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Zarges C, Riemer J. Oxidative protein folding in the intermembrane space of human mitochondria. FEBS Open Bio 2024. [PMID: 38867508 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.13839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2024] [Revised: 05/03/2024] [Accepted: 05/23/2024] [Indexed: 06/14/2024] Open
Abstract
The mitochondrial intermembrane space hosts a machinery for oxidative protein folding, the mitochondrial disulfide relay. This machinery imports a large number of soluble proteins into the compartment, where they are retained through oxidative folding. Additionally, the disulfide relay enhances the stability of many proteins by forming disulfide bonds. In this review, we describe the mitochondrial disulfide relay in human cells, its components, and their coordinated collaboration in mechanistic detail. We also discuss the human pathologies associated with defects in this machinery and its protein substrates, providing a comprehensive overview of its biological importance and implications for health.
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- Institute for Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Germany
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Pines O, Horwitz M, Herrmann JM. Privileged proteins with a second residence: dual targeting and conditional re-routing of mitochondrial proteins. FEBS J 2024. [PMID: 38857249 DOI: 10.1111/febs.17191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2024] [Revised: 04/15/2024] [Accepted: 05/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/12/2024]
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Almost all mitochondrial proteins are encoded by nuclear genes and synthesized in the cytosol as precursor proteins. Signals in the amino acid sequence of these precursors ensure their targeting and translocation into mitochondria. However, in many cases, only a certain fraction of a specific protein is transported into mitochondria, while the rest either remains in the cytosol or undergoes reverse translocation to the cytosol, and can populate other cellular compartments. This phenomenon is called dual localization which can be instigated by different mechanisms. These include alternative start or stop codons, differential transcripts, and ambiguous or competing targeting sequences. In many cases, dual localization might serve as an economic strategy to reduce the number of required genes; for example, when the same groups of enzymes are required both in mitochondria and chloroplasts or both in mitochondria and the nucleus/cytoplasm. Such cases frequently employ ambiguous targeting sequences to distribute proteins between both organelles. However, alternative localizations can also be used for signaling, for example when non-imported precursors serve as mitophagy signals or when they represent transcription factors in the nucleus to induce the mitochondrial unfolded stress response. This review provides an overview regarding the mechanisms and the physiological consequences of dual targeting.
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- Ophry Pines
- Microbiology and Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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- Microbiology and Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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Casas-Martinez JC, Samali A, McDonagh B. Redox regulation of UPR signalling and mitochondrial ER contact sites. Cell Mol Life Sci 2024; 81:250. [PMID: 38847861 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-024-05286-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2024] [Revised: 04/11/2024] [Accepted: 05/18/2024] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
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Mitochondria and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) have a synergistic relationship and are key regulatory hubs in maintaining cell homeostasis. Communication between these organelles is mediated by mitochondria ER contact sites (MERCS), allowing the exchange of material and information, modulating calcium homeostasis, redox signalling, lipid transfer and the regulation of mitochondrial dynamics. MERCS are dynamic structures that allow cells to respond to changes in the intracellular environment under normal homeostatic conditions, while their assembly/disassembly are affected by pathophysiological conditions such as ageing and disease. Disruption of protein folding in the ER lumen can activate the Unfolded Protein Response (UPR), promoting the remodelling of ER membranes and MERCS formation. The UPR stress receptor kinases PERK and IRE1, are located at or close to MERCS. UPR signalling can be adaptive or maladaptive, depending on whether the disruption in protein folding or ER stress is transient or sustained. Adaptive UPR signalling via MERCS can increase mitochondrial calcium import, metabolism and dynamics, while maladaptive UPR signalling can result in excessive calcium import and activation of apoptotic pathways. Targeting UPR signalling and the assembly of MERCS is an attractive therapeutic approach for a range of age-related conditions such as neurodegeneration and sarcopenia. This review highlights the emerging evidence related to the role of redox mediated UPR activation in orchestrating inter-organelle communication between the ER and mitochondria, and ultimately the determination of cell function and fate.
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- Jose C Casas-Martinez
- Discipline of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
- Apoptosis Research Centre, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Apoptosis Research Centre, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Discipline of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.
- Apoptosis Research Centre, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.
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Borgert L, Becker T, den Brave F. Conserved quality control mechanisms of mitochondrial protein import. J Inherit Metab Dis 2024. [PMID: 38790152 DOI: 10.1002/jimd.12756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2024] [Revised: 04/15/2024] [Accepted: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024]
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Mitochondria carry out essential functions for the cell, including energy production, various biosynthesis pathways, formation of co-factors and cellular signalling in apoptosis and inflammation. The functionality of mitochondria requires the import of about 900-1300 proteins from the cytosol in baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and human cells, respectively. The vast majority of these proteins pass the outer membrane in a largely unfolded state through the translocase of the outer mitochondrial membrane (TOM) complex. Subsequently, specific protein translocases sort the precursor proteins into the outer and inner membranes, the intermembrane space and matrix. Premature folding of mitochondrial precursor proteins, defects in the mitochondrial protein translocases or a reduction of the membrane potential across the inner mitochondrial membrane can cause stalling of precursors at the protein import apparatus. Consequently, the translocon is clogged and non-imported precursor proteins accumulate in the cell, which in turn leads to proteotoxic stress and eventually cell death. To prevent such stress situations, quality control mechanisms remove non-imported precursor proteins from the TOM channel. The highly conserved ubiquitin-proteasome system of the cytosol plays a critical role in this process. Thus, the surveillance of protein import via the TOM complex involves the coordinated activity of mitochondria-localized and cytosolic proteins to prevent proteotoxic stress in the cell.
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- Lion Borgert
- Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Kinger S, Jagtap YA, Kumar P, Choudhary A, Prasad A, Prajapati VK, Kumar A, Mehta G, Mishra A. Proteostasis in neurodegenerative diseases. Adv Clin Chem 2024; 121:270-333. [PMID: 38797543 DOI: 10.1016/bs.acc.2024.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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Proteostasis is essential for normal function of proteins and vital for cellular health and survival. Proteostasis encompasses all stages in the "life" of a protein, that is, from translation to functional performance and, ultimately, to degradation. Proteins need native conformations for function and in the presence of multiple types of stress, their misfolding and aggregation can occur. A coordinated network of proteins is at the core of proteostasis in cells. Among these, chaperones are required for maintaining the integrity of protein conformations by preventing misfolding and aggregation and guide those with abnormal conformation to degradation. The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) and autophagy are major cellular pathways for degrading proteins. Although failure or decreased functioning of components of this network can lead to proteotoxicity and disease, like neuron degenerative diseases, underlying factors are not completely understood. Accumulating misfolded and aggregated proteins are considered major pathomechanisms of neurodegeneration. In this chapter, we have described the components of three major branches required for proteostasis-chaperones, UPS and autophagy, the mechanistic basis of their function, and their potential for protection against various neurodegenerative conditions, like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's disease. The modulation of various proteostasis network proteins, like chaperones, E3 ubiquitin ligases, proteasome, and autophagy-associated proteins as therapeutic targets by small molecules as well as new and unconventional approaches, shows promise.
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- Sumit Kinger
- Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology Unit, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
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- Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology Unit, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
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- Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology Unit, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
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- Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology Unit, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
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- School of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Delhi South Campus, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Simrol, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology Unit, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
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Bertgen L, Bökenkamp JE, Schneckmann T, Koch C, Räschle M, Storchová Z, Herrmann JM. Distinct types of intramitochondrial protein aggregates protect mitochondria against proteotoxic stress. Cell Rep 2024; 43:114018. [PMID: 38551959 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2023] [Revised: 02/27/2024] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Mitochondria consist of hundreds of proteins, most of which are inaccessible to the proteasomal quality control system of the cytosol. How cells stabilize the mitochondrial proteome during challenging conditions remains poorly understood. Here, we show that mitochondria form spatially defined protein aggregates as a stress-protecting mechanism. Two different types of intramitochondrial protein aggregates can be distinguished. The mitoribosomal protein Var1 (uS3m) undergoes a stress-induced transition from a soluble, chaperone-stabilized protein that is prevalent under benign conditions to an insoluble, aggregated form upon acute stress. The formation of Var1 bodies stabilizes mitochondrial proteostasis, presumably by sequestration of aggregation-prone proteins. The AAA chaperone Hsp78 is part of a second type of intramitochondrial aggregate that transiently sequesters proteins and promotes their folding or Pim1-mediated degradation. Thus, mitochondrial proteins actively control the formation of distinct types of intramitochondrial protein aggregates, which cooperate to stabilize the mitochondrial proteome during proteotoxic stress conditions.
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- Lea Bertgen
- Cell Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, RPTU, Erwin-Schrödinger-Strasse 13, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Molecular Genetics, University of Kaiserslautern, RPTU, Paul-Ehrlich-Strasse 24, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Cell Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, RPTU, Erwin-Schrödinger-Strasse 13, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Cell Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, RPTU, Erwin-Schrödinger-Strasse 13, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Molecular Genetics, University of Kaiserslautern, RPTU, Paul-Ehrlich-Strasse 24, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Molecular Genetics, University of Kaiserslautern, RPTU, Paul-Ehrlich-Strasse 24, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Cell Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, RPTU, Erwin-Schrödinger-Strasse 13, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany.
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Bao X, Jia H, Zhang X, Tian S, Zhao Y, Li X, Lin P, Ma C, Wang P, Song CP, Zhu X. Mapping of cytosol-facing organelle outer membrane proximity proteome by proximity-dependent biotinylation in living Arabidopsis cells. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2024; 118:7-23. [PMID: 38261530 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2023] [Revised: 11/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
Abstract
The cytosol-facing outer membrane (OM) of organelles communicates with other cellular compartments to exchange proteins, metabolites, and signaling molecules. Cellular surveillance systems also target OM-resident proteins to control organellar homeostasis and ensure cell survival under stress. However, the OM proximity proteomes have never been mapped in plant cells since using traditional approaches to discover OM proteins and identify their dynamically interacting partners remains challenging. In this study, we developed an OM proximity labeling (OMPL) system using biotin ligase-mediated proximity biotinylation to identify the proximity proteins of the OMs of mitochondria, chloroplasts, and peroxisomes in living Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) cells. Using this approach, we mapped the OM proximity proteome of these three organelles under normal conditions and examined the effects of the ultraviolet-B (UV-B) or high light (HL) stress on the abundances of OM proximity proteins. We demonstrate the power of this system with the discovery of cytosolic factors and OM receptor candidates potentially involved in local protein translation and translocation. The candidate proteins that are involved in mitochondrion-peroxisome, mitochondrion-chloroplast, or peroxisome-chloroplast contacts, and in the organellar quality control system are also proposed based on OMPL analysis. OMPL-generated OM proximity proteomes are valuable sources of candidates for functional validation and suggest directions for further investigation of important questions in cell biology.
