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September 4, 2026Frontiers in Cardiovascular MedicineOpen Access

Restoring mitochondrial dynamics may prevent energetic failure and cardiac injury in diabetic cardiomyopathy.

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Human diabetic myocardium and diabetic cardiomyopathy-specific experimental models

Design

Review

Key result

Uncoupling of mitochondrial fission, fusion, and mitophagic clearance in diabetic cardiomyopathy contributes to energetic failure and cardiac injury, highlighting the need to restore adaptive mitochondrial dynamics.

Authors

JHJinjin HaoXZXiaochen ZhangXTXueying Tian

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Overview

Mitochondrial dynamics may drive dCM injury; leaves open whether targeting fission/fusion alters outcomes in patients.

Structured PICO

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Population
Human diabetic myocardium and diabetic cardiomyopathy-specific experimental models
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Intervention
Candidate interventions targeting mitochondrial dynamics (restraining pathological fission, restoring MFN/OPA1-dependent fusion, or normalizing mitophagic flux)

Therapeutic strategies for diabetic cardiomyopathy should aim to restore adaptive mitochondrial dynamics rather than indiscriminately inhibiting fission or promoting fusion.

Limitations

  • Direct clinical validation and pharmacodynamic biomarkers remain limited.
  • Most existing studies prioritize cardiomyocytes, while fibroblasts and endothelial cells remain understudied.
  • No single animal model fully recapitulates human diabetic cardiomyopathy.
  • direct clinical validation and pharmacodynamic biomarkers remain limited

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Hao et al. (2026) conducted a review in Diabetic cardiomyopathy. Mitochondrial dynamics modulation was evaluated. Uncoupling of mitochondrial fission, fusion, and mitophagic clearance in diabetic cardiomyopathy contributes to energetic failure and cardiac injury, highlighting the need to restore adaptive mitochondrial dynamics.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9f9775fba8082b88c07b37https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2026.1897303
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