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Onieva A, Martin J, R Cuesta-Aguirre D, Planells V, Coronado-Zamora M, Beyer K, Vega T, Lozano JE, Santos C, Aluja MP. Complete mitochondrial DNA profile in stroke: A geographical matched case-control study in Spanish population. Mitochondrion 2023; 73:51-61. [PMID: 37793469 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2023.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Revised: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/01/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Stroke, the second leading cause of death worldwide, is a complex disease influenced by many risk factors among which we can find reactive oxygen species (ROS). Since mitochondria are the main producers of cellular ROS, nowadays studies are trying to elucidate the role of these organelles and its DNA (mtDNA) variation in stroke risk. The aim of the present study was to perform a comprehensive evaluation of the association between mtDNA mutations and mtDNA content and stroke risk. MATERIAL AND METHODS Homoplasmic and heteroplasmic mutations of the mtDNA were analysed in a case-controls study using 110 S cases and their corresponding control individuals. Mitochondrial DNA copy number (mtDNA-CN) was analysed in 73 of those case-control pairs. RESULTS Our results suggest that haplogroup V, specifically variants m.72C > T, m.4580G > A, m.15904C > T and m.16298 T > C have a protective role in relation to stroke risk. On the contrary, variants m.73A > G, m.11719G > A and m.14766C > T appear to be genetic risk factors for stroke. In this study, we found no statistically significant association between stroke risk and mitochondrial DNA copy number. CONCLUSIONS These results demonstrate the possible role of mtDNA genetics on the pathogenesis of stroke, probably through alterations in mitochondrial ROS production.
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- Ana Onieva
- Unitat d'Antropologia Biològica, Departament BAVE, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Biosciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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- Unitat d'Antropologia Biològica, Departament BAVE, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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- Unitat d'Antropologia Biològica, Departament BAVE, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina; Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute, Badalona 08916 Barcelona, Spain
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- Dirección General de Salud Pública. Consejería de Sanidad. Junta de Castilla y León, 47007 Valladolid, Spain
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- Dirección General de Salud Pública. Consejería de Sanidad. Junta de Castilla y León, 47007 Valladolid, Spain
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- Unitat d'Antropologia Biològica, Departament BAVE, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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- Unitat d'Antropologia Biològica, Departament BAVE, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain.
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Vikramdeo KS, Sudan SK, Singh AP, Singh S, Dasgupta S. Mitochondrial respiratory complexes: Significance in human mitochondrial disorders and cancers. J Cell Physiol 2022; 237:4049-4078. [PMID: 36074903 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.30869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2021] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Mitochondria are pivotal organelles that govern cellular energy production through the oxidative phosphorylation system utilizing five respiratory complexes. In addition, mitochondria also contribute to various critical signaling pathways including apoptosis, damage-associated molecular patterns, calcium homeostasis, lipid, and amino acid biosynthesis. Among these diverse functions, the energy generation program oversee by mitochondria represents an immaculate orchestration and functional coordination between the mitochondria and nuclear encoded molecules. Perturbation in this program through respiratory complexes' alteration results in the manifestation of various mitochondrial disorders and malignancy, which is alarmingly becoming evident in the recent literature. Considering the clinical relevance and importance of this emerging medical problem, this review sheds light on the timing and nature of molecular alterations in various respiratory complexes and their functional consequences observed in various mitochondrial disorders and human cancers. Finally, we discussed how this wealth of information could be exploited and tailored to develop respiratory complex targeted personalized therapeutics and biomarkers for better management of various incurable human mitochondrial disorders and cancers.
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- Kunwar Somesh Vikramdeo
- Department of Pathology, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA.,Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA.,Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA.,Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA.,Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA.,Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA
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Coordination of metal center biogenesis in human cytochrome c oxidase. Nat Commun 2022; 13:3615. [PMID: 35750769 PMCID: PMC9232578 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31413-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) or respiratory chain complex IV is a heme aa3-copper oxygen reductase containing metal centers essential for holo-complex biogenesis and enzymatic function that are assembled by subunit-specific metallochaperones. The enzyme has two copper sites located in the catalytic core subunits. The COX1 subunit harbors the CuB site that tightly associates with heme a3 while the COX2 subunit contains the binuclear CuA site. Here, we report that in human cells the CcO copper chaperones form macromolecular assemblies and cooperate with several twin CX9C proteins to control heme a biosynthesis and coordinate copper transfer sequentially to the CuA and CuB sites. These data on CcO illustrate a mechanism that regulates the biogenesis of macromolecular enzymatic assemblies with several catalytic metal redox centers and prevents the accumulation of cytotoxic reactive assembly intermediates.
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Distinct Roles of Mitochondrial HIGD1A and HIGD2A in Respiratory Complex and Supercomplex Biogenesis. Cell Rep 2021; 31:107607. [PMID: 32375044 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.107607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2019] [Revised: 03/06/2020] [Accepted: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The mitochondrial respiratory chain enzymes are organized as individual complexes and supercomplexes, whose biogenesis remains to be fully understood. To disclose the role of the human Hypoxia Inducible Gene Domain family proteins HIGD1A and HIGD2A in these processes, we generate and characterize HIGD-knockout (KO) cell lines. We show that HIGD2A controls and coordinates the modular assembly of isolated and supercomplexed complex IV (CIV) by acting on the COX3 assembly module. In contrast, HIGD1A regulates CIII and CIII-containing supercomplex biogenesis by supporting the incorporation of UQCRFS1. HIGD1A also clusters with COX4-1 and COX5A CIV subunits and, when overexpressed, suppresses the CIV biogenesis defect of HIGD2A-KO cells. We conclude that HIGD1A and HIGD2A have both independent and overlapping functions in the biogenesis of respiratory complexes and supercomplexes. Our data illuminate the existence of multiple pathways to assemble these structures by dynamic HIGD-mediated CIV biogenesis, potentially to adapt to changing environmental and nutritional conditions.
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Wang W, Sun Y, Lin Y, Xu X, Zhao D, Ji K, Li W, Zhao Y, Yan C. A novel nonsense variant in MT-CO3 causes MELAS syndrome. Neuromuscul Disord 2021; 31:558-565. [PMID: 33863631 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2021.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2020] [Revised: 02/11/2021] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Both mitochondrial and nuclear gene mutations can cause cytochrome c oxidase (COX, complex Ⅳ) dysfunction, leading to mitochondrial diseases. Although numerous diseases caused by defects of the COX subunits or COX assembly factors have been documented, clinical cases directly related to mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 3 gene (MT-CO3) mutations are relatively rare. Here, we report a 47-year-old female patient presented with mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) syndrome. Muscle pathology revealed ragged-red fibres and remarkable COX-deficient muscle fibres. Muscle mitochondrial DNA sequencing analysis identified a novel MT-CO3 variant (m.9553G>A) that changed a highly conserved amino acid to a stop codon (p.Trp116*). This variant was heteroplasmic in multiple tissues, where the mutation load was 13% in oral epithelial cells, 89% in muscle samples, and not detectable in the peripheral blood lymphocytes. Single muscle fiber PCR analysis showed clear segregation of the mutation load with COX deficient fibres. Western blot analysis of the muscle samples revealed a significant decrease in the levels of COX1, COX2, COX3, COX4 and UQCRC2. COX respiration activity was remarkably reduced (58.84%) relative to the controls according to spectrophotometric assays. Taken together, our results indicated that this m.9553G>A variant may be responsible for the MELAS symdrome in the proband by affecting the stability and function of COX. The study expands the clinical and molecular spectrum of COX3-specific mitochondrial diseases.
