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Nuclear transcription factors have been detected in mammalian mitochondria and may directly regulate mitochondrial gene expression. Emerging genomics techniques may overcome outstanding challenges in this field.
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- Sarah Leigh-Brown
- Cancer Research UK, Cambridge Research Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK
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Correia RL, Oba-Shinjo SM, Uno M, Huang N, Marie SKN. Mitochondrial DNA depletion and its correlation with TFAM, TFB1M, TFB2M and POLG in human diffusely infiltrating astrocytomas. Mitochondrion 2010; 11:48-53. [PMID: 20643228 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2010.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2010] [Revised: 06/09/2010] [Accepted: 07/08/2010] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) alterations and their clinical and pathological implications have been analyzed in several human malignancies. A marked decrease in mtDNA copy number along with the increase in malignancy was observed in diffusely infiltrating astrocytomas (24 WHO grade II, 18 grade III, and 78 grade IV or GBM) compared to non-neoplastic brain tissues, being mostly depleted in GBM. Although high relative gene expression levels of mtDNA replication regulators (mitochondrial polymerase catalytic subunit (POLG), transcription factors A (TFAM), B1 (TFB1M) and B2 (TFB2M)) were detected, it cannot successfully revert the mtDNA depletion observed in our samples. On the other hand, a strong correlation among the expression levels of mitochondrial transcription factors corroborates with the TFAM role in the direct control of TFB1M and TFB2M during initiation of mtDNA replication. POLG expression was related to decreased mtDNA copy number, and its overexpression associated with TFAM expression levels also have an impact on long-term survival among GBM patients, interpreted as a potential predictive factor for better prognosis.
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- R L Correia
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Av Dr Arnaldo 455, 4th Floor, Room 4110, São Paulo, SP, 01246-903, Brazil
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LRPPRC is a mitochondrial matrix protein that is conserved in metazoans. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2010; 398:759-64. [PMID: 20633537 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.07.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2010] [Accepted: 07/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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LRPPRC (also called LRP130) is an RNA-binding pentatricopeptide repeat protein. LRPPRC has been recognized as a mitochondrial protein, but has also been shown to regulate nuclear gene transcription and to bind specific RNA molecules in both the nucleus and the cytoplasm. We here present a bioinformatic analysis of the LRPPRC primary sequence, which reveals that orthologs to the LRPPRC gene are restricted to metazoan cells and that all of the corresponding proteins contain mitochondrial targeting signals. To address the subcellular localization further, we have carefully analyzed LRPPRC in mammalian cells and identified a single isoform that is exclusively localized to mitochondria. The LRPPRC protein is imported to the mitochondrial matrix and its mitochondrial targeting sequence is cleaved upon entry.
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Freyer C, Park CB, Ekstrand MI, Shi Y, Khvorostova J, Wibom R, Falkenberg M, Gustafsson CM, Larsson NG. Maintenance of respiratory chain function in mouse hearts with severely impaired mtDNA transcription. Nucleic Acids Res 2010; 38:6577-88. [PMID: 20566479 PMCID: PMC2965244 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The basal mitochondrial transcription machinery is essential for biogenesis of the respiratory chain and consists of mitochondrial RNA polymerase, mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM) and mitochondrial transcription factor B2. This triad of proteins is sufficient and necessary for mtDNA transcription initiation. Abolished mtDNA transcription caused by tissue-specific knockout of TFAM in the mouse heart leads to early onset of a severe mitochondrial cardiomyopathy with lethality within the first post-natal weeks. Here, we describe a mouse model expressing human TFAM instead of the endogenous mouse TFAM in heart. These rescue mice have severe reduction in mtDNA transcription initiation, but, surprisingly, are healthy at the age of 52 weeks with near-normal steady-state levels of transcripts. In addition, we demonstrate that heavy-strand mtDNA transcription normally terminates at the termination-associated sequence in the control region. This termination is abolished in rescue animals resulting in heavy (H)-strand transcription of the entire control region. In conclusion, we demonstrate here the existence of an unexpected mtDNA transcript stabilization mechanism that almost completely compensates for the severely reduced transcription initiation in rescue hearts. Future elucidation of the underlying molecular mechanism may provide a novel pathway to treat mitochondrial dysfunction in human pathology.
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- Christoph Freyer
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Retzius väg 8, 171 65 Solna, Sweden
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Core human mitochondrial transcription apparatus is a regulated two-component system in vitro. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 107:12133-8. [PMID: 20562347 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0910581107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The core human mitochondrial transcription apparatus is currently regarded as an obligate three-component system comprising the bacteriophage T7-related mitochondrial RNA polymerase, the rRNA methyltransferase-related transcription factor, h-mtTFB2, and the high mobility group box transcription/DNA-packaging factor, h-mtTFA/TFAM. Using a faithful recombinant human mitochondrial transcription system from Escherichia coli, we demonstrate that specific initiation from the mtDNA promoters, LSP and HSP1, only requires mitochondrial RNA polymerase and h-mtTFB2 in vitro. When h-mtTFA is added to these basal components, LSP exhibits a much lower threshold for activation and a larger amplitude response than HSP1. In addition, when LSP and HSP1 are together on the same transcription template, h-mtTFA-independent transcription from HSP1 and h-mtTFA-dependent transcription from both promoters is enhanced and a higher concentration of h-mtTFA is required to stimulate HSP1. Promoter competition experiments revealed that, in addition to LSP competing transcription components away from HSP1, additional cis-acting signals are involved in these aspects of promoter regulation. Based on these results, we speculate that the human mitochondrial transcription system may have evolved to differentially regulate transcription initiation and transcription-primed mtDNA replication in response to the amount of h-mtTFA associated with nucleoids, which could begin to explain the heterogeneity of nucleoid structure and activity in vivo. Furthermore, this study sheds new light on the evolution of mitochondrial transcription components by showing that the human system is a regulated two-component system in vitro, and thus more akin to that of budding yeast than thought previously.
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From their very beginning to the present day, mitochondria have evolved to become a crucial organelle within the cell. The mitochondrial genome encodes only 37 genes, but its compact structure and minimal redundancy results in mutations on the mitochondrial genome being an important cause of genetic disease. In the present chapter we describe the up-to-date knowledge about mitochondrial DNA structure and function, and describe some of the consequences of defective function including disease and aging.
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Intraspecific variation in the mitochondrial genome among local populations of Medaka Oryzias latipes. Gene 2010; 457:13-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2010.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2009] [Revised: 02/19/2010] [Accepted: 02/23/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Shutt TE, Shadel GS. A compendium of human mitochondrial gene expression machinery with links to disease. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2010; 51:360-79. [PMID: 20544879 PMCID: PMC2886302 DOI: 10.1002/em.20571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Mammalian mitochondrial DNA encodes 37 essential genes required for ATP production via oxidative phosphorylation, instability or misregulation of which is associated with human diseases and aging. Other than the mtDNA-encoded RNA species (13 mRNAs, 12S and 16S rRNAs, and 22 tRNAs), the remaining factors needed for mitochondrial gene expression (i.e., transcription, RNA processing/modification, and translation), including a dedicated set of mitochondrial ribosomal proteins, are products of nuclear genes that are imported into the mitochondrial matrix. Herein, we inventory the human mitochondrial gene expression machinery, and, while doing so, we highlight specific associations of these regulatory factors with human disease. Major new breakthroughs have been made recently in this burgeoning area that set the stage for exciting future studies on the key outstanding issue of how mitochondrial gene expression is regulated differentially in vivo. This should promote a greater understanding of why mtDNA mutations and dysfunction cause the complex and tissue-specific pathology characteristic of mitochondrial disease states and how mitochondrial dysfunction contributes to more common human pathology and aging.
