| ATP | adenosine triphosphate |
| MO | mitochondrial outer membrane |
| MIM | mitochondrial inner membrane |
| Mt | mitochondria |
| DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid |
| TCA | tricarboxylic acid |
| RNA | ribonucleic acid |
| NIM | nuclear inner membrane |
| NOM | nuclear outer membrane |
| NPC | nuclear pore complex |
| ER | endoplasmic reticulum |
| F-actin | filament actin |
| LINC | linkers of nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton |
| Drp1 | dynamin-related protein 1 |
| Mfn1 | mitofusin 1 |
| OPA1 | optic atrophy 1 |
| CK | creatinine kinase |
| PCr | phosphocreatine |
| VDAC | voltage-dependent anion channels |
| PCNA | proliferating cell nuclear antigen |
| SUN | Sad1 and UNC-84 |
| KASH | Klarsicht, ANC-1, Syne homology |
| γ-TuRC | γ-tubulin ring complex |
| E2F | E2 promoter binding factor |
| RB | retinoblastoma |