From: Comparative mitochondrial proteomics: perspective in human diseases
Organ | Disease (Researcher) | Analytical method | Major proteins identified | Functional distribution | Primary Significance | |
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Up-regulated | Down-regulated | |||||
Nervous system | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 | Alzheimer's disease (AD) (Lovell MA.) | ICAT, 2D-LC/MS/MS | ATP synthase alpha chain |  | OXPHOS | Cells undergoing Aß -mediated apoptosis increase synthesis of proteins essential for ATP production and efflux to maintain metabolic functions. |
 |  |  | Pyruvate kinase, M1 isozyme |  | glycolysis |  |
 |  |  | Glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate dehydrogenase |  | energy production |  |
 |  |  | Cofilin |  | control of actin polymerization/depolymerization |  |
 |  |  | Na+/K + -transporting ATPase a-3 chain |  | ATP production |  |
 |  |  | VDAC 1 and 3 |  | apoptosis |  |
 |  |  | Dihydropyrimidinase- related protein-1 (DRP-1) |  | axon guidance, invasive growth and cell migration |  |
 | Multiple sclerosis (MS) (Broadwater L.) | SELDI-TOF-MS |  | Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 5b (COX5b) | component of Complex IV of the electron transport chain | Proteins identified would be used as neuroprotective therapeutic targets for MS. |
 |  |  | Hemoglobin β-chain |  | oxygen transport |  |
 |  |  | Myelin basic protein (MBP) |  | component of the myelin membrane in the CNS |  |
 |  |  | Creatine kinase (CKB) |  | creatine metabolic process |  |
 | Neural degeneration (Pienaar IS.) | 2DE, ESI-QUADTOF/MS |  | Protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) | folding | Alteration of mitochondrial function may contribute to the beneficial effects associated with statin use. |
 |  |  | Heat shock proteins |  | protein assembly and folding |  |
 |  |  |  | Dehydrogenase antiporter | transportation |  |
 |  |  | Alpha-internexin (NF66) |  | cell differentiation, morphogenesis of neurons |  |
 |  |  | Protein-tyrosine receptor type F polypeptide interacting protein (PTPRF) |  | cell adhesion receptor |  |
 |  |  |  | Neuronal-specific enolase (NSE) | energy metabolism |  |
 |  |  | Variation in ATP synthase, D chain |  | energy metabolism |  |
 |  |  | Alpha-enolase-1 (ENO1) |  | glycolysis, growth control, hypoxia tolerance and allergic responses |  |
 |  |  | Guanine nucleotide-binding proteins (G-proteins) |  | signal transduction |  |
Cardiovascular system | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 | Ischemia-induced cardiac injury (Kim N.) | 2-DE, MALDI-TOF-MS |  | Prohibitin | cell cycle | Proteomic analysis provides appropriate means for identifying cardiac markers for detection of ischemia-induced cardiac injury. |
 |  |  |  | VDAC | apoptosis |  |
 | Contractile dysfunction (Essop MF.) | 2D-PAGE, ESI-Q-TOF |  | ATP synthase D chain | OXPHOS | Decreased contractile protein levels may contribute to the contractile dysfunction of hearts from diabetic mice. |
 |  |  | Ubiquinol cytochrome-C reductase core protein 1 |  | electron transport |  |
 |  |  |  | Electron transfer flavoprotein subunit α | electron transport |  |
Liver disease | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 | Acetaminophen (APAP) affected the liver (Ruepp SU.) | 2D-DIGE, MALDI-TOF-MS |  | HSP10 and HSP60 | protein assembly and folding | APAP toxicity was a direct action of its known reactive metabolite NAPQI, rather than a consequence of gene regulation. |
 |  |  | Heat shock 70 kDa protein 9, (GRP75) |  | transporters and channels |  |
 | High-fat diet induces hepatic steatosis (Eccleston HB.) | 2D-IEF/SDS-PAGE | uMUP-VIII major urinary protein |  | pheromone communication (only in rodents) | HFD causes steatosis, alters NO metabolism, and modifies the liver mitochondrial proteome, thus, NO may play an important role in the processes responsible for NAFLD. |
 |  |  | Thiosulfate sulfurtransferase |  | cyanide detoxification, role in iron-sulfur centers, sulfane metabolism |  |
 |  |  |  | 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase 2 (HMG-CoA synthase) | catalyzes the condensation of acetoacetyl CoA and acetone step in ketogenesis |  |
 |  |  |  | Succinate dehydrogenase subunit a (SDH-A) | catalyzes the oxidation of succinate to fumarate, flavoprotein |  |
 |  |  |  | ATP synthase F1 α and β subunits | OXPHOS |  |
Skeletal muscl e | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 | Hypoxia-induced changes in rat skeletal muscle (De Palma S.) | 2D-DIGE, HPLC ESI-MS/MS | Hypoxia inducible factor 1 (HIF-1R) |  | transcription | In vivo adaptation to hypoxia requires an active metabolic switch. |
 |  |  | Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1 (PDK1) |  | regulation of glucose metabolism |  |
 |  |  |  | Mitochondrial dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase | branched chain family amino acid catabolic process |  |
 |  |  |  | Succinyl CoA ligase α chain | tricarboxylic acid cycle |  |
 | Lifestyle on the aging alterations ( Alves RM.) | 2-DE, MALDI-TOF/TOF | NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 α subcomplex subunit 4 |  | oxidative phosphorylation | Lifestyle is a key modulator for preventing aging-induced protein expression and functionality in mitochondria. |
 |  |  | Creatine kinase |  | signal transduction |  |
 |  |  | Superoxide dismutase [Mn], mitochondrial |  | redox |  |