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Moore MJ, Wofford JD, Dancis A, Lindahl PA. Recovery of mrs3Δmrs4Δ Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cells under Iron-Sufficient Conditions and the Role of Fe 580. Biochemistry 2018; 57:672-683. [PMID: 29228768 PMCID: PMC6468996 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b01034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Mrs3 and Mrs4 are mitochondrial inner membrane proteins that deliver an unidentified cytosolic iron species into the matrix for use in iron-sulfur cluster (ISC) and heme biosynthesis. The Mrs3/4 double-deletion strain (ΔΔ) grew slowly in iron-deficient glycerol/ethanol medium but recovered to wild-type (WT) rates in iron-sufficient medium. ΔΔ cells grown under both iron-deficient and iron-sufficient respiring conditions acquired large amounts of iron relative to WT cells, indicating iron homeostatic dysregulation regardless of nutrient iron status. Biophysical spectroscopy (including Mössbauer, electron paramagnetic resonance, and electronic absorption) and bioanalytical methods (liquid chromatography with online inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry detection) were used to characterize these phenotypes. Anaerobically isolated mitochondria contained a labile iron pool composed of a nonheme high-spin FeII complex with primarily O and N donor ligands, called Fe580. Fe580 likely serves as feedstock for ISC and heme biosynthesis. Mitochondria from respiring ΔΔ cells grown under iron-deficient conditions were devoid of Fe580, ISCs, and hemes; most iron was present as FeIII nanoparticles. O2 likely penetrates the matrix of slow-growing poorly respiring iron-deficient ΔΔ cells and reacts with Fe580 to form nanoparticles, thereby inhibiting ISC and heme biosynthesis. Mitochondria from iron-sufficient ΔΔ cells contained ISCs, hemes, and Fe580 at concentrations comparable to those of WT mitochondria. The matrix of these mutant cells was probably sufficiently anaerobic to protect Fe580 from degradation by O2. An ∼1100 Da manganese complex, an ∼1200 Da zinc complex, and an ∼5000 Da copper species were also present in ΔΔ and WT mitochondrial flow-through solutions. No lower-mass copper complex was evident.
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- Michael J. Moore
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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Łoboda D, Kozłowski H, Rowińska-Żyrek M. Antimicrobial peptide–metal ion interactions – a potential way of activity enhancement. NEW J CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c7nj04709f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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We discuss the potential correlation between the antimicrobial peptide–metal binding mode, structure, thermodynamics and mode of action.
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- D. Łoboda
- Faculty of Chemistry
- University of Wroclaw
- 50-383 Wroclaw
- Poland
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- Public Higher Medical Professional School in Opole
- 45-060 Opole
- Poland
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Gomez-Casati DF, Busi MV, Pagani MA. Plant Frataxin in Metal Metabolism. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:1706. [PMID: 30519254 PMCID: PMC6258813 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2018] [Accepted: 11/02/2018] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Frataxin is a highly conserved protein from prokaryotes to eukaryotes. Several functions related to iron metabolism have been postulated for this protein, including Fe-S cluster and heme synthesis, response to oxidative damage and oxidative phosphorylation. In plants, the presence of one or two isoforms of this protein with dual localization in mitochondria and chloroplasts has been reported. Frataxin deficiency affects iron metabolism in both organelles, leading to an impairment of mitochondrial respiration, and chlorophyll and photosynthetic electron transport deficiency in chloroplasts. In addition, plant frataxins can react with Cu2+ ions and dimerize, which causes the reduction of free Cu ions. This could provide an additional defense mechanism against the oxidation of Fe-S groups by Cu ions. While there is a consensus on the involvement of frataxin in iron homeostasis in most organisms, the interaction of plant frataxins with Cu ions, the presence of different isoforms, and/or the localization in two plant organelles suggest that this protein might have additional functions in vegetal tissues.
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Boulet A, Vest KE, Maynard MK, Gammon MG, Russell AC, Mathews AT, Cole SE, Zhu X, Phillips CB, Kwong JQ, Dodani SC, Leary SC, Cobine PA. The mammalian phosphate carrier SLC25A3 is a mitochondrial copper transporter required for cytochrome c oxidase biogenesis. J Biol Chem 2017; 293:1887-1896. [PMID: 29237729 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra117.000265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2017] [Revised: 12/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Copper is required for the activity of cytochrome c oxidase (COX), the terminal electron-accepting complex of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. The likely source of copper used for COX biogenesis is a labile pool found in the mitochondrial matrix. In mammals, the proteins that transport copper across the inner mitochondrial membrane remain unknown. We previously reported that the mitochondrial carrier family protein Pic2 in budding yeast is a copper importer. The closest Pic2 ortholog in mammalian cells is the mitochondrial phosphate carrier SLC25A3. Here, to investigate whether SLC25A3 also transports copper, we manipulated its expression in several murine and human cell lines. SLC25A3 knockdown or deletion consistently resulted in an isolated COX deficiency in these cells, and copper addition to the culture medium suppressed these biochemical defects. Consistent with a conserved role for SLC25A3 in copper transport, its heterologous expression in yeast complemented copper-specific defects observed upon deletion of PIC2 Additionally, assays in Lactococcus lactis and in reconstituted liposomes directly demonstrated that SLC25A3 functions as a copper transporter. Taken together, these data indicate that SLC25A3 can transport copper both in vitro and in vivo.
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- Aren Boulet
- From the Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 7N 5E5, Canada
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- the Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849
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- the Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849
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- the Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849
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- the Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849
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- the Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849
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- the Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849
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- the Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849
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- Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, and
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- the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75080
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 7N 5E5, Canada
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- the Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849,
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Li S, Zhao H, Wang Y, Shao Y, Li J, Liu J, Xing M. The inflammatory responses in Cu-mediated elemental imbalance is associated with mitochondrial fission and intrinsic apoptosis in Gallus gallus heart. CHEMOSPHERE 2017; 189:489-497. [PMID: 28957766 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.09.099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2017] [Revised: 09/18/2017] [Accepted: 09/20/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Copper (Cu) is an essential trace element for organism of function properly. Overexposure to Cu causes chronic cardiac impairment. The aim of this study was to investigate the change of 28-trace element, inflammatory response, the possible mitochondrial dynamics and apoptosis under Cu exposure in the heart of chickens. Cupric sulfate (CuSO4) (300 mg/kg) was administered in a basal diet to male Hy-line chickens (one-day-old) for 90 days. Results showed the concentrations of Cu in the Cu group were increased by 57.8%, 27.57% and 57.2% at 30, 60 and 90 days, respectively. The Cu supplement caused trace elements imbalance, including reduced concentrations of B, Al, Ni, Ba, Pb and increased Li, Na, Mg, Si, K, Ca, V, Mn, Fe, Co, Zn, As, Mo in the heart of chickens. Exposure to Cu induced the TUNEL positive nuclei, histopathological alterations and ultrastructural apoptotic features. Moreover, Cu exposure activated the NF-κB-mediated pro-inflammatory cytokines, decreased the mRNA levels of opa1, mfn1, mfn2, Bcl-2, increased the mRNA levels of drp1, Bax, caspase-3, caspase-9, P53, while not altered Fas and caspase-8 compared with the control group. Similarly, western blot results showed the same trend of mRNA. Correlation analysis indicated that mitochondrial fission and intrinsic apoptosis might function synergistic. Moreover, mitochondrial network seem to function as cytosolic sensors for the induction of NF-κB mediated inflammatory responses. In summary, we speculated that Cu-induced redistribution of trace elements contributed to inflammatory response and disrupted the mitochondrial network via fission and intrinsic apoptosis in the heart of chickens.
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- Siwen Li
- Department of Physiology, College of Wildlife Resources, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, Heilongjiang, PR China.
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- Department of Physiology, College of Wildlife Resources, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, Heilongjiang, PR China
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- Department of Physiology, College of Wildlife Resources, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, Heilongjiang, PR China
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- Department of Physiology, College of Wildlife Resources, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, Heilongjiang, PR China
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- Department of Physiology, College of Wildlife Resources, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, Heilongjiang, PR China
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- Department of Physiology, College of Wildlife Resources, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, Heilongjiang, PR China
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- Department of Physiology, College of Wildlife Resources, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, Heilongjiang, PR China.