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- Timothy E. Shutt
- Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, 310 Cedar Street, P.O. Box 208023, New haven, CT 06520-8023
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- Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, 310 Cedar Street, P.O. Box 208023, New haven, CT 06520-8023
- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, P.O. Box 208005, New haven, CT 06520-8005
- corresponding author: Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, P.O. Box 208023, New Haven, CT 06520-8023 phone: (203) 785-2475 FAX: (203) 785-2628
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Wilson DM, Brooks PJ. The mitochondrial genome: dynamics, mechanisms of repair, and a target in disease and therapy. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2010; 51:349-351. [PMID: 20544877 PMCID: PMC2940707 DOI: 10.1002/em.20584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Temperley RJ, Wydro M, Lightowlers RN, Chrzanowska-Lightowlers ZM. Human mitochondrial mRNAs--like members of all families, similar but different. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2010; 1797:1081-5. [PMID: 20211597 PMCID: PMC3003153 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2010.02.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2009] [Revised: 02/24/2010] [Accepted: 02/25/2010] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The messenger RNAs containing the thirteen protein coding sequences of the human mitochondrial genome have frequently been regarded as a single functional category, alike in arrangement and hence in mode of expression. The "generic" mitochondrial mRNA is perceived as having (i) an arrangement within the polycistronic unit that permits its liberation following mt-tRNA processing, (ii) no 5' cap structure or introns, (iii) essentially no untranslated regions, and (iv) a poly(A) tail of approximately fifty nucleotides that is required in part to complete the termination codon. Closer inspection reveals that only two molecules fit this pattern. This article examines the extent to which human mitochondrial mRNA species differ from one another.
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- Mitochondrial Research Group, Medical School, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
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Mitochondrial helicases and mitochondrial genome maintenance. Mech Ageing Dev 2010; 131:503-10. [PMID: 20576512 DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2010.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2010] [Revised: 04/26/2010] [Accepted: 04/28/2010] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Helicases are essential enzymes that utilize the energy of nucleotide hydrolysis to drive unwinding of nucleic acid duplexes. Helicases play roles in all aspects of DNA metabolism including DNA repair, DNA replication and transcription. The subcellular locations and functions of several helicases have been studied in detail; however, the roles of specific helicases in mitochondrial biology remain poorly characterized. This review presents important recent advances in identifying and characterizing mitochondrial helicases, some of which also operate in the nucleus.
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Mitochondrial pyrimidine nucleotide carrier (PNC1) regulates mitochondrial biogenesis and the invasive phenotype of cancer cells. Oncogene 2010; 29:3964-76. [PMID: 20453889 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2010.146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I) signalling pathway is essential for metabolism, cell growth and survival. It induces expression of the mitochondrial pyrimidine nucleotide carrier 1 (PNC1) in transformed cells, but the consequences of this for cell phenotype are unknown. Here we show that PNC1 is necessary to maintain mitochondrial function by controlling mitochondrial DNA replication and the ratio of transcription of mitochondrial genes relative to nuclear genes. PNC1 suppression causes reduced oxidative phosphorylation and leakage of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which activates the AMPK-PGC1alpha signalling pathway and promotes mitochondrial biogenesis. Overexpression of PNC1 suppresses mitochondrial biogenesis. Suppression of PNC1 causes a profound ROS-dependent epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), whereas overexpression of PNC1 suppresses both basal EMT and induction of EMT by TGF-beta. Overall, our findings indicate that PNC1 is essential for mitochondria maintenance and suggest that its induction by IGF-I facilitates cell growth whereas protecting cells from an ROS-promoted differentiation programme that arises from mitochondrial dysfunction.
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Uchiumi T, Ohgaki K, Yagi M, Aoki Y, Sakai A, Matsumoto S, Kang D. ERAL1 is associated with mitochondrial ribosome and elimination of ERAL1 leads to mitochondrial dysfunction and growth retardation. Nucleic Acids Res 2010; 38:5554-68. [PMID: 20430825 PMCID: PMC2938226 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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ERAL1, a homologue of Era protein in Escherichia coli, is a member of conserved GTP-binding proteins with RNA-binding activity. Depletion of prokaryotic Era inhibits cell division without affecting chromosome segregation. Previously, we isolated ERAL1 protein as one of proteins which were associated with mitochondrial transcription factor A by using immunoprecipitation. In this study, we analysed the localization and function of ERAL1 in mammalian cells. ERAL1 was localized in mitochondrial matrix and associated with mitoribosomal proteins including the 12S rRNA. siRNA knockdown of ERAL1 decreased mitochondrial translation, caused redistribution of ribosomal small subunits and reduced 12S rRNA. The knockdown of ERAL1 in human HeLa cells elevated mitochondrial superoxide production and slightly decreased mitochondrial membrane potential. The knockdown inhibited the growth of HeLa cells with an accumulation of apoptotic cells. These results suggest that ERAL1 is localized in a small subunit of the mitochondrial ribosome, plays an important role in the small ribosomal constitution, and is also involved in cell viability.
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- Takeshi Uchiumi
- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 3-1-1, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
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Orczewska JI, Hartleben G, O'Brien KM. The molecular basis of aerobic metabolic remodeling differs between oxidative muscle and liver of threespine sticklebacks in response to cold acclimation. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2010; 299:R352-64. [PMID: 20427717 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00189.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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We sought to determine the molecular basis of elevations in aerobic metabolic capacity in the oxidative muscle and liver of Gasterosteus aculeatus in response to cold acclimation. Fishes were cold- or warm-acclimated for 9 wk and harvested on days 1, 2, and 3 and weeks 1, 4, and 9 of cold acclimation at 8 degrees C, and on day 1 and week 9 of warm acclimation at 20 degrees C. Mitochondrial volume density was quantified using transmission electron microscopy and stereological techniques in warm- and cold-acclimated fishes harvested after 9 wk at 20 or 8 degrees C. Changes in aerobic metabolic capacity were assessed by measuring the maximal activity of citrate synthase (CS) and cytochrome-c oxidase (COX) in fishes harvested throughout the acclimation period. Transcript levels of the aerobic metabolic genes CS, COXIII, and COXIV, and known regulators of mitochondrial biogenesis, including peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivators-1alpha and -1beta (PGC-1alpha and PGC-1beta), nuclear respiratory factor-1 (NRF-1), and mitochondrial transcription factor-A were measured in fishes harvested throughout the acclimation period using quantitative real-time PCR. The maximal activities of CS and COX increased in response to cold acclimation in both tissues, but mitochondrial volume density only increased in oxidative muscle (P < 0.05). The time course for changes in aerobic metabolic capacity differed between liver and muscle. The expression of CS increased within 1 wk of cold acclimation in liver and was correlated with an increase in mRNA levels of NRF-1 and PGC-1beta. Transcript levels of aerobic metabolic genes increased later in oxidative muscle, between weeks 4 and 9 of cold acclimation and were correlated with an increase in mRNA levels of NRF-1 and PGC-1alpha. These results show that aerobic metabolic remodeling differs between liver and muscle in response to cold acclimation and may be triggered by different stimuli.