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- Wei Wang
- Research Institute of Neuromuscular and Neurodegenerative Diseases and Department of Neurology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, No. 107 West Wenhua Road Jinan, Jinan, Shandong 250012 China
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- Department of Neurology, Qilu Hospital (Qingdao), Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266035 China
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- Research Institute of Neuromuscular and Neurodegenerative Diseases and Department of Neurology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, No. 107 West Wenhua Road Jinan, Jinan, Shandong 250012 China
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- Department of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Nanbaixiang Street, Ouhai District, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Research Institute of Neuromuscular and Neurodegenerative Diseases and Department of Neurology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, No. 107 West Wenhua Road Jinan, Jinan, Shandong 250012 China
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- Research Institute of Neuromuscular and Neurodegenerative Diseases and Department of Neurology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, No. 107 West Wenhua Road Jinan, Jinan, Shandong 250012 China.
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- Research Institute of Neuromuscular and Neurodegenerative Diseases and Department of Neurology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, No. 107 West Wenhua Road Jinan, Jinan, Shandong 250012 China
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- Research Institute of Neuromuscular and Neurodegenerative Diseases and Department of Neurology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, No. 107 West Wenhua Road Jinan, Jinan, Shandong 250012 China
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- Research Institute of Neuromuscular and Neurodegenerative Diseases and Department of Neurology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, No. 107 West Wenhua Road Jinan, Jinan, Shandong 250012 China; Department of Neurology, Qilu Hospital (Qingdao), Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266035 China; Mitochondrial Medicine Laboratory, Qilu Hospital (Qingdao), Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266035 China; Brain Science Research Institute, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250000, China.
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Fernandez-Vizarra E, Zeviani M. Mitochondrial disorders of the OXPHOS system. FEBS Lett 2020; 595:1062-1106. [PMID: 33159691 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2020] [Revised: 10/21/2020] [Accepted: 11/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Mitochondrial disorders are among the most frequent inborn errors of metabolism, their primary cause being the dysfunction of the oxidative phosphorylation system (OXPHOS). OXPHOS is composed of the electron transport chain (ETC), formed by four multimeric enzymes and two mobile electron carriers, plus an ATP synthase [also called complex V (cV)]. The ETC performs the redox reactions involved in cellular respiration while generating the proton motive force used by cV to synthesize ATP. OXPHOS biogenesis involves multiple steps, starting from the expression of genes encoded in physically separated genomes, namely the mitochondrial and nuclear DNA, to the coordinated assembly of components and cofactors building each individual complex and eventually the supercomplexes. The genetic cause underlying around half of the diagnosed mitochondrial disease cases is currently known. Many of these cases result from pathogenic variants in genes encoding structural subunits or additional factors directly involved in the assembly of the ETC complexes. Here, we review the historical and most recent findings concerning the clinical phenotypes and the molecular pathological mechanisms underlying this particular group of disorders.
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- Erika Fernandez-Vizarra
- Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK
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- Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine, Padova, Italy.,Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Italy
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Cytochrome c oxidase deficiency. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2020; 1862:148335. [PMID: 33171185 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2020.148335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Revised: 10/31/2020] [Accepted: 11/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Cytochrome c oxidase (COX) deficiency is characterized by a high degree of genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity, partly reflecting the extreme structural complexity, multiple post-translational modification, variable, tissue-specific composition, and the high number of and intricate connections among the assembly factors of this enzyme. In fact, decreased COX specific activity can manifest with different degrees of severity, affect the whole organism or specific tissues, and develop a wide spectrum of disease natural history, including disease onsets ranging from birth to late adulthood. More than 30 genes have been linked to COX deficiency, but the list is still incomplete and in fact constantly updated. We here discuss the current knowledge about COX in health and disease, focusing on genetic aetiology and link to clinical manifestations. In addition, information concerning either fundamental biological features of the enzymes or biochemical signatures of its defects have been provided by experimental in vivo models, including yeast, fly, mouse and fish, which expanded our knowledge on the functional features and the phenotypical consequences of different forms of COX deficiency.
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Altered Expression Ratio of Actin-Binding Gelsolin Isoforms Is a Novel Hallmark of Mitochondrial OXPHOS Dysfunction. Cells 2020; 9:cells9091922. [PMID: 32824961 PMCID: PMC7563380 DOI: 10.3390/cells9091922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2020] [Revised: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 08/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) defects are the primary cause of inborn errors of energy metabolism. Despite considerable progress on their genetic basis, their global pathophysiological consequences remain undefined. Previous studies reported that OXPHOS dysfunction associated with complex III deficiency exacerbated the expression and mitochondrial location of cytoskeletal gelsolin (GSN) to promote cell survival responses. In humans, besides the cytosolic isoform, GSN presents a plasma isoform secreted to extracellular environments. We analyzed the interplay between both GSN isoforms in human cellular and clinical models of OXPHOS dysfunction. Regardless of its pathogenic origin, OXPHOS dysfunction induced the physiological upregulation of cytosolic GSN in the mitochondria (mGSN), in parallel with a significant downregulation of plasma GSN (pGSN) levels. Consequently, significantly high mGSN-to-pGSN ratios were associated with OXPHOS deficiency both in human cells and blood. In contrast, control cells subjected to hydrogen peroxide or staurosporine treatments showed no correlation between oxidative stress or cell death induction and the altered levels and subcellular location of GSN isoforms, suggesting their specificity for OXPHOS dysfunction. In conclusion, a high mitochondrial-to-plasma GSN ratio represents a useful cellular indicator of OXPHOS defects, with potential use for future research of a wide range of clinical conditions with mitochondrial involvement.
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Mani S, Rao SN, Kumar MVK. G6036A substitution in mitochondrial COX I gene compromises cytochrome c oxidase activity in thiamine responsive Leigh syndrome patients. J Neurol Sci 2020; 415:116870. [PMID: 32428756 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2020.116870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2020] [Revised: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Cytochrome c oxidase (COX) deficiency is known to be associated with Leigh syndrome (LS), however there are limited studies on genetic screening of mitochondrial (mt) DNA encoding COX genes as well as the functional validation of identified variants. In our previous studies, we cared for total 165 LS patients and analyzed the nucleotide variations across entire mt genome. We observed a high level of genetic heterogeneity in these patients. We identified various reported and novel variation across entire genome including COX genes. In our present study we have further studied and functionally validated the selected novel nucleotide variant of COX I and COX II gene using different in-silico tools and trans mitochondrial cybrid based assays. As a result of our study, G6036A (G45S) variant of COX I gene, reduced the COX activity in both spectrophotometric as well as In-gel BN-PAGE assays. FACS analysis also revealed this variant to affect the mitochondrial membrane potential in the respective cybrids. Interestingly most of our in-silico studies indicated that this variant might affect the secondary structure and confirmation of COX I protein. Thus we report the first missense mutation in the COX I gene of LS patients and justify its pathogenic role in these patients by different assays. Variant A7746G (N54K) in COX II gene was also predicted to affect the secondary structure as well as stability of COX II protein. Though, the effect of this variant was not significant, however it will be interesting to investigate its significance by other assays in future.