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All known eukaryotes require copper for their development and survival. The essentiality of copper reflects its widespread use as a co-factor in conserved enzymes that catalyze biochemical reactions critical to energy production, free radical detoxification, collagen deposition, neurotransmitter biosynthesis and iron homeostasis. However, the prioritized use of copper poses an organism with a considerable challenge because, in its unbound form, copper can potentiate free radical production and displace iron-sulphur clusters to disrupt protein function. Protective mechanisms therefore evolved to mitigate this challenge and tightly regulate the acquisition, trafficking and storage of copper such that the metal ion is rarely found in its free form in the cell. Findings by a number of groups over the last ten years emphasize that this regulatory framework forms the foundation of a system that is capable of monitoring copper status and reprioritizing copper usage at both the cellular and systemic levels of organization. While the identification of relevant molecular mechanisms and signaling pathways has proven to be difficult and remains a barrier to our full understanding of the regulation of copper homeostasis, mounting evidence points to the mitochondrion as a pivotal hub in this regard in both healthy and diseased states. Here, we review our current understanding of copper handling pathways contained within the organelle and consider plausible mechanisms that may serve to functionally couple their activity to that of other cellular copper handling machinery to maintain copper homeostasis.
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- Zakery N. Baker
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Canada S7N 5E5
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Canada S7N 5E5
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Jett KA, Leary SC. Building the Cu A site of cytochrome c oxidase: A complicated, redox-dependent process driven by a surprisingly large complement of accessory proteins. J Biol Chem 2017; 293:4644-4652. [PMID: 28972150 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.r117.816132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cytochrome c oxidase (COX) was initially purified more than 70 years ago. A tremendous amount of insight into its structure and function has since been gleaned from biochemical, biophysical, genetic, and molecular studies. As a result, we now appreciate that COX relies on its redox-active metal centers (heme a and a3, CuA and CuB) to reduce oxygen and pump protons in a reaction essential for most eukaryotic life. Questions persist, however, about how individual structural subunits are assembled into a functional holoenzyme. Here, we focus on what is known and what remains to be learned about the accessory proteins that facilitate CuA site maturation.
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- Kimberly A Jett
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E5, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E5, Canada.
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Timón-Gómez A, Nývltová E, Abriata LA, Vila AJ, Hosler J, Barrientos A. Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase biogenesis: Recent developments. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2017; 76:163-178. [PMID: 28870773 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2017.08.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 217] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Revised: 08/18/2017] [Accepted: 08/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase (COX) is the primary site of cellular oxygen consumption and is essential for aerobic energy generation in the form of ATP. Human COX is a copper-heme A hetero-multimeric complex formed by 3 catalytic core subunits encoded in the mitochondrial DNA and 11 subunits encoded in the nuclear genome. Investigations over the last 50 years have progressively shed light into the sophistication surrounding COX biogenesis and the regulation of this process, disclosing multiple assembly factors, several redox-regulated processes leading to metal co-factor insertion, regulatory mechanisms to couple synthesis of COX subunits to COX assembly, and the incorporation of COX into respiratory supercomplexes. Here, we will critically summarize recent progress and controversies in several key aspects of COX biogenesis: linear versus modular assembly, the coupling of mitochondrial translation to COX assembly and COX assembly into respiratory supercomplexes.
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- Alba Timón-Gómez
- Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States
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- Laboratory for Biomolecular Modeling & Protein Purification and Structure Facility, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Switzerland
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR, CONICET-UNR), Ocampo y Esmeralda, S2002LRK Rosario, Argentina
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- Department of Biochemistry, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States.
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Conklin SE, Bridgman EC, Su Q, Riggs-Gelasco P, Haas KL, Franz KJ. Specific Histidine Residues Confer Histatin Peptides with Copper-Dependent Activity against Candida albicans. Biochemistry 2017; 56:4244-4255. [PMID: 28763199 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The histidine-rich salivary peptides of the histatin family are known to bind copper (Cu) and other metal ions in vitro; however, the details of these interactions are poorly understood, and their implications for in vivo antifungal activity have not been established. Here, we show that the availability of Cu during exposure of Candida albicans to histatin-5 (Hist-5) modulates its antifungal activity. Antifungal susceptibility testing revealed that co-treatment of Hist-5 with Cu improved the EC50 from ∼5 to ∼1 μM, whereas co-treatment with a high-affinity Cu-specific chelator abrogated antifungal activity. Spectrophotometric titrations revealed two previously unrecognized Cu(I)-binding sites with apparent Kd values at pH 7.4, ∼20 nM, and confirmed a high-affinity Cu(II)-binding site at the Hist-5 N-terminus with an apparent Kd of ∼8 pM. Evaluation of a series of His-to-Ala full-length and truncated Hist-5 peptides identified adjacent His residues (bis-His) as critical anchors for Cu(I) binding, with the presence of a third ligand revealed by X-ray absorption spectroscopy. On their own, the truncated peptides were ineffective at inhibiting the growth of C. albicans, but treatment with supplemental Cu resulted in EC50 values down to ∼5 μM, approaching that of full-length Hist-5. The efficacy of the peptides depended on an intact bis-His site and correlated with Cu(I) affinity. Together, these results establish new structure-function relationships linking specific histidine residues with Cu binding affinity and antifungal activity and provide further evidence of the involvement of metals in modulating the biological activity of these antifungal peptides.
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- Steven E Conklin
- Department of Chemistry, Duke University , Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Physics, Saint Mary's College , Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University , Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Charleston , Charleston, South Carolina 29424, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Physics, Saint Mary's College , Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University , Durham, North Carolina 27708, United States
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Fedorovich SV, Waseem TV, Puchkova LV. Biogenetic and morphofunctional heterogeneity of mitochondria: the case of synaptic mitochondria. Rev Neurosci 2017; 28:363-373. [DOI: 10.1515/revneuro-2016-0077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2016] [Accepted: 12/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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AbstractThe mitochondria of different cells are different in their morphological and biochemical properties. These organelles generate free radicals during activity, leading inevitably to mitochondrial DNA damage. It is not clear how this problem is addressed in long-lived cells, such as neurons. We propose the hypothesis that mitochondria within the same cell also differ in lifespan and ability to divide. According to our suggestion, cells have a pool of ‘stem’ mitochondria with low metabolic activity and a pool of ‘differentiated’ mitochondria with significantly shorter lifespans and high metabolic activity. We consider synaptic mitochondria as a possible example of ‘differentiated’ mitochondria. They are significantly smaller than mitochondria from the cell body, and they are different in key enzyme activity levels, proteome, and lipidome. Synaptic mitochondria are more sensitive to different damaging factors. It has been established that neurons have a sorting mechanism that sends mitochondria with high membrane potential to presynaptic endings. This review describes the properties of synaptic mitochondria and their role in the regulation of synaptic transmission.
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- Sergei V. Fedorovich
- Institute of Biophysics and Cell Engineering, Akademicheskaya St., 27, Minsk 220072, Belarus
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QT, UK
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- Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Polytechnicheskaya str., 29, St. Petersburg 195251, Russia
- ITMO University, Kronverksky av., 49, St.Petersburg 197101, Russia
- Institute of Experimental Medicine, Pavlova str., 12, St.Petersburg 197376, Russia
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Brancaccio D, Gallo A, Piccioli M, Novellino E, Ciofi-Baffoni S, Banci L. [4Fe-4S] Cluster Assembly in Mitochondria and Its Impairment by Copper. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:719-730. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b09567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Diego Brancaccio
- Department
of Pharmacy, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via D. Montesano
49, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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- Magnetic
Resonance Center CERM, University of Florence, Via Luigi Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Magnetic
Resonance Center CERM, University of Florence, Via Luigi Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Department
of Pharmacy, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via D. Montesano
49, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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- Magnetic
Resonance Center CERM, University of Florence, Via Luigi Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Magnetic
Resonance Center CERM, University of Florence, Via Luigi Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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Copper is an essential trace metal that is required for several important biological processes, however, an excess of copper can be toxic to cells. Therefore, systemic and cellular copper homeostasis is tightly regulated, but dysregulation of copper homeostasis may occur in disease states, resulting either in copper deficiency or copper overload and toxicity. This chapter will give an overview on the biological roles of copper and of the mechanisms involved in copper uptake, storage, and distribution. In addition, we will describe potential mechanisms of the cellular toxicity of copper and copper oxide nanoparticles. Finally, we will summarize the current knowledge on the connection of copper toxicity with neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Felix Bulcke
- Center for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, Faculty 2 (Biology/Chemistry), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
- Center for Environmental Research and Sustainable Technology, Bremen, Germany
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- Center for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, Faculty 2 (Biology/Chemistry), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
- Center for Environmental Research and Sustainable Technology, Bremen, Germany
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- Center for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, Faculty 2 (Biology/Chemistry), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany.
