1
|
Liang Z, Ralph-Epps T, Schmidtke MW, Kumar V, Greenberg ML. Decreased pyruvate dehydrogenase activity in Tafazzin-deficient cells is caused by dysregulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase 1 (PDP1). J Biol Chem 2024; 300:105697. [PMID: 38301889 PMCID: PMC10884759 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.105697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2023] [Revised: 01/13/2024] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024] Open
Abstract
Cardiolipin (CL), the signature lipid of the mitochondrial inner membrane, is critical for maintaining optimal mitochondrial function and bioenergetics. Disruption of CL metabolism, caused by mutations in the CL remodeling enzyme TAFAZZIN, results in the life-threatening disorder Barth syndrome (BTHS). While the clinical manifestations of BTHS, such as dilated cardiomyopathy and skeletal myopathy, point to defects in mitochondrial bioenergetics, the disorder is also characterized by broad metabolic dysregulation, including abnormal levels of metabolites associated with the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle. Recent studies have identified the inhibition of pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH), the gatekeeper enzyme for TCA cycle carbon influx, as a key deficiency in various BTHS model systems. However, the molecular mechanisms linking aberrant CL remodeling, particularly the primary, direct consequence of reduced tetralinoleoyl-CL (TLCL) levels, to PDH activity deficiency are not yet understood. In the current study, we found that remodeled TLCL promotes PDH function by directly binding to and enhancing the activity of PDH phosphatase 1 (PDP1). This is supported by our findings that TLCL uniquely activates PDH in a dose-dependent manner, TLCL binds to PDP1 in vitro, TLCL-mediated PDH activation is attenuated in the presence of phosphatase inhibitor, and PDP1 activity is decreased in Tafazzin-knockout (TAZ-KO) C2C12 myoblasts. Additionally, we observed decreased mitochondrial calcium levels in TAZ-KO cells and treating TAZ-KO cells with calcium lactate (CaLac) increases mitochondrial calcium and restores PDH activity and mitochondrial oxygen consumption rate. Based on our findings, we conclude that reduced mitochondrial calcium levels and decreased binding of PDP1 to TLCL contribute to decreased PDP1 activity in TAZ-KO cells.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Zhuqing Liang
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
| | - Tyler Ralph-Epps
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
| | - Michael W Schmidtke
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
| | - Vikalp Kumar
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
| | - Miriam L Greenberg
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
| |
Collapse
|
2
|
Chiang ACY, Ježek J, Mu P, Di Y, Klucnika A, Jabůrek M, Ježek P, Ma H. Two mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms modulate cardiolipin binding and lead to synthetic lethality. Nat Commun 2024; 15:611. [PMID: 38242869 PMCID: PMC10799063 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-44964-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 01/21/2024] Open
Abstract
Genetic screens have been used extensively to probe interactions between nuclear genes and their impact on phenotypes. Probing interactions between mitochondrial genes and their phenotypic outcome, however, has not been possible due to a lack of tools to map the responsible polymorphisms. Here, using a toolkit we previously established in Drosophila, we isolate over 300 recombinant mitochondrial genomes and map a naturally occurring polymorphism at the cytochrome c oxidase III residue 109 (CoIII109) that fully rescues the lethality and other defects associated with a point mutation in cytochrome c oxidase I (CoIT300I). Through lipidomics profiling, biochemical assays and phenotypic analyses, we show that the CoIII109 polymorphism modulates cardiolipin binding to prevent complex IV instability caused by the CoIT300I mutation. This study demonstrates the feasibility of genetic interaction screens in animal mitochondrial DNA. It unwraps the complex intra-genomic interplays underlying disorders linked to mitochondrial DNA and how they influence disease expression.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Ason C Y Chiang
- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
- Wellcome/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QN, UK
- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EH, UK
| | - Jan Ježek
- Wellcome/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QN, UK
- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EH, UK
- University College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology, Royal Free Hospital, Rowland Hill Street, London, NW3 2PF, UK
| | - Peiqiang Mu
- Wellcome/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QN, UK
- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EH, UK
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Protein Function and Regulation in Agricultural Organisms, South China Agricultural University, Tianhe District, 510642, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P. R. China
| | - Ying Di
- Wellcome/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QN, UK
- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EH, UK
- Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0XY, UK
| | - Anna Klucnika
- Wellcome/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QN, UK
- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EH, UK
- Laverock Therapeutics, Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, SG1 2FX, UK
| | - Martin Jabůrek
- Laboratory of Mitochondrial Physiology, Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Videnska 1083, 142 20, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - Petr Ježek
- Laboratory of Mitochondrial Physiology, Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Videnska 1083, 142 20, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - Hansong Ma
- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
- Wellcome/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QN, UK.
- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EH, UK.
| |
Collapse
|
3
|
Joshi A, Gohil VM. Cardiolipin deficiency leads to the destabilization of mitochondrial magnesium channel MRS2 in Barth syndrome. Hum Mol Genet 2023; 32:3353-3360. [PMID: 37721533 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddad153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Revised: 09/10/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/19/2023] Open
Abstract
Barth syndrome (BTHS) is a debilitating X-linked cardio-skeletal myopathy caused by loss-of-function mutations in TAFAZZIN, a cardiolipin (CL)-remodeling enzyme required for the maintenance of normal levels of CL species in mitochondrial membranes. At present, how perturbations in CL abundance and composition lead to many debilitating clinical presentations in BTHS patients have not been fully elucidated. Inspired by our recent findings that CL is essential for optimal mitochondrial calcium uptake, we measured the levels of other biologically important metal ions in BTHS mitochondria and found that in addition to calcium, magnesium levels are significantly reduced. Consistent with this observation, we report a decreased abundance of the mitochondrial magnesium influx channel MRS2 in multiple models of BTHS including yeast, murine myoblast, and BTHS patient cells and cardiac tissue. Mechanistically, we attribute reduced steady-state levels of MRS2 to its increased turnover in CL-deficient BTHS models. By expressing Mrs2 in well-characterized yeast mutants of the phospholipid biosynthetic pathways, we demonstrate a specific requirement of CL for Mrs2 abundance and assembly. Finally, we provide in vitro evidence for the direct binding of CL with human MRS2. Together, our study has identified a critical requirement of CL for MRS2 stability and suggests perturbation of mitochondrial magnesium homeostasis as a novel contributing factor to BTHS pathology.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Alaumy Joshi
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, 301 Old Main Drive, TAMU 3474, College Station, TX 77843, United States
| | - Vishal M Gohil
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, 301 Old Main Drive, TAMU 3474, College Station, TX 77843, United States
| |
Collapse
|
4
|
Price TR, Stapleton DS, Schueler KL, Norris MK, Parks BW, Yandell BS, Churchill GA, Holland WL, Keller MP, Attie AD. Lipidomic QTL in Diversity Outbred mice identifies a novel function for α/β hydrolase domain 2 (Abhd2) as an enzyme that metabolizes phosphatidylcholine and cardiolipin. PLoS Genet 2023; 19:e1010713. [PMID: 37523383 PMCID: PMC10414554 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2023] [Revised: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 08/02/2023] Open
Abstract
We and others have previously shown that genetic association can be used to make causal connections between gene loci and small molecules measured by mass spectrometry in the bloodstream and in tissues. We identified a locus on mouse chromosome 7 where several phospholipids in liver showed strong genetic association to distinct gene loci. In this study, we integrated gene expression data with genetic association data to identify a single gene at the chromosome 7 locus as the driver of the phospholipid phenotypes. The gene encodes α/β-hydrolase domain 2 (Abhd2), one of 23 members of the ABHD gene family. We validated this observation by measuring lipids in a mouse with a whole-body deletion of Abhd2. The Abhd2KO mice had a significant increase in liver levels of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine. Unexpectedly, we also found a decrease in two key mitochondrial lipids, cardiolipin and phosphatidylglycerol, in male Abhd2KO mice. These data suggest that Abhd2 plays a role in the synthesis, turnover, or remodeling of liver phospholipids.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Tara R. Price
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
| | - Donnie S. Stapleton
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
| | - Kathryn L. Schueler
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
| | - Marie K. Norris
- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
| | - Brian W. Parks
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
| | - Brian S. Yandell
- Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
| | | | - William L. Holland
- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
| | - Mark P. Keller
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
| | - Alan D. Attie
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
| |
Collapse
|
5
|
Vo L, Schmidtke MW, Da Rosa-Junior NT, Ren M, Schlame M, Greenberg ML. Cardiolipin metabolism regulates expression of muscle transcription factor MyoD1 and muscle development. J Biol Chem 2023; 299:102978. [PMID: 36739949 PMCID: PMC9999232 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.102978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2022] [Revised: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
The mitochondrial phospholipid cardiolipin (CL) is critical for numerous essential biological processes, including mitochondrial dynamics and energy metabolism. Mutations in the CL remodeling enzyme TAFAZZIN cause Barth syndrome, a life-threatening genetic disorder that results in severe physiological defects, including cardiomyopathy, skeletal myopathy, and neutropenia. To study the molecular mechanisms whereby CL deficiency leads to skeletal myopathy, we carried out transcriptomic analysis of the TAFAZZIN-knockout (TAZ-KO) mouse myoblast C2C12 cell line. Our data indicated that cardiac and muscle development pathways are highly decreased in TAZ-KO cells, consistent with a previous report of defective myogenesis in this cell line. Interestingly, the muscle transcription factor myoblast determination protein 1 (MyoD1) is significantly repressed in TAZ-KO cells and TAZ-KO mouse hearts. Exogenous expression of MyoD1 rescued the myogenesis defects previously observed in TAZ-KO cells. Our data suggest that MyoD1 repression is caused by upregulation of the MyoD1 negative regulator, homeobox protein Mohawk, and decreased Wnt signaling. Our findings reveal, for the first time, that CL metabolism regulates muscle differentiation through MyoD1 and identify the mechanism whereby MyoD1 is repressed in CL-deficient cells.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Linh Vo
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
| | - Michael W Schmidtke
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
| | | | - Mindong Ren
- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care, and Pain Medicine at New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA; Department of Cell Biology at New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
| | - Michael Schlame
- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care, and Pain Medicine at New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA; Department of Cell Biology at New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
| | - Miriam L Greenberg
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
| |
Collapse
|
6
|
Ji J, Greenberg ML. Cardiolipin function in the yeast S. cerevisiae and the lessons learned for Barth syndrome. J Inherit Metab Dis 2022; 45:60-71. [PMID: 34626131 PMCID: PMC8755574 DOI: 10.1002/jimd.12447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Revised: 09/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
Cardiolipin (CL) is the signature phospholipid (PL) of mitochondria and plays a pivotal role in mitochondrial and cellular function. Disruption of the CL remodeling gene tafazzin (TAZ) causes the severe genetic disorder Barth syndrome (BTHS). Our current understanding of the function of CL and the mechanism underlying the disease has greatly benefited from studies utilizing the powerful yeast model Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In this review, we discuss important findings on the function of CL and its remodeling from yeast studies and the implications of these findings for BTHS, highlighting the potential physiological modifiers that may contribute to the disparities in clinical presentation among BTHS patients.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Jiajia Ji
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
| | - Miriam L Greenberg
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
| |
Collapse
|
7
|
Fox CA, Lethcoe K, Ryan RO. Calcium-induced release of cytochrome c from cardiolipin nanodisks: Implications for apoptosis. Biochim Biophys Acta Biomembr 2021; 1863:183722. [PMID: 34400138 PMCID: PMC8464532 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2021.183722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2021] [Revised: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Miniature bilayer membranes comprised of phospholipid and an apolipoprotein scaffold, termed nanodisks (ND), have been used in binding studies. When ND formulated with cardiolipin (CL), but not phosphatidylcholine, were incubated with cytochrome c, FPLC gel filtration chromatography provided evidence of a stable binding interaction. Incubation of CL ND with CaCl2 resulted in a concentration-dependent increase in sample turbidity caused by ND particle disruption. Prior incubation of CL ND with cytochrome c increased CL ND sensitivity to CaCl2-induced effects. Centrifugation of CaCl2-treated CL ND samples yielded pellet and supernatant fractions. Whereas the ND scaffold protein, apolipophorin III, was recovered in the pellet fraction along with CL, the majority of the cytochrome c pool was in the supernatant fraction. Moreover, when cytochrome c CL ND were incubated with CaCl2 at concentrations below the threshold to induce ND particle disruption, FPLC analysis showed that cytochrome c was released. Pre-incubation of CL ND with CaCl2 under conditions that do not disrupt ND particle integrity prevented cytochrome c binding to CL ND. Thus, competition between Ca2+ and cytochrome c for a common binding site on CL modulates cytochrome c binding and likely plays a role in its dissociation from CL-rich cristae membranes in response to apoptotic stimuli.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Colin A Fox
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557, United States of America
| | - Kyle Lethcoe
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557, United States of America
| | - Robert O Ryan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557, United States of America.
