bims-midtic Biomed News
on Mitochondrial dynamics and trafficking in cells
Issue of 2023‒06‒18
thirteen papers selected by
Omkar Joshi
Turku Bioscience
  1. How does mitochondrial import machinery fine-tune mitophagy? Different paths and one destination.
  2. Mitochondria: at the crossroads between mechanobiology and cell metabolism.
  3. PERK signaling promotes mitochondrial elongation by remodeling membrane phosphatidic acid.
  4. MIRO-1 interacts with VDAC-1 to regulate mitochondrial membrane potential in Caenorhabditis elegans.
  5. Endogenous TOM20 Proximity Labeling: A Swiss-Knife for the Study of Mitochondrial Proteins in Human Cells.
  6. β-Catenin Elicits Drp1-Mediated Mitochondrial Fission Activating the Pro-Apoptotic Caspase-1/IL-1β Signalosome in Aeromonas hydrophila-Infected Zebrafish Macrophages.
  7. Ex vivo immunocapture and functional characterization of cell-type-specific mitochondria using MitoTag mice.
  8. Inner mitochondrial membrane fission protein, MTP18, serves as a mitophagy receptor to prevent apoptosis in oral cancer.
  9. Circulating mitochondrial dysfunction as an early biomarker for contrast media-induced acute kidney injury in chronic kidney disease patients.
  10. Mitochondrial Transfer to Host Cells from Ex Vivo Expanded Donor Hematopoietic Stem Cells.
  11. Tethering proteins of the same contact site affect the localization and mobility of each other.
  12. Hexokinase dissociation from mitochondria promotes oligomerization of VDAC that facilitates NLRP3 inflammasome assembly and activation.
  13. The mitochondrial calcium uniporter (MCU) activates mitochondrial respiration and enhances mobility by regulating mitochondrial redox state.
  1. Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2023 Jun 13. pii: S1043-2760(23)00107-8. [Epub ahead of print]
    How does mitochondrial import machinery fine-tune mitophagy? Different paths and one destination.
    Mohamed A Eldeeb, Andrea Soumbasis, Edward A Fon.
      Given their polyvalent roles, an intrinsic challenge that mitochondria face is the continuous exposure to various stressors including mitochondrial import defects, which leads to their dysfunction. Recent work has unveiled a presequence translocase-associated import motor (PAM) complex-dependent quality control pathway whereby misfolded proteins mitigate mitochondrial protein import and subsequently elicit mitophagy without the loss of mitochondrial membrane potential.
    Keywords:  PINK1; TOM complex; mitochondrial import; mitochondrial quality control; mitophagy; protein quality control
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tem.2023.05.005
  2. Biol Cell. 2023 Jun 16.
    Mitochondria: at the crossroads between mechanobiology and cell metabolism.
    Émilie Su, Catherine Villard, Jean-Baptiste Manneville.
      Metabolism and mechanics are two key facets of structural and functional processes in cells, such as growth, proliferation, homeostasis and regeneration. Their reciprocal regulation has been increasingly acknowledged in recent years: external physical and mechanical cues entail metabolic changes, which in return regulate cell mechanosensing and mechanotransduction. Since mitochondria are pivotal regulators of metabolism, we review here the reciprocal links between mitochondrial morphodynamics, mechanics and metabolism. Mitochondria are highly dynamic organelles which sense and integrate mechanical, physical and metabolic cues to adapt their morphology, the organization of their network and their metabolic functions. While some of the links between mitochondrial morphodynamics, mechanics and metabolism are already well established, others are still poorly documented and open new fields of research. First, cell metabolism is known to correlate with mitochondrial morphodynamics. For instance, mitochondrial fission, fusion and cristae remodeling allow the cell to fine-tune its energy production through the contribution of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation and cytosolic glycolysis. Second, mechanical cues and alterations in mitochondrial mechanical properties reshape and reorganize the mitochondrial network. Mitochondrial membrane tension emerges as a decisive physical property which regulates mitochondrial morphodynamics. However, the converse link hypothesizing a contribution of morphodynamics to mitochondria mechanics and/or mechanosensitivity has not yet been demonstrated. Third, we highlight that mitochondrial mechanics and metabolism are reciprocally regulated, although little is known about the mechanical adaptation of mitochondria in response to metabolic cues. Deciphering the links between mitochondrial morphodynamics, mechanics and metabolism still presents significant technical and conceptual challenges but is crucial both for a better understanding of mechanobiology and for potential novel therapeutic approaches in diseases such as cancer. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
    Keywords:  Mitochondrial morphodynamics; cancer; cytoskeleton; glycolysis; mechanotransduction; membrane tension; oxidative phosphorylation
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1111/boc.202300010
  3. EMBO J. 2023 Jun 12. e113908
    PERK signaling promotes mitochondrial elongation by remodeling membrane phosphatidic acid.