- Center for Environmental Research and Sustainable Technology, Bremen, Germany.
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Vest KE, Wang J, Gammon MG, Maynard MK, White OL, Cobine JA, Mahone WK, Cobine PA. Overlap of copper and iron uptake systems in mitochondria in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Open Biol 2016; 6:150223. [PMID: 26763345 PMCID: PMC4736827 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.150223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the mitochondrial carrier family protein Pic2 imports copper into the matrix. Deletion of PIC2 causes defects in mitochondrial copper uptake and copper-dependent growth phenotypes owing to decreased cytochrome c oxidase activity. However, copper import is not completely eliminated in this mutant, so alternative transport systems must exist. Deletion of MRS3, a component of the iron import machinery, also causes a copper-dependent growth defect on non-fermentable carbon. Deletion of both PIC2 and MRS3 led to a more severe respiratory growth defect than either individual mutant. In addition, MRS3 expressed from a high copy number vector was able to suppress the oxygen consumption and copper uptake defects of a strain lacking PIC2. When expressed in Lactococcus lactis, Mrs3 mediated copper and iron import. Finally, a PIC2 and MRS3 double mutant prevented the copper-dependent activation of a heterologously expressed copper sensor in the mitochondrial intermembrane space. Taken together, these data support a role for the iron transporter Mrs3 in copper import into the mitochondrial matrix.
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- Katherine E Vest
- Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA
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Lindahl PA, Moore MJ. Labile Low-Molecular-Mass Metal Complexes in Mitochondria: Trials and Tribulations of a Burgeoning Field. Biochemistry 2016; 55:4140-53. [PMID: 27433847 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Iron, copper, zinc, manganese, cobalt, and molybdenum play important roles in mitochondrial biochemistry, serving to help catalyze reactions in numerous metalloenzymes. These metals are also found in labile "pools" within mitochondria. Although the composition and cellular function of these pools are largely unknown, they are thought to be comprised of nonproteinaceous low-molecular-mass (LMM) metal complexes. Many problems must be solved before these pools can be fully defined, especially problems stemming from the lability of such complexes. This lability arises from inherently weak coordinate bonds between ligands and metals. This is an advantage for catalysis and trafficking, but it makes characterization difficult. The most popular strategy for investigating such pools is to detect them using chelator probes with fluorescent properties that change upon metal coordination. Characterization is limited because of the inevitable destruction of the complexes during their detection. Moreover, probes likely react with more than one type of metal complex, confusing analyses. An alternative approach is to use liquid chromatography (LC) coupled with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). With help from a previous lab member, the authors recently developed an LC-ICP-MS approach to analyze LMM extracts from yeast and mammalian mitochondria. They detected several metal complexes, including Fe580, Fe1100, Fe1500, Cu5000, Zn1200, Zn1500, Mn1100, Mn2000, Co1200, Co1500, and Mo780 (numbers refer to approximate masses in daltons). Many of these may be used to metalate apo-metalloproteins as they fold inside the organelle. The LC-based approach also has challenges, e.g., in distinguishing artifactual metal complexes from endogenous ones, due to the fact that cells must be disrupted to form extracts before they are passed through chromatography columns prior to analysis. Ultimately, both approaches will be needed to characterize these intriguing complexes and to elucidate their roles in mitochondrial biochemistry.
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- Paul A Lindahl
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas 77843-3255, United States.,Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas 77843-2128, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas 77843-3255, United States
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Copper dyshomoeostasis in Parkinson's disease: implications for pathogenesis and indications for novel therapeutics. Clin Sci (Lond) 2016; 130:565-74. [PMID: 26957644 DOI: 10.1042/cs20150153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Copper is a biometal essential for normal brain development and function, thus copper deficiency or excess results in central nervous system disease. Well-characterized disorders of disrupted copper homoeostasis with neuronal degeneration include Menkes disease and Wilson's disease but a large body of evidence also implicates disrupted copper pathways in other neurodegenerative disorders, including Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease and prion diseases. In this short review we critically evaluate the data regarding changes in systemic and brain copper levels in Parkinson's disease, where alterations in brain copper are associated with regional neuronal cell death and disease pathology. We review copper regulating mechanisms in the human brain and the effects of dysfunction within these systems. We then examine the evidence for a role for copper in pathogenic processes in Parkinson's disease and consider reports of diverse copper-modulating strategies in in vitro and in vivo models of this disorder. Copper-modulating therapies are currently advancing through clinical trials for Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease and may also hold promise as disease modifying agents in Parkinson's disease.
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Giacomello M, Pellegrini L. The coming of age of the mitochondria-ER contact: a matter of thickness. Cell Death Differ 2016; 23:1417-27. [PMID: 27341186 DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2016.52] [Citation(s) in RCA: 278] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2016] [Revised: 05/02/2016] [Accepted: 05/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The sites of near-contact between the mitochondrion and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) have earned a lot of attention due to their key role in the maintenance of lipid and calcium (Ca(2+)) homeostasis, in the initiation of autophagy and mitochondrial division, and in sensing metabolic shifts. At these sites, typically called MAMs (mitochondria-associated ER membranes) or MERCs (mitochondria-ER contacts), the organelles juxtapose at a distance that can range from ~10 to ~50 nm. The multifunctional role of this subcellular compartment is puzzling; further, recent studies have shown that mitochondria-ER contacts are highly plastic structures that remodel upon metabolic transitions and that their activity in controlling lipid homeostasis could be involved in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis. This review aims at integrating the functions of this subcellular compartment to its most characterizing and unexplored structural parameter, their 'thickness': that is, the width of the cleft that separates the cytosolic face of the outer mitochondrial membrane from that of the ER. We describe and discuss the reasons why the thickness of a MERC should be considered a regulated structural parameter of the cell that defines and controls its function. Further, we propose a MERC classification that will help organize the expanding field of MERCs biology and of their role in cell physiology and human disease.
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- M Giacomello
- Department of Biology, Università di Padova, Padua, Italy.,Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Medical Biochemistry and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitè Laval, Quebec, Québec, Canada.,Mitochondria Biology Laboratory, CRIUSMQ, Quebec, Québec, Canada
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Garcia L, Welchen E, Gey U, Arce AL, Steinebrunner I, Gonzalez DH. The cytochrome c oxidase biogenesis factor AtCOX17 modulates stress responses in Arabidopsis. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2016; 39:628-44. [PMID: 26436309 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2015] [Accepted: 09/22/2015] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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COX17 is a soluble protein from the mitochondrial intermembrane space that participates in the transfer of copper for cytochrome c oxidase (COX) assembly in eukaryotic organisms. In this work, we studied the function of both Arabidopsis thaliana AtCOX17 genes using plants with altered expression levels of these genes. Silencing of AtCOX17-1 in a cox17-2 knockout background generates plants with smaller rosettes and decreased expression of genes involved in the response of plants to different stress conditions, including several genes that are induced by mitochondrial dysfunctions. Silencing of either of the AtCOX17 genes does not affect plant development or COX activity but causes a decrease in the response of genes to salt stress. In addition, these plants contain higher reactive oxygen and lipid peroxidation levels after irrigation with high NaCl concentrations and are less sensitive to abscisic acid. In agreement with a role of AtCOX17 in stress and abscisic acid responses, both AtCOX17 genes are induced by several stress conditions, abscisic acid and mutation of the transcription factor ABI4. The results indicate that AtCOX17 is required for optimal expression of a group of stress-responsive genes, probably as a component of signalling pathways that link stress conditions to gene expression responses.