| |
Collapse
|
8
|
Li Y, Lou W, Grevel A, Böttinger L, Liang Z, Ji J, Patil VA, Liu J, Ye C, Hüttemann M, Becker T, Greenberg ML. Cardiolipin-deficient cells have decreased levels of the iron-sulfur biogenesis protein frataxin. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:11928-11937. [PMID: 32636300 PMCID: PMC7450130 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.013960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2020] [Revised: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Cardiolipin (CL) is the signature phospholipid of mitochondrial membranes, where it is synthesized locally and plays an important role in mitochondrial bioenergetics. Previous studies in the yeast model have indicated that CL is required for optimal iron homeostasis, which is disrupted by a mechanism not yet determined in the yeast CL mutant, crd1Δ. This finding has implications for the severe genetic disorder, Barth syndrome (BTHS), in which CL metabolism is perturbed because of mutations in the CL-remodeling enzyme, tafazzin. Here, we investigate the effects of tafazzin deficiency on iron homeostasis in the mouse myoblast model of BTHS tafazzin knockout (TAZ-KO) cells. Similarly to CL-deficient yeast cells, TAZ-KO cells exhibited elevated sensitivity to iron, as well as to H2O2, which was alleviated by the iron chelator deferoxamine. TAZ-KO cells exhibited increased expression of the iron exporter ferroportin and decreased expression of the iron importer transferrin receptor, likely reflecting a regulatory response to elevated mitochondrial iron. Reduced activities of mitochondrial iron-sulfur cluster enzymes suggested that the mechanism underlying perturbation of iron homeostasis was defective iron-sulfur biogenesis. We observed decreased levels of Yfh1/frataxin, an essential component of the iron-sulfur biogenesis machinery, in mitochondria from TAZ-KO mouse cells and in CL-deleted yeast crd1Δ cells, indicating that the role of CL in iron-sulfur biogenesis is highly conserved. Yeast crd1Δ cells exhibited decreased processing of the Yfh1 precursor upon import, which likely contributes to the iron homeostasis defects. Implications for understanding the pathogenesis of BTHS are discussed.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Yiran Li
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
| | - Wenjia Lou
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
| | - Alexander Grevel
- Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
| | - Lena Böttinger
- Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
| | - Zhuqing Liang
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
| | - Jiajia Ji
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
| | - Vinay A Patil
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
| | - Jenney Liu
- Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA
| | - Cunqi Ye
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
| | - Maik Hüttemann
- Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA
| | - Thomas Becker
- Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- CIBSS Centre for Integrative Biological Signaling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
| | - Miriam L Greenberg
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
| |
Collapse
|
9
|
Ghosh S, Basu Ball W, Madaris TR, Srikantan S, Madesh M, Mootha VK, Gohil VM. An essential role for cardiolipin in the stability and function of the mitochondrial calcium uniporter. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:16383-16390. [PMID: 32601238 PMCID: PMC7368250 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2000640117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Calcium uptake by the mitochondrial calcium uniporter coordinates cytosolic signaling events with mitochondrial bioenergetics. During the past decade all protein components of the mitochondrial calcium uniporter have been identified, including MCU, the pore-forming subunit. However, the specific lipid requirements, if any, for the function and formation of this channel complex are currently not known. Here we utilize yeast, which lacks the mitochondrial calcium uniporter, as a model system to address this problem. We use heterologous expression to functionally reconstitute human uniporter machinery both in wild-type yeast as well as in mutants defective in the biosynthesis of phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine, or cardiolipin (CL). We uncover a specific requirement of CL for in vivo reconstituted MCU stability and activity. The CL requirement of MCU is evolutionarily conserved with loss of CL triggering rapid turnover of MCU homologs and impaired calcium transport. Furthermore, we observe reduced abundance and activity of endogenous MCU in mammalian cellular models of Barth syndrome, which is characterized by a partial loss of CL. MCU abundance is also decreased in the cardiac tissue of Barth syndrome patients. Our work raises the hypothesis that impaired mitochondrial calcium transport contributes to the pathogenesis of Barth syndrome, and more generally, showcases the utility of yeast phospholipid mutants in dissecting the phospholipid requirements of ion channel complexes.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Sagnika Ghosh
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
| | - Writoban Basu Ball
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
| | - Travis R Madaris
- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Center for Precision Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229
| | - Subramanya Srikantan
- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Center for Precision Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229
| | - Muniswamy Madesh
- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Center for Precision Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229
| | - Vamsi K Mootha
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114;
- Broad Institute of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142
| | - Vishal M Gohil
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843;
| |
Collapse
|
10
|
Fan J, Petersen EM, Hinds TR, Zheng N, Miller SI. Structure of an Inner Membrane Protein Required for PhoPQ-Regulated Increases in Outer Membrane Cardiolipin. mBio 2020; 11:e03277-19. [PMID: 32047135 PMCID: PMC7018646 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.03277-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Accepted: 12/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
The Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium PhoPQ two-component system is activated within the intracellular phagosome environment, where it promotes remodeling of the outer membrane and resistance to innate immune antimicrobial peptides. Maintenance of the PhoPQ-regulated outer membrane barrier requires PbgA, an inner membrane protein with a transmembrane domain essential for growth, and a periplasmic domain required for PhoPQ-activated increases in outer membrane cardiolipin. Here, we report the crystal structure of cardiolipin-bound PbgA, adopting a novel transmembrane fold that features a cardiolipin binding site in close proximity to a long and deep cleft spanning the lipid bilayer. The end of the cleft extends into the periplasmic domain of the protein, which is structurally coupled to the transmembrane domain via a functionally critical C-terminal helix. In conjunction with a conserved putative catalytic dyad situated at the middle of the cleft, our structural and mutational analyses suggest that PbgA is a multifunction membrane protein that mediates cardiolipin transport, a function essential for growth, and perhaps catalysis of an unknown enzymatic reaction.IMPORTANCE Gram-negative bacteria cause many types of infections and have become increasingly resistant to available antibiotic drugs. The outer membrane serves as an important barrier that protects bacteria against antibiotics and other toxic compounds. This outer membrane barrier function is regulated when bacteria are in host environments, and the protein PbgA contributes significantly to this increased barrier function by transporting cardiolipin to the outer membrane. We determined the crystal structure of PbgA in complex with cardiolipin and propose a model for its function. Knowledge of the mechanisms of outer membrane assembly and integrity can greatly contribute to the development of new and effective antibiotics, and this structural information may be useful in this regard.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Junping Fan
- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
| | - Erik M Petersen
- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
| | - Thomas R Hinds
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
| | - Ning Zheng
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
| | - Samuel I Miller
- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
| |
Collapse
|
11
|
Paradies G, Paradies V, Ruggiero FM, Petrosillo G. Role of Cardiolipin in Mitochondrial Function and Dynamics in Health and Disease: Molecular and Pharmacological Aspects. Cells 2019; 8:cells8070728. [PMID: 31315173 PMCID: PMC6678812 DOI: 10.3390/cells8070728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 216] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2019] [Revised: 07/12/2019] [Accepted: 07/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
In eukaryotic cells, mitochondria are involved in a large array of metabolic and bioenergetic processes that are vital for cell survival. Phospholipids are the main building blocks of mitochondrial membranes. Cardiolipin (CL) is a unique phospholipid which is localized and synthesized in the inner mitochondrial membrane (IMM). It is now widely accepted that CL plays a central role in many reactions and processes involved in mitochondrial function and dynamics. Cardiolipin interacts with and is required for optimal activity of several IMM proteins, including the enzyme complexes of the electron transport chain (ETC) and ATP production and for their organization into supercomplexes. Moreover, CL plays an important role in mitochondrial membrane morphology, stability and dynamics, in mitochondrial biogenesis and protein import, in mitophagy, and in different mitochondrial steps of the apoptotic process. It is conceivable that abnormalities in CL content, composition and level of oxidation may negatively impact mitochondrial function and dynamics, with important implications in a variety of pathophysiological situations and diseases. In this review, we focus on the role played by CL in mitochondrial function and dynamics in health and diseases and on the potential of pharmacological modulation of CL through several agents in attenuating mitochondrial dysfunction.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Giuseppe Paradies
- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, 70125 Bari, Italy.
| | | | - Francesca M Ruggiero
- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, 70125 Bari, Italy
| | - Giuseppe Petrosillo
- Institute of Biomembranes, Bioenergetics and Molecular Biotechnologies (IBIOM), National Research Council (CNR), 70126 Bari, Italy.
