Research Progress of Relationship between Mitochondrial Fusion Protein 1,Mitochondrial Fusion Protein 2 and Physiological Function of Cardiomyocyte

The main function of mitochondrial fusion protein 1(Mfn1)and mitochondrial fusion protein 2(Mfn2) was originally thought to be just regulating the fusion of mitochondrial outer membrane.But in recent years,many studies on these two proteins show that they are involved in many important cellular physiological processes including proliferation,apoptosis,necrosis and regulation of respiratory function and oxidative metabolism.There are many aspects of the influence of Mfn1 and Mfn2 on cardiomyocyte,which have not been thoroughly studied yet,sometimes with even contradictory conclusions.But these two proteins definitely have significant impact on the growth,development and physiological function of cardiomyocyte.To investigate the function and mechanism of Mfn1 and Mfn2 in various physiological processes of cardiomyocyte is of great significance for in vitro studies of physiological functions of cardiomyocyte and technological development of myocardial tissue engineering and transplantation in vivo.This article mainly focuses on recent research progress of the influence of Mfn1 and Mfn2 on various physiological functions of cardiomyocyte.