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- Lucila Garcia
- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, 3000, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, 3000, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Technische Universität Dresden, Department of Biology, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, 3000, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Technische Universität Dresden, Department of Biology, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, 3000, Santa Fe, Argentina
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Redox cycling metals: Pedaling their roles in metabolism and their use in the development of novel therapeutics. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2016; 1863:727-48. [PMID: 26844773 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2016.01.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2015] [Accepted: 01/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Essential metals, such as iron and copper, play a critical role in a plethora of cellular processes including cell growth and proliferation. However, concomitantly, excess of these metal ions in the body can have deleterious effects due to their ability to generate cytotoxic reactive oxygen species (ROS). Thus, the human body has evolved a very well-orchestrated metabolic system that keeps tight control on the levels of these metal ions. Considering their very high proliferation rate, cancer cells require a high abundance of these metals compared to their normal counterparts. Interestingly, new anti-cancer agents that take advantage of the sensitivity of cancer cells to metal sequestration and their susceptibility to ROS have been developed. These ligands can avidly bind metal ions to form redox active metal complexes, which lead to generation of cytotoxic ROS. Furthermore, these agents also act as potent metastasis suppressors due to their ability to up-regulate the metastasis suppressor gene, N-myc downstream regulated gene 1. This review discusses the importance of iron and copper in the metabolism and progression of cancer, how they can be exploited to target tumors and the clinical translation of novel anti-cancer chemotherapeutics.
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Squitti R, Siotto M, Arciello M, Rossi L. Non-ceruloplasmin bound copper and ATP7B gene variants in Alzheimer's disease. Metallomics 2016; 8:863-73. [DOI: 10.1039/c6mt00101g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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ATP7B, a protein mainly expressed in the hepatocytes, is a copper chaperone that loads the metal into the serum copper–protein ceruloplasmin during its synthesis and also escorts superfluous copper into the bile, by a sophisticated trafficking mechanism.
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- R. Squitti
- Molecular Markers Laboratory
- IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio-Fatebenefratelli
- 25125 Brescia, Italy
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- Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS Foundation
- Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biology
- University of Rome Tor Vergata
- Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biology
- University of Rome Tor Vergata
- Rome, Italy
- Consorzio Interuniversitario “Istituto Nazionale Biostrutture e Biosistemi” (I.N.B.B.)
- Rome, Italy
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Ghosh A, Pratt AT, Soma S, Theriault SG, Griffin AT, Trivedi PP, Gohil VM. Mitochondrial disease genes COA6, COX6B and SCO2 have overlapping roles in COX2 biogenesis. Hum Mol Genet 2015; 25:660-71. [PMID: 26669719 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddv503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2015] [Accepted: 12/07/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Biogenesis of cytochrome c oxidase (CcO), the terminal enzyme of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, is a complex process facilitated by several assembly factors. Pathogenic mutations were recently reported in one such assembly factor, COA6, and our previous work linked Coa6 function to mitochondrial copper metabolism and expression of Cox2, a copper-containing subunit of CcO. However, the precise role of Coa6 in Cox2 biogenesis remained unknown. Here we show that yeast Coa6 is an orthologue of human COA6, and like Cox2, is regulated by copper availability, further implicating it in copper delivery to Cox2. In order to place Coa6 in the Cox2 copper delivery pathway, we performed a comprehensive genetic epistasis analysis in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and found that simultaneous deletion of Coa6 and Sco2, a mitochondrial copper metallochaperone, or Coa6 and Cox12/COX6B, a structural subunit of CcO, completely abrogates Cox2 biogenesis. Unlike Coa6 deficient cells, copper supplementation fails to rescue Cox2 levels of these double mutants. Overexpression of Cox12 or Sco proteins partially rescues the coa6Δ phenotype, suggesting their overlapping but non-redundant roles in copper delivery to Cox2. These genetic data are strongly corroborated by biochemical studies demonstrating physical interactions between Coa6, Cox2, Cox12 and Sco proteins. Furthermore, we show that patient mutations in Coa6 disrupt Coa6-Cox2 interaction, providing the biochemical basis for disease pathogenesis. Taken together, these results place COA6 in the copper delivery pathway to CcO and, surprisingly, link it to a previously unidentified function of CcO subunit Cox12 in Cox2 biogenesis.
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- Alok Ghosh
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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Wolff NA, Garrick LM, Zhao L, Garrick MD, Thévenod F. Mitochondria represent another locale for the divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT1). Channels (Austin) 2015; 8:458-66. [PMID: 25483589 DOI: 10.4161/19336950.2014.956564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The divalent metal transporter (DMT1) is well known for its roles in duodenal iron absorption across the apical enterocyte membrane, in iron efflux from the endosome during transferrin-dependent cellular iron acquisition, as well as in uptake of non-transferrin bound iron in many cells. Recently, using multiple approaches, we have obtained evidence that the mitochondrial outer membrane is another subcellular locale of DMT1 expression. While iron is of vital importance for mitochondrial energy metabolism, its delivery is likely to be tightly controlled due to iron's damaging redox properties. Here we provide additional support for a role of DMT1 in mitochondrial iron acquisition by immunofluorescence colocalization with mitochondrial markers in cells and isolated mitochondria, as well as flow cytometric quantification of DMT1-positive mitochondria from an inducible expression system. Physiological consequences of mitochondrial DMT1 expression are discussed also in consideration of other DMT1 substrates, such as manganese, relevant to mitochondrial antioxidant defense.
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Key Words
- AIF, apoptosis-inducing factor
- BSA, bovine serum albumin
- CHO, Chinese hamster ovary
- COXII, cytochrome C oxidase subunit II
- DMT1, divalent metal transporter 1
- HEK293, human embryonic kidney cells
- IRE, iron responsive element
- Lamp1, lysosome-associated membrane protein 1
- MRB, Mitochondrial Resuspending Buffer
- OMM, outer mitochondrial membrane
- PBS, phosphate-buffered saline
- Tf, transferrin
- Tom6/Tom20, translocase of the outer mitochondrial membrane 6 kDa subunit homolog/20 kDa subunit, respectively
- VDAC1, voltage-dependent anion-selective channel protein 1
- divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT1)
- flow cytometry
- immunofluorescence microscopy
- iron transport
- mitochondrial outer membrane
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- Natascha A Wolff
- a Institute of Physiology; Pathophysiology & Toxicology ; University of Witten/Herdecke ; Witten , Germany
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Cheung CCH, Soon CY, Chuang CL, Phillips ARJ, Zhang S, Cooper GJS. Low-dose copper infusion into the coronary circulation induces acute heart failure in diabetic rats: New mechanism of heart disease. Biochem Pharmacol 2015. [PMID: 26208785 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2015.06.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Diabetes impairs copper (Cu) regulation, causing elevated serum Cu and urinary Cu excretion in patients with established cardiovascular disease; it also causes cardiomyopathy and chronic cardiac impairment linked to defective Cu homeostasis in rats. However, the mechanisms that link impaired Cu regulation to cardiac dysfunction in diabetes are incompletely understood. Chronic treatment with triethylenetetramine (TETA), a Cu²⁺-selective chelator, improves cardiac function in diabetic patients, and in rats with heart disease; the latter displayed ∼3-fold elevations in free Cu²⁺ in the coronary effluent when TETA was infused into their coronary arteries. To further study the nature of defective cardiac Cu regulation in diabetes, we employed an isolated-perfused, working-heart model in which we infused micromolar doses of Cu²⁺ into the coronary arteries and measured acute effects on cardiac function in diabetic and non-diabetic-control rats. Infusion of CuCl₂ solutions caused acute dose-dependent cardiac dysfunction in normal hearts. Several measures of baseline cardiac function were impaired in diabetic hearts, and these defects were exacerbated by low-micromolar Cu²⁺ infusion. The response to infused Cu²⁺ was augmented in diabetic hearts, which became defective at lower infusion levels and underwent complete pump failure (cardiac output = 0 ml/min) more often (P < 0.0001) at concentrations that only moderately impaired function of control hearts. To our knowledge, this is the first report describing the acute effects on cardiac function of pathophysiological elevations in coronary Cu²⁺. The effects of Cu²⁺ infusion occur within minutes in both control and diabetic hearts, which suggests that they are not due to remodelling. Heightened sensitivity to the acute effects of small elevations in Cu²⁺ could contribute substantively to impaired cardiac function in patients with diabetes and is thus identified as a new mechanism of heart disease.