| |
Collapse
|
12
|
Gao F, McDaniel J, Chen EY, Rockwell HE, Nguyen C, Lynes MD, Tseng YH, Sarangarajan R, Narain NR, Kiebish MA. Adapted MS/MS ALL Shotgun Lipidomics Approach for Analysis of Cardiolipin Molecular Species. Lipids 2019; 53:133-142. [PMID: 29488636 DOI: 10.1002/lipd.12004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Revised: 10/03/2017] [Accepted: 10/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Abstract
Cardiolipin (Ptd2 Gro) is a complex, doubly charged phospholipid located in the inner mitochondrial membrane where it plays an essential role in regulating bioenergetics. Abnormalities in Ptd2 Gro content or composition have been associated with mitochondrial dysfunction in a variety of disease states. Here, we report the development of an adapted high-resolution data-independent acquisition (DIA) MS/MSALL shotgun lipidomic method to enhance the accuracy and reproducibility of Ptd2 Gro molecular species quantitation from biological samples. Utilizing the doubly charged molecular ions and the isotopic pattern with negative mode electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) using an adapted MS/MSALL approach, we profiled more than 150 individual Ptd2 Gro species, including monolysocardiolipin (MLPtd2 Gro). The method described in this study demonstrated high reproducibility, sensitivity, and throughput with a wide dynamic range. This high-resolution MS/MSALL shotgun lipidomics approach could be extended to screening aberrations of Ptd2 Gro metabolism involved in mitochondrial dysfunction in various pathological conditions and diseases.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Fei Gao
- BERG, LLC, 500 Old Connecticut Path, Bldg B, 3rd Floor, Framingham, MA 01701, USA
| | - Justice McDaniel
- BERG, LLC, 500 Old Connecticut Path, Bldg B, 3rd Floor, Framingham, MA 01701, USA
| | - Emily Y Chen
- BERG, LLC, 500 Old Connecticut Path, Bldg B, 3rd Floor, Framingham, MA 01701, USA
| | - Hannah E Rockwell
- BERG, LLC, 500 Old Connecticut Path, Bldg B, 3rd Floor, Framingham, MA 01701, USA
| | - Cindy Nguyen
- BERG, LLC, 500 Old Connecticut Path, Bldg B, 3rd Floor, Framingham, MA 01701, USA
| | - Matthew D Lynes
- Section on Integrative Physiology and Metabolism, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
| | - Yu-Hua Tseng
- Section on Integrative Physiology and Metabolism, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
- Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
| | | | - Niven R Narain
- BERG, LLC, 500 Old Connecticut Path, Bldg B, 3rd Floor, Framingham, MA 01701, USA
| | - Michael A Kiebish
- BERG, LLC, 500 Old Connecticut Path, Bldg B, 3rd Floor, Framingham, MA 01701, USA
| |
Collapse
|
13
|
Krokowski S, Lobato-Márquez D, Chastanet A, Pereira PM, Angelis D, Galea D, Larrouy-Maumus G, Henriques R, Spiliotis ET, Carballido-López R, Mostowy S. Septins Recognize and Entrap Dividing Bacterial Cells for Delivery to Lysosomes. Cell Host Microbe 2018; 24:866-874.e4. [PMID: 30543779 PMCID: PMC6299245 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2018.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2018] [Revised: 08/14/2018] [Accepted: 11/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
The cytoskeleton occupies a central role in cellular immunity by promoting bacterial sensing and antibacterial functions. Septins are cytoskeletal proteins implicated in various cellular processes, including cell division. Septins also assemble into cage-like structures that entrap cytosolic Shigella, yet how septins recognize bacteria is poorly understood. Here, we discover that septins are recruited to regions of micron-scale membrane curvature upon invasion and division by a variety of bacterial species. Cardiolipin, a curvature-specific phospholipid, promotes septin recruitment to highly curved membranes of Shigella, and bacterial mutants lacking cardiolipin exhibit less septin cage entrapment. Chemically inhibiting cell separation to prolong membrane curvature or reducing Shigella cell growth respectively increases and decreases septin cage formation. Once formed, septin cages inhibit Shigella cell division upon recruitment of autophagic and lysosomal machinery. Thus, recognition of dividing bacterial cells by the septin cytoskeleton is a powerful mechanism to restrict the proliferation of intracellular bacterial pathogens.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Sina Krokowski
- Section of Microbiology, MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK; Department of Immunology & Infection, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK
| | - Damián Lobato-Márquez
- Section of Microbiology, MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK; Department of Immunology & Infection, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK
| | - Arnaud Chastanet
- MICALIS, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas 78350, France
| | - Pedro Matos Pereira
- Quantitative Imaging and NanoBiophysics Group, MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
| | - Dimitrios Angelis
- Department of Biology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
| | - Dieter Galea
- Section of Microbiology, MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
| | - Gerald Larrouy-Maumus
- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences, MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
| | - Ricardo Henriques
- Quantitative Imaging and NanoBiophysics Group, MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
| | - Elias T Spiliotis
- Department of Biology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
| | - Rut Carballido-López
- MICALIS, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas 78350, France
| | - Serge Mostowy
- Section of Microbiology, MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK; Department of Immunology & Infection, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK.
| |
Collapse
|
14
|
Chekhun VF, Storchai DM, Todor IN, Borikun TV, Lukianova NY. Antitumor and genotoxic effects of lactoferrin in Walker-256 tumor-bearing rats. Exp Oncol 2018; 40:200-204. [PMID: 30284996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
AIM To investigate the influence of exogenous lactoferrin (LF) on tumor growth, energy and lipid metabolism of Walker-256 carcinosarcoma and to assess genotoxic effects of LF. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was performed on Walker-256 tumor-bearing rats. Total lipids and phospholipids were determined by thin-layer chromatography. Comet assay was used to investigate the genotoxic effects of LF. RESULTS Daily i.p. administrations of exogenous LF at concentrations of 1 mg/kg and 10 mg/kg starting from the 4th day after tumor transplantation suppressed growth of Walker-256 carcinosarcoma by almost 44%. After treatment with recombinant LF in both doses, the phospholipid composition of Walker-256 carcinosarcoma cells was changed (3-fold increase of phosphatidylethanolamine, 3.4-fold increase of phosphatidylcholine, and 1.8-fold increase of sphingomyelin, while the cardiolipin content decreased by 67%. Exogenous LF was not genotoxic for bone marrow cells (as assessed by the ratio of PCE/NCE, number of micronuclei) and peripheral blood lymphocytes (percentage of DNA in the tail of a comet) in Walker-256 carcinosarcoma-bearing rats. CONCLUSION Exogenous LF caused the inhibition of Walker-256 carcinosarcoma growth and a decrease in the microviscosity of plasma cell membranes, and exerted no genotoxicity toward bone marrow cells and peripheral blood of experimental animals.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- V F Chekhun
- R.E. Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology and Radiobiology, NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv 03022, Ukraine
| | - D M Storchai
- R.E. Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology and Radiobiology, NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv 03022, Ukraine
| | - I N Todor
- R.E. Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology and Radiobiology, NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv 03022, Ukraine
| | - T V Borikun
- R.E. Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology and Radiobiology, NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv 03022, Ukraine
| | - N Yu Lukianova
- R.E. Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology and Radiobiology, NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv 03022, Ukraine
| |
Collapse
|
15
|
Wipperman MF, Heaton BE, Nautiyal A, Adefisayo O, Evans H, Gupta R, van Ditmarsch D, Soni R, Hendrickson R, Johnson J, Krogan N, Glickman MS. Mycobacterial Mutagenesis and Drug Resistance Are Controlled by Phosphorylation- and Cardiolipin-Mediated Inhibition of the RecA Coprotease. Mol Cell 2018; 72:152-161.e7. [PMID: 30174294 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2018.07.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2017] [Revised: 05/30/2018] [Accepted: 07/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis continues to cause substantial human mortality, in part because of the emergence of antimicrobial resistance. Antimicrobial resistance in tuberculosis is solely the result of chromosomal mutations that modify drug activators or targets, yet the mechanisms controlling the mycobacterial DNA-damage response (DDR) remain incompletely defined. Here, we identify RecA serine 207 as a multifunctional signaling hub that controls the DDR in mycobacteria. RecA S207 is phosphorylated after DNA damage, which suppresses the emergence of antibiotic resistance by selectively inhibiting the LexA coprotease function of RecA without affecting its ATPase or strand exchange functions. Additionally, RecA associates with the cytoplasmic membrane during the mycobacterial DDR, where cardiolipin can specifically inhibit the LexA coprotease function of unmodified, but not S207 phosphorylated, RecA. These findings reveal that RecA S207 controls mutagenesis and antibiotic resistance in mycobacteria through phosphorylation and cardiolipin-mediated inhibition of RecA coprotease function.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Matthew F Wipperman
- Immunology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY, USA; Clinical & Translational Science Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
| | - Brook E Heaton
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
| | - Astha Nautiyal
- Immunology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY, USA
| | - Oyindamola Adefisayo
- Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis Graduate Program, Weill Cornell Graduate School, New York, NY, USA
| | - Henry Evans
- Immunology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY, USA
| | - Richa Gupta
- Immunology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY, USA
| | | | - Rajesh Soni
- Microchemistry and Proteomics Core, MSKCC, New York, NY, USA
| | - Ron Hendrickson
- Microchemistry and Proteomics Core, MSKCC, New York, NY, USA
| | - Jeff Johnson
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA
| | - Nevan Krogan
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA
| | - Michael S Glickman
- Immunology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY, USA; Division of Infectious Diseases, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York, NY, USA; Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis Graduate Program, Weill Cornell Graduate School, New York, NY, USA.
| |
Collapse
|
16
|
Yadav PK, Rajasekharan R. Cardiolipin deficiency causes triacylglycerol accumulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Cell Biochem 2017; 434:89-103. [PMID: 28432553 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-017-3039-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2017] [Accepted: 04/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
Abstract
In yeast, the synthesis of cardiolipin (CL) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) occurs mainly in mitochondria. CL and PE have overlapping functions, and they are required for mitochondrial function. PE is physiologically linked with triacylglycerol (TAG) metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, involving an acyl-CoA-independent pathway through the phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase activity of the Lro1 protein. There is no report on the physiological link between CL and TAG metabolism. Here we report a metabolic link between CL and TAG accumulation in the S. cerevisiae. Our data indicated that CL deficiency causes TAG accumulation, involving an acyl-CoA-dependent pathway through the diacylglycerol acyltransferase activity of the Dga1 protein with no changes in the TAG molecular species. The DGA1 gene deletion from the CL-deficient strains reduced the TAG levels. Data from in vitro and in vivo analyses showed that CL did not affect the enzymatic activity of Dga1. Our data also showed that CL deficiency leads to the up-regulation of acetyl-CoA synthetase genes (ACS1 and ACS2) of the cytosolic pyruvate dehydrogenase bypass pathway. This study establishes a physiological link between CL and TAG metabolism in S. cerevisiae.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Pradeep Kumar Yadav
- Lipidomic Centre, Department of Lipid Science, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Mysore, Karnataka, 570020, India
- Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research, CSIR-CFTRI, Mysore, India
| | - Ram Rajasekharan
- Lipidomic Centre, Department of Lipid Science, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Mysore, Karnataka, 570020, India.
- Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research, CSIR-CFTRI, Mysore, India.
| |
Collapse
|
17
|
Zhong H, Xiao M, Zarkovic K, Zhu M, Sa R, Lu J, Tao Y, Chen Q, Xia L, Cheng S, Waeg G, Zarkovic N, Yin H. Mitochondrial control of apoptosis through modulation of cardiolipin oxidation in hepatocellular carcinoma: A novel link between oxidative stress and cancer. Free Radic Biol Med 2017; 102:67-76. [PMID: 27838437 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2016.10.494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2016] [Revised: 10/21/2016] [Accepted: 10/21/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
Altered redox status in cancer cells has been linked to lipid peroxidation induced by reactive oxygen species (ROS) and subsequent formation of reactive lipid electrophiles, especially 4-hydroxy-nonenal (4-HNE). Emerging evidence suggests that cancer cells manipulate redox status to acquire anti-apoptotic phenotype but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. Cardiolipin (CL), a mitochondria-specific inner membrane phospholipid, is critical for maintaining mitochondrial function. Paradoxically, liver tissues contain tetralinoleoyl cardiolipin (TLCL) as the major CL in mitochondria yet emerging evidence suggests that ROS generated in mitochondria may lead to CL peroxidation and activation of intrinsic apoptosis. It remains unclear how CL oxidation leads to apoptosis and its relevance to the pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We employed a mass spectrometry-based lipidomic approach to profile lipids in human tissues of HCC and found that CL was gradually decreased in tumor comparing to peripheral non-cancerous tissues, accompanied by a concomitant decrease of oxidized CL and its oxidation product, 4-HNE. Incubation of liver cancer cells with TLCL significantly restored apoptotic sensitivity accompanied by an increase of CL and its oxidation products when treated with staurosporine (STS) or Sorafenib (the standard treatment for late stage HCC patients). Our studies uncovered a novel mechanism by which cancer cells adopt to evade apoptosis, highlighting the importance of mitochondrial control of apoptosis through modulation of CL oxidation and subsequent 4-HNE formation in HCC. Thus manipulation of mitochondrial CL oxidation and lipid electrophile formation may have potential therapeutic value for diseases linked to oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunctions.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Huiqin Zhong
- Key Laboratory of Food Safety Research, Institute for Nutritional Sciences (INS) Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai 200031, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS, Beijing, China
| | - Mengqing Xiao
- Key Laboratory of Food Safety Research, Institute for Nutritional Sciences (INS) Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai 200031, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS, Beijing, China; School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
| | - Kamelija Zarkovic
- Division of Pathology, Clinical Hospital Centre & Medical Faculty, University of Zagreb, Croatia
| | - Mingjiang Zhu
- Key Laboratory of Food Safety Research, Institute for Nutritional Sciences (INS) Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai 200031, China
| | - Rina Sa
- Key Laboratory of Food Safety Research, Institute for Nutritional Sciences (INS) Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai 200031, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS, Beijing, China
| | - Jianhong Lu
- Key Laboratory of Food Safety Research, Institute for Nutritional Sciences (INS) Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai 200031, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS, Beijing, China
| | - Yongzhen Tao
- Key Laboratory of Food Safety Research, Institute for Nutritional Sciences (INS) Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai 200031, China
| | - Qun Chen
- Key Laboratory of Food Safety Research, Institute for Nutritional Sciences (INS) Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai 200031, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS, Beijing, China
| | - Lin Xia
- Key Laboratory of Food Safety Research, Institute for Nutritional Sciences (INS) Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai 200031, China
| | - Shuqun Cheng
- The Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Shanghai, China
| | - Georg Waeg
- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Karl Franz University of Graz, Austria
| | - Neven Zarkovic
- Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Laboratory for Oxidative Stress, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - Huiyong Yin
- Key Laboratory of Food Safety Research, Institute for Nutritional Sciences (INS) Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai 200031, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS, Beijing, China; Key Laboratory of Food Safety Risk Assessment, Ministry of Health, Beijing, China; School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China.
| |
Collapse
|
18
|
Sandlers Y, Mercier K, Pathmasiri W, Carlson J, McRitchie S, Sumner S, Vernon HJ. Metabolomics Reveals New Mechanisms for Pathogenesis in Barth Syndrome and Introduces Novel Roles for Cardiolipin in Cellular Function. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0151802. [PMID: 27015085 PMCID: PMC4807847 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2015] [Accepted: 03/04/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Barth Syndrome is the only known Mendelian disorder of cardiolipin remodeling, with characteristic clinical features of cardiomyopathy, skeletal myopathy, and neutropenia. While the primary biochemical defects of reduced mature cardiolipin and increased monolysocardiolipin are well-described, much of the downstream biochemical dysregulation has not been uncovered, and biomarkers are limited. In order to further expand upon the knowledge of the biochemical abnormalities in Barth Syndrome, we analyzed metabolite profiles in plasma from a cohort of individuals with Barth Syndrome compared to age-matched controls via 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. A clear distinction between metabolite profiles of individuals with Barth Syndrome and controls was observed, and was defined by an array of metabolite classes including amino acids and lipids. Pathway analysis of these discriminating metabolites revealed involvement of mitochondrial and extra-mitochondrial biochemical pathways including: insulin regulation of fatty acid metabolism, lipid metabolism, biogenic amine metabolism, amino acid metabolism, endothelial nitric oxide synthase signaling, and tRNA biosynthesis. Taken together, this data indicates broad metabolic dysregulation in Barth Syndrome with wide cellular effects.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Yana Sandlers
- Department of Chemistry, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America
| | - Kelly Mercier
- Research Triangle International, Durham, NC, United States of America
| | - Wimal Pathmasiri
- Research Triangle International, Durham, NC, United States of America
| | - Jim Carlson
- Research Triangle International, Durham, NC, United States of America
| | - Susan McRitchie
- Research Triangle International, Durham, NC, United States of America
| | - Susan Sumner
- Research Triangle International, Durham, NC, United States of America
| | - Hilary J. Vernon
- Department of Neurogenetics, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, United States of America
- McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States of America
- * E-mail:
| |
Collapse
|
19
|
Korneenko TV, Pestov NB, Okkelman IA, Modyanov NN, Shakhparonov MI. [P4-ATP-ase Atp8b1/FIC1: structural properties and (patho)physiological functions]. Bioorg Khim 2015; 41:3-12. [PMID: 26050466 DOI: 10.1134/s1068162015010070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
P4-ATP-ases comprise an interesting family among P-type ATP-ases, since they are thought to play a major role in the transfer of phospholipids such as phosphatydylserine from the outer leaflet to the inner leaflet. Isoforms of P4-ATP-ases are partially interchangeable but peculiarities of tissue-specific expression of their genes, intracellular localization of proteins, as well as regulatory pathways lead to the fact that, on the organismal level, serious pathologies may develop in the presence of structural abnormalities in certain isoforms. Among P4-ATP-ases a special place is occupied by ATP8B1, for which several mutations are known that lead to serious hereditary diseases: two forms of congenital cholestasis (PFIC1 or Byler disease and benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis) with extraliver symptoms such as sensorineural hearing loss. The physiological function of the Atp8b1/FIC1 protein is known in general outline: it is responsible for transport of certain phospholipids (phosphatydylserine, cardiolipin) for the outer monolayer of the plasma membrane to the inner one. It is well known that perturbation of membrane asymmetry, caused by the lack of Atp8B1 activity, leads to death of hairy cells of the inner ear, dysfunction of bile acid transport in liver-cells that causes cirrhosis. It is also probable that insufficient activity of Atp8b1/FIC1 increases susceptibility to bacterial pneumonia.Regulatory pathways of Atp8b1/FIC1 activity in vivo remain to be insufficiently studied and this opens novel perspectives for research in this field that may allow better understanding of molecular processes behind the development of certain pathologies and to reveal novel therapeutical targets.
Collapse
|
20
|
Scheu PD, Steinmetz PA, Dempwolff F, Graumann PL, Unden G. Polar localization of a tripartite complex of the two-component system DcuS/DcuR and the transporter DctA in Escherichia coli depends on the sensor kinase DcuS. PLoS One 2014; 9:e115534. [PMID: 25549248 PMCID: PMC4280142 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2014] [Accepted: 11/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
The C4-dicarboxylate responsive sensor kinase DcuS of the DcuS/DcuR two-component system of E. coli is membrane-bound and reveals a polar localization. DcuS uses the C4-dicarboxylate transporter DctA as a co-regulator forming DctA/DcuS sensor units. Here it is shown by fluorescence microscopy with fusion proteins that DcuS has a dynamic and preferential polar localization, even at very low expression levels. Single assemblies of DcuS had high mobility in fast time lapse acquisitions, and fast recovery in FRAP experiments, excluding polar accumulation due to aggregation. DctA and DcuR fused to derivatives of the YFP protein are dispersed in the membrane or in the cytosol, respectively, when expressed without DcuS, but co-localize with DcuS when co-expressed at appropriate levels. Thus, DcuS is required for location of DctA and DcuR at the poles and formation of tripartite DctA/DcuS/DcuR sensor/regulator complexes. Vice versa, DctA, DcuR and the alternative succinate transporter DauA were not essential for polar localization of DcuS, suggesting that the polar trapping occurs by DcuS. Cardiolipin, the high curvature at the cell poles, and the cytoskeletal protein MreB were not required for polar localization. In contrast, polar localization of DcuS required the presence of the cytoplasmic PAS(C) and the kinase domains of DcuS.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Patrick D. Scheu
- Institute for Microbiology and Wine Research, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
| | - Philipp A. Steinmetz
- Institute for Microbiology and Wine Research, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
| | - Felix Dempwolff
- Microbiology, Faculty for Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
| | - Peter L. Graumann
- Microbiology, Faculty for Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
| | - Gottfried Unden
- Institute for Microbiology and Wine Research, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- * E-mail:
| |
Collapse
|
21
|
Baba T, Kashiwagi Y, Arimitsu N, Kogure T, Edo A, Maruyama T, Nakao K, Nakanishi H, Kinoshita M, Frohman MA, Yamamoto A, Tani K. Phosphatidic acid (PA)-preferring phospholipase A1 regulates mitochondrial dynamics. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:11497-11511. [PMID: 24599962 PMCID: PMC4036285 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.531921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2013] [Revised: 03/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Recent studies have suggested that phosphatidic acid (PA), a cone-shaped phospholipid that can generate negative curvature of lipid membranes, participates in mitochondrial fusion. However, precise mechanisms underling the production and consumption of PA on the mitochondrial surface are not fully understood. Phosphatidic acid-preferring phospholipase A1 (PA-PLA1)/DDHD1 is the first identified intracellular phospholipase A1 and preferentially hydrolyzes PA in vitro. Its cellular and physiological functions have not been elucidated. In this study, we show that PA-PLA1 regulates mitochondrial dynamics. PA-PLA1, when ectopically expressed in HeLa cells, induced mitochondrial fragmentation, whereas its depletion caused mitochondrial elongation. The effects of PA-PLA1 on mitochondrial morphology appear to counteract those of MitoPLD, a mitochondrion-localized phospholipase D that produces PA from cardiolipin. Consistent with high levels of expression of PA-PLA1 in testis, PA-PLA1 knock-out mice have a defect in sperm formation. In PA-PLA1-deficient sperm, the mitochondrial structure is disorganized, and an abnormal gap structure exists between the middle and principal pieces. A flagellum is bent at that position, leading to a loss of motility. Our results suggest a possible mechanism of PA regulation of the mitochondrial membrane and demonstrate an in vivo function of PA-PLA1 in the organization of mitochondria during spermiogenesis.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Takashi Baba
- School of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan
| | - Yuriko Kashiwagi
- School of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan
| | - Nagisa Arimitsu
- School of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan
| | - Takeshi Kogure
- School of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan
| | - Ayumi Edo
- School of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan
| | - Tomohiro Maruyama
- School of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan
| | - Kazuki Nakao
- RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, 2-2-3 Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0047, Japan
| | - Hiroki Nakanishi
- Research Center for Biosignal, Akita University, Akita 010-8543, Japan
| | - Makoto Kinoshita
- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
| | - Michael A Frohman
- Department of Pharmacology and Center for Developmental Genetics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-5140, and
| | - Akitsugu Yamamoto
- Faculty of Bioscience, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Nagahama, Shiga 526-0829, Japan
| | - Katsuko Tani
- School of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan,.
