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Kozhukhar N, Alexeyev MF. Efficient Elimination of mtDNA from Mammalian Cells with 2',3'-Dideoxycytidine. DNA 2024; 4:201-211. [PMID: 39035221 PMCID: PMC11259038 DOI: 10.3390/dna4030013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/23/2024]
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Mammalian cell lines devoid of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are indispensable in studies aimed at elucidating the contribution of mtDNA to various cellular processes or interactions between nuclear and mitochondrial genomes. However, the repertoire of tools for generating such cells (also known as rho-0 or ρ0 cells) remains limited, and approaches remain time- and labor-intensive, ultimately limiting their availability. Ethidium bromide (EtBr), which is most commonly used to induce mtDNA loss in mammalian cells, is cytostatic and mutagenic as it affects both nuclear and mitochondrial genomes. Therefore, there is growing interest in new tools for generating ρ0 cell lines. Here, we examined the utility of 2',3'-dideoxycytidine (ddC, zalcitabine) alone or in combination with EtBr for generating ρ0 cell lines of mouse and human origin as well as inducing the ρ0 state in mouse/human somatic cell hybrids. We report that ddC is superior to EtBr in both immortalized mouse fibroblasts and human 143B cells. Also, unlike EtBr, ddC exhibits no cytostatic effects at the highest concentration tested (200 μM), making it more suitable for general use. We conclude that ddC is a promising new tool for generating mammalian ρ0 cell lines.
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- Natalya Kozhukhar
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688, USA
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Amai T, Tsuji T, Ueda M, Kuroda K. Development of a mito-CRISPR system for generating mitochondrial DNA-deleted strain in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2021; 85:895-901. [PMID: 33580687 DOI: 10.1093/bbb/zbaa119] [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: 11/26/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Mitochondrial dysfunction can occur in a variety of ways, most often due to the deletion or mutation of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). The easy generation of yeasts with mtDNA deletion is attractive for analyzing the functions of the mtDNA gene. Treatment of yeasts with ethidium bromide is a well-known method for generating ρ° cells with complete deletion of mtDNA from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. However, the mutagenic effects of ethidium bromide on the nuclear genome cannot be excluded. In this study, we developed a "mito-CRISPR system" that specifically generates ρ° cells of yeasts. This system enabled the specific cleavage of mtDNA by introducing Cas9 fused with the mitochondrial target sequence at the N-terminus and guide RNA into mitochondria, resulting in the specific generation of ρ° cells in yeasts. The mito-CRISPR system provides a concise technology for deleting mtDNA in yeasts.
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- Takamitsu Amai
- Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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Stewart JB. Current progress with mammalian models of mitochondrial DNA disease. J Inherit Metab Dis 2021; 44:325-342. [PMID: 33099782 DOI: 10.1002/jimd.12324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Revised: 10/19/2020] [Accepted: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Mitochondrial disorders make up a large class of heritable diseases that cause a broad array of different human pathologies. They can affect many different organ systems, or display very specific tissue presentation, and can lead to illness either in childhood or later in life. While the over 1200 genes encoded in the nuclear DNA play an important role in human mitochondrial disease, it has been known for over 30 years that mutations of the mitochondria's own small, multicopy DNA chromosome (mtDNA) can lead to heritable human diseases. Unfortunately, animal mtDNA has resisted transgenic and directed genome editing technologies until quite recently. As such, animal models to aid in our understanding of these diseases, and to explore preclinical therapeutic research have been quite rare. This review will discuss the unusual properties of animal mitochondria that have hindered the generation of animal models. It will also discuss the existing mammalian models of human mtDNA disease, describe the methods employed in their generation, and will discuss recent advances in the targeting of DNA-manipulating enzymes to the mitochondria and how these may be employed to generate new models.
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- James Bruce Stewart
- Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany
- Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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The study of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been hampered by the lack of methods to genetically manipulate the mitochondrial genome in living animal cells. This limitation has been partially alleviated by the ability to transfer mitochondria (and their mtDNAs) from one cell into another, as long as they are from the same species. This is done by isolating mtDNA-containing cytoplasts and fusing these to cells lacking mtDNA. This transmitochondrial cytoplasmic hybrid (cybrid) technology has helped the field understand the mechanism of several pathogenic mutations. In this chapter, we describe procedures to obtain transmitochondrial cybrids.
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- Sandra R Bacman
- Department of Neurology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States.
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Shimizu A, Tani H, Takibuchi G, Ishikawa K, Sakurazawa R, Inoue T, Hashimoto T, Nakada K, Takenaga K, Hayashi JI. Cytoplasmic transfer of heritable elements other than mtDNA from SAMP1 mice into mouse tumor cells suppresses their ability to form tumors in C57BL6 mice. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2017; 493:252-257. [PMID: 28893537 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.09.035] [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: 09/06/2017] [Accepted: 09/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In a previous study, we generated transmitochondrial P29mtSAMP1 cybrids, which had nuclear DNA from the C57BL6 (referred to as B6) mouse strain-derived P29 tumor cells and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) exogenously-transferred from the allogeneic strain SAMP1. Because P29mtSAMP1 cybrids did not form tumors in syngeneic B6 mice, we proposed that allogeneic SAMP1 mtDNA suppressed tumor formation of P29mtSAMP1 cybrids. To test this hypothesis, current study generated P29mt(sp)B6 cybrids carrying all genomes (nuclear DNA and mtDNA) from syngeneic B6 mice by eliminating SAMP1 mtDNA from P29mtSAMP1 cybrids and reintroducing B6 mtDNA. However, the P29mt(sp)B6 cybrids did not form tumors in B6 mice, even though they had no SAMP1 mtDNA, suggesting that SAMP1 mtDNA is not involved in tumor suppression. Then, we examined another possibility of whether SAMP1 mtDNA fragments potentially integrated into the nuclear DNA of P29mtSAMP1 cybrids are responsible for tumor suppression. We generated P29H(sp)B6 cybrids by eliminating nuclear DNA from P29mt(sp)B6 cybrids and reintroducing nuclear DNA with no integrated SAMP1 mtDNA fragment from mtDNA-less P29 cells resistant to hygromycin in selection medium containing hygromycin. However, the P29H(sp)B6 cybrids did not form tumors in B6 mice, even though they carried neither SAMP1 mtDNA nor nuclear DNA with integrated SAMP1 mtDNA fragments. Moreover, overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and bacterial infection were not involved in tumor suppression. These observations suggest that tumor suppression was caused not by mtDNA with polymorphic mutations or infection of cytozoic bacteria but by hypothetical heritable cytoplasmic elements other than mtDNA from SAMP1 mice.
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- Akinori Shimizu
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan; Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan; Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan; Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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- Department of Life Science, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, 89-1 Enya-cho, Izumo, Shimane 693-8501, Japan
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- University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan.
