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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cell Calcium. 2016 May 7;60(3):218–234. doi: 10.1016/j.ceca.2016.04.010

Table 2.

Drug targeting mitochondrial dysfunction

Therapeutic Mechanism Indication Ref
General antioxidants
Vitamin E General antioxidant Alzheimer’s Disease (potentially harmful, delay of progression)
Mild Cognitive Impairment (no effect)
(151, 222, 223)
Vitamin C General antioxidant Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Trial (potentially harmful) (151)
α-lipoic acid General antioxidant Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Trial (potentially harmful) (151)
Coenzyme Q General antioxidant Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Trial (no effect)
Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Trial (no effect)
ALS Clinical Trial (no effect)
(151, 152, 224226)
Curcumin General antioxidant Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Trial (increased plasma Aβ) (227)
Melatonin General antioxidant Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Trial (no effect) (228)
Pramipexole General antioxidant Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Trial (no effect) (229)
N-Acetylcysteine General antioxidant Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Trial (increase brain and blood glutathione) (230)
Edaravone General antioxidant ALS Clinical Trial (no effect) (153)
Mitochondria-targeted therapies
TPP+-conjugated ROS
Scavengers (MitoQ)
Mitochondria-targeted antioxidant Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Trial (no effect) (164)
Dimebon (latrepiridine) L-type calcium channel blocker, MPTP inhibitor Huntington’s Disease Clinical Trial (no effect)
Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Trial (beneficial phase II, no effect phase III)
(156158)
Dexpramipexole Mitochondria-targeted antioxidant ALS Clinical Trial (no effect) (231)
Aromatic-cationic peptides (SS31 or Bendavia, SS20) Mitochondria-targeted antioxidant ALS SOD1 mouse model (delayed onset)
MPTP neurotoxicity in mice (neuroprotection)
(161, 162)
Mdivi-1 General inhibitor of Drp1 Cell culture model of propofol toxicity (decreased cell death)
Cell culture model of Parkinson’s Disease (rescued mitochondrial structural and functional defects)
(197, 198)
P110 Inhibition of mitochondrial Drp1 recruitment through Fis1 Cell culture model of Parkinson’s Disease (increased mitochondrial function)
Cell culture model and mouse model of Huntington’s Disease (increased mitochondrial function, mouse survival, and mouse behavior).
(204)
(205)
CyclosporinA Calcineurin inhibitor, cyclophilin D inhibitor No indication (off-target effects leading to immunosuppression). (218)
Antmanide cyclophilin D inhibitor (220)