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- Shalini Mani
- Department of Biotechnology, Centre for Emerging Diseases, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida 201301, India; Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad 500007, India.
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- Government Institute of Child Health, Niloufer Hospital for Women and Children, Red Hills, Hyderabad, India
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Lobo-Jarne T, Pérez-Pérez R, Fontanesi F, Timón-Gómez A, Wittig I, Peñas A, Serrano-Lorenzo P, García-Consuegra I, Arenas J, Martín MA, Barrientos A, Ugalde C. Multiple pathways coordinate assembly of human mitochondrial complex IV and stabilization of respiratory supercomplexes. EMBO J 2020; 39:e103912. [PMID: 32511785 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2019103912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2019] [Revised: 04/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial respiratory chain complexes I, III, and IV can associate into larger structures termed supercomplexes or respirasomes, thereby generating structural interdependences among the individual complexes yet to be understood. In patients, nonsense mutations in complex IV subunit genes cause severe encephalomyopathies randomly associated with pleiotropic complex I defects. Using complexome profiling and biochemical analyses, we have explored the structural rearrangements of the respiratory chain in human cell lines depleted of the catalytic complex IV subunit COX1 or COX2. In the absence of a functional complex IV holoenzyme, several supercomplex I+III2 species coexist, which differ in their content of COX subunits and COX7A2L/HIGD2A assembly factors. The incorporation of an atypical COX1-HIGD2A submodule attenuates supercomplex I+III2 turnover rate, indicating an unexpected molecular adaptation for supercomplexes stabilization that relies on the presence of COX1 independently of holo-complex IV formation. Our data set the basis for complex I structural dependence on complex IV, revealing the co-existence of alternative pathways for the biogenesis of "supercomplex-associated" versus individual complex IV, which could determine physiological adaptations under different stress and disease scenarios.
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- Teresa Lobo-Jarne
- Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- SFB 815 Core Unit, Functional Proteomics, Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12), Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12), Madrid, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), U723, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12), Madrid, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), U723, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12), Madrid, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), U723, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.,Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12), Madrid, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), U723, Madrid, Spain
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Harumoto T, Shigi N, Tsumoto K, Komiyama M. Site-specific Manipulation of Mitochondrial DNA by Artificial Restriction DNA Cutter. CHEM LETT 2019. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.190572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Toshimasa Harumoto
- Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan
- Department of Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan
- Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan
- College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, P. R. China
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Mitochondrial Genome (mtDNA) Mutations that Generate Reactive Oxygen Species. Antioxidants (Basel) 2019; 8:antiox8090392. [PMID: 31514455 PMCID: PMC6769445 DOI: 10.3390/antiox8090392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2019] [Revised: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 09/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Mitochondria are critical for the energetic demands of virtually every cellular process within nucleated eukaryotic cells. They harbour multiple copies of their own genome (mtDNA), as well as the protein-synthesing systems required for the translation of vital subunits of the oxidative phosphorylation machinery used to generate adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Molecular lesions to the mtDNA cause severe metabolic diseases and have been proposed to contribute to the progressive nature of common age-related diseases such as cancer, cardiomyopathy, diabetes, and neurodegenerative disorders. As a consequence of playing a central role in cellular energy metabolism, mitochondria produce reactive oxygen species (ROS) as a by-product of respiration. Here we review the evidence that mutations in the mtDNA exacerbate ROS production, contributing to disease.
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Roos S, Sofou K, Hedberg-Oldfors C, Kollberg G, Lindgren U, Thomsen C, Tulinius M, Oldfors A. Mitochondrial complex IV deficiency caused by a novel frameshift variant in MT-CO2 associated with myopathy and perturbed acylcarnitine profile. Eur J Hum Genet 2018; 27:331-335. [PMID: 30315213 DOI: 10.1038/s41431-018-0286-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Revised: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial myopathies are a heterogeneous group of disorders associated with a wide range of clinical phenotypes. We present a 16-year-old girl with a history of exercise intolerance since childhood. Acylcarnitine species suggestive of multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency were found in serum, however genetic analysis did not reveal variants in genes associated with this disorder. Biochemical analyses of skeletal muscle mitochondria revealed an isolated and extremely low activity of cytochrome c oxidase (COX). This finding was confirmed by enzyme histochemistry, which demonstrated an almost complete absence of fibers with normal COX activity. Whole-exome sequencing revealed a single base-pair deletion (m.8088delT) in MT-CO2, which encodes subunit 2 of COX, resulting in a premature stop codon. Restriction fragment length polymorphism-analysis confirmed mtDNA heteroplasmy with high mutant load in skeletal muscle, the only clinically affected tissue, but low levels in other investigated tissues. Single muscle fiber analysis showed segregation of the mutant genotype with respiratory chain dysfunction. Immuno-histochemical studies indicated that the truncating variant in COX2 has an inhibitory effect on the assembly of the COX holoenzyme.
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- Sara Roos
- Department of Pathology and Genetics and Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Pathology and Genetics and Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Pathology and Genetics and Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Pathology and Genetics and Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Pathology and Genetics and Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Kytövuori L, Kärppä M, Tuominen H, Uusimaa J, Saari M, Hinttala R, Majamaa K. Case report: a novel frameshift mutation in the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase II gene causing mitochondrial disorder. BMC Neurol 2017; 17:96. [PMID: 28521807 PMCID: PMC5437394 DOI: 10.1186/s12883-017-0883-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2016] [Accepted: 05/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase 2, MT-CO2, encodes one of the three subunits, which form the catalytic core of cytochrome c oxidase (COX), complex IV. Mutations in MT-CO2 are rare and the associated phenotypes are variable including nonsyndromic and syndromic forms of mitochondrial diseases. Case presentation We describe a 30-year-old man with cognitive decline, epilepsy, psychosis, exercise intolerance, sensorineural hearing impairment, retinitis pigmentosa, cataract and lactic acidosis. COX-deficient fibers and ragged red fibers were abundant in the muscle. Sequencing of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) revealed a novel frameshift mutation m.8156delG that was predicted to cause altered C-terminal amino acid sequence and to lead to truncation of the COX subunit 2. The deletion was heteroplasmic being present in 26% of the mtDNA in blood, 33% in buccal mucosa and 95% in muscle. Deletion heteroplasmy correlated with COX-deficiency in muscle histochemistry. The mother and the siblings of the proband did not harbor the deletion. Conclusions The clinical features and muscle histology of the proband suggested a mitochondrial disorder. The m.8156delG deletion is a new addition to the short list of pathogenic mutations in the mtDNA-encoded subunits of COX. This case illustrates the importance of mtDNA sequence analysis in patients with an evident mitochondrial disorder.
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- Laura Kytövuori
- Research Unit of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 5000, FI-90014, Oulu, Finland. .,Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland. .,Department of Neurology, Oulu University Hospital, P.O. Box 20, OYS, FI-90029, Oulu, Finland.