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- Xinyue Bao
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- Institute of Advanced Biotechnology and School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- Institute of Advanced Biotechnology and School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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Lee-Glover LP, Shutt TE. Mitochondrial quality control pathways sense mitochondrial protein import. Trends Endocrinol Metab 2024; 35:308-320. [PMID: 38103974 DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2023.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 11/16/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
Abstract
Mitochondrial quality control (MQC) mechanisms are required to maintain a functional proteome, which enables mitochondria to perform a myriad of important cellular functions from oxidative phosphorylation to numerous other metabolic pathways. Mitochondrial protein homeostasis begins with the import of over 1000 nuclear-encoded mitochondrial proteins and the synthesis of 13 mitochondrial DNA-encoded proteins. A network of chaperones and proteases helps to fold new proteins and degrade unnecessary, damaged, or misfolded proteins, whereas more extensive damage can be removed by mitochondrial-derived vesicles (MDVs) or mitochondrial autophagy (mitophagy). Here, focusing on mechanisms in mammalian cells, we review the importance of mitochondrial protein import as a sentinel of mitochondrial function that activates multiple MQC mechanisms when impaired.
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- Laurie P Lee-Glover
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Medical Genetics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Eldeeb MA, Bayne AN, Fallahi A, Goiran T, MacDougall EJ, Soumbasis A, Zorca CE, Tabah JJ, Thomas RA, Karpilovsky N, Mathur M, Durcan TM, Trempe JF, Fon EA. Tom20 gates PINK1 activity and mediates its tethering of the TOM and TIM23 translocases upon mitochondrial stress. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2313540121. [PMID: 38416681 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2313540121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/01/2024] Open
Abstract
Mutations in PTEN-induced putative kinase 1 (PINK1) cause autosomal recessive early-onset Parkinson's disease (PD). PINK1 is a Ser/Thr kinase that regulates mitochondrial quality control by triggering mitophagy mediated by the ubiquitin (Ub) ligase Parkin. Upon mitochondrial damage, PINK1 accumulates on the outer mitochondrial membrane forming a high-molecular-weight complex with the translocase of the outer membrane (TOM). PINK1 then phosphorylates Ub, which enables recruitment and activation of Parkin followed by autophagic clearance of the damaged mitochondrion. Thus, Parkin-dependent mitophagy hinges on the stable accumulation of PINK1 on the TOM complex. Yet, the mechanism linking mitochondrial stressors to PINK1 accumulation and whether the translocases of the inner membrane (TIMs) are also involved remain unclear. Herein, we demonstrate that mitochondrial stress induces the formation of a PINK1-TOM-TIM23 supercomplex in human cultured cell lines, dopamine neurons, and midbrain organoids. Moreover, we show that PINK1 is required to stably tether the TOM to TIM23 complexes in response to stress such that the supercomplex fails to accumulate in cells lacking PINK1. This tethering is dependent on an interaction between the PINK1 N-terminal-C-terminal extension module and the cytosolic domain of the Tom20 subunit of the TOM complex, the disruption of which, by either designer or PD-associated PINK1 mutations, inhibits downstream mitophagy. Together, the findings provide key insight into how PINK1 interfaces with the mitochondrial import machinery, with important implications for the mechanisms of mitochondrial quality control and PD pathogenesis.
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- Mohamed A Eldeeb
- McGill Parkinson Program and Neurodegenerative Disorders Research Group, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
- Structural Genomics Consortium - Neuro, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
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- Structural Genomics Consortium - Neuro, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada
- Centre de Recherche en Biologie Structurale, Montréal, QC H3G 0B1, Canada
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- McGill Parkinson Program and Neurodegenerative Disorders Research Group, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
- Structural Genomics Consortium - Neuro, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
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- McGill Parkinson Program and Neurodegenerative Disorders Research Group, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
- Structural Genomics Consortium - Neuro, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
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- McGill Parkinson Program and Neurodegenerative Disorders Research Group, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
- Structural Genomics Consortium - Neuro, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
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- McGill Parkinson Program and Neurodegenerative Disorders Research Group, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
- Structural Genomics Consortium - Neuro, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
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- McGill Parkinson Program and Neurodegenerative Disorders Research Group, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
- Structural Genomics Consortium - Neuro, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
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- McGill Parkinson Program and Neurodegenerative Disorders Research Group, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
- Structural Genomics Consortium - Neuro, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
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- McGill Parkinson Program and Neurodegenerative Disorders Research Group, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
- Structural Genomics Consortium - Neuro, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
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- McGill Parkinson Program and Neurodegenerative Disorders Research Group, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
- Structural Genomics Consortium - Neuro, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
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- McGill Parkinson Program and Neurodegenerative Disorders Research Group, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
- Structural Genomics Consortium - Neuro, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
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- McGill Parkinson Program and Neurodegenerative Disorders Research Group, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
- Structural Genomics Consortium - Neuro, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
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- Structural Genomics Consortium - Neuro, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada
- Centre de Recherche en Biologie Structurale, Montréal, QC H3G 0B1, Canada
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- McGill Parkinson Program and Neurodegenerative Disorders Research Group, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
- Structural Genomics Consortium - Neuro, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
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Lewis BM, Cho CY, Her HL, Mizrahi O, Hunter T, Yeo GW. LARP4 is an RNA-binding protein that binds nuclear-encoded mitochondrial mRNAs to promote mitochondrial function. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2024; 30:223-239. [PMID: 38164626 PMCID: PMC10870378 DOI: 10.1261/rna.079799.123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 11/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
Abstract
Mitochondria-associated RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) have emerged as key contributors to mitochondrial biogenesis and homeostasis. With few examples known, we set out to identify RBPs that regulate nuclear-encoded mitochondrial mRNAs (NEMmRNAs). Our systematic analysis of RNA targets of 150 RBPs identified RBPs with a preference for binding NEMmRNAs, including LARP4, a La RBP family member. We show that LARP4's targets are particularly enriched in mRNAs that encode respiratory chain complex proteins (RCCPs) and mitochondrial ribosome proteins (MRPs) across multiple human cell lines. Through quantitative proteomics, we demonstrate that depletion of LARP4 leads to a significant reduction in RCCP and MRP protein levels. Furthermore, we show that LARP4 depletion reduces mitochondrial function, and that LARP4 re-expression rescues this phenotype. Our findings shed light on a novel function for LARP4 as an RBP that binds to and positively regulates NEMmRNAs to promote mitochondrial respiratory function.
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- Benjamin M Lewis
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
- Institute for Genomic Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
- Stem Cell Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
- Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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- Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
- Institute for Genomic Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
- Stem Cell Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
- Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Graduate Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
- Institute for Genomic Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
- Stem Cell Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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- Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
- Institute for Genomic Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
- Stem Cell Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Needs HI, Glover E, Pereira GC, Witt A, Hübner W, Dodding MP, Henley JM, Collinson I. Rescue of mitochondrial import failure by intercellular organellar transfer. Nat Commun 2024; 15:988. [PMID: 38307874 PMCID: PMC10837123 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45283-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/04/2024] Open
Abstract
Mitochondria are the powerhouses of eukaryotic cells, composed mostly of nuclear-encoded proteins imported from the cytosol. Thus, problems with the import machinery will disrupt their regenerative capacity and the cell's energy supplies - particularly troublesome for energy-demanding cells of nervous tissue and muscle. Unsurprisingly then, import breakdown is implicated in disease. Here, we explore the consequences of import failure in mammalian cells; wherein, blocking the import machinery impacts mitochondrial ultra-structure and dynamics, but, surprisingly, does not affect import. Our data are consistent with a response involving intercellular mitochondrial transport via tunnelling nanotubes to import healthy mitochondria and jettison those with blocked import sites. These observations support the existence of a widespread mechanism for the rescue of mitochondrial dysfunction.
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- Hope I Needs
- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
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- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
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- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
- Nanna Therapeutics, Merrifield Centre, Rosemary Lane, Cambridge, CB1 3LQ, UK
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- Fakultät für Physik, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Postfach 100131 D-33501, Germany
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- Fakultät für Physik, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Postfach 100131 D-33501, Germany
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- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
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- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK.
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- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK.
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den Brave F, Pfanner N, Becker T. Mitochondrial entry gate as regulatory hub. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2024; 1871:119529. [PMID: 37951505 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2023.119529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2023] [Revised: 06/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
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Mitochondria import 1000-1300 different precursor proteins from the cytosol. The main mitochondrial entry gate is formed by the translocase of the outer membrane (TOM complex). Molecular coupling and modification of TOM subunits control and modulate protein import in response to cellular signaling. The TOM complex functions as regulatory hub to integrate mitochondrial protein biogenesis and quality control into the cellular proteostasis network.
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- Fabian den Brave
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; CIBSS Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany.
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Yang EJN, Liao PC, Pon L. Mitochondrial protein and organelle quality control-Lessons from budding yeast. IUBMB Life 2024; 76:72-87. [PMID: 37731280 PMCID: PMC10842221 DOI: 10.1002/iub.2783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023]
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Mitochondria are essential for normal cellular function and have emerged as key aging determinants. Indeed, defects in mitochondrial function have been linked to cardiovascular, skeletal muscle and neurodegenerative diseases, premature aging, and age-linked diseases. Here, we describe mechanisms for mitochondrial protein and organelle quality control. These surveillance mechanisms mediate repair or degradation of damaged or mistargeted mitochondrial proteins, segregate mitochondria based on their functional state during asymmetric cell division, and modulate cellular fitness, the response to stress, and lifespan control in yeast and other eukaryotes.