    Valerie Perea, Christian Cole, Justine Lebeau, Vivian Dolina, Kelsey R Baron, Aparajita Madhavan, Jeffery W Kelly, Danielle A Grotjahn, R Luke Wiseman.
      Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and mitochondrial dysfunction are linked in the onset and pathogenesis of numerous diseases. This has led to considerable interest in defining the mechanisms responsible for regulating mitochondria during ER stress. The PERK signaling arm of the unfolded protein response (UPR) has emerged as a prominent ER stress-responsive signaling pathway that regulates diverse aspects of mitochondrial biology. Here, we show that PERK activity promotes adaptive remodeling of mitochondrial membrane phosphatidic acid (PA) to induce protective mitochondrial elongation during acute ER stress. We find that PERK activity is required for ER stress-dependent increases in both cellular PA and YME1L-dependent degradation of the intramitochondrial PA transporter PRELID1. These two processes lead to the accumulation of PA on the outer mitochondrial membrane where it can induce mitochondrial elongation by inhibiting mitochondrial fission. Our results establish a new role for PERK in the adaptive remodeling of mitochondrial phospholipids and demonstrate that PERK-dependent PA regulation adapts organellar shape in response to ER stress.
    Keywords:  endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress; mitochondrial morphology; phosphatidic acid; unfolded protein response (UPR)
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.2023113908
  4. EMBO Rep. 2023 Jun 12. e56297
    MIRO-1 interacts with VDAC-1 to regulate mitochondrial membrane potential in Caenorhabditis elegans.
    Xuecong Ren, Hengda Zhou, Yujie Sun, Hongying Fu, Yu Ran, Bing Yang, Fan Yang, Mikael Bjorklund, Suhong Xu.
      Precise regulation of mitochondrial fusion and fission is essential for cellular activity and animal development. Imbalances between these processes can lead to fragmentation and loss of normal membrane potential in individual mitochondria. In this study, we show that MIRO-1 is stochastically elevated in individual fragmented mitochondria and is required for maintaining mitochondrial membrane potential. We further observe a higher level of membrane potential in fragmented mitochondria in fzo-1 mutants and wounded animals. Moreover, MIRO-1 interacts with VDAC-1, a crucial mitochondrial ion channel located in the outer mitochondrial membrane, and this interaction depends on the residues E473 of MIRO-1 and K163 of VDAC-1. The E473G point mutation disrupts their interaction, resulting in a reduction of the mitochondrial membrane potential. Our findings suggest that MIRO-1 regulates membrane potential and maintains mitochondrial activity and animal health by interacting with VDAC-1. This study provides insight into the mechanisms underlying the stochastic maintenance of membrane potential in fragmented mitochondria.
    Keywords:   Caenorhabditis elegans ; MIRO-1; VDAC-1; mitochondrial fragmentation; mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨm)
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.15252/embr.202256297
  5. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 May 31. pii: 9604. [Epub ahead of print]24(11):
    Endogenous TOM20 Proximity Labeling: A Swiss-Knife for the Study of Mitochondrial Proteins in Human Cells.
    Sébastien Meurant, Lorris Mauclet, Marc Dieu, Thierry Arnould, Sven Eyckerman, Patricia Renard.
      Biotin-based proximity labeling approaches, such as BioID, have demonstrated their use for the study of mitochondria proteomes in living cells. The use of genetically engineered BioID cell lines enables the detailed characterization of poorly characterized processes such as mitochondrial co-translational import. In this process, translation is coupled to the translocation of the mitochondrial proteins, alleviating the energy cost typically associated with the post-translational import relying on chaperone systems. However, the mechanisms are still unclear with only few actors identified but none that have been described in mammals yet. We thus profiled the TOM20 proxisome using BioID, assuming that some of the identified proteins could be molecular actors of the co-translational import in human cells. The obtained results showed a high enrichment of RNA binding proteins close to the TOM complex. However, for the few selected candidates, we could not demonstrate a role in the mitochondrial co-translational import process. Nonetheless, we were able to demonstrate additional uses of our BioID cell line. Indeed, the experimental approach used in this study is thus proposed for the identification of mitochondrial co-translational import effectors and for the monitoring of protein entry inside mitochondria with a potential application in the prediction of mitochondrial protein half-life.