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McKenzie M, Chiotis M, Hroudová J, Lopez Sanchez MIG, Lim SC, Cook MJ, McKelvie P, Cotton RGH, Murphy M, St John JC, Trounce IA. Capture of somatic mtDNA point mutations with severe effects on oxidative phosphorylation in synaptosome cybrid clones from human brain. Hum Mutat 2015; 35:1476-84. [PMID: 25219341 DOI: 10.1002/humu.22694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2014] [Accepted: 09/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is replicated throughout life in postmitotic cells, resulting in higher levels of somatic mutation than in nuclear genes. However, controversy remains as to the importance of low-level mtDNA somatic mutants in cancerous and normal human tissues. To capture somatic mtDNA mutations for functional analysis, we generated synaptosome cybrids from synaptic endings isolated from fresh hippocampus and cortex brain biopsies. We analyzed the whole mtDNA genome from 120 cybrid clones derived from four individual donors by chemical cleavage of mismatch and Sanger sequencing, scanning around two million base pairs. Seventeen different somatic point mutations were identified, including eight coding region mutations, four of which result in frameshifts. Examination of one cybrid clone with a novel m.2949_2953delCTATT mutation in MT-RNR2 (which encodes mitochondrial 16S rRNA) revealed a severe disruption of mtDNA-encoded protein translation. We also performed functional studies on a homoplasmic nonsense mutation in MT-ND1, previously reported in oncocytomas, and show that both ATP generation and the stability of oxidative phosphorylation complex I are disrupted. As the mtDNA remains locked against direct genetic manipulation, we demonstrate that the synaptosome cybrid approach can capture biologically relevant mtDNA mutants in vitro to study effects on mitochondrial respiratory chain function.
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- Matthew McKenzie
- Centre for Genetic Diseases, MIMR-PHI Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia; Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia
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Reifen R, Levy E, Berkovich Z, Tirosh O. Vitamin A exerts its antiinflammatory activities in colitis through preservation of mitochondrial activity. Nutrition 2015; 31:1402-7. [PMID: 26429662 DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2015.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2015] [Revised: 05/06/2015] [Accepted: 05/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess the protective effects of vitamin A in a rat model of colitis to elucidate a possible mechanism of action. METHODS Male rats were fed for 21 d with either a normal diet or high vitamin A diet (5000 IU/d). On day 22, colitis was induced with 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid (TNBS). Rats were sacrificed after 24 h and colonic tissue was removed for evaluation. RESULTS Morphologically, in the supplemented group preservation of tissue architecture, no vasculitis or necroses were detected. Biochemically, decreased myeloperoxidase activity and protection of the mitochondria as evaluated by preserving tissue oxygen consumption, mitochondrial DNA, and expression of cytochrome c, was observed. Vitamin A supplementation also increased the levels of nuclear respiratory factor (NFR)-1 and mitochondrial transcription factor-A (TFAM) in normal colon tissue and in colon tissue under inflammatory conditions. CONCLUSION The results indicate that tissue damage in colitis is accompanied by the arrest of mitochondrial respiration, loss of mitochondrial DNA, and the expression of mitochondrial proteins. Vitamin A effectively protects colon mitochondria by upregulation of mitochondrial transcription factors, NFR-1 and TFAM, and prevents inflammatory and necrotic changes in colitis. Vitamin A is therefore a potential therapeutic agent in inflammatory bowel disease.
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- Ram Reifen
- The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
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- The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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Cytoplasmic hybrid (cybrid) cell lines as a practical model for mitochondriopathies. Redox Biol 2014; 2:619-31. [PMID: 25460729 PMCID: PMC4297942 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2014.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2014] [Accepted: 03/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Cytoplasmic hybrid (cybrid) cell lines can incorporate human subject mitochondria and perpetuate its mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)-encoded components. Since the nuclear background of different cybrid lines can be kept constant, this technique allows investigators to study the influence of mtDNA on cell function. Prior use of cybrids has elucidated the contribution of mtDNA to a variety of biochemical parameters, including electron transport chain activities, bioenergetic fluxes, and free radical production. While the interpretation of data generated from cybrid cell lines has technical limitations, cybrids have contributed valuable insight into the relationship between mtDNA and phenotype alterations. This review discusses the creation of the cybrid technique and subsequent data obtained from cybrid applications. The cytoplasmic hybrid (cybrid) model can be used to determine mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) contributions to phenotypic alterations. Cybrids are used to study mitochondriopathies such as Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease. mtDNA heteroplasmy threshold and nuclear DNA-mtDNA compatibility can be determined using cybrid models.
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Enoki S, Shimizu A, Hayashi C, Imanishi H, Hashizume O, Mekada K, Suzuki H, Hashimoto T, Nakada K, Hayashi JI. Selection of Rodent Species Appropriate for mtDNA Transfer to Generate Transmitochondrial Mito-Mice Expressing Mitochondrial Respiration Defects. Exp Anim 2014; 63:21-30. [DOI: 10.1538/expanim.63.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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- Shunkei Enoki
- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), 8 Ichiban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8472, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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- RIKEN BioResource Center, Koyadai 3-1-1, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki 305-0074, Japan
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- Laboratory of Ecology and Genetics, Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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Shokolenko IN, Fayzulin RZ, Katyal S, McKinnon PJ, Wilson GL, Alexeyev MF. Mitochondrial DNA ligase is dispensable for the viability of cultured cells but essential for mtDNA maintenance. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:26594-605. [PMID: 23884459 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.472977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Multiple lines of evidence support the notion that DNA ligase III (LIG3), the only DNA ligase found in mitochondria, is essential for viability in both whole organisms and in cultured cells. Previous attempts to generate cells devoid of mitochondrial DNA ligase failed. Here, we report, for the first time, the derivation of viable LIG3-deficient mouse embryonic fibroblasts. These cells lack mtDNA and are auxotrophic for uridine and pyruvate, which may explain the apparent lethality of the Lig3 knock-out observed in cultured cells in previous studies. Cells with severely reduced expression of LIG3 maintain normal mtDNA copy number and respiration but show reduced viability in the face of alkylating and oxidative damage, increased mtDNA degradation in response to oxidative damage, and slow recovery from mtDNA depletion. Our findings clarify the cellular role of LIG3 and establish that the loss of viability in LIG3-deficient cells is conditional and secondary to the ρ(0) phenotype.
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Ishikawa K, Imanishi H, Takenaga K, Hayashi JI. Regulation of metastasis; mitochondrial DNA mutations have appeared on stage. J Bioenerg Biomembr 2013; 44:639-44. [PMID: 22895836 DOI: 10.1007/s10863-012-9468-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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It has been controversial whether mtDNA mutations are responsible for tumorigenesis and for the process to develop metastases. To clarify this issue, we established trans-mitochondrial cybrids with mtDNA exchanged between mouse tumor cells that possess high and low metastatic potential. The results revealed that the G13997A mutation in the ND6 gene of mtDNA from highly metastatic tumor cells reversibly controlled development of metastases by overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The transmitochondrial model mice possessing G13997A mtDNA showed symptoms of impaired glucose tolerability, suggesting that ROS generated mtDNA mutations can regulate not only metastatic potential, but also age-associated disorders such as diabetes. We also identified other mtDNA mutations that affect metastatic potential but the mechanisms are independent of ROS production. The mtDNA-mediated reversible control of metastasis and age-associated disorders are novel functions of mtDNA, and suggests that ROS scavengers may be therapeutically effective to suppress these phenotypes.
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- Kaori Ishikawa
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Iglesias E, Llobet L, Pacheu-Grau D, Gómez-Durán A, Ruiz-Pesini E. Cybrids for Mitochondrial DNA Pharmacogenomics. Drug Dev Res 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ddr.21037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Dunn DA, Cannon MV, Irwin MH, Pinkert CA. Animal models of human mitochondrial DNA mutations. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2012; 1820:601-7. [PMID: 21854831 PMCID: PMC3249501 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2011.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2011] [Revised: 08/03/2011] [Accepted: 08/05/2011] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) cause a variety of pathologic states in human patients. Development of animal models harboring mtDNA mutations is crucial to elucidating pathways of disease and as models for preclinical assessment of therapeutic interventions. SCOPE OF REVIEW This review covers the knowledge gained through animal models of mtDNA mutations and the strategies used to produce them. Animals derived from spontaneous mtDNA mutations, somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), nuclear translocation of mitochondrial genes followed by mitochondrial protein targeting (allotopic expression), mutations in mitochondrial DNA polymerase gamma, direct microinjection of exogenous mitochondria, and cytoplasmic hybrid (cybrid) embryonic stem cells (ES cells) containing exogenous mitochondria (transmitochondrial cells) are considered. MAJOR CONCLUSIONS A wide range of strategies have been developed and utilized in attempts to mimic human mtDNA mutation in animal models. Use of these animals in research studies has shed light on mechanisms of pathogenesis in mitochondrial disorders, yet methods for engineering specific mtDNA sequences are still in development. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE Research animals containing mtDNA mutations are important for studies of the mechanisms of mitochondrial disease and are useful for the development of clinical therapies. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Biochemistry of Mitochondria.