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- Emily Jie-Ning Yang
- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine & Department of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 30013
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032
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Haakonsen DL, Heider M, Ingersoll AJ, Vodehnal K, Witus SR, Uenaka T, Wernig M, Rapé M. Stress response silencing by an E3 ligase mutated in neurodegeneration. Nature 2024; 626:874-880. [PMID: 38297121 PMCID: PMC10881396 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06985-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 02/02/2024]
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Stress response pathways detect and alleviate adverse conditions to safeguard cell and tissue homeostasis, yet their prolonged activation induces apoptosis and disrupts organismal health1-3. How stress responses are turned off at the right time and place remains poorly understood. Here we report a ubiquitin-dependent mechanism that silences the cellular response to mitochondrial protein import stress. Crucial to this process is the silencing factor of the integrated stress response (SIFI), a large E3 ligase complex mutated in ataxia and in early-onset dementia that degrades both unimported mitochondrial precursors and stress response components. By recognizing bifunctional substrate motifs that equally encode protein localization and stability, the SIFI complex turns off a general stress response after a specific stress event has been resolved. Pharmacological stress response silencing sustains cell survival even if stress resolution failed, which underscores the importance of signal termination and provides a roadmap for treating neurodegenerative diseases caused by mitochondrial import defects.
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- Diane L Haakonsen
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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Hayashi M, Kawarasaki T, Nakatsukasa K. Degradation of citrate synthase lacking the mitochondrial targeting sequence is inhibited in cells defective in Hsp70/Hsp40 chaperones under heat stress conditions. FEMS Yeast Res 2024; 24:foad054. [PMID: 38130235 PMCID: PMC10786195 DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/foad054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2023] [Revised: 12/02/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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Most nucleus-encoded mitochondrial precursor proteins are synthesized in the cytosol and imported into mitochondria in a post-translational manner. In recent years, the quality control mechanisms of nonimported mitochondrial proteins have been intensively studied. In a previous study, we established that in budding yeast a mutant form of citrate synthase 1 (N∆Cit1) that lacks the N-terminal mitochondrial targeting sequence, and therefore mislocalizes to the cytosol is targeted for proteasomal degradation by the SCFUcc1 ubiquitin ligase complex. Here, we show that Hsp70 and Hsp40 chaperones (Ssa1 and Ydj1 in yeast, respectively) are required for N∆Cit1 degradation under heat stress conditions. In the absence of Hsp70 function, a portion of N∆Cit1-GFP formed insoluble aggregates and cytosolic foci. However, the extent of ubiquitination of N∆Cit1 was unaffected, implying that Hsp70/Hsp40 chaperones are involved in the postubiquitination step of N∆Cit1 degradation. Intriguingly, degradation of cytosolic/peroxisomal gluconeogenic citrate synthase (Cit2), an endogenous substrate for SCFUcc1-mediated proteasomal degradation, was not highly dependent on Hsp70 even under heat stress conditions. These results suggest that mitochondrial citrate synthase is thermally vulnerable in the cytosol, where Hsp70/Hsp40 chaperones are required to facilitate its degradation.
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- Mayuko Hayashi
- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya City University, Yamanohata 1, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 467-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya City University, Yamanohata 1, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 467-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya City University, Yamanohata 1, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 467-8501, Japan
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Mukhtar M, Thakkur K, Chacinska A, Bragoszewski P. Mechanisms of stress management in mitochondrial protein import. Biochem Soc Trans 2023; 51:2117-2126. [PMID: 37987513 DOI: 10.1042/bst20230377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2023] [Revised: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
Abstract
Mitochondria are vital to the functions of eukaryotic cells. Most mitochondrial proteins are transported into the organelle following their synthesis by cytoplasmic ribosomes. However, precise protein targeting is complex because the two diverse lipid membranes encase mitochondria. Efficient protein translocation across membranes and accurate sorting to specific sub-compartments require the cooperation of multiple factors. Any failure in mitochondrial protein import can disrupt organelle fitness. Proteins intended for mitochondria make up a significant portion of all proteins produced in the cytosol. Therefore, import defects causing their mislocalization can significantly stress cellular protein homeostasis. Recognition of this phenomenon has increased interest in molecular mechanisms that respond to import-related stress and restore proteostasis, which is the focus of this review. Significantly, disruptions in protein homeostasis link strongly to the pathology of several degenerative disorders highly relevant in ageing societies. A comprehensive understanding of protein import quality control will allow harnessing this machinery in therapeutic approaches.
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- Maryam Mukhtar
- Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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Barba-Aliaga M, Bernal V, Rong C, Zid BM, Alepuz P. eIF5A controls mitoprotein import by relieving ribosome stalling at the TIM50 translocase mRNA. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.12.19.572290. [PMID: 38187585 PMCID: PMC10769225 DOI: 10.1101/2023.12.19.572290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2024]
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The efficient import of nuclear-encoded proteins into mitochondria is crucial for proper mitochondrial function. The conserved translation factor eIF5A is primarily known as an elongation factor which binds ribosomes to alleviate ribosome stalling at sequences encoding polyprolines or combinations of proline with glycine and charged amino acids. eIF5A is known to impact the mitochondrial function across a variety of species although the precise molecular mechanism underlying this impact remains unclear. We found that depletion of eIF5A in yeast drives reduced translation and levels of TCA cycle and oxidative phosphorylation proteins. We further found that loss of eIF5A leads to the accumulation of mitoprotein precursors in the cytosol as well as to the induction of a mitochondrial import stress response. Here we identify an essential polyproline-containing protein as a direct eIF5A target for translation: the mitochondrial inner membrane protein Tim50, which is the receptor subunit of the TIM23 translocase complex. We show how eIF5A directly controls mitochondrial protein import through the alleviation of ribosome stalling along TIM50 mRNA at the mitochondrial surface. Removal of the polyprolines from Tim50 rescues the mitochondrial import stress response, as well as the translation of oxidative phosphorylation reporter genes in an eIF5A loss of function. Overall, our findings elucidate how eIF5A impacts the mitochondrial function by reducing ribosome stalling and facilitating protein translation, thereby positively impacting the mitochondrial import process.
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- Marina Barba-Aliaga
- Instituto de Biotecnología y Biomedicina (Biotecmed), Universitat de València, 46100 València, Spain
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universitat de València, 46100 València, Spain
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- Instituto de Biotecnología y Biomedicina (Biotecmed), Universitat de València, 46100 València, Spain
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universitat de València, 46100 València, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, United States
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- Instituto de Biotecnología y Biomedicina (Biotecmed), Universitat de València, 46100 València, Spain
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universitat de València, 46100 València, Spain
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Labbadia J. Potential roles for mitochondria-to-HSF1 signaling in health and disease. Front Mol Biosci 2023; 10:1332658. [PMID: 38164224 PMCID: PMC10757924 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2023.1332658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024] Open
Abstract
The ability to respond rapidly and efficiently to protein misfolding is crucial for development, reproduction and long-term health. Cells respond to imbalances in cytosolic/nuclear protein homeostasis through the Heat Shock Response, a tightly regulated transcriptional program that enhances protein homeostasis capacity by increasing levels of protein quality control factors. The Heat Shock Response is driven by Heat Shock Factor 1, which is rapidly activated by the appearance of misfolded proteins and drives the expression of genes encoding molecular chaperones and protein degradation factors, thereby restoring proteome integrity. HSF1 is critical for organismal health, and this has largely been attributed to the preservation of cytosolic and nuclear protein homeostasis. However, evidence is now emerging that HSF1 is also a key mediator of mitochondrial function, raising the possibility that many of the health benefits conferred by HSF1 may be due to the maintenance of mitochondrial homeostasis. In this review, I will discuss our current understanding of the interplay between HSF1 and mitochondria and consider how mitochondria-to-HSF1 signaling may influence health and disease susceptibility.
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- Johnathan Labbadia
- Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, Division of Biosciences, Institute of Healthy Ageing, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Lu JJ, Wu PF, He JG, Li YK, Long LH, Yao XP, Yang JH, Chen HS, Zhang XN, Hu ZL, Chen Z, Wang F, Chen JG. BNIP3L/NIX-mediated mitophagy alleviates passive stress-coping behaviors induced by tumor necrosis factor-α. Mol Psychiatry 2023; 28:5062-5076. [PMID: 36914810 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-023-02008-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2022] [Revised: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 03/16/2023]
Abstract
Recent studies based on animal models of various neurological disorders have indicated that mitophagy, a selective autophagy that eliminates damaged and superfluous mitochondria through autophagic degradation, may be involved in various neurological diseases. As an important mechanism of cellular stress response, much less is known about the role of mitophagy in stress-related mood disorders. Here, we found that tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), an inflammation cytokine that plays a particular role in stress responses, impaired the mitophagy in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) via triggering degradation of an outer mitochondrial membrane protein, NIP3-like protein X (NIX). The deficits in the NIX-mediated mitophagy by TNF-α led to the accumulation of damaged mitochondria, which triggered synaptic defects and behavioral abnormalities. Genetic ablation of NIX in the excitatory neurons of mPFC caused passive coping behaviors to stress, and overexpression of NIX in the mPFC improved TNF-α-induced synaptic and behavioral abnormalities. Notably, ketamine, a rapid on-set and long-lasting antidepressant, reversed the TNF-α-induced behavioral abnormalities through activation of NIX-mediated mitophagy. Furthermore, the downregulation of NIX level was also observed in the blood of major depressive disorder patients and the mPFC tissue of animal models. Infliximab, a clinically used TNF-α antagonist, alleviated both chronic stress- and inflammation-induced behavioral abnormalities via restoring NIX level. Taken together, these results suggest that NIX-mediated mitophagy links inflammation signaling to passive coping behaviors to stress, which underlies the pathophysiology of stress-related emotional disorders.
