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Table 1 A comparison of AMT/T methods

From: Mitochondrial transfer/transplantation: an emerging therapeutic approach for multiple diseases

Methods

Donor

Recipient

Transfer efficiency

Therapeutic effect

Retention time

Refs.

Coculture

WJMSCs

143B ρ0 cells

NA

Proliferation↑ Aerobic viability↑ Cellular motility↑

45passages (135 days)

[83]

Coculture

MSCs

EMCs

12.4 ± 3.5% (24 h)

Necroptosis-like cell death of MSCs↑

NA

[84]

Coincubation

Mitochondria from MSCs

EMCs

48.9 ± 2.9% (24 h)

Necroptosis-like cell death↑

NA

[84]

Coincubation

Mitochondria from TAT‐dextran modified H9c2 cells

EMCs

170.3 ± 15.7% (24 h)

Bax to Bcl-2 ratio↓ Mitochondrial respiration↑

NA

[84]

Coincubation

Mitochondria from EMCs

EMCs

0.5–27.6% (mitochondria dose-dependent; 24 h)

Cellular viability↑ ATP production↑ Mitochondrial respiration↑

1 week

[85]

Coincubation

Mitochondria from MRC-5

MRC-5

0–17% (over 3 days)

Mitochondria respiration↑

NA

[63]

Magnetomito transfer

Mitochondria from MRC-5

MRC-5

78–92% (over 3 days)

Mitochondria respiration↑↑ Cell growth—

NA

[63]

MitoCeption

Mitochondria from MSC

MDA-MB-231 cancer cells

 ~ 1.9–7.1% (mitochondria dose-dependent; 24 h)

OXPHOS↑ ATP production↑ Cancer cell invasion and proliferation↑

NA

[62]

Adapted MitoCeption

Primary allogeneic mitochondrial mix

Peripheral blood mononuclear cells

5–40%; 60–100%; (mitochondria dose-dependent; cell type dependent; 1 h, 18 h)

Mitochondrial mass, function, and viability↑ P53↓ ROS↓ ATP production↑

NA

[86]

MitoCeption

Mitochondria from HEK293T cells

143BTK ρ0 cells/BJ ρ0 cells

~ 80–25% (2 h)

ATP production↑ Mitochondrial respiration↑

Stably retained in 143BTK ρ0 cells

[69]

MitoPunch

Mitochondria from HEK293T cells

143BTK ρ0 cells/BJ ρ0 cells

~ 50–10% (2 h)

ATP production↑↑ Mitochondrial respiration↑↑

Stably retained in both 143BTK ρ0 and BJ ρ0 cells

[69]

Photothermal nanoblade

Mitochondria from HEK293T cells

143BTK-ρ0 cells

~ 2%

Metabolism-related gene expression↑ Metabolic network activity↑ Metabolite levels↑

Stably retained

[67]

Cell fusion

Different donor

Different recipient

0.0001–0.5%

NA

NA

[67]

  1.  ~ : Estimate; ↑: promote; ↓: reduce; —: no effect
  2. OXPHOS oxidative phosphorylation, MRC-5 human embryonic lung fibroblasts, WJMSCs Wharton’s jelly mesenchymal stem cells, EMCs endometrial gland‐derived mesenchymal cells, NA not available