| |
Collapse
|
22
|
Finton KAK, Larimore K, Larman HB, Friend D, Correnti C, Rupert PB, Elledge SJ, Greenberg PD, Strong RK. Autoreactivity and exceptional CDR plasticity (but not unusual polyspecificity) hinder elicitation of the anti-HIV antibody 4E10. PLoS Pathog 2013; 9:e1003639. [PMID: 24086134 PMCID: PMC3784475 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2013] [Accepted: 08/04/2013] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
Abstract
The broadly-neutralizing anti-HIV antibody 4E10 recognizes an epitope in the membrane-proximal external region of the HIV envelope protein gp41. Previous attempts to elicit 4E10 by vaccination with envelope-derived or reverse-engineered immunogens have failed. It was presumed that the ontogeny of 4E10-equivalent responses was blocked by inherent autoreactivity and exceptional polyreactivity. We generated 4E10 heavy-chain knock-in mice, which displayed significant B cell dysregulation, consistent with recognition of autoantigen/s by 4E10 and the presumption that tolerance mechanisms may hinder the elicitation of 4E10 or 4E10-equivalent responses. Previously proposed candidate 4E10 autoantigens include the mitochondrial lipid cardiolipin and a nuclear splicing factor, 3B3. However, using carefully-controlled assays, 4E10 bound only weakly to cardiolipin-containing liposomes, but also bound negatively-charged, non-cardiolipin-containing liposomes comparably poorly. 4E10/liposome binding was predominantly mediated by electrostatic interactions rather than presumed hydrophobic interactions. The crystal structure of 4E10 free of bound ligands showed a dramatic restructuring of the combining site, occluding the HIV epitope binding site and revealing profound flexibility, but creating an electropositive pocket consistent with non-specific binding of phospholipid headgroups. These results strongly suggested that antigens other than cardiolipin mediate 4E10 autoreactivity. Using a synthetic peptide library spanning the human proteome, we determined that 4E10 displays limited and focused, but unexceptional, polyspecificity. We also identified a novel autoepitope shared by three ER-resident inositol trisphosphate receptors, validated through binding studies and immunohistochemistry. Tissue staining with 4E10 demonstrated reactivity consistent with the type 1 inositol trisphosphate receptor as the most likely candidate autoantigen, but is inconsistent with splicing factor 3B3. These results demonstrate that 4E10 recognition of liposomes competes with MPER recognition and that HIV antigen and autoepitope recognition may be distinct enough to permit eliciting 4E10-like antibodies, evading autoimmunity through directed engineering. However, 4E10 combining site flexibility, exceptional for a highly-matured antibody, may preclude eliciting 4E10 by conventional immunization strategies.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Kathryn A K Finton
- Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
23
|
Cosson L, Toutain A, Simard G, Kulik W, Matyas G, Guichet A, Blasco H, Maakaroun-Vermesse Z, Vaillant MC, Le Caignec C, Chantepie A, Labarthe F. Barth syndrome in a female patient. Mol Genet Metab 2012; 106:115-20. [PMID: 22410210 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2012.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2011] [Revised: 01/17/2012] [Accepted: 01/17/2012] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Barth syndrome (BTHS) is an X-linked recessive disorder characterized by cardiomyopathy, skeletal myopathy and cyclic neutropenia in male patients. It is caused by mutations in the TAZ gene coding for the tafazzin, a protein involved in the remodeling of cardiolipin. Loss of cardiolipin in the inner mitochondrial membrane results in respiratory chain dysfunction. No specific symptom has been identified in female carriers. CASE REPORT We report the first case of BTHS confirmed by TAZ gene analysis in a female patient. This girl experienced severe heart failure at 1-month of age. Echocardiography diagnosed dilated-hypokinetic and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with noncompaction of the left ventricle. Initial metabolic screening was normal, except for a cyclic neutropenia. Respiratory chain analysis performed on skin fibroblasts revealed a decreased activity of complexes I, III and IV. Screening on a bloodspot showed abnormal monolysocardiolipin:cardiolipin ratio, later confirmed on cultured fibroblasts, indicative of BTHS. Genetic analyses finally confirmed the diagnosis of BTHS, by showing a large intragenic deletion of exons 1 through 5 in the TAZ gene. Cytogenetic analysis showed mosaicism for monosomy X and for a ring X chromosome with a large deletion of the long arm including the Xq28 region. The girl presented recurrent episodes of severe acute heart failure, progressive muscle weakness, and had a fatal septic shock at 3 years. CONCLUSION This case highlights that the diagnosis of BTHS should also be suspected in female patients presenting a phenotype similar to affected boys. In these cases, analysis of the monolysocardiolipin:cardiolipin ratio in bloodspots is a rapid and sensitive screening tool for BTHS. However clinical expression in a carrier female requires hemizygosity for the mutated allele of the TAZ gene, which supposes a rearrangement of the TAZ gene region on the other X chromosome.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Laure Cosson
- Service de Médecine Pédiatrique, CHRU de Tours, Université François Rabelais, Tours, France
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
24
|
Korytowski W, Basova LV, Pilat A, Kernstock RM, Girotti AW. Permeabilization of the mitochondrial outer membrane by Bax/truncated Bid (tBid) proteins as sensitized by cardiolipin hydroperoxide translocation: mechanistic implications for the intrinsic pathway of oxidative apoptosis. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:26334-43. [PMID: 21642428 PMCID: PMC3143596 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.188516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2010] [Revised: 05/12/2011] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Cytochrome c (cyt c) release upon oxidation of cardiolipin (CL) in the mitochondrial inner membrane (IM) under oxidative stress occurs early in the intrinsic apoptotic pathway. We postulated that CL oxidation mobilizes not only cyt c but also CL itself in the form of hydroperoxide (CLOOH) species. Relatively hydrophilic CLOOHs could assist in apoptotic signaling by translocating to the outer membrane (OM), thus promoting recruitment of the pro-apoptotic proteins truncated Bid (tBid) and Bax for generation of cyt c-traversable pores. Initial testing of these possibilities showed that CLOOH-containing liposomes were permeabilized more readily by tBid plus Ca(2+) than CL-containing counterparts. Moreover, CLOOH translocated more rapidly from IM-mimetic to OM-mimetic liposomes than CL and permitted more extensive OM permeabilization. We found that tBid bound more avidly to CLOOH-containing membranes than to CL counterparts, and binding increased with increasing CLOOH content. Permeabilization of CLOOH-containing liposomes in the presence of tBid could be triggered by monomeric Bax, consistent with tBid/Bax cooperation in pore formation. Using CL-null mitochondria from a yeast mutant, we found that tBid binding and cyt c release were dramatically enhanced by transfer acquisition of CLOOH. Additionally, we observed a pre-apoptotic IM-to-OM transfer of oxidized CL in cardiomyocytes treated with the Complex III blocker, antimycin A. These findings provide new mechanistic insights into the role of CL oxidation in the intrinsic pathway of oxidative apoptosis.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Witold Korytowski
- From the Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226 and
- the Institute of Molecular Biology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow 30-387, Poland
| | - Liana V. Basova
- From the Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226 and
| | - Anna Pilat
- From the Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226 and
| | - Robert M. Kernstock
- From the Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226 and
| | - Albert W. Girotti
- From the Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226 and
| |
Collapse
|
25
|
Landeta O, Landajuela A, Gil D, Taneva S, DiPrimo C, Sot B, Valle M, Frolov VA, Basañez G. Reconstitution of proapoptotic BAK function in liposomes reveals a dual role for mitochondrial lipids in the BAK-driven membrane permeabilization process. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:8213-8230. [PMID: 21196599 PMCID: PMC3048708 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.165852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2010] [Revised: 12/18/2010] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
BAK is a key effector of mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization (MOMP) whose molecular mechanism of action remains to be fully dissected in intact cells, mainly due to the inherent complexity of the intracellular apoptotic machinery. Here we show that the core features of the BAK-driven MOMP pathway can be reproduced in a highly simplified in vitro system consisting of recombinant human BAK lacking the carboxyl-terminal 21 residues (BAKΔC) and tBID in combination with liposomes bearing an appropriate lipid environment. Using this minimalist reconstituted system we established that tBID suffices to trigger BAKΔC membrane insertion, oligomerization, and pore formation. Furthermore, we demonstrate that tBID-activated BAKΔC permeabilizes the membrane by forming structurally dynamic pores rather than a large proteinaceous channel of fixed size. We also identified two distinct roles played by mitochondrial lipids along the molecular pathway of BAKΔC-induced membrane permeabilization. First, using several independent approaches, we showed that cardiolipin directly interacts with BAKΔC, leading to a localized structural rearrangement in the protein that "primes" BAKΔC for interaction with tBID. Second, we provide evidence that selected curvature-inducing lipids present in mitochondrial membranes specifically modulate the energetic expenditure required to create the BAKΔC pore. Collectively, our results support the notion that BAK functions as a direct effector of MOMP akin to BAX and also adds significantly to the growing evidence indicating that mitochondrial membrane lipids are actively implicated in BCL-2 protein family function.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Olatz Landeta
- From the Unidad de Biofísica (Centro Mixto Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas-Universidad del Pais Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), P.O. Box 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
| | - Ane Landajuela
- From the Unidad de Biofísica (Centro Mixto Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas-Universidad del Pais Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), P.O. Box 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
| | - David Gil
- CIC-BIOGUNE Structural Biology Unit, Parque Tecnologico Zamudio, Bizkaia, 48160 Derio, Spain
| | - Stefka Taneva
- From the Unidad de Biofísica (Centro Mixto Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas-Universidad del Pais Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), P.O. Box 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
| | - Carmelo DiPrimo
- Université de Bordeaux, INSERM U869, Institut Européen de Chimie et de Biologie, Pessac F-33607, France, and
| | - Begoña Sot
- the MRC Centre for Protein Engineering and MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom
| | - Mikel Valle
- CIC-BIOGUNE Structural Biology Unit, Parque Tecnologico Zamudio, Bizkaia, 48160 Derio, Spain
| | - Vadim A Frolov
- From the Unidad de Biofísica (Centro Mixto Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas-Universidad del Pais Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), P.O. Box 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain,; the Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, UPV/EHU, Leioa 48940, Spain,; Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48011 Bilbao, Spain
| | - Gorka Basañez
- From the Unidad de Biofísica (Centro Mixto Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas-Universidad del Pais Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), P.O. Box 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain,.
