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Analyses of Mitochondrial Calcium Influx in Isolated Mitochondria and Cultured Cells
Published on: April 27, 2018
Mitochondrial Calcium Signaling in Hepatocyte Health and Disease
David R Eberhardt1, Dipayan Chaudhuri2,3
1Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, USA.
Abstract:
Calcium (Ca2+) is vital in hepatocyte metabolism and plays a dual role in liver mitochondrial function: Physiological Ca2+ stimulates respiration and mitochondrial dynamics-processes crucial for proper metabolic functioning. However, Ca2+ overload can be catastrophic, leading to mitochondrial dysfunction and the halt of metabolic processes. This dichotomy plays out in liver diseases such as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) and alcoholic liver disease (ALD), where excess lipid and alcohol, respectively, result in pathological changes in this precarious Ca2+ balance, impairing liver function and contributing to liver failure. In this review, we discuss the complex processes of Ca2+ signaling in hepatic mitochondria and how these processes are altered or fail in liver disease states.
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