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- J I Orczewska
- Institute of Arctic Biology and Department of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775, USA
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Structure of mitochondrial transcription termination factor 3 reveals a novel nucleic acid-binding domain. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2010; 397:386-90. [PMID: 20430012 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.04.130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2010] [Accepted: 04/23/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In mammalian cells, a family of mitochondrial transcription termination factors (MTERFs) regulates mitochondrial gene expression. MTERF family members share a approximately 270 residues long MTERF-domain required for DNA binding and transcription regulation. However, the structure of this widely conserved domain is unknown. Here, we show that the MTERF-domain of human MTERF3 forms a half-doughnut-shaped right-handed superhelix. The superhelix is built from alpha-helical tandem repeats that display a novel triangular three-helix motif. This repeat motif, which we denote the MTERF-motif, is a conserved structural element present in proteins from metazoans, plants, and protozoans. Furthermore, a narrow, strongly positively charged nucleic acid-binding path is found in the middle of the concave side of the half-doughnut. This arrangement suggests a half clamp nucleic acid-binding mode for MTERF-domains.
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Mitochondrial translation and beyond: processes implicated in combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiencies. J Biomed Biotechnol 2010; 2010:737385. [PMID: 20396601 PMCID: PMC2854570 DOI: 10.1155/2010/737385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2009] [Accepted: 01/29/2010] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial disorders are a heterogeneous group of often multisystemic and early fatal diseases, which are amongst the most common inherited human diseases. These disorders are caused by defects in the oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) system, which comprises five multisubunit enzyme complexes encoded by both the nuclear and the mitochondrial genomes. Due to the multitude of proteins and intricacy of the processes required for a properly functioning OXPHOS system, identifying the genetic defect that underlies an OXPHOS deficiency is not an easy task, especially in the case of combined OXPHOS defects. In the present communication we give an extensive overview of the proteins and processes (in)directly involved in mitochondrial translation and the biogenesis of the OXPHOS system and their roles in combined OXPHOS deficiencies. This knowledge is important for further research into the genetic causes, with the ultimate goal to effectively prevent and cure these complex and often devastating disorders.
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Reiling E, Ling C, Uitterlinden AG, Van't Riet E, Welschen LMC, Ladenvall C, Almgren P, Lyssenko V, Nijpels G, van Hove EC, Maassen JA, de Geus EJC, Boomsma DI, Dekker JM, Groop L, Willemsen G, 't Hart LM. The association of mitochondrial content with prevalent and incident type 2 diabetes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2010; 95:1909-15. [PMID: 20150578 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-1775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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CONTEXT It has been shown that mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) content is associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and related traits. However, empirical data, often based on small samples, did not confirm this observation in all studies. Therefore, the role of mtDNA content in T2D remains elusive. OBJECTIVE In this study, we assessed the heritability of mtDNA content in buccal cells and analyzed the association of mtDNA content in blood with prevalent and incident T2D. DESIGN AND SETTING mtDNA content from cells from buccal and blood samples was assessed using a real-time PCR-based assay. Heritability of mtDNA content was estimated in 391 twins from the Netherlands Twin Register. The association with prevalent T2D was tested in a case control study from The Netherlands (n = 329). Incident T2D was analyzed using prospective samples from Finland (n = 444) and The Netherlands (n = 238). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES We measured the heritability of mtDNA content and the association of mtDNA content in blood with prevalent and incident T2D. RESULTS A heritability of mtDNA content of 35% (19-48%) was estimated in the twin families. We did not observe evidence of an association between mtDNA content and prevalent or incident T2D and related traits. Furthermore, we observed a decline in mtDNA content with increasing age that was male specific (P = 0.001). CONCLUSION In this study, we show that mtDNA content has a heritability of 35% in Dutch twins. There is no association between mtDNA content in blood and prevalent or incident T2D and related traits in our study samples.
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- Erwin Reiling
- Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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Mitochondrial dysfunction is heavily implicated in the multifactorial aging process. Aging humans have increased levels of somatic mtDNA mutations that tend to undergo clonal expansion to cause mosaic respiratory chain deficiency in various tissues, such as heart, brain, skeletal muscle, and gut. Genetic mouse models have shown that somatic mtDNA mutations and cell type-specific respiratory chain dysfunction can cause a variety of phenotypes associated with aging and age-related disease. There is thus strong observational and experimental evidence to implicate somatic mtDNA mutations and mosaic respiratory chain dysfunction in the mammalian aging process. The hypothesis that somatic mtDNA mutations are generated by oxidative damage has not been conclusively proven. Emerging data instead suggest that the inherent error rate of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) polymerase gamma (Pol gamma) may be responsible for the majority of somatic mtDNA mutations. The roles for mtDNA damage and replication errors in aging need to be further experimentally addressed.
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Lodeiro MF, Uchida AU, Arnold JJ, Reynolds SL, Moustafa IM, Cameron CE. Identification of multiple rate-limiting steps during the human mitochondrial transcription cycle in vitro. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:16387-402. [PMID: 20351113 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.092676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have reconstituted human mitochondrial transcription in vitro on DNA oligonucleotide templates representing the light strand and heavy strand-1 promoters using protein components (RNA polymerase and transcription factors A and B2) isolated from Escherichia coli. We show that 1 eq of each transcription factor and polymerase relative to the promoter is required to assemble a functional initiation complex. The light strand promoter is at least 2-fold more efficient than the heavy strand-1 promoter, but this difference cannot be explained solely by the differences in the interaction of the transcription machinery with the different promoters. In both cases, the rate-limiting step for production of the first phosphodiester bond is open complex formation. Open complex formation requires both transcription factors; however, steps immediately thereafter only require transcription factor B2. The concentration of nucleotide required for production of the first dinucleotide product is substantially higher than that required for subsequent cycles of nucleotide addition. In vitro, promoter-specific differences in post-initiation control of transcription exist, as well as a second rate-limiting step that controls conversion of the transcription initiation complex into a transcription elongation complex. Rate-limiting steps of the biochemical pathways are often those that are targeted for regulation. Like the more complex multisubunit transcription systems, multiple steps may exist for control of transcription in human mitochondria. The tools and mechanistic framework presented here will facilitate not only the discovery of mechanisms regulating human mitochondrial transcription but also interrogation of the structure, function, and mechanism of the complexes that are regulated during human mitochondrial transcription.
