Improvement of mitochondrial function in Duchenne muscular dystrophy skeletal muscle cells by coenzyme Q10 delivery to mitochondria.

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic disease, with no curative therapy, and is associated with mitochondrial dysfunction in skeletal muscle. Thus, mitochondrial treatment is a potential therapy for DMD. However, few studies have reported on such treatments because of the difficulty of drug delivery to mitochondria. Here, we used MITO-Porter to deliver coenzyme Q10 to the mitochondria of primary skeletal muscle cells isolated from DMD model rats. Our results show the therapeutic potential of mitochondrial activation for DMD.