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- Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, AL 36849 USA
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Imanishi H, Yokota M, Mori M, Shimizu A, Nakada K, Hayashi JI. Nuclear but not mitochondrial DNA involvement in respiratory complex I defects found in senescence-accelerated mouse strain, SAMP8. Exp Anim 2011; 60:397-404. [PMID: 21791879 DOI: 10.1538/expanim.60.397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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This study determined pathogenicity of an A11181G mtDNA mutation found in a senescence-accelerated mouse strain, SAMP8. The mutation was at a highly conserved site of the mt-Nd4 gene, which encodes one of the respiratory complex I subunits. The young SAMP8 expressed reduced complex I activity, which is controlled by both nuclear and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). To exclude the nuclear effects, we isolated transmitochondrial cybrids that share the same nuclear background, but possess mtDNA with or without the mutation. The cybrids showed normal respiratory function irrespective of whether their mtDNA possessed the mutation or not, suggesting that the A11181G mutation is not responsible for respiration defects found in SAMP8.
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- Hirotake Imanishi
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1–1–1 Tennohdai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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Bayona-Bafaluy MP, López-Gallardo E, Montoya J, Ruiz-Pesini E. Maternally inherited susceptibility to cancer. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2010; 1807:643-9. [PMID: 20732295 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2010.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2010] [Revised: 08/13/2010] [Accepted: 08/15/2010] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Tumor microenvironment promotes mtDNA mutations. A number of these mutations will affect cell metabolism and increase cell survival. These mutations are positively selected and contribute to other tumor features, such as extracellular matrix remodeling and angiogenic processes, thus favoring metastases. Like somatic mutations, although with less marked effects, some mtDNA population polymorphisms will affect OXPHOS function, cell metabolism, and homeostasis. Thus, they could behave as inherited susceptibility factors for cancer. However, in addition to epidemiological evidence, other more direct clues are required. The cybrid approach can help to clarify this issue.
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- María Pilar Bayona-Bafaluy
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Biología Molecular y Celular, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50013-Zaragoza, Spain
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Li Y, Li HZ, Hu P, Deng J, Banoei MM, Sharma LK, Bai Y. Generation and bioenergetic analysis of cybrids containing mitochondrial DNA from mouse skeletal muscle during aging. Nucleic Acids Res 2009; 38:1913-21. [PMID: 20022917 PMCID: PMC2847227 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp1162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial respiratory chain defects have been associated with various diseases and normal aging, particularly in tissues with high energy demands including skeletal muscle. Muscle-specific mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations have also been reported to accumulate with aging. Our understanding of the molecular processes mediating altered mitochondrial gene expression to dysfunction associated with mtDNA mutations in muscle would be greatly enhanced by our ability to transfer muscle mtDNA to established cell lines. Here, we report the successful generation of mouse cybrids carrying skeletal muscle mtDNA. Using this novel approach, we performed bioenergetic analysis of cells bearing mtDNA derived from young and old mouse skeletal muscles. A significant decrease in oxidative phosphorylation coupling and regulation capacity has been observed with cybrids carrying mtDNA from skeletal muscle of old mice. Our results also revealed decrease growth capacity and cell viability associated with the mtDNA derived from muscle of old mice. These findings indicate that a decline in mitochondrial function associated with compromised mtDNA quality during aging leads to a decrease in both the capacity and regulation of oxidative phosphorylation.
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- Youfen Li
- Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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Hashiguchi K, Zhang-Akiyama QM. Establishment of human cell lines lacking mitochondrial DNA. Methods Mol Biol 2009; 554:383-91. [PMID: 19513686 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-521-3_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Mitochondria have their own genome, and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) encodes 2 ribosomal RNAs, 22 transfer RNAs, and 13 polypeptides that function in oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). mtDNA mutations lead to dysfunction of OXPHOS, resulting in cell death and/or compromised cellular activity. Cell lines lacking mtDNA (termed rho(0) cells) are very effective tools for studying the consequences of mtDNA mutations. rho(0)cell lines have been used widely to investigate relationships between mtDNA mutation, mitochondrial function, and a variety of cellular processes. In this chapter, we summarize the yeast and animal rho(0) cell lines that have been studied. We provide simple protocols for the generation of human rho(0) cells by exposure to ethidium bromide and PCR verification of their rho(0) status.
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- Kazunari Hashiguchi
- Laboratory of Radiation Biology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Japan
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Osenbroch PØ, Auk-Emblem P, Halsne R, Strand J, Forstrøm RJ, van der Pluijm I, Eide L. Accumulation of mitochondrial DNA damage and bioenergetic dysfunction in CSB defective cells. FEBS J 2009; 276:2811-21. [PMID: 19389114 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07004.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Cockayne syndrome (CS) is a complex, progressive disease that involves neurological and developmental impairment and premature aging. The majority of CS patients have mutations in the CSB gene. The CSB protein is involved in multiple DNA repair pathways and CSB mutated cells are sensitive to a broad spectrum of genotoxic agents. We tested the hypothesis that sensitivity to such genotoxins could be mediated by mitochondrial dysfunction as a consequence of the CSB mutation. mtDNA from csb(m/m) mice accumulates oxidative damage including 8-oxoguanine, and cells from this mouse are hypersensitive to the mitochondrial oxidant menadione. Inhibitors of mitochondrial complexes and the glycolysis inhibitor 2-deoxyglucose kill csb(m/m) cells more efficiently than wild-type cells, via a mechanism that does not correlate with mtDNA damage formation. Menadione depletes cellular ATP, and recovery after depletion is slower in csb(m/m) cells. The bioenergetic alteration in csb(m/m) cells parallels the simpler organization of supercomplexes consisting of complexes I, III and IV in addition to partially disassembled complex V in the inner mitochondrial membrane. Exposing wild-type cells to DNA intercalating agents induces complex alterations, suggesting a link between mtDNA integrity, respiratory complexes and mitochondrial function. Thus, mitochondrial dysfunction may play a role in the pathology of CS.
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- Pia Ø Osenbroch
- Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty division Rikshospitalet, University of Oslo, Norway
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Ishikawa K, Hayashi JI. Generation of mtDNA-exchanged cybrids for determination of the effects of mtDNA mutations on tumor phenotypes. Methods Enzymol 2009; 457:335-46. [PMID: 19426877 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(09)05019-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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It has been proposed that mutations of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and resultant mitochondrial dysfunction induce various phenotypes, such as mitochondrial diseases, aging, and tumorigenesis. However, it is difficult to conclude whether mtDNA mutations are truly responsible for these phenotypes due to the regulation of the mitochondrial functions by both mtDNA and nuclear DNA. The mtDNA-exchange techniques are very effective to exclude the influence of nuclear DNA mutations on expression of these phenotypes. Using these techniques, we recently showed that specific mtDNA mutations can regulate tumor cell metastasis. In this chapter, we describe the methods to establish the mtDNA-exchanged cell lines (cybrids). Applying this technique will reveal how mtDNA mutations are related to various biological phenomena.