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- Research Unit of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 5000, FI-90014, Oulu, Finland.,Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.,Department of Neurology, Oulu University Hospital, P.O. Box 20, OYS, FI-90029, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Pathology, Cancer and Translational Medicine Research Unit, University of Oulu and Department of Pathology, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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- Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.,PEDEGO Research Unit, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 5000, FI-90014, Oulu, Finland.,Department of Children and Adolescents, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland.,Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 5000, FI-90014, Oulu, Finland
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- Turku Centre for Biotechnology, Cell Imaging Core, University of Turku, FI-20520, Turku, Finland
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- Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.,PEDEGO Research Unit, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 5000, FI-90014, Oulu, Finland.,Department of Children and Adolescents, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland.,Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 5000, FI-90014, Oulu, Finland
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- Research Unit of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 5000, FI-90014, Oulu, Finland.,Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.,Department of Neurology, Oulu University Hospital, P.O. Box 20, OYS, FI-90029, Oulu, Finland
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Bourens M, Barrientos A. A CMC1-knockout reveals translation-independent control of human mitochondrial complex IV biogenesis. EMBO Rep 2017; 18:477-494. [PMID: 28082314 DOI: 10.15252/embr.201643103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2016] [Revised: 11/25/2016] [Accepted: 12/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Defects in mitochondrial respiratory chain complex IV (CIV) frequently cause encephalocardiomyopathies. Human CIV assembly involves 14 subunits of dual genetic origin and multiple nucleus-encoded ancillary factors. Biogenesis of the mitochondrion-encoded copper/heme-containing COX1 subunit initiates the CIV assembly process. Here, we show that the intermembrane space twin CX9C protein CMC1 forms an early CIV assembly intermediate with COX1 and two assembly factors, the cardiomyopathy proteins COA3 and COX14. A TALEN-mediated CMC1 knockout HEK293T cell line displayed normal COX1 synthesis but decreased CIV activity owing to the instability of newly synthetized COX1. We demonstrate that CMC1 stabilizes a COX1-COA3-COX14 complex before the incorporation of COX4 and COX5a subunits. Additionally, we show that CMC1 acts independently of CIV assembly factors relevant to COX1 metallation (COX10, COX11, and SURF1) or late stability (MITRAC7). Furthermore, whereas human COX14 and COA3 have been proposed to affect COX1 mRNA translation, our data indicate that CMC1 regulates turnover of newly synthesized COX1 prior to and during COX1 maturation, without affecting the rate of COX1 synthesis.
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- Myriam Bourens
- Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA .,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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Sallevelt SCEH, de Die-Smulders CEM, Hendrickx ATM, Hellebrekers DMEI, de Coo IFM, Alston CL, Knowles C, Taylor RW, McFarland R, Smeets HJM. De novo mtDNA point mutations are common and have a low recurrence risk. J Med Genet 2016; 54:73-83. [PMID: 27450679 PMCID: PMC5502310 DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2016-103876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2016] [Revised: 06/02/2016] [Accepted: 06/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Background Severe, disease-causing germline mitochondrial (mt)DNA mutations are maternally inherited or arise de novo. Strategies to prevent transmission are generally available, but depend on recurrence risks, ranging from high/unpredictable for many familial mtDNA point mutations to very low for sporadic, large-scale single mtDNA deletions. Comprehensive data are lacking for de novo mtDNA point mutations, often leading to misconceptions and incorrect counselling regarding recurrence risk and reproductive options. We aim to study the relevance and recurrence risk of apparently de novo mtDNA point mutations. Methods Systematic study of prenatal diagnosis (PND) and recurrence of mtDNA point mutations in families with de novo cases, including new and published data. ‘De novo’ based on the absence of the mutation in multiple (postmitotic) maternal tissues is preferred, but mutations absent in maternal blood only were also included. Results In our series of 105 index patients (33 children and 72 adults) with (likely) pathogenic mtDNA point mutations, the de novo frequency was 24.6%, the majority being paediatric. PND was performed in subsequent pregnancies of mothers of four de novo cases. A fifth mother opted for preimplantation genetic diagnosis because of a coexisting Mendelian genetic disorder. The mtDNA mutation was absent in all four prenatal samples and all 11 oocytes/embryos tested. A literature survey revealed 137 de novo cases, but PND was only performed for 9 (including 1 unpublished) mothers. In one, recurrence occurred in two subsequent pregnancies, presumably due to germline mosaicism. Conclusions De novo mtDNA point mutations are a common cause of mtDNA disease. Recurrence risk is low. This is relevant for genetic counselling, particularly for reproductive options. PND can be offered for reassurance.
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- Suzanne C E H Sallevelt
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC), Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC), Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Research School for Developmental Biology (GROW), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC), Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC), Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute of Neuroscience, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute of Neuroscience, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute of Neuroscience, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Institute of Neuroscience, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC), Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Research School for Developmental Biology (GROW), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Research School for Cardiovascular Diseases in Maastricht, CARIM, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Morán M, Delmiro A, Blázquez A, Ugalde C, Arenas J, Martín MA. Bulk autophagy, but not mitophagy, is increased in cellular model of mitochondrial disease. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2014; 1842:1059-70. [PMID: 24704045 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2014.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2013] [Revised: 03/17/2014] [Accepted: 03/25/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Oxidative phosphorylation system (OXPHOS) deficiencies are rare diseases but constitute the most frequent inborn errors of metabolism. We analyzed the autophagy route in 11 skin fibroblast cultures derived from patients with well characterized and distinct OXPHOS defects. Mitochondrial membrane potential determination revealed a tendency to decrease in 5 patients' cells but reached statistical significance only in 2 of them. The remaining cells showed either no change or a slight increase in this parameter. Colocalization analysis of mitochondria and autophagosomes failed to show evidence of increased selective elimination of mitochondria but revealed more intense autophagosome staining in patients' fibroblasts compared with controls. Despite the absence of increased mitophagy, Parkin recruitment to mitochondria was detected in both controls' and patients' cells and was slightly higher in cells harboring complex I defects. Western blot analysis of the autophagosome marker LC3B, confirmed significantly higher levels of the protein bound to autophagosomes, LC3B-II, in patients' cells, suggesting an increased bulk autophagy in OXPHOS defective fibroblasts. Inhibition of lysosomal proteases caused significant accumulation of LC3B-II in control cells, whereas in patients' cells this phenomenon was less pronounced. Electron microscopy studies showed higher content of late autophagic vacuoles and lysosomes in OXPHOS defective cells, accompanied by higher levels of the lysosomal marker LAMP-1. Our findings suggest that in OXPHOS deficient fibroblasts autophagic flux could be partially hampered leading to an accumulation of autophagic vacuoles and lysosomes.
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- María Morán
- Mitochondrial and Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre Research Institute (i+12), Madrid, Spain; Spanish Network for Biomedical Research in Rare Diseases (CIBERER), U723, Spain.
