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Human NARP mitochondrial mutation metabolism corrected with alpha-ketoglutarate/aspartate: a potential new therapy.
Archives of neurology - 1 Aug 2009
Sgarbi Gianluca, Casalena Gabriella A, Baracca Alessandra, Lenaz Giorgio, DiMauro Salvatore, Solaini Giancarlo
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OBJECTIVE: To verify whether enhanced substrate-level phosphorylation increases viability and adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) content of cells with neuropathy, ataxia, and retinitis pigmentosa/maternally inherited Leigh syndrome (NARP/MILS) mitochondrial DNA mutations and ATP synthase dysfunction. DESIGN: We used cell lines "poisoned" with oligomycin, the specific inhibitor of ATP synthase, and "natural" models,...
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