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- Kaori Ishikawa
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Modulation of Mrps12/Sarsm promoter activity in response to mitochondrial stress. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2008; 1783:2352-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2008.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2008] [Revised: 08/01/2008] [Accepted: 08/01/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Kulawiec M, Safina A, Desouki MM, Still I, Matsui SI, Bakin A, Singh KK. Tumorigenic transformation of human breast epithelial cells induced by mitochondrial DNA depletion. Cancer Biol Ther 2008; 7:1732-43. [PMID: 19151587 DOI: 10.4161/cbt.7.11.6729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) encodes 13 proteins involved in oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). In order to investigate the role of mitochondrial OXPHOS genes in breast tumorigenesis, we have developed a breast epithelial cell line devoid of mtDNA (rho(0) cells). Our analysis revealed that depletion of mtDNA in breast epithelial cells results in in vitro tumorigenic phenotype as well as breast tumorigenesis in a xenograft model. We identified two major gene networks which were differentially regulated between parental and rho(0) epithelial cells. The focal proteins in these networks include (i) FN1 (fibronectin) and (ii) p53. Bioinformatic analyses of FN1 network identified laminin, integrin and 3 of 6 members of peroxiredoxin whose expression were altered in rho(0) epithelial cells. In the p53 network, we identified SMC4 and WRN whose changes in expression suggest that this network may affect chromosomal stability. Consistent with above finding our study revealed an increase in DNA double strand breaks and unique chromosomal rearrangements in rho(0) breast epithelial cells. Additionally, we identified tight junction proteins claudin-1 and claudin-7 in p53 network. To determine the functional relevance of altered gene expression, we focused on detailed analyses of claudin-1 and -7 proteins in breast tumorigenesis. Our study determined that (i) claudin-1 and 7 were indeed downregulated in rho(0) breast epithelial cells, (ii) downregulation of claudin-1 or -7 led to neoplastic transformation of breast epithelial cells, and (iii) claudin-1 and -7 were also downregulated in primary breast tumors. Together, our study suggest that mtDNA encoded OXPHOS genes play a key role in transformation of breast epithelial cells and that multiple pathway involved in mitochondria-to-nucleus retrograde regulation contribute to transformation of breast epithelial cells.
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- Mariola Kulawiec
- Department of Cancer Genetics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, USA
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Ishikawa K, Hashizume O, Koshikawa N, Fukuda S, Nakada K, Takenaga K, Hayashi JI. Enhanced glycolysis induced by mtDNA mutations does not regulate metastasis. FEBS Lett 2008; 582:3525-30. [DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.09.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2008] [Accepted: 09/10/2008] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Kukat A, Kukat C, Brocher J, Schäfer I, Krohne G, Trounce IA, Villani G, Seibel P. Generation of rho0 cells utilizing a mitochondrially targeted restriction endonuclease and comparative analyses. Nucleic Acids Res 2008; 36:e44. [PMID: 18353857 PMCID: PMC2367725 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic cells devoid of mitochondrial DNA (ρ0 cells) were originally generated under artificial growth conditions utilizing ethidium bromide. The chemical is known to intercalate preferentially with the mitochondrial double-stranded DNA thereby interfering with enzymes of the replication machinery. ρ0 cell lines are highly valuable tools to study human mitochondrial disorders because they can be utilized in cytoplasmic transfer experiments. However, mutagenic effects of ethidium bromide onto the nuclear DNA cannot be excluded. To foreclose this mutagenic character during the development of ρ0 cell lines, we developed an extremely mild, reliable and timesaving method to generate ρ0 cell lines within 3–5 days based on an enzymatic approach. Utilizing the genes for the restriction endonuclease EcoRI and the fluorescent protein EGFP that were fused to a mitochondrial targeting sequence, we developed a CMV-driven expression vector that allowed the temporal expression of the resulting fusion enzyme in eukaryotic cells. Applied on the human cell line 143B.TK− the active protein localized to mitochondria and induced the complete destruction of endogenous mtDNA. Mouse and rat ρ0 cell lines were also successfully created with this approach. Furthermore, the newly established 143B.TK− ρ0 cell line was characterized in great detail thereby releasing interesting insights into the morphology and ultra structure of human ρ0 mitochondria.
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- Alexandra Kukat
- Molecular Cell Therapy, Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universität Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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High selenium diet protects against TNBS-induced acute inflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction, and secondary necrosis in rat colon. Nutrition 2008; 23:878-86. [PMID: 17936198 DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2007.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2007] [Revised: 08/13/2007] [Accepted: 08/31/2007] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE We studied the protective effects of selenium in a rat model of 2,4,6-trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS)-induced colitis to elucidate a possible mechanism of action. METHOD Rats were supplemented with sodium selenite for 21 d with a normal selenium diet (0.02 microg/g body weight), an intermediate selenium diet (ISD; 0.3 microg/g body weight), or a high selenium diet (HSD; 2 microg/g body weight). On day 22, colitis was induced with TNBS. Rats were sacrificed after 24 h and colonic tissue was removed for evaluation. RESULTS Selenium supplementation (HSD) resulted in a significant increase in selenium in colonic tissue. Morphologically, the HSD resulted in the preservation of tissue architecture and attenuated neutrophil infiltration; no vasculitis or necrosis was detected. Biochemically, the HSD decreased tissue myeloperoxidase activity and protected the mitochondria in the colon of TNBS-treated animals as evaluated by preserving tissue oxygen consumption, mitochondrial DNA, and expression of cytochrome c. The HSD increased levels of nuclear respiratory factor-1 and mitochondrial transcription factor-A in normal colon tissue and under inflammatory conditions. The ISD resulted in only a minor protective effect. CONCLUSION The results indicate that tissue damage in TNBS-induced colitis is accompanied by the arrest of mitochondrial respiration, loss of mitochondrial DNA, and the expression of nuclear-encoded mitochondrial proteins. Selenium effectively protects colon mitochondria by upregulation of the expression of mitochondrial transcription factors nuclear respiratory factor-1 and mitochondrial transcription factor-A. Selenium prevented inflammatory and necrotic changes after induction of colitis. Selenium in a high dose is therefore a potential therapeutic agent in inflammatory bowel disease.
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Swerdlow RH. Mitochondria in cybrids containing mtDNA from persons with mitochondriopathies. J Neurosci Res 2008; 85:3416-28. [PMID: 17243174 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The cytoplasmic hybrid (cybrid) technique allows investigators to express selected mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences against fixed nuclear DNA (nDNA) backgrounds. Cybrids have been used to study the effects of known mtDNA mutations on mitochondrial biochemistry, mtDNA-nDNA inter-species compatibility, and mtDNA integrity in persons without mtDNA mutations defined previously. This review discusses events leading up to creation of the cybrid technique, as well as data obtained via application of the cybrid strategies listed above. Although interpreting cybrid data requires awareness of technique limitations, valuable insights into mtDNA genotype-functional phenotype relationships are suggested.
