thiol-redox signaling. Altogether, these data show that even though the phenotype of mice closely resembles human MASLD, the animal-to-human translation of cellular and molecular processes such as oxidative stress may be more challenging.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Animals ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Antioxidants ; Chromatography, Liquid ; Tandem Mass Spectrometry ; Oxidative Stress ; Metabolic Diseases ; Fatty Liver ; Models, Animal
    Chemical Substances Antioxidants
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-06
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 639186-2
    ISSN 1530-6860 ; 0892-6638
    ISSN (online) 1530-6860
    ISSN 0892-6638
    DOI 10.1096/fj.202302447R
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  10. Article ; Online: Dynamic adaptation of the extremophilic red microalga Cyanidioschyzon merolae to high nickel stress.

    Marchetto, Francesca / Santaeufemia, Sergio / Lebiedzińska-Arciszewska, Magdalena / Śliwińska, Małgorzata A / Pich, Magdalena / Kurek, Eliza / Naziębło, Aleksandra / Strawski, Marcin / Solymosi, Daniel / Szklarczyk, Marek / Bulska, Ewa / Szymański, Jędrzej / Wierzbicka, Małgorzata / Allahverdiyeva, Yagut / Więckowski, Mariusz R / Kargul, Joanna

    Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB

    2024  Volume 207, Page(s) 108365

    Abstract: The order of Cyanidiales comprises seven acido-thermophilic red microalgal species thriving in hot springs of volcanic origin characterized by extremely low pH, moderately high temperatures and the presence of high concentrations of sulphites and heavy ... ...

    Abstract The order of Cyanidiales comprises seven acido-thermophilic red microalgal species thriving in hot springs of volcanic origin characterized by extremely low pH, moderately high temperatures and the presence of high concentrations of sulphites and heavy metals that are prohibitive for most other organisms. Little is known about the physiological processes underlying the long-term adaptation of these extremophiles to such hostile environments. Here, we investigated the long-term adaptive responses of a red microalga Cyanidioschyzon merolae, a representative of Cyanidiales, to extremely high nickel concentrations. By the comprehensive physiological, microscopic and elemental analyses we dissected the key physiological processes underlying the long-term adaptation of this model extremophile to high Ni exposure. These include: (i) prevention of significant Ni accumulation inside the cells; (ii) activation of the photoprotective response of non-photochemical quenching; (iii) significant changes of the chloroplast ultrastructure associated with the formation of prolamellar bodies and plastoglobuli together with loosening of the thylakoid membranes; (iv) activation of ROS amelioration machinery; and (v) maintaining the efficient respiratory chain functionality. The dynamically regulated processes identified in this study are discussed in the context of the mechanisms driving the remarkable adaptability of C. merolae to extremely high Ni levels exceeding by several orders of magnitude those found in the natural environment of the microalga. The processes identified in this study provide a solid basis for the future investigation of the specific molecular components and pathways involved in the adaptation of Cyanidiales to the extremely high Ni concentrations.
    MeSH term(s) Extremophiles ; Nickel ; Microalgae ; Chloroplasts
    Chemical Substances Nickel (7OV03QG267)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-11
    Publishing country France
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 742978-2
    ISSN 1873-2690 ; 0981-9428
    ISSN (online) 1873-2690
    ISSN 0981-9428
    DOI 10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108365
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