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- Jia-Jing Lu
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
- The Key Laboratory for Drug Target Researches and Pharmacodynamic Evaluation of Hubei Province, Wuhan, 430030, China
- The Research Center for Depression, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
- The Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases (HUST), Ministry of Education of China, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
- The Key Laboratory for Drug Target Researches and Pharmacodynamic Evaluation of Hubei Province, Wuhan, 430030, China
- The Research Center for Depression, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
- The Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases (HUST), Ministry of Education of China, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
- The Key Laboratory for Drug Target Researches and Pharmacodynamic Evaluation of Hubei Province, Wuhan, 430030, China
- The Research Center for Depression, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
- The Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases (HUST), Ministry of Education of China, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
- The Key Laboratory for Drug Target Researches and Pharmacodynamic Evaluation of Hubei Province, Wuhan, 430030, China.
- The Research Center for Depression, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
- The Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases (HUST), Ministry of Education of China, Wuhan, 430030, China.
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
- The Key Laboratory for Drug Target Researches and Pharmacodynamic Evaluation of Hubei Province, Wuhan, 430030, China.
- The Research Center for Depression, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.
- The Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases (HUST), Ministry of Education of China, Wuhan, 430030, China.
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Perturbation of mitochondrial function can trigger a host of cellular responses that seek to restore cellular metabolism, cytosolic proteostasis, and redox homeostasis. In some cases, these responses persist even after the stress is relieved, leaving the cell or tissue in a less vulnerable state. This process-termed mitohormesis-is increasingly viewed as an important aspect of normal physiology and a critical modulator of various disease processes. Here, we review aspects of mitochondrial stress signaling that, among other things, can rewire the cell's metabolism, activate the integrated stress response, and alter cytosolic quality-control pathways. We also discuss how these pathways are implicated in various disease states from pathogen challenge to chemotherapeutic resistance and how their therapeutic manipulation can lead to new strategies for a host of chronic conditions including aging itself.
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- Yu-Wei Cheng
- Aging Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Aging Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Aging Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Reed AL, Mitchell W, Alexandrescu AT, Alder NN. Interactions of amyloidogenic proteins with mitochondrial protein import machinery in aging-related neurodegenerative diseases. Front Physiol 2023; 14:1263420. [PMID: 38028797 PMCID: PMC10652799 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1263420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Most mitochondrial proteins are targeted to the organelle by N-terminal mitochondrial targeting sequences (MTSs, or "presequences") that are recognized by the import machinery and subsequently cleaved to yield the mature protein. MTSs do not have conserved amino acid compositions, but share common physicochemical properties, including the ability to form amphipathic α-helical structures enriched with basic and hydrophobic residues on alternating faces. The lack of strict sequence conservation implies that some polypeptides can be mistargeted to mitochondria, especially under cellular stress. The pathogenic accumulation of proteins within mitochondria is implicated in many aging-related neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's diseases. Mechanistically, these diseases may originate in part from mitochondrial interactions with amyloid-β precursor protein (APP) or its cleavage product amyloid-β (Aβ), α-synuclein (α-syn), and mutant forms of huntingtin (mHtt), respectively, that are mediated in part through their associations with the mitochondrial protein import machinery. Emerging evidence suggests that these amyloidogenic proteins may present cryptic targeting signals that act as MTS mimetics and can be recognized by mitochondrial import receptors and transported into different mitochondrial compartments. Accumulation of these mistargeted proteins could overwhelm the import machinery and its associated quality control mechanisms, thereby contributing to neurological disease progression. Alternatively, the uptake of amyloidogenic proteins into mitochondria may be part of a protein quality control mechanism for clearance of cytotoxic proteins. Here we review the pathomechanisms of these diseases as they relate to mitochondrial protein import and effects on mitochondrial function, what features of APP/Aβ, α-syn and mHtt make them suitable substrates for the import machinery, and how this information can be leveraged for the development of therapeutic interventions.
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- Ashley L. Reed
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States
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Mishra G, Coyne LP, Chen XJ. Adenine nucleotide carrier protein dysfunction in human disease. IUBMB Life 2023; 75:911-925. [PMID: 37449547 PMCID: PMC10592433 DOI: 10.1002/iub.2767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/23/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
Abstract
Adenine nucleotide translocase (ANT) is the prototypical member of the mitochondrial carrier protein family, primarily involved in ADP/ATP exchange across the inner mitochondrial membrane. Several carrier proteins evolutionarily related to ANT, including SLC25A24 and SLC25A25, are believed to promote the exchange of cytosolic ATP-Mg2+ with phosphate in the mitochondrial matrix. They allow a net accumulation of adenine nucleotides inside mitochondria, which is essential for mitochondrial biogenesis and cell growth. In the last two decades, mutations in the heart/muscle isoform 1 of ANT (ANT1) and the ATP-Mg2+ transporters have been found to cause a wide spectrum of human diseases by a recessive or dominant mechanism. Although loss-of-function recessive mutations cause a defect in oxidative phosphorylation and an increase in oxidative stress which drives the pathology, it is unclear how the dominant missense mutations in these proteins cause human diseases. In this review, we focus on how yeast was productively used as a model system for the understanding of these dominant diseases. We also describe the relationship between the structure and function of ANT and how this may relate to various pathologies. Particularly, mutations in Aac2, the yeast homolog of ANT, were recently found to clog the mitochondrial protein import pathway. This leads to mitochondrial precursor overaccumulation stress (mPOS), characterized by the toxic accumulation of unimported mitochondrial proteins in the cytosol. We anticipate that in coming years, yeast will continue to serve as a useful model system for the mechanistic understanding of mitochondrial protein import clogging and related pathologies in humans.
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- Gargi Mishra
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Norton College of Medicine, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Norton College of Medicine, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Norton College of Medicine, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, USA
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den Brave F, Schulte U, Fakler B, Pfanner N, Becker T. Mitochondrial complexome and import network. Trends Cell Biol 2023:S0962-8924(23)00208-8. [PMID: 37914576 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2023.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Revised: 10/02/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
Abstract
Mitochondria perform crucial functions in cellular metabolism, protein and lipid biogenesis, quality control, and signaling. The systematic analysis of protein complexes and interaction networks provided exciting insights into the structural and functional organization of mitochondria. Most mitochondrial proteins do not act as independent units, but are interconnected by stable or dynamic protein-protein interactions. Protein translocases are responsible for importing precursor proteins into mitochondria and form central elements of several protein interaction networks. These networks include molecular chaperones and quality control factors, metabolite channels and respiratory chain complexes, and membrane and organellar contact sites. Protein translocases link the distinct networks into an overarching network, the mitochondrial import network (MitimNet), to coordinate biogenesis, membrane organization and function of mitochondria.
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- Fabian den Brave
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; CIBSS Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; CIBSS Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- CIBSS Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany.
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Bar-Ziv R, Dutta N, Hruby A, Sukarto E, Averbukh M, Alcala A, Henderson HR, Durieux J, Tronnes SU, Ahmad Q, Bolas T, Perez J, Dishart JG, Vega M, Garcia G, Higuchi-Sanabria R, Dillin A. Glial-derived mitochondrial signals affect neuronal proteostasis and aging. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadi1411. [PMID: 37831769 PMCID: PMC10575585 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adi1411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023]
Abstract
The nervous system plays a critical role in maintaining whole-organism homeostasis; neurons experiencing mitochondrial stress can coordinate the induction of protective cellular pathways, such as the mitochondrial unfolded protein response (UPRMT), between tissues. However, these studies largely ignored nonneuronal cells of the nervous system. Here, we found that UPRMT activation in four astrocyte-like glial cells in the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans, can promote protein homeostasis by alleviating protein aggregation in neurons. Unexpectedly, we find that glial cells use small clear vesicles (SCVs) to signal to neurons, which then relay the signal to the periphery using dense-core vesicles (DCVs). This work underlines the importance of glia in establishing and regulating protein homeostasis within the nervous system, which can then affect neuron-mediated effects in organismal homeostasis and longevity.
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- Raz Bar-Ziv
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Rödl S, Herrmann JM. The role of the proteasome in mitochondrial protein quality control. IUBMB Life 2023; 75:868-879. [PMID: 37178401 DOI: 10.1002/iub.2734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 04/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The abundance of each cellular protein is dynamically adjusted to the prevailing metabolic and stress conditions by modulation of their synthesis and degradation rates. The proteasome represents the major machinery for the degradation of proteins in eukaryotic cells. How the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) controls protein levels and removes superfluous and damaged proteins from the cytosol and the nucleus is well characterized. However, recent studies showed that the proteasome also plays a crucial role in mitochondrial protein quality control. This mitochondria-associated degradation (MAD) thereby acts on two layers: first, the proteasome removes mature, functionally compromised or mis-localized proteins from the mitochondrial surface; and second, the proteasome cleanses the mitochondrial import pore of import intermediates of nascent proteins that are stalled during translocation. In this review, we provide an overview about the components and their specific functions that facilitate proteasomal degradation of mitochondrial proteins in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Thereby we explain how the proteasome, in conjunction with a set of intramitochondrial proteases, maintains mitochondrial protein homeostasis and dynamically adapts the levels of mitochondrial proteins to specific conditions.
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- Saskia Rödl
- Cell Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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Tahmaz I, Shahmoradi Ghahe S, Stasiak M, Liput KP, Jonak K, Topf U. Prefoldin 2 contributes to mitochondrial morphology and function. BMC Biol 2023; 21:193. [PMID: 37697385 PMCID: PMC10496292 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-023-01695-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/13/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Prefoldin is an evolutionarily conserved co-chaperone of the tailless complex polypeptide 1 ring complex (TRiC)/chaperonin containing tailless complex 1 (CCT). The prefoldin complex consists of six subunits that are known to transfer newly produced cytoskeletal proteins to TRiC/CCT for folding polypeptides. Prefoldin function was recently linked to the maintenance of protein homeostasis, suggesting a more general function of the co-chaperone during cellular stress conditions. Prefoldin acts in an adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-independent manner, making it a suitable candidate to operate during stress conditions, such as mitochondrial dysfunction. Mitochondrial function depends on the production of mitochondrial proteins in the cytosol. Mechanisms that sustain cytosolic protein homeostasis are vital for the quality control of proteins destined for the organelle and such mechanisms among others include chaperones. RESULTS We analyzed consequences of the loss of prefoldin subunits on the cell proliferation and survival of Saccharomyces cerevisiae upon exposure to various cellular stress conditions. We found that prefoldin subunits support cell growth under heat stress. Moreover, prefoldin facilitates the growth of cells under respiratory growth conditions. We showed that mitochondrial morphology and abundance of some respiratory chain complexes was supported by the prefoldin 2 (Pfd2/Gim4) subunit. We also found that Pfd2 interacts with Tom70, a receptor of mitochondrial precursor proteins that are targeted into mitochondria. CONCLUSIONS Our findings link the cytosolic prefoldin complex to mitochondrial function. Loss of the prefoldin complex subunit Pfd2 results in adaptive cellular responses on the proteome level under physiological conditions suggesting a continuous need of Pfd2 for maintenance of cellular homeostasis. Within this framework, Pfd2 might support mitochondrial function directly as part of the cytosolic quality control system of mitochondrial proteins or indirectly as a component of the protein homeostasis network.