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- Maria F Lodeiro
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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Hiltunen JK, Autio KJ, Schonauer MS, Kursu VAS, Dieckmann CL, Kastaniotis AJ. Mitochondrial fatty acid synthesis and respiration. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2010; 1797:1195-202. [PMID: 20226757 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2010.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2009] [Revised: 02/24/2010] [Accepted: 03/03/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Recent studies have revealed that mitochondria are able to synthesize fatty acids in a malonyl-CoA/acyl carrier protein (ACP)-dependent manner. This pathway resembles bacterial fatty acid synthesis (FAS) type II, which uses discrete, nuclearly encoded proteins. Experimental evidence, obtained mainly through using yeast as a model system, indicates that this pathway is essential for mitochondrial respiratory function. Curiously, the deficiency in mitochondrial FAS cannot be complemented by inclusion of fatty acids in the culture medium or by products of the cytosolic FAS complex. Defects in mitochondrial FAS in yeast result in the inability to grow on nonfermentable carbon sources, the loss of mitochondrial cytochromes a/a3 and b, mitochondrial RNA processing defects, and loss of cellular lipoic acid. Eukaryotic FAS II generates octanoyl-ACP, a substrate for mitochondrial lipoic acid synthase. Endogenous lipoic acid synthesis challenges the hypothesis that lipoic acid can be provided as an exogenously supplied vitamin. Purified eukaryotic FAS II enzymes are catalytically active in vitro using substrates with an acyl chain length of up to 16 carbon atoms. However, with the exception of 3-hydroxymyristoyl-ACP, a component of respiratory complex I in higher eukaryotes, the fate of long-chain fatty acids synthesized by the mitochondrial FAS pathway remains an enigma. The linkage of FAS II genes to published animal models for human disease supports the hypothesis that mitochondrial FAS dysfunction leads to the development of disorders in mammals.
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- J Kalervo Hiltunen
- Department of Biochemistry and Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, PO Box 3000, FI-90014 Oulu, Finland.
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Mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy in Candida glabrata after mitochondrial transformation. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2010; 9:806-14. [PMID: 20207853 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00349-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Genetic manipulation of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is the most direct method for investigating mtDNA, but until now, this has been achieved only in the diploid yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In this study, the ATP6 gene on mtDNA of the haploid yeast Candida glabrata (Torulopsis glabrata) was deleted by biolistic transformation of DNA fragments with a recoded ARG8(m) mitochondrial genetic marker, flanked by homologous arms to the ATP6 gene. Transformants were identified by arginine prototrophy. However, in the transformants, the original mtDNA was not lost spontaneously, even under arginine selective pressure. Moreover, the mtDNA transformants selectively lost the transformed mtDNA under aerobic conditions. The mtDNA heteroplasmy in the transformants was characterized by PCR, quantitative PCR, and Southern blotting, showing that the heteroplasmy was relatively stable in the absence of arginine. Aerobic conditions facilitated the loss of the original mtDNA, and anaerobic conditions favored loss of the transformed mtDNA. Moreover, detailed investigations showed that increases in reactive oxygen species in mitochondria lacking ATP6, along with their equal cell division, played important roles in determining the dynamics of heteroplasmy. Based on our analysis of mtDNA heteroplasmy in C. glabrata, we were able to generate homoplasmic Deltaatp6 mtDNA strains.
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Fusté JM, Wanrooij S, Jemt E, Granycome CE, Cluett TJ, Shi Y, Atanassova N, Holt IJ, Gustafsson CM, Falkenberg M. Mitochondrial RNA polymerase is needed for activation of the origin of light-strand DNA replication. Mol Cell 2010; 37:67-78. [PMID: 20129056 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2009.12.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2009] [Revised: 07/21/2009] [Accepted: 10/14/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Mitochondrial DNA is replicated by a unique enzymatic machinery, which is distinct from the replication apparatus used for copying the nuclear genome. We examine here the mechanisms of origin-specific initiation of lagging-strand DNA synthesis in human mitochondria. We demonstrate that the mitochondrial RNA polymerase (POLRMT) is the primase required for initiation of DNA synthesis from the light-strand origin of DNA replication (OriL). Using only purified POLRMT and DNA replication factors, we can faithfully reconstitute OriL-dependent initiation in vitro. Leading-strand DNA synthesis is initiated from the heavy-strand origin of DNA replication and passes OriL. The single-stranded OriL is exposed and adopts a stem-loop structure. At this stage, POLRMT initiates primer synthesis from a poly-dT stretch in the single-stranded loop region. After about 25 nt, POLRMT is replaced by DNA polymerase gamma, and DNA synthesis commences. Our findings demonstrate that POLRMT can function as an origin-specific primase in mammalian mitochondria.
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- Javier Miralles Fusté
- Division of Metabolic Diseases, Karolinska Institutet, Novum, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
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Animal models of mitochondrial DNA transactions in disease and ageing. Exp Gerontol 2010; 45:489-502. [PMID: 20123011 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2010.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2009] [Revised: 01/11/2010] [Accepted: 01/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) transactions, processes that include mtDNA replication, repair, recombination and transcription constitute the initial stages of mitochondrial biogenesis, and are at the core of understanding mitochondrial biology and medicine. All of the protein players are encoded in nuclear genes: some are proteins with well-known functions in the nucleus, others are well-known mitochondrial proteins now ascribed new functions, and still others are newly discovered factors. In this article we review recent advances in the field of mtDNA transactions with a special focus on physiological studies. In particular, we consider the expression of variant proteins, or altered expression of factors involved in these processes in powerful model organisms, such as Drosophila melanogaster and the mouse, which have promoted recognition of the broad relevance of oxidative phosphorylation defects resulting from improper maintenance of mtDNA. Furthermore, the animal models recapitulate many phenotypes related to human ageing and a variety of different diseases, a feature that has enhanced our understanding of, and inspired theories about, the molecular mechanisms of such biological processes.
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Richter U, Kühn K, Okada S, Brennicke A, Weihe A, Börner T. A mitochondrial rRNA dimethyladenosine methyltransferase in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2010; 61:558-69. [PMID: 19929881 PMCID: PMC2860759 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2009.04079.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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S-adenosyl-L-methionine-dependent rRNA dimethylases mediate the methylation of two conserved adenosines near the 3' end of the rRNA in the small ribosomal subunits of bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes. Proteins related to this family of dimethylases play an essential role as transcription factors (mtTFBs) in fungal and animal mitochondria. Human mitochondrial rRNA is methylated and human mitochondria contain two related mtTFBs, one proposed to act as rRNA dimethylase, the other as transcription factor. The nuclear genome of Arabidopsis thaliana encodes three dimethylase/mtTFB-like proteins, one of which, Dim1B, is shown here to be imported into mitochondria. Transcription initiation by mitochondrial RNA polymerases appears not to be stimulated by Dim1B in vitro. In line with this finding, phylogenetic analyses revealed Dim1B to be more closely related to a group of eukaryotic non-mitochondrial rRNA dimethylases (Dim1s) than to fungal and animal mtTFBs. We found that Dim1B was capable of substituting the E. coli rRNA dimethylase activity of KsgA. Moreover, we observed methylation of the conserved adenines in the 18S rRNA of Arabidopsis mitochondria; this modification was not detectable in a mutant lacking Dim1B. These data provide evidence: (i) for rRNA methylation in Arabidopsis mitochondria; and (ii) that Dim1B is the enzyme catalyzing this process.
