Reference - Detail
RRC ID | 46177 |
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Author | Rolland SG, Motori E, Memar N, Hench J, Frank S, Winklhofer KF, Conradt B. |
Title | Impaired complex IV activity in response to loss of LRPPRC function can be compensated by mitochondrial hyperfusion. |
Journal | Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A |
Abstract |
Mitochondrial morphology changes in response to various stimuli but the significance of this is unclear. In a screen for mutants with abnormal mitochondrial morphology, we identified MMA-1, the Caenorhabditis elegans homolog of the French Canadian Leigh Syndrome protein LRPPRC (leucine-rich pentatricopeptide repeat containing). We demonstrate that reducing mma-1 or LRPPRC function causes mitochondrial hyperfusion. Reducing mma-1/LRPPRC function also decreases the activity of complex IV of the electron transport chain, however without affecting cellular ATP levels. Preventing mitochondrial hyperfusion in mma-1 animals causes larval arrest and embryonic lethality. Furthermore, prolonged LRPPRC knock-down in mammalian cells leads to mitochondrial fragmentation and decreased levels of ATP. These findings indicate that in a mma-1/LRPPRC-deficient background, hyperfusion allows mitochondria to maintain their functions despite a reduction in complex IV activity. Our data reveal an evolutionary conserved mechanism that is triggered by reduced complex IV function and that induces mitochondrial hyperfusion to transiently compensate for a drop in the activity of the electron transport chain. |
Volume | 110(32) |
Pages | E2967-76 |
Published | 2013-8-6 |
DOI | 10.1073/pnas.1303872110 |
PII | 1303872110 |
PMID | 23878239 |
PMC | PMC3740885 |
MeSH | Adenosine Triphosphate / metabolism Animals Animals, Genetically Modified Blotting, Western Caenorhabditis elegans / genetics Caenorhabditis elegans / metabolism* Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / genetics Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / metabolism Cell Line Cell Line, Tumor DNA-Binding Proteins / genetics DNA-Binding Proteins / metabolism Electron Transport Complex IV / metabolism* GTP Phosphohydrolases / genetics GTP Phosphohydrolases / metabolism Green Fluorescent Proteins / genetics Green Fluorescent Proteins / metabolism Humans Leigh Disease / genetics Leigh Disease / metabolism Leigh Disease / pathology Membrane Proteins / genetics Membrane Proteins / metabolism Microscopy, Fluorescence Mitochondria / genetics Mitochondria / metabolism* Mitochondrial Proteins / genetics Mitochondrial Proteins / metabolism* Molecular Chaperones Neoplasm Proteins / genetics Neoplasm Proteins / metabolism* RNA Interference Transcription Factors / genetics Transcription Factors / metabolism |
IF | 9.412 |
Times Cited | 35 |
WOS Category | CELL BIOLOGY |
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C.elegans | tm1133 tm1107 tm1108 |