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- Ismail Tahmaz
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawińskiego 5a, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawińskiego 5a, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawińskiego 5a, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawińskiego 5a, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawińskiego 5a, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawińskiego 5a, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland.
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Hunt M, Torres M, Bachar-Wikström E, Wikström JD. Multifaceted roles of mitochondria in wound healing and chronic wound pathogenesis. Front Cell Dev Biol 2023; 11:1252318. [PMID: 37771375 PMCID: PMC10523588 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1252318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/28/2023] [Indexed: 09/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Mitochondria are intracellular organelles that play a critical role in numerous cellular processes including the regulation of metabolism, cellular stress response, and cell fate. Mitochondria themselves are subject to well-orchestrated regulation in order to maintain organelle and cellular homeostasis. Wound healing is a multifactorial process that involves the stringent regulation of several cell types and cellular processes. In the event of dysregulated wound healing, hard-to-heal chronic wounds form and can place a significant burden on healthcare systems. Importantly, treatment options remain limited owing to the multifactorial nature of chronic wound pathogenesis. One area that has received more attention in recent years is the role of mitochondria in wound healing. With regards to this, current literature has demonstrated an important role for mitochondria in several areas of wound healing and chronic wound pathogenesis including metabolism, apoptosis, and redox signalling. Additionally, the influence of mitochondrial dynamics and mitophagy has also been investigated. However, few studies have utilised patient tissue when studying mitochondria in wound healing, instead using various animal models. In this review we dissect the current knowledge of the role of mitochondria in wound healing and discuss how future research can potentially aid in the progression of wound healing research.
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- Matthew Hunt
- Dermatology and Venerology Division, Department of Medicine (Solna), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Dermatology and Venerology Division, Department of Medicine (Solna), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Dermato-Venereology Clinic, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Dermatology and Venerology Division, Department of Medicine (Solna), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Dermatology and Venerology Division, Department of Medicine (Solna), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Dermato-Venereology Clinic, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Knöringer K, Groh C, Krämer L, Stein KC, Hansen KG, Zimmermann J, Morgan B, Herrmann JM, Frydman J, Boos F. The unfolded protein response of the endoplasmic reticulum supports mitochondrial biogenesis by buffering nonimported proteins. Mol Biol Cell 2023; 34:ar95. [PMID: 37379206 PMCID: PMC10551703 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e23-05-0205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Revised: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Almost all mitochondrial proteins are synthesized in the cytosol and subsequently targeted to mitochondria. The accumulation of nonimported precursor proteins occurring upon mitochondrial dysfunction can challenge cellular protein homeostasis. Here we show that blocking protein translocation into mitochondria results in the accumulation of mitochondrial membrane proteins at the endoplasmic reticulum, thereby triggering the unfolded protein response (UPRER). Moreover, we find that mitochondrial membrane proteins are also routed to the ER under physiological conditions. The level of ER-resident mitochondrial precursors is enhanced by import defects as well as metabolic stimuli that increase the expression of mitochondrial proteins. Under such conditions, the UPRER is crucial to maintain protein homeostasis and cellular fitness. We propose the ER serves as a physiological buffer zone for those mitochondrial precursors that cannot be immediately imported into mitochondria while engaging the UPRER to adjust the ER proteostasis capacity to the extent of precursor accumulation.
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- Cell Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Cell Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Center for Human and Molecular Biology (ZHMB), Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Center for Human and Molecular Biology (ZHMB), Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Cell Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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Bar-Ziv R, Dutta N, Hruby A, Sukarto E, Averbukh M, Alcala A, Henderson HR, Durieux J, Tronnes SU, Ahmad Q, Bolas T, Perez J, Dishart JG, Vega M, Garcia G, Higuchi-Sanabria R, Dillin A. Glial-derived mitochondrial signals impact neuronal proteostasis and aging. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.07.20.549924. [PMID: 37609253 PMCID: PMC10441375 DOI: 10.1101/2023.07.20.549924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/24/2023]
Abstract
The nervous system plays a critical role in maintaining whole-organism homeostasis; neurons experiencing mitochondrial stress can coordinate the induction of protective cellular pathways, such as the mitochondrial unfolded protein response (UPRMT), between tissues. However, these studies largely ignored non-neuronal cells of the nervous system. Here, we found that UPRMT activation in four, astrocyte-like glial cells in the nematode, C. elegans, can promote protein homeostasis by alleviating protein aggregation in neurons. Surprisingly, we find that glial cells utilize small clear vesicles (SCVs) to signal to neurons, which then relay the signal to the periphery using dense-core vesicles (DCVs). This work underlines the importance of glia in establishing and regulating protein homeostasis within the nervous system, which can then impact neuron-mediated effects in organismal homeostasis and longevity.
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- Raz Bar-Ziv
- Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley CA 94720, USA
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- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley CA 94720, USA
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- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley CA 94720, USA
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- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley CA 94720, USA
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Kim M, Serwa RA, Samluk L, Suppanz I, Kodroń A, Stępkowski TM, Elancheliyan P, Tsegaye B, Oeljeklaus S, Wasilewski M, Warscheid B, Chacinska A. Immunoproteasome-specific subunit PSMB9 induction is required to regulate cellular proteostasis upon mitochondrial dysfunction. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4092. [PMID: 37433777 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39642-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/13/2023] Open
Abstract
Perturbed cellular protein homeostasis (proteostasis) and mitochondrial dysfunction play an important role in neurodegenerative diseases, however, the interplay between these two phenomena remains unclear. Mitochondrial dysfunction leads to a delay in mitochondrial protein import, causing accumulation of non-imported mitochondrial proteins in the cytosol and challenging proteostasis. Cells respond by increasing proteasome activity and molecular chaperones in yeast and C. elegans. Here, we demonstrate that in human cells mitochondrial dysfunction leads to the upregulation of a chaperone HSPB1 and, interestingly, an immunoproteasome-specific subunit PSMB9. Moreover, PSMB9 expression is dependent on the translation elongation factor EEF1A2. These mechanisms constitute a defense response to preserve cellular proteostasis under mitochondrial stress. Our findings define a mode of proteasomal activation through the change in proteasome composition driven by EEF1A2 and its spatial regulation, and are useful to formulate therapies to prevent neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Minji Kim
- IMol Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- IMol Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
- ReMedy International Research Agenda Unit, IMol Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- CIBSS Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany
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- IMol Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
- ReMedy International Research Agenda Unit, IMol Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- IMol Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
- ReMedy International Research Agenda Unit, IMol Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Theodor Boveri-Institute, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- CIBSS Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Department of Biochemistry, Theodor Boveri-Institute, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- IMol Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
- ReMedy International Research Agenda Unit, IMol Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
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Peker E, Weiss K, Song J, Zarges C, Gerlich S, Boehm V, Trifunovic A, Langer T, Gehring NH, Becker T, Riemer J. A two-step mitochondrial import pathway couples the disulfide relay with matrix complex I biogenesis. J Cell Biol 2023; 222:e202210019. [PMID: 37159021 PMCID: PMC10174193 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202210019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2022] [Revised: 03/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Mitochondria critically rely on protein import and its tight regulation. Here, we found that the complex I assembly factor NDUFAF8 follows a two-step import pathway linking IMS and matrix import systems. A weak targeting sequence drives TIM23-dependent NDUFAF8 matrix import, and en route, allows exposure to the IMS disulfide relay, which oxidizes NDUFAF8. Import is closely surveyed by proteases: YME1L prevents accumulation of excess NDUFAF8 in the IMS, while CLPP degrades reduced NDUFAF8 in the matrix. Therefore, NDUFAF8 can only fulfil its function in complex I biogenesis if both oxidation in the IMS and subsequent matrix import work efficiently. We propose that the two-step import pathway for NDUFAF8 allows integration of the activity of matrix complex I biogenesis pathways with the activity of the mitochondrial disulfide relay system in the IMS. Such coordination might not be limited to NDUFAF8 as we identified further proteins that can follow such a two-step import pathway.
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- Esra Peker
- Institute for Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Mitochondrial Diseases and Aging, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Department of Mitochondrial Proteostasis, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Vazquez‐Calvo C, Kohler V, Höög JL, Büttner S, Ott M. Newly imported proteins in mitochondria are particularly sensitive to aggregation. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2023; 238:e13985. [PMID: 37171464 PMCID: PMC10909475 DOI: 10.1111/apha.13985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 04/20/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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AIM A functional proteome is essential for life and maintained by protein quality control (PQC) systems in the cytosol and organelles. Protein aggregation is an indicator of a decline of PQC linked to aging and disease. Mitochondrial PQC is critical to maintain mitochondrial function and thus cellular fitness. How mitochondria handle aggregated proteins is not well understood. Here we tested how the metabolic status impacts on formation and clearance of aggregates within yeast mitochondria and assessed which proteins are particularly sensitive to denaturation. METHODS Confocal microscopy, electron microscopy, immunoblotting and genetics were applied to assess mitochondrial aggregate handling in response to heat shock and ethanol using the mitochondrial disaggregase Hsp78 as a marker for protein aggregates. RESULTS We show that aggregates formed upon heat or ethanol stress with different dynamics depending on the metabolic state. While fermenting cells displayed numerous small aggregates that coalesced into one large foci that was resistant to clearance, respiring cells showed less aggregates and cleared these aggregates more efficiently. Acute inhibition of mitochondrial translation had no effect, while preventing protein import into mitochondria by inhibition of cytosolic translation prevented aggregate formation. CONCLUSION Collectively, our data show that the metabolic state of the cells impacts the dynamics of aggregate formation and clearance, and that mainly newly imported and not yet assembled proteins are prone to form aggregates. Because mitochondrial functionality is crucial for cellular metabolism, these results highlight the importance of efficient protein biogenesis to maintain the mitochondrial proteome operational during metabolic adaptations and cellular stress.