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- Uwe Richter
- Institut für Biologie/Genetik, Humboldt-UniversitätChausseestr. 117, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Biologie/Genetik, Humboldt-UniversitätChausseestr. 117, 10115 Berlin, Germany
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western AustraliaCrawley 6009, WA, Australia
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- Molekulare Botanik, Universität Ulm89069 Ulm, Germany
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- Institut für Biologie/Genetik, Humboldt-UniversitätChausseestr. 117, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Biologie/Genetik, Humboldt-UniversitätChausseestr. 117, 10115 Berlin, Germany
- *(fax +49 302 093 8141; e-mail )
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Poeggeler B, Knuever J, Gáspár E, Bíró T, Klinger M, Bodo E, Wiesner RJ, Wenzel BE, Paus R. Thyrotropin powers human mitochondria. FASEB J 2010; 24:1525-31. [DOI: 10.1096/fj.09-147728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Department of PhysiologyUniversity of DebrecenDebrecenHungary
- Abiol LtdDebrecenHungary
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- Department of Vegetative PhysiologyUniversity of CologneCologneGermany
- Cologne Excellence Cluster: Cellular Stress Responses in Aging‐Associated Diseases (CECAD)CologneGermany
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC)CologneGermany
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- Department of DermatologyGermany
- School of Translational MedicineUniversity of ManchesterManchesterUK
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Ellison CK, Burton RS. Cytonuclear conflict in interpopulation hybrids: the role of RNA polymerase in mtDNA transcription and replication. J Evol Biol 2010; 23:528-38. [PMID: 20070459 DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01917.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Organismal fitness requires functional integration of nuclear and mitochondrial genomes. Structural and regulatory elements coevolve within lineages and several studies have found that interpopulation hybridization disrupts mitonuclear interactions. Because mitochondrial RNA polymerase (mtRPOL) plays key roles in both mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) replication and transcription, the interaction between mtRPOL and coevolved regulatory sites in the mtDNA may be central to mitonuclear integration. Here, we generate interpopulation hybrids between divergent populations of the copepod Tigriopus californicus to obtain lines having different combinations of mtRPOL and mtDNA. Lines were scored for mtDNA copy number and ATP6 (mtDNA) gene expression. We find that there is a genotype-dependent negative association between mitochondrial transcriptional response and mtDNA copy number. We argue that an observed increase in mtDNA copy number and reduced mtDNA transcription in hybrids reflects the regulatory role of mtRPOL; depending on the mitonuclear genotype, hybridization may disrupt the normal balance between transcription and replication of the mitochondrial genome.
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- C K Ellison
- Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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Murholm M, Dixen K, Qvortrup K, Hansen LHL, Amri EZ, Madsen L, Barbatelli G, Quistorff B, Hansen JB. Dynamic regulation of genes involved in mitochondrial DNA replication and transcription during mouse brown fat cell differentiation and recruitment. PLoS One 2009; 4:e8458. [PMID: 20107496 PMCID: PMC2809086 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2009] [Accepted: 12/03/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background Brown adipocytes are specialised in dissipating energy through adaptive thermogenesis, whereas white adipocytes are specialised in energy storage. These essentially opposite functions are possible for two reasons relating to mitochondria, namely expression of uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) and a remarkably higher mitochondrial abundance in brown adipocytes. Methodology/Principal Findings Here we report a comprehensive characterisation of gene expression linked to mitochondrial DNA replication, transcription and function during white and brown fat cell differentiation in vitro as well as in white and brown fat, brown adipose tissue fractions and in selected adipose tissues during cold exposure. We find a massive induction of the majority of such genes during brown adipocyte differentiation and recruitment, e.g. of the mitochondrial transcription factors A (Tfam) and B2 (Tfb2m), whereas only a subset of the same genes were induced during white adipose conversion. In addition, PR domain containing 16 (PRDM16) was found to be expressed at substantially higher levels in brown compared to white pre-adipocytes and adipocytes. We demonstrate that forced expression of Tfam but not Tfb2m in brown adipocyte precursor cells promotes mitochondrial DNA replication, and that silencing of PRDM16 expression during brown fat cell differentiation blunts mitochondrial biogenesis and expression of brown fat cell markers. Conclusions/Significance Using both in vitro and in vivo model systems of white and brown fat cell differentiation, we report a detailed characterisation of gene expression linked to mitochondrial biogenesis and function. We find significant differences in differentiating white and brown adipocytes, which might explain the notable increase in mitochondrial content observed during brown adipose conversion. In addition, our data support a key role of PRDM16 in triggering brown adipocyte differentiation, including mitochondrial biogenesis and expression of UCP1.
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- Maria Murholm
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- IBDC, Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, UMR 6543, Nice, France
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Molecular Pathology and Innovative Therapies, School of Medicine, University of Ancona, Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Sologub M, Litonin D, Anikin M, Mustaev A, Temiakov D. TFB2 is a transient component of the catalytic site of the human mitochondrial RNA polymerase. Cell 2009; 139:934-44. [PMID: 19945377 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2009.10.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2009] [Revised: 07/23/2009] [Accepted: 09/30/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Transcription in human mitochondria is carried out by a single-subunit, T7-like RNA polymerase assisted by several auxiliary factors. We demonstrate that an essential initiation factor, TFB2, forms a network of interactions with DNA near the transcription start site and facilitates promoter melting but may not be essential for promoter recognition. Unexpectedly, catalytic autolabeling reveals that TFB2 interacts with the priming substrate, suggesting that TFB2 acts as a transient component of the catalytic site of the initiation complex. Mapping of TFB2 identifies a region of its N-terminal domain that is involved in simultaneous interactions with the priming substrate and the templating (+1) DNA base. Our data indicate that the transcriptional machinery in human mitochondria has evolved into a system that combines features inherited from self-sufficient, T7-like RNA polymerase and those typically found in systems comprising cellular multi-subunit polymerases, and provide insights into the molecular mechanisms of transcription regulation in mitochondria.
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- Marina Sologub
- Department of Cell Biology, UMDNJ, School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ 08084, USA
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Bruni F, Polosa PL, Gadaleta MN, Cantatore P, Roberti M. Nuclear respiratory factor 2 induces the expression of many but not all human proteins acting in mitochondrial DNA transcription and replication. J Biol Chem 2009; 285:3939-3948. [PMID: 19951946 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.044305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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In mammals, NRF-2 (nuclear respiratory factor 2), also named GA-binding protein, is an Ets family transcription factor that controls many genes involved in cell cycle progression and protein synthesis as well as in mitochondrial biogenesis. In this paper, we analyzed the role of NRF-2 in the regulation of human genes involved in mitochondrial DNA transcription and replication. By a combination of bioinformatic and biochemical approaches, we found that the factor binds in vitro and in vivo to the proximal promoter region of the genes coding for the transcription termination factor mTERF, the RNA polymerase POLRMT, the B subunit of the DNA polymerase-gamma, the DNA helicase TWINKLE, and the single-stranded DNA-binding protein mtSSB. The role of NRF-2 in modulating the expression of those genes was further established by RNA interference and overexpression strategies. On the contrary, we found that NRF-2 does not control the genes for the subunit A of DNA polymerase-gamma and for the transcription repressor MTERF3; we suggest that these genes are under regulatory mechanisms that do not involve NRF proteins. Since NRFs are known to positively control the expression of transcription-activating proteins, the novelty emerging from our data is that proteins playing antithetical roles in mitochondrial DNA transcription, namely activators and repressors, are under different regulatory pathways. Finally, we developed a more stringent consensus with respect to the general consensus of NRF-2/GA-binding protein when searching for NRF-2 binding sites in the promoter of mitochondrial proteins.
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- Francesco Bruni
- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology "Ernesto Quagliariello," University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology "Ernesto Quagliariello," University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology "Ernesto Quagliariello," University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari and; the Institute of Biomembranes and Bioenergetics, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology "Ernesto Quagliariello," University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari and; the Institute of Biomembranes and Bioenergetics, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology "Ernesto Quagliariello," University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari and.
