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Shami GJ, Samarska IV, Koek GH, Li A, Palma E, Chokshi S, Wisse E, Braet F. Giant mitochondria in human liver disease. Liver Int 2023; 43:2365-2378. [PMID: 37615254 DOI: 10.1111/liv.15711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
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This thematic review aims to provide an overview of the current state of knowledge about the occurrence of giant mitochondria or megamitochondria in liver parenchymal cells. Their presence and accumulation are considered to be a major pathological hallmark of the health and fate of liver parenchymal cells that leads to overall tissue deterioration and eventually results in organ failure. The first description on giant mitochondria dates back to the 1960s, coinciding with the availability of the first generation of electron microscopes in clinical diagnostic laboratories. Detailed accounts on their ultrastructure have mostly been described in patients suffering from alcoholic liver disease, chronic hepatitis, hepatocellular carcinoma and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Interestingly, from this extensive literature survey, it became apparent that giant mitochondria or megamitochondria present themselves with or without highly organised crystal-like intramitochondrial inclusions. The origin, formation and potential role of giant mitochondria remain to-date largely unanswered. Likewise, the biochemical composition of the well-organised crystal-like inclusions and their possible impact on mitochondrial function is unclear. Herein, concepts about the possible mechanism of their formation and three-dimensional architecture will be approached. We will furthermore discuss their importance in diagnostics, including future research outlooks and potential therapeutic interventions to cure liver disease where giant mitochondria are implemented.
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Affiliation(s)
- Gerald J Shami
- School of Medical Sciences (Molecular and Cellular Biomedicine), The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Pathology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Healthy Futures, Torrens University Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Department of Pharmacy & Biomedical Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- The Roger Williams Institute of Hepatology, Foundation for Liver Research, London, UK
- King's College London, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, London, UK
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- King's College London, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, London, UK
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- Division of Nanoscopy, Multimodal Molecular Imaging Institute, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- School of Medical Sciences (Molecular and Cellular Biomedicine), The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Cell biological analysis reveals an essential role for Pfcerli2 in erythrocyte invasion by malaria parasites. Commun Biol 2022; 5:121. [PMID: 35140336 PMCID: PMC8828742 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03020-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Merozoite invasion of host red blood cells (RBCs) is essential for survival of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Proteins involved with RBC binding and invasion are secreted from dual-club shaped organelles at the apical tip of the merozoite called the rhoptries. Here we characterise P. falciparum Cytosolically Exposed Rhoptry Leaflet Interacting protein 2 (PfCERLI2), as a rhoptry bulb protein that is essential for merozoite invasion. Phylogenetic analyses show that cerli2 arose through an ancestral gene duplication of cerli1. We show that PfCERLI2 is essential for blood-stage growth and localises to the cytosolic face of the rhoptry bulb. Inducible knockdown of PfCERLI2 led to a proportion of merozoites failing to invade and was associated with elongation of the rhoptry organelle during merozoite development and inhibition of rhoptry antigen processing. These findings identify PfCERLI2 as a protein that has key roles in rhoptry biology during merozoite invasion. Benjamin Liffner and Miguel Balbin et al. report that the Plasmodium falciparum protein, PfCERLI2, localises to the cytosolic face of the parasite’s rhoptry bulb and is essential for invasion and growth within human red blood cells.
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Three-dimensional reconstruction of leukocyte internalisation in the luminal uterine epithelium following mating. Exp Cell Res 2020; 386:111727. [PMID: 31759054 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2019.111727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Revised: 11/13/2019] [Accepted: 11/14/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Following mating, leukocytes are recruited to the uterine epithelium where they phagocytose spermatozoa and mediate maternal immune tolerance as well as a mild inflammatory response. In this ultrastructural study we utilised array tomography, a high-resolution volume scanning electron microscopy approach to 3D reconstruct the cellular relationships formed by leukocytes recruited to the luminal uterine epithelium 12 h post-mating in the rat. We report that following mating, neutrophils and macrophages are internalised by the luminal uterine epithelium, with multiple leukocytes internalised via contortion through a small tunnel in the apical membrane into a large membrane-bound vacuole within the cytoplasm of luminal uterine epithelial cells (UECs). Once internalised within the UECs, recruited leukocytes appear to phagocytose material within the membrane-bound vacuole and most ultimately undergo a specialised cell death, including vacuolisation and loss of membrane integrity. As these observations involve ultrastructurally normal leukocytic cells internalised within non-phagocytic epithelial cells, these observations are consistent with the formation of cell-in-cell structures via entosis, rather than phagocytic engulfment by UECs. Although cell-in-cell structures have been reported in normal and pathological conditions elsewhere, the data collected herein represents the first evidence of the formation of cell-in-cell structures within the uterine epithelium as a novel component of the maternal inflammatory response to mating.
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Cohen Hyams T, Mam K, Killingsworth MC. Scanning electron microscopy as a new tool for diagnostic pathology and cell biology. Micron 2019; 130:102797. [PMID: 31862481 DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2019.102797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Revised: 12/03/2019] [Accepted: 12/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) use in the biomedical sciences has traditionally been used for characterisation of cell and tissue surface topography. This paper demonstrates the utility of high-resolution scanning electron microscopy (HRSEM) to diagnostic pathology and cell biology ultrastructural examinations. New SEM applications based on the production of transmission electron microscopy-like (TEM-like) images are now possible with the recent introduction of new technologies such as low kV scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) detectors, automated scan generators and high-resolution column configurations capable of sub-nanometre resolution. Typical specimen types traditionally imaged by TEM have been examined including renal, lung, prostate and brain tissues. The specimen preparation workflow was unchanged from that routinely used to prepare TEM tissue, apart from replacing copper grids for section mounting with a silicon substrate. These instruments feature a small footprint with little in the way of ancillary equipment, such as water chillers, and are more cost-effective than traditional TEM columns. Also, a new generation of benchtop SEMs have recently become available and have also been assessed for its utility in the tissue pathology and cell biology settings.
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- Tzipi Cohen Hyams
- Correlative Microscopy Facility, Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, Liverpool NSW, Australia; South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales Sydney (UNSW), Liverpool NSW, Australia; School of Medicine, Western Sydney University (WSU), Liverpool NSW, Australia.
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- Thermo Fisher Scientific, Phenom-World B.V., Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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- Correlative Microscopy Facility, Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, Liverpool NSW, Australia; Electron Microscopy Laboratory, Anatomical Pathology, New South Wales Health Pathology (NSWHP), Liverpool NSW, Australia; South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales Sydney (UNSW), Liverpool NSW, Australia; School of Medicine, Western Sydney University (WSU), Liverpool NSW, Australia
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