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. 2022 Sep 16;50(5):135. doi: 10.3892/ijmm.2022.5191

Table V.

Summary table indicating the mitochondrial manifestations and the molecular targets that are affected during Mediterranean, Nordic, and mixed scheme diets.

Mediterranean diet
Phenotype Diet and tissue (host) Molecular target (Refs.)
Biogenesis/function HUVECs
VEGF-induced mitochondrial dysfunction
↥ NRF1, TFAM
↧ mtDNA, complex IV activity, mitochondria respiration
(186)
Biogenesis/function C57BL/6 mice treated with LPS ↥ SIRT1, PGC-1a
↥ Cox5b, Cox7a1, Cox8b, and complexes I, II, III, and IV
(187)
Biogenesis/function HUVECs ox-LDL treated ↥ SIRT1, AMPK, PGC-1a
↧ mito-ROS
(188)
Biogenesis/function C57BL/6 mice ↥ SIRT1, PGC-1a (189-191)
Biogenesis/function Hepatocytes
Megalobrama amblycephala fish
↥ ATP turnover
↥ Mitochondrial abundance
↥ PGC-1a/b, NRF1, TFAM
↥ Citrate synthase activity
(192)
Function C57BL/6 mice ↥ Complex I and II
↧ Complex V
(193)
Biogenesis/function HePG2 cells
C57BL/6 mice
↥ mtDNA, ATP, OXPHOS
↥ AMPK, PGC-1a
↥ Complex I and IV activity, mitochondria respiration
(194)
Function Myocardium of cardiac surgery
patients
↥ β-oxidation
↥ PPARγ
(195)
Function Muscle of overweight/T2D patients ↥ State 3 respiration
↥ Mitochondrial function
↧ Complex IV
(197)
Function Whole blood at resistance trained human subjects ↥ ATP turnover↧ mitoROS (198)
Dynamics C57BL/6 mice ↧ DRP1
↧ PARP
(193)
Dynamics/biogenesis PBMCs
C57BL/6 mice
↥ PGC-1a, NRF1
↧ Oxidative stress
↥ MFN1, MFN2, FIS1 and Beclin-1 gene expression
(199)
Dynamics/biogenesis HePG2 cells
C57BL/6 mice
↥ Oxygen consumption
↥ Citrate synthase activity
↧ Oxidative stress
↥ MFN1, MFN2, OPA1
↧DRP1 and FIS1
(200)

Nordic diet
Phenotype Diet and tissue (host) Molecular target (Refs.)

Function PBMCs from human subjects with metabolic syndrome Regulation of genes related to mitochondrial function, ETC and ROS production
↧ NRF1 and NRF2 expression
(201)
Mixed schemes
Phenotype Diet and tissue (host) Molecular target (Refs.)

Function High fat-keto diet in hippocampi
C3HeB/FeJ juvenile mice
↥ Mitochondrial uncoupling protein (UCP) expression and activity
↥ ROS amounts
(138)

Mixed schemes
Phenotype Diet and tissue (host) Molecular target (Refs.)

Biogenesis Keto and Western diet with. voluntarily exercise
Skeletal muscle Sprague-Dawley rats
↥ mRNA PPARGC1a (123)
Function/dynamics Keto diet and exercise training; Skeletal muscle of C57BL/6 mice ↥ mitochondrial fission/fusion markers
↥ PGC-1α levels
(141)
Dynamics Skeletal muscle
CR diet in female obese-insulin resistant (HFD) Wistar rats
Restore of mitochondrial dynamics imbalance induced by HFD (↥ MFN2 levels, ↧ DRP1 phosphorylation) (113)
Biogenesis/function Calorie-restricted ketogenic diet; Brain of Sprague-Dawley rats ↥ mRNA transcripts that encode mitochondrial proteins
↥ Mitochondrial abundance
↥ Flutamate levels
↥ Phosphocreatine/creatine index
(142)

Upward arrows indicate an increase, and downward arrows indicate a decrease. NRF, nuclear respiratory factor; TFAM, mitochondrial transcription factor A; mtDNA, mitochondrial DNA; PGC-1α, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator 1α; HFD, high-fat diet; MFN, mitofusin; DRP1, dynamin-related protein 1; COX, cytochrome c oxidase; OXPHOS, oxidative phosphorylation; HUVECs, human umbilical vein endothelial cells; PBMCs, peripheral blood mononuclear cells; ox-LDL, oxidized low-density lipoprotein.