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Simpkins JW, Yi KD, Yang SH, Dykens JA. Mitochondrial mechanisms of estrogen neuroprotection. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2009; 1800:1113-20. [PMID: 19931595 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2009.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2009] [Revised: 11/11/2009] [Accepted: 11/12/2009] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Mitochondria have become a primary focus in our search not only for the mechanism(s) of neuronal death but also for neuroprotective drugs and therapies that can delay or prevent Alzheimer's disease and other chronic neurodegenerative conditions. This is because mitochrondria play a central role in regulating viability and death of neurons, and mitochondrial dysfunction has been shown to contribute to neuronal death seen in neurodegenerative diseases. In this article, we review the evidence for the role of mitochondria in cell death and neurodegeneration and provide evidence that estrogens have multiple effects on mitochondria that enhance or preserve mitochondrial function during pathologic circumstances such as excitotoxicity, oxidative stress, and others. As such, estrogens and novel non-hormonal analogs have come to figure prominently in our efforts to protect neurons against both acute brain injury and chronic neurodegeneration.
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- James W Simpkins
- Department of Pharmacology & Neuroscience, Institute for Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Research, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA.
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Maagaard A, Kvale D. Long term adverse effects related to nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors: Clinical impact of mitochondrial toxicity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 41:808-17. [DOI: 10.3109/00365540903186181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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In this issue, Lee et al. (2009) present a crystal structure of the human mitochondrial DNA polymerase (POLgamma). The structure of this heterotrimeric enzyme lays a foundation for understanding how POLgamma mutations cause human mitochondrial disease and why some antiviral nucleoside analogs cause cellular toxicity.
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- Maria Falkenberg
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Göteborg University, SE-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden.
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Szczesny RJ, Borowski LS, Brzezniak LK, Dmochowska A, Gewartowski K, Bartnik E, Stepien PP. Human mitochondrial RNA turnover caught in flagranti: involvement of hSuv3p helicase in RNA surveillance. Nucleic Acids Res 2009; 38:279-98. [PMID: 19864255 PMCID: PMC2800237 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The mechanism of human mitochondrial RNA turnover and surveillance is still a matter of debate. We have obtained a cellular model for studying the role of hSuv3p helicase in human mitochondria. Expression of a dominant-negative mutant of the hSUV3 gene which encodes a protein with no ATPase or helicase activity results in perturbations of mtRNA metabolism and enables to study the processing and degradation intermediates which otherwise are difficult to detect because of their short half-lives. The hSuv3p activity was found to be necessary in the regulation of stability of mature, properly formed mRNAs and for removal of the noncoding processing intermediates transcribed from both H and L-strands, including mirror RNAs which represent antisense RNAs transcribed from the opposite DNA strand. Lack of hSuv3p function also resulted in accumulation of aberrant RNA species, molecules with extended poly(A) tails and degradation intermediates truncated predominantly at their 3′-ends. Moreover, we present data indicating that hSuv3p co-purifies with PNPase; this may suggest participation of both proteins in mtRNA metabolism.
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- Roman J Szczesny
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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Villarroya J, Giralt M, Villarroya F. Mitochondrial DNA: an up-and-coming actor in white adipose tissue pathophysiology. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2009; 17:1814-20. [PMID: 19461585 DOI: 10.1038/oby.2009.152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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- Joan Villarroya
- Departament de Bioquimica i Biologia Molecular, i Institut de Biomedicina de la Universitat de Barcelona (IBUB), Barcelona, Spain
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Radulovic M, Crane E, Crawford M, Godovac-Zimmermann J, Yu VPCC. CKS proteins protect mitochondrial genome integrity by interacting with mitochondrial single-stranded DNA-binding protein. Mol Cell Proteomics 2009; 9:145-52. [PMID: 19786724 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m900078-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cyclin-dependent kinase subunit (CKS) proteins interact with cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) with high affinity. Mammalian CKS1 and CKS2 bind CDK1 and CDK2 and partake in the control of cell cycle progression. We identified CKS-interacting proteins by affinity purification followed by mass spectrometry in the human lymphocytic cell line Ramos. Apart from known interactors, such as CDKs, we identified a novel CDK-dependent interaction between CKS proteins and the mitochondrial single-stranded DNA-binding protein (mtSSB). mtSSB bound both CKS1 and CKS2 and underwent CDK-dependent phosphorylation. mtSSB is known to participate in replication of mitochondrial DNA. We demonstrated that mitochondrial morphology and DNA integrity were compromised in cells depleted of both CKS proteins or that had inhibited CDK activity. These features are consistent with the hypothesis of CKS-dependent regulation of mtSSB function and support a direct role of cell cycle proteins in controlling mitochondrial DNA replication.
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- Marko Radulovic
- Eukaryotic Chromatin Dynamics Group, Medical Research Council Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College Hammersmith Campus, Du Cane Road, London, UK
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Mitochondrial DNA mutations and human disease. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2009; 1797:113-28. [PMID: 19761752 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2009.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 417] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2009] [Revised: 09/04/2009] [Accepted: 09/09/2009] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Mitochondrial disorders are a group of clinically heterogeneous diseases, commonly defined by a lack of cellular energy due to oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) defects. Since the identification of the first human pathological mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations in 1988, significant efforts have been spent in cataloguing the vast array of causative genetic defects of these disorders. Currently, more than 250 pathogenic mtDNA mutations have been identified. An ever-increasing number of nuclear DNA mutations are also being reported as the majority of proteins involved in mitochondrial metabolism and maintenance are nuclear-encoded. Understanding the phenotypic diversity and elucidating the molecular mechanisms at the basis of these diseases has however proved challenging. Progress has been hampered by the peculiar features of mitochondrial genetics, an inability to manipulate the mitochondrial genome, and difficulties in obtaining suitable models of disease. In this review, we will first outline the unique features of mitochondrial genetics before detailing the diseases and their genetic causes, focusing specifically on primary mtDNA genetic defects. The functional consequences of mtDNA mutations that have been characterised to date will also be discussed, along with current and potential future diagnostic and therapeutic advances.
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Wong TS, Rajagopalan S, Freund SM, Rutherford TJ, Andreeva A, Townsley FM, Petrovich M, Fersht AR. Biophysical characterizations of human mitochondrial transcription factor A and its binding to tumor suppressor p53. Nucleic Acids Res 2009; 37:6765-83. [PMID: 19755502 PMCID: PMC2777442 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Human mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM) is a multi-functional protein, involved in different aspects of maintaining mitochondrial genome integrity. In this report, we characterized TFAM and its interaction with tumor suppressor p53 using various biophysical methods. DNA-free TFAM is a thermally unstable protein that is in equilibrium between monomers and dimers. Self-association of TFAM is modulated by its basic C-terminal tail. The DNA-binding ability of TFAM is mainly contributed by its first HMG-box, while the second HMG-box has low-DNA-binding capability. We also obtained backbone resonance assignments from the NMR spectra of both HMG-boxes of TFAM. TFAM binds primarily to the N-terminal transactivation domain of p53, with a Kd of 1.95 ± 0.19 μM. The C-terminal regulatory domain of p53 provides a secondary binding site for TFAM. The TFAM–p53-binding interface involves both TAD1 and TAD2 sub-domains of p53. Helices α1 and α2 of the HMG-box constitute the main p53-binding region. Since both TFAM and p53 binds preferentially to distorted DNA, the TFAM–p53 interaction is implicated in DNA damage and repair. In addition, the DNA-binding mechanism of TFAM and biological relevance of the TFAM–p53 interaction are discussed.