| |
Collapse
|
26
|
Lu YH, Guan Z, Zhao J, Raetz CRH. Three phosphatidylglycerol-phosphate phosphatases in the inner membrane of Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:5506-18. [PMID: 21148555 PMCID: PMC3037664 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.199265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2010] [Revised: 12/08/2010] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
Abstract
The phospholipids of Escherichia coli consist mainly of phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol (PG), and cardiolipin. PG makes up ∼25% of the cellular phospholipid and is essential for growth in wild-type cells. PG is synthesized on the inner surface of the inner membrane from cytidine diphosphate-diacylglycerol and glycerol 3-phosphate, generating the precursor phosphatidylglycerol-phosphate (PGP). This compound is present at low levels (∼0.1% of the total lipid). Dephosphorylation of PGP to PG is catalyzed by several PGP-phosphatases. The pgpA and pgpB genes, which encode structurally distinct PGP-phosphatases, were identified previously. Double deletion mutants lacking pgpA and pgpB are viable and still make PG, suggesting the presence of additional phosphatase(s). We have identified a third PGP-phosphatase gene (previously annotated as yfhB but renamed pgpC) using an expression cloning strategy. A mutant with deletions in all three phosphatase genes is not viable unless covered by a plasmid expressing either pgpA, pgpB, or pgpC. When the triple mutant is covered with the temperature-sensitive plasmid pMAK705 expressing any one of the three pgp genes, the cells grow at 30 but not 42 °C. As growth slows at 42 °C, PGP accumulates to high levels, and the PG content declines. PgpC orthologs are present in many other bacteria.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Yi-Hsueh Lu
- From the Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
| | - Ziqiang Guan
- From the Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
| | - Jinshi Zhao
- From the Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
| | - Christian R. H. Raetz
- From the Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
| |
Collapse
|
27
|
Gonzalvez F, Pariselli F, Jalmar O, Dupaigne P, Sureau F, Dellinger M, Hendrickson EA, Bernard S, Petit PX. Mechanistic issues of the interaction of the hairpin-forming domain of tBid with mitochondrial cardiolipin. PLoS One 2010; 5:e9342. [PMID: 20179769 PMCID: PMC2825271 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2009] [Accepted: 01/25/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The pro-apoptotic effector Bid induces mitochondrial apoptosis in synergy with Bax and Bak. In response to death receptors activation, Bid is cleaved by caspase-8 into its active form, tBid (truncated Bid), which then translocates to the mitochondria to trigger cytochrome c release and subsequent apoptosis. Accumulating evidence now indicate that the binding of tBid initiates an ordered sequences of events that prime mitochondria from the action of Bax and Bak: (1) tBid interacts with mitochondria via a specific binding to cardiolipin (CL) and immediately disturbs mitochondrial structure and function idependently of its BH3 domain; (2) Then, tBid activates through its BH3 domain Bax and/or Bak and induces their subsequent oligomerization in mitochondrial membranes. To date, the underlying mechanism responsible for targeting tBid to mitochondria and disrupting mitochondrial bioenergetics has yet be elucidated. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS The present study investigates the mechanism by which tBid interacts with mitochondria issued from mouse hepatocytes and perturbs mitochondrial function. We show here that the helix alphaH6 is responsible for targeting tBid to mitochondrial CL and disrupting mitochondrial bioenergetics. In particular, alphaH6 interacts with mitochondria through electrostatic interactions involving the lysines 157 and 158 and induces an inhibition of state-3 respiration and an uncoupling of state-4 respiration. These changes may represent a key event that primes mitochondria for the action of Bax and Bak. In addition, we also demonstrate that tBid required its helix alphaH6 to efficiently induce cytochrome c release and apoptosis. CONCLUSIONS Our findings provide new insights into the mechanism of action of tBid, and particularly emphasize the importance of the interaction of the helix alphaH6 with CL for both mitochondrial targeting and pro-apoptotic activity of tBid. These support the notion that tBid acts as a bifunctional molecule: first, it binds to mitochondrial CL via its helix alphaH6 and destabilizes mitochondrial structure and function, and then it promotes through its BH3 domain the activation and oligomerization of Bax and/or Bak, leading to cytochrome c release and execution of apoptosis. Our findings also imply an active role of the membrane in modulating the interactions between Bcl-2 proteins that has so far been underestimated.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- François Gonzalvez
- Institut Cochin, CNRS UMR8104 (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), INSERM U 567, Université Paris-Descartes, Paris, France
| | - Fabrizio Pariselli
- Institut Cochin, CNRS UMR8104 (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), INSERM U 567, Université Paris-Descartes, Paris, France
| | - Olivier Jalmar
- Institut Cochin, CNRS UMR8104 (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), INSERM U 567, Université Paris-Descartes, Paris, France
| | - Pauline Dupaigne
- Université Paris Descartes, UPR2228 CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Paris, France
| | - Franck Sureau
- BioMoCeti, CNRS UMR7033 (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Université Paris VI - Université Paris XIII, GENOPOLE Campus 1, Site SERONO, RN 7, Evry, France
| | - Marc Dellinger
- USM 504 Biologie Fonctionnelle des Protozoaires, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
| | - Eric A. Hendrickson
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
| | - Sophie Bernard
- UPR 2228 CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Université Paris Descartes, IFR 95, Paris, France
| | - Patrice X. Petit
- Institut Cochin, CNRS UMR8104 (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), INSERM U 567, Université Paris-Descartes, Paris, France
- * E-mail:
| |
Collapse
|
28
|
Mileykovskaya E, Ryan AC, Mo X, Lin CC, Khalaf KI, Dowhan W, Garrett TA. Phosphatidic acid and N-acylphosphatidylethanolamine form membrane domains in Escherichia coli mutant lacking cardiolipin and phosphatidylglycerol. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:2990-3000. [PMID: 19049984 PMCID: PMC2631977 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m805189200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2008] [Revised: 12/01/2008] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
The pgsA null Escherichia coli strain, UE54, lacks the major anionic phospholipids phosphatidylglycerol and cardiolipin. Despite these alterations the strain exhibits relatively normal cell division. Analysis of the UE54 phospholipids using negativeion electrospray ionization mass spectrometry resulted in identification of a new anionic phospholipid, N-acylphosphatidylethanolamine. Staining with the fluorescent dye 10-N-nonyl acridine orange revealed anionic phospholipid membrane domains at the septal and polar regions. Making UE54 null in minCDE resulted in budding off of minicells from polar domains. Analysis of lipid composition by mass spectrometry revealed that minicells relative to parent cells were significantly enriched in phosphatidic acid and N-acylphosphatidylethanolamine. Thus despite the absence of cardiolipin, which forms membrane domains at the cell pole and division sites in wild-type cells, the mutant cells still maintain polar/septal localization of anionic phospholipids. These three anionic phospholipids share common physical properties that favor polar/septal domain formation. The findings support the proposed role for anionic phospholipids in organizing amphitropic cell division proteins at specific sites on the membrane surface.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Eugenia Mileykovskaya
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas, Medical School, Houston, Texas 77030.
| | - Andrea C Ryan
- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University, Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
| | - Xi Mo
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas, Medical School, Houston, Texas 77030
| | - Chun-Chieh Lin
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas, Medical School, Houston, Texas 77030
| | - Khaled I Khalaf
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas, Medical School, Houston, Texas 77030
| | - William Dowhan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas, Medical School, Houston, Texas 77030.
| | - Teresa A Garrett
- Department of Chemistry, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York 12604.
| |
Collapse
|
29
|
Scorrano L. Caspase-8 goes cardiolipin: a new platform to provide mitochondria with microdomains of apoptotic signals? J Cell Biol 2008; 183:579-81. [PMID: 19001131 PMCID: PMC2582901 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200810125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2008] [Accepted: 10/27/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
In certain cell types, apoptosis in response to extracellular stimuli like Fas depends on a mitochondrial amplificatory loop: the apical caspase-8 cleaves and activates the BH3-only member of the Bcl-2 family BID. In turn, BID induces the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria to the cytoplasm, where it is required to fully activate effector caspases. In this issue of The Journal of Cell Biology, Gonzalvez et al. (see p. 681) show that when caspase-8 activation and production of functional BID is required, it is performed on mitochondrial platforms provided by the mitochondrion-specific lipid cardiolipin. Cardiolipin anchors caspase-8 at contact sites between inner and outer mitochondrial membranes, facilitating its self activation. These findings suggests that like other second messengers such as Ca(2+) and cAMP, production of apoptotic messengers can be compartmentalized in close proximity to their intracellular target.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Luca Scorrano
- Deptartment of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland.
