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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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Zannini F, Herrmann JM, Couturier J, Rouhier N. Oxidation of Arabidopsis thaliana COX19 Using the Combined Action of ERV1 and Glutathione. Antioxidants (Basel) 2023; 12:1949. [PMID: 38001802 PMCID: PMC10669224 DOI: 10.3390/antiox12111949] [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: 10/06/2023] [Revised: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Protein import and oxidative folding within the intermembrane space (IMS) of mitochondria relies on the MIA40-ERV1 couple. The MIA40 oxidoreductase usually performs substrate recognition and oxidation and is then regenerated by the FAD-dependent oxidase ERV1. In most eukaryotes, both proteins are essential; however, MIA40 is dispensable in Arabidopsis thaliana. Previous complementation experiments have studied yeast mia40 mutants expressing a redox inactive, but import-competent versions of yeast Mia40 using A. thaliana ERV1 (AtERV1) suggest that AtERV1 catalyzes the oxidation of MIA40 substrates. We assessed the ability of both yeast and Arabidopsis MIA40 and ERV1 recombinant proteins to oxidize the apo-cytochrome reductase CCMH and the cytochrome c oxidase assembly protein COX19, a typical MIA40 substrate, in the presence or absence of glutathione, using in vitro cysteine alkylation and cytochrome c reduction assays. The presence of glutathione used at a physiological concentration and redox potential was sufficient to support the oxidation of COX19 by AtERV1, providing a likely explanation for why MIA40 is not essential for the import and oxidative folding of IMS-located proteins in Arabidopsis. The results point to fundamental biochemical differences between Arabidopsis and yeast ERV1 in catalyzing protein oxidation.
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- Flavien Zannini
- Université de Lorraine, INRAE, IAM, F-54000 Nancy, France; (F.Z.); (J.C.)
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- Cell Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, RPTU, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany;
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- Université de Lorraine, INRAE, IAM, F-54000 Nancy, France; (F.Z.); (J.C.)
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- Université de Lorraine, INRAE, IAM, F-54000 Nancy, France; (F.Z.); (J.C.)
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Jacobs LJHC, Riemer J. Maintenance of small molecule redox homeostasis in mitochondria. FEBS Lett 2023; 597:205-223. [PMID: 36030088 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14485] [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: 06/24/2022] [Revised: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
Abstract
Compartmentalisation of eukaryotic cells enables fundamental otherwise often incompatible cellular processes. Establishment and maintenance of distinct compartments in the cell relies not only on proteins, lipids and metabolites but also on small redox molecules. In particular, small redox molecules such as glutathione, NAD(P)H and hydrogen peroxide (H2 O2 ) cooperate with protein partners in dedicated machineries to establish specific subcellular redox compartments with conditions that enable oxidative protein folding and redox signalling. Dysregulated redox homeostasis has been directly linked with a number of diseases including cancer, neurological disorders, cardiovascular diseases, obesity, metabolic diseases and ageing. In this review, we will summarise mechanisms regulating establishment and maintenance of redox homeostasis in the mitochondrial subcompartments of mammalian cells.
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- Lianne J H C Jacobs
- Institute for Biochemistry and Center of Excellence for Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Center of Excellence for Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Germany
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Calabrese G, Jacobs LJHC, Riemer J. Real-Time Monitoring of Hydrogen Peroxide Levels in Yeast and Mammalian Cells. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2675:149-165. [PMID: 37258762 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3247-5_12] [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: 06/02/2023]
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Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is an important signaling molecule involved in regulating antioxidative transcriptional responses, cellular differentiation, and hypoxia response. H2O2 generation and signaling are highly localized processes. Understanding the dynamics of this molecule inside intact cells with subcompartmental resolution is instrumental to unravel its role in cellular signaling. Different genetically encoded fluorescent sensors have been developed over the last few years that enable such non-disruptive monitoring with high spatiotemporal resolution. In this chapter, we describe the use of these genetically encoded sensors to directly monitor H2O2 dynamics in yeast and cultured mammalian cells.
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- Gaetano Calabrese
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department for Chemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department for Chemistry, Institute of 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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Ayer A, Fazakerley DJ, James DE, Stocker R. The role of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species in insulin resistance. Free Radic Biol Med 2022; 179:339-362. [PMID: 34775001 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2021.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2021] [Revised: 10/31/2021] [Accepted: 11/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Insulin resistance is one of the earliest pathological features of a suite of diseases including type 2 diabetes collectively referred to as metabolic syndrome. There is a growing body of evidence from both pre-clinical studies and human cohorts indicating that reactive oxygen species, such as the superoxide radical anion and hydrogen peroxide are key players in the development of insulin resistance. Here we review the evidence linking mitochondrial reactive oxygen species generated within mitochondria with insulin resistance in adipose tissue and skeletal muscle, two major insulin sensitive tissues. We outline the relevant mitochondria-derived reactive species, how the mitochondrial redox state is regulated, and methodologies available to measure mitochondrial reactive oxygen species. Importantly, we highlight key experimental issues to be considered when studying the role of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species in insulin resistance. Evaluating the available literature on both mitochondrial reactive oxygen species/redox state and insulin resistance in a variety of biological systems, we conclude that the weight of evidence suggests a likely role for mitochondrial reactive oxygen species in the etiology of insulin resistance in adipose tissue and skeletal muscle. However, major limitations in the methods used to study reactive oxygen species in insulin resistance as well as the lack of data linking mitochondrial reactive oxygen species and cytosolic insulin signaling pathways are significant obstacles in proving the mechanistic link between these two processes. We provide a framework to guide future studies to provide stronger mechanistic information on the link between mitochondrial reactive oxygen species and insulin resistance as understanding the source, localization, nature, and quantity of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species, their targets and downstream signaling pathways may pave the way for important new therapeutic strategies.
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- Anita Ayer
- Heart Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Metabolic Research Laboratory, Wellcome-Medical Research Council Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Charles Perkins Centre, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Heart Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
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Geldon S, Fernández-Vizarra E, Tokatlidis K. Redox-Mediated Regulation of Mitochondrial Biogenesis, Dynamics, and Respiratory Chain Assembly in Yeast and Human Cells. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:720656. [PMID: 34557489 PMCID: PMC8452992 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.720656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 08/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Mitochondria are double-membrane organelles that contain their own genome, the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), and reminiscent of its endosymbiotic origin. Mitochondria are responsible for cellular respiration via the function of the electron oxidative phosphorylation system (OXPHOS), located in the mitochondrial inner membrane and composed of the four electron transport chain (ETC) enzymes (complexes I-IV), and the ATP synthase (complex V). Even though the mtDNA encodes essential OXPHOS components, the large majority of the structural subunits and additional biogenetical factors (more than seventy proteins) are encoded in the nucleus and translated in the cytoplasm. To incorporate these proteins and the rest of the mitochondrial proteome, mitochondria have evolved varied, and sophisticated import machineries that specifically target proteins to the different compartments defined by the two membranes. The intermembrane space (IMS) contains a high number of cysteine-rich proteins, which are mostly imported via the MIA40 oxidative folding system, dependent on the reduction, and oxidation of key Cys residues. Several of these proteins are structural components or assembly factors necessary for the correct maturation and function of the ETC complexes. Interestingly, many of these proteins are involved in the metalation of the active redox centers of complex IV, the terminal oxidase of the mitochondrial ETC. Due to their function in oxygen reduction, mitochondria are the main generators of reactive oxygen species (ROS), on both sides of the inner membrane, i.e., in the matrix and the IMS. ROS generation is important due to their role as signaling molecules, but an excessive production is detrimental due to unwanted oxidation reactions that impact on the function of different types of biomolecules contained in mitochondria. Therefore, the maintenance of the redox balance in the IMS is essential for mitochondrial function. In this review, we will discuss the role that redox regulation plays in the maintenance of IMS homeostasis as well as how mitochondrial ROS generation may be a key regulatory factor for ETC biogenesis, especially for complex IV.
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- Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Dudek J, Kutschka I, Maack C. Metabolic and Redox Regulation of Cardiovascular Stem Cell Biology and Pathology. Antioxid Redox Signal 2021; 35:163-181. [PMID: 33121253 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2020.8201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Significance: Cardiovascular stem cells are important for regeneration and repair of damaged tissue. Recent Advances: Pluripotent stem cells have a unique metabolism, which is adopted for their energetic and biosynthetic demand as rapidly proliferating cells. Stem cell differentiation requires an exceptional metabolic flexibility allowing for metabolic remodeling between glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation. Critical Issues: Respiration is associated with the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by the mitochondrial respiratory chain. But also the membrane-bound protein nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase (NADPH oxidase, NOX) contributes to ROS levels. ROS not only play a significant role in stem cell differentiation and tissue renewal but also cause senescence and contribute to tissue aging. Future Directions: For utilization of stem cells in therapeutic approaches, a deep understanding of the molecular mechanisms how metabolism and the cellular redox state regulate stem cell differentiation is required. Modulating the redox state of stem cells using antioxidative agents may be suitable to enhance activity of endothelial progenitor cells. Antioxid. Redox Signal. 35, 163-181.