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- Carmela Vazquez‐Calvo
- Department of Biochemistry and BiophysicsStockholm UniversityStockholmSweden
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner‐Gren InstituteStockholm UniversityStockholmSweden
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner‐Gren InstituteStockholm UniversityStockholmSweden
- Institute of Molecular BiosciencesUniversity of GrazGrazAustria
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular BiologyUniversity of GothenburgGothenburgSweden
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner‐Gren InstituteStockholm UniversityStockholmSweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and BiophysicsStockholm UniversityStockholmSweden
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell BiologyUniversity of GothenburgGothenburgSweden
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Lavie J, Lalou C, Mahfouf W, Dupuy JW, Lacaule A, Cywinska AA, Lacombe D, Duchêne AM, Raymond AA, Rezvani HR, Ngondo RP, Bénard G. The E3 ubiquitin ligase FBXL6 controls the quality of newly synthesized mitochondrial ribosomal proteins. Cell Rep 2023; 42:112579. [PMID: 37267103 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/04/2023] Open
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In mammals, about 99% of mitochondrial proteins are synthesized in the cytosol as precursors that are subsequently imported into the organelle. The mitochondrial health and functions rely on an accurate quality control of these imported proteins. Here, we show that the E3 ubiquitin ligase F box/leucine-rich-repeat protein 6 (FBXL6) regulates the quality of cytosolically translated mitochondrial proteins. Indeed, we found that FBXL6 substrates are newly synthesized mitochondrial ribosomal proteins. This E3 binds to chaperones involved in the folding and trafficking of newly synthesized peptide and to ribosomal-associated quality control proteins. Deletion of these interacting partners is sufficient to hamper interactions between FBXL6 and its substrate. Furthermore, we show that cells lacking FBXL6 fail to degrade specifically mistranslated mitochondrial ribosomal proteins. Finally, showing the role of FBXL6-dependent mechanism, FBXL6-knockout (KO) cells display mitochondrial ribosomal protein aggregations, altered mitochondrial metabolism, and inhibited cell cycle in oxidative conditions.
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- Julie Lavie
- Laboratoire Maladies Rares: Génétique et Métabolisme, INSERM U1211, 33076 Bordeaux, France; Université de Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Laboratoire Maladies Rares: Génétique et Métabolisme, INSERM U1211, 33076 Bordeaux, France; Université de Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France; Université de Bordeaux, INSERM, UMR1312, Bordeaux Institute of Oncology, Bordeaux, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France; Université de Bordeaux, Plateforme Protéome, 33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Laboratoire Maladies Rares: Génétique et Métabolisme, INSERM U1211, 33076 Bordeaux, France; Université de Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Laboratoire Maladies Rares: Génétique et Métabolisme, INSERM U1211, 33076 Bordeaux, France; Université de Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Laboratoire Maladies Rares: Génétique et Métabolisme, INSERM U1211, 33076 Bordeaux, France; Université de Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France; CHU Bordeaux, Service de Génétique Médicale, 33076 Bordeaux, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR2357, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France; Université de Bordeaux, INSERM, UMR1312, Bordeaux Institute of Oncology, Bordeaux, France; Plateforme Oncoprot, TBM-Core US 005, 33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France; Université de Bordeaux, INSERM, UMR1312, Bordeaux Institute of Oncology, Bordeaux, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR2357, 67000 Strasbourg, France; Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, UPR9002, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire Maladies Rares: Génétique et Métabolisme, INSERM U1211, 33076 Bordeaux, France; Université de Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France.
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Chen S, Allen G, Panasenko OO, Collart MA. Not4-dependent targeting of MMF1 mRNA to mitochondria limits its expression via ribosome pausing, Egd1 ubiquitination, Caf130, no-go-decay and autophagy. Nucleic Acids Res 2023; 51:5022-5039. [PMID: 37094076 PMCID: PMC10250226 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 04/26/2023] Open
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The Ccr4-Not complex is a conserved multi protein complex with diverse roles in the mRNA life cycle. Recently we determined that the Not1 and Not4 subunits of Ccr4-Not inversely regulate mRNA solubility and thereby impact dynamics of co-translation events. One mRNA whose solubility is limited by Not4 is MMF1 encoding a mitochondrial matrix protein. In this work we uncover a mechanism that limits MMF1 overexpression and depends upon its co-translational targeting to the mitochondria. We have named this mechanism Mito-ENCay. This mechanism relies on Not4 promoting ribosome pausing during MMF1 translation, and hence the co-translational docking of the MMF1 mRNA to mitochondria via the mitochondrial targeting sequence of the Mmf1 nascent chain, the Egd1 chaperone, the Om14 mitochondrial outer membrane protein and the co-translational import machinery. Besides co-translational Mitochondrial targeting, Mito-ENCay depends upon Egd1 ubiquitination by Not4, the Caf130 subunit of the Ccr4-Not complex, the mitochondrial outer membrane protein Cis1, autophagy and no-go-decay.
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- Siyu Chen
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Institute of Genetics and Genomics of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Institute of Genetics and Genomics of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Institute of Genetics and Genomics of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Institute of Genetics and Genomics of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Sutandy FXR, Gößner I, Tascher G, Münch C. A cytosolic surveillance mechanism activates the mitochondrial UPR. Nature 2023:10.1038/s41586-023-06142-0. [PMID: 37286597 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06142-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2022] [Accepted: 04/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The mitochondrial unfolded protein response (UPRmt) is essential to safeguard mitochondria from proteotoxic damage by activating a dedicated transcriptional response in the nucleus to restore proteostasis1,2. Yet, it remains unclear how the information on mitochondria misfolding stress (MMS) is signalled to the nucleus as part of the human UPRmt (refs. 3,4). Here, we show that UPRmt signalling is driven by the release of two individual signals in the cytosol-mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (mtROS) and accumulation of mitochondrial protein precursors in the cytosol (c-mtProt). Combining proteomics and genetic approaches, we identified that MMS causes the release of mtROS into the cytosol. In parallel, MMS leads to mitochondrial protein import defects causing c-mtProt accumulation. Both signals integrate to activate the UPRmt; released mtROS oxidize the cytosolic HSP40 protein DNAJA1, which leads to enhanced recruitment of cytosolic HSP70 to c-mtProt. Consequently, HSP70 releases HSF1, which translocates to the nucleus and activates transcription of UPRmt genes. Together, we identify a highly controlled cytosolic surveillance mechanism that integrates independent mitochondrial stress signals to initiate the UPRmt. These observations reveal a link between mitochondrial and cytosolic proteostasis and provide molecular insight into UPRmt signalling in human cells.
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- F X Reymond Sutandy
- Institute of Biochemistry II, Faculty of Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry II, Faculty of Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry II, Faculty of Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry II, Faculty of Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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Groh C, Haberkant P, Stein F, Filbeck S, Pfeffer S, Savitski MM, Boos F, Herrmann JM. Mitochondrial dysfunction rapidly modulates the abundance and thermal stability of cellular proteins. Life Sci Alliance 2023; 6:e202201805. [PMID: 36941057 PMCID: PMC10027898 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202201805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2022] [Revised: 03/03/2023] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 03/23/2023] Open
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Cellular functionality relies on a well-balanced, but highly dynamic proteome. Dysfunction of mitochondrial protein import leads to the cytosolic accumulation of mitochondrial precursor proteins which compromise cellular proteostasis and trigger a mitoprotein-induced stress response. To dissect the effects of mitochondrial dysfunction on the cellular proteome as a whole, we developed pre-post thermal proteome profiling. This multiplexed time-resolved proteome-wide thermal stability profiling approach with isobaric peptide tags in combination with a pulsed SILAC labelling elucidated dynamic proteostasis changes in several dimensions: In addition to adaptations in protein abundance, we observed rapid modulations of the thermal stability of individual cellular proteins. Different functional groups of proteins showed characteristic response patterns and reacted with group-specific kinetics, allowing the identification of functional modules that are relevant for mitoprotein-induced stress. Thus, our new pre-post thermal proteome profiling approach uncovered a complex response network that orchestrates proteome homeostasis in eukaryotic cells by time-controlled adaptations of the abundance and the conformation of proteins.
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- Carina Groh
- Cell Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Proteomics Core Facility, EMBL Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Proteomics Core Facility, EMBL Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cell Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany;
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Coyne LP, Wang X, Song J, de Jong E, Schneider K, Massa PT, Middleton FA, Becker T, Chen XJ. Mitochondrial protein import clogging as a mechanism of disease. eLife 2023; 12:e84330. [PMID: 37129366 PMCID: PMC10208645 DOI: 10.7554/elife.84330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023] Open
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Mitochondrial biogenesis requires the import of >1,000 mitochondrial preproteins from the cytosol. Most studies on mitochondrial protein import are focused on the core import machinery. Whether and how the biophysical properties of substrate preproteins affect overall import efficiency is underexplored. Here, we show that protein traffic into mitochondria can be disrupted by amino acid substitutions in a single substrate preprotein. Pathogenic missense mutations in ADP/ATP translocase 1 (ANT1), and its yeast homolog ADP/ATP carrier 2 (Aac2), cause the protein to accumulate along the protein import pathway, thereby obstructing general protein translocation into mitochondria. This impairs mitochondrial respiration, cytosolic proteostasis, and cell viability independent of ANT1's nucleotide transport activity. The mutations act synergistically, as double mutant Aac2/ANT1 causes severe clogging primarily at the translocase of the outer membrane (TOM) complex. This confers extreme toxicity in yeast. In mice, expression of a super-clogger ANT1 variant led to neurodegeneration and an age-dependent dominant myopathy that phenocopy ANT1-induced human disease, suggesting clogging as a mechanism of disease. More broadly, this work implies the existence of uncharacterized amino acid requirements for mitochondrial carrier proteins to avoid clogging and subsequent disease.