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- Mitochondrial and Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre Research Institute (i+12), Madrid, Spain; Spanish Network for Biomedical Research in Rare Diseases (CIBERER), U723, Spain
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- Mitochondrial and Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre Research Institute (i+12), Madrid, Spain; Spanish Network for Biomedical Research in Rare Diseases (CIBERER), U723, Spain
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- Mitochondrial and Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre Research Institute (i+12), Madrid, Spain; Spanish Network for Biomedical Research in Rare Diseases (CIBERER), U723, Spain
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- Mitochondrial and Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre Research Institute (i+12), Madrid, Spain
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- Mitochondrial and Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre Research Institute (i+12), Madrid, Spain; Spanish Network for Biomedical Research in Rare Diseases (CIBERER), U723, Spain
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Novel Point Mutations and A8027G Polymorphism in Mitochondrial-DNA-Encoded Cytochrome c Oxidase II Gene in Mexican Patients with Probable Alzheimer Disease. Int J Alzheimers Dis 2014; 2014:794530. [PMID: 24701363 PMCID: PMC3950951 DOI: 10.1155/2014/794530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2013] [Accepted: 11/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial dysfunction has been thought to contribute to Alzheimer disease (AD) pathogenesis through the accumulation of mitochondrial DNA mutations and net production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Mitochondrial cytochrome c-oxidase plays a key role in the regulation of aerobic production of energy and is composed of 13 subunits. The 3 largest subunits (I, II, and III) forming the catalytic core are encoded by mitochondrial DNA. The aim of this work was to look for mutations in mitochondrial cytochrome c-oxidase gene II (MTCO II) in blood samples from probable AD Mexican patients. MTCO II gene was sequenced in 33 patients with diagnosis of probable AD. Four patients (12%) harbored the A8027G polymorphism and three of them were early onset (EO) AD cases with familial history of the disease. In addition, other four patients with EOAD had only one of the following point mutations: A8003C, T8082C, C8201T, or G7603A. Neither of the point mutations found in this work has been described previously for AD patients, and the A8027G polymorphism has been described previously; however, it hasn't been related to AD. We will need further investigation to demonstrate the role of the point mutations of mitochondrial DNA in the pathogenesis of AD.
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Horan MP, Rumbley JN, Melvin RG, Le Couteur DG, Ballard JWO. Quaternary protein modeling to predict the function of DNA variation found in human mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase. J Hum Genet 2013; 58:127-34. [DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2012.144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Villar P, Bretón B, García-Pavía P, González-Páramos C, Blázquez A, Gómez-Bueno M, García-Silva T, García-Consuegra I, Martín MA, Garesse R, Bornstein B, Gallardo ME. Cardiac Dysfunction in Mitochondrial Disease. Circ J 2013; 77:2799-806. [DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-13-0557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Pedro Villar
- Biochemistry Unit, “Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro”
- Research Institute “Puerta de Hierro” Majadahonda (IDIPHIM)
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- Biochemistry Unit, “Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro”
- Research Institute “Puerta de Hierro” Majadahonda (IDIPHIM)
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- Cardiology Unit, “Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro”
- Net of Clinical and Basic Research in Heart Failure (REDINSCOR)
- Research Institute “Puerta de Hierro” Majadahonda (IDIPHIM)
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- Rare Diseases Biomedical Research Centre (CIBERER)
- Health Research Institute “Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12)”
- Laboratory of Mitochondrial Diseases, Research Centre
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- Cardiology Unit, “Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro”
- Net of Clinical and Basic Research in Heart Failure (REDINSCOR)
- Research Institute “Puerta de Hierro” Majadahonda (IDIPHIM)
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- Health Research Institute “Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12)”
- Pediatrics Unit, “Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre”
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- Health Research Institute “Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12)”
- Laboratory of Mitochondrial Diseases, Research Centre
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- Rare Diseases Biomedical Research Centre (CIBERER)
- Health Research Institute “Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12)”
- Laboratory of Mitochondrial Diseases, Research Centre
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- Biochemistry Departament, Biomedical Research Institute “Alberto Sols”, Medicine College, UAM-CSIC
- Rare Diseases Biomedical Research Centre (CIBERER)
- Health Research Institute “Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12)”
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- Biochemistry Departament, Biomedical Research Institute “Alberto Sols”, Medicine College, UAM-CSIC
- Rare Diseases Biomedical Research Centre (CIBERER)
- Health Research Institute “Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12)”
- Biochemistry Unit, “Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro”
- Research Institute “Puerta de Hierro” Majadahonda (IDIPHIM)
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- Biochemistry Departament, Biomedical Research Institute “Alberto Sols”, Medicine College, UAM-CSIC
- Rare Diseases Biomedical Research Centre (CIBERER)
- Health Research Institute “Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12)”
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Massie R, Wang J, Chen LC, Zhang VW, Collins MP, Wong LJC, Milone M. Mitochondrial myopathy due to novel missense mutation in the cytochrome c oxidase 1 gene. J Neurol Sci 2012; 319:158-63. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2012.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2012] [Revised: 04/28/2012] [Accepted: 05/02/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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González-Ramos M, Mora I, de Frutos S, Garesse R, Rodríguez-Puyol M, Olmos G, Rodríguez-Puyol D. Intracellular redox equilibrium is essential for the constitutive expression of AP-1 dependent genes in resting cells: studies on TGF-β1 regulation. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2012; 44:963-71. [PMID: 22429882 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2012.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2011] [Revised: 02/17/2012] [Accepted: 03/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The mechanisms involved in the continuous expression of constitutive genes are unclear. We hypothesize that steady state intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS), which their levels are tightly maintained, could be regulating the expression of these constitutive genes in resting cells. We analyzed the regulation of an important constitutive gene, TGF-β1, after decreasing intracellular ROS concentration in human mesangial cells. Decreased intracellular hydrogen peroxide by catalase addition reduced TGF-β1 protein, mRNA expression and promoter activity. Furthermore, catalase decreased the basal activity of Activated Protein-1 (AP-1) that regulates TGF-β1 promoter activity. This effect disappeared when AP-1 binding site was removed. Similar results were observed with another protein containing AP-1 binding sites in its promoter, such as eNOS, but it was not the case in other constitutive genes without any AP-1 binding site, as COX1 or PKG1. The pharmacological inhibition of the different ROS synthesis sources by blocking NADPH oxidase, the mitochondrial respiratory chain or xanthine oxidase, or the use of human fibroblasts with genetically deficient mitochondrial activity, induced a similar, significant reduction of steady state ROS concentration as the one observed with catalase. Moreover, there was decreased TGF-β1 expression in all the cases excepting the xanthine oxidase blockade. These findings suggest a novel role for the steady state intracellular ROS concentration, where the compartmentalized, different systems involved in the intracellular ROS production, could be essential for the expression of constitutive AP1-dependent genes, as TGF-β1.
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- Marta González-Ramos
- Department of Physiology, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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Mitochondrial complex I plays an essential role in human respirasome assembly. Cell Metab 2012; 15:324-35. [PMID: 22342700 PMCID: PMC3318979 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2012.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2011] [Revised: 12/19/2011] [Accepted: 01/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The biogenesis and function of the mitochondrial respiratory chain (RC) involve the organization of RC enzyme complexes in supercomplexes or respirasomes through an unknown biosynthetic process. This leads to structural interdependences between RC complexes, which are highly relevant from biological and biomedical perspectives, because RC defects often lead to severe neuromuscular disorders. We show that in human cells, respirasome biogenesis involves a complex I assembly intermediate acting as a scaffold for the combined incorporation of complexes III and IV subunits, rather than originating from the association of preassembled individual holoenzymes. The process ends with the incorporation of complex I NADH dehydrogenase catalytic module, which leads to the respirasome activation. While complexes III and IV assemble either as free holoenzymes or by incorporation of free subunits into supercomplexes, the respirasomes constitute the structural units where complex I is assembled and activated, thus explaining the significance of the respirasomes for RC function.