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- Carlos Chun Ho Cheung
- The School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- The School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- The School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- The School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- The School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; The Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular BioDiscovery, Faculty of Science, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- The School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; The Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular BioDiscovery, Faculty of Science, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Department of Pharmacology, Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; The Centre for Advanced Discovery and Experimental Therapeutics, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; The Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Institute of Human Development, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
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Liddell JR. Targeting mitochondrial metal dyshomeostasis for the treatment of neurodegeneration. Neurodegener Dis Manag 2015; 5:345-64. [DOI: 10.2217/nmt.15.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial impairment and metal dyshomeostasis are suggested to be associated with many neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Friedreich's ataxia. Treatments aimed at restoring metal homeostasis are highly effective in models of these diseases, and clinical trials hold promise. However, in general, the effect of these treatments on mitochondrial metal homeostasis is unclear, and the contribution of mitochondrial metal dyshomeostasis to disease pathogenesis requires further investigation. This review describes the role of metals in mitochondria in health, how mitochondrial metals are disrupted in neurodegenerative diseases, and potential therapeutics aimed at restoring mitochondrial metal homeostasis and function.
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- Jeffrey R Liddell
- Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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McCormick SP, Moore MJ, Lindahl PA. Detection of Labile Low-Molecular-Mass Transition Metal Complexes in Mitochondria. Biochemistry 2015; 54:3442-53. [PMID: 26018429 DOI: 10.1021/bi5015437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Liquid chromatography was used with an online inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer to detect low-molecular-mass (LMM) transition metal complexes in mitochondria isolated from fermenting yeast cells, human Jurkat cells, and mouse brain and liver. These complexes constituted 20-40% of total mitochondrial Mn, Fe, Zn, and Cu ions. The major LMM Mn complex in yeast mitochondria, called Mn1100, had a mass of ∼1100 Da and a concentration of ∼2 μM. Mammalian mitochondria contained a second Mn species with a mass of ∼2000 Da at a comparable concentration. The major Fe complex in mitochondria isolated from exponentially growing yeast cells had a mass of ∼580 Da; the concentration of Fe580 in mitochondria was ∼100 μM. When mitochondria were isolated from fermenting cells in postexponential phase, the mass of the dominant LMM Fe complex was ∼1100 Da. Upon incubation, the intensity of Fe1100 declined and that of Fe580 increased, suggesting that the two are interrelated. Mammalian mitochondria contained Fe580 and two other Fe species (Fe2000 and Fe1100) at concentrations of ∼50 μM each. The dominant LMM Zn species in mitochondria had a mass of ∼1200 Da and a concentration of ∼110 μM. Mammalian mitochondria contained a second major LMM Zn species at 1500 Da. The dominant LMM Cu species in yeast mitochondria had a mass of ∼5000 Da and a concentration in yeast mitochondria of ∼16 μM; Cu5000 was not observed in mammalian mitochondria. The dominant Co species in mitochondria, Co1200, had a concentration of 20 nM and was probably a cobalamin. Mammalian but not yeast mitochondria contained a LMM Mo species, Mo730, at a concentration of ∼1 μM. Increasing Mn, Fe, Cu, and Zn concentrations 10-fold in the medium increased the concentration of the same element in the corresponding isolated mitochondria. Treatment with metal chelators confirmed that these LMM species were labile. The dominant S species at 1100 Da was not free glutathione or glutathione disulfide.
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Cotruvo JA, Aron AT, Ramos-Torres KM, Chang CJ. Synthetic fluorescent probes for studying copper in biological systems. Chem Soc Rev 2015; 44:4400-14. [PMID: 25692243 DOI: 10.1039/c4cs00346b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 363] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The potent redox activity of copper is required for sustaining life. Mismanagement of its cellular pools, however, can result in oxidative stress and damage connected to aging, neurodegenerative diseases, and metabolic disorders. Therefore, copper homeostasis is tightly regulated by cells and tissues. Whereas copper and other transition metal ions are commonly thought of as static cofactors buried within protein active sites, emerging data points to the presence of additional loosely bound, labile pools that can participate in dynamic signalling pathways. Against this backdrop, we review advances in sensing labile copper pools and understanding their functions using synthetic fluorescent indicators. Following brief introductions to cellular copper homeostasis and considerations in sensor design, we survey available fluorescent copper probes and evaluate their properties in the context of their utility as effective biological screening tools. We emphasize the need for combined chemical and biological evaluation of these reagents, as well as the value of complementing probe data with other techniques for characterizing the different pools of metal ions in biological systems. This holistic approach will maximize the exciting opportunities for these and related chemical technologies in the study and discovery of novel biology of metals.
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- Joseph A Cotruvo
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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Verwilst P, Sunwoo K, Kim JS. The role of copper ions in pathophysiology and fluorescent sensors for the detection thereof. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:5556-71. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cc10366a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Copper ions are crucial to life, and some fundamental roles of copper in pathophysiology have been elucidated using fluorescent sensors.
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- Peter Verwilst
- Department of Chemistry
- Korea Univesity
- Seoul 136-701
- Korea
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- Department of Chemistry
- Korea Univesity
- Seoul 136-701
- Korea
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- Department of Chemistry
- Korea Univesity
- Seoul 136-701
- Korea
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Spincemaille P, Chandhok G, Zibert A, Schmidt H, Verbeek J, Chaltin P, Cammue BP, Cassiman D, Thevissen K. Angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers increase tolerance of cells to copper and cisplatin. MICROBIAL CELL 2014; 1:352-364. [PMID: 28357214 PMCID: PMC5349125 DOI: 10.15698/mic2014.11.175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The human pathology Wilson disease (WD) is characterized by toxic copper (Cu)
accumulation in brain and liver, resulting in, among other indications,
mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptosis of hepatocytes. In an effort to identify
novel compounds that can alleviate Cu-induced toxicity, we screened the
Pharmakon 1600 repositioning library using a Cu-toxicity yeast screen. We
identified 2 members of the drug class of Angiotensin II Type 1 receptor
blockers (ARBs) that could increase yeast tolerance to Cu, namely Candesartan
and Losartan. Subsequently, we show that specific ARBs can increase yeast
tolerance to Cu and/or the chemotherapeutic agent cisplatin (Cp). The latter
also induces mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptosis in mammalian cells. We
further demonstrate that specific ARBs can prevent the prevalence of Cu-induced
apoptotic markers in yeast, with Candesartan Cilexetil being the ARB which
demonstrated most pronounced reduction of apoptosis-related markers. Next, we
tested the sensitivity of a selection of yeast knockout mutants affected in
detoxification of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and Cu for Candesartan Cilexetil
rescue in presence of Cu. These data indicate that Candesartan Cilexetil
increases yeast tolerance to Cu irrespectively of major ROS-detoxifying
proteins. Finally, we show that specific ARBs can increase mammalian cell
tolerance to Cu, as well as decrease the prevalence of Cu-induced apoptotic
markers. All the above point to the potential of ARBs in preventing Cu-induced
toxicity in yeast and mammalian cells.