    Keywords:  BioID; co-translational import; mass spectrometry; mitochondria; protein identification
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24119604
  6. Cells. 2023 May 30. pii: 1509. [Epub ahead of print]12(11):
    β-Catenin Elicits Drp1-Mediated Mitochondrial Fission Activating the Pro-Apoptotic Caspase-1/IL-1β Signalosome in Aeromonas hydrophila-Infected Zebrafish Macrophages.
    Shagun Sharma, Manmohan Kumar, Jai Kumar, Shibnath Mazumder.
      Canonical Wnt signaling plays a major role in regulating microbial pathogenesis. However, to date, its involvement in A. hydrophila infection is not well known. Using zebrafish (Danio rerio) kidney macrophages (ZKM), we report that A. hydrophila infection upregulates wnt2, wnt3a, fzd5, lrp6, and β-catenin (ctnnb1) expression, coinciding with the decreased expression of gsk3b and axin. Additionally, increased nuclear β-catenin protein accumulation was observed in infected ZKM, thereby suggesting the activation of canonical Wnt signaling in A. hydrophila infection. Our studies with the β-catenin specific inhibitor JW67 demonstrated β-catenin to be pro-apoptotic, which initiates the apoptosis of A. hydrophila-infected ZKM. β-catenin induces NADPH oxidase (NOX)-mediated ROS production, which orchestrates sustained mitochondrial ROS (mtROS) generation in the infected ZKM. Elevated mtROS favors the dissipation of the mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨm) and downstream Drp1-mediated mitochondrial fission, leading to cytochrome c release. We also report that β-catenin-induced mitochondrial fission is an upstream regulator of the caspase-1/IL-1β signalosome, which triggers the caspase-3 mediated apoptosis of the ZKM as well as A. hydrophila clearance. This is the first study suggesting a host-centric role of canonical Wnt signaling pathway in A. hydrophila pathogenesis wherein β-catenin plays a primal role in activating the mitochondrial fission machinery, which actively promotes ZKM apoptosis and helps in containing the bacteria.
    Keywords:  A. hydrophila; NOX; apoptosis; mtROS; zebrafish kidney macrophages; β-catenin
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12111509
  7. Nat Protoc. 2023 Jun 16.
    Ex vivo immunocapture and functional characterization of cell-type-specific mitochondria using MitoTag mice.
    Natalia Prudente de Mello, Caroline Fecher, Adrian Marti Pastor, Fabiana Perocchi, Thomas Misgeld.
      Mitochondria are key bioenergetic organelles involved in many biosynthetic and signaling pathways. However, their differential contribution to specific functions of cells within complex tissues is difficult to dissect with current methods. The present protocol addresses this need by enabling the ex vivo immunocapture of cell-type-specific mitochondria directly from their tissue context through a MitoTag reporter mouse. While other available methods were developed for bulk mitochondria isolation or more abundant cell-type-specific mitochondria, this protocol was optimized for the selective isolation of functional mitochondria from medium-to-low-abundant cell types in a heterogeneous tissue, such as the central nervous system. The protocol has three major parts: First, mitochondria of a cell type of interest are tagged via an outer mitochondrial membrane eGFP by crossing MitoTag mice to a cell-type-specific Cre-driver line or by delivery of viral vectors for Cre expression. Second, homogenates are prepared from relevant tissues by nitrogen cavitation, from which tagged organelles are immunocaptured using magnetic microbeads. Third, immunocaptured mitochondria are used for downstream assays, e.g., to probe respiratory capacity or calcium handling, revealing cell-type-specific mitochondrial diversity in molecular composition and function. The MitoTag approach enables the identification of marker proteins to label cell-type-specific organelle populations in situ, elucidates cell-type-enriched mitochondrial metabolic and signaling pathways, and reveals functional mitochondrial diversity between adjacent cell types in complex tissues, such as the brain. Apart from establishing the mouse colony (6-8 weeks without import), the immunocapture protocol takes 2 h and functional assays require 1-2 h.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-023-00831-w
  8. J Cell Sci. 2023 Jun 14. pii: jcs.259986. [Epub ahead of print]
    Inner mitochondrial membrane fission protein, MTP18, serves as a mitophagy receptor to prevent apoptosis in oral cancer.
    Debasna P Panigrahi, Prakash P Praharaj, Bishnu P Behera, Srimanta Patra, Shankargouda Patil, Birija Sankar Patro, Sujit K Bhutia.