| |
Collapse
|
30
|
Abstract
Saccharomyces cerevisiae pell and crd1 mutants deficient in the biosynthesis of mitochondrial phosphatidylglycerol (PG) and cardiolipin (CL) as well as Kluyveromyces lactis mutants impaired in the respiratory chain function (RCF) containing dysfunctional mitochondria show altered sensitivity to metabolic inhibitors. The S. cerevisiae pell mutant displayed increased sensitivity to cycloheximide, chloramphenicol, oligomycin and the cell-wall perturbing agents caffeine, caspofungin and hygromycin. On the other hand, the pel1 mutant was less sensitive to fluconazole, similarly as the K. lactis mutants impaired in the function of mitochondrial cytochromes. Mitochondrial dysfunction resulting either from the absence of PG and CL or impairment of the RCF presumably renders the cells more resistant to fluconazole. The increased tolerance of K. lactis respiratory chain mutants to amphotericin B, caffeine and hygromycin is probably related to a modification of the cell wall.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- M Sarinová
- Department of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Science, Comenius University, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia
| | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
31
|
Zhong Q, Li G, Gvozdenovic-Jeremic J, Greenberg ML. Up-regulation of the cell integrity pathway in saccharomyces cerevisiae suppresses temperature sensitivity of the pgs1Delta mutant. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:15946-53. [PMID: 17426021 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m701055200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
We have previously shown that mutants in the cardiolipin (CL) pathway exhibit temperature-sensitive growth defects that are not associated with mitochondrial dysfunction. The pgs1Delta mutant, lacking the first enzyme of the CL pathway, phosphatidylglycerolphosphate synthase (Pgs1p), has a defective cell wall due to decreased beta-1,3-glucan (Zhong, Q., Gvozdenovic-Jeremic, J., Webster, P., Zhou, J., and Greenberg, M. L. (2005) Mol. Biol. Cell 16, 665-675). Disruption of KRE5, a gene involved in cell wall biogenesis, restores beta-1,3-glucan synthesis and suppresses pgs1Delta temperature sensitivity. To gain insight into the mechanisms underlying the cell wall defect in pgs1Delta, we show in the current report that pgs1Delta cells have reduced glucan synthase activity and diminished levels of Fks1p, the glucan synthase catalytic subunit. In addition, activation of Slt2p, the downstream effector of the protein kinase C (PKC)-activated cell integrity pathway, was defective in pgs1Delta. The kre5W1166X suppressor restored Slt2p activation and dramatically increased (>10-fold) mRNA levels of FKS2, the alternate catalytic subunit of glucan synthase, partially restoring glucan synthase activity. Consistent with these results, up-regulation of PKC-Slt2 signaling and overexpression of FKS1 or FKS2 alleviated sensitivity of pgs1Delta to cell wall-perturbing agents and restored growth at elevated temperature. These findings demonstrate that functional Pgs1p is essential for cell wall biogenesis and activation of the PKC-Slt2 signaling pathway.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Quan Zhong
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
| | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
32
|
Li G, Chen S, Thompson MN, Greenberg ML. New insights into the regulation of cardiolipin biosynthesis in yeast: implications for Barth syndrome. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2006; 1771:432-41. [PMID: 16904369 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2006.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2006] [Revised: 06/09/2006] [Accepted: 06/12/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
Abstract
Recent studies have revealed an array of novel regulatory mechanisms involved in the biosynthesis and metabolism of the phospholipid cardiolipin (CL), the signature lipid of mitochondria. CL plays an important role in cellular and mitochondrial function due in part to its association with a large number of mitochondrial proteins, including many which are unable to function optimally in the absence of CL. New insights into the complexity of regulation of CL provide further evidence of its importance in mitochondrial and cellular function. The biosynthesis of CL in yeast occurs via three enzymatic steps localized in the mitochondrial inner membrane. Regulation of this process by general phospholipid cross-pathway control and factors affecting mitochondrial development has been previously established. In this review, novel regulatory mechanisms that control CL biosynthesis are discussed. A unique form of inositol-mediated regulation has been identified in the CL biosynthetic pathway, independent of the INO2-INO4-OPI1 regulatory circuit that controls general phospholipid biosynthesis. Inositol leads to decreased activity of phosphatidylglycerolphosphate (PGP) synthase, which catalyzes the committed step of CL synthesis. Reduced enzymatic activity does not result from alteration of expression of the structural gene, but is instead due to increased phosphorylation of the enzyme. This is the first demonstration of phosphorylation in response to inositol and may have significant implications in understanding the role of inositol in other cellular regulatory pathways. Additionally, synthesis of CL has been shown to be dependent on mitochondrial pH, coordinately controlled with synthesis of mitochondrial phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), and may be regulated by mitochondrial DNA absence sensitive factor (MIDAS). Further characterization of these regulatory mechanisms holds great potential for the identification of novel functions of CL in mitochondrial and cellular processes.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Guiling Li
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, 5047 Gullen Mall, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
| | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
33
|
McKenzie M, Lazarou M, Thorburn DR, Ryan MT. Mitochondrial respiratory chain supercomplexes are destabilized in Barth Syndrome patients. J Mol Biol 2006; 361:462-9. [PMID: 16857210 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.06.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 309] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2006] [Revised: 06/19/2006] [Accepted: 06/21/2006] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
Mutations in the human TAZ gene are associated with Barth Syndrome, an often fatal X-linked disorder that presents with cardiomyopathy and neutropenia. The TAZ gene encodes Tafazzin, a putative phospholipid acyltranferase that is involved in the remodeling of cardiolipin, a phospholipid unique to the inner mitochondrial membrane. It has been shown that the disruption of the Tafazzin gene in yeast (Taz1) affects the assembly and stability of respiratory chain Complex IV and its supercomplex forms. However, the implications of these results for Barth Syndrome are restricted due to the additional presence of Complex I in humans that forms a supercomplex with Complexes III and IV. Here, we investigated the effects of Tafazzin, and hence cardiolipin deficiency in lymphoblasts from patients with Barth Syndrome, using blue-native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Digitonin extraction revealed a more labile Complex I/III(2)/IV supercomplex in mitochondria from Barth Syndrome cells, with Complex IV dissociating more readily from the supercomplex. The interaction between Complexes I and III was also less stable, with decreased levels of the Complex I/III(2) supercomplex. Reduction of Complex I holoenzyme levels was observed also in the Barth Syndrome patients, with a corresponding decrease in steady-state subunit levels. We propose that the loss of mature cardiolipin species in Barth Syndrome results in unstable respiratory chain supercomplexes, thereby affecting Complex I biogenesis, respiratory activities and subsequent pathology.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Matthew McKenzie
- Department of Biochemistry, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
| | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
34
|
Su X, Dowhan W. Translational regulation of nuclear gene COX4 expression by mitochondrial content of phosphatidylglycerol and cardiolipin in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26:743-53. [PMID: 16428432 PMCID: PMC1347020 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.26.3.743-753.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Previous results indicated that translation of four mitochondrion-encoded genes and one nucleus-encoded gene (COX4) is repressed in mutants (pgs1Delta) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae lacking phosphatidylglycerol and cardiolipin. COX4 translation was studied here using a mitochondrially targeted green fluorescence protein (mtGFP) fused to the COX4 promoter and its 5' and 3' untranslated regions (UTRs). Lack of mtGFP expression independent of carbon source and strain background was established to be at the translational level. The translational defect was not due to deficiency of mitochondrial respiratory function but was rather caused directly by the lack of phosphatidylglycerol and cardiolipin in mitochondrial membranes. Reintroduction of a functional PGS1 gene under control of the ADH1 promoter restored phosphatidylglycerol synthesis and expression of mtGFP. Deletion analysis of the 5' UTR(COX4) revealed the presence of a 50-nucleotide fragment with two stem-loops as a cis-element inhibiting COX4 translation. Binding of a protein factor(s) specifically to this sequence was observed with cytoplasm from pgs1Delta but not PGS1 cells. Using HIS3 and lacZ as reporters, extragenic spontaneous recessive mutations that allowed expression of His3p and beta-galactosidase were isolated, which appeared to be loss-of-function mutations, suggesting that the genes mutated may encode the trans factors that bind to the cis element in pgs1Delta cells.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Xuefeng Su
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 6431 Fannin St., Suite 6.200, University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA
| | | |
Collapse
|
35
|
Gohil VM, Gvozdenovic-Jeremic J, Schlame M, Greenberg ML. Binding of 10-N-nonyl acridine orange to cardiolipin-deficient yeast cells: Implications for assay of cardiolipin. Anal Biochem 2005; 343:350-2. [PMID: 15963941 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2005.04.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2005] [Revised: 04/21/2005] [Accepted: 04/25/2005] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Vishal M Gohil
- Department of Biological Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
| | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
36
|
Zhong Q, Gvozdenovic-Jeremic J, Webster P, Zhou J, Greenberg ML. Loss of function of KRE5 suppresses temperature sensitivity of mutants lacking mitochondrial anionic lipids. Mol Biol Cell 2004; 16:665-75. [PMID: 15563612 PMCID: PMC545902 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e04-09-0808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Disruption of PGS1, which encodes the enzyme that catalyzes the committed step of cardiolipin (CL) synthesis, results in loss of the mitochondrial anionic phospholipids phosphatidylglycerol (PG) and CL. The pgs1Delta mutant exhibits severe growth defects at 37 degrees C. To understand the essential functions of mitochondrial anionic lipids at elevated temperatures, we isolated suppressors of pgs1Delta that grew at 37 degrees C. One of the suppressors has a loss of function mutation in KRE5, which is involved in cell wall biogenesis. The cell wall of pgs1Delta contained markedly reduced beta-1,3-glucan, which was restored in the suppressor. Stabilization of the cell wall with osmotic support alleviated the cell wall defects of pgs1Delta and suppressed the temperature sensitivity of all CL-deficient mutants. Evidence is presented suggesting that the previously reported inability of pgs1Delta to grow in the presence of ethidium bromide was due to defective cell wall integrity, not from "petite lethality." These findings demonstrated that mitochondrial anionic lipids are required for cellular functions that are essential in cell wall biogenesis, the maintenance of cell integrity, and survival at elevated temperature.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Quan Zhong
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
| | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
37
|
Abstract
Barth syndrome is a genetic disorder that is caused by different mutations in the TAZ gene G4.5. The yeast gene TAZ1 is highly homologous to human TAZ, and the taz1Delta mutant has phospholipid defects similar to those observed in Barth syndrome cells, including aberrant cardiolipin species and decreased cardiolipin levels. Subcellular fractionation studies revealed that Taz1p is localized exclusively in mitochondria, which supports the theory that tafazzins are involved in cardiolipin remodeling. Because cardiolipin plays an important role in respiratory function, we measured the energy transformation and osmotic properties of isolated mitochondria from the taz1Delta mutant. Energy coupling in taz1Delta mitochondria was dependent on the rate of oxidative phosphorylation, as coupling was diminished when NADH was used as a respiratory substrate but was unaffected when ethanol was the substrate. Membrane stability was compromised in taz1Delta mitochondria exposed to increased temperature and hypotonic conditions. Mitochondria from taz1Delta also displayed decreased swelling in response to ATP, which induces the yeast mitochondrial unspecific channel, and to alamethicin, a membrane-disrupting agent. Coupling was measured in taz1Delta cells containing different splice variants of the human TAZ gene. Only the variant that restores wild type cardiolipin synthesis (lacking exon 5) restored coupling in hypotonic conditions and at elevated temperature. These findings may shed light on the mitochondrial deficiencies observed in Barth syndrome.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Lining Ma