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Mkaouar-Rebai E, Ellouze E, Chamkha I, Kammoun F, Triki C, Fakhfakh F. Molecular-clinical correlation in a family with a novel heteroplasmic Leigh syndrome missense mutation in the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase III gene. J Child Neurol 2011; 26:12-20. [PMID: 20525945 DOI: 10.1177/0883073810371227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Cytochrome c oxidase is an essential component of the mitochondrial respiratory chain that catalyzes the reduction of molecular oxygen by reduced cytochrome c. In this study, the authors report the second mutation associated with Leigh syndrome in the blood and buccal mucosa of 2 affected members of a Tunisian family. It was a novel heteroplasmic missense mitochondrial mutation at nucleotide 9478 in the gene specifying subunit III of cytochrome c oxidase substituting the valine at position 91 to alanine in a highly conserved amino acid. It was found with a high mutant load in tissues derived from endoderm (buccal mucosa) and mesoderm (blood). However, it was nearly absent in tissue derived from ectoderm (hair follicles). It was absent in 120 healthy controls, and PolyPhen analysis showed that the hydropathy index changed from +1.276 to +0.242, and the number of structures of the 3D protein decreased from 39 to 32.
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- Emna Mkaouar-Rebai
- Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire Humaine, Faculté de Médecine de Sfax, Tunisia.
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Yang H, Brosel S, Acin-Perez R, Slavkovich V, Nishino I, Khan R, Goldberg IJ, Graziano J, Manfredi G, Schon EA. Analysis of mouse models of cytochrome c oxidase deficiency owing to mutations in Sco2. Hum Mol Genet 2010; 19:170-80. [PMID: 19837698 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddp477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Mutations in SCO2, a protein required for the proper assembly and functioning of cytochrome c oxidase (COX; complex IV of the mitochondrial respiratory chain), cause a fatal infantile cardioencephalomyopathy with COX deficiency. We have generated mice harboring a Sco2 knock-out (KO) allele and a Sco2 knock-in (KI) allele expressing an E-->K mutation at position 129 (E129K), corresponding to the E140K mutation found in almost all human SCO2-mutated patients. Whereas homozygous KO mice were embryonic lethals, homozygous KI and compound heterozygous KI/KO mice were viable, but had muscle weakness; biochemically, they had respiratory chain deficiencies as well as complex IV assembly defects in multiple tissues. There was a concomitant reduction in mitochondrial copper content, but the total amount of copper in examined tissues was not reduced. These mouse models should be of use in further studies of Sco2 function, as well as in testing therapeutic approaches to treat the human disorder.
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- Hua Yang
- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, Berrie-303A, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Assembly of the oxidative phosphorylation system in humans: what we have learned by studying its defects. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2008; 1793:200-11. [PMID: 18620006 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2008.05.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2008] [Revised: 05/12/2008] [Accepted: 05/17/2008] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Assembly of the oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) system in the mitochondrial inner membrane is an intricate process in which many factors must interact. The OXPHOS system is composed of four respiratory chain complexes, which are responsible for electron transport and generation of the proton gradient in the mitochondrial intermembrane space, and of the ATP synthase that uses this proton gradient to produce ATP. Mitochondrial human disorders are caused by dysfunction of the OXPHOS system, and many of them are associated with altered assembly of one or more components of the OXPHOS system. The study of assembly defects in patients has been useful in unraveling and/or gaining a complete understanding of the processes by which these large multimeric complexes are formed. We review here current knowledge of the biogenesis of OXPHOS complexes based on investigation of the corresponding disorders.
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Son M, Leary SC, Romain N, Pierrel F, Winge DR, Haller RG, Elliott JL. Isolated cytochrome c oxidase deficiency in G93A SOD1 mice overexpressing CCS protein. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:12267-75. [PMID: 18334481 PMCID: PMC2431012 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m708523200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2007] [Revised: 03/07/2008] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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G93A SOD1 transgenic mice overexpressing CCS protein develop an accelerated disease course that is associated with enhanced mitochondrial pathology and increased mitochondrial localization of mutant SOD1. Because these results suggest an effect of mutant SOD1 on mitochondrial function, we assessed the enzymatic activities of mitochondrial respiratory chain complexes in the spinal cords of CCS/G93A SOD1 and control mice. CCS/G93A SOD1 mouse spinal cord demonstrates a 55% loss of complex IV (cytochrome c oxidase) activity compared with spinal cord from age-matched non-transgenic or G93A SOD1 mice. In contrast, CCS/G93A SOD1 spinal cord shows no reduction in the activities of complex I, II, or III. Blue native gel analysis further demonstrates a marked reduction in the levels of complex IV but not of complex I, II, III, or V in spinal cords of CCS/G93A SOD1 mice compared with non-transgenic, G93A SOD1, or CCS/WT SOD1 controls. With SDS-PAGE analysis, spinal cords from CCS/G93A SOD1 mice showed significant decreases in the levels of two structural subunits of cytochrome c oxidase, COX1 and COX5b, relative to controls. In contrast, CCS/G93A SOD1 mouse spinal cord showed no reduction in levels of selected subunits from complexes I, II, III, or V. Heme A analyses of spinal cord further support the existence of cytochrome c oxidase deficiency in CCS/G93A SOD1 mice. Collectively, these results establish that CCS/G93A SOD1 mice manifest an isolated complex IV deficiency which may underlie a substantial part of mutant SOD1-induced mitochondrial cytopathy.
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- Marjatta Son
- Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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Choksi KB, Nuss JE, Boylston WH, Rabek JP, Papaconstantinou J. Age-related increases in oxidatively damaged proteins of mouse kidney mitochondrial electron transport chain complexes. Free Radic Biol Med 2007; 43:1423-38. [PMID: 17936188 PMCID: PMC2080815 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2007.07.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2007] [Revised: 07/19/2007] [Accepted: 07/21/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Mitochondrial dysfunction generates reactive oxygen species (ROS) which damage essential macromolecules. Oxidative modification of proteins, DNA, and lipids has been implicated as a major causal factor in the age-associated decline in tissue function. Mitochondrial electron transport chain complexes I and III are the principal sites of ROS production, and oxidative modifications to the complex subunits inhibit their in vitro activity. Therefore, we hypothesize that mitochondrial complex subunits may be primary targets for oxidative damage by ROS which may impair normal complex activity by altering their structure/function leading to mitochondrial dysfunction associated with aging. This study of kidney mitochondria from young, middle-aged, and old mice reveals that there are functional decreases in complexes I, II, IV, and V between aged compared to young kidney mitochondria and these functional declines directly correlate with increased oxidative modification to particular complex subunits. We postulate that the electron leakage from complexes causes specific damage to their subunits and increased ROS generation as oxidative damage accumulates, leading to further mitochondrial dysfunction, a cyclical process that underlies the progressive decline in physiologic function seen in aged mouse kidney. In conclusion, increasing mitochondrial dysfunction may play a key role in the age-associated decline in tissue function.