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- Liam P Coyne
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical UniversitySyracuseUnited States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical UniversitySyracuseUnited States
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of FreiburgFreiburgGermany
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of BonnBonnGermany
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- Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Core Facility, State University of New York Upstate Medical UniversitySyracuseUnited States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, State University of New York Upstate Medical UniversitySyracuseUnited States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, State University of New York Upstate Medical UniversitySyracuseUnited States
- Department of Neurology, State University of New York Upstate Medical UniversitySyracuseUnited States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical UniversitySyracuseUnited States
- Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, State University of New York Upstate Medical UniversitySyracuseUnited States
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of BonnBonnGermany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical UniversitySyracuseUnited States
- Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, State University of New York Upstate Medical UniversitySyracuseUnited States
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van de Poll F, Sutter BM, Acoba MG, Caballero D, Jahangiri S, Yang YS, Lee CD, Tu BP. Pbp1 associates with Puf3 and promotes translation of its target mRNAs involved in mitochondrial biogenesis. PLoS Genet 2023; 19:e1010774. [PMID: 37216416 PMCID: PMC10237644 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Revised: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 05/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
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Pbp1 (poly(A)-binding protein-binding protein 1) is a cytoplasmic stress granule marker that is capable of forming condensates that function in the negative regulation of TORC1 signaling under respiratory conditions. Polyglutamine expansions in its mammalian ortholog ataxin-2 lead to spinocerebellar dysfunction due to toxic protein aggregation. Here, we show that loss of Pbp1 in S. cerevisiae leads to decreased amounts of mRNAs and mitochondrial proteins which are targets of Puf3, a member of the PUF (Pumilio and FBF) family of RNA-binding proteins. We found that Pbp1 supports the translation of Puf3-target mRNAs in respiratory conditions, such as those involved in the assembly of cytochrome c oxidase and subunits of mitochondrial ribosomes. We further show that Pbp1 and Puf3 interact through their respective low complexity domains, which is required for Puf3-target mRNA translation. Our findings reveal a key role for Pbp1-containing assemblies in enabling the translation of mRNAs critical for mitochondrial biogenesis and respiration. They may further explain prior associations of Pbp1/ataxin-2 with RNA, stress granule biology, mitochondrial function, and neuronal health.
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- Floortje van de Poll
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
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Khalimonchuk O, Becker DF. Molecular Determinants of Mitochondrial Shape and Function and Their Role in Glaucoma. Antioxid Redox Signal 2023; 38:896-919. [PMID: 36301938 PMCID: PMC10171965 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2022.0124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Revised: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/22/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Significance: Cells depend on well-functioning mitochondria for essential processes such as energy production, redox signaling, coordination of metabolic pathways, and cofactor biosynthesis. Mitochondrial dysfunction, metabolic decline, and protein stress have been implicated in the etiology of multiple late-onset diseases, including various ataxias, diabetes, sarcopenia, neuromuscular disorders, and neurodegenerative diseases such as parkinsonism, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and glaucoma. Recent Advances: New evidence supports that increased energy metabolism protects neuron function during aging. Key energy metabolic enzymes, however, are susceptible to oxidative damage making it imperative that the mitochondrial proteome is protected. More than 40 different enzymes have been identified as important factors for guarding mitochondrial health and maintaining a dynamic pool of mitochondria. Critical Issues: Understanding shared mechanisms of age-related disorders of neurodegenerative diseases such as glaucoma, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease is important for developing new therapies. Functional mitochondrial shape and dynamics rely on complex interactions between mitochondrial proteases and membrane proteins. Identifying the sequence of molecular events that lead to mitochondrial dysfunction and metabolic stress is a major challenge. Future Directions: A critical need exists for new strategies that reduce mitochondrial protein stress and promote mitochondrial dynamics in age-related neurological disorders. Discovering how mitochondria-associated degradation is related to proteostatic mechanisms in mitochondrial compartments may reveal new opportunities for therapeutic interventions. Also, little is known about how protein and membrane contacts in the inner and outer mitochondrial membrane are regulated, even though they are pivotal for mitochondrial architecture. Future work will need to delineate the molecular details of these processes.
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- Oleh Khalimonchuk
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Nebraska Redox Biology Center, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
- Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Nebraska Redox Biology Center, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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Nishio K, Kawarasaki T, Sugiura Y, Matsumoto S, Konoshima A, Takano Y, Hayashi M, Okumura F, Kamura T, Mizushima T, Nakatsukasa K. Defective import of mitochondrial metabolic enzyme elicits ectopic metabolic stress. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadf1956. [PMID: 37058555 PMCID: PMC10104474 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adf1956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2022] [Accepted: 03/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Deficiencies in mitochondrial protein import are associated with a number of diseases. However, although nonimported mitochondrial proteins are at great risk of aggregation, it remains largely unclear how their accumulation causes cell dysfunction. Here, we show that nonimported citrate synthase is targeted for proteasomal degradation by the ubiquitin ligase SCFUcc1. Unexpectedly, our structural and genetic analyses revealed that nonimported citrate synthase appears to form an enzymatically active conformation in the cytosol. Its excess accumulation caused ectopic citrate synthesis, which, in turn, led to an imbalance in carbon flux of sugar, a reduction of the pool of amino acids and nucleotides, and a growth defect. Under these conditions, translation repression is induced and acts as a protective mechanism that mitigates the growth defect. We propose that the consequence of mitochondrial import failure is not limited to proteotoxic insults, but that the accumulation of a nonimported metabolic enzyme elicits ectopic metabolic stress.
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- Kazuya Nishio
- Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Hyogo, 2167 Shosha, Himeji 671-2280, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya City University, Yamanohata 1, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 467-8501, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
- Multiomics Platform, Center for Cancer Immunotherapy and Immunobiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Motooka 744, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya City University, Yamanohata 1, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 467-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya City University, Yamanohata 1, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 467-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya City University, Yamanohata 1, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 467-8501, Japan
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- Department of Food and Health Sciences, International College of Arts and Sciences, Fukuoka Women’s University, Fukuoka 813-8582, Japan
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- Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Hyogo, 2167 Shosha, Himeji 671-2280, Japan
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, 3-1 Tanabe-dori, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8603, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya City University, Yamanohata 1, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 467-8501, Japan
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Balzarini M, Yuan Z, Weidberg H. MitoStores: a place for precursors to ride out the storm. EMBO J 2023; 42:e113576. [PMID: 36876922 PMCID: PMC10068307 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2023113576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 03/07/2023] Open
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The fate of unimported mitochondrial precursors has been increasingly studied in recent years, mostly focusing on protein degradation. In this issue of the EMBO journal, Krämer et al discovered MitoStores, a new protective mechanism that temporarily stores mitochondrial proteins in cytosolic deposits.
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- Megan Balzarini
- Department of Cellular and Physiological SciencesLife Sciences Institute, University of British ColumbiaVancouverBCCanada
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- Department of Cellular and Physiological SciencesLife Sciences Institute, University of British ColumbiaVancouverBCCanada
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- Department of Cellular and Physiological SciencesLife Sciences Institute, University of British ColumbiaVancouverBCCanada
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Busch JD, Fielden LF, Pfanner N, Wiedemann N. Mitochondrial protein transport: Versatility of translocases and mechanisms. Mol Cell 2023; 83:890-910. [PMID: 36931257 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2023.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Revised: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 03/17/2023]
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Biogenesis of mitochondria requires the import of approximately 1,000 different precursor proteins into and across the mitochondrial membranes. Mitochondria exhibit a wide variety of mechanisms and machineries for the translocation and sorting of precursor proteins. Five major import pathways that transport proteins to their functional intramitochondrial destination have been elucidated; these pathways range from the classical amino-terminal presequence-directed pathway to pathways using internal or even carboxy-terminal targeting signals in the precursors. Recent studies have provided important insights into the structural organization of membrane-embedded preprotein translocases of mitochondria. A comparison of the different translocases reveals the existence of at least three fundamentally different mechanisms: two-pore-translocase, β-barrel switching, and transport cavities open to the lipid bilayer. In addition, translocases are physically engaged in dynamic interactions with respiratory chain complexes, metabolite transporters, quality control factors, and machineries controlling membrane morphology. Thus, mitochondrial preprotein translocases are integrated into multi-functional networks of mitochondrial and cellular machineries.
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- Jakob D Busch
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; CIBSS Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; CIBSS Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.
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Lionaki E, Gkikas I, Tavernarakis N. Mitochondrial protein import machinery conveys stress signals to the cytosol and beyond. Bioessays 2023; 45:e2200160. [PMID: 36709422 DOI: 10.1002/bies.202200160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Revised: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 01/02/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Mitochondria hold diverse and pivotal roles in fundamental processes that govern cell survival, differentiation, and death, in addition to organismal growth, maintenance, and aging. The mitochondrial protein import system is a major contributor to mitochondrial biogenesis and lies at the crossroads between mitochondrial and cellular homeostasis. Recent findings highlight the mitochondrial protein import system as a signaling hub, receiving inputs from other cellular compartments and adjusting its function accordingly. Impairment of protein import, in a physiological, or disease context, elicits adaptive responses inside and outside mitochondria. In this review, we discuss recent developments, relevant to the mechanisms of mitochondrial protein import regulation, with a particular focus on quality control, proteostatic and metabolic cellular responses, triggered upon impairment of mitochondrial protein import.
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- Eirini Lionaki
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- Department of Biology, School of Sciences and Engineering, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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Lisci M, Griffiths GM. Arming a killer: mitochondrial regulation of CD8 + T cell cytotoxicity. Trends Cell Biol 2023; 33:138-147. [PMID: 35753961 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2022.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Revised: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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While once regarded as ATP factories, mitochondria have taken the spotlight as important regulators of cellular homeostasis. The past two decades have witnessed an intensifying interest in the study of mitochondria in cells of the immune system, with many new and unexpected roles for mitochondria emerging. Immune cells offer intriguing insights as mitochondria appear to play different roles at different stages of T cell development, matching the changing functions of the cells. Here we briefly review the multifaceted roles of mitochondria during T cell differentiation, focusing on CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) and we consider how mitochondrial dysfunction can contribute to CTL exhaustion. In addition, we highlight a newly appreciated role for mitochondria as homeostatic regulators of CTL-mediated killing and explore the emerging literature describing mechanisms linking cytosolic and mitochondrial protein synthesis.
