Review Article

Mitophagy and Oxidative Stress in Cancer and Aging: Focus on Sirtuins and Nanomaterials

Table 3

Markers of mitophagy.

MarkerLocalizationSpeciesReference

Aup1Mitochondrial intermembrane spaceYeast[2]
Uth1Cytoplasmic leaflet of the outer mitochondrial membraneYeast[3]
LGG-1Membrane of phagophore and autophagosomeYeast[51]
PINK1Normally undetectable, stabilized on the outer mitochondrial membrane when mitochondria are depolarizedMammals[52]
ParkinNormally in cytosol, it is translocated to the outer mitochondrial membrane when mitochondria are depolarizedMammals[30]
LC3-IICytosolic, during autophagy, recruited to form autophagosomal membranesMammals[53]
p62Parkin recruited to mitochondriaMammals[54]
TOM20Outer mitochondrial membraneMammals[38]
TIM23Inner mitochondrial membraneMammals[27]
CypD (cyclophilin D)Mitochondrial matrixMammals[55]
HSP60Mitochondrial matrixMammals[55]
ULK1Recruited to fragmented mitochondria in response to hypoxia or FCCPMammals[56]
SMURF1Cytoplasmatic, colocalized with damaged mitochondriaMammals[57]
Mitofusins 1/2Mitochondrial outer membraneMammals[58]