The Effect of Metabolites on Mitochondrial Functions in the Pathogenesis of Skeletal Muscle Aging

Clin Interv Aging. 2022 Aug 22:17:1275-1295. doi: 10.2147/CIA.S376668. eCollection 2022.

Abstract

Sarcopenia is an age-related systemic disease characterized by skeletal muscle aging that generally severely affects the quality of life of elderly patients. Metabolomics analysis is a powerful tool for qualitatively and quantitatively characterizing the small molecule metabolomics of various biological matrices in order to clarify all key scientific problems concerning cell metabolism. The discovery of optimal therapy requires a thorough understanding of the cellular metabolic mechanism of skeletal muscle aging. In this review, the relationship between skeletal muscle mitochondria, amino acid, vitamin, lipid, adipokines, intestinal microbiota and vascular microenvironment has been separately reviewed from the perspective of metabolomics, and a new therapeutic direction has been suggested.

Keywords: intestinal microbiota; metabolomics; mitochondria; sarcopenia; vascular endothelium.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aging
  • Humans
  • Mitochondria
  • Muscle, Skeletal
  • Quality of Life*
  • Sarcopenia*

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82104790) and Three-Year Action Plan of Shanghai for Further Accelerating the Inheritance, Innovation and Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ZY (2021-2023)-0302).