      MTP18, an inner mitochondrial membrane protein, plays a vital role in maintaining mitochondrial morphology. Furthermore, MTP18 induces mitochondrial fission with subsequent mitophagy, functioning as a mitophagy receptor that targets dysfunctional mitochondria into autophagosomes for elimination. Interestingly, MTP18 interacts with LC3 through its LC3 interacting region (LIR) to induce mitochondrial autophagy. Mutation in the LIR motif (mLIR) inhibits that interaction, thus suppressing mitophagy. Moreover, Parkin/PINK1 deficiency abrogates mitophagy in MTP18-overexpressing FaDu cells. Upon exposure to CCCP, MTP18[mLIR]-FaDu cells show decreased TOM20 expression without affecting COX IV expression. Conversely, loss of Parkin/PINK1 results in inhibition of TOM20 and COX IV degradation in MTP18[mLIR]-FaDu cells exposed to CCCP, establishing Parkin-mediated proteasomal degradation of outer mitochondrial membrane as essential for effective mitophagy. We found that MTP18 provides a survival advantage to oral cancer cells exposed to cellular stress and that inhibition of MTP18-dependent mitophagy induced cell death in oral cancer cells. The findings demonstrate that MTP18 is a novel mitophagy receptor and that MTP18-dependent mitophagy has pathophysiologic implications for oral cancer progression, indicating inhibition of MTP18-mitophagy could thus be a promising cancer therapy strategy.
    Keywords:  Apoptosis; MTP18; Mitochondrial fission; Mitophagy; Parkin
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.259986
  9. J Cell Mol Med. 2023 Jun 12.
    Circulating mitochondrial dysfunction as an early biomarker for contrast media-induced acute kidney injury in chronic kidney disease patients.
    Prit Kusirisin, Nattayaporn Apaijai, Kajohnsak Noppakun, Srun Kuanprasert, Siriporn C Chattipakorn, Nipon Chattipakorn.
      Contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) is the common hospitalized acute kidney injury (AKI). However, the diagnosis by serum creatinine might not be early enough. Currently, the roles of circulating mitochondria in CI-AKI are still unclear. Since early detection is crucial for treatment, the association between circulating mitochondrial function and CI-AKI was tested as a potential biomarker for detection of CI-AKI. Twenty patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) were enrolled. Blood and urine samples were obtained at the time of PCI, and 6, 24, 48 and 72 h after PCI. Plasma and urine neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) were measured. Oxidative stress, inflammation, mitochondrial function, mitochondrial dynamics and cell death were determined from peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Forty percent of patients developed AKI. Plasma NGAL levels increased after 24 h after receiving contrast media. Cellular and mitochondrial oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction and decreased mitochondrial fusion occurred at 6 h following contrast media exposure. Subgroup of AKI had higher %necroptosis cells and TNF-α mRNA expression than subgroup without AKI. Collectively, circulating mitochondrial dysfunction could be an early predictive biomarker for CI-AKI in CKD patients receiving contrast media. These findings provide novel strategies to prevent CI-AKI according to its pathophysiology.
    Keywords:  cell death; contrast-induced acute kidney injury; inflammation; mitochondrial dynamics; oxidative stress
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1111/jcmm.17806
  10. Cells. 2023 May 25. pii: 1473. [Epub ahead of print]12(11):
    Mitochondrial Transfer to Host Cells from Ex Vivo Expanded Donor Hematopoietic Stem Cells.
    Hiroki Kawano, Yuko Kawano, Chen Yu, Mark W LaMere, Matthew J McArthur, Michael W Becker, Scott W Ballinger, Satoshi Gojo, Roman A Eliseev, Laura M Calvi.
      Mitochondrial dysfunction is observed in various conditions, from metabolic syndromes to mitochondrial diseases. Moreover, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) transfer is an emerging mechanism that enables the restoration of mitochondrial function in damaged cells. Hence, developing a technology that facilitates the transfer of mtDNA can be a promising strategy for the treatment of these conditions. Here, we utilized an ex vivo culture of mouse hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and succeeded in expanding the HSCs efficiently. Upon transplantation, sufficient donor HSC engraftment was attained in-host. To assess the mitochondrial transfer via donor HSCs, we used mitochondrial-nuclear exchange (MNX) mice with nuclei from C57BL/6J and mitochondria from the C3H/HeN strain. Cells from MNX mice have C57BL/6J immunophenotype and C3H/HeN mtDNA, which is known to confer a higher stress resistance to mitochondria. Ex vivo expanded MNX HSCs were transplanted into irradiated C57BL/6J mice and the analyses were performed at six weeks post transplantation. We observed high engraftment of the donor cells in the bone marrow. We also found that HSCs from the MNX mice could transfer mtDNA to the host cells. This work highlights the utility of ex vivo expanded HSC to achieve the mitochondrial transfer from donor to host in the transplant setting.