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- Pieter Spincemaille
- Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics (CMPG), KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- Clinic for Transplantation Medicine, Münster University Hospital, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A14, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Clinic for Transplantation Medicine, Münster University Hospital, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A14, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Clinic for Transplantation Medicine, Münster University Hospital, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A14, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Hepatology and Metabolic Center, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- CISTIM Leuven vzw, Bio-Incubator 2, Wetenschapspark Arenberg, Gaston Geenslaan 2, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium. ; Centre for Drug Design and Discovery (CD3), KU Leuven R&D, Waaistraat 6, Box 5105, 3000 Leuven
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- Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics (CMPG), KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium. ; Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Technologiepark 927, 9052, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Hepatology and Metabolic Center, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics (CMPG), KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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Wiemer M, Osiewacz HD. Effect of paraquat-induced oxidative stress on gene expression and aging of the filamentous ascomycete Podospora anserina. MICROBIAL CELL 2014; 1:225-240. [PMID: 28357247 PMCID: PMC5349155 DOI: 10.15698/mic2014.07.155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Aging of biological systems is influenced by various factors, conditions and
processes. Among others, processes allowing organisms to deal with various types
of stress are of key importance. In particular, oxidative stress as the result
of the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) at the mitochondrial
respiratory chain and the accumulation of ROS-induced molecular damage has been
strongly linked to aging. Here we view the impact of ROS from a different angle:
their role in the control of gene expression. We report a genome-wide
transcriptome analysis of the fungal aging model Podospora anserina
grown on medium containing paraquat (PQ). This treatment leads to an
increased cellular generation and release of H2O2, a
reduced growth rate, and a decrease in lifespan. The combined challenge by PQ
and copper has a synergistic negative effect on growth and lifespan. The data
from the transcriptome analysis of the wild type cultivated under PQ-stress and
their comparison to those of a longitudinal aging study as well as of a
copper-uptake longevity mutant of P. anserina revealed that
PQ-stress leads to the up-regulation of transcripts coding for components
involved in mitochondrial remodeling. PQ also affects the expression of
copper-regulated genes suggesting an increase of cytoplasmic copper levels as it
has been demonstrated earlier to occur during aging of P.
anserina and during senescence of human fibroblasts. This effect
may result from the induction of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore
via PQ-induced ROS, leading to programmed cell death as part of an evolutionary
conserved mechanism involved in biological aging and lifespan control.
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- Matthias Wiemer
- Institute of Molecular Biosciences and Cluster of Excellence Frankfurt Macromolecular Complexes; Department of Biosciences; J W Goethe University; Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences and Cluster of Excellence Frankfurt Macromolecular Complexes; Department of Biosciences; J W Goethe University; Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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How does it kill?: understanding the candidacidal mechanism of salivary histatin 5. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2014; 13:958-64. [PMID: 24951439 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00095-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Histatins are salivary cationic peptides that provide the first line of defense against oral candidiasis caused by Candida albicans. This minireview presents a critical evaluation of our knowledge of the candidacidal mechanism of histatin 5 (Hst 5). Hst 5 is the most potent among all histatin family members with regard to its antifungal activity. The mode of action of Hst 5 has been a subject of intense debate. Unlike other classical host innate immune proteins, pore formation or membrane lysis by Hst 5 has largely been disproven, and it is now known that all targets of Hst 5 are intracellular. Hst 5 binds C. albicans cell wall proteins (Ssa1/2) and glycans and is taken up by the cells through fungal polyamine transporters in an energy-dependent manner. Once inside the fungal cells, Hst 5 may affect mitochondrial functions and cause oxidative stress; however, the ultimate cause of cell death is by volume dysregulation and ion imbalance triggered by osmotic stress. Besides these diverse targets, a novel mechanism based on the metal binding abilities of Hst 5 is discussed. Finally, translational approaches for Hst 5, based on peptide design and synergy with other known drugs, are considered a step forward for bench-to-bed application of Hst 5.
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Scheiber IF, Mercer JF, Dringen R. Metabolism and functions of copper in brain. Prog Neurobiol 2014; 116:33-57. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2014.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 213] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2013] [Revised: 01/08/2014] [Accepted: 01/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Carter KP, Young AM, Palmer AE. Fluorescent sensors for measuring metal ions in living systems. Chem Rev 2014; 114:4564-601. [PMID: 24588137 PMCID: PMC4096685 DOI: 10.1021/cr400546e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1538] [Impact Index Per Article: 153.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Kyle P. Carter
- Department
of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, BioFrontiers Institute, University
of Colorado, UCB 596,
3415 Colorado AvenueBoulder, Colorado 80303, United
States
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- Department
of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, BioFrontiers Institute, University
of Colorado, UCB 596,
3415 Colorado AvenueBoulder, Colorado 80303, United
States
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- Department
of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, BioFrontiers Institute, University
of Colorado, UCB 596,
3415 Colorado AvenueBoulder, Colorado 80303, United
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Schlecht U, Suresh S, Xu W, Aparicio AM, Chu A, Proctor MJ, Davis RW, Scharfe C, St Onge RP. A functional screen for copper homeostasis genes identifies a pharmacologically tractable cellular system. BMC Genomics 2014; 15:263. [PMID: 24708151 PMCID: PMC4023593 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2013] [Accepted: 03/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Copper is essential for the survival of aerobic organisms. If copper is not properly regulated in the body however, it can be extremely cytotoxic and genetic mutations that compromise copper homeostasis result in severe clinical phenotypes. Understanding how cells maintain optimal copper levels is therefore highly relevant to human health. RESULTS We found that addition of copper (Cu) to culture medium leads to increased respiratory growth of yeast, a phenotype which we then systematically and quantitatively measured in 5050 homozygous diploid deletion strains. Cu's positive effect on respiratory growth was quantitatively reduced in deletion strains representing 73 different genes, the function of which identify increased iron uptake as a cause of the increase in growth rate. Conversely, these effects were enhanced in strains representing 93 genes. Many of these strains exhibited respiratory defects that were specifically rescued by supplementing the growth medium with Cu. Among the genes identified are known and direct regulators of copper homeostasis, genes required to maintain low vacuolar pH, and genes where evidence supporting a functional link with Cu has been heretofore lacking. Roughly half of the genes are conserved in man, and several of these are associated with Mendelian disorders, including the Cu-imbalance syndromes Menkes and Wilson's disease. We additionally demonstrate that pharmacological agents, including the approved drug disulfiram, can rescue Cu-deficiencies of both environmental and genetic origin. CONCLUSIONS A functional screen in yeast has expanded the list of genes required for Cu-dependent fitness, revealing a complex cellular system with implications for human health. Respiratory fitness defects arising from perturbations in this system can be corrected with pharmacological agents that increase intracellular copper concentrations.
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- Stanford Genome Technology Center, Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University, 855 S California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.
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Garcia L, Welchen E, Gonzalez DH. Mitochondria and copper homeostasis in plants. Mitochondrion 2014; 19 Pt B:269-74. [PMID: 24582977 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2014.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2013] [Revised: 02/18/2014] [Accepted: 02/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Copper (Cu) and other transition metals are essential for living organisms but also toxic when present in excess. To cope with this apparent paradox, organisms have developed sophisticated mechanisms to acquire, transport and store these metals. Particularly, plant mitochondria require Cu for the assembly and function of cytochrome c oxidase (COX), the terminal enzyme of the respiratory chain. COX assembly is a complex process that requires the action of multiple factors, many of them involved in the delivery and insertion of Cu into the enzyme. In this review, we summarize what is known about the processes involved in Cu delivery to mitochondria and how these processes impact in Cu homeostasis at the cellular level. We also discuss evidence indicating that metallochaperones involved in COX assembly play additional roles in signaling pathways related to changes in Cu and redox homeostasis and the response of plants to stress. We propose that cysteine-rich proteins present in the mitochondrial intermembrane space are excellent candidates as sensors of these changes and transducers of signals originated in the organelle to the rest of the cell.
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- Lucila Garcia
- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, CC 242 Paraje El Pozo, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, CC 242 Paraje El Pozo, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, CC 242 Paraje El Pozo, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina.