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- Russell H Swerdlow
- Department of Neurology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
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NAKADA K, SATO A, HAYASHI JI. Reverse genetic studies of mitochondrial DNA-based diseases using a mouse model. PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY. SERIES B, PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2008; 84:155-65. [PMID: 18941295 PMCID: PMC2858368 DOI: 10.2183/pjab.84.155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2008] [Accepted: 03/27/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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In the situation that it would not be able to produce model animals for mitochondrial diseases caused by mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) with pathogenic mutations, we succeeded in generating mice with pathogenic deletion mutant mtDNA (DeltamtDNA), named "mito-mice", by direct introduction of mitochondria with DeltamtDNA into mouse zygotes. In the mito-mice, accumulation of DeltamtDNA induced mitochondrial respiration defects in various tissues, resulting in mitochondrial disease phenotypes, such as low body weight, lactic acidosis, ischemia, myopathy, heart block, deafness, male infertility, and renal failure. Thus, mito-mice are the first model animal for mtDNA-based diseases, and the mice could be valuable for understanding precise pathogeneses and testing therapies of mitochondrial diseases. In the present review, we summarized reverse genetic studies using the mito-mice.(Communicated by Takao SEKIYA, M.J.A.).
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- Kazuto NAKADA
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Sandra R Bacman
- Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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Tecirlioglu RT, Guo J, Trounson AO. Interspecies somatic cell nuclear transfer and preliminary data for horse-cow/mouse iSCNT. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 2:277-87. [PMID: 17848714 DOI: 10.1007/bf02698054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/1999] [Revised: 11/30/1999] [Accepted: 11/30/1999] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Nuclear transfer (NT) experiments in mammals have demonstrated that adult cells are genetically equivalent to early embryonic cells and the reversal of the differentiated state of a cell to another that has characteristics of the undifferentiated embryonic state can be defined as nuclear reprogramming. The feasibility of interspecies somatic cell NT (iSCNT) has been demonstrated by blastocyst formation and the production of offspring in a number of studies. Embryo and oocyte availability is a major limiting factor in conducting NT to obtain, blastocysts for both reproductive NT studies in genetically endangered animals and in embryonic stem cell derivation for species such as the horse and human. One approach to generate new embryonic stem cells in human as disease models, or in species where embryos and oocytes are not widely available, is to use oocytes from another species. Utilization of oocytes for recipient cytoplasts from other species that are accessible and abundant, such as the cow and rabbit, would greatly benefit ongoing research on reprogramming and stem cell sciences. The use of iSCNT is an exciting possibility for species with limited availability of oocytes as well as for endangered or exotic species where assisted reproduction is needed. However, the mechanisms involved in nuclear reprogramming by the oocyte are still unknown and the extent of the "universality" of ooplasmic reprogramming of development remains under investigation.
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- R Tayfur Tecirlioglu
- Monash Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories (MISCL), Science Technology Research and Innovation Precinct (STRIP), Building 75, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia
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Ohta S. Contribution of somatic mutations in the mitochondrial genome to the development of cancer and tolerance against anticancer drugs. Oncogene 2006; 25:4768-76. [PMID: 16892089 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1209602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Mitochondrial defects have long been suspected to play an important role in the development of cancer. Although most cancer cells harbor somatic mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), the question of whether such mutations positively contribute to the development of cancer remained unclear. To clarify the role of mutant mtDNA excluding effects by the nuclear background, we focus on a method of transmitochondrial cybrids. Tumors were formed by transplanting cybrids with or without mutant mtDNA into nude mice and compared each size, revealing that mutant cybrids enhanced tumorigenesis. Next, we discuss a method for excluding the possibility of secondary nuclear mutations that may affect tumorigenesis. Mitochondrial genes that had been converted from mitochondrial to nuclear codons and equipped with a mitochondrial-targeting sequence were introduced into the nucleus of mutant cybrids. The gene products complemented the dysfunction, and reduced the promotion of tumors. By these methods, we concluded that mutant mitochondria positively and directly contribute to tumorigenesis. Since apoptosis occurred less frequently in the mutant versus wild-type cybrids in tumors, pathogenic mtDNA mutations contribute to the promotion of tumors by preventing apoptosis. Finally, we discuss the role of mutant mtDNA in conferring tolerance against anticancer drugs.
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- S Ohta
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Development and Aging Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Kosugi-cho, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-city, Kanagawa-pref., Japan.
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Pye D, Kyriakouli DS, Taylor GA, Johnson R, Elstner M, Meunier B, Chrzanowska-Lightowlers ZMA, Taylor RW, Turnbull DM, Lightowlers RN. Production of transmitochondrial cybrids containing naturally occurring pathogenic mtDNA variants. Nucleic Acids Res 2006; 34:e95. [PMID: 16885236 PMCID: PMC1540737 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The human mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) encodes polypeptides that are critical for coupling oxidative phosphorylation. Our detailed understanding of the molecular processes that mediate mitochondrial gene expression and the structure–function relationships of the OXPHOS components could be greatly improved if we were able to transfect mitochondria and manipulate mtDNA in vivo. Increasing our knowledge of this process is not merely of fundamental importance, as mutations of the mitochondrial genome are known to cause a spectrum of clinical disorders and have been implicated in more common neurodegenerative disease and the ageing process. In organellar or in vitro reconstitution studies have identified many factors central to the mechanisms of mitochondrial gene expression, but being able to investigate the molecular aetiology of a limited number of cell lines from patients harbouring mutated mtDNA has been enormously beneficial. In the absence of a mechanism for manipulating mtDNA, a much larger pool of pathogenic mtDNA mutations would increase our knowledge of mitochondrial gene expression. Colonic crypts from ageing individuals harbour mutated mtDNA. Here we show that by generating cytoplasts from colonocytes, standard fusion techniques can be used to transfer mtDNA into rapidly dividing immortalized cells and, thereby, respiratory-deficient transmitochondrial cybrids can be isolated. A simple screen identified clones that carried putative pathogenic mutations in MTRNR1, MTRNR2, MTCOI and MTND2, MTND4 and MTND6. This method can therefore be exploited to produce a library of cell lines carrying pathogenic human mtDNA for further study.
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- Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, CNRSAvenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +44 191 222 8028; Fax: +44 191 222 8553;
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Malka F, Lombès A, Rojo M. Organization, dynamics and transmission of mitochondrial DNA: focus on vertebrate nucleoids. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2006; 1763:463-72. [PMID: 16730385 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2006.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2006] [Revised: 04/04/2006] [Accepted: 04/04/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Eukaryotic cells contain numerous copies of the mitochondrial genome (from 50 to 100 copies in the budding yeast to some thousands in humans) that localize to numerous intramitochondrial nucleoprotein complexes called nucleoids. The transmission of mitochondrial DNA differs significantly from that of nuclear genomes and depends on the number, molecular composition and dynamic properties of nucleoids and on the organization and dynamics of the mitochondrial compartment. While the localization, dynamics and protein composition of mitochondrial DNA nucleoids begin to be described, we are far from knowing all mechanisms and molecules mediating and/or regulating these processes. Here, we review our current knowledge on vertebrate nucleoids and discuss similarities and differences to nucleoids of other eukaryots.
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- Florence Malka
- INSERM U582, Institut de Myologie, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, IFR14, 47, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris cedex 13, France
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Akimoto M, Niikura M, Ichikawa M, Yonekawa H, Nakada K, Honma Y, Hayashi JI. Nuclear DNA but not mtDNA controls tumor phenotypes in mouse cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 327:1028-35. [PMID: 15652499 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.12.105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2004] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Recent studies showed high frequencies of homoplasmic mtDNA mutations in various human tumor types, suggesting that the mutated mtDNA haplotypes somehow contribute to expression of tumor phenotypes. We directly addressed this issue by isolating mouse mtDNA-less (rho(0)) cells for complete mtDNA replacement between normal cells and their carcinogen-induced transformants, and examined the effect of the mtDNA replacement on expression of tumorigenicity, a phenotype forming tumors in nude mice. The results showed that genome chimera cells carrying nuclear DNA from tumor cells and mtDNA from normal cells expressed tumorigenicity, whereas those carrying nuclear DNA from normal cells and mtDNA from tumor cells did not. These observations provided direct evidence that nuclear DNA, but not mtDNA, is responsible for carcinogen-induced malignant transformation, although it remains possible that mtDNA mutations and resultant respiration defects may influence the degree of malignancy, such as invasive or metastatic properties.