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- Jan Dudek
- Department of Translational Research, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), University Clinic Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Translational Research, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), University Clinic Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Translational Research, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), University Clinic Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.,Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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The Mia40/CHCHD4 Oxidative Folding System: Redox Regulation and Signaling in the Mitochondrial Intermembrane Space. Antioxidants (Basel) 2021; 10:antiox10040592. [PMID: 33921425 PMCID: PMC8069373 DOI: 10.3390/antiox10040592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Revised: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 04/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Mitochondria are critical for several cellular functions as they control metabolism, cell physiology, and cell death. The mitochondrial proteome consists of around 1500 proteins, the vast majority of which (about 99% of them) are encoded by nuclear genes, with only 13 polypeptides in human cells encoded by mitochondrial DNA. Therefore, it is critical for all the mitochondrial proteins that are nuclear-encoded to be targeted precisely and sorted specifically to their site of action inside mitochondria. These processes of targeting and sorting are catalysed by protein translocases that operate in each one of the mitochondrial sub-compartments. The main protein import pathway for the intermembrane space (IMS) recognises proteins that are cysteine-rich, and it is the only import pathway that chemically modifies the imported precursors by introducing disulphide bonds to them. In this manner, the precursors are trapped in the IMS in a folded state. The key component of this pathway is Mia40 (called CHCHD4 in human cells), which itself contains cysteine motifs and is subject to redox regulation. In this review, we detail the basic components of the MIA pathway and the disulphide relay mechanism that underpins the electron transfer reaction along the oxidative folding mechanism. Then, we discuss the key protein modulators of this pathway and how they are interlinked to the small redox-active molecules that critically affect the redox state in the IMS. We present also evidence that the mitochondrial redox processes that are linked to iron–sulfur clusters biogenesis and calcium homeostasis coalesce in the IMS at the MIA machinery. The fact that the MIA machinery and several of its interactors and substrates are linked to a variety of common human diseases connected to mitochondrial dysfunction highlight the potential of redox processes in the IMS as a promising new target for developing new treatments for some of the most complex and devastating human diseases.
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Cai J, Zang X, Wu Z, Liu J, Wang D. Altered protein S-glutathionylation depicts redox imbalance triggered by transition metal oxide nanoparticles in a breastfeeding system. NANOIMPACT 2021; 22:100305. [PMID: 35559962 DOI: 10.1016/j.impact.2021.100305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Revised: 01/25/2021] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Nanosafety has become a public concern following nanotechnology development. By now, attention has seldom been paid to breastfeeding system, which is constructed by mammary physiological structure and derived substances (endogenous or exogenous), cells, tissues, organs, and individuals (mother and child), connecting environment and organism, and spans across mother-child dyad. Thus, breastfeeding system is a center of nutrients transport and a unique window of toxic susceptibility in the mother-child dyad. We applied metabolomics combined with redox proteomics to depict how nanoparticles cause metabolic burden via their spontaneous redox cycling in lactating mammary glands. Two widely used nanoparticles [titanium dioxide (nTiO2) and zinc oxide (nZnO)] were exposed to lactating mice via intranasal administration. Biodistribution and biopersistence of nTiO2 and nZnO in mammary glands destroyed its structure, reflective of significantly reduced claudin-3 protein level by 32.1% (P < 0.01) and 47.8% (P < 0.01), and significantly increased apoptosis index by 85.7 (P < 0.01) and 100.3 (P < 0.01) fold change, respectively. Airway exposure of nTiO2 trended to reduced milk production by 22.7% (P = 0.06), while nZnO significantly reduced milk production by 33.0% (P < 0.01). Metabolomics analysis revealed a metabolic shift by nTiO2 or nZnO, such as increased glycolysis (nTiO2: fold enrichment = 3.31, P < 0.05; nZnO: fold enrichment = 3.68, P < 0.05), glutathione metabolism (nTiO2: fold enrichment = 5.57, P < 0.01; nZnO: fold enrichment = 4.43, P < 0.05), and fatty acid biosynthesis (nTiO2: fold enrichment = 3.52, P < 0.05; nZnO: fold enrichment = 3.51, P < 0.05) for tissue repair at expense of lower milk fat synthesis (35.7% reduction by nTiO2; 51.8% reduction by nZnO), and finally led to oxidative stress of mammary glands. The increased GSSG/GSH ratio (57.5% increase by nTiO2; 105% increase by nZnO) with nanoparticle exposure confirmed an alteration in the redox state and a metabolic shift in mammary glands. Redox proteomics showed that nanoparticles induced S-glutathionylation (SSG) modification at Cys sites of proteins in a nanoparticle type-dependent manner. The nTiO2 induced more protein SSG modification sites (nTiO2: 21; nZnO:16), whereas nZnO induced fewer protein SSG modification sites but at deeper SSG levels (26.6% higher in average of nZnO than that of nTiO2). In detail, SSG modification by nTiO2 was characterized by Ltf at Cys423 (25.3% increase), and Trf at Cys386;395;583 (42.3%, 42.3%, 22.8% increase) compared with control group. While, SSG modification by nZnO was characterized by Trfc at Cys365 (71.3% increase) and Fasn at Cys1010 (41.0% increase). The discovery of SSG-modified proteins under airway nanoparticle exposure further supplemented the oxidative stress index and mammary injury index, and deciphered precise mechanisms of nanotoxicity into a molecular level. The unique quantitative site-specific redox proteomics and metabolomics can serve as a new technique to identify nanotoxicity and provide deep insights into nanoparticle-triggered oxidative stress, contributing to a healthy breastfeeding environment.
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- Jie Cai
- College of Animal Sciences, Dairy Science Institute, MOE Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, PR China.
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- College of Animal Sciences, Dairy Science Institute, MOE Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, PR China.
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- College of Animal Sciences, Dairy Science Institute, MOE Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, PR China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Dairy Science Institute, MOE Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, PR China.
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- College of Animal Sciences, Dairy Science Institute, MOE Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, PR China.
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Liaghati A, Pileggi CA, Parmar G, Patten DA, Hadzimustafic N, Cuillerier A, Menzies KJ, Burelle Y, Harper ME. Grx2 Regulates Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Structure and Autophagy. Front Physiol 2021; 12:604210. [PMID: 33762963 PMCID: PMC7982873 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.604210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2020] [Accepted: 01/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Glutathione is an important antioxidant that regulates cellular redox status and is disordered in many disease states. Glutaredoxin 2 (Grx2) is a glutathione-dependent oxidoreductase that plays a pivotal role in redox control by catalyzing reversible protein deglutathionylation. As oxidized glutathione (GSSG) can stimulate mitochondrial fusion, we hypothesized that Grx2 may contribute to the maintenance of mitochondrial dynamics and ultrastructure. Here, we demonstrate that Grx2 deletion results in decreased GSH:GSSG, with a marked increase of GSSG in primary muscle cells isolated from C57BL/6 Grx2-/- mice. The altered glutathione redox was accompanied by increased mitochondrial length, consistent with a more fused mitochondrial reticulum. Electron microscopy of Grx2-/- skeletal muscle fibers revealed decreased mitochondrial surface area, profoundly disordered ultrastructure, and the appearance of multi-lamellar structures. Immunoblot analysis revealed that autophagic flux was augmented in Grx2-/- muscle as demonstrated by an increase in the ratio of LC3II/I expression. These molecular changes resulted in impaired complex I respiration and complex IV activity, a smaller diameter of tibialis anterior muscle, and decreased body weight in Grx2 deficient mice. Together, these are the first results to show that Grx2 regulates skeletal muscle mitochondrial structure, and autophagy.
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- Ava Liaghati
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Science, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,Faculty of Health Science, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Science, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Edwards R, Eaglesfield R, Tokatlidis K. The mitochondrial intermembrane space: the most constricted mitochondrial sub-compartment with the largest variety of protein import pathways. Open Biol 2021; 11:210002. [PMID: 33715390 PMCID: PMC8061763 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.210002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
The mitochondrial intermembrane space (IMS) is the most constricted sub-mitochondrial compartment, housing only about 5% of the mitochondrial proteome, and yet is endowed with the largest variability of protein import mechanisms. In this review, we summarize our current knowledge of the major IMS import pathway based on the oxidative protein folding pathway and discuss the stunning variability of other IMS protein import pathways. As IMS-localized proteins only have to cross the outer mitochondrial membrane, they do not require energy sources like ATP hydrolysis in the mitochondrial matrix or the inner membrane electrochemical potential which are critical for import into the matrix or insertion into the inner membrane. We also explore several atypical IMS import pathways that are still not very well understood and are guided by poorly defined or completely unknown targeting peptides. Importantly, many of the IMS proteins are linked to several human diseases, and it is therefore crucial to understand how they reach their normal site of function in the IMS. In the final part of this review, we discuss current understanding of how such IMS protein underpin a large spectrum of human disorders.
