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Table 1 Summary of the development and recent studies of mitochondrial transplantation

From: Current progress of mitochondrial transplantation that promotes neuronal regeneration

Disease or injury state

Source of mitochondria

Recipient

Method of delivery

Mechanism of mitochondria uptake

Outcome

Reference

In vitro

      

Ischemia

MMSCs

Cortical neurons & astrocytes

Co-culture

Cytosol transfer

Improved cell viability

Babenko et al., 2015

UV light damage

PC12

PC12

Co-culture

TNTs

mtDNA transfer

Wang and Gerdes, 2015

Ischemia/reperfusion

BM-MSCs

H9c2

Co-culture

TNTs

Reduced apoptosis process

Han et al., 2016

TBI

Cortical neurons

Hippocampal neurons

Add in medium

Not discussed

Enhanced neuroregeneration

Chien et al., 2018

In vivo

      

Acute lung injury (ALI)

mBMSCs; hBMSCs

Aveolar epithelia

Intranasal instillation

Cx43-dependent nanotubes and micro-vesicles formation

Increased alveolar [ATP] and abrogated ALI pathologies

Islam et al., 2012

In situ blood-perfused regional ischemia

Autologous rabbit muscle cells

Myocardial cells

Injection of mitochondria-containing respiration buffer

Actin-dependent organelle-to-cell transfer

Decreased myocyte necrosis and enhanced post-ischemic function

Masuzawa et al., 2013

Transient focal cerebral ischemia

Mouse cortical astrocytes

Peri-infarct cortex

Direct injection or autologous secretions

Integrin-mediated astrocyte-to-neuron mitochondrial transfer

Promoted adjacent neuronal survival and plasticity after injury transfer

Hayakawa et al., 2016

Parkinson’s disease

PC12; human osteosarcoma cybrids

PD rats/ brain neurons

Local injection at medial forebrain bundle

Pep-1-mediated cell-penetrating mitochondrial delivery

Improved locomotive activity and attenuated deterioration of dopaminergic neurons

Chang et al., 2016

Acute myocardial infarction

Autologous porcine muscle cells

Myocardial cells

Injection of mitochondria-containing respiration buffer

Not discussed

Enhanced myocardial cell viability following ischemia and reperfusion

Kaza et al., 2017

Parkinson’s disease

HepG2

Multiple tissues

Intravenous injection

Not discussed

Increased ETC activity, decreased ROS formation, apoptosis and necrosis

Shi et al., 2017

Spinal cord injury: L1/L2 contusion

PC12; syngeneic muscle cells

Brain macrophages, endothelium, pericytes, glia

Microinjection at mediolateral grey matter

Zipper-like actin-mediated phagocytosis

Maintenance of acute mitochondrial bioenergetics, enhanced behavioral recovery

Gollihue et al., 2017

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

HepG2

Multiple tissues

Intravenous injection

Not discussed

Decreased lipid content and restored cellular redox balance

Fu et al., 2017

Acetaminophen-induced liver injury

HepG2

Multiple tissues

Intravenous injection

Not discussed

Increased hepatocytes energy supply, reduced oxidation stress

Shi et al., 2018

  1. MMSCs mesenchymal multipotent stroma cells, PC12 pheochromocytoma cell line, TNTs tunneling nanotubes, BM-MSCS bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells, H9c2 heart myoblast cell line, TBI traumatic brain injury
  2. m/hBMSCs mouse/human bone-marrow-derived stromal cells, Cx43 connexin 43, HepG2 hepatocellular carcinoma cell line, ETC electron transfer chain, ROS reactive oxygen species