This invention relates to the application of mitochondrial formulations in the preparation of drugs for treating chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (
COPD). The mitochondrial formulations contain active mitochondria isolated from
healthy donor cells, with a particle size of 400–1000 nm, possessing normal mitochondrial
membrane potential and ATP generation function, and capable of being internalized by mammalian
COPD lung epithelial cells.
In vitro cell experiments have confirmed that this mitochondrial formulation can repair CSE-induced mitochondrial dysfunction in
lung epithelial cells, inhibit
mPTP opening, reduce mtDNA leakage into the
cytoplasm, thereby blocking the activation of the cGAS-STING signaling pathway and reducing the release of
inflammatory factors such as IL-1β and TNF-α.
In vivo experiments in
COPD mouse models show that
tail vein injection of the mitochondrial formulation can effectively accumulate in
lung tissue, significantly improving lung
pathological changes such as emphysema and
collagen fiber deposition in model mice. This invention provides a novel strategy for COPD treatment based on repairing mitochondrial function and intervening in inflammatory signaling pathways.