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- Ruairidh Edwards
- Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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CHCHD4 (MIA40) and the mitochondrial disulfide relay system. Biochem Soc Trans 2021; 49:17-27. [PMID: 33599699 PMCID: PMC7925007 DOI: 10.1042/bst20190232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2020] [Revised: 12/19/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Mitochondria are pivotal for normal cellular physiology, as they perform a crucial role in diverse cellular functions and processes, including respiration and the regulation of bioenergetic and biosynthetic pathways, as well as regulating cellular signalling and transcriptional networks. In this way, mitochondria are central to the cell's homeostatic machinery, and as such mitochondrial dysfunction underlies the pathology of a diverse range of diseases including mitochondrial disease and cancer. Mitochondrial import pathways and targeting mechanisms provide the means to transport into mitochondria the hundreds of nuclear-encoded mitochondrial proteins that are critical for the organelle's many functions. One such import pathway is the highly evolutionarily conserved disulfide relay system (DRS) within the mitochondrial intermembrane space (IMS), whereby proteins undergo a form of oxidation-dependent protein import. A central component of the DRS is the oxidoreductase coiled-coil-helix-coiled-coil-helix (CHCH) domain-containing protein 4 (CHCHD4, also known as MIA40), the human homologue of yeast Mia40. Here, we summarise the recent advances made to our understanding of the role of CHCHD4 and the DRS in physiology and disease, with a specific focus on the emerging importance of CHCHD4 in regulating the cellular response to low oxygen (hypoxia) and metabolism in cancer.
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Krämer L, Groh C, Herrmann JM. The proteasome: friend and foe of mitochondrial biogenesis. FEBS Lett 2020; 595:1223-1238. [PMID: 33249599 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Revised: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 11/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Most mitochondrial proteins are synthesized in the cytosol and subsequently translocated as unfolded polypeptides into mitochondria. Cytosolic chaperones maintain precursor proteins in an import-competent state. This post-translational import reaction is under surveillance of the cytosolic ubiquitin-proteasome system, which carries out several distinguishable activities. On the one hand, the proteasome degrades nonproductive protein precursors from the cytosol and nucleus, import intermediates that are stuck in mitochondrial translocases, and misfolded or damaged proteins from the outer membrane and the intermembrane space. These surveillance activities of the proteasome are essential for mitochondrial functionality, as well as cellular fitness and survival. On the other hand, the proteasome competes with mitochondria for nonimported cytosolic precursor proteins, which can compromise mitochondrial biogenesis. In order to balance the positive and negative effects of the cytosolic protein quality control system on mitochondria, mitochondrial import efficiency directly regulates the capacity of the proteasome via transcription factor Rpn4 in yeast and nuclear respiratory factor (Nrf) 1 and 2 in animal cells. In this review, we provide a thorough overview of how the proteasome regulates mitochondrial biogenesis.
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- Lena Krämer
- Cell Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Cell Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
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Kostyuk AI, Panova AS, Kokova AD, Kotova DA, Maltsev DI, Podgorny OV, Belousov VV, Bilan DS. In Vivo Imaging with Genetically Encoded Redox Biosensors. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E8164. [PMID: 33142884 PMCID: PMC7662651 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21218164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2020] [Revised: 10/28/2020] [Accepted: 10/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Redox reactions are of high fundamental and practical interest since they are involved in both normal physiology and the pathogenesis of various diseases. However, this area of research has always been a relatively problematic field in the context of analytical approaches, mostly because of the unstable nature of the compounds that are measured. Genetically encoded sensors allow for the registration of highly reactive molecules in real-time mode and, therefore, they began a new era in redox biology. Their strongest points manifest most brightly in in vivo experiments and pave the way for the non-invasive investigation of biochemical pathways that proceed in organisms from different systematic groups. In the first part of the review, we briefly describe the redox sensors that were used in vivo as well as summarize the model systems to which they were applied. Next, we thoroughly discuss the biological results obtained in these studies in regard to animals, plants, as well as unicellular eukaryotes and prokaryotes. We hope that this work reflects the amazing power of this technology and can serve as a useful guide for biologists and chemists who work in the field of redox processes.
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- Alexander I. Kostyuk
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, 117997 Moscow, Russia; (A.I.K.); (A.S.P.); (A.D.K.); (D.A.K.); (D.I.M.); (O.V.P.); (V.V.B.)
- Center for Precision Genome Editing and Genetic Technologies for Biomedicine, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, 117997 Moscow, Russia; (A.I.K.); (A.S.P.); (A.D.K.); (D.A.K.); (D.I.M.); (O.V.P.); (V.V.B.)
- Center for Precision Genome Editing and Genetic Technologies for Biomedicine, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, 117997 Moscow, Russia; (A.I.K.); (A.S.P.); (A.D.K.); (D.A.K.); (D.I.M.); (O.V.P.); (V.V.B.)
- Center for Precision Genome Editing and Genetic Technologies for Biomedicine, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, 117997 Moscow, Russia; (A.I.K.); (A.S.P.); (A.D.K.); (D.A.K.); (D.I.M.); (O.V.P.); (V.V.B.)
- Center for Precision Genome Editing and Genetic Technologies for Biomedicine, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, 117997 Moscow, Russia; (A.I.K.); (A.S.P.); (A.D.K.); (D.A.K.); (D.I.M.); (O.V.P.); (V.V.B.)
- Federal Center for Cerebrovascular Pathology and Stroke, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, 117997 Moscow, Russia; (A.I.K.); (A.S.P.); (A.D.K.); (D.A.K.); (D.I.M.); (O.V.P.); (V.V.B.)
- Center for Precision Genome Editing and Genetic Technologies for Biomedicine, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, 117997 Moscow, Russia; (A.I.K.); (A.S.P.); (A.D.K.); (D.A.K.); (D.I.M.); (O.V.P.); (V.V.B.)
- Center for Precision Genome Editing and Genetic Technologies for Biomedicine, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, 117997 Moscow, Russia
- Federal Center for Cerebrovascular Pathology and Stroke, 117997 Moscow, Russia
- Institute for Cardiovascular Physiology, Georg August University Göttingen, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, 117997 Moscow, Russia; (A.I.K.); (A.S.P.); (A.D.K.); (D.A.K.); (D.I.M.); (O.V.P.); (V.V.B.)
- Center for Precision Genome Editing and Genetic Technologies for Biomedicine, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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Reina S, Pittalà MGG, Guarino F, Messina A, De Pinto V, Foti S, Saletti R. Cysteine Oxidations in Mitochondrial Membrane Proteins: The Case of VDAC Isoforms in Mammals. Front Cell Dev Biol 2020; 8:397. [PMID: 32582695 PMCID: PMC7287182 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Cysteine residues are reactive amino acids that can undergo several modifications driven by redox reagents. Mitochondria are the source of an abundant production of radical species, and it is surprising that such a large availability of highly reactive chemicals is compatible with viable and active organelles, needed for the cell functions. In this work, we review the results highlighting the modifications of cysteines in the most abundant proteins of the outer mitochondrial membrane (OMM), that is, the voltage-dependent anion selective channel (VDAC) isoforms. This interesting protein family carries several cysteines exposed to the oxidative intermembrane space (IMS). Through mass spectrometry (MS) analysis, cysteine posttranslational modifications (PTMs) were precisely determined, and it was discovered that such cysteines can be subject to several oxidization degrees, ranging from the disulfide bridge to the most oxidized, the sulfonic acid, one. The large spectra of VDAC cysteine oxidations, which is unique for OMM proteins, indicate that they have both a regulative function and a buffering capacity able to counteract excess of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) load. The consequence of these peculiar cysteine PTMs is discussed.
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- Simona Reina
- Section of Molecular Biology, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Section of Biology and Genetics, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Section of Biology and Genetics, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Section of Molecular Biology, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Section of Biology and Genetics, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Organic Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Organic Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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Zimmermann J, Oestreicher J, Hess S, Herrmann JM, Deponte M, Morgan B. One cysteine is enough: A monothiol Grx can functionally replace all cytosolic Trx and dithiol Grx. Redox Biol 2020; 36:101598. [PMID: 32521506 PMCID: PMC7286987 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2020.101598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Revised: 05/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Glutaredoxins are small proteins of the thioredoxin superfamily that are present throughout life. Most glutaredoxins fall into two major subfamilies. Class I glutaredoxins are glutathione-dependent thiol-disulfide oxidoreductases whilst class II glutaredoxins coordinate Fe–S clusters. Class I glutaredoxins are typically dithiol enzymes with two active-site cysteine residues, however, some enzymatically active monothiol glutaredoxins are also known. Whilst both monothiol and dithiol class I glutaredoxins mediate protein deglutathionylation, it is widely claimed that only dithiol glutaredoxins are competent to reduce protein disulfide bonds. In this study, using a combination of yeast ‘viability rescue’, growth, and redox-sensitive GFP-based assays, we show that two different monothiol class I glutaredoxins can each facilitate the reduction of protein disulfide bonds in ribonucleotide reductase, methionine sulfoxide reductase and roGFP2. Our observations thus challenge the generalization of the dithiol mechanism for glutaredoxin catalysis and raise the question of why most class I glutaredoxins have two active-site cysteine residues.
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- Jannik Zimmermann
- Institute of Biochemistry, Zentrum für Human- und Molekularbiologie (ZHMB), Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Zentrum für Human- und Molekularbiologie (ZHMB), Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Cell Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Zentrum für Human- und Molekularbiologie (ZHMB), Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.
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Habich M, Salscheider SL, Murschall LM, Hoehne MN, Fischer M, Schorn F, Petrungaro C, Ali M, Erdogan AJ, Abou-Eid S, Kashkar H, Dengjel J, Riemer J. Vectorial Import via a Metastable Disulfide-Linked Complex Allows for a Quality Control Step and Import by the Mitochondrial Disulfide Relay. Cell Rep 2020; 26:759-774.e5. [PMID: 30650365 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.12.092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2018] [Revised: 11/15/2018] [Accepted: 12/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Disulfide formation in the mitochondrial intermembrane space (IMS) is an essential process. It is catalyzed by the disulfide relay machinery, which couples substrate import and oxidation. The machinery relies on the oxidoreductase and chaperone CHCHD4-Mia40. Here, we report on the driving force for IMS import and on a redox quality control mechanism. We demonstrate that unfolded reduced proteins, upon translocation into the IMS, initiate formation of a metastable disulfide-linked complex with CHCHD4. If this interaction does not result in productive oxidation, then substrates are released to the cytosol and degraded by the proteasome. Based on these data, we propose a redox quality control step at the level of the disulfide-linked intermediate that relies on the vectorial nature of IMS import. Our findings also provide the mechanistic framework to explain failures in import of numerous human disease mutants in CHCHD4 substrates.
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- Markus Habich
- Institute for Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Str. 47a/R. 3.49, 50674 Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Str. 47a/R. 3.49, 50674 Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Str. 47a/R. 3.49, 50674 Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Str. 47a/R. 3.49, 50674 Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Str. 47a/R. 3.49, 50674 Cologne, Germany
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- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC) and Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne, CECAD Research Center, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 26, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Str. 47a/R. 3.49, 50674 Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Str. 47a/R. 3.49, 50674 Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Str. 47a/R. 3.49, 50674 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 10, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC) and Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne, CECAD Research Center, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 26, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 10, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Institute for Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Str. 47a/R. 3.49, 50674 Cologne, Germany.
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Pfanner N, Warscheid B, Wiedemann N. Mitochondrial proteins: from biogenesis to functional networks. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2020; 20:267-284. [PMID: 30626975 DOI: 10.1038/s41580-018-0092-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 516] [Impact Index Per Article: 129.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Mitochondria are essential for the viability of eukaryotic cells as they perform crucial functions in bioenergetics, metabolism and signalling and have been associated with numerous diseases. Recent functional and proteomic studies have revealed the remarkable complexity of mitochondrial protein organization. Protein machineries with diverse functions such as protein translocation, respiration, metabolite transport, protein quality control and the control of membrane architecture interact with each other in dynamic networks. In this Review, we discuss the emerging role of the mitochondrial protein import machinery as a key organizer of these mitochondrial protein networks. The preprotein translocases that reside on the mitochondrial membranes not only function during organelle biogenesis to deliver newly synthesized proteins to their final mitochondrial destination but also cooperate with numerous other mitochondrial protein complexes that perform a wide range of functions. Moreover, these protein networks form membrane contact sites, for example, with the endoplasmic reticulum, that are key for integration of mitochondria with cellular function, and defects in protein import can lead to diseases.
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- Nikolaus Pfanner
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. .,CIBSS Centre for Integrative 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 Biology II, Biochemistry - Functional Proteomics, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. .,CIBSS Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
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Ebersoll S, Bogacz M, Günter LM, Dick TP, Krauth-Siegel RL. A tryparedoxin-coupled biosensor reveals a mitochondrial trypanothione metabolism in trypanosomes. eLife 2020; 9:53227. [PMID: 32003744 PMCID: PMC7046469 DOI: 10.7554/elife.53227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Trypanosomes have a trypanothione redox metabolism that provides the reducing equivalents for numerous essential processes, most being mediated by tryparedoxin (Tpx). While the biosynthesis and reduction of trypanothione are cytosolic, the molecular basis of the thiol redox homeostasis in the single mitochondrion of these parasites has remained largely unknown. Here we expressed Tpx-roGFP2, roGFP2-hGrx1 or roGFP2 in either the cytosol or mitochondrion of Trypanosoma brucei. We show that the novel Tpx-roGFP2 is a superior probe for the trypanothione redox couple and that the mitochondrial matrix harbors a trypanothione system. Inhibition of trypanothione biosynthesis by the anti-trypanosomal drug Eflornithine impairs the ability of the cytosol and mitochondrion to cope with exogenous oxidative stresses, indicating a direct link between both thiol systems. Tpx depletion abolishes the cytosolic, but only partially affects the mitochondrial sensor response to H2O2. This strongly suggests that the mitochondrion harbors some Tpx and, another, as yet unidentified, oxidoreductase.
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- Biochemie-Zentrum der Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Biochemie-Zentrum der Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Redox Regulation, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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Ulrich K, Jakob U. The role of thiols in antioxidant systems. Free Radic Biol Med 2019; 140:14-27. [PMID: 31201851 PMCID: PMC7041647 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.05.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 223] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2018] [Revised: 04/04/2019] [Accepted: 05/31/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The sulfur biochemistry of the thiol group endows cysteines with a number of highly specialized and unique features that enable them to serve a variety of different functions in the cell. Typically highly conserved in proteins, cysteines are predominantly found in functionally or structurally crucial regions, where they act as stabilizing, catalytic, metal-binding and/or redox-regulatory entities. As highly abundant low molecular weight thiols, cysteine thiols and their oxidized disulfide counterparts are carefully balanced to maintain redox homeostasis in various cellular compartments, protect organisms from oxidative and xenobiotic stressors and partake actively in redox-regulatory and signaling processes. In this review, we will discuss the role of protein thiols as scavengers of hydrogen peroxide in antioxidant enzymes, use thiol peroxidases to exemplify how protein thiols contribute to redox signaling, provide an overview over the diverse set of low molecular weight thiol-based redox systems found in biology, and illustrate how thiol-based redox systems have evolved not only to protect against but to take full advantage of a world full of molecular oxygen.
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- Kathrin Ulrich
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michgan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michgan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA; Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
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Calabrese G, Peker E, Amponsah PS, Hoehne MN, Riemer T, Mai M, Bienert GP, Deponte M, Morgan B, Riemer J. Hyperoxidation of mitochondrial peroxiredoxin limits H 2 O 2 -induced cell death in yeast. EMBO J 2019; 38:e101552. [PMID: 31389622 PMCID: PMC6745495 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2019101552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2019] [Revised: 07/04/2019] [Accepted: 07/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) plays important roles in cellular signaling, yet nonetheless is toxic at higher concentrations. Surprisingly, the mechanism(s) of cellular H2O2 toxicity remain poorly understood. Here, we reveal an important role for mitochondrial 1‐Cys peroxiredoxin from budding yeast, Prx1, in regulating H2O2‐induced cell death. We show that Prx1 efficiently transfers oxidative equivalents from H2O2 to the mitochondrial glutathione pool. Deletion of PRX1 abrogates glutathione oxidation and leads to a cytosolic adaptive response involving upregulation of the catalase, Ctt1. Both of these effects contribute to improved cell viability following an acute H2O2 challenge. By replacing PRX1 with natural and engineered peroxiredoxin variants, we could predictably induce widely differing matrix glutathione responses to H2O2. Therefore, we demonstrated a key role for matrix glutathione oxidation in driving H2O2‐induced cell death. Finally, we reveal that hyperoxidation of Prx1 serves as a switch‐off mechanism to limit oxidation of matrix glutathione at high H2O2 concentrations. This enables yeast cells to strike a fine balance between H2O2 removal and limitation of matrix glutathione oxidation.
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- Gaetano Calabrese
- Department for Chemistry, Institute for Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department for Chemistry, Institute for Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department for Biology, Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany.,Institute of Biochemistry, University of the Saarland, Saarbruecken, Germany
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- Department for Chemistry, Institute for Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department for Chemistry, Institute for Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, University of the Saarland, Saarbruecken, Germany
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Leibniz-Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry/Biochemistry, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, University of the Saarland, Saarbruecken, Germany
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- Department for Chemistry, Institute for Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Backes S, Garg SG, Becker L, Peleh V, Glockshuber R, Gould SB, Herrmann JM. Development of the Mitochondrial Intermembrane Space Disulfide Relay Represents a Critical Step in Eukaryotic Evolution. Mol Biol Evol 2019; 36:742-756. [PMID: 30668797 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msz011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The mitochondrial intermembrane space evolved from the bacterial periplasm. Presumably as a consequence of their common origin, most proteins of these compartments are stabilized by structural disulfide bonds. The molecular machineries that mediate oxidative protein folding in bacteria and mitochondria, however, appear to share no common ancestry. Here we tested whether the enzymes Erv1 and Mia40 of the yeast mitochondrial disulfide relay could be functionally replaced by corresponding components of other compartments. We found that the sulfhydryl oxidase Erv1 could be replaced by the Ero1 oxidase or the protein disulfide isomerase from the endoplasmic reticulum, however at the cost of respiration deficiency. In contrast to Erv1, the mitochondrial oxidoreductase Mia40 proved to be indispensable and could not be replaced by thioredoxin-like enzymes, including the cytoplasmic reductase thioredoxin, the periplasmic dithiol oxidase DsbA, and Pdi1. From our studies we conclude that the profound inertness against glutathione, its slow oxidation kinetics and its high affinity to substrates renders Mia40 a unique and essential component of mitochondrial biogenesis. Evidently, the development of a specific mitochondrial disulfide relay system represented a crucial step in the evolution of the eukaryotic cell.
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- Sandra Backes
- Cell Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Molecular Evolution, Heinrich-Heine-University of Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Cell Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Cell Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Molecular Evolution, Heinrich-Heine-University of Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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Miller CG, Schmidt EE. Disulfide reductase systems in liver. Br J Pharmacol 2019; 176:532-543. [PMID: 30221761 PMCID: PMC6346074 DOI: 10.1111/bph.14498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2018] [Revised: 08/03/2018] [Accepted: 08/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Intermediary metabolism and detoxification place high demands on the disulfide reductase systems in most hepatocyte subcellular compartments. Biosynthetic, metabolic, cytoprotective and signalling activities in the cytosol; regulation of transcription in nuclei; respiration in mitochondria; and protein folding in endoplasmic reticulum all require resident disulfide reductase activities. In the cytosol, two NADPH-dependent enzymes, glutathione reductase and thioredoxin reductase, as well as a recently identified NADPH-independent system that uses catabolism of methionine to maintain pools of reduced glutathione, supply disulfide reducing power. However the necessary discontinuity between the cytosol and the interior of organelles restricts the ability of the cytosolic systems to support needs in other compartments. Maintenance of molecular- and charge-gradients across the inner-mitochondrial membrane, which is needed for oxidative phosphorylation, mandates that the matrix maintain an autonomous set of NADPH-dependent disulfide reductase systems. Elsewhere, complex mechanisms mediate the transfer of cytosolic reducing power into specific compartments. The redox needs in each compartment also differ, with the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum, the mitochondrial inter-membrane space and some signalling proteins in the cytosol each requiring different levels of protein oxidation. Here, we present an overview of the current understanding of the disulfide reductase systems in major subcellular compartments of hepatocytes, integrating knowledge obtained from direct analyses on liver with inferences from other model systems. Additionally, we discuss relevant advances in the expanding field of redox signalling. LINKED ARTICLES: This article is part of a themed section on Chemical Biology of Reactive Sulfur Species. To view the other articles in this section visit http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bph.v176.4/issuetoc.
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- Colin G Miller
- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryMontana State UniversityBozemanMTUSA
- Department of Microbiology and ImmunologyMontana State UniversityBozemanMTUSA
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- Department of Microbiology and ImmunologyMontana State UniversityBozemanMTUSA
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Meyer AJ, Riemer J, Rouhier N. Oxidative protein folding: state-of-the-art and current avenues of research in plants. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2019; 221:1230-1246. [PMID: 30230547 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2018] [Accepted: 08/01/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Contents Summary 1230 I. Introduction 1230 II. Formation and isomerization of disulfides in the ER and the Golgi apparatus 1231 III. The disulfide relay in the mitochondrial intermembrane space: why are plants different? 1236 IV. Disulfide bond formation on luminal proteins in thylakoids 1240 V. Conclusion 1242 Acknowledgements 1242 References 1242 SUMMARY: Disulfide bonds are post-translational modifications crucial for the structure and function of thousands of proteins. Their formation and isomerization, referred to as oxidative folding, require specific protein machineries found in oxidizing subcellular compartments, namely the endoplasmic reticulum and the associated endomembrane system, the intermembrane space of mitochondria and the thylakoid lumen of chloroplasts. At least one protein component is required for transferring electrons from substrate proteins to an acceptor that is usually molecular oxygen. For oxidation reactions, incoming reduced substrates are oxidized by thiol-oxidoreductase proteins (or domains in case of chimeric proteins), which are usually themselves oxidized by a single thiol oxidase, the enzyme generating disulfide bonds de novo. By contrast, the description of the molecular actors and pathways involved in proofreading and isomerization of misfolded proteins, which require a tightly controlled redox balance, lags behind. Herein we provide a general overview of the knowledge acquired on the systems responsible for oxidative protein folding in photosynthetic organisms, highlighting their particularities compared to other eukaryotes. Current research challenges are discussed including the importance and specificity of these oxidation systems in the context of the existence of reducing systems in the same compartments.
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- Andreas J Meyer
- INRES-Chemical Signalling, University of Bonn, 53113, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne, 50674, Cologne, Germany
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Depletion of thiol reducing capacity impairs cytosolic but not mitochondrial iron-sulfur protein assembly machineries. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2019; 1866:240-251. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2018.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2018] [Revised: 11/01/2018] [Accepted: 11/06/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Oestreicher J, Morgan B. Glutathione: subcellular distribution and membrane transport 1. Biochem Cell Biol 2018; 97:270-289. [PMID: 30427707 DOI: 10.1139/bcb-2018-0189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Glutathione (γ-l-glutamyl-l-cysteinylglycine) is a small tripeptide found at millimolar concentrations in nearly all eukaryotes as well as many prokaryotic cells. Glutathione synthesis is restricted to the cytosol in animals and fungi and to the cytosol and plastids in plants. Nonetheless, glutathione is found in virtually all subcellular compartments. This implies that transporters must exist that facilitate glutathione transport into and out of the various subcellular compartments. Glutathione may also be exported and imported across the plasma membrane in many cells. However, in most cases, the molecular identity of these transporters remains unclear. Whilst glutathione transport is essential for the supply and replenishment of subcellular glutathione pools, recent evidence supports a more active role for glutathione transport in the regulation of subcellular glutathione redox homeostasis. However, our knowledge of glutathione redox homeostasis at the level of specific subcellular compartments remains remarkably limited and the role of glutathione transport remains largely unclear. In this review, we discuss how new tools and techniques have begun to yield insights into subcellular glutathione distribution and glutathione redox homeostasis. In particular, we discuss the known and putative glutathione transporters and examine their contribution to the regulation of subcellular glutathione redox homeostasis.
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- Julian Oestreicher
- a Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kaiserslautern, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany.,b Institute of Biochemistry, Center of Human and Molecular Biology (ZHMB), University of the Saarland, Campus B 2.2, D-66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- a Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kaiserslautern, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany.,b Institute of Biochemistry, Center of Human and Molecular Biology (ZHMB), University of the Saarland, Campus B 2.2, D-66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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Habich M, Salscheider SL, Riemer J. Cysteine residues in mitochondrial intermembrane space proteins: more than just import. Br J Pharmacol 2018; 176:514-531. [PMID: 30129023 DOI: 10.1111/bph.14480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2018] [Revised: 06/20/2018] [Accepted: 06/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The intermembrane space (IMS) is a very small mitochondrial sub-compartment with critical relevance for many cellular processes. IMS proteins fulfil important functions in transport of proteins, lipids, metabolites and metal ions, in signalling, in metabolism and in defining the mitochondrial ultrastructure. Our understanding of the IMS proteome has become increasingly refined although we still lack information on the identity and function of many of its proteins. One characteristic of many IMS proteins are conserved cysteines. Different post-translational modifications of these cysteine residues can have critical roles in protein function, localization and/or stability. The close localization to different ROS-producing enzyme systems, a dedicated machinery for oxidative protein folding, and a unique equipment with antioxidative systems, render the careful balancing of the redox and modification states of the cysteine residues, a major challenge in the IMS. In this review, we discuss different functions of human IMS proteins, the involvement of cysteine residues in these functions, the consequences of cysteine modifications and the consequences of cysteine mutations or defects in the machinery for disulfide bond formation in terms of human health. LINKED ARTICLES: This article is part of a themed section on Chemical Biology of Reactive Sulfur Species. To view the other articles in this section visit http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bph.v176.4/issuetoc.
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- Markus Habich
- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, Redox Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, Redox Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, Redox Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Saletti R, Reina S, Pittalà MG, Magrì A, Cunsolo V, Foti S, De Pinto V. Post-translational modifications of VDAC1 and VDAC2 cysteines from rat liver mitochondria. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2018; 1859:806-816. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2018.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2018] [Revised: 06/04/2018] [Accepted: 06/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Roma LP, Deponte M, Riemer J, Morgan B. Mechanisms and Applications of Redox-Sensitive Green Fluorescent Protein-Based Hydrogen Peroxide Probes. Antioxid Redox Signal 2018; 29:552-568. [PMID: 29160083 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2017.7449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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SIGNIFICANCE Genetically encoded hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) sensors, based on fusions between thiol peroxidases and redox-sensitive green fluorescent protein 2 (roGFP2), have dramatically broadened the available "toolbox" for monitoring cellular H2O2 changes. Recent Advances: Recently developed peroxiredoxin-based probes such as roGFP2-Tsa2ΔCR offer considerably improved H2O2 sensitivity compared with previously available genetically encoded sensors and now permit dynamic, real-time, monitoring of changes in endogenous H2O2 levels. CRITICAL ISSUES The correct understanding and interpretation of probe read-outs is crucial for their meaningful use. We discuss probe mechanisms, potential pitfalls, and best practices for application and interpretation of probe responses and highlight where gaps in our knowledge remain. FUTURE DIRECTIONS The full potential of the newly available sensors remains far from being fully realized and exploited. We discuss how the ability to monitor basal H2O2 levels in real time now allows us to re-visit long-held ideas in redox biology such as the response to ischemia-reperfusion and hypoxia-induced reactive oxygen species production. Further, recently proposed circadian cycles of peroxiredoxin hyperoxidation might now be rigorously tested. Beyond their application as H2O2 probes, roGFP2-based H2O2 sensors hold exciting potential for studying thiol peroxidase mechanisms, inactivation properties, and the impact of post-translational modifications, in vivo. Antioxid. Redox Signal. 29, 552-568.
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- Leticia Prates Roma
- 1 Biophysics Department, Center for Human and Molecular Biology, Universität des Saarlandes , Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- 2 Faculty of Chemistry/Biochemistry, University of Kaiserslautern , Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- 3 Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne , Cologne, Germany
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- 4 Department of Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kaiserslautern , Kaiserslautern, Germany
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Erdogan AJ, Ali M, Habich M, Salscheider SL, Schu L, Petrungaro C, Thomas LW, Ashcroft M, Leichert LI, Roma LP, Riemer J. The mitochondrial oxidoreductase CHCHD4 is present in a semi-oxidized state in vivo. Redox Biol 2018; 17:200-206. [PMID: 29704824 PMCID: PMC6007816 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2018.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2018] [Accepted: 03/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Disulfide formation in the mitochondrial intermembrane space is an essential process catalyzed by a disulfide relay machinery. In mammalian cells, the key enzyme in this machinery is the oxidoreductase CHCHD4/Mia40. Here, we determined the in vivo CHCHD4 redox state, which is the major determinant of its cellular activity. We found that under basal conditions, endogenous CHCHD4 redox state in cultured cells and mouse tissues was predominantly oxidized, however, degrees of oxidation in different tissues varied from 70% to 90% oxidized. To test whether differences in the ratio between CHCHD4 and ALR might explain tissue-specific differences in the CHCHD4 redox state, we determined the molar ratio of both proteins in different mouse tissues. Surprisingly, ALR is superstoichiometric over CHCHD4 in most tissues. However, the levels of CHCHD4 and the ratio of ALR over CHCHD4 appear to correlate only weakly with the redox state, and although ALR is present in superstoichiometric amounts, it does not lead to fully oxidized CHCHD4.
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- Alican J Erdogan
- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Str. 47a, 50674 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Str. 47a, 50674 Cologne, Germany; Department of Biology, Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schroedinger-Str. 13, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Str. 47a, 50674 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Str. 47a, 50674 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schroedinger-Str. 13, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Str. 47a, 50674 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry - Microbial Biochemistry, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44797 Bochum, Germany
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- Biophysics Department, Center for Integrative Physiology and Molecular Medicine, Saarland University, 66421 Homburg, Saar, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Zuelpicher Str. 47a, 50674 Cologne, Germany.
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The cysteine-reactive small molecule ebselen facilitates effective SOD1 maturation. Nat Commun 2018; 9:1693. [PMID: 29703933 PMCID: PMC5923229 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04114-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2017] [Accepted: 04/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Superoxide dismutase-1 (SOD1) mutants, including those with unaltered enzymatic activity, are known to cause amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Several destabilizing factors contribute to pathogenicity including a reduced ability to complete the normal maturation process which comprises folding, metal cofactor acquisition, intra-subunit disulphide bond formation and dimerization. Immature SOD1 forms toxic oligomers and characteristic large insoluble aggregates within motor system cells. Here we report that the cysteine-reactive molecule ebselen efficiently confers the SOD1 intra-subunit disulphide and directs correct SOD1 folding, depopulating the globally unfolded precursor associated with aggregation and toxicity. Assisted formation of the unusual SOD1 cytosolic disulphide bond could have potential therapeutic applications. In less reducing environments, ebselen forms a selenylsulphide with Cys111 and restores the monomer–dimer equilibrium of A4V SOD1 to wild-type. Ebselen is therefore a potent bifunctional pharmacological chaperone for SOD1 that combines properties of the SOD1 chaperone hCCS and the recently licenced antioxidant drug, edaravone. Mutations in superoxide dismutase-1 (SOD1) cause amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Here the authors present the SOD1 crystal structure bound to the small cysteine-reactive molecule ebselen and show that ebselen is a chaperone for SOD1.
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Ebersoll S, Musunda B, Schmenger T, Dirdjaja N, Bonilla M, Manta B, Ulrich K, Comini MA, Krauth-Siegel RL. A glutaredoxin in the mitochondrial intermembrane space has stage-specific functions in the thermo-tolerance and proliferation of African trypanosomes. Redox Biol 2018; 15:532-547. [PMID: 29413965 PMCID: PMC5975080 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2018.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2017] [Accepted: 01/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Trypanosoma brucei glutaredoxin 2 (Grx2) is a dithiol glutaredoxin that is specifically located in the mitochondrial intermembrane space. Bloodstream form parasites lacking Grx2 or both, Grx2 and the cytosolic Grx1, are viable in vitro and infectious to mice suggesting that neither oxidoreductase is needed for survival or infectivity to mammals. A 37 °C to 39 °C shift changes the cellular redox milieu of bloodstream cells to more oxidizing conditions and induces a significantly stronger growth arrest in wildtype parasites compared to the mutant cells. Grx2-deficient cells ectopically expressing the wildtype form of Grx2 with its C31QFC34 active site, but not the C34S mutant, regain the sensitivity of the parental strain, indicating that the physiological role of Grx2 requires both active site cysteines. In the procyclic insect stage of the parasite, Grx2 is essential. Both alleles can be replaced if procyclic cells ectopically express authentic or C34S, but not C31S/C34S Grx2, pointing to a redox role that relies on a monothiol mechanism. RNA-interference against Grx2 causes a virtually irreversible proliferation defect. The cells adopt an elongated morphology but do not show any significant alteration in the cell cycle. The growth retardation is attenuated by high glucose concentrations. Under these conditions, procyclic cells obtain ATP by substrate level phosphorylation suggesting that Grx2 might regulate a respiratory chain component. Bloodstream T. brucei lacking glutaredoxin 2 are fully viable in vitro and in vivo. A temperature rise shifts the cellular redox state to more oxidizing conditions. Glutaredoxin 2-deficiency confers bloodstream cells with thermo-tolerance. The insect stage requires redox-active glutaredoxin 2 for viability and morphology.
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- Samantha Ebersoll
- Biochemie-Zentrum der Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Biochemie-Zentrum der Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Biochemie-Zentrum der Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Biochemie-Zentrum der Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Group Redox Biology of Trypanosomes, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Mataojo 2020, CP 11400, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Group Redox Biology of Trypanosomes, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Mataojo 2020, CP 11400, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Biochemie-Zentrum der Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Group Redox Biology of Trypanosomes, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Mataojo 2020, CP 11400, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Biochemie-Zentrum der Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Backes S, Herrmann JM. Protein Translocation into the Intermembrane Space and Matrix of Mitochondria: Mechanisms and Driving Forces. Front Mol Biosci 2017; 4:83. [PMID: 29270408 PMCID: PMC5725982 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2017.00083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2017] [Accepted: 11/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Mitochondria contain two aqueous subcompartments, the matrix and the intermembrane space (IMS). The matrix is enclosed by both the inner and outer mitochondrial membranes, whilst the IMS is sandwiched between the two. Proteins of the matrix are synthesized in the cytosol as preproteins, which contain amino-terminal matrix targeting sequences that mediate their translocation through translocases embedded in the outer and inner membrane. For these proteins, the translocation reaction is driven by the import motor which is part of the inner membrane translocase. The import motor employs matrix Hsp70 molecules and ATP hydrolysis to ratchet proteins into the mitochondrial matrix. Most IMS proteins lack presequences and instead utilize the IMS receptor Mia40, which facilitates their translocation across the outer membrane in a reaction that is coupled to the formation of disulfide bonds within the protein. This process requires neither ATP nor the mitochondrial membrane potential. Mia40 fulfills two roles: First, it acts as a holdase, which is crucial in the import of IMS proteins and second, it functions as a foldase, introducing disulfide bonds into newly imported proteins, which induces and stabilizes their natively folded state. For several Mia40 substrates, oxidative folding is an essential prerequisite for their assembly into oligomeric complexes. Interestingly, recent studies have shown that the two functions of Mia40 can be experimentally separated from each other by the use of specific mutants, hence providing a powerful new way to dissect the different physiological roles of Mia40. In this review we summarize the current knowledge relating to the mitochondrial matrix-targeting and the IMS-targeting/Mia40 pathway. Moreover, we discuss the mechanistic properties by which the mitochondrial import motor on the one hand and Mia40 on the other, drive the translocation of their substrates into the organelle. We propose that the lateral diffusion of Mia40 in the inner membrane and the oxidation-mediated folding of incoming polypeptides supports IMS import.
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- Sandra Backes
- Cell Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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Mattie S, Riemer J, Wideman JG, McBride HM. A new mitofusin topology places the redox-regulated C terminus in the mitochondrial intermembrane space. J Cell Biol 2017; 217:507-515. [PMID: 29212658 PMCID: PMC5800796 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201611194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2016] [Revised: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 11/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial fusion occurs in many eukaryotes, including animals, plants, and fungi. It is essential for cellular homeostasis, and yet the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. Comparative analyses and phylogenetic reconstructions revealed that fungal Fzo1 and animal Mitofusin proteins are highly diverged from one another and lack strong sequence similarity. Bioinformatic analysis showed that fungal Fzo1 proteins exhibit two predicted transmembrane domains, whereas metazoan Mitofusins contain only a single transmembrane domain. This prediction contradicts the current models, suggesting that both animal and fungal proteins share one topology. This newly predicted topology of Mfn1 and Mfn2 was demonstrated biochemically, confirming that the C-terminal, redox-sensitive cysteine residues reside within the intermembrane space (IMS). Functional experiments established that redox-mediated disulfide modifications within the IMS domain are key modulators of reversible Mfn oligomerization that drives fusion. Together, these results lead to a revised understanding of Mfns as single-spanning outer membrane proteins with an Nout-Cin orientation, providing functional insight into the IMS contribution to redox-regulated fusion events.
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- Sevan Mattie
- Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Institut für Biochemie, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany
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- Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, England, UK .,Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Vygodina TV, Mukhaleva E, Azarkina NV, Konstantinov AA. Cytochrome c oxidase inhibition by calcium at physiological ionic composition of the medium: Implications for physiological significance of the effect. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2017; 1858:982-990. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2017.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2017] [Revised: 08/22/2017] [Accepted: 08/28/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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SIGNIFICANCE Glutathione metabolism is comparable to a jigsaw puzzle with too many pieces. It is supposed to comprise (i) the reduction of disulfides, hydroperoxides, sulfenic acids, and nitrosothiols, (ii) the detoxification of aldehydes, xenobiotics, and heavy metals, and (iii) the synthesis of eicosanoids, steroids, and iron-sulfur clusters. In addition, glutathione affects oxidative protein folding and redox signaling. Here, I try to provide an overview on the relevance of glutathione-dependent pathways with an emphasis on quantitative data. Recent Advances: Intracellular redox measurements reveal that the cytosol, the nucleus, and mitochondria contain very little glutathione disulfide and that oxidative challenges are rapidly counterbalanced. Genetic approaches suggest that iron metabolism is the centerpiece of the glutathione puzzle in yeast. Furthermore, recent biochemical studies provide novel insights on glutathione transport processes and uncoupling mechanisms. CRITICAL ISSUES Which parts of the glutathione puzzle are most relevant? Does this explain the high intracellular concentrations of reduced glutathione? How can iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis, oxidative protein folding, or redox signaling occur at high glutathione concentrations? Answers to these questions not only seem to depend on the organism, cell type, and subcellular compartment but also on different ideologies among researchers. FUTURE DIRECTIONS A rational approach to compare the relevance of glutathione-dependent pathways is to combine genetic and quantitative kinetic data. However, there are still many missing pieces and too little is known about the compartment-specific repertoire and concentration of numerous metabolites, substrates, enzymes, and transporters as well as rate constants and enzyme kinetic patterns. Gathering this information might require the development of novel tools but is crucial to address potential kinetic competitions and to decipher uncoupling mechanisms to solve the glutathione puzzle. Antioxid. Redox Signal. 27, 1130-1161.
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- Marcel Deponte
- Department of Parasitology, Ruprecht-Karls University , Heidelberg, Germany
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Kritsiligkou P, Chatzi A, Charalampous G, Mironov A, Grant CM, Tokatlidis K. Unconventional Targeting of a Thiol Peroxidase to the Mitochondrial Intermembrane Space Facilitates Oxidative Protein Folding. Cell Rep 2017; 18:2729-2741. [PMID: 28297675 PMCID: PMC5368413 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.02.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2016] [Revised: 11/01/2016] [Accepted: 02/16/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Thiol peroxidases are conserved hydrogen peroxide scavenging and signaling molecules that contain redox-active cysteine residues. We show here that Gpx3, the major H2O2 sensor in yeast, is present in the mitochondrial intermembrane space (IMS), where it serves a compartment-specific role in oxidative metabolism. The IMS-localized Gpx3 contains an 18-amino acid N-terminally extended form encoded from a non-AUG codon. This acts as a mitochondrial targeting signal in a pathway independent of the hitherto known IMS-import pathways. Mitochondrial Gpx3 interacts with the Mia40 oxidoreductase in a redox-dependent manner and promotes efficient Mia40-dependent oxidative protein folding. We show that cells lacking Gpx3 have aberrant mitochondrial morphology, defective protein import capacity, and lower inner membrane potential, all of which can be rescued by expression of a mitochondrial-only form of Gpx3. Together, our data reveal a novel role for Gpx3 in mitochondrial redox regulation and protein homeostasis. A pool of yeast Gpx3 localizes to mitochondria via translation from a non-AUG codon Loss of Gpx3 causes defects in mitochondrial architecture and membrane potential Gpx3 interacts with the oxidative protein folding machinery in the IMS
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- Paraskevi Kritsiligkou
- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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- Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
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- Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
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SIGNIFICANCE Mitochondrial glutathione fulfills crucial roles in a number of processes, including iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis and peroxide detoxification. Recent Advances: Genetically encoded fluorescent probes for the glutathione redox potential (EGSH) have permitted extensive new insights into the regulation of mitochondrial glutathione redox homeostasis. These probes have revealed that the glutathione pools of the mitochondrial matrix and intermembrane space (IMS) are highly reduced, similar to the cytosolic glutathione pool. The glutathione pool of the IMS is in equilibrium with the cytosolic glutathione pool due to the presence of porins that allow free passage of reduced glutathione (GSH) and oxidized glutathione (GSSG) across the outer mitochondrial membrane. In contrast, limited transport of glutathione across the inner mitochondrial membrane ensures that the matrix glutathione pool is kinetically isolated from the cytosol and IMS. CRITICAL ISSUES In contrast to the situation in the cytosol, there appears to be extensive crosstalk between the mitochondrial glutathione and thioredoxin systems. Further, both systems appear to be intimately involved in the removal of reactive oxygen species, particularly hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), produced in mitochondria. However, a detailed understanding of these interactions remains elusive. FUTURE DIRECTIONS We postulate that the application of genetically encoded sensors for glutathione in combination with novel H2O2 probes and conventional biochemical redox state assays will lead to fundamental new insights into mitochondrial redox regulation and reinvigorate research into the physiological relevance of mitochondrial redox changes. Antioxid. Redox Signal. 27, 1162-1177.
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- Gaetano Calabrese
- 1 Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne , Cologne, Germany
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- 2 Department of Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kaiserslautern , Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- 1 Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne , Cologne, Germany
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All known eukaryotes require copper for their development and survival. The essentiality of copper reflects its widespread use as a co-factor in conserved enzymes that catalyze biochemical reactions critical to energy production, free radical detoxification, collagen deposition, neurotransmitter biosynthesis and iron homeostasis. However, the prioritized use of copper poses an organism with a considerable challenge because, in its unbound form, copper can potentiate free radical production and displace iron-sulphur clusters to disrupt protein function. Protective mechanisms therefore evolved to mitigate this challenge and tightly regulate the acquisition, trafficking and storage of copper such that the metal ion is rarely found in its free form in the cell. Findings by a number of groups over the last ten years emphasize that this regulatory framework forms the foundation of a system that is capable of monitoring copper status and reprioritizing copper usage at both the cellular and systemic levels of organization. While the identification of relevant molecular mechanisms and signaling pathways has proven to be difficult and remains a barrier to our full understanding of the regulation of copper homeostasis, mounting evidence points to the mitochondrion as a pivotal hub in this regard in both healthy and diseased states. Here, we review our current understanding of copper handling pathways contained within the organelle and consider plausible mechanisms that may serve to functionally couple their activity to that of other cellular copper handling machinery to maintain copper homeostasis.
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- Zakery N. Baker
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Canada S7N 5E5
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Canada S7N 5E5
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Jett KA, Leary SC. Building the Cu A site of cytochrome c oxidase: A complicated, redox-dependent process driven by a surprisingly large complement of accessory proteins. J Biol Chem 2017; 293:4644-4652. [PMID: 28972150 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.r117.816132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cytochrome c oxidase (COX) was initially purified more than 70 years ago. A tremendous amount of insight into its structure and function has since been gleaned from biochemical, biophysical, genetic, and molecular studies. As a result, we now appreciate that COX relies on its redox-active metal centers (heme a and a3, CuA and CuB) to reduce oxygen and pump protons in a reaction essential for most eukaryotic life. Questions persist, however, about how individual structural subunits are assembled into a functional holoenzyme. Here, we focus on what is known and what remains to be learned about the accessory proteins that facilitate CuA site maturation.
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- Kimberly A Jett
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E5, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E5, Canada.
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Cardenas-Rodriguez M, Tokatlidis K. Cytosolic redox components regulate protein homeostasis via additional localisation in the mitochondrial intermembrane space. FEBS Lett 2017; 591:2661-2670. [PMID: 28746987 PMCID: PMC5601281 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.12766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2017] [Revised: 07/15/2017] [Accepted: 07/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Oxidative protein folding is confined to the bacterial periplasm, endoplasmic reticulum and the mitochondrial intermembrane space. Maintaining a redox balance requires the presence of reductive pathways. The major thiol‐reducing pathways engage the thioredoxin and the glutaredoxin systems which are involved in removal of oxidants, protein proofreading and folding. Alterations in redox balance likely affect the flux of these redox pathways and are related to ageing and diseases such as neurodegenerative disorders and cancer. Here, we first review the well‐studied oxidative and reductive processes in the bacterial periplasm and the endoplasmic reticulum, and then discuss the less understood process in the mitochondrial intermembrane space, highlighting its importance for the proper function of the cell.
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- Mauricio Cardenas-Rodriguez
- Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK
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- Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK
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Cysteine thiols are among the most reactive functional groups in proteins, and their pairing in disulfide linkages is a common post-translational modification in proteins entering the secretory pathway. This modest amino acid alteration, the mere removal of a pair of hydrogen atoms from juxtaposed cysteine residues, contrasts with the substantial changes that characterize most other post-translational reactions. However, the wide variety of proteins that contain disulfides, the profound impact of cross-linking on the behavior of the protein polymer, the numerous and diverse players in intracellular pathways for disulfide formation, and the distinct biological settings in which disulfide bond formation can take place belie the simplicity of the process. Here we lay the groundwork for appreciating the mechanisms and consequences of disulfide bond formation in vivo by reviewing chemical principles underlying cysteine pairing and oxidation. We then show how enzymes tune redox-active cofactors and recruit oxidants to improve the specificity and efficiency of disulfide formation. Finally, we discuss disulfide bond formation in a cellular context and identify important principles that contribute to productive thiol oxidation in complex, crowded, dynamic environments.
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- Deborah Fass
- Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware , Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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Thiol groups can undergo numerous modifications, making cysteine a unique molecular switch. Cysteine plays structural and regulatory roles as part of proteins or glutathione, contributing to maintain redox homeostasis and regulate signaling within and amongst cells. Not surprisingly therefore, cysteines are associated with many hereditary and acquired diseases. Mutations in the primary protein sequence (gain or loss of a cysteine) are most frequent in membrane and secretory proteins, correlating with the key roles of disulfide bonds. On the contrary, in the cytosol and nucleus, aberrant post-translational oxidative modifications of thiol groups, reflecting redox changes in the surrounding environment, are a more frequent cause of dysregulation of protein function. This essay highlights the regulatory functions performed by protein cysteine residues and provides a framework for understanding how mutation and/or (in)activation of this key amino acid can cause disease.
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- Annamaria Fra
- Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of BresciaBrescia, Italy
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- Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele UniversityMilan, Italy.,Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific InstituteMilan, Italy
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- Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele UniversityMilan, Italy.,Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific InstituteMilan, Italy
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Redox regulation of mitochondrial proteins and proteomes by cysteine thiol switches. Mitochondrion 2017; 33:72-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2016.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2016] [Revised: 07/17/2016] [Accepted: 07/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Friederich MW, Erdogan AJ, Coughlin CR, Elos MT, Jiang H, O’Rourke CP, Lovell MA, Wartchow E, Gowan K, Chatfield KC, Chick WS, Spector EB, Van Hove JL, Riemer J. Mutations in the accessory subunit NDUFB10 result in isolated complex I deficiency and illustrate the critical role of intermembrane space import for complex I holoenzyme assembly. Hum Mol Genet 2017; 26:702-716. [PMID: 28040730 PMCID: PMC6251674 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddw431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2016] [Revised: 11/27/2016] [Accepted: 12/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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An infant presented with fatal infantile lactic acidosis and cardiomyopathy, and was found to have profoundly decreased activity of respiratory chain complex I in muscle, heart and liver. Exome sequencing revealed compound heterozygous mutations in NDUFB10, which encodes an accessory subunit located within the PD part of complex I. One mutation resulted in a premature stop codon and absent protein, while the second mutation replaced the highly conserved cysteine 107 with a serine residue. Protein expression of NDUFB10 was decreased in muscle and heart, and less so in the liver and fibroblasts, resulting in the perturbed assembly of the holoenzyme at the 830 kDa stage. NDUFB10 was identified together with three other complex I subunits as a substrate of the intermembrane space oxidoreductase CHCHD4 (also known as Mia40). We found that during its mitochondrial import and maturation NDUFB10 transiently interacts with CHCHD4 and acquires disulfide bonds. The mutation of cysteine residue 107 in NDUFB10 impaired oxidation and efficient mitochondrial accumulation of the protein and resulted in degradation of non-imported precursors. Our findings indicate that mutations in NDUFB10 are a novel cause of complex I deficiency associated with a late stage assembly defect and emphasize the role of intermembrane space proteins for the efficient assembly of complex I.
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- Marisa W. Friederich
- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Clinical Genetics and Metabolism, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Clinical Genetics and Metabolism, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Clinical Genetics and Metabolism, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Clinical Genetics and Metabolism, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Clinical Genetics and Metabolism, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
- Department of Pathology, Children’s Hospital of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
- Department of Pathology, Children’s Hospital of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Cardiology, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Clinical Genetics and Metabolism, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Clinical Genetics and Metabolism, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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M. Fetherolf M, Boyd SD, Winkler DD, Winge DR. Oxygen-dependent activation of Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase-1. Metallomics 2017; 9:1047-1059. [DOI: 10.1039/c6mt00298f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Copper zinc superoxide dismutase (Sod1) is a critical enzyme in limiting reactive oxygen species in both the cytosol and the mitochondrial intermembrane space.
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- Department of Biological Sciences
- University of Texas at Dallas
- Richardson
- USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences
- University of Texas at Dallas
- Richardson
- USA
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Braun RJ, Zerbes RM, Steinberg F, Gris D, Dumit VI. Threading Granules in Freiburg. 2 nd International Symposium on "One Mitochondrion, Many Diseases - Biological and Molecular Perspectives", a FRIAS Junior Researcher Conference, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, March 9 th/10 th, 2016. MICROBIAL CELL 2016; 3:565-568. [PMID: 28357325 PMCID: PMC5349212 DOI: 10.15698/mic2016.11.540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Altered mitochondrial activities play an important role in many different human
disorders, including cancer and neurodegeneration. At the Freiburg Institute of
Advanced Studies (FRIAS) Junior Researcher Conference “One Mitochondrion, Many
Diseases - Biological and Molecular Perspectives” (University of Freiburg,
Freiburg, Germany), junior and experienced researches discussed common and
distinct mechanisms of mitochondrial contributions to various human
disorders.
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- Ralf J Braun
- Institute of Cell Biology, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- ZBSA Center for Biological Systems Analysis, AG Steinberg, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Program of Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, CR-CHUS, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- ZBSA Center for Biological Systems Analysis, Core Facility Proteomics, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Manganas P, MacPherson L, Tokatlidis K. Oxidative protein biogenesis and redox regulation in the mitochondrial intermembrane space. Cell Tissue Res 2016; 367:43-57. [PMID: 27632163 PMCID: PMC5203823 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-016-2488-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2016] [Accepted: 08/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Mitochondria are organelles that play a central role in cellular metabolism, as they are responsible for processes such as iron/sulfur cluster biogenesis, respiration and apoptosis. Here, we describe briefly the various protein import pathways for sorting of mitochondrial proteins into the different subcompartments, with an emphasis on the targeting to the intermembrane space. The discovery of a dedicated redox-controlled pathway in the intermembrane space that links protein import to oxidative protein folding raises important questions on the redox regulation of this process. We discuss the salient features of redox regulation in the intermembrane space and how such mechanisms may be linked to the more general redox homeostasis balance that is crucial not only for normal cell physiology but also for cellular dysfunction.
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- Phanee Manganas
- Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
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Mitochondrial disulfide relay and its substrates: mechanisms in health and disease. Cell Tissue Res 2016; 367:59-72. [DOI: 10.1007/s00441-016-2481-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2016] [Accepted: 07/18/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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