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- Miriam Lisci
- Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0XY, UK
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- Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0XY, UK.
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The Journey of Mitochondrial Protein Import and the Roadmap to Follow. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24032479. [PMID: 36768800 PMCID: PMC9916854 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24032479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Revised: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Mitochondria are double membrane-bound organelles that play critical functions in cells including metabolism, energy production, regulation of intrinsic apoptosis, and maintenance of calcium homeostasis. Mitochondria are fascinatingly equipped with their own genome and machinery for transcribing and translating 13 essential proteins of the oxidative phosphorylation system (OXPHOS). The rest of the proteins (99%) that function in mitochondria in the various pathways described above are nuclear-transcribed and synthesized as precursors in the cytosol. These proteins are imported into the mitochondria by the unique mitochondrial protein import system that consists of seven machineries. Proper functioning of the mitochondrial protein import system is crucial for optimal mitochondrial deliverables, as well as mitochondrial and cellular homeostasis. Impaired mitochondrial protein import leads to proteotoxic stress in both mitochondria and cytosol, inducing mitochondrial unfolded protein response (UPRmt). Altered UPRmt is associated with the development of various disease conditions including neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases, as well as cancer. This review sheds light on the molecular mechanisms underlying the import of nuclear-encoded mitochondrial proteins, the consequences of defective mitochondrial protein import, and the pathological conditions that arise due to altered UPRmt.
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Krämer L, Dalheimer N, Räschle M, Storchová Z, Pielage J, Boos F, Herrmann JM. MitoStores: chaperone-controlled protein granules store mitochondrial precursors in the cytosol. EMBO J 2023; 42:e112309. [PMID: 36704946 PMCID: PMC10068336 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2022112309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2022] [Revised: 01/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Hundreds of nucleus-encoded mitochondrial precursor proteins are synthesized in the cytosol and imported into mitochondria in a post-translational manner. However, the early processes associated with mitochondrial protein targeting remain poorly understood. Here, we show that in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the cytosol has the capacity to transiently store mitochondrial matrix-destined precursors in dedicated deposits that we termed MitoStores. Competitive inhibition of mitochondrial protein import via clogging of import sites greatly enhances the formation of MitoStores, but they also form during physiological cell growth on nonfermentable carbon sources. MitoStores are enriched for a specific subset of nucleus-encoded mitochondrial proteins, in particular those containing N-terminal mitochondrial targeting sequences. Our results suggest that MitoStore formation suppresses the toxic potential of aberrantly accumulating mitochondrial precursor proteins and is controlled by the heat shock proteins Hsp42 and Hsp104. Thus, the cytosolic protein quality control system plays an active role during the early stages of mitochondrial protein targeting through the coordinated and localized sequestration of mitochondrial precursor proteins.
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- Lena Krämer
- Cell Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Cell Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Molecular Genetics, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Molecular Genetics, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Zoology and Neurobiology, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Cell Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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Kumar A, Waingankar TP, D'Silva P. Functional crosstalk between the TIM22 complex and YME1 machinery maintains mitochondrial proteostasis and integrity. J Cell Sci 2023; 136:286750. [PMID: 36601773 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.260060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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TIM22 pathway cargos are essential for sustaining mitochondrial homeostasis as an excess of these proteins leads to proteostatic stress and cell death. Yme1 is an inner membrane metalloprotease that regulates protein quality control with chaperone-like and proteolytic activities. Although the mitochondrial translocase and protease machinery are critical for organelle health, their functional association remains unexplored. The present study unravels a novel genetic connection between the TIM22 complex and YME1 machinery in Saccharomyces cerevisiae that is required for maintaining mitochondrial health. Our genetic analyses indicate that impairment in the TIM22 complex rescues the respiratory growth defects of cells without Yme1. Furthermore, Yme1 is essential for the stability of the TIM22 complex and regulates the proteostasis of TIM22 pathway substrates. Moreover, impairment in the TIM22 complex suppressed the mitochondrial structural and functional defects of Yme1-devoid cells. In summary, excessive levels of TIM22 pathway substrates could be one of the reasons for respiratory growth defects of cells lacking Yme1, and compromising the TIM22 complex can compensate for the imbalance in mitochondrial proteostasis caused by the loss of Yme1.
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- Abhishek Kumar
- Department of Biochemistry, New Biological Sciences Building, Indian Institute of Science, C V Raman Avenue, Bangalore 560012, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, New Biological Sciences Building, Indian Institute of Science, C V Raman Avenue, Bangalore 560012, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, New Biological Sciences Building, Indian Institute of Science, C V Raman Avenue, Bangalore 560012, India
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Gao LL, Hong ZH, Wang Y, Wu GZ. Chloroplast proteostasis: A story of birth, life, and death. PLANT COMMUNICATIONS 2023; 4:100424. [PMID: 35964157 PMCID: PMC9860172 DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2022.100424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Revised: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Protein homeostasis (proteostasis) is a dynamic balance of protein synthesis and degradation. Because of the endosymbiotic origin of chloroplasts and the massive transfer of their genetic information to the nucleus of the host cell, many protein complexes in the chloroplasts are constituted from subunits encoded by both genomes. Hence, the proper function of chloroplasts relies on the coordinated expression of chloroplast- and nucleus-encoded genes. The biogenesis and maintenance of chloroplast proteostasis are dependent on synthesis of chloroplast-encoded proteins, import of nucleus-encoded chloroplast proteins from the cytosol, and clearance of damaged or otherwise undesired "old" proteins. This review focuses on the regulation of chloroplast proteostasis, its interaction with proteostasis of the cytosol, and its retrograde control over nuclear gene expression. We also discuss significant issues and perspectives for future studies and potential applications for improving the photosynthetic performance and stress tolerance of crops.
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- Lin-Lin Gao
- Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center of Agri-Seeds, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China; Joint Center for Single Cell Biology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center of Agri-Seeds, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China; Joint Center for Single Cell Biology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center of Agri-Seeds, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China; Joint Center for Single Cell Biology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center of Agri-Seeds, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China; Joint Center for Single Cell Biology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China.
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Schulte U, den Brave F, Haupt A, Gupta A, Song J, Müller CS, Engelke J, Mishra S, Mårtensson C, Ellenrieder L, Priesnitz C, Straub SP, Doan KN, Kulawiak B, Bildl W, Rampelt H, Wiedemann N, Pfanner N, Fakler B, Becker T. Mitochondrial complexome reveals quality-control pathways of protein import. Nature 2023; 614:153-159. [PMID: 36697829 PMCID: PMC9892010 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05641-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 12/09/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Mitochondria have crucial roles in cellular energetics, metabolism, signalling and quality control1-4. They contain around 1,000 different proteins that often assemble into complexes and supercomplexes such as respiratory complexes and preprotein translocases1,3-7. The composition of the mitochondrial proteome has been characterized1,3,5,6; however, the organization of mitochondrial proteins into stable and dynamic assemblies is poorly understood for major parts of the proteome1,4,7. Here we report quantitative mapping of mitochondrial protein assemblies using high-resolution complexome profiling of more than 90% of the yeast mitochondrial proteome, termed MitCOM. An analysis of the MitCOM dataset resolves >5,200 protein peaks with an average of six peaks per protein and demonstrates a notable complexity of mitochondrial protein assemblies with distinct appearance for respiration, metabolism, biogenesis, dynamics, regulation and redox processes. We detect interactors of the mitochondrial receptor for cytosolic ribosomes, of prohibitin scaffolds and of respiratory complexes. The identification of quality-control factors operating at the mitochondrial protein entry gate reveals pathways for preprotein ubiquitylation, deubiquitylation and degradation. Interactions between the peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase Pth2 and the entry gate led to the elucidation of a constitutive pathway for the removal of preproteins. The MitCOM dataset-which is accessible through an interactive profile viewer-is a comprehensive resource for the identification, organization and interaction of mitochondrial machineries and pathways.
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- Uwe Schulte
- grid.5963.9Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany ,grid.5963.9CIBSS Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- grid.10388.320000 0001 2240 3300Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- grid.5963.9Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- grid.10388.320000 0001 2240 3300Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany ,grid.5963.9Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- grid.10388.320000 0001 2240 3300Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany ,grid.5963.9Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- grid.5963.9Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- grid.10388.320000 0001 2240 3300Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- grid.10388.320000 0001 2240 3300Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- grid.5963.9Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany ,Present Address: MTIP, Basel, Switzerland
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- grid.5963.9Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany ,grid.419481.10000 0001 1515 9979Present Address: Novartis, Basel, Switzerland
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- grid.5963.9Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- grid.5963.9Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany ,grid.5963.9Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany ,grid.482402.8Present Address: Sanofi-Aventis (Suisse), Vernier, Switzerland
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- grid.5963.9Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- grid.5963.9Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany ,grid.413454.30000 0001 1958 0162Laboratory of Intracellular Ion Channels, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- grid.5963.9Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- grid.5963.9CIBSS Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany ,grid.5963.9Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- grid.5963.9CIBSS Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany ,grid.5963.9Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany ,grid.5963.9BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- CIBSS Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. .,Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. .,BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. .,CIBSS Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. .,Center for Basics in NeuroModulation, Freiburg, Germany.
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- grid.10388.320000 0001 2240 3300Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Li H, Ren J, Li Y, Wu Q, Wei J. Oxidative stress: The nexus of obesity and cognitive dysfunction in diabetes. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023; 14:1134025. [PMID: 37077347 PMCID: PMC10107409 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1134025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2022] [Accepted: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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Obesity has been associated with oxidative stress. Obese patients are at increased risk for diabetic cognitive dysfunction, indicating a pathological link between obesity, oxidative stress, and diabetic cognitive dysfunction. Obesity can induce the biological process of oxidative stress by disrupting the adipose microenvironment (adipocytes, macrophages), mediating low-grade chronic inflammation, and mitochondrial dysfunction (mitochondrial division, fusion). Furthermore, oxidative stress can be implicated in insulin resistance, inflammation in neural tissues, and lipid metabolism disorders, affecting cognitive dysfunction in diabetics.
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- Huimin Li
- Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
- Graduate School of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Junping Wei,
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