Table 2 Drugs associated with mitophagy modulators

From: The mitophagy pathway and its implications in human diseases

Pharmaceutical

Targeted pathway

Diseases

Physiological functions and disease links

References

Urolithin A

Promote mitophagy

Parkinson’s disease

Inhibit NLRP3 inflammasome activation via promoting mitophagy, protecting against dopaminergic neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation

365

6′′′-Feruloylspinosin

Promote the expression of PINK1/Parkin

Alzheimer’s disease

Alleviate beta-amyloid induced toxicity by promoting mitophagy

370

UMI-77

Activate PINK1 signaling

Alzheimer’s disease

Ameliorate cognitive decline and amyloid pathologies

16

Kaempferol, Rhapontigenin

Activate mitophagy

Alzheimer’s disease

Increased the survival and functionality of glutamatergic and cholinergic neurons, abrogated amyloid-β and tau pathologies, and improved the animals’ memory

371

Spermidine

Promote the expression of PINK1-PDR1

Neurodegenerative diseases

Ameliorate the symptoms of neurodegenerative and premature aging diseases by promoting PINK1-PDR1-dependent mitophagy pathway

372

Baicalein

Activate FUNDC1 signaling

Cardiac hypertrophy

Attenuate cardiac hypertrophy via suppressing oxidative stress and activating mitophagy

373

α-lipoic acid

Activate FUNDC1 signaling

Heart failure

Protect against pressure overload-induced heart failure via FUNDC1 dependent mitophagy signaling

374

Ellagic acid

Suppress BNIP3 overexpression

Heart failure

Suppress BNIP3 induced mitochondrial injury and cell death in ventricular myocytes

375

Resveratrol

Upregulate the mitochondrial translocation of Parkin

Myocardium aging

Alleviate Senescent-Like Cell Phenotypes by promoting Parkin-mediated mitophagy

367

Tetrahydroberberrubine

Promote PHB2 overexpression

Myocardium aging

Promote mitophagy and retard cardiomyocyte senescence

376

Oxyberberine, MCTR3

Downregulate PINK1/Parkin signaling

Acute lung injury

Alleviate LPS-induced inflammation in ALI via inhibition of mitophagy

377,378

Bone morphogenetic protein 4

Activate PINK1 signaling

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

BMP4 attenuates fibroblast-to-myofibroblast differentiation by reducing impaired mitophagy and cellular senescence in lung fibroblasts

241

Quercetin

Promote the expression of SIRT1/PINK1

Kidney fibrosis

Alleviate kidney fibrosis through the SIRT1/PINK1/mitophagy axis

379

Tetramethylpyrazine

Promote the expression of PINK1/Parkin

Alcoholic liver disease

Contribute to necroptosis inhibition by facilitating PINK1/parkin-mediated mitophagy

380

Cyanidin-3-O-glucoside, Quercetin

Promote the expression of PINK1/Parkin

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Alleviate hepatic steatosis by enhancing PINK1/Parkin-dependent mitophagy

267,381

Akebia Saponin D

Promote the expression of BNIP3

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Alleviate hepatic steatosis by promoting BNIP3 induced mitophagy

382

Zinc oxide nanoparticles

Promote the expression of PINK1/Parkin

Tongue squamous cell carcinoma

Induce toxicity in CAL 27 oral cancer cell lines by activating PINK1/Parkin-mediated mitophagy

383

Aloe gel glucomannan

Promote the expression of PINK1/Parkin

Colon cancer cells

Induce cytotoxic mitophagy through ROS-related PINK1/Parkin pathway

384

Ketoconazole

Downregulate cyclooxygenase-2, accumulation PINK1/Parkin

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)

Exacerbate mitophagy to induce apoptosis, thereby inhibiting the growth of HCC

385

Flavaglines compound 3

Inhibit PHB2-PARL-PGAM5-PINK1 axis

Cancer

Inhibit PHB2-mediated mitophagy and effectively block cancer cell growth

148

Qidan Tiaozhi capsule

Activate AMPK/PINK1-Parkin-mediated mitophagy

Metabolic syndrome

Suppress oxidative stress to treat metabolic syndrome

386