    Keywords:  MNX mouse, 5; ex vivo HSC expansion 3; in vivo mitochondrial transfer; mitochondrial DNA 2
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12111473
  11. J Cell Sci. 2023 Jun 12. pii: jcs.260786. [Epub ahead of print]
    Tethering proteins of the same contact site affect the localization and mobility of each other.
    Lucia Amado, Alexandra P Cogan, Ayelén González Montoro.
      Membrane contact sites enable the exchange of metabolites between subcellular compartments and regulate organelle dynamics and positioning. These structures often contain multiple proteins that tether the membranes, establishing the apposition and functionalizing the structure. In this work, we use drug-inducible tethers in vivo to address how different tethers influence each other. We find that the establishment of a region of membrane proximity can recruit tethers, influencing their distribution between different localizations or protein complexes. In addition, restricting the localization of one tether to a subdomain of an organelle causes other tethers to be restricted there. Finally, we show that the mobility of contact site tethers can also be influenced by other tethers of the same interface. Overall, our results show that the presence of other tethers at contact sites is an important determinant of the behavior of tethering proteins. This suggests that contact sites with multiple tethers are controlled by the interplay between specific molecular interactions and the cross-influence of tethers of the same interface.
    Keywords:  Contact sites; Lipid transfer proteins; Organelles; Tethers
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.260786
  12. Sci Immunol. 2023 Jun 23. 8(84): eade7652
    Hexokinase dissociation from mitochondria promotes oligomerization of VDAC that facilitates NLRP3 inflammasome assembly and activation.
    Sung Hoon Baik, V Krishnan Ramanujan, Courtney Becker, Sarah Fett, David M Underhill, Andrea J Wolf.
      NLRP3 inflammasome activation is a highly regulated process for controlling secretion of the potent inflammatory cytokines IL-1β and IL-18 that are essential during bacterial infection, sterile inflammation, and disease, including colitis, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, and atherosclerosis. Diverse stimuli activate the NLRP3 inflammasome, and unifying upstream signals has been challenging to identify. Here, we report that a common upstream step in NLRP3 inflammasome activation is the dissociation of the glycolytic enzyme hexokinase 2 from the voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC) in the outer membrane of mitochondria. Hexokinase 2 dissociation from VDAC triggers activation of inositol triphosphate receptors, leading to release of calcium from the ER, which is taken up by mitochondria. This influx of calcium into mitochondria leads to oligomerization of VDAC, which is known to form a macromolecule-sized pore in the outer membranes of mitochondria that allows proteins and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), often associated with apoptosis and inflammation, respectively, to exit the mitochondria. We observe that VDAC oligomers aggregate with NLRP3 during initial assembly of the multiprotein oligomeric NLRP3 inflammasome complex. We also find that mtDNA is necessary for NLRP3 association with VDAC oligomers. These data, together with other recent work, help to paint a more complete picture of the pathway leading to NLRP3 inflammasome activation.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1126/sciimmunol.ade7652
  13. Redox Biol. 2023 Jun 04. pii: S2213-2317(23)00160-X. [Epub ahead of print]64 102759
    The mitochondrial calcium uniporter (MCU) activates mitochondrial respiration and enhances mobility by regulating mitochondrial redox state.
    Anna Weiser, Aurélie Hermant, Flavien Bermont, Federico Sizzano, Sonia Karaz, Pilar Alvarez-Illera, Jaime Santo-Domingo, Vincenzo Sorrentino, Jerome N Feige, Umberto De Marchi.
      Regulation of mitochondrial redox balance is emerging as a key event for cell signaling in both physiological and pathological conditions. However, the link between the mitochondrial redox state and the modulation of these conditions remains poorly defined. Here, we discovered that activation of the evolutionary conserved mitochondrial calcium uniporter (MCU) modulates mitochondrial redox state. By using mitochondria-targeted redox and calcium sensors and genetic MCU-ablated models, we provide evidence of the causality between MCU activation and net reduction of mitochondrial (but not cytosolic) redox state. Redox modulation of redox-sensitive groups via MCU stimulation is required for maintaining respiratory capacity in primary human myotubes and C. elegans, and boosts mobility in worms. The same benefits are obtained bypassing MCU via direct pharmacological reduction of mitochondrial proteins. Collectively, our results demonstrate that MCU regulates mitochondria redox balance and that this process is required to promote the MCU-dependent effects on mitochondrial respiration and mobility.
    Keywords:  C. elegans; Calcium signaling; MCU; Mitochondria; Redox biology; Skeletal muscle
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.redox.2023.102759
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