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Ghosh A, Trivedi PP, Timbalia SA, Griffin AT, Rahn JJ, Chan SSL, Gohil VM. Copper supplementation restores cytochrome c oxidase assembly defect in a mitochondrial disease model of COA6 deficiency. Hum Mol Genet 2014; 23:3596-606. [PMID: 24549041 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddu069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial respiratory chain biogenesis is orchestrated by hundreds of assembly factors, many of which are yet to be discovered. Using an integrative approach based on clues from evolutionary history, protein localization and human genetics, we have identified a conserved mitochondrial protein, C1orf31/COA6, and shown its requirement for respiratory complex IV biogenesis in yeast, zebrafish and human cells. A recent next-generation sequencing study reported potential pathogenic mutations within the evolutionarily conserved Cx₉CxnCx₁₀C motif of COA6, implicating it in mitochondrial disease biology. Using yeast coa6Δ cells, we show that conserved residues in the motif, including the residue mutated in a patient with mitochondrial disease, are essential for COA6 function, thus confirming the pathogenicity of the patient mutation. Furthermore, we show that zebrafish embryos with zfcoa6 knockdown display reduced heart rate and cardiac developmental defects, recapitulating the observed pathology in the human mitochondrial disease patient who died of neonatal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The specific requirement of Coa6 for respiratory complex IV biogenesis, its intramitochondrial localization and the presence of the Cx₉CxnCx₁₀C motif suggested a role in mitochondrial copper metabolism. In support of this, we show that exogenous copper supplementation completely rescues respiratory and complex IV assembly defects in yeast coa6Δ cells. Taken together, our results establish an evolutionarily conserved role of Coa6 in complex IV assembly and support a causal role of the COA6 mutation in the human mitochondrial disease patient.
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- Alok Ghosh
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA and
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA and
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA and
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA and
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- Department of Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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- Department of Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA and
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Zischka H, Lichtmannegger J. Pathological mitochondrial copper overload in livers of Wilson's disease patients and related animal models. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2014; 1315:6-15. [DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Hans Zischka
- Institute of Molecular Toxicology and Pharmacology; Helmholtz Center Munich; German Research Center for Environmental Health; Neuherberg Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Toxicology and Pharmacology; Helmholtz Center Munich; German Research Center for Environmental Health; Neuherberg Germany
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UNLABELLED Copper is an essential micronutrient used as a metal cofactor by a variety of enzymes, including cytochrome c oxidase (Cox). In all organisms from bacteria to humans, cellular availability and insertion of copper into target proteins are tightly controlled due to its toxicity. The major subunit of Cox contains a copper atom that is required for its catalytic activity. Previously, we identified CcoA (a member of major facilitator superfamily transporters) as a component required for cbb3-type Cox production in the Gram-negative, facultative phototroph Rhodobacter capsulatus. Here, first we demonstrate that CcoA is a cytoplasmic copper importer. Second, we show that bypass suppressors of a ccoA deletion mutant suppress cbb3-Cox deficiency by increasing cellular copper content and sensitivity. Third, we establish that these suppressors are single-base-pair insertion/deletions located in copA, encoding the major P1B-type ATP-dependent copper exporter (CopA) responsible for copper detoxification. A copA deletion alone has no effect on cbb3-Cox biogenesis in an otherwise wild-type background, even though it rescues the cbb3-Cox defect in the absence of CcoA and renders cells sensitive to copper. We conclude that a hitherto unknown functional interplay between the copper importer CcoA and the copper exporter CopA controls intracellular copper homeostasis required for cbb3-Cox production in bacteria like R. capsulatus. IMPORTANCE Copper (Cu) is an essential micronutrient required for many processes in the cell. It is found as a cofactor for heme-copper containing cytochrome c oxidase enzymes at the terminus of the respiratory chains of aerobic organisms by catalyzing reduction of dioxygen (O2) to water. Defects in the biogenesis and copper insertion into cytochrome c oxidases lead to mitochondrial diseases in humans. This work shows that a previously identified Cu transporter (CcoA) is a Cu importer and illustrates the link between two Cu transporters, the importer CcoA and the exporter CopA, required for Cu homeostasis and Cu trafficking to cytochrome c oxidase in the cell.
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Munter LM, Sieg H, Bethge T, Liebsch F, Bierkandt FS, Schleeger M, Bittner HJ, Heberle J, Jakubowski N, Hildebrand PW, Multhaup G. Model Peptides Uncover the Role of the β-Secretase Transmembrane Sequence in Metal Ion Mediated Oligomerization. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:19354-61. [DOI: 10.1021/ja410812r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Lisa M. Munter
- Department of Pharmacology
and Therapeutics, McGill University, 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, H3G 1Y6 Montreal, Canada
- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Thielallee 63, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Thielallee 63, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Thielallee 63, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology
and Therapeutics, McGill University, 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, H3G 1Y6 Montreal, Canada
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- Division 1.1 “Inorganic
Trace Analysis”, BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Richard-Willstätter-Straße 11, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Experimental Molecular Biophysics, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Medizinische
Physik und Biophysik, ProteInformatics Group, Charité, Charitéplatz
1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Experimental Molecular Biophysics, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Division 1.1 “Inorganic
Trace Analysis”, BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Richard-Willstätter-Straße 11, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Medizinische
Physik und Biophysik, ProteInformatics Group, Charité, Charitéplatz
1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology
and Therapeutics, McGill University, 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, H3G 1Y6 Montreal, Canada
- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Thielallee 63, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Melino S, Santone C, Di Nardo P, Sarkar B. Histatins: salivary peptides with copper(II)- and zinc(II)-binding motifs. FEBS J 2013; 281:657-72. [DOI: 10.1111/febs.12612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2013] [Revised: 11/07/2013] [Accepted: 11/11/2013] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Sonia Melino
- Department of Chemical Sciences and Technologies; University of Rome Tor Vergata; Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences and Technologies; University of Rome Tor Vergata; Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences and Translational Medicine; University of Rome Tor Vergata; Italy
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- Department of Molecular Structure and Function; The Hospital for Sick Children; University of Toronto; Ontario Canada
- Department of Biochemistry; University of Toronto; Ontario Canada
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Ugarte M, Osborne NN, Brown LA, Bishop PN. Iron, zinc, and copper in retinal physiology and disease. Surv Ophthalmol 2013; 58:585-609. [DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2012.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2012] [Revised: 12/09/2012] [Accepted: 12/11/2012] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Sea KW, Sheng Y, Lelie HL, Kane Barnese L, Durazo A, Valentine JS, Gralla EB. Yeast copper-zinc superoxide dismutase can be activated in the absence of its copper chaperone. J Biol Inorg Chem 2013; 18:985-92. [PMID: 24061560 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-013-1047-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2013] [Accepted: 09/04/2013] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Copper-zinc superoxide dismutase (Sod1) is an abundant intracellular enzyme that catalyzes the disproportionation of superoxide to give hydrogen peroxide and dioxygen. In most organisms, Sod1 acquires copper by a combination of two pathways, one dependent on the copper chaperone for Sod1 (CCS), and the other independent of CCS. Examples have been reported of two exceptions: Saccharomyces cerevisiae, in which Sod1 appeared to be fully dependent on CCS, and Caenorhabditis elegans, in which Sod1 was completely independent of CCS. Here, however, using overexpressed Sod1, we show there is also a significant amount of CCS-independent activation of S. cerevisiae Sod1, even in low-copper medium. In addition, we show CCS-independent oxidation of the disulfide bond in S. cerevisiae Sod1. There appears to be a continuum between CCS-dependent and CCS-independent activation of Sod1, with yeast falling near but not at the CCS-dependent end.
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- Kevin W Sea
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1569, USA,
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All living organisms require nutrient minerals for growth and have developed mechanisms to acquire, utilize, and store nutrient minerals effectively. In the aqueous cellular environment, these elements exist as charged ions that, together with protons and hydroxide ions, facilitate biochemical reactions and establish the electrochemical gradients across membranes that drive cellular processes such as transport and ATP synthesis. Metal ions serve as essential enzyme cofactors and perform both structural and signaling roles within cells. However, because these ions can also be toxic, cells have developed sophisticated homeostatic mechanisms to regulate their levels and avoid toxicity. Studies in Saccharomyces cerevisiae have characterized many of the gene products and processes responsible for acquiring, utilizing, storing, and regulating levels of these ions. Findings in this model organism have often allowed the corresponding machinery in humans to be identified and have provided insights into diseases that result from defects in ion homeostasis. This review summarizes our current understanding of how cation balance is achieved and modulated in baker's yeast. Control of intracellular pH is discussed, as well as uptake, storage, and efflux mechanisms for the alkali metal cations, Na(+) and K(+), the divalent cations, Ca(2+) and Mg(2+), and the trace metal ions, Fe(2+), Zn(2+), Cu(2+), and Mn(2+). Signal transduction pathways that are regulated by pH and Ca(2+) are reviewed, as well as the mechanisms that allow cells to maintain appropriate intracellular cation concentrations when challenged by extreme conditions, i.e., either limited availability or toxic levels in the environment.
