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Review
. 2024;24(9):1007-1014.
doi: 10.2174/0118715303249690231006114308.

Insights on the Correlation between Mitochondrial Dysfunction and the Progression of Parkinson's Disease

Prashant Chauhan  1 , Pratibha Pandey  1 , Fahad Khan  1 , Ramish Maqsood  1
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Review

Insights on the Correlation between Mitochondrial Dysfunction and the Progression of Parkinson's Disease

Prashant Chauhan et al. Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets. 2024.

Abstract

The aetiology of a progressive neuronal Parkinson's disease has been discussed in several studies. However, due to the multiple risk factors involved in its development, such as environmental toxicity, parental inheritance, misfolding of protein, ageing, generation of reactive oxygen species, degradation of dopaminergic neurons, formation of neurotoxins, mitochondria dysfunction, and genetic mutations, its mechanism of involvement is still discernible. Therefore, this study aimed to review the processes or systems that are crucially implicated in the conversion of MPTP (1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine) into its lethal form, which directly blockades the performance of mitochondria, leading to the formation of oxidative stress in the dopaminergic neurons of substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) and resulting in the progression of an incurable Parkinson's disease. This review also comprises an overview of the mutated genes that are frequently associated with mitochondrial dysfunction and the progression of Parkinson's disease. Altogether, this review would help future researchers to develop an efficient therapeutic approach for the management of Parkinson's disease via identifying potent prognostic and diagnostic biomarkers.

Keywords: Parkinson’s disease; biomarker; dopaminergic neurons; mitochondrial dysfunction; neurodegeneration; neurotoxins..

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