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- Tuck Seng Wong
- MRC Centre for Protein Engineering, Medical Research Council, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
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Maagaard A, Kvale D. Mitochondrial toxicity in HIV-infected patients both off and on antiretroviral treatment: a continuum or distinct underlying mechanisms? J Antimicrob Chemother 2009; 64:901-9. [DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkp316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Dalla Rosa I, Goffart S, Wurm M, Wiek C, Essmann F, Sobek S, Schroeder P, Zhang H, Krutmann J, Hanenberg H, Schulze-Osthoff K, Mielke C, Pommier Y, Boege F, Christensen MO. Adaptation of topoisomerase I paralogs to nuclear and mitochondrial DNA. Nucleic Acids Res 2009; 37:6414-28. [PMID: 19720733 PMCID: PMC2770673 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Topoisomerase I is essential for DNA metabolism in nuclei and mitochondria. In yeast, a single topoisomerase I gene provides for both organelles. In vertebrates, topoisomerase I is divided into nuclear and mitochondrial paralogs (Top1 and Top1mt). To assess the meaning of this gene duplication, we targeted Top1 to mitochondria or Top1mt to nuclei. Overexpression in the fitting organelle served as control. Targeting of Top1 to mitochondria blocked transcription and depleted mitochondrial DNA. This was also seen with catalytically inactive Top1 mutants, but not with Top1mt overexpressed in mitochondria. Targeting of Top1mt to the nucleus revealed that it was much less able to interact with mitotic chromosomes than Top1 overexpressed in the nucleus. Similar experiments with Top1/Top1mt hybrids assigned these functional differences to structural divergences in the DNA-binding core domains. We propose that adaptation of this domain to different chromatin environments in nuclei and mitochondria has driven evolutional development and conservation of organelle-restricted topoisomerase I paralogs in vertebrates.
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- Ilaria Dalla Rosa
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Diagnostics, Heinrich-Heine-University, Medical School, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Rackham O, Davies SMK, Shearwood AMJ, Hamilton KL, Whelan J, Filipovska A. Pentatricopeptide repeat domain protein 1 lowers the levels of mitochondrial leucine tRNAs in cells. Nucleic Acids Res 2009; 37:5859-67. [PMID: 19651879 PMCID: PMC2761286 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Although the basic components and mechanisms of mitochondrial transcription in mammals have been described, the components involved in mRNA processing, translation and stability remain largely unknown. In plants, pentatricopeptide domain RNA-binding proteins regulate the stability, expression and translation of mitochondrial transcripts; therefore, we investigated the role of an uncharacterized mammalian pentatricopeptide domain protein, (PTCD1), in mitochondrial RNA metabolism. We show that PTCD1 is a mitochondrial matrix protein which associates with leucine tRNAs and precursor RNAs that contain leucine tRNAs. Knockdown of PTCD1 in 143B osteosarcoma cells did not change mitochondrial mRNA levels; however, it increased the abundance precursor RNAs and of leucine tRNAs and PTCD1 overexpression led to a reduction of these RNAs. Lowering PTCD1 in cells increased levels of several mitochondria-encoded proteins and Complex IV activity, suggesting that PTCD1 acts as a negative regulator of leucine tRNA levels and hence mitochondrial translation.
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- Oliver Rackham
- Western Australian Institute for Medical Research and Centre for Medical Research, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6000, Australia
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It is now clear that mitochondrial defects are associated with a plethora of clinical phenotypes in man and mouse. This is the result of the mitochondria's central role in energy production, reactive oxygen species (ROS) biology, and apoptosis, and because the mitochondrial genome consists of roughly 1500 genes distributed across the maternal mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and the Mendelian nuclear DNA (nDNA). While numerous pathogenic mutations in both mtDNA and nDNA mitochondrial genes have been identified in the past 21 years, the causal role of mitochondrial dysfunction in the common metabolic and degenerative diseases, cancer, and aging is still debated. However, the development of mice harboring mitochondrial gene mutations is permitting demonstration of the direct cause-and-effect relationship between mitochondrial dysfunction and disease. Mutations in nDNA-encoded mitochondrial genes involved in energy metabolism, antioxidant defenses, apoptosis via the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mtPTP), mitochondrial fusion, and mtDNA biogenesis have already demonstrated the phenotypic importance of mitochondrial defects. These studies are being expanded by the recent development of procedures for introducing mtDNA mutations into the mouse. These studies are providing direct proof that mtDNA mutations are sufficient by themselves to generate major clinical phenotypes. As more different mtDNA types and mtDNA gene mutations are introduced into various mouse nDNA backgrounds, the potential functional role of mtDNA variation in permitting humans and mammals to adapt to different environments and in determining their predisposition to a wide array of diseases should be definitively demonstrated.
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- Douglas C Wallace
- Organizational Research Unit for Molecular and Mitochondrial Medicine and Genetics, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, USA.
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Gauthier BR, Wiederkehr A, Baquié M, Dai C, Powers AC, Kerr-Conte J, Pattou F, MacDonald RJ, Ferrer J, Wollheim CB. PDX1 deficiency causes mitochondrial dysfunction and defective insulin secretion through TFAM suppression. Cell Metab 2009; 10:110-8. [PMID: 19656489 PMCID: PMC4012862 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2009.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2009] [Revised: 06/22/2009] [Accepted: 07/01/2009] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Mutations in the transcription factor Pdx1 cause maturity-onset diabetes of the young 4 (MODY4). Islet transduction with dominant-negative Pdx1 (RIPDN79PDX1) impairs mitochondrial metabolism and glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS). Transcript profiling revealed suppression of nuclear-encoded mitochondrial factor A (TFAM). Herein, we show that Pdx1 suppression in adult mice reduces islet TFAM expression coinciding with hyperglycemia. We define TFAM as a direct target of Pdx1 both in rat INS1 cells and human islets. Adenoviral overexpression of TFAM along with RIPDN79PDX1 in isolated rat islets rescued mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) copy number and restored respiratory chain activity as well as glucose-induced ATP synthesis and insulin secretion. CGP37157, which blocks the mitochondrial Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger, restored ATP generation and GSIS in RIPDN79PDX1 islets, thereby bypassing the transcriptional defect. Thus, the genetic control by the beta cell-specific factor Pdx1 of the ubiquitous gene TFAM maintains beta cell mtDNA vital for ATP production and normal GSIS.