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- Miho Akimoto
- Institute of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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Sato A, Nakada K, Shitara H, Yonekawa H, Hayashi JI. In vivo interaction between mitochondria carrying mtDNAs from different mouse species. Genetics 2005; 167:1855-61. [PMID: 15342523 PMCID: PMC1470990 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.103.021287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial disease model mice, mitomice, were created using zygotes of B6mtspr strain mice carrying mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from Mus spretus as recipients of exogenous mitochondria carrying wild-type and a deletion mutant mtDNA (DeltamtDNA) of M. musculus domesticus. In these experiments, mtDNAs from different mouse species were used for identification of exo- and endogenous wild-type mtDNAs in the mitomice. Results showed transmission of exogenous DeltamtDNA, but not exogenous wild-type mtDNA, of M. m. domesticus to following generations through the female germ line. Complete elimination of exogenous wild-type mtDNA would be due to stochastic segregation, whereas transmission of exogenous DeltamtDNA would be due to its smaller size leading to a propagational advantage. Tissues in mitomice of the F3 generation carrying exogenous DeltamtDNA showed protection from respiration defects until DeltamtDNA accumulated predominantly. This protection from expression of mitochondrial dysfunction was attained with the help of endogenous wild-type mtDNA of M. spretus, since mitomice did not possess exogenous wild-type mtDNA of M. m. domesticus. These observations provide unambiguous evidence for the presence of interaction between exogenous mitochondria carrying DeltamtDNA and endogenous mitochondria carrying M. spretus wild-type mtDNA.
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- Akitsugu Sato
- Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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Joseph AM, Rungi AA, Robinson BH, Hood DA. Compensatory responses of protein import and transcription factor expression in mitochondrial DNA defects. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2003; 286:C867-75. [PMID: 14656719 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00191.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Defects in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) evoke distinctive responses in the nuclear genome, leading to altered mitochondrial biogenesis. We used C(2)C(12) cells depleted of mtDNA (rho(-) cells) and fibroblasts from a mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and strokelike episodes (MELAS) patient to examine adaptations of the protein import machinery and transcription factors involved in mitochondrial biogenesis. In rho(-) cells, Tom20 and Tim23 protein levels were reduced by 25% and 59%, whereas mtHSP70 was induced by twofold relative to control cells. These changes were accompanied by a 21% increase in enhanced yellow fluorescent protein (EYFP) import into mitochondria in rho(-) cells (P < 0.05). In contrast, in MELAS cells mtHSP70 was elevated by 70%, whereas Tom20 and Tom34 protein levels were increased by 45% and 112% relative to control values. EYFP import was not altered in MELAS cells. In rho(-) cells, protein levels of the transcription factors nuclear respiratory factor-1 (NRF-1) and transcription factor A (Tfam) declined by 33% and 54%, whereas no change was observed for the coactivator peroxisome proliferator receptor-gamma coactivator-1alpha (PGC-1alpha). In contrast, Tfam was increased by 40% in MELAS cells. Rho(-) cells displayed reduced oxygen consumption (Vo(2)) and ATP levels, along with a twofold increase in lactate levels (P < 0.05). In electrically stimulated C(2)C(12) cells, 109%, 78%, 60%, and 67% increases were observed in mtDNA, Vo(2), cytochrome-c oxidase (COX) activity, and Tom34 levels, respectively (P < 0.05). Our findings suggest that compensatory adaptations occurred to maintain normal rates of protein import in response to mtDNA defects and support a role for contractile activity in reducing pathophysiology associated with mtDNA depletion. Because the expression of nuclear-encoded transcription factors and protein import machinery components was dependent on the type of mtDNA defect, these findings suggest involvement of distinct signaling cascades, each dependent on the type of mitochondrial defect, resulting in divergent changes in nuclear gene expression patterns.
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- Yau-Huei Wei
- Department of Biochemistry, Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Lee B, Miles PD, Vargas L, Luan P, Glasco S, Kushnareva Y, Kornbrust ES, Grako KA, Wollheim CB, Maechler P, Olefsky JM, Anderson CM. Inhibition of mitochondrial Na+-Ca2+ exchanger increases mitochondrial metabolism and potentiates glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in rat pancreatic islets. Diabetes 2003; 52:965-73. [PMID: 12663468 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.52.4.965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The mitochondrial Na(+)-Ca(2+) exchanger (mNCE) mediates efflux of Ca(2+) from mitochondria in exchange for influx of Na(+). We show that inhibition of the mNCE enhances mitochondrial oxidative metabolism and increases glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in rat islets and INS-1 cells. The benzothiazepine CGP37157 inhibited mNCE activity in INS-1 cells (50% inhibition at IC(50) = 1.5 micro mol/l) and increased the glucose-induced rise in mitochondrial Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](m)) 2.1 times. Cellular ATP content was increased by 13% in INS-1 cells and by 49% in rat islets by CGP37157 (1 micro mol/l). Krebs cycle flux was also stimulated by CGP37157 when glucose was present. Insulin secretion was increased in a glucose-dependent manner by CGP37157 in both INS-1 cells and islets. In islets, CGP37157 increased insulin secretion dose dependently (half-maximal efficacy at EC(50) = 0.06 micro mol/l) at 8 mmol/l glucose and shifted the glucose dose response curve to the left. In perifused islets, mNCE inhibition had no effect on insulin secretion at 2.8 mmol/l glucose but increased insulin secretion by 46% at 11 mmol/l glucose. The effects of CGP37157 could not be attributed to interactions with the plasma membrane sodium calcium exchanger, L-type calcium channels, ATP-sensitive K(+) channels, or [Ca(2+)](m) uniporter. In hyperglycemic clamp studies of Wistar rats, CGP37157 increased plasma insulin and C-peptide levels only during the hyperglycemic phase of the study. These results illustrate the potential utility of agents that affect mitochondrial metabolism as novel insulin secretagogues.
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- Bumsup Lee
- Division of Metabolic Diseases, MitoKor, San Diego, California 92121, USA
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Jazayeri M, Andreyev A, Will Y, Ward M, Anderson CM, Clevenger W. Inducible expression of a dominant negative DNA polymerase-gamma depletes mitochondrial DNA and produces a rho0 phenotype. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:9823-30. [PMID: 12645575 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m211730200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We report the inducible, stable expression of a dominant negative form of mitochondria-specific DNA polymerase-gamma to eliminate mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from human cells in culture. HEK293 cells were transfected with a plasmid encoding inactive DNA polymerase-gamma harboring a D1135A substitution (POLGdn). The cells rapidly lost mtDNA (t1/2 = 2-3 days) when expression of the transgene was induced. Concurrent reduction of mitochondrial encoded mRNA and protein, decreased cellular growth rate, and compromised respiration and mitochondrial membrane potential were observed. mtDNA depletion was reversible, as demonstrated by restoration of mtDNA copy number to normal within 10 days when the expression of POLGdn was suppressed following a 3-day induction period. Long term (20 days) expression of POLGdn completely eliminated mtDNA from the cells, resulting in rho0 cells that were respiration-deficient, lacked electron transport complex activities, and were auxotrophic for pyruvate and uridine. Fusion of the rho0 cells with human platelets yielded clonal cybrid cell lines that were populated exclusively with donor-derived mtDNA. Respiratory function, mitochondrial membrane potential, and electron transport activities were restored to normal in the cybrid cells. Inducible expression of a dominant negative DNA polymerase-gamma can yield mtDNA-deficient cell lines, which can be used to study the impact of specific mtDNA mutations on cellular physiology, and to investigate mitochondrial genome function and regulation.