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Wang B, Dong D, Kang YJ. Copper chaperone for superoxide dismutase-1 transfers copper to mitochondria but does not affect cytochrome c oxidase activity. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2013; 238:1017-23. [PMID: 23900152 DOI: 10.1177/1535370213497327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Copper chaperone for superoxide dismutase-1 (CCS-1) is present in the cytosol and in the intermembrane space of mitochondria. It transfers copper ions to superoxide dismutase 1 in the cytosol, but its function in the mitochondria is not clear. The present study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that CCS-1 functions in mitochondrial copper homeostasis. Mitochondria were isolated from human umbilical vein endothelial cells and copper concentrations in the mitochondria were measured in the CCS-1 deficient cells made by siRNA targeting the protein. Copper concentrations in the mitochondria were about 10 fold higher than its total concentrations in the cell and the CCS-1 deficiency significantly reduced the copper level in the mitochondria. However, this decrease in the mitochondrial copper concentration did not affect cytochrome c oxidase (CCO) activity. On the other hand, siRNA targeting COX17, a copper chaperone for the CCO, significantly increased the mitochondrial copper concentration, but suppressed the CCO activity. This study thus demonstrates that CCS-1 facilitates copper trafficking to the mitochondria, but does not affect the transfer of copper to the CCO. In addition, the COX17 not only functions in the copper shuttling to the CCO, but also may participate in the copper efflux from the mitochondria.
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- Biao Wang
- Regenerative Medicine Research Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
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- Regenerative Medicine Research Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
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- Regenerative Medicine Research Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
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Vest KE, Leary SC, Winge DR, Cobine PA. Copper import into the mitochondrial matrix in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is mediated by Pic2, a mitochondrial carrier family protein. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:23884-92. [PMID: 23846699 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.470674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae must import copper into the mitochondrial matrix for eventual assembly of cytochrome c oxidase. This copper is bound to an anionic fluorescent molecule known as the copper ligand (CuL). Here, we identify for the first time a mitochondrial carrier family protein capable of importing copper into the matrix. In vitro transport of the CuL into the mitochondrial matrix was saturable and temperature-dependent. Strains with a deletion of PIC2 grew poorly on copper-deficient non-fermentable medium supplemented with silver and under respiratory conditions when challenged with a matrix-targeted copper competitor. Mitochondria from pic2Δ cells had lower total mitochondrial copper and exhibited a decreased capacity for copper uptake. Heterologous expression of Pic2 in Lactococcus lactis significantly enhanced CuL transport into these cells. Therefore, we propose a novel role for Pic2 in copper import into mitochondria.
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- Katherine E Vest
- Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, USA
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Tharmaraj V, Pitchumani K. A highly selective ratiometric fluorescent chemosensor for Cu(ii) based on dansyl-functionalized thiol stabilized silver nanoparticles. J Mater Chem B 2013; 1:1962-1967. [PMID: 32260909 DOI: 10.1039/c3tb00534h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A fluorescent chemosensor for Cu2+ ions based on dansyl-functionalized thiol stabilized silver nanoparticles containing 2-aminothiophenyl units as the Cu2+ binding sites is developed. A decrease in fluorescence at 497 nm and an increase in fluorescence at 410 nm with an isoemissive point at 445 nm upon the addition of Cu2+ ions is attributed to the formation of a Cu2+ complex in aqueous acetonitrile based on an energy transfer mechanism. This sensor has excellent sensitivity and selectivity over other metal ions and has a detection limit as low as 5.0 × 10-10 mol L-1.
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Structural and phylogenetic analysis of laccases from Trichoderma: a bioinformatic approach. PLoS One 2013; 8:e55295. [PMID: 23383142 PMCID: PMC3561346 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2012] [Accepted: 12/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The genus Trichoderma includes species of great biotechnological value, both for their mycoparasitic activities and for their ability to produce extracellular hydrolytic enzymes. Although activity of extracellular laccase has previously been reported in Trichoderma spp., the possible number of isoenzymes is still unknown, as are the structural and functional characteristics of both the genes and the putative proteins. In this study, the system of laccases sensu stricto in the Trichoderma species, the genomes of which are publicly available, were analyzed using bioinformatic tools. The intron/exon structure of the genes and the identification of specific motifs in the sequence of amino acids of the proteins generated in silico allow for clear differentiation between extracellular and intracellular enzymes. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that the common ancestor of the genus possessed a functional gene for each one of these enzymes, which is a characteristic preserved in T. atroviride and T. virens. This analysis also reveals that T. harzianum and T. reesei only retained the intracellular activity, whereas T. asperellum added an extracellular isoenzyme acquired through horizontal gene transfer during the mycoparasitic process. The evolutionary analysis shows that in general, extracellular laccases are subjected to purifying selection, and intracellular laccases show neutral evolution. The data provided by the present study will enable the generation of experimental approximations to better understand the physiological role of laccases in the genus Trichoderma and to increase their biotechnological potential.
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Leary SC, Cobine PA, Nishimura T, Verdijk RM, de Krijger R, de Coo R, Tarnopolsky MA, Winge DR, Shoubridge EA. COX19 mediates the transduction of a mitochondrial redox signal from SCO1 that regulates ATP7A-mediated cellular copper efflux. Mol Biol Cell 2013; 24:683-91. [PMID: 23345593 PMCID: PMC3596241 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e12-09-0705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The study of patient tissues and cell lines shows that SCO1 and SCO2 function collaboratively to generate a redox-dependent signal that is transduced from mitochondria to the cytosol by COX19, where it is relayed to ATP7A to regulate the rate of copper efflux from the cell. SCO1 and SCO2 are metallochaperones whose principal function is to add two copper ions to the catalytic core of cytochrome c oxidase (COX). However, affected tissues of SCO1 and SCO2 patients exhibit a combined deficiency in COX activity and total copper content, suggesting additional roles for these proteins in the regulation of cellular copper homeostasis. Here we show that both the redox state of the copper-binding cysteines of SCO1 and the abundance of SCO2 correlate with cellular copper content and that these relationships are perturbed by mutations in SCO1 or SCO2, producing a state of apparent copper overload. The copper deficiency in SCO patient fibroblasts is rescued by knockdown of ATP7A, a trans-Golgi, copper-transporting ATPase that traffics to the plasma membrane during copper overload to promote efflux. To investigate how a signal from SCO1 could be relayed to ATP7A, we examined the abundance and subcellular distribution of several soluble COX assembly factors. We found that COX19 partitions between mitochondria and the cytosol in a copper-dependent manner and that its knockdown partially rescues the copper deficiency in patient cells. These results demonstrate that COX19 is necessary for the transduction of a SCO1-dependent mitochondrial redox signal that regulates ATP7A-mediated cellular copper efflux.
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- Scot C Leary
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
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Cankorur-Cetinkaya A, Eraslan S, Kirdar B. Transcriptional remodelling in response to changing copper levels in the Wilson and Menkes disease model of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2013; 9:2889-908. [DOI: 10.1039/c3mb70276f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Copper is an essential trace metal that is required for the catalysis of several important cellular enzymes. However, since an excess of copper can also harm cells due to its potential to catalyze the generation of toxic reactive oxygen species, transport of copper and the cellular copper content are tightly regulated. This chapter summarizes the current knowledge on the importance of copper for cellular processes and on the mechanisms involved in cellular copper uptake, storage and export. In addition, we will give an overview on disturbances of copper homeostasis that are characterized by copper overload or copper deficiency or have been connected with neurodegenerative disorders.
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- Ivo Scheiber
- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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