This post on Phys.org just caught my eye. I didn't realize there was a distinct mitochondrial cycle for this essential part of cell metabolism. Here's the primary citation.
This is the first I have heard of MEPAN and the foundation to study it. This devastating disease could be a key to the...
https://www.quantamagazine.org/mitochondria-may-hold-keys-to-anxiety-and-mental-health-20200810/
Research hints that the energy-generating organelles of cells may play a surprisingly pivotal role in mediating anxiety and depression.
Saw this, thought of us. I'm not up to reading the paper (abstract and link below), so haven't assessed its quality, but the article in neuroscience news is interesting. Perhaps this sort of phenomenon might help to explain why an ME brain is particularly prone to falling over with too much...
A systematic review of mitochondrial abnormalities in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome/systemic exertion intolerance disease
https://translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12967-020-02452-3
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32658146/
No idea if this is a promising lead or not, but here is a thread of one of the PIs explaining what they found
https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/06/16/2002250117
popular article here https://newsroom.uw.edu/news/study-yields-clues-how-drug-may-boost-aged-mitochondria
Acute Phase Phospholipids Related to the Cardiolipin of Mitochondria in the Sera of Patients With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Chronic Ciguatera Fish Poisoning (CCFP), and Other Diseases Attributed to Chemicals, Gulf War, and Marine Toxins
Yoshitsugi Hokama 1 , Cara Empey-Campora, Cynthia...
Press release from Aarhus University, Denmark (uploaded by the Danish ME Association).
The press release is both in Danish and English.
Title of dissertation:
Mitocondrial dysfunction in an inborn error of metabolism and in patients with unexplained chronic fatigue.
The aim of this PhD...
by Philipp Schreiner, Thomas Harrer, Carmen Scheibenbogen, Stephanie Lamer, Andreas Schlosser, Robert K. Naviaux and Bhupesh K. Prusty
Published in ImmunoHorizons
Abstract
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a multifactorial disorder with many possible triggers...
Not strictly health news, but an interesting development in understanding the role of mitochondria.
"The myxozoan cells retain structures deemed mitochondrion-related organelles, but have lost genes related to aerobic respiration and mitochondrial genome replication. Our discovery shows that...
Full title: Gut Dysbiosis Dysregulates Central and Systemic Homeostasis via Suboptimal Mitochondrial Function: Assessment, Treatment and Classification Implications
Paywall, http://www.eurekaselect.com/178870/article
Not available via Sci hub at time of posting.
Perspective: Cell Danger Response Biology—The New Science that Connects Environmental Health with Mitochondria and the Rising Tide of Chronic Illness
Robert K Naviaux Dec 2019
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1567724919302922
Abstract
Mitochondrial stress contributes to a range of neurological diseases. Mitonuclear signaling pathways triggered by mitochondrial stress remodel cellular physiology and metabolism. How these signaling mechanisms contribute to neuronal dysfunction and disease is poorly understood. We find...
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