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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Nephrol. 2016 Jan;36(1):8–16. doi: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2016.01.005

Table 1.

Category Mechamism Example Reference
Metabolism Augment
fatty
acid
oxidation
Overexpression
of
PPARα
54
Augment
electron
transport
chain
CoQ10
(ubiquinone)
55
Reactive
oxygen
species
Mitochondrial
antioxidant
MitoQ 57, 58,
59
SS-31 60, 61
Membrane
permeability
transitionpore
Inhibit
Cyclophilin
D
(component
of MPT)
Cyclosporine 65, 66
Mitochondrial
dynamics
Inhibit
Mitochondrial
fission
siRNA
knowndown
of Drp1
69
Mitophagy Activate
mTOR to
enhance
autophagy
Tersirolimus 72
Mitochondrial
biogenesis
Enhance
nuclear
transcription of
mitochondrial
proteins
PPARγ-
coactivator-
1α (PGC1α)
46
Activate β-
Adrenergic
receptors
Formoterol 79, 80