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- Kashyap B. Choksi
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, 77555-0643
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- Adlyse Inc., 9430 Key West Avenue, Suite 210, Rockville, MD, 20850
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas, 78229
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, 77555-0643
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, 77555-0643
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More than 200 disease-related mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) point mutations have been reported in the Mitomap (http://www.mitomap.org) database. These mutations can be divided into two groups: mutations affecting mitochondrial protein synthesis, including mutations in tRNA and rRNA genes; and mutations in protein-encoding genes (mRNAs). This review focuses on mutations in mitochondrial genes that encode proteins. These mutations are involved in a broad spectrum of human diseases, including a variety of multisystem disorders as well as more tissue-specific diseases such as isolated myopathy and Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON). Because the mitochondrial genome contains a large number of apparently neutral polymorphisms that have little pathogenic significance, along with secondary homoplasmic mutations that do not have primary disease-causing effect, the pathogenic role of all newly discovered mutations must be rigorously established. A scoring system has been applied to evaluate the pathogenicity of the mutations in mtDNA protein-encoding genes and to review the predominant clinical features and the molecular characteristics of mutations in each mtDNA-encoded respiratory chain complex.
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- Lee-Jun C Wong
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, NAB2015, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
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Bokori-Brown M, Holt IJ. Expression of algal nuclear ATP synthase subunit 6 in human cells results in protein targeting to mitochondria but no assembly into ATP synthase. Rejuvenation Res 2007; 9:455-69. [PMID: 17105386 DOI: 10.1089/rej.2006.9.455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Artificial transfer of mitochondrial genes to the nucleus has implications for the understanding of mitochondrial function, evolution, and human health. Therefore, we created nuclear compatible versions of human subunit a (A6) of ATP synthase, linked to a mitochondrial targeting signal. Expression and targeting of human nuclear subunit a were compared to subunit a of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, which naturally occurs in the nucleus. Algal subunit a was targeted to mitochondria more efficiently than human nuclear subunit a variants. However, there was no evidence of improved mitochondrial function in cultured cells; on the contrary, long-term expression of algal subunit a was associated with poor survival and intolerance of growth conditions that demand heavy reliance on oxidative phosphorylation. Analysis of enriched mitochondrial membrane fractions on native gels revealed a high-molecular- weight complex containing FLAG-tagged subunit a; however, this complex did not colocalize with ATP synthase. Thus, there was no evidence of assembly of algal subunit a into holoenzyme, nor did human nuclear subunit a colocalize with ATP synthase holoenzyme. In conclusion, obstacles remain to functional expression of mitochondrial genes transferred to the nucleus.
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Oldfors A, Tulinius M. Mitochondrial encephalomyopathies. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2007; 86:125-165. [PMID: 18808998 DOI: 10.1016/s0072-9752(07)86006-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Horváth R, Schoser BGH, Müller-Höcker J, Völpel M, Jaksch M, Lochmüller H. Mutations in mtDNA-encoded cytochrome c oxidase subunit genes causing isolated myopathy or severe encephalomyopathy. Neuromuscul Disord 2005; 15:851-7. [PMID: 16288875 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2005.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2005] [Revised: 09/02/2005] [Accepted: 09/14/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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We report on clinical, histological and genetic findings in two patients carrying novel heteroplasmic mutations in the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit genes COII and COIII. The first patient, a 35 year-old man had a multisystemic disease, with clinical symptoms of bilateral cataract, sensori-neural hearing loss, myopathy, ataxia, cardiac arrhythmia, depression and short stature and carried a 7970 G>T (E129X) nonsense mutation in COII. A sudden episode of metabolic encephalopathy caused by extremely high blood lactate lead to coma. The second patient developed exercise intolerance and rhabdomyolysis at age 22 years. A heteroplasmic missense mutation 9789 T>C (S195P) was found in skeletal muscle, but not in blood and myoblasts pointing to a sporadic mutation. Our report of two patients with isolated COX deficiency and new mutations in COX subunit genes may help to draw more attention to this type of mtDNA defects and provide new aspects for counselling affected families.
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- R Horváth
- Metabolic Disease Center Munich-Schwabing, Institutes of Clinical Chemistry, Molecular Diagnostics and Mitochondrial Genetics, Academic Hospital Schwabing, Kölner Platz 1, 80804 Munich, Germany.
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Lucioli S, Hoffmeier K, Carrozzo R, Tessa A, Ludwig B, Santorelli FM. Introducing a novel human mtDNA mutation into the Paracoccus denitrificans COX I gene explains functional deficits in a patient. Neurogenetics 2005; 7:51-7. [PMID: 16284789 DOI: 10.1007/s10048-005-0015-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2005] [Accepted: 08/22/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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We identified a novel mutation (S142F) in the human mtDNA CO I gene in a patient with a clinical phenotype resembling mitochondrial cardioencephalomyopathy. To substantiate pathogenicity, we modeled the identified mutation in the homologous gene in Paracoccus denitrificans and analyzed the biochemical consequences. We observed a deleterious effect on enzyme activity, with a lack of heme a3. Taking advantage of the extensive structural homology between the bacterial enzyme and the mammalian core complex, we conclude that the novel S142F mutation is disease-related. This approach can be used in other cases to support the pathogenicity of novel variants in the mitochondrial genome.
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- Simona Lucioli
- Molecular Medicine, IRCCS, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy
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Ostergaard E, Bradinova I, Ravn SH, Hansen FJ, Simeonov E, Christensen E, Wibrand F, Schwartz M. Hypertrichosis in patients withSURF1 mutations. Am J Med Genet A 2005; 138:384-8. [PMID: 16222681 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We present three patients with SURF1 mutations. In addition to Leigh syndrome all patients had hypertrichosis, a clinical sign that is not usually associated with Leigh syndrome. The hypertrichosis was not congenital and it was mainly distributed on the extremities and forehead. In addition to our three patients, we have identified five patients in the literature with hypertrichosis and Leigh syndrome due to SURF1 mutations. Since most patients had onset of hypertrichosis before the diagnosis of Leigh syndrome was made, we suggest that clinicians consider Leigh syndrome in patients with, for example, psychomotor retardation or other unspecific symptoms in combination with hypertrichosis.
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Janssen RJRJ, van den Heuvel LP, Smeitink JAM. Genetic defects in the oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) system. Expert Rev Mol Diagn 2004; 4:143-56. [PMID: 14995902 DOI: 10.1586/14737159.4.2.143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) system consists of five multiprotein complexes and two mobile electron carriers embedded in the lipid bilayer of the mitochondrial inner membrane. With the exception of complex II and the mobile carriers, the other parts of the OXPHOS system are under dual genetic control. Due to this bigenomic control, the inheritance of OXPHOS system defects is either maternal, in the case of mitochondrial DNA mutations, autosomal or X-linked, in the case of nuclear gene defects. In this review, our current genetic understanding of OXPHOS system enzyme deficiencies will be summarized, and future directions that the field might take to unravel so-far genetically unresolved OXPHOS system enzyme deficiencies will be described, with special emphasis on complex I biogenesis.
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- Rolf J R J Janssen
- University Medical Center Nijmegen, NCMD, Department of Pediatrics, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Richter OMH, Ludwig B. Cytochrome c oxidase--structure, function, and physiology of a redox-driven molecular machine. Rev Physiol Biochem Pharmacol 2003; 147:47-74. [PMID: 12783267 DOI: 10.1007/s10254-003-0006-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Cytochome c oxidase is the terminal member of the electron transport chains of mitochondria and many bacteria. Providing an efficient mechanism for dioxygen reduction on the one hand, it also acts as a redox-linked proton pump, coupling the free energy of water formation to the generation of a transmembrane electrochemical gradient to eventually drive ATP synthesis. The overall complexity of the mitochondrial enzyme is also reflected by its subunit structure and assembly pathway, whereas the diversity of the bacterial enzymes has fostered the notion of a large family of heme-copper terminal oxidases. Moreover, the successful elucidation of 3-D structures for both the mitochondrial and several bacterial oxidases has greatly helped in designing mutagenesis approaches to study functional aspects in these enzymes.