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- Benoit R Gauthier
- Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Fukuoh A, Ohgaki K, Hatae H, Kuraoka I, Aoki Y, Uchiumi T, Jacobs HT, Kang D. DNA conformation-dependent activities of human mitochondrial RNA polymerase. Genes Cells 2009; 14:1029-42. [PMID: 19624753 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2009.01328.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Mitochondrial RNA polymerase (POLRMT) is a core protein for mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) transcription. In addition, POLRMT is assumed to be involved in replication, although its exact role is not yet clearly elucidated. We have found novel properties of human POLRMT using a reconstituted transcription system. Various lengths of RNA molecules were synthesized from templates even without a defined promoter sequence, when we used supercoiled circular double-stranded DNA as a template. This promoter-independent activity was as strong as the promoter-dependent one. Promoter-independent DNA conformation-dependent transcription required TFB2M. On supercoiled templates, the promoter-independent activity was strongly suppressed by a putatively physiological amount of TFAM, while promoter-dependent transcription was inhibited to a lesser extent. These different inhibition patterns by TFAM may be important for prevention of random RNA synthesis in vivo. Promoter-independent activity was also observed on relaxed circular single-stranded DNA, where its activity no longer required TFB2M. RNA synthesis on single-stranded DNA was weakly suppressed by a putatively physiological amount of TFAM but restored by the addition of mitochondrial single-stranded DNA binding protein. We suggest that these properties of POLRMT could explain the characteristic features of mammalian mtDNA transcription and replication.
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- Atsushi Fukuoh
- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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Role of protein phosphatases and mitochondria in the neuroprotective effects of estrogens. Front Neuroendocrinol 2009; 30:93-105. [PMID: 19410596 PMCID: PMC2835549 DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2009.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2009] [Revised: 04/20/2009] [Accepted: 04/21/2009] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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In the present treatise, we provide evidence that the neuroprotective and mito-protective effects of estrogens are inexorably linked and involve the ability of estrogens to maintain mitochondrial function during neurotoxic stress. This is achieved by the induction of nuclear and mitochondrial gene expression, the maintenance of protein phosphatases levels in a manner that likely involves modulation of the phosphorylation state of signaling kinases and mitochondrial pro- and anti-apoptotic proteins, and the potent redox/antioxidant activity of estrogens. These estrogen actions are mediated through a combination of estrogens receptor (ER)-mediated effects on nuclear and mitochondrial transcription of protein vital to mitochondrial function, ER-mediated, non-genomic signaling and non-ER-mediated effects of estrogens on signaling and oxidative stress. Collectively, these multifaceted, coordinated action of estrogens leads to their potency in protecting neurons from a wide variety of acute insults as well as chronic neurodegenerative processes.
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Stewart JB, Beckenbach AT. Characterization of mature mitochondrial transcripts in Drosophila, and the implications for the tRNA punctuation model in arthropods. Gene 2009; 445:49-57. [PMID: 19540318 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2009.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2009] [Revised: 06/09/2009] [Accepted: 06/15/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The mitochondrial genome of Drosophila melanogaster is thought to be transcribed in about five polycistronic primary transcripts, which are processed into 11 mRNA, 22 tRNA and two rRNA species required for the genome's function. The tRNA punctuation model has been proposed to predict the cleavage sites used in this process. In this model, tRNAs are removed from the primary transcripts and the fragments that remain become mRNA and rRNA transcripts. Thus the 5' and 3' ends of the major gene transcripts are defined by the endpoints of the intervening tRNA sequences. We used 5' and 3' RACE, and circularization and RT-PCR methods to determine the sequences of both ends of all major gene transcripts of the D. melanogaster mitochondrial genome. In general, the tRNA punctuation model accurately predicts the 3' ends of most mRNA and rRNA molecules, even where there are non-coding residues present. Non-coding residues at the 5' end are evidently removed during RNA processing. The mRNAs begin precisely at the start codon for each gene. In particular, the 5' end of the cox1 gene is the first in-frame sense codon, UCG, implying that this codon serves as the start. In-frame TAA stop codons immediately preceding both the cox1 and cox2 genes may serve to prevent in-frame translation of these genes prior to the completion of processing, and are removed from the mature transcripts. Where multiple tRNA genes are present, as between nad3 and nad5, they are removed sequentially in a 3' to 5' direction.
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- James B Stewart
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6.
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Expression of a family of noncoding mitochondrial RNAs distinguishes normal from cancer cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:9430-4. [PMID: 19470459 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0903086106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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We reported the presence in human cells of a noncoding mitochondrial RNA that contains an inverted repeat (IR) of 815 nucleotides (nt) covalently linked to the 5' end of the mitochondrial 16S RNA (16S mtrRNA). The transcript contains a stem-loop structure and is expressed in human proliferating cells but not in resting cells. Here, we demonstrate that, in addition to this transcript, normal human proliferating cells in culture express 2 antisense mitochondrial transcripts. These transcripts also contain stem-loop structures but strikingly they are down-regulated in tumor cell lines and tumor cells present in 17 different tumor types. The differential expression of these transcripts distinguishes normal from tumor cells and might contribute a unique vision on cancer biology and diagnostics.
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Davies SMK, Rackham O, Shearwood AMJ, Hamilton KL, Narsai R, Whelan J, Filipovska A. Pentatricopeptide repeat domain protein 3 associates with the mitochondrial small ribosomal subunit and regulates translation. FEBS Lett 2009; 583:1853-8. [PMID: 19427859 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.04.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2009] [Revised: 04/21/2009] [Accepted: 04/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The basic components and mechanisms of mitochondrial transcription in mammals have been described, however, the components involved in mRNA processing, translation and stability remain largely unknown. In plants, pentatricopeptide domain RNA-binding proteins regulate the stability, expression and translation of mitochondrial transcripts. Here, we investigated the role of an uncharacterized mammalian pentatricopeptide domain protein, pentatricopeptide repeat domain protein 3 (PTCD3), and showed that it is a mitochondrial protein that associates with the small subunit of mitochondrial ribosomes. PTCD3 knockdown and over expression did not affect mitochondrial mRNA levels, suggesting that PTCD3 is not involved in RNA processing and stability. However, lowering PTCD3 in 143B osteosarcoma cells decreased mitochondrial protein synthesis, mitochondrial respiration and the activity of Complexes III and IV, suggesting that PTCD3 has a role in mitochondrial translation.
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- Stefan M K Davies
- Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, Centre for Medical Research, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia
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Pathogenetic mechanisms in hereditary dysfunctions of complex I of the respiratory chain in neurological diseases. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2009; 1787:502-17. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2008.12.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2008] [Revised: 12/23/2008] [Accepted: 12/30/2008] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Reinecke F, Smeitink JAM, van der Westhuizen FH. OXPHOS gene expression and control in mitochondrial disorders. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2009; 1792:1113-21. [PMID: 19389473 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2009.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2008] [Revised: 04/08/2009] [Accepted: 04/14/2009] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The cellular consequences of deficiencies of the mitochondrial OXPHOS system include a variety of direct and secondary changes in metabolite homeostasis, such as ROS, Ca(2+), ADP/ATP, and NAD/NADH. The adaptive responses to these changes include the transcriptional responses of nuclear and mitochondrial genes that are mediated by these metabolites, control of the mitochondria permeability transition pore, and a great variety of secondary signalling elements. Among the transcriptional responses reported over more than a decade using material harboring mtDNA mutations, deletions, or depletions, nuclear and mitochondrial DNA OXPHOS genes have mostly been up-regulated. However, it is evident from the limited data in a variety of disease models that expression responses are highly diverse and inconsistent. In this article, the mechanisms and controlling elements of these transcriptional responses are reviewed. In addition, the elements that need to be evaluated, in order to gain an improved perspective of the manner in which OXPHOS genes respond and impact on mitochondrial disease expression, are highlighted.
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- Fimmie Reinecke
- Centre for Human Metabonomics, School for Physical and Chemical Sciences, North-West University, Hoffman street, Potchefstroom 2531, South Africa
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