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
| | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
38
|
Zhong Q, Gohil VM, Ma L, Greenberg ML. Absence of cardiolipin results in temperature sensitivity, respiratory defects, and mitochondrial DNA instability independent of pet56. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:32294-300. [PMID: 15169766 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m403275200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Cardiolipin (CL) is a dimeric phospholipid localized primarily in the mitochondrial membrane. Previous studies have shown that yeast cells containing a disruption of CRD1, the structural gene encoding CL synthase, exhibit temperature-sensitive colony formation and multiple mitochondrial defects. A recent report (Zhang, M., Su, X., Mileykovskaya, E., Amoscato, A. A., and Dowhan, W. (2003) J. Biol. Chem. 278, 35204-35210) suggested that defects associated with CL deficiency may result from the reduced expression of PET56 in crd1 Delta mutant backgrounds and should be reevaluated. In the current study, we present evidence that CL deficiency leads to mitochondrial DNA instability, loss of viability, and defects in oxidative phosphorylation at elevated temperatures. The observed mutant phenotypes are characteristic of crd1 Delta mutant cells of both PET56 and pet56 backgrounds and are complemented by an episomal copy of CRD1 but not by expression of the PET56 gene. Phosphatidylglycerol is elevated in crd1 Delta mutant cells when grown in the presence of fermentable and non-fermentable carbon sources, although the extent of the increase is higher in nonfermentable medium. An increase in the ratio of phosphatidylethanolamine to phosphatidylcholine was also apparent in the mutant. These findings demonstrate that CRD1, independent of PET56, is required for optimal mitochondrial function and for an essential cellular function at elevated temperatures.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Quan Zhong
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
| | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
39
|
Jiang F, Ryan MT, Schlame M, Zhao M, Gu Z, Klingenberg M, Pfanner N, Greenberg ML. Absence of cardiolipin in the crd1 null mutant results in decreased mitochondrial membrane potential and reduced mitochondrial function. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:22387-94. [PMID: 10777514 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m909868199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 320] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Cardiolipin (CL) is a unique phospholipid which is present throughout the eukaryotic kingdom and is localized in mitochondrial membranes. Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells containing a disruption of CRD1, the structural gene encoding CL synthase, have no CL in mitochondrial membranes. To elucidate the physiological role of CL, we compared mitochondrial functions in the crd1Delta mutant and isogenic wild type. The crd1Delta mutant loses viability at elevated temperature, and prolonged culture at 37 degrees C leads to loss of the mitochondrial genome. Mutant membranes have increased phosphatidylglycerol (PG) when grown in a nonfermentable carbon source but have almost no detectable PG in medium containing glucose. In glucose-grown cells, maximum respiratory rate, ATPase and cytochrome oxidase activities, and protein import are deficient in the mutant. The ADP/ATP carrier is defective even during growth in a nonfermentable carbon source. The mitochondrial membrane potential is decreased in mutant cells. The decrease is more pronounced in glucose-grown cells, which lack PG, but is also apparent in membranes containing PG (i.e. in nonfermentable carbon sources). We propose that CL is required for maintaining the mitochondrial membrane potential and that reduced membrane potential in the absence of CL leads to defects in protein import and other mitochondrial functions.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- F Jiang
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
40
|
Koshkin V, Greenberg ML. Oxidative phosphorylation in cardiolipin-lacking yeast mitochondria. Biochem J 2000; 347 Pt 3:687-91. [PMID: 10769171 PMCID: PMC1221004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
Abstract
The role of cardiolipin in mitochondrial energy transformation was studied by comparing oxidative phosphorylation in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae cardiolipin synthase null mutant crd1Delta, and in isogenic wild type. Oxygen consumption experiments and membrane potential kinetics during the phosphorylation cycle in isolated mitochondria indicated that the absence of cardiolipin causes only a moderate deficiency of mitochondrial energy-transforming machinery at 25 degrees C. However, at 40 degrees C, respiration was completely uncoupled from phosphorylation for the mutant mitochondria, in contrast with that for the wild-type. Membranepotential kinetics demonstrated an increased susceptibility of the mutant mitochondria to gradual deterioration during in vitro incubation. These results suggest that cardiolipin, although normally associated with several of the major enzymes of oxidative phosphorylation and required in vitro for their maximal activity, is not absolutely necessary for mitochondrial energy transformation under optimal conditions. The role of cardiolipin is, rather, to improve efficiency of oxidative phosphorylation and its resistance to unfavourable conditions, such as increased temperature.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- V Koshkin
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
| | | |
Collapse
|
41
|
Mehdi H, Aston CE, Sanghera DK, Hamman RF, Kamboh MI. Genetic variation in the apolipoprotein H (beta2-glycoprotein I) gene affects plasma apolipoprotein H concentrations. Hum Genet 1999; 105:63-71. [PMID: 10480357 DOI: 10.1007/s004399900089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Apolipoprotein H (apoH, protein; APOH, gene) is a single chain glycoprotein that exists in plasma both in a free form and in combination with lipoprotein particles. ApoH has been implicated in several physiologic pathways, including lipid metabolism, coagulation, and the production of antiphospholipid antibodies. The wide range of interindividual variation in plasma apoH levels is thought to be under genetic control, but its molecular basis is unknown. APOH displays a common structural polymorphism with the occurrence of three common alleles (APOH*1, APOH*2, and APOH*3), the APOH*2 allele being the most frequent in all populations. The relationship between the APOH polymorphism and plasma apoH levels is unknown. In this study, we have determined the impact of this APOH polymorphism on apoH levels in 455 normoglycemic non-Hispanic Whites (220 men and 235 women) from the San Luis Valley, Colorado. Mean plasma apoH levels, determined by capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, were 20.0 +/- 0.2 mg/dl (range: 3.4-31.2 mg/dl) with no significant difference between men and women. In women, but not in men, age had a significant effect on plasma apoH levels explaining 3.4% of its phenotypic variance. ApoH levels also correlated positively with cholesterol (P = 0.015), HDL-cholesterol (P = 0.044), and triglyceride (P = 0.037) in women, but not in men. An analysis of variance (ANOVA) of adjusted plasma apoH levels showed significant association with the APOH polymorphism in both men and women (P < 0.0001), and the APOH polymorphism accounted for 11.4% and 13.6% of the variation in apoH levels in men and women, respectively. Compared with the APOH*1 and APOH*2 alleles, the APOH*3 allele was associated with significantly lower plasma apoH levels. At the molecular level, APOH*3 can be further subdivided into two distinct forms, called APOH*3W and APOH*3B. The APOH*3W form is more common in US Whites and is the result of a missense mutation at codon 316. An ANOVA for the codon 316 polymorphism revealed that this polymorphism is a major determinant of plasma apoH variation (P < 0.0001). This study indicates that common genetic variation in the APOH gene is a significant determinant of plasma apoH levels in non-Hispanics Whites and should be useful in evaluating the role of the APOH genetic variation in various metabolic pathways in which apoH has been implicated.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- H Mehdi
- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
| | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
42
|
Janitor M, Obernauerová M, Kohlwein SD, Subík J. The pel1 mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is deficient in cardiolipin and does not survive the disruption of the CHO1 gene encoding phosphatidylserine synthase. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1996; 140:43-7. [PMID: 8666200 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1996.tb08312.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Cells of the pel1 mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae were found to contain an extremely low content of cardiolipin, a decreased level of phosphatidylcholine and an increased level of phosphatidylinositol. Disruption of the PEL1 gene in cells containing a null mutation in the CHO1 gene was lethal. Despite its putative functional homology with CHO1, the overexpression of the PEL1 gene in the cho1 null mutant did not restore the wild-type properties of the transformed cells and failed to stimulate the incorporation of L-[3-3H]serine into total lipids of the intact yeast cells.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- M Janitor
- Comenius University, Department of Microbiology and Virology, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
| | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
43
|
Mackworth-Young C, Chan J, Harris N, Walport M, Bernstein R, Batchelor R, Hughes G, Gharavi A. High incidence of anticardiolipin antibodies in relatives of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. J Rheumatol 1987; 14:723-6. [PMID: 3668978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Abstract
Anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) were measured in the serum of 22 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and 101 of their first degree relatives. Four patients' sera (18%) were positive. Eight sera from relatives were strongly positive (7.9%). All 8 relatives came from different families, and only 3 of them were related to a positive positive proband. All 8 had clinical and/or other serological abnormalities, compared with only 30% of the aCL negative relatives (p less than 0.05). There were no reports or evidence of thrombosis, thrombocytopenia or spontaneous abortion among the aCL positive relatives. Our data indicate a strikingly higher incidence of aCL among relatives of lupus patients compared with controls. This may be associated with an increased incidence of abnormal clinical or serological findings in these individuals, and constitute a feature of a genetic predisposition to SLE.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- C Mackworth-Young
- Department of Medicine (Rheumatology Unit), Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, England
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
44
|
Pluschke G, Overath P. Function of phospholipids in Escherichia coli. Influence of changes in polar head group composition on the lipid phase transition and characterization of a mutant containing only saturated phospholipid acyl chains. J Biol Chem 1981; 256:3207-12. [PMID: 7009610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
Abstract
The cls mutation conferring a defect in cardiolipin synthesis (Pluschke, G., Hirota, Y., and Overath, P. (1978) J. Biol. Chem. 253, 5048-5055) has been introduced into an Escherichia coli strain defective in unsaturated fatty acid synthesis in order to study the effect of changes in polar head group composition on the ordered in equilibrium fluid phase transition of the membrane phospholipids. The defect in cardiolipin formation is compensated by an increase in phosphatidylglycerol content, resulting in a decrease of the midpoint of the phase transition by 6 degrees C. Starvation of the cls mutant strain for the unsaturated fatty acid supplement leads to the incorporation of saturated acyl chains of reduced average length into the phospholipids, and growth is inhibited although the membrane remains in a fluid state. A revertant of this strain is described which retains the parental fabB-, fadE-, and cls markers and grows in the absence of an unsaturated fatty acid supplement. A cls+ derivative of the revertant can multiply in a restricted temperature range (35-43 degrees C). It contains only saturated phospholipid acyl chains of an anomalously short average length of 14 carbon atoms but has the same polar head group composition as wild type E. coli. The results demonstrate that, under defined conditions, saturated acyl chains of reduced length are functionally equivalent to unsaturated chains.
Collapse
|