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- O-M H Richter
- Institute of Biochemistry, Biocenter, J.W. Goethe-Universität, Marie-Curie-Str. 9, 60439 Frankfurt, Germany.
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Mitochondrial encephalomyopathies are diseases caused by defective oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS), and affect the nervous system and/or skeletal muscle. They have emerged as a major entity among the neurometabolic diseases of childhood with an incidence of 1 in 11,000 children, and also have a high prevalence in adults. The first pathogenic mutation of human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) was discovered in 1988. Since then more than 100 mutations of mtDNA have been reported, including point mutations of genes encoding transfer RNA, ribosomal RNA, and proteins, as well as large-scale deletions. The first nuclear-DNA gene mutation causing OXPHOS disease was described in 1995. Mutations in nuclear genes may affect the respiratory chain by various mechanisms. Pathogenic mutations of nuclear-DNA-encoded subunits of complex I and II have been demonstrated as have mutations of respiratory chain assembly proteins. Several nuclear genes associated with mtDNA maintenance have been found to be associated with mitochondrial disorders since mutations in these genes predispose to multiple mtDNA deletions and/or reduced copy number of mtDNA. The genotype-phenotype correlation is not yet entirely clear, but new animal models will enhance our ability to study the pathophysiology of OXPHOS disorders.
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- Anders Oldfors
- Department of Pathology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Goteborg, Sweden.
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Uusimaa J, Finnilä S, Vainionpää L, Kärppä M, Herva R, Rantala H, Hassinen IE, Majamaa K. A mutation in mitochondrial DNA-encoded cytochrome c oxidase II gene in a child with Alpers-Huttenlocher-like disease. Pediatrics 2003; 111:e262-8. [PMID: 12612282 DOI: 10.1542/peds.111.3.e262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Cytochrome c oxidase (COX) deficiency has been demonstrated in some patients with Alpers-Huttenlocher disease, but no genetic background has been identified. Our objective was to determine the molecular defect underlying the mitochondrial respiratory chain deficiency in a child with Alpers-Huttenlocher-like progressive cerebrohepatic disease. METHODS The entire coding region of mitochondrial DNA was analyzed by conformation-sensitive gel electrophoresis and sequencing. Biochemical and morphologic investigations were performed on tissue biopsy material, including oximetric and spectrophotometric analyses of oxidative phosphorylation, histochemistry, and electron microscopy. RESULTS Postmortem histologic examination revealed a marked loss of neurons in the olivary nuclei and a spongy change in the calcarine cortex, fatty infiltration and micronodular cirrhosis of the liver, and atrophic ovaries. A novel heteroplasmic 7706G>A mutation was found in the COX II gene. The median degree of the mutant heteroplasmy was 90% in 5 tissues examined but was lower in the blood of asymptomatic maternal relatives. The distribution of the mutant heteroplasmy was skewed to the left in single muscle fibers of the proband and her mother. The 7706G>A mutation converts a hydrophobic alanine in a conserved transmembrane segment to hydrophilic threonine. CONCLUSIONS The 7706G>A mutation is pathogenic and may lead to impaired dioxygen transfer to the active site of COX. The clinical phenotype of this patient resembled that in Alpers-Huttenlocher disease, suggesting that analysis of mitochondrial DNA is worthwhile in patients with a progressive cerebrohepatic disease.
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SACCONI SABRINA, SALVIATI LEONARDO, SUE CAROLYNM, SHANSKE SARA, DAVIDSON MERCYM, BONILLA EDUARDO, NAINI ALIB, DE VIVO, AND DARRYLC, DIMAURO SALVATORE. Mutation Screening in Patients With Isolated Cytochrome c Oxidase Deficiency. Pediatr Res 2003. [DOI: 10.1203/00006450-200302000-00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Here, relationships between alterations in tissue-specific content, protein structure, activity, and/or assembly of respiratory complexes III and IV induced by mutations in corresponding genes and various human pathologies are reviewed. Cytochrome bc(1) complex and cytochrome c oxidase (COX) deficiencies have been detected in a heterogeneous group of neuromuscular and non-neuromuscular diseases in childhood and adulthood, presenting a number of clinical phenotypes of variable severity. Such disorders can be caused by mutations located either in mitochondrial genes or in nuclear genes encoding structural subunits of the complexes or corresponding assembly factors/chaperones. Of the defects in mitochondrial DNA genes, mutations in cytochrome b subunit of complex III, and in structural subunits I-III of COX have been described to date. As to defects in nuclear DNA genes, mutations in genes encoding the complexes assembly factors such as the BCS1L protein for complex III; and SURF-1, SCO1, SCO2, and COX10 for complex IV have been identified so far.
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- Vitaliy B Borisov
- AN Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119899, Russian Federation.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The inherited disorders of muscle metabolism affect both substrate utilization and the final intramitochondrial oxidation through the Krebs cycle and the respiratory chain. Almost every step of these complex biochemical pathways can be affected by inborn errors, whose expression depends on peculiar tissue-specific or systemic gene expression. This review updates current knowledge in this broad field. RECENT FINDINGS New inherited defects are still being discovered, such as the beta-enolase deficiency in glycogenosis type XIII and mutations in the gene encoding an esterase/lipase/thioesterase protein in Chanarin-Dorfman syndrome, a multisystem triglyceride storage disease. SUMMARY Therapeutic approaches to the metabolic myopathies are still lagging behind, although remarkable observations have been made on the rare coenzyme Q10 deficiency syndrome. However, transgenic animal models may offer the opportunity both to investigate muscle pathogenesis and explore therapeutic targets. Finally, human myotoxicity may provide novel paradigms for naturally occurring muscle disorders.
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- Guglielmo Scarlato
- Centro Dino Ferrari, Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, and Centro di Eccellenza per lo Studio delle Malattie Neurodegenerative, Università degli Studi di Milano, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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There is an expanding understanding of primary genetic oxidative-phosphorylation disorders and the recognition of new multi-system clinical phenotypes in the energy metabolism diseases. Although initially recognized in association with mitochondrial DNA mutations, there is progress in the more laborious identification of nuclear DNA encoded genes relevant to mitochondrial structure and function. More pathogenic mitochondrial DNA and nuclear DNA mutations have been identified. Diagnosis of these disorders is often difficult and relies on a concurrence of findings, including recognition of a variety of clinical signs and symptoms, biochemical marker screening, electron transport chain enzyme measurements, and mitochondrial DNA or nuclear DNA mutation assay of genes relevant to mitochondrial structure, function or adenosine triphosphate metabolic pathways. Clinical diagnostic assessment now can be augmented by physiologic imaging techniques, including nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and positron emission tomography. These capabilities should be increasingly helpful for studies of clinical progression and therapeutic intervention. Biologic studies, in families and patients, are beginning to address the factors of mitochondrial replication and segregation that underlie cellular/tissue heteroplasmy and clinical variability. Most epigenetic factors affecting organ-specific and phenotypic variability, however, remain to be elaborated.
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- Katherine Sims
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 02129, USA
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