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Mdivi-1 preserves mitochondrial structure and function and markedly improves corneal epithelial integrity and tissue repair after nitrogen mustard exposure in a mouse model of mustard keratopathy.
- Why it matters: Mustard keratopathy lacks therapies that directly target the mitochondrial mechanisms driving mustard-induced corneal injury and long-term recurrence.
- What they did: The study mapped mitochondrial responses to nitrogen mustard in human corneal cell culture and in mice, then tested Mdivi-1 pharmacologically while assessing mitochondrial fragmentation, bioenergetic collapse, membrane depolarization, oxidative stress, acidification, mitophagy, and apoptosis.
- The result: Mdivi-1 reduced oxidative damage and improved tissue repair, supporting mitochondrial dysfunction as a central pathological mechanism and implicating DNM1L/Drp1-mediated mitochondrial remodeling as a therapeutically actionable target.
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