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Qi X, Lewin AS, Hauswirth WW, Guy J. Suppression of complex I gene expression induces optic neuropathy. Ann Neurol 2003; 53:198-205. [PMID: 12557286 DOI: 10.1002/ana.10426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Optic nerve degeneration is a feature common to diseases with mutations in genes that encode complex I of the respiratory chain. Vulnerability of this central nervous system tract is a mystery, because of the paucity of animal models used to investigate effects of the mutated DNA in tissues rather than isolated in cultured cells. Using a ribozyme designed to degrade the mRNA encoding a critical nuclear-encoded subunit gene of complex I (NDUFA1), we tested whether oxidative phosphorylation deficiency can recapitulate the optic neuropathy of mitochondrial disease. Injection of adenoassociated virus expressing this ribozyme led to axonal destruction and demyelination, the hallmarks of Leber hereditary optic neuropathy.
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- Xiaoping Qi
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville 32610, USA
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Bayona-Bafaluy MP, Fernández-Silva P, Enríquez JA. The thankless task of playing genetics with mammalian mitochondrial DNA: a 30-year review. Mitochondrion 2002; 2:3-25. [PMID: 16120305 DOI: 10.1016/s1567-7249(02)00044-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2002] [Revised: 05/22/2002] [Accepted: 06/05/2002] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The advances obtained through the genetic tools available in yeast for studying the oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) biogenesis and in particular the role of the mtDNA encoded genes, strongly contrast with the very limited benefits that similar approaches have generated for the study of mammalian mtDNA. Here we review the use of the genetic manipulation in mammalian mtDNA, its difficulty and the main types of mutants accumulated in the past 30 years and the information derived from them. We also point out the need for a substantial improvement in this field in order to obtain new tools for functional genetic studies and for the generation of animal models of mtDNA-linked diseases.
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- M Pilar Bayona-Bafaluy
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular y Celular, Universidad de Zaragoza, Miguel Servet 177, Zaragoza 50013, Spain
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Nakada K, Ono T, Hayashi JI. A novel defense system of mitochondria in mice and human subjects for preventing expression of mitochondrial dysfunction by pathogenic mutant mtDNAs. Mitochondrion 2002; 2:59-70. [PMID: 16120309 DOI: 10.1016/s1567-7249(02)00007-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2001] [Revised: 01/25/2002] [Accepted: 01/28/2002] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Recently, we generated mtDNA-based disease mice (mito mice) by introduction of respiration-deficient mitochondria possessing pathogenic mutant mtDNA with a 4696 bp deletion (deltamtDNA4696) from somatic cells into mouse zygotes. Mito mice and cytochrome c oxidase (COX) electronmicrographs, that could identify the respiration enzyme activity at individual mitochondrial levels, enabled precise investigation of the pathogenesis of deltamtDNA4696. All the observations represented unambiguous evidence for the presence of extensive and continuous exchange of genetic contents between mitochondria. Thus, the inter-mitochondrial interaction could correspond to a very unique and effective defense system of the highly oxidative organelles for preventing mice and human subjects from expressing mitochondrial dysfunction caused by mtDNA lesions, which have been continuously created by oxidative stresses during aging. Here, we would like to propose a new hypothesis on mitochondrial biogenesis, 'the interaction theory of mammalian mitochondria': mitochondria exchange genetic contents, and thus lose individuality and function as a single dynamic cellular unit.
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- Kazuto Nakada
- Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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Haraguchi M, Tsujimoto H, Fukushima M, Higuchi I, Kuribayashi H, Utsumi H, Nakayama A, Hashizume Y, Hirato J, Yoshida H, Hara H, Hamano S, Kawaguchi H, Furukawa T, Miyazono K, Ishikawa F, Toyoshima H, Kaname T, Komatsu M, Chen ZS, Gotanda T, Tachiwada T, Sumizawa T, Miyadera K, Osame M, Yoshida H, Noda T, Yamada Y, Akiyama SI. Targeted deletion of both thymidine phosphorylase and uridine phosphorylase and consequent disorders in mice. Mol Cell Biol 2002; 22:5212-21. [PMID: 12077348 PMCID: PMC139774 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.22.14.5212-5221.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Thymidine phosphorylase (TP) regulates intracellular and plasma thymidine levels. TP deficiency is hypothesized to (i) increase levels of thymidine in plasma, (ii) lead to mitochondrial DNA alterations, and (iii) cause mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy (MNGIE). In order to elucidate the physiological roles of TP, we generated mice deficient in the TP gene. Although TP activity in the liver was inhibited in these mice, it was fully maintained in the small intestine. Murine uridine phosphorylase (UP), unlike human UP, cleaves thymidine, as well as uridine. We therefore generated TP-UP double-knockout (TP(-/-) UP(-/-)) mice. TP activities were inhibited in TP(-/-) UP(-/-) mice, and the level of thymidine in the plasma of TP(-/-) UP(-/-) mice was higher than for TP(-/-) mice. Unexpectedly, we could not observe alterations of mitochondrial DNA or pathological changes in the muscles of the TP(-/-) UP(-/-) mice, even when these mice were fed thymidine for 7 months. However, we did find hyperintense lesions on magnetic resonance T(2) maps in the brain and axonal edema by electron microscopic study of the brain in TP(-/-) UP(-/-) mice. These findings suggested that the inhibition of TP activity caused the elevation of pyrimidine levels in plasma and consequent axonal swelling in the brains of mice. Since lesions in the brain do not appear to be due to mitochondrial alterations and pathological changes in the muscle were not found, this model will provide further insights into the causes of MNGIE.
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- Misako Haraguchi
- Department of Cancer Chemotherapy, Institute for Cancer Research, Third Department of Internal Medicin, Kagoshima University, 8-35-1 Sakura-gaoka, Kagoshima 890-8520, Japan
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- C T Moraes
- Department of Neurology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33136, USA
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Nakada K, Inoue K, Hayashi JI. Mito-mice: animal models for mitochondrial DNA-based diseases. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2001; 12:459-65. [PMID: 11735380 DOI: 10.1006/scdb.2001.0283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We have successfully produced "Mito-mice" harbouring a pathogenic mtDNA mutation. We generated the mice by introducing mitochondria with a 4696 base-pair mtDNA deletion (Delta mtDNA4696) into mouse embryos. This deletion encompasses nucleotides 7759-12 454 and includes six tRNA genes and seven structural genes. In Mito-mice, the Delta mtDNA4696 is transmitted maternally, and induces mitochondrial dysfunction in various tissues. Most of the Mito-mice with high proportions of the Delta mtDNA4696 died at about age 6 months due to renal failure. Mito-mice are the first animal model for mtDNA-based diseases and will be valuable for studying pathogenesis and for identifying effective drug and gene therapies.
