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Chustecki JM, Johnston IG. Collective mitochondrial dynamics resolve conflicting cellular tensions: From plants to general principles. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2024; 156:253-265. [PMID: 38043948 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2023.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Revised: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
Abstract
Mitochondria play diverse and essential roles in eukaryotic cells, and plants are no exception. Plant mitochondria have several differences from their metazoan and fungal cousins: they often exist in a fragmented state, move rapidly on actin rather than microtubules, have many plant-specific metabolic features and roles, and usually contain only a subset of the complete mtDNA genome, which itself undergoes frequent recombination. This arrangement means that exchange and complementation is essential for plant mitochondria, and recent work has begun to reveal how their collective dynamics and resultant "social networks" of encounters support this exchange, connecting plant mitochondria in time rather than in space. This review will argue that this social network perspective can be extended to a "societal network", where mitochondrial dynamics are an essential part of the interacting cellular society of organelles and biomolecules. Evidence is emerging that mitochondrial dynamics allow optimal resolutions to competing cellular priorities; we will survey this evidence and review potential future research directions, highlighting that plant mitochondria can help reveal and test principles that apply across other kingdoms of life. In parallel with this fundamental cell biology, we also highlight the translational "One Health" importance of plant mitochondrial behaviour - which is exploited in the production of a vast amount of crops consumed worldwide - and the potential for multi-objective optimisation to understand and rationally re-engineer the evolved resolutions to these tensions.
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- Joanna M Chustecki
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; Computational Biology Unit, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
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Lamm CE, Rabbi IY, Medeiros DB, Rosado-Souza L, Pommerrenig B, Dahmani I, Rüscher D, Hofmann J, van Doorn AM, Schlereth A, Neuhaus HE, Fernie AR, Sonnewald U, Zierer W. Efficient sugar utilization and transition from oxidative to substrate-level phosphorylation in high starch storage roots of African cassava genotypes. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2023; 116:38-57. [PMID: 37329210 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 06/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Cassava's storage roots represent one of the most important sources of nutritional carbohydrates worldwide. Particularly, smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa depend on this crop plant, where resilient and yield-improved varieties are of vital importance to support steadily increasing populations. Aided by a growing understanding of the plant's metabolism and physiology, targeted improvement concepts already led to visible gains in recent years. To expand our knowledge and to contribute to these successes, we investigated storage roots of eight cassava genotypes with differential dry matter content from three successive field trials for their proteomic and metabolic profiles. At large, the metabolic focus in storage roots transitioned from cellular growth processes toward carbohydrate and nitrogen storage with increasing dry matter content. This is reflected in higher abundance of proteins related to nucleotide synthesis, protein turnover, and vacuolar energization in low starch genotypes, while proteins involved in sugar conversion and glycolysis were more prevalent in high dry matter genotypes. This shift in metabolic orientation was underlined by a clear transition from oxidative- to substrate-level phosphorylation in high dry matter genotypes. Our analyses highlight metabolic patterns that are consistently and quantitatively associated with high dry matter accumulation in cassava storage roots, providing fundamental understanding of cassava's metabolism as well as a data resource for targeted genetic improvement.
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- Christian E Lamm
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Division of Biochemistry, Erlangen, Germany
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- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Division of Biochemistry, Erlangen, Germany
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Division of Biochemistry, Erlangen, Germany
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- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Division of Biochemistry, Erlangen, Germany
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Division of Biochemistry, Erlangen, Germany
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Grüttner S, Nguyen TT, Bruhs A, Mireau H, Kempken F. The P-type pentatricopeptide repeat protein DWEORG1 is a non-previously reported rPPR protein of Arabidopsis mitochondria. Sci Rep 2022; 12:12492. [PMID: 35864185 PMCID: PMC9304396 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-16812-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Gene expression in plant mitochondria is mainly regulated by nuclear-encoded proteins on a post-transcriptional level. Pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins play a major role by participating in mRNA stability, splicing, RNA editing, and translation initiation. PPR proteins were also shown to be part of the mitochondrial ribosome (rPPR proteins), which may act as regulators of gene expression in plants. In this study, we focus on a mitochondrial-located P-type PPR protein—DWEORG1—from Arabidopsis thaliana. Its abundance in mitochondria is high, and it has a similar expression pattern as rPPR proteins. Mutant dweorg1 plants exhibit a slow-growth phenotype. Using ribosome profiling, a decrease in translation efficiency for cox2, rps4, rpl5, and ccmFN2 was observed in dweorg1 mutants, correlating with a reduced accumulation of the Cox2 protein in these plants. In addition, the mitochondrial rRNA levels are significantly reduced in dweorg1 compared with the wild type. DWEORG1 co-migrates with the ribosomal proteins Rps4 and Rpl16 in sucrose gradients, suggesting an association of DWEORG1 with the mitoribosome. Collectively, this data suggests that DWEORG1 encodes a novel rPPR protein that is needed for the translation of cox2, rps4, rpl5, and ccmFN2 and provides a stabilizing function for mitochondrial ribosomes.
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- Stefanie Grüttner
- Abteilung Botanische Genetik und Molekularbiologie, Botanisches Institut und Botanischer Garten, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Olshausenstraße 40, 24098, Kiel, Germany
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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- Abteilung Botanische Genetik und Molekularbiologie, Botanisches Institut und Botanischer Garten, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Olshausenstraße 40, 24098, Kiel, Germany
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France.
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- Abteilung Botanische Genetik und Molekularbiologie, Botanisches Institut und Botanischer Garten, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Olshausenstraße 40, 24098, Kiel, Germany.
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Assessment of Protein Synthesis in Mitochondria Isolated from Rosette Leaves and Liquid Culture Seedlings of Arabidopsis. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2363:183-197. [PMID: 34545494 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1653-6_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Mitochondria are subcellular organelles with their own genome and expression system, including translation machinery to make proteins. Several independent studies have shown that translation is an essential regulatory step in expression of the plant mitochondrial genome. Thus, the study of mitochondrial translation seems to be crucial for the comprehension of plant mitochondrial biogenesis and maintenance. In organello protein synthesis in isolated mitochondria is a direct method to visualize the translational products of this organellar genetic system. In this method, highly purified, functional mitochondria synthesize proteins in the presence of radiolabeled amino acids, such as methionine, and an energy regeneration system. The labeled, newly synthesized polypeptides are separated by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and are detected by autoradiography. Here we describe the detailed protocol for in organello labeling of translation products that was optimized for mitochondria isolated from rosette leaves and liquid culture seedlings of Arabidopsis thaliana plants.
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Tamadaddi C, Sagar V, Verma AK, Afsal F, Sahi C. Expansion of the evolutionarily conserved network of J-domain proteins in the Arabidopsis mitochondrial import complex. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2021; 105:385-403. [PMID: 33206359 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-020-01095-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2020] [Accepted: 11/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We report that discriminate interaction between the expanded mitochondrial chaperone network and variability in their expression might determine their functional specificities and impart robustness to mitochondrial import processes in plants. Mitochondrial Hsp70 (mtHsp70), the central component of the pre-sequence associated motor (PAM) complex, is crucial for the import of proteins to the mitochondrial matrix. Activity of mtHsp70 is regulated by a heterodimeric complex of two J-domain proteins (JDPs), Pam18 and Pam16. Compared to other eukaryotes, plants harbor multiple copies of these JDPs, which posit that plants have an increasingly complex mtHsp70: JDP network in their mitochondrial matrix. Here, we show that although highly similar in sequence, some of the plant JDPs are functionally different. Protein: protein interaction studies including yeast two-hybrid and Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation revealed that while all the AtPam18s interacted with AtPam16s, the strengths of these promiscuous interactions are variable. Further, down-regulation of AtPAM16L affected seed germination, even in the presence of its seemingly identical paralog, AtPAM16. Knockdown of AtPAM16L caused reduction in mitochondrial number and deregulation of several mitochondrial genes, suggesting towards a specific role of AtPam16L in maintaining mitochondrial homeostasis, especially under stress conditions. Our findings suggest that variations in the spatio-temporal expression, accompanied by discriminate interactions between the JDPs, might be defining the functional specificity of the mtHsp70 co-chaperone machinery and providing resilience to mitochondrial import processes in plants, especially under stress conditions.
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- Chetana Tamadaddi
- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Room Number 117 AB3, IISER Bhopal, Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhopal, MP, 462066, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Room Number 117 AB3, IISER Bhopal, Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhopal, MP, 462066, India
- National Center for Biological Sciences, Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, Kodigehalli, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Room Number 117 AB3, IISER Bhopal, Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhopal, MP, 462066, India
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Room Number 117 AB3, IISER Bhopal, Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhopal, MP, 462066, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Room Number 117 AB3, IISER Bhopal, Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhopal, MP, 462066, India.
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Sun Y, Xie M, Xu Z, Chan KC, Zhong JY, Fan K, Wong-Bajracharya J, Lam HM, Lim BL. Differential RNA Editing and Intron Splicing in Soybean Mitochondria during Nodulation. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E9378. [PMID: 33317061 PMCID: PMC7764374 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21249378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2020] [Revised: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Nitrogen fixation in soybean consumes a tremendous amount of energy, leading to substantial differences in energy metabolism and mitochondrial activities between nodules and uninoculated roots. While C-to-U RNA editing and intron splicing of mitochondrial transcripts are common in plant species, their roles in relation to nodule functions are still elusive. In this study, we performed RNA-seq to compare transcript profiles and RNA editing of mitochondrial genes in soybean nodules and roots. A total of 631 RNA editing sites were identified on mitochondrial transcripts, with 12% or 74 sites differentially edited among the transcripts isolated from nodules, stripped roots, and uninoculated roots. Eight out of these 74 differentially edited sites are located on the matR transcript, of which the degrees of RNA editing were the highest in the nodule sample. The degree of mitochondrial intron splicing was also examined. The splicing efficiencies of several introns in nodules and stripped roots were higher than in uninoculated roots. These include nad1 introns 2/3/4, nad4 intron 3, nad5 introns 2/3, cox2 intron 1, and ccmFc intron 1. A greater splicing efficiency of nad4 intron 1, a higher NAD4 protein abundance, and a reduction in supercomplex I + III2 were also observed in nodules, although the causal relationship between these observations requires further investigation.
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- Yuzhe Sun
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China; (Y.S.); (Z.X.); (K.C.C.); (J.Y.Z.)
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- Center for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China; (M.X.); (K.F.); (J.W.-B.)
- School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China; (Y.S.); (Z.X.); (K.C.C.); (J.Y.Z.)
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China; (Y.S.); (Z.X.); (K.C.C.); (J.Y.Z.)
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China; (Y.S.); (Z.X.); (K.C.C.); (J.Y.Z.)
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- Center for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China; (M.X.); (K.F.); (J.W.-B.)
- School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- Center for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China; (M.X.); (K.F.); (J.W.-B.)
- School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- Center for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China; (M.X.); (K.F.); (J.W.-B.)
- School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China; (Y.S.); (Z.X.); (K.C.C.); (J.Y.Z.)
- Center for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China; (M.X.); (K.F.); (J.W.-B.)
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Kolli R, Engstler C, Akbaş Ş, Mower JP, Soll J, Carrie C. The OXA2a Insertase of Arabidopsis Is Required for Cytochrome c Maturation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 184:1042-1055. [PMID: 32759271 PMCID: PMC7536658 DOI: 10.1104/pp.19.01248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 07/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
Abstract
In yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) and human (Homo sapiens) mitochondria, Oxidase assembly protein1 (Oxa1) is the general insertase for protein insertion from the matrix side into the inner membrane while Cytochrome c oxidase assembly protein18 (Cox18/Oxa2) is specifically involved in the topogenesis of the complex IV subunit, Cox2. Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) mitochondria contain four OXA homologs: OXA1a, OXA1b, OXA2a, and OXA2b. OXA2a and OXA2b are unique members of the Oxa1 superfamily, in that they possess a tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) domain at their C termini. Here, we determined the role of OXA2a by studying viable mutant plants generated by partial complementation of homozygous lethal OXA2a transfer-DNA insertional mutants using the developmentally regulated ABSCISIC ACID INSENSITIVE3 (ABI3) promoter. The ABI3p:OXA2a plants displayed growth retardation due to a reduction in the steady-state abundances of both c-type cytochromes, cytochrome c 1 and cytochrome c The observed reduction in the steady-state abundance of complex III could be attributed to cytochrome c 1 being one of its subunits. Expression of a soluble heme lyase from an organism with cytochrome c maturation system III could functionally complement the lack of OXA2a. This implies that OXA2a is required for the system I cytochrome c maturation of Arabidopsis. Due to the interaction of OXA2a with Cytochrome c maturation protein CcmF C-terminal-like protein (CCMFC) in a yeast split-ubiquitin based interaction assay, we propose that OXA2a aids in the membrane insertion of CCMFC, which is presumed to form the heme lyase component of the cytochrome c maturation pathway. In contrast with the crucial role played by the TPR domain of OXA2b, the TPR domain of OXA2a is not essential for its functionality.
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- Renuka Kolli
- Department Biologie I - Botanik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, 82152, Germany
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- Department Biologie I - Botanik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, 82152, Germany
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- Department Biologie I - Botanik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, 82152, Germany
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- Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588
- Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68583
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- Department Biologie I - Botanik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, 82152, Germany
- Munich Centre for Integrated Protein Science, CIPSM, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, 81377, Germany
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- Department Biologie I - Botanik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, 82152, Germany
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Petereit J, Duncan O, Murcha MW, Fenske R, Cincu E, Cahn J, Pružinská A, Ivanova A, Kollipara L, Wortelkamp S, Sickmann A, Lee J, Lister R, Millar AH, Huang S. Mitochondrial CLPP2 Assists Coordination and Homeostasis of Respiratory Complexes. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 184:148-164. [PMID: 32571844 PMCID: PMC7479914 DOI: 10.1104/pp.20.00136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2020] [Accepted: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Protein homeostasis in eukaryotic organelles and their progenitor prokaryotes is regulated by a series of proteases including the caseinolytic protease (CLPP). CLPP has essential roles in chloroplast biogenesis and maintenance, but the significance of the plant mitochondrial CLPP remains unknown and factors that aid coordination of nuclear- and mitochondrial-encoded subunits for complex assembly in mitochondria await discovery. We generated knockout lines of the single gene for the mitochondrial CLP protease subunit, CLPP2, in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Mutants showed a higher abundance of transcripts from mitochondrial genes encoding oxidative phosphorylation protein complexes, whereas nuclear genes encoding other subunits of the same complexes showed no change in transcript abundance. By contrast, the protein abundance of specific nuclear-encoded subunits in oxidative phosphorylation complexes I and V increased in CLPP2 knockouts, without accumulation of mitochondrial-encoded counterparts in the same complex. Complexes with subunits mainly or entirely encoded in the nucleus were unaffected. Analysis of protein import and function of complex I revealed that while function was retained, protein homeostasis was disrupted, leading to accumulation of soluble subcomplexes of nuclear-encoded subunits. Therefore, CLPP2 contributes to the mitochondrial protein degradation network through supporting coordination and homeostasis of protein complexes encoded across mitochondrial and nuclear genomes.
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- Jakob Petereit
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Washington 6009, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Washington 6009, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Washington 6009, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Washington 6009, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Washington 6009, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Washington 6009, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Washington 6009, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Washington 6009, Australia
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- Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften-ISAS-e.V., 44139 Dortmund, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften-ISAS-e.V., 44139 Dortmund, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften-ISAS-e.V., 44139 Dortmund, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, College of Physical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3FX, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Medizinische Fakultät, Medizinische Proteom-Center, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Centre for advanced Microscopy, The Australian National University, Acton, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Washington 6009, Australia
- The Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Perth, Washington 6009, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Washington 6009, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Washington 6009, Australia
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Structural and functional properties of plant mitochondrial F-ATP synthase. Mitochondrion 2020; 53:178-193. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2020.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2020] [Revised: 05/25/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Waltz F, Corre N, Hashem Y, Giegé P. Specificities of the plant mitochondrial translation apparatus. Mitochondrion 2020; 53:30-37. [PMID: 32334144 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2020.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Revised: 04/14/2020] [Accepted: 04/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
Mitochondria are endosymbiotic organelles responsible for energy production in most eukaryotic cells. They host a genome and a fully functional gene expression machinery. In plants this machinery involves hundreds of pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins. Translation, the final step of mitochondrial gene expression is performed by mitochondrial ribosomes (mitoribosomes). The nature of these molecular machines remained elusive for a very long time. Because of their bacterial origin, it was expected that mitoribosomes would closely resemble bacterial ribosomes. However, recent advances in cryo-electron microscopy have revealed the extraordinary diversity of mitoribosome structure and composition. The plant mitoribosome was characterized for Arabidopsis. In plants, in contrast to other species such as mammals and kinetoplastids where rRNA has been largely reduced, the mitoribosome could be described as a protein/RNA-augmented bacterial ribosome. It has an oversized small subunit formed by expanded ribosomal RNAs and additional protein components when compared to bacterial ribosomes. The same holds true for the large subunit. The small subunit is characterized by a new elongated domain on the head. Among its additional proteins, several PPR proteins are core mitoribosome proteins. They mainly act at the structural level to stabilize and maintain the plant-specific ribosomal RNA expansions but could also be involved in translation initiation. Recent advances in plant mitoribosome composition and structure, its specialization for membrane protein synthesis, translation initiation, the regulation and dynamics of mitochondrial translation are reviewed here and put in perspective with the diversity of mitochondrial translation processes in the green lineage and in the wider context of eukaryote evolution.
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- Florent Waltz
- Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, U1212 Inserm, Université de Bordeaux, 2 rue R. Escarpit, F 33600 Pessac, France
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- Institut de biologie de moléculaire des plantes, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, 12 rue du général Zimmer, F 67084 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, U1212 Inserm, Université de Bordeaux, 2 rue R. Escarpit, F 33600 Pessac, France
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- Institut de biologie de moléculaire des plantes, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, 12 rue du général Zimmer, F 67084 Strasbourg, France.
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Xu J, Chen Z, Wang F, Jia W, Xu Z. Combined transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses uncover rearranged gene expression and metabolite metabolism in tobacco during cold acclimation. Sci Rep 2020; 10:5242. [PMID: 32251321 PMCID: PMC7090041 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-62111-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2019] [Accepted: 03/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Cold temperatures often severely restrict the growth, distribution and productivity of plants. The freezing tolerance of plants from temperate climates can be improved by undergoing periods of cold acclimation (CA). Tobacco is an important economic plant and is sensitive to cold stress. However, the dynamic changes and regulatory mechanisms of gene expression and metabolic processes during CA remain largely unknown. In this study, we performed RNA sequencing and metabolomic profiling analyses to identify the genes and metabolites specifically expressed during CA. Our transcriptomic data revealed 6905 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) during CA. Functional annotation and enrichment analyses revealed that the DEGs were involved mainly in signal transduction, carbohydrate metabolism and phenylpropanoid biosynthesis. Moreover, a total of 35 significantly changed metabolites were identified during CA via an LC-MS platform. Many protective metabolites, such as amino acids, carbohydrates, tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle intermediates and phenylpropanoid-related substances, were identified during CA. The gene-metabolite network extensively outlined the biological processes associated with the utilization of sugars, activation of amino acid metabolism, TCA cycle and phenylpropanoid biosynthesis in tobacco under CA. The results of our present study provide a comprehensive view of signal transduction and regulation, gene expression and dynamic changes in metabolites during CA.
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- Jiayang Xu
- National Tobacco Cultivation and Physiology and Biochemistry Research Center, College of Tobacco Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, People's Republic of China
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- National Tobacco Cultivation and Physiology and Biochemistry Research Center, College of Tobacco Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, People's Republic of China
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- National Tobacco Cultivation and Physiology and Biochemistry Research Center, College of Tobacco Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, People's Republic of China
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- National Tobacco Cultivation and Physiology and Biochemistry Research Center, College of Tobacco Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, People's Republic of China.
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- National Tobacco Cultivation and Physiology and Biochemistry Research Center, College of Tobacco Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, People's Republic of China.
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Coate JE, Schreyer WM, Kum D, Doyle JJ. Robust Cytonuclear Coordination of Transcription in Nascent Arabidopsis thaliana Autopolyploids. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:E134. [PMID: 32012851 PMCID: PMC7074348 DOI: 10.3390/genes11020134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2020] [Revised: 01/17/2020] [Accepted: 01/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Polyploidy is hypothesized to cause dosage imbalances between the nucleus and the other genome-containing organelles (mitochondria and plastids), but the evidence for this is limited. We performed RNA-seq on Arabidopsis thaliana diploids and their derived autopolyploids to quantify the degree of inter-genome coordination of transcriptional responses to nuclear whole genome duplication in two different organs (sepals and rosette leaves). We show that nuclear and organellar genomes exhibit highly coordinated responses in both organs. First, organelle genome copy number increased in response to nuclear whole genome duplication (WGD), at least partially compensating for altered nuclear genome dosage. Second, transcriptional output of the different cellular compartments is tuned to maintain diploid-like levels of relative expression among interacting genes. In particular, plastid genes and nuclear genes whose products are plastid-targeted show coordinated down-regulation, such that their expression levels relative to each other remain constant across ploidy levels. Conversely, mitochondrial genes and nuclear genes with mitochondrial targeting show either constant or coordinated up-regulation of expression relative to other nuclear genes. Thus, cytonuclear coordination is robust to changes in nuclear ploidy level, with diploid-like balance in transcript abundances achieved within three generations after nuclear whole genome duplication.
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- Jeremy E. Coate
- Department of Biology, Reed College, Portland, OR 97202, USA; (W.M.S.); (D.K.)
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- Department of Biology, Reed College, Portland, OR 97202, USA; (W.M.S.); (D.K.)
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- Department of Biology, Reed College, Portland, OR 97202, USA; (W.M.S.); (D.K.)
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- School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA;
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Ivanova A, Gill-Hille M, Huang S, Branca RM, Kmiec B, Teixeira PF, Lehtiö J, Whelan J, Murcha MW. A Mitochondrial LYR Protein Is Required for Complex I Assembly. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 181:1632-1650. [PMID: 31601645 PMCID: PMC6878026 DOI: 10.1104/pp.19.00822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2019] [Accepted: 09/25/2019] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Complex I biogenesis requires the expression of both nuclear and mitochondrial genes, the import of proteins, cofactor biosynthesis, and the assembly of at least 49 individual subunits. Assembly factors interact with subunits of Complex I but are not part of the final holocomplex. We show that in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), a mitochondrial matrix protein (EMB1793, At1g76060), which we term COMPLEX I ASSEMBLY FACTOR 1 (CIAF1), contains a LYR domain and is required for Complex I assembly. T-DNA insertion mutants of CIAF1 lack Complex I and the Supercomplex I+III. Biochemical characterization shows that the assembly of Complex I is stalled at 650 and 800 kD intermediates in mitochondria isolated from ciaf1 mutant lines.I. Yeast-two-hybrid interaction and complementation assays indicate that CIAF1 specifically interacts with the 23-kD TYKY-1 matrix domain subunit of Complex I and likely plays a role in Fe-S insertion into this subunit. These data show that CIAF1 plays an essential role in assembling the peripheral matrix arm Complex I subunits into the Complex I holoenzyme.
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- Aneta Ivanova
- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth 6009, Australia
- The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth 6009, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth 6009, Australia
- The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth 6009, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth 6009, Australia
- The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth 6009, Australia
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- Clinical Proteomics Mass Spectrometry, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Science for Life Laboratory and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 171 77, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, Stockholm SE-106 91, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, Stockholm SE-106 91, Sweden
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- Clinical Proteomics Mass Spectrometry, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Science for Life Laboratory and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 171 77, Sweden
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- Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Science, School of Life Science, The ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, La Trobe University, Bundoora 3086, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth 6009, Australia
- The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth 6009, Australia
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Ding S, Liu XY, Wang HC, Wang Y, Tang JJ, Yang YZ, Tan BC. SMK6 mediates the C-to-U editing at multiple sites in maize mitochondria. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 240:152992. [PMID: 31234031 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2019.152992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2019] [Revised: 06/01/2019] [Accepted: 06/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The recently identified PPR-E+/NVWA/DYW2 RNA editing complex provides insights into the mechanism of RNA editing in higher plant organelles. However, whether the complex works together with the previously identified editing factors RIPs/MORFs is unclear. In this paper, we identified a maize Smk6 gene, which encodes a mitochondrion-targeted PPR-E+protein with E1 and E2 domains at the C terminus. Loss of Smk6 function affects the C-to-U editing at nad1-740, nad4L-110, nad7-739, and mttB-138,139 sites, impairs mitochondrial activity and blocks embryogenesis and endosperm development. Genetic and molecular analysis indicated that SMK6 is the maize ortholog of the Arabidopsis SLO2, which is a component of the PPR-E+/NVWA/DYW2 editing complex. However, yeast two-hybrid analyses did not detect any interaction between SMK6 and any of the mitochondrion-targeted RIPs/MORFs, suggesting that RIPs/MORFs may not be a component of PPR-E+/NVWA/DYW2 RNA editing complex. Further analyses are required to provide evidence that RIP/MORFs and SMK6 do not physically interact in vivo.
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- Shuo Ding
- Key Lab of Plant Development and Environment Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Key Lab of Plant Development and Environment Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Key Lab of Plant Development and Environment Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Key Lab of Plant Development and Environment Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Key Lab of Plant Development and Environment Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Key Lab of Plant Development and Environment Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Key Lab of Plant Development and Environment Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China.
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Planchard N, Bertin P, Quadrado M, Dargel-Graffin C, Hatin I, Namy O, Mireau H. The translational landscape of Arabidopsis mitochondria. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:6218-6228. [PMID: 29873797 PMCID: PMC6159524 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2017] [Accepted: 05/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Messenger RNA translation is a complex process that is still poorly understood in eukaryotic organelles like mitochondria. Growing evidence indicates though that mitochondrial translation differs from its bacterial counterpart in many key aspects. In this analysis, we have used ribosome profiling technology to generate a genome-wide snapshot view of mitochondrial translation in Arabidopsis. We show that, unlike in humans, most Arabidopsis mitochondrial ribosome footprints measure 27 and 28 bases. We also reveal that respiratory subunits encoding mRNAs show much higher ribosome association than other mitochondrial mRNAs, implying that they are translated at higher levels. Homogenous ribosome densities were generally detected within each respiratory complex except for complex V, where higher ribosome coverage corroborated with higher requirements for specific subunits. In complex I respiratory mutants, a reorganization of mitochondrial mRNAs ribosome association was detected involving increased ribosome densities for certain ribosomal protein encoding transcripts and a reduction in translation of a few complex V mRNAs. Taken together, our observations reveal that plant mitochondrial translation is a dynamic process and that translational control is important for gene expression in plant mitochondria. This study paves the way for future advances in the understanding translation in higher plant mitochondria.
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- Noelya Planchard
- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, RD10, 78026 Versailles Cedex, France.,Paris-Sud University, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), UMR 9198 CEA, CNRS, Univ. Paris Sud, Bâtiment 400, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, RD10, 78026 Versailles Cedex, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, RD10, 78026 Versailles Cedex, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), UMR 9198 CEA, CNRS, Univ. Paris Sud, Bâtiment 400, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), UMR 9198 CEA, CNRS, Univ. Paris Sud, Bâtiment 400, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, RD10, 78026 Versailles Cedex, France
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Rolly NK, Lee SU, Imran QM, Hussain A, Mun BG, Kim KM, Yun BW. Nitrosative stress-mediated inhibition of OsDHODH1 gene expression suggests roots growth reduction in rice ( Oryza sativa L.). 3 Biotech 2019; 9:273. [PMID: 31245237 PMCID: PMC6581995 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-019-1800-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2018] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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This study monitored the transcriptional response of OsDHODH1 under nitrosative stress conditions relative to the transcripts accumulations for the core mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase1 (CcOX1) subunit, nuclear CcOX subunits 5b and 5c, two rice nitrate reductases (OsNIA1 and OsNIA2), and nitric oxide excess 1 (OsNOE1) genes. Our findings reveal that short-term exposure of rice seedlings to 1 mM SNP (Nitric oxide donor) applied exogenously for 1 h resulted in significant down-regulation of OsDHODH1 expression in all rice cultivars. In addition, the transcriptional patterns for the CcOX subunits, which are known to have a high affinity for nitric oxide, showed that the core catalytic subunit (OsCcOX1) and the nuclear subunit (OsCcOX5b) were up-regulated, while the nuclear subunit (OsCcOX5c) gene expression was suppressed. OsGSNOR1 expression was enhanced or decreased concomitant with a decrease or increase in SNO accumulation, particularly at the basal level. Moreover, high OsNIA1 expression was consistent with impaired root development, whereas low transcript accumulation matched a balanced root-growth pattern. This suggests that OsNIA1 expression would prevail over OsNIA2 expression under nitrosative stress response in rice. The level of malondialdehyde (MDA) content increased with the increase in SNP concentration, translating enhanced oxidative damage to the cell. We also observed increased catalase activity in response to 5 mM SNP suggesting that potential cross-talk exist between nitrosative and oxidative stress. These results collectively suggest a possible role of OsDHODH1 and OsCcOX5b role in plant root growth during nitrosative stress responses.
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- Nkulu Kabange Rolly
- Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Agriculture, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Pakistan
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- Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of Plant Molecular Breeding, School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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Meyer EH, Welchen E, Carrie C. Assembly of the Complexes of the Oxidative Phosphorylation System in Land Plant Mitochondria. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 70:23-50. [PMID: 30822116 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-050718-100412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Plant mitochondria play a major role during respiration by producing the ATP required for metabolism and growth. ATP is produced during oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS), a metabolic pathway coupling electron transfer with ADP phosphorylation via the formation and release of a proton gradient across the inner mitochondrial membrane. The OXPHOS system is composed of large, multiprotein complexes coordinating metal-containing cofactors for the transfer of electrons. In this review, we summarize the current state of knowledge about assembly of the OXPHOS complexes in land plants. We present the different steps involved in the formation of functional complexes and the regulatory mechanisms controlling the assembly pathways. Because several assembly steps have been found to be ancestral in plants-compared with those described in fungal and animal models-we discuss the evolutionary dynamics that lead to the conservation of ancestral pathways in land plant mitochondria.
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- Etienne H Meyer
- Organelle Biology and Biotechnology Research Group, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Current affiliation: Institute of Plant Physiology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, 06120 Halle, Germany;
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- Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Plant Sciences Research Group, Department Biologie I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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The propagation of most flowering plant species is determined by the success of seed germination, which is of both economic and ecologic importance. Mitochondria are the energy resource and crucial organelles for plant seed germination. Studying the underlying mechanism is important for us to understand the basic principles of plant development and improve crop yields. Here we identify HSP24.7 as a central activator for temperature-dependent seed germination. HSP24.7 modulates cytochrome C/C1 production in the mitochondrial electron transport chain and induces the generation of reactive oxygen species, which accelerates seed germination. Our work provides a comprehensive framework of how mitochondria regulate seed germination in response to the dynamics of environmental temperature. Seed germination is an energy demanding process that requires functional mitochondria upon imbibition. However, how mitochondria fine tune seed germination, especially in response to the dynamics of environmental temperature, remains largely unknown at the molecular level. Here, we report a mitochondrial matrix-localized heat shock protein GhHSP24.7, that regulates seed germination in a temperature-dependent manner. Suppression of GhHSP24.7 renders the seed insensitive to temperature changes and delays germination. We show that GhHSP24.7 competes with GhCCMH to bind to the maturation subunit protein GhCcmFc to form cytochrome C/C1 (CytC/C1) in the mitochondrial electron transport chain. GhHSP24.7 modulates CytC/C1 production to induce reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, which consequently accelerates endosperm rupture and promotes seed germination. Overexpression of GhHSP24.7’s homologous genes can accelerate seed germination in Arabidopsis and tomato, indicating its conserved function across plant species. Therefore, HSP24.7 is a critical factor that positively controls seed germination via temperature-dependent ROS generation.
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Kolli R, Soll J, Carrie C. OXA2b is Crucial for Proper Membrane Insertion of COX2 during Biogenesis of Complex IV in Plant Mitochondria. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 179:601-615. [PMID: 30487140 PMCID: PMC6426407 DOI: 10.1104/pp.18.01286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2018] [Accepted: 11/10/2018] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The evolutionarily conserved YidC/Oxa1/Alb3 proteins are involved in the insertion of membrane proteins in all domains of life. In plant mitochondria, individual knockouts of OXA1a, OXA2a, and OXA2b are embryo-lethal. In contrast to other members of the protein family, OXA2a and OXA2b contain a tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) domain at the C-terminus. Here, the role of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) OXA2b was determined by using viable mutant plants that were generated by complementing homozygous lethal OXA2b T-DNA insertional mutants with a C-terminally truncated OXA2b lacking the TPR domain. The truncated-OXA2b-complemented plants displayed severe growth retardation due to a strong reduction in the steady-state abundance and enzyme activity of the mitochondrial respiratory chain complex IV. The TPR domain of OXA2b directly interacts with cytochrome c oxidase subunit 2, aiding in efficient membrane insertion and translocation of its C-terminus. Thus, OXA2b is crucial for the biogenesis of complex IV in plant mitochondria.
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- Renuka Kolli
- Department Biologie I - Botanik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried 82152, Germany
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- Department Biologie I - Botanik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried 82152, Germany
- Munich Centre for Integrated Protein Science, CIPSM, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich 81377, Germany
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- Department Biologie I - Botanik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried 82152, Germany
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Waltz F, Nguyen TT, Arrivé M, Bochler A, Chicher J, Hammann P, Kuhn L, Quadrado M, Mireau H, Hashem Y, Giegé P. Small is big in Arabidopsis mitochondrial ribosome. NATURE PLANTS 2019; 5:106-117. [PMID: 30626926 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-018-0339-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2018] [Accepted: 11/27/2018] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Mitochondria are responsible for energy production through aerobic respiration, and represent the powerhouse of eukaryotic cells. Their metabolism and gene expression processes combine bacterial-like features and traits that evolved in eukaryotes. Among mitochondrial gene expression processes, translation remains the most elusive. In plants, while numerous pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins are involved in all steps of gene expression, their function in mitochondrial translation remains unclear. Here we present the biochemical characterization of Arabidopsis mitochondrial ribosomes and identify their protein subunit composition. Complementary biochemical approaches identified 19 plant-specific mitoribosome proteins, of which ten are PPR proteins. The knockout mutations of ribosomal PPR (rPPR) genes result in distinct macroscopic phenotypes, including lethality and severe growth delay. The molecular analysis of rppr1 mutants using ribosome profiling, as well as the analysis of mitochondrial protein levels, demonstrate rPPR1 to be a generic translation factor that is a novel function for PPR proteins. Finally, single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) reveals the unique structural architecture of Arabidopsis mitoribosomes, characterized by a very large small ribosomal subunit, larger than the large subunit, bearing an additional RNA domain grafted onto the head. Overall, our results show that Arabidopsis mitoribosomes are substantially divergent from bacterial and other eukaryote mitoribosomes, in terms of both structure and protein content.
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- Florent Waltz
- Institut de biologie de moléculaire des plantes UPR2357 du CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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- Institut de biologie de moléculaire des plantes UPR2357 du CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie U1212 Inserm, Université de Bordeaux, Pessac, France
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- Plateforme protéomique Strasbourg Esplanade FRC1589 du CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Plateforme protéomique Strasbourg Esplanade FRC1589 du CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Plateforme protéomique Strasbourg Esplanade FRC1589 du CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France.
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- Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie U1212 Inserm, Université de Bordeaux, Pessac, France.
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- Institut de biologie de moléculaire des plantes UPR2357 du CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
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Rurek M, Czołpińska M, Pawłowski TA, Staszak AM, Nowak W, Krzesiński W, Spiżewski T. Mitochondrial Biogenesis in Diverse Cauliflower Cultivars under Mild and Severe Drought. Impaired Coordination of Selected Transcript and Proteomic Responses, and Regulation of Various Multifunctional Proteins. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19041130. [PMID: 29642585 PMCID: PMC5979313 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19041130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2018] [Revised: 03/09/2018] [Accepted: 04/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial responses under drought within Brassica genus are poorly understood. The main goal of this study was to investigate mitochondrial biogenesis of three cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis) cultivars with varying drought tolerance. Diverse quantitative changes (decreases in abundance mostly) in the mitochondrial proteome were assessed by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2D PAGE) coupled with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Respiratory (e.g., complex II, IV (CII, CIV) and ATP synthase subunits), transporter (including diverse porin isoforms) and matrix multifunctional proteins (e.g., components of RNA editing machinery) were diversely affected in their abundance under two drought levels. Western immunoassays showed additional cultivar-specific responses of selected mitochondrial proteins. Dehydrin-related tryptic peptides (found in several 2D spots) immunopositive with dehydrin-specific antisera highlighted the relevance of mitochondrial dehydrin-like proteins for the drought response. The abundance of selected mRNAs participating in drought response was also determined. We conclude that mitochondrial biogenesis was strongly, but diversely affected in various cauliflower cultivars, and associated with drought tolerance at the proteomic and functional levels. However, discussed alternative oxidase (AOX) regulation at the RNA and protein level were largely uncoordinated due to the altered availability of transcripts for translation, mRNA/ribosome interactions, and/or miRNA impact on transcript abundance and translation.
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- Michał Rurek
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland.
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland.
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- Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Parkowa 5, 62-035 Kórnik, Poland.
- Present address: Department of Plant Physiology, Institute of Biology, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, University of Białystok, Ciołkowskiego 1J, 15-245 Białystok, Poland.
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- Molecular Biology Techniques Laboratory, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland.
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- Department of Vegetable Crops, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Dąbrowskiego 159, 60-594 Poznań, Poland.
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- Department of Vegetable Crops, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Dąbrowskiego 159, 60-594 Poznań, Poland.
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Rurek M, Czołpińska M, Pawłowski TA, Krzesiński W, Spiżewski T. Cold and Heat Stress Diversely Alter Both Cauliflower Respiration and Distinct Mitochondrial Proteins Including OXPHOS Components and Matrix Enzymes. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19030877. [PMID: 29547512 PMCID: PMC5877738 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19030877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2018] [Revised: 03/07/2018] [Accepted: 03/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Complex proteomic and physiological approaches for studying cold and heat stress responses in plant mitochondria are still limited. Variations in the mitochondrial proteome of cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis) curds after cold and heat and after stress recovery were assayed by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2D PAGE) in relation to mRNA abundance and respiratory parameters. Quantitative analysis of the mitochondrial proteome revealed numerous stress-affected protein spots. In cold, major downregulations in the level of photorespiratory enzymes, porine isoforms, oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) and some low-abundant proteins were observed. In contrast, carbohydrate metabolism enzymes, heat-shock proteins, translation, protein import, and OXPHOS components were involved in heat response and recovery. Several transcriptomic and metabolic regulation mechanisms are also suggested. Cauliflower plants appeared less susceptible to heat; closed stomata in heat stress resulted in moderate photosynthetic, but only minor respiratory impairments, however, photosystem II performance was unaffected. Decreased photorespiration corresponded with proteomic alterations in cold. Our results show that cold and heat stress not only operate in diverse modes (exemplified by cold-specific accumulation of some heat shock proteins), but exert some associations at molecular and physiological levels. This implies a more complex model of action of investigated stresses on plant mitochondria.
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- Michał Rurek
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland.
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland.
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- Department of Vegetable Crops, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Dąbrowskiego 159, 60-594 Poznań, Poland.
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- Department of Vegetable Crops, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Dąbrowskiego 159, 60-594 Poznań, Poland.
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Mansilla N, Racca S, Gras DE, Gonzalez DH, Welchen E. The Complexity of Mitochondrial Complex IV: An Update of Cytochrome c Oxidase Biogenesis in Plants. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19030662. [PMID: 29495437 PMCID: PMC5877523 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19030662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2018] [Revised: 01/26/2018] [Accepted: 01/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial respiration is an energy producing process that involves the coordinated action of several protein complexes embedded in the inner membrane to finally produce ATP. Complex IV or Cytochrome c Oxidase (COX) is the last electron acceptor of the respiratory chain, involved in the reduction of O2 to H2O. COX is a multimeric complex formed by multiple structural subunits encoded in two different genomes, prosthetic groups (heme a and heme a3), and metallic centers (CuA and CuB). Tens of accessory proteins are required for mitochondrial RNA processing, synthesis and delivery of prosthetic groups and metallic centers, and for the final assembly of subunits to build a functional complex. In this review, we perform a comparative analysis of COX composition and biogenesis factors in yeast, mammals and plants. We also describe possible external and internal factors controlling the expression of structural proteins and assembly factors at the transcriptional and post-translational levels, and the effect of deficiencies in different steps of COX biogenesis to infer the role of COX in different aspects of plant development. We conclude that COX assembly in plants has conserved and specific features, probably due to the incorporation of a different set of subunits during evolution.
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- Natanael Mansilla
- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina.
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina.
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina.
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina.
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina.
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Hameed MW, Juszczak I, Bock R, van Dongen JT. Comparison of mitochondrial gene expression and polysome loading in different tobacco tissues. PLANT METHODS 2017; 13:112. [PMID: 29255478 PMCID: PMC5729415 DOI: 10.1186/s13007-017-0257-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2017] [Accepted: 11/22/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND To investigate translational regulation of gene expression in plant mitochondria, a mitochondrial polysome isolation protocol was established for tobacco to investigate polysomal mRNA loading as a proxy for translational activity. Furthermore, we developed an oligonucleotide based microarray platform to determine the level of Nicotiana tabacum and Arabidopsis thaliana mitochondrial mRNA. RESULTS Microarray analysis of free and polysomal mRNAs was used to characterize differences in the levels of free transcripts and ribosome-bound mRNAs in various organs of tobacco plants. We have observed higher mitochondrial transcript levels in young leaves, flowers and floral buds as compared to fully expanded leaves and roots. A similar pattern of abundance was observed for ribosome-bound mitochondrial mRNAs in these tissues. However, the accumulation of the mitochondrial protein COX2 was found to be inversely related to that of its ribosome-bound mRNA. CONCLUSIONS Our results indicate that the association of mitochondrial mRNAs to ribosomes is largely determined by the total transcript level of a gene. However, at least for Cox2, we demonstrated that the level of ribosome-bound mRNA is not reflected by the amount of COX2 protein.
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- Muhammad Waqar Hameed
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270 Pakistan
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Molecular Physiology, University of Bonn, Kirschallee 1, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Institute of Biology I, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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Barreto P, Yassitepe JECT, Wilson ZA, Arruda P. Mitochondrial Uncoupling Protein 1 Overexpression Increases Yield in Nicotiana tabacum under Drought Stress by Improving Source and Sink Metabolism. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:1836. [PMID: 29163573 PMCID: PMC5672497 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2017] [Accepted: 10/10/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Mitochondrial uncoupling proteins (UCPs) sustain mitochondrial respiration independent of intracellular ATP concentration. Uncoupled respiration is particularly beneficial under stress conditions, during which both photosynthesis and respiration may be impaired. Sustaining carbon fixation during the reproductive phase is essential for plants to develop viable pollen grains and for seed setting. Here, we examined whether UCP1 overexpression (UCP1-oe) would help tobacco plants cope with drought stress during reproductive development. We observed that WT and UCP1-oe plants lost water at the same rate under moderate drought stress, but that UCP1-oe lines regained water faster upon rewatering. UCP1-oe plants maintained higher levels of respiration and photosynthesis and decreased H2O2 content in the leaves during the drought stress period. We examined whether UCP1-oe impacts reproductive tissues and seed production by monitoring the progress of flower development, focusing on the early stages of pollen formation. UCP1-oe lines induced the expression of mitochondrial genes and increased mtDNA content in reproductive tissues, which increased the consumption of carbohydrates and reduced H2O2 content and pollen disturbances. Finally, the beneficial impact of UCP1-oe on the source and sink organs resulted in an increased seed size and number under both control conditions and drought stress.
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- Pedro Barreto
- Centro de Biologia Molecular e Engenharia Genética, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
- Joint Research Center for Genomics Applied to Climate Change (UMIP GenClima), Campinas, Brazil
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- Joint Research Center for Genomics Applied to Climate Change (UMIP GenClima), Campinas, Brazil
- Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Embrapa Informática Agropecuária, Campinas, Brazil
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- School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, United Kingdom
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- Centro de Biologia Molecular e Engenharia Genética, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
- Joint Research Center for Genomics Applied to Climate Change (UMIP GenClima), Campinas, Brazil
- Departamento de Genética, Evolução e Bioagentes, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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Fanello DD, Bartoli CG, Guiamet JJ. Qualitative and quantitative modifications of root mitochondria during senescence of above-ground parts of Arabidopis thaliana. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2017; 258:112-121. [PMID: 28330554 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2017.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2016] [Revised: 01/18/2017] [Accepted: 01/21/2017] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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This work studied modifications experienced by root mitochondria during whole plant senescence or under light deprivation, using Arabidopsis thaliana plants with YFP tagged to mitochondria. During post-bolting development, root respiratory activity started to decline after aboveground organs (i.e., rosette leaves) had senesced. This suggests that carbohydrate starvation may induce root senescence. Similarly, darkening the whole plant induced a decrease in respiration of roots. This was partially due to a decrease in the number of total mitochondria (YFP-labelled mitochondria) and most probably to a decrease in the quantity of mitochondria with a developed inner membrane potential (ΔΨm, i.e., Mitotracker red- labelled mitochondria). Also, the lower amount of mitochondria with ΔΨm compared to YFP-labelled mitochondria at 10d of whole darkened plant, suggests the presence of mitochondria in a "standby state". The experiments also suggest that small mitochondria made the main contribution to the respiratory activity that was lost during root senescence. Sugar supplementation partially restored the respiration of mitochondria after 10d of whole plant dark treatment. These results suggest that root senescence is triggered by carbohydrate starvation, with loss of ΔΨm mitochondria and changes in mitochondrial size distribution.
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- Diego Darío Fanello
- Instituto de Fisiología Vegetal (INFIVE), Facultades de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales y de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, CCT-CONICET La Plata, cc 327, 1900, La Plata, Argentina.
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- Instituto de Fisiología Vegetal (INFIVE), Facultades de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales y de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, CCT-CONICET La Plata, cc 327, 1900, La Plata, Argentina
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- Instituto de Fisiología Vegetal (INFIVE), Facultades de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales y de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, CCT-CONICET La Plata, cc 327, 1900, La Plata, Argentina
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Li L, Nelson C, Fenske R, Trösch J, Pružinská A, Millar AH, Huang S. Changes in specific protein degradation rates in Arabidopsis thaliana reveal multiple roles of Lon1 in mitochondrial protein homeostasis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017; 89:458-471. [PMID: 27726214 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2015] [Revised: 09/29/2016] [Accepted: 10/03/2016] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Mitochondrial Lon1 loss impairs oxidative phosphorylation complexes and TCA enzymes and causes accumulation of specific mitochondrial proteins. Analysis of over 400 mitochondrial protein degradation rates using 15 N labelling showed that 205 were significantly different between wild type (WT) and lon1-1. Those proteins included ribosomal proteins, electron transport chain subunits and TCA enzymes. For respiratory complexes I and V, decreased protein abundance correlated with higher degradation rate of subunits in total mitochondrial extracts. After blue native separation, however, the assembled complexes had slow degradation, while smaller subcomplexes displayed rapid degradation in lon1-1. In insoluble fractions, a number of TCA enzymes were more abundant but the proteins degraded slowly in lon1-1. In soluble protein fractions, TCA enzymes were less abundant but degraded more rapidly. These observations are consistent with the reported roles of Lon1 as a chaperone aiding the proper folding of newly synthesized/imported proteins to stabilise them and as a protease to degrade mitochondrial protein aggregates. HSP70, prohibitin and enzymes of photorespiration accumulated in lon1-1 and degraded slowly in all fractions, indicating an important role of Lon1 in their clearance from the proteome.
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- Lei Li
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Bayliss Building M316, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Western Australia, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Bayliss Building M316, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Western Australia, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Bayliss Building M316, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Western Australia, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Bayliss Building M316, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Western Australia, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Bayliss Building M316, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Western Australia, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Bayliss Building M316, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Western Australia, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Bayliss Building M316, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Western Australia, Australia
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Shaikhali J, Wingsle G. Redox-regulated transcription in plants: Emerging concepts. AIMS MOLECULAR SCIENCE 2017. [DOI: 10.3934/molsci.2017.3.301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Murcha MW, Kubiszewski-Jakubiak S, Teixeira PF, Gügel IL, Kmiec B, Narsai R, Ivanova A, Megel C, Schock A, Kraus S, Berkowitz O, Glaser E, Philippar K, Maréchal-Drouard L, Soll J, Whelan J. Plant-Specific Preprotein and Amino Acid Transporter Proteins Are Required for tRNA Import into Mitochondria. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 172:2471-2490. [PMID: 27789739 PMCID: PMC5129730 DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.01519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2016] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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A variety of eukaryotes, in particular plants, do not contain the required number of tRNAs to support the translation of mitochondria-encoded genes and thus need to import tRNAs from the cytosol. This study identified two Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) proteins, Tric1 and Tric2 (for tRNA import component), which on simultaneous inactivation by T-DNA insertion lines displayed a severely delayed and chlorotic growth phenotype and significantly reduced tRNA import capacity into isolated mitochondria. The predicted tRNA-binding domain of Tric1 and Tric2, a sterile-α-motif at the C-terminal end of the protein, was required to restore tRNA uptake ability in mitochondria of complemented plants. The purified predicted tRNA-binding domain binds the T-arm of the tRNA for alanine with conserved lysine residues required for binding. T-DNA inactivation of both Tric proteins further resulted in an increase in the in vitro rate of in organello protein synthesis, which was mediated by a reorganization of the nuclear transcriptome, in particular of genes encoding a variety of proteins required for mitochondrial gene expression at both the transcriptional and translational levels. The characterization of Tric1/2 provides mechanistic insight into the process of tRNA import into mitochondria and supports the theory that the tRNA import pathway resulted from the repurposing of a preexisting protein import apparatus.
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- Monika W Murcha
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia (M.W.M., S.K.-J., A.I.);
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden (P.F.T., B.K., E.G.);
- Department Biology 1-Botany, Biocenter Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 82152 Planegg, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., K.P., J.S.);
- Munich Centre for Integrated Protein Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., J.S.);
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Department of Animal, Plant, and Soil Science, School of Life Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia (R.N., O.B., J.W.);
- Center for Human and Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany (K.P.); and
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg cedex, France (L.M.-D., C.M.)
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia (M.W.M., S.K.-J., A.I.)
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden (P.F.T., B.K., E.G.)
- Department Biology 1-Botany, Biocenter Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 82152 Planegg, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., K.P., J.S.)
- Munich Centre for Integrated Protein Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., J.S.)
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Department of Animal, Plant, and Soil Science, School of Life Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia (R.N., O.B., J.W.)
- Center for Human and Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany (K.P.); and
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg cedex, France (L.M.-D., C.M.)
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia (M.W.M., S.K.-J., A.I.)
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden (P.F.T., B.K., E.G.)
- Department Biology 1-Botany, Biocenter Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 82152 Planegg, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., K.P., J.S.)
- Munich Centre for Integrated Protein Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., J.S.)
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Department of Animal, Plant, and Soil Science, School of Life Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia (R.N., O.B., J.W.)
- Center for Human and Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany (K.P.); and
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg cedex, France (L.M.-D., C.M.)
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia (M.W.M., S.K.-J., A.I.)
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden (P.F.T., B.K., E.G.)
- Department Biology 1-Botany, Biocenter Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 82152 Planegg, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., K.P., J.S.)
- Munich Centre for Integrated Protein Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., J.S.)
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Department of Animal, Plant, and Soil Science, School of Life Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia (R.N., O.B., J.W.)
- Center for Human and Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany (K.P.); and
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg cedex, France (L.M.-D., C.M.)
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia (M.W.M., S.K.-J., A.I.)
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden (P.F.T., B.K., E.G.)
- Department Biology 1-Botany, Biocenter Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 82152 Planegg, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., K.P., J.S.)
- Munich Centre for Integrated Protein Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., J.S.)
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Department of Animal, Plant, and Soil Science, School of Life Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia (R.N., O.B., J.W.)
- Center for Human and Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany (K.P.); and
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg cedex, France (L.M.-D., C.M.)
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia (M.W.M., S.K.-J., A.I.)
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden (P.F.T., B.K., E.G.)
- Department Biology 1-Botany, Biocenter Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 82152 Planegg, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., K.P., J.S.)
- Munich Centre for Integrated Protein Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., J.S.)
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Department of Animal, Plant, and Soil Science, School of Life Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia (R.N., O.B., J.W.)
- Center for Human and Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany (K.P.); and
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg cedex, France (L.M.-D., C.M.)
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia (M.W.M., S.K.-J., A.I.)
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden (P.F.T., B.K., E.G.)
- Department Biology 1-Botany, Biocenter Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 82152 Planegg, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., K.P., J.S.)
- Munich Centre for Integrated Protein Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., J.S.)
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Department of Animal, Plant, and Soil Science, School of Life Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia (R.N., O.B., J.W.)
- Center for Human and Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany (K.P.); and
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg cedex, France (L.M.-D., C.M.)
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia (M.W.M., S.K.-J., A.I.)
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden (P.F.T., B.K., E.G.)
- Department Biology 1-Botany, Biocenter Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 82152 Planegg, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., K.P., J.S.)
- Munich Centre for Integrated Protein Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., J.S.)
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Department of Animal, Plant, and Soil Science, School of Life Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia (R.N., O.B., J.W.)
- Center for Human and Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany (K.P.); and
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg cedex, France (L.M.-D., C.M.)
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia (M.W.M., S.K.-J., A.I.)
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden (P.F.T., B.K., E.G.)
- Department Biology 1-Botany, Biocenter Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 82152 Planegg, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., K.P., J.S.)
- Munich Centre for Integrated Protein Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., J.S.)
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Department of Animal, Plant, and Soil Science, School of Life Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia (R.N., O.B., J.W.)
- Center for Human and Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany (K.P.); and
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg cedex, France (L.M.-D., C.M.)
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia (M.W.M., S.K.-J., A.I.)
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden (P.F.T., B.K., E.G.)
- Department Biology 1-Botany, Biocenter Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 82152 Planegg, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., K.P., J.S.)
- Munich Centre for Integrated Protein Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., J.S.)
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Department of Animal, Plant, and Soil Science, School of Life Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia (R.N., O.B., J.W.)
- Center for Human and Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany (K.P.); and
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg cedex, France (L.M.-D., C.M.)
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia (M.W.M., S.K.-J., A.I.)
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden (P.F.T., B.K., E.G.)
- Department Biology 1-Botany, Biocenter Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 82152 Planegg, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., K.P., J.S.)
- Munich Centre for Integrated Protein Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., J.S.)
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Department of Animal, Plant, and Soil Science, School of Life Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia (R.N., O.B., J.W.)
- Center for Human and Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany (K.P.); and
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg cedex, France (L.M.-D., C.M.)
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia (M.W.M., S.K.-J., A.I.)
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden (P.F.T., B.K., E.G.)
- Department Biology 1-Botany, Biocenter Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 82152 Planegg, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., K.P., J.S.)
- Munich Centre for Integrated Protein Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., J.S.)
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Department of Animal, Plant, and Soil Science, School of Life Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia (R.N., O.B., J.W.)
- Center for Human and Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany (K.P.); and
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg cedex, France (L.M.-D., C.M.)
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia (M.W.M., S.K.-J., A.I.)
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden (P.F.T., B.K., E.G.)
- Department Biology 1-Botany, Biocenter Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 82152 Planegg, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., K.P., J.S.)
- Munich Centre for Integrated Protein Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., J.S.)
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Department of Animal, Plant, and Soil Science, School of Life Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia (R.N., O.B., J.W.)
- Center for Human and Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany (K.P.); and
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg cedex, France (L.M.-D., C.M.)
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia (M.W.M., S.K.-J., A.I.)
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden (P.F.T., B.K., E.G.)
- Department Biology 1-Botany, Biocenter Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 82152 Planegg, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., K.P., J.S.)
- Munich Centre for Integrated Protein Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., J.S.)
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Department of Animal, Plant, and Soil Science, School of Life Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia (R.N., O.B., J.W.)
- Center for Human and Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany (K.P.); and
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg cedex, France (L.M.-D., C.M.)
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia (M.W.M., S.K.-J., A.I.)
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden (P.F.T., B.K., E.G.)
- Department Biology 1-Botany, Biocenter Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 82152 Planegg, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., K.P., J.S.)
- Munich Centre for Integrated Protein Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., J.S.)
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Department of Animal, Plant, and Soil Science, School of Life Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia (R.N., O.B., J.W.)
- Center for Human and Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany (K.P.); and
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg cedex, France (L.M.-D., C.M.)
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia (M.W.M., S.K.-J., A.I.);
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden (P.F.T., B.K., E.G.);
- Department Biology 1-Botany, Biocenter Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 82152 Planegg, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., K.P., J.S.);
- Munich Centre for Integrated Protein Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany (I.L.G., A.S., S.K., J.S.);
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Department of Animal, Plant, and Soil Science, School of Life Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia (R.N., O.B., J.W.);
- Center for Human and Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbruecken, Germany (K.P.); and
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg cedex, France (L.M.-D., C.M.)
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Van Aken O, Ford E, Lister R, Huang S, Millar AH. Retrograde signalling caused by heritable mitochondrial dysfunction is partially mediated by ANAC017 and improves plant performance. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2016; 88:542-558. [PMID: 27425258 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2016] [Revised: 07/12/2016] [Accepted: 07/14/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Mitochondria are crucial for plant viability and are able to communicate information on their functional status to the cellular nucleus via retrograde signalling, thereby affecting gene expression. It is currently unclear if retrograde signalling in response to constitutive mitochondrial biogenesis defects is mediated by the same pathways as those triggered during acute mitochondrial dysfunction. Furthermore, it is unknown if retrograde signalling can effectively improve plant performance when mitochondrial function is constitutively impaired. Here we show that retrograde signalling in mutants defective in mitochondrial proteins RNA polymerase rpotmp or prohibitin atphb3 can be suppressed by knocking out the transcription factor ANAC017. Genome-wide RNA-seq expression analysis revealed that ANAC017 is almost solely responsible for the most dramatic transcriptional changes common to rpotmp and atphb3 mutants, regulating classical marker genes such as alternative oxidase 1a (AOX1a) and also previously-uncharacterised DUF295 genes that appear to be new retrograde markers. In contrast, ANAC017 does not regulate intra-mitochondrial gene expression or transcriptional changes unique to either rpotmp or atphb3 genotype, suggesting the existence of currently unknown signalling cascades. The data show that ANAC017 function extends beyond common retrograde transcriptional responses and affects downstream protein abundance and enzyme activity of alternative oxidase, as well as steady-state energy metabolism in atphb3 plants. Furthermore, detailed growth analysis revealed that ANAC017-dependent retrograde signalling provides benefits for growth and productivity in plants with mitochondrial defects. In conclusion, ANAC017 plays a key role in both biogenic and operational mitochondrial retrograde signalling, and improves plant performance when mitochondrial function is constitutively impaired.
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- Olivier Van Aken
- Faculty of Science, ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia, Bayliss Building M316, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, 6009, Western Australia, Australia
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- Faculty of Science, ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia, Bayliss Building M316, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, 6009, Western Australia, Australia
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- Faculty of Science, ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia, Bayliss Building M316, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, 6009, Western Australia, Australia
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- Faculty of Science, ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia, Bayliss Building M316, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, 6009, Western Australia, Australia
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- Faculty of Science, ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia, Bayliss Building M316, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, 6009, Western Australia, Australia
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Havird JC, Sloan DB. The Roles of Mutation, Selection, and Expression in Determining Relative Rates of Evolution in Mitochondrial versus Nuclear Genomes. Mol Biol Evol 2016; 33:3042-3053. [PMID: 27563053 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msw185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Eukaryotes rely on proteins encoded by the nuclear and mitochondrial (mt) genomes, which interact within multisubunit complexes such as oxidative-phosphorylation enzymes. Although selection is thought to be less efficient on the asexual mt genome, in bilaterian animals the ratio of nonsynonymous to synonymous substitutions (ω) is lower in mt- compared with nuclear-encoded OXPHOS subunits, suggesting stronger effects of purifying selection in the mt genome. Because high levels of gene expression constrain protein sequence evolution, one proposed resolution to this paradox is that mt genes are expressed more highly than nuclear genes. To test this hypothesis, we investigated expression and sequence evolution of mt and nuclear genes from 84 diverse eukaryotes that vary in mt gene content and mutation rate. We found that the relationship between mt and nuclear ω values varied dramatically across eukaryotes. In contrast, transcript abundance is consistently higher for mt genes than nuclear genes, regardless of which genes happen to be in the mt genome. Consequently, expression levels cannot be responsible for the differences in ω Rather, 84% of the variance in the ratio of ω values between mt and nuclear genes could be explained by differences in mutation rate between the two genomes. We relate these findings to the hypothesis that high rates of mt mutation select for compensatory changes in the nuclear genome. We also propose an explanation for why mt transcripts consistently outnumber their nuclear counterparts, with implications for mitonuclear protein imbalance and aging.
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- Justin C Havird
- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
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Cole LW. The Evolution of Per-cell Organelle Number. Front Cell Dev Biol 2016; 4:85. [PMID: 27588285 PMCID: PMC4988970 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2016.00085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2016] [Accepted: 08/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Organelles with their own distinct genomes, such as plastids and mitochondria, are found in most eukaryotic cells. As these organelles and their host cells have evolved, the partitioning of metabolic processes and the encoding of interacting gene products have created an obligate codependence. This relationship has played a role in shaping the number of organelles in cells through evolution. Factors such as stochastic evolutionary forces acting on genes involved in organelle biogenesis, organelle-nuclear gene interactions, and physical limitations may, to varying degrees, dictate the selective constraint that per-cell organelle number is under. In particular, coordination between nuclear and organellar gene expression may be important in maintaining gene product stoichiometry, which may have a significant role in constraining the evolution of this trait.
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- Logan W Cole
- Department of Biology, Indiana University Bloomington, IN, USA
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Yin G, Whelan J, Wu S, Zhou J, Chen B, Chen X, Zhang J, He J, Xin X, Lu X. Comprehensive Mitochondrial Metabolic Shift during the Critical Node of Seed Ageing in Rice. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0148013. [PMID: 27124767 PMCID: PMC4849721 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2015] [Accepted: 01/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The critical node (CN) in seed aging in rice (Oryza sativa) is the transformation from Phase I (P-I) to Phase II (P-II) of the reverse S-shaped curve (RS-SC). Although mitochondrial dysfunction plays a key role in seed ageing, the metabolic shift in the CN remains poorly understood. Here, we investigated the mitochondrial regulatory mechanisms during the CN of rice seed ageing. We showed that during the CN of seed ageing, the mitochondrial ultrastructure was impaired, causing oxygen consumption to decrease, along with cytochrome c (cyt c) oxidase and malate dehydrogenase (MDH) activity. In addition, the transcript levels for the alternative pathway of the electron transport chain (ETC) were significantly induced, whereas the transcripts of the cytochrome oxidase (COX) pathway were inhibited. These changes were concomitant with the down-regulation of mitochondrial protein levels related to carbon and nitrogen metabolism, ATP synthase (ATPase) complex, tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA) cycle, mitochondrial oxidative enzymes, and a variety of other proteins. Therefore, while these responses inhibit the production of ATP and its intermediates, signals from mitochondria (such as the decrease of cyt c and accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS)) may also induce oxidative damage. These events provide considerable information about the mitochondrial metabolic shifts involved in the progression of seed ageing in the CN.
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- Guangkun Yin
- National Genebank, Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Life Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia
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- National Genebank, Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- National Genebank, Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- National Genebank, Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Genetics, Breeding and Multiple Utilization of Crops, Fujian Agriculture & Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China
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- National Genebank, Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- National Genebank, Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- National Genebank, Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- National Genebank, Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
- * E-mail: (XL); (XX)
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- National Genebank, Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
- * E-mail: (XL); (XX)
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Garcia L, Welchen E, Gey U, Arce AL, Steinebrunner I, Gonzalez DH. The cytochrome c oxidase biogenesis factor AtCOX17 modulates stress responses in Arabidopsis. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2016; 39:628-44. [PMID: 26436309 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2015] [Accepted: 09/22/2015] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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COX17 is a soluble protein from the mitochondrial intermembrane space that participates in the transfer of copper for cytochrome c oxidase (COX) assembly in eukaryotic organisms. In this work, we studied the function of both Arabidopsis thaliana AtCOX17 genes using plants with altered expression levels of these genes. Silencing of AtCOX17-1 in a cox17-2 knockout background generates plants with smaller rosettes and decreased expression of genes involved in the response of plants to different stress conditions, including several genes that are induced by mitochondrial dysfunctions. Silencing of either of the AtCOX17 genes does not affect plant development or COX activity but causes a decrease in the response of genes to salt stress. In addition, these plants contain higher reactive oxygen and lipid peroxidation levels after irrigation with high NaCl concentrations and are less sensitive to abscisic acid. In agreement with a role of AtCOX17 in stress and abscisic acid responses, both AtCOX17 genes are induced by several stress conditions, abscisic acid and mutation of the transcription factor ABI4. The results indicate that AtCOX17 is required for optimal expression of a group of stress-responsive genes, probably as a component of signalling pathways that link stress conditions to gene expression responses.
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- Lucila Garcia
- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, 3000, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, 3000, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Technische Universität Dresden, Department of Biology, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, 3000, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Technische Universität Dresden, Department of Biology, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, 3000, Santa Fe, Argentina
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Goralski M, Sobieszczanska P, Obrepalska-Steplowska A, Swiercz A, Zmienko A, Figlerowicz M. A gene expression microarray for Nicotiana benthamiana based on de novo transcriptome sequence assembly. PLANT METHODS 2016; 12:28. [PMID: 27213006 PMCID: PMC4875705 DOI: 10.1186/s13007-016-0128-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2016] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Nicotiana benthamiana has been widely used in laboratories around the world for studying plant-pathogen interactions and posttranscriptional gene expression silencing. Yet the exploration of its transcriptome has lagged behind due to the lack of both adequate sequence information and genome-wide analysis tools, such as DNA microarrays. Despite the increasing use of high-throughput sequencing technologies, the DNA microarrays still remain a popular gene expression tool, because they are cheaper and less demanding regarding bioinformatics skills and computational effort. RESULTS We designed a gene expression microarray with 103,747 60-mer probes, based on two recently published versions of N. benthamiana transcriptome (v.3 and v.5). Both versions were reconstructed from RNA-Seq data of non-strand-specific pooled-tissue libraries, so we defined the sense strand of the contigs prior to designing the probe. To accomplish this, we combined a homology search against Arabidopsis thaliana proteins and hybridization to a test 244k microarray containing pairs of probes, which represented individual contigs. We identified the sense strand in 106,684 transcriptome contigs and used this information to design an Nb-105k microarray on an Agilent eArray platform. Following hybridization of RNA samples from N. benthamiana roots and leaves we demonstrated that the new microarray had high specificity and sensitivity for detection of differentially expressed transcripts. We also showed that the data generated with the Nb-105k microarray may be used to identify incorrectly assembled contigs in the v.5 transcriptome, by detecting inconsistency in the gene expression profiles, which is indicated using multiple microarray probes that match the same v.5 primary transcripts. CONCLUSIONS We provided a complete design of an oligonucleotide microarray that may be applied to the research of N. benthamiana transcriptome. This, in turn, will allow the N. benthamiana research community to take full advantage of microarray capabilities for studying gene expression in this plant. Additionally, by defining the sense orientation of over 106,000 contigs, we substantially improved the functional information on the N. benthamiana transcriptome. The simple hybridization-based approach for detecting the sense orientation of computationally assembled sequences can be used for updating the transcriptomes of other non-model organisms, including cases where no significant homology to known proteins exists.
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- Michal Goralski
- />Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704 Poznan, Poland
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- />Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704 Poznan, Poland
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- />Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704 Poznan, Poland
- />Institute of Computing Science, Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 2, 60-965 Poznan, Poland
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- />Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704 Poznan, Poland
- />Institute of Computing Science, Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 2, 60-965 Poznan, Poland
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- />Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704 Poznan, Poland
- />Institute of Computing Science, Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 2, 60-965 Poznan, Poland
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Mansilla N, Garcia L, Gonzalez DH, Welchen E. AtCOX10, a protein involved in haem o synthesis during cytochrome c oxidase biogenesis, is essential for plant embryogenesis and modulates the progression of senescence. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2015; 66:6761-75. [PMID: 26246612 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) biogenesis requires several accessory proteins implicated, among other processes, in copper and haem a insertion. In yeast, the farnesyltransferase Cox10p that catalyses the conversion of haem b to haem o is the limiting factor in haem a biosynthesis and is essential for haem a insertion in CcO. In this work, we characterized AtCOX10, a putative Cox10p homologue from Arabidopsis thaliana. AtCOX10 was localized in mitochondria and was able to restore growth of a yeast Δcox10 null mutant on non-fermentable carbon sources, suggesting that it also participates in haem o synthesis. Plants with T-DNA insertions in the coding region of both copies of AtCOX10 could not be recovered, and heterozygous mutant plants showed seeds with embryos arrested at early developmental stages that lacked CcO activity. Heterozygous mutant plants exhibited lower levels of CcO activity and cyanide-sensitive respiration but normal levels of total respiration at the expense of an increase in alternative respiration. AtCOX10 seems to be implicated in the onset and progression of senescence, since heterozygous mutant plants showed a faster decrease in chlorophyll content and photosynthetic performance than wild-type plants after natural and dark-induced senescence. Furthermore, complementation of mutants by expressing AtCOX10 under its own promoter allowed us to obtain plants with T-DNA insertions in both AtCOX10 copies, which showed phenotypic characteristics comparable to those of wild type. Our results highlight the relevance of haem o synthesis in plants and suggest that this process is a limiting factor that influences CcO activity levels, mitochondrial respiration, and plant senescence.
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- Natanael Mansilla
- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Centro Científico Tecnológico Santa Fe - Colectora Ruta Nacional Nº 168 Km 0, Paraje El Pozo, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Centro Científico Tecnológico Santa Fe - Colectora Ruta Nacional Nº 168 Km 0, Paraje El Pozo, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Centro Científico Tecnológico Santa Fe - Colectora Ruta Nacional Nº 168 Km 0, Paraje El Pozo, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Centro Científico Tecnológico Santa Fe - Colectora Ruta Nacional Nº 168 Km 0, Paraje El Pozo, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina
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Del Valle-Echevarria AR, Kiełkowska A, Bartoszewski G, Havey MJ. The Mosaic Mutants of Cucumber: A Method to Produce Knock-Downs of Mitochondrial Transcripts. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2015; 5:1211-21. [PMID: 25873637 PMCID: PMC4478549 DOI: 10.1534/g3.115.017053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2015] [Accepted: 04/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Cytoplasmic effects on plant performance are well-documented and result from the intimate interaction between organellar and nuclear gene products. In plants, deletions, mutations, or chimerism of mitochondrial genes are often associated with deleterious phenotypes, as well as economically important traits such as cytoplasmic male sterility used to produce hybrid seed. Presently, genetic analyses of mitochondrial function and nuclear interactions are limited because there is no method to efficiently produce mitochondrial mutants. Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) possesses unique attributes useful for organellar genetics, including differential transmission of the three plant genomes (maternal for plastid, paternal for mitochondrial, and bi-parental for nuclear), a relatively large mitochondrial DNA in which recombination among repetitive motifs produces rearrangements, and the existence of strongly mosaic (MSC) paternally transmitted phenotypes that appear after passage of wild-type plants through cell cultures and possess unique rearrangements in the mitochondrial DNA. We sequenced the mitochondrial DNA from three independently produced MSC lines and revealed under-represented regions and reduced transcription of mitochondrial genes carried in these regions relative to the wild-type parental line. Mass spectrometry and Western blots did not corroborate transcriptional differences in the mitochondrial proteome of the MSC mutant lines, indicating that post-transcriptional events, such as protein longevity, may compensate for reduced transcription in MSC mitochondria. Our results support cucumber as a model system to produce transcriptional "knock-downs" of mitochondrial genes useful to study mitochondrial responses and nuclear interactions important for plant performance.
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- Faculty of Horticulture, Agricultural University of Krakow, Al. 29 Listopada 54, 31-425 Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, Faculty of Horticulture, Biotechnology and Landscape Architecture, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, ul. Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 USDA Agricultural Research Service, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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Rurek M, Woyda-Ploszczyca AM, Jarmuszkiewicz W. Biogenesis of mitochondria in cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis) curds subjected to temperature stress and recovery involves regulation of the complexome, respiratory chain activity, organellar translation and ultrastructure. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2015; 1847:399-417. [PMID: 25617518 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2015.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2014] [Revised: 12/05/2014] [Accepted: 01/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The biogenesis of the cauliflower curd mitochondrial proteome was investigated under cold, heat and the recovery. For the first time, two dimensional fluorescence difference gel electrophoresis was used to study the plant mitochondrial complexome in heat and heat recovery. Particularly, changes in the complex I and complex III subunits and import proteins, and the partial disintegration of matrix complexes were observed. The presence of unassembled subunits of ATP synthase was accompanied by impairment in mitochondrial translation of its subunit. In cold and heat, the transcription profiles of mitochondrial genes were uncorrelated. The in-gel activities of respiratory complexes were particularly affected after stress recovery. Despite a general stability of respiratory chain complexes in heat, functional studies showed that their activity and the ATP synthesis yield were affected. Contrary to cold stress, heat stress resulted in a reduced efficiency of oxidative phosphorylation likely due to changes in alternative oxidase (AOX) activity. Stress and stress recovery differently modulated the protein level and activity of AOX. Heat stress induced an increase in AOX activity and protein level, and AOX1a and AOX1d transcript level, while heat recovery reversed the AOX protein and activity changes. Conversely, cold stress led to a decrease in AOX activity (and protein level), which was reversed after cold recovery. Thus, cauliflower AOX is only induced by heat stress. In heat, contrary to the AOX activity, the activity of rotenone-insensitive internal NADH dehydrogenase was diminished. The relevance of various steps of plant mitochondrial biogenesis to temperature stress response and recovery is discussed.
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- Michal Rurek
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland.
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- Department of Bioenergetics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
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- Department of Bioenergetics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
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Turek I, Marondedze C, Wheeler JI, Gehring C, Irving HR. Plant natriuretic peptides induce proteins diagnostic for an adaptive response to stress. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:661. [PMID: 25505478 PMCID: PMC4244590 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2014] [Accepted: 11/05/2014] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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In plants, structural and physiological evidence has suggested the presence of biologically active natriuretic peptides (PNPs). PNPs are secreted into the apoplast, are systemically mobile and elicit a range of responses signaling via cGMP. The PNP-dependent responses include tissue specific modifications of cation transport and changes in stomatal conductance and the photosynthetic rate. PNP also has a critical role in host defense responses. Surprisingly, PNP-homologs are produced by several plant pathogens during host colonization suppressing host defense responses. Here we show that a synthetic peptide representing the biologically active fragment of the Arabidopsis thaliana PNP (AtPNP-A) induces the production of reactive oxygen species in suspension-cultured A. thaliana (Col-0) cells. To identify proteins whose expression changes in an AtPNP-A dependent manner, we undertook a quantitative proteomic approach, employing tandem mass tag (TMT) labeling, to reveal temporal responses of suspension-cultured cells to 1 nM and 10 pM PNP at two different time-points post-treatment. Both concentrations yield a distinct differential proteome signature. Since only the higher (1 nM) concentration induces a ROS response, we conclude that the proteome response at the lower concentration reflects a ROS independent response. Furthermore, treatment with 1 nM PNP results in an over-representation of the gene ontology (GO) terms "oxidation-reduction process," "translation" and "response to salt stress" and this is consistent with a role of AtPNP-A in the adaptation to environmental stress conditions.
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- Ilona Turek
- Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyThuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyThuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Drug Discovery Biology, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash UniversityMelbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyThuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Drug Discovery Biology, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash UniversityMelbourne, VIC, Australia
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Rurek M. Plant mitochondria under a variety of temperature stress conditions. Mitochondrion 2014; 19 Pt B:289-94. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2014.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2013] [Revised: 02/12/2014] [Accepted: 02/14/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Tarasenko VI, Garnik EY, Konstantinov YM. Expression of genes encoding subunits of respiratory complexes in Arabidopsis leaves depends on light. DOKL BIOCHEM BIOPHYS 2014; 456:92-5. [PMID: 24993964 DOI: 10.1134/s160767291403003x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- V I Tarasenko
- Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, 664033, Russia,
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Barreto P, Okura VK, Neshich IAP, Maia IDG, Arruda P. Overexpression of UCP1 in tobacco induces mitochondrial biogenesis and amplifies a broad stress response. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2014; 14:144. [PMID: 24886177 PMCID: PMC4046140 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-14-144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2014] [Accepted: 05/23/2014] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Uncoupling protein one (UCP1) is a mitochondrial inner membrane protein capable of uncoupling the electrochemical gradient from adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) synthesis, dissipating energy as heat. UCP1 plays a central role in nonshivering thermogenesis in the brown adipose tissue (BAT) of hibernating animals and small rodents. A UCP1 ortholog also occurs in plants, and aside from its role in uncoupling respiration from ATP synthesis, thereby wasting energy, it plays a beneficial role in the plant response to several abiotic stresses, possibly by decreasing the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and regulating cellular redox homeostasis. However, the molecular mechanisms by which UCP1 is associated with stress tolerance remain unknown. RESULTS Here, we report that the overexpression of UCP1 increases mitochondrial biogenesis, increases the uncoupled respiration of isolated mitochondria, and decreases cellular ATP concentration. We observed that the overexpression of UCP1 alters mitochondrial bioenergetics and modulates mitochondrial-nuclear communication, inducing the upregulation of hundreds of nuclear- and mitochondrial-encoded mitochondrial proteins. Electron microscopy analysis showed that these metabolic changes were associated with alterations in mitochondrial number, area and morphology. Surprisingly, UCP1 overexpression also induces the upregulation of hundreds of stress-responsive genes, including some involved in the antioxidant defense system, such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPX) and glutathione-S-transferase (GST). As a consequence of the increased UCP1 activity and increased expression of oxidative stress-responsive genes, the UCP1-overexpressing plants showed reduced ROS accumulation. These beneficial metabolic effects may be responsible for the better performance of UCP1-overexpressing lines in low pH, high salt, high osmolarity, low temperature, and oxidative stress conditions. CONCLUSIONS Overexpression of UCP1 in the mitochondrial inner membrane induced increased uncoupling respiration, decreased ROS accumulation under abiotic stresses, and diminished cellular ATP content. These events may have triggered the expression of mitochondrial and stress-responsive genes in a coordinated manner. Because these metabolic alterations did not impair plant growth and development, UCP1 overexpression can potentially be used to create crops better adapted to abiotic stress conditions.
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- Pedro Barreto
- Centro de Biologia Molecular e Engenharia Genética, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), 13083-875 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Centro de Biologia Molecular e Engenharia Genética, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), 13083-875 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Centro de Biologia Molecular e Engenharia Genética, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), 13083-875 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biociências, UNESP, 18618-970 Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- Centro de Biologia Molecular e Engenharia Genética, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), 13083-875 Campinas, SP, Brazil
- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), 13083-875 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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Law SR, Narsai R, Whelan J. Mitochondrial biogenesis in plants during seed germination. Mitochondrion 2014; 19 Pt B:214-21. [PMID: 24727594 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2014.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2014] [Revised: 03/29/2014] [Accepted: 04/01/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Mitochondria occupy a central role in the eukaryotic cell. In addition to being major sources of cellular energy, mitochondria are also involved in a diverse range of functions including signalling, the synthesis of many essential organic compounds and a role in programmed cell death. The active proliferation and differentiation of mitochondria is termed mitochondrial biogenesis and necessitates the coordinated communication of mitochondrial status within an integrated cellular network. Two models of mitochondrial biogenesis have been defined previously, the growth and division model and the maturation model. The former describes the growth and division of pre-existing mature organelles through a form of binary fission, while the latter describes the propagation of mitochondria from structurally and biochemically simple promitochondrial structures that upon appropriate stimuli, mature into fully functional mitochondria. In the last decade, a number of studies have utilised seed germination in plants as a platform for the examination of the processes occurring during mitochondrial biogenesis. These studies have revealed many new aspects of the tightly regulated procession of events that define mitochondrial biogenesis during this period of rapid development. A model for mitochondrial biogenesis that supports the maturation of mitochondria from promitochondrial structures has emerged, where mitochondrial signalling plays a crucial role in the early steps of seed germination.
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- Simon R Law
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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- Department of Botany, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Life Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, 3086, Australia
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- Department of Botany, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Life Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, 3086, Australia.
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Zubo YO, Potapova TV, Yamburenko MV, Tarasenko VI, Konstantinov YM, Börner T. Inhibition of the electron transport strongly affects transcription and transcript levels in Arabidopsis mitochondria. Mitochondrion 2014; 19 Pt B:222-30. [PMID: 24699356 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2014.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2013] [Revised: 03/17/2014] [Accepted: 03/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Mitochondrial transcription rate and RNA steady-state levels were examined in shoots of Arabidopsis seedlings. The shoots were treated with inhibitors of complex III and IV of the cytochrome pathway (CP) and with an inhibitor of the alternative oxidase (AOX) of the mitochondrial electron transport chain. The inhibition of AOX and CP complexes III and IV affected transcription and transcript levels in different ways. CP and AOX inhibitors had opposite effects. Our data support the idea that the redox state of the electron transport chain is involved in the regulation of mitochondrial gene expression at transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels.
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- Yan O Zubo
- Institute of Biology-Genetics, Humboldt University, Chaussestr. 117, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Biology-Genetics, Humboldt University, Chaussestr. 117, 10115 Berlin, Germany; The Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry SB RAS, Lermontova St., 132, Irkutsk 664033, Russia
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- Institute of Biology-Genetics, Humboldt University, Chaussestr. 117, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- The Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry SB RAS, Lermontova St., 132, Irkutsk 664033, Russia
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- Institute of Biology-Genetics, Humboldt University, Chaussestr. 117, 10115 Berlin, Germany; The Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry SB RAS, Lermontova St., 132, Irkutsk 664033, Russia; The Irkutsk State University, Sukhe-Batar St., 5, Irkutsk 664033, Russia
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- Institute of Biology-Genetics, Humboldt University, Chaussestr. 117, 10115 Berlin, Germany.
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Welchen E, García L, Mansilla N, Gonzalez DH. Coordination of plant mitochondrial biogenesis: keeping pace with cellular requirements. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 4:551. [PMID: 24409193 PMCID: PMC3884152 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2013] [Accepted: 12/23/2013] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Plant mitochondria are complex organelles that carry out numerous metabolic processes related with the generation of energy for cellular functions and the synthesis and degradation of several compounds. Mitochondria are semiautonomous and dynamic organelles changing in shape, number, and composition depending on tissue or developmental stage. The biogenesis of functional mitochondria requires the coordination of genes present both in the nucleus and the organelle. In addition, due to their central role, all processes held inside mitochondria must be finely coordinated with those in other organelles according to cellular demands. Coordination is achieved by transcriptional control of nuclear genes encoding mitochondrial proteins by specific transcription factors that recognize conserved elements in their promoter regions. In turn, the expression of most of these transcription factors is linked to developmental and environmental cues, according to the availability of nutrients, light-dark cycles, and warning signals generated in response to stress conditions. Among the signals impacting in the expression of nuclear genes, retrograde signals that originate inside mitochondria help to adjust mitochondrial biogenesis to organelle demands. Adding more complexity, several nuclear encoded proteins are dual localized to mitochondria and either chloroplasts or the nucleus. Dual targeting might establish a crosstalk between the nucleus and cell organelles to ensure a fine coordination of cellular activities. In this article, we discuss how the different levels of coordination of mitochondrial biogenesis interconnect to optimize the function of the organelle according to both internal and external demands.
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- Elina Welchen
- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral–Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-Universidad Nacional del LitoralSanta Fe, Argentina
- Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del LitoralSanta Fe, Argentina
- *Correspondence: Elina Welchen and Daniel H. Gonzalez, Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, CC 242 Paraje El Pozo, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina e-mail: ;
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral–Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-Universidad Nacional del LitoralSanta Fe, Argentina
- Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del LitoralSanta Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral–Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-Universidad Nacional del LitoralSanta Fe, Argentina
- Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del LitoralSanta Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral–Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-Universidad Nacional del LitoralSanta Fe, Argentina
- Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del LitoralSanta Fe, Argentina
- *Correspondence: Elina Welchen and Daniel H. Gonzalez, Cátedra de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, CC 242 Paraje El Pozo, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina e-mail: ;
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Janska H, Kwasniak M. Mitoribosomal regulation of OXPHOS biogenesis in plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:79. [PMID: 24634672 PMCID: PMC3942809 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2013] [Accepted: 02/19/2014] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The ribosome filter hypothesis posits that ribosomes are not simple non-selective translation machines but may also function as regulatory elements in protein synthesis. Recent data supporting ribosomal filtering come from plant mitochondria where it has been shown that translation of mitochondrial transcripts encoding components of oxidative phosphorylation complexes (OXPHOS) and of mitoribosomes can be differentially affected by alterations in mitoribosomes. The biogenesis of mitoribosome was perturbed by silencing of a gene encoding a small-subunit protein of the mitoribosome in Arabidopsis thaliana. As a consequence, the mitochondrial OXPHOS and ribosomal transcripts were both upregulated, but only the ribosomal proteins were oversynthesized, while the OXPHOS subunits were actually depleted. This finding implies that the heterogeneity of plant mitoribosomes found in vivo could contribute to the functional selectivity of translation under distinct conditions. Furthermore, global analysis indicates that biogenesis of OXPHOS complexes in plants can be regulated at different levels of mitochondrial and nuclear gene expression, however, the ultimate coordination of genome expression occurs at the complex assembly level.
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- Hanna Janska
- *Correspondence: Hanna Janska, Molecular Biology of the Cell Department, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, F. Joliot-Curie 14A, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland e-mail:
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Lee CP, Wirtz M, Hell R. Evidence for Several Cysteine Transport Mechanisms in the Mitochondrial Membranes of Arabidopsis thaliana. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 55:64-73. [DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pct155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Wydro MM, Sharma P, Foster JM, Bych K, Meyer EH, Balk J. The evolutionarily conserved iron-sulfur protein INDH is required for complex I assembly and mitochondrial translation in Arabidopsis [corrected]. THE PLANT CELL 2013; 25:4014-27. [PMID: 24179128 PMCID: PMC3877808 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.117283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2013] [Revised: 09/29/2013] [Accepted: 10/15/2013] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The assembly of respiratory complexes is a multistep process, requiring coordinate expression of mitochondrial and nuclear genes and cofactor biosynthesis. We functionally characterized the iron-sulfur protein required for NADH dehydrogenase (INDH) in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. An indh knockout mutant lacked complex I but had low levels of a 650-kD assembly intermediate, similar to mutations in the homologous NUBPL (nucleotide binding protein-like) in Homo sapiens. However, heterozygous indh/+ mutants displayed unusual phenotypes during gametogenesis and resembled mutants in mitochondrial translation more than mutants in complex I. Gradually increased expression of INDH in indh knockout plants revealed a significant delay in reassembly of complex I, suggesting an indirect role for INDH in the assembly process. Depletion of INDH protein was associated with decreased (35)S-Met labeling of translation products in isolated mitochondria, whereas the steady state levels of several mitochondrial transcripts were increased. Mitochondrially encoded proteins were differentially affected, with near normal levels of cytochrome c oxidase subunit2 and Nad7 but little Nad6 protein in the indh mutant. These data suggest that INDH has a primary role in mitochondrial translation that underlies its role in complex I assembly.
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- Mateusz M. Wydro
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, United Kingdom
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- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, United Kingdom
- Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom
- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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Cupp JD, Nielsen BL. Arabidopsis thaliana organellar DNA polymerase IB mutants exhibit reduced mtDNA levels with a decrease in mitochondrial area density. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2013; 149:91-103. [PMID: 23167278 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2012] [Revised: 10/31/2012] [Accepted: 10/31/2012] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Plant organelle genomes are complex and the mechanisms for their replication and maintenance remain unclear. Arabidopsis thaliana has two DNA polymerase genes, DNA polymerase IA (polIA) and polIB, that are dual targeted to mitochondria and chloroplasts and are differentially expressed in primary plant tissues. PolIB gene expression occurs at higher levels in tissues not primary for photosynthesis. Arabidopsis T-DNA polIB mutants have a 30% reduction in relative mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) levels, but also exhibit a 70% increase in polIA gene expression. The polIB mutant shows an increase in mitochondrial numbers but a significant decrease in mitochondrial area density within the hypocotyl epidermis, shoot apex and root tips. Chloroplast numbers are not significantly different in mesophyll protoplasts. These mutants do not have a significant difference in total dark mitorespiration levels but exhibit a difference in light respiration levels and photosynthesis capacity. Organelle-encoded genes for components of respiration and photosynthesis are upregulated in polIB mutants. The mutants exhibited slow growth in conjunction with a decreased rate of cell expansion and other secondary phenotypic effects. Evidence suggests that early plastid development and DNA levels are directly affected by a polIB mutation but are resolved to wild-type levels over time. However, mitochondria numbers and DNA levels never reach wild-type levels in the polIB mutant. We propose that both polIA and polIB are required for mtDNA replication. The results suggest that polIB mutants undergo an adjustment in cell homeostasis, enabling them to maintain functional mitochondria at the cost of normal cell expansion and plant growth.
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- John D Cupp
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA
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Kwasniak M, Majewski P, Skibior R, Adamowicz A, Czarna M, Sliwinska E, Janska H. Silencing of the nuclear RPS10 gene encoding mitochondrial ribosomal protein alters translation in arabidopsis mitochondria. THE PLANT CELL 2013; 25:1855-67. [PMID: 23723321 PMCID: PMC3694710 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.111294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Hardly anything is known about translational control of plant mitochondrial gene expression. Here, we provide evidence for differential translation of mitochondrial transcripts in Arabidopsis thaliana. We found that silencing of the nuclear RPS10 gene encoding mitochondrial ribosomal protein S10 disturbs the ratio between the small and large subunits of mitoribosomes, with an excess of the latter. Moreover, a portion of the small subunits are incomplete, lacking at least the S10 protein. rps10 cells also have an increased mitochondrial DNA copy number per cell, causing an upregulation of all mitochondrial transcripts. Mitochondrial translation is also altered so that it largely overrides the hyperaccumulation of transcripts, and as a consequence, only ribosomal proteins are oversynthesized, whereas oxidative phosphorylation subunits are downregulated. Expression of nuclear-encoded components of mitoribosomes and oxidative phosphorylation system (OXPHOS) complexes seems to be less affected. The ultimate coordination of expression of the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes occurs at the complex assembly level. These findings indicate that mitoribosomes can regulate gene expression by varying the efficiency of translation of mRNAs for OXPHOS and ribosomal proteins.
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, 51-148 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, 51-148 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, 51-148 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Plant Genetics, Physiology, and Biotechnology, University of Technological and Life Sciences, 85-789 Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, 51-148 Wroclaw, Poland
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