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- K Nakada
- Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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Nakada K, Inoue K, Chen CS, Nonaka I, Goto Y, Ogura A, Hayashi JI. Correlation of functional and ultrastructural abnormalities of mitochondria in mouse heart carrying a pathogenic mutant mtDNA with a 4696-bp deletion. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 288:901-7. [PMID: 11688994 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.5873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We examined the correlation of functional and structural abnormalities of cardiac mitochondria created by pathogenic mutant mtDNAs using mito-mice with hearts carrying 88% mutant DeltamtDNA4696 with a 4696 deletion. COX histochemistry, quantitative PCR analysis, and electronmicrographs showed that accumulation of 91.6% DeltamtDNA4696 in single cardiac muscle fibers induced progressive reduction of COX activity to form COX-negative fibers. Moreover, hearts carrying 88% DeltamtDNA4696 consisted of three types of cardiac muscle fibers with different functional properties, COX-positive, -negative, and -intermediate fibers, which corresponded respectively to three types of fibers with different structural properties; type A fibers containing mitochondria with only lamellar cristae, type B containing mitochondria with only tubular cristae, and type C possessing mitochondria with both lamellar and tubular cristae. These observations suggest that lamellar cristae with COX activity transform into tubular cristae without COX activity along with the accumulation of DeltamtDNA4696, which would be responsible for insufficient supply of mtDNA products required to keep the normal structure and function of mitochondrial cristae. The correlation of these structural and functional abnormalities of cristae should provide important insight into diagnosis of cardiomyopathies caused by accumulation of pathogenic mutant mtDNAs.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cytochrome-c Oxidase Deficiency
- DNA, Mitochondrial/analysis
- DNA, Mitochondrial/genetics
- Electron Transport Complex IV/genetics
- Electron Transport Complex IV/metabolism
- Mice
- Mitochondria, Heart/enzymology
- Mitochondria, Heart/genetics
- Mitochondria, Heart/pathology
- Mitochondria, Heart/ultrastructure
- Mitochondrial Myopathies/enzymology
- Mitochondrial Myopathies/genetics
- Mitochondrial Myopathies/pathology
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/enzymology
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/metabolism
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/pathology
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal/ultrastructure
- Myocardium/enzymology
- Myocardium/metabolism
- Myocardium/pathology
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sequence Deletion/genetics
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- K Nakada
- Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572, Japan
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We generated mice with deletion mutant mtDNA by its introduction from somatic cells into mouse zygotes. Expressions of disease phenotypes are limited to tissues expressing mitochondrial dysfunction. Considering that all these mice share the same nuclear background, these observations suggest that accumulation of the mutant mtDNA and resultant expressions of mitochondrial dysfunction are responsible for expression of disease phenotypes. On the other hand, mitochondrial dysfunction and expression of clinical abnormalities were not observed until the mutant mtDNA accumulated predominantly. This protection is due to the presence of extensive and continuous interaction between exogenous mitochondria from cybrids and recipient mitochondria from embryos. Thus, we would like to propose a new hypothesis on mitochondrial biogenesis, interaction theory of mitochondria: mammalian mitochondria exchange genetic contents, and thus lost the individuality and function as a single dynamic cellular unit.
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- K Nakada
- Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572, Japan
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Nakada K, Inoue K, Ono T, Isobe K, Ogura A, Goto YI, Nonaka I, Hayashi JI. Inter-mitochondrial complementation: Mitochondria-specific system preventing mice from expression of disease phenotypes by mutant mtDNA. Nat Med 2001; 7:934-40. [PMID: 11479626 DOI: 10.1038/90976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 326] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Here we investigated the pathogenesis of deletion mutant mitochondrial (mt)DNA by generating mice with mutant mtDNA carrying a 4696-basepair deletion (DeltamtDNA4696), and by using cytochrome c oxidase (COX) electron micrographs to identify COX activity at the individual mitochondrial level. All mitochondria in tissues with DeltamtDNA4696 showed normal COX activity until DeltamtDNA4696 accumulated predominantly; this prevented mice from expressing disease phenotypes. Moreover, we did not observe coexistence of COX-positive and -negative mitochondria within single cells. These results indicate the occurrence of inter-mitochondrial complementation through exchange of genetic contents between exogenously introduced mitochondria with DeltamtDNA4696 and host mitochondria with normal mtDNA. This complementation shows a mitochondria-specific mechanism for avoiding expression of deletion-mutant mtDNA, and opens the possibility of a gene therapy in which mitochondria possessing full-length DNA are introduced.
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- K Nakada
- Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is highly susceptible to mutation. Novel approaches such as those involving cytoplast fusion and mitochondrial microinjection are essential for gene therapy of diseases caused by these mutations, due to the non-Mendelian genetics of these diseases. In this fusion method, mtDNA in the cytoplast is transferred into mutant cells via the formation of cybrids; once inside the cell the mtDNA complement the defect correctly and safely. The genes in cloned animals are composed of nuclear DNA (nDNA) of a mature tissue and mtDNA from an oocyte. Recent advances in transmitochondrial mice depends on the microinjection of mitochondria into the oocyte. Here we present data on in vitro gene therapy using human mtDNA, cybrid formation and microinjection.
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- Y Kagawa
- Department of Biochemistry, Jichi Medical School, Minamikawachi, Tochigi-ken, 329-0498 Japan
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Yamaoka M, Mikami T, Ono T, Nakada K, Hayashi JI. Mice with only rat mtDNA are required as models of mitochondrial diseases. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 282:707-11. [PMID: 11401519 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.4646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We examined the possibility of generation of mice expressing mitochondrial dysfunction by introduction of exogenous mtDNA from different species using mouse mtDNA-less (rho(0)) cells as mtDNA recipients. For determination of how genetically distant species of mtDNA could replicate in cells with only the mouse nuclear genome, we introduced mtDNA of the Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) into mouse rho(0) cells, and found that its replication was not sufficient to propagate to following generations, probably due to significant incompatibility between mouse-nuclear and Syrian hamster-mitochondrial genomes. On the other hand, rat mtDNA, which propagated stably and expressed mitochondrial dysfunction in mouse cells, also disappeared rapidly by exogenous introduction of mouse mtDNA, suggesting that mouse mtDNA in mouse cells must be excluded completely before introduction of rat mtDNA for generation of mice with rat mtDNA as mitochondrial disease models.
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- M Yamaoka
- Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572, Japan
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Aomi Y, Chen CS, Nakada K, Ito S, Isobe K, Murakami H, Kuno SY, Tawata M, Matsuoka R, Mizusawa H, Hayashi JI. Cytoplasmic transfer of platelet mtDNA from elderly patients with Parkinson's disease to mtDNA-less HeLa cells restores complete mitochondrial respiratory function. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 280:265-73. [PMID: 11162509 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.4113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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For determination of whether platelet mtDNA in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) possesses some lesions to reduce respiratory enzyme activities, platelet mtDNA was transferred into mtDNA-less (rho0) HeLa cells from aged PD patients and age-matched normal subjects, since their activities were controlled by both mitochondrial and nuclear genomes. The resultant mtDNA-repopulated cybrid clones containing the HeLa nuclear genome as a common background were used for comparison of respiratory enzyme activities. Remarkable variations of the enzyme activities were observed in the cybrid clones, irrespective of whether their mtDNA was transferred from normal subjects or PD patients, and some of them showed 20% reduction of average activities. Thus, the mtDNA mutations responsible for inducing 20% reduction should be polymorphic rather than pathogenic. On the other hand, pathogenic control cybrid clones possessing mtDNA mutations from patients with mitochondrial disorders showed significant and specific decline of respiratory enzyme complex I activity beyond the normal range of the variations. These observations warrant reassessment of the conventional concept that complex I activity in platelets of PD patients is defective due to mtDNA mutations.
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- Y Aomi
- Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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Inoue K, Nakada K, Ogura A, Isobe K, Goto Y, Nonaka I, Hayashi JI. Generation of mice with mitochondrial dysfunction by introducing mouse mtDNA carrying a deletion into zygotes. Nat Genet 2000; 26:176-81. [PMID: 11017072 DOI: 10.1038/82826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 312] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Mice carrying mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) with pathogenic mutations would provide a system in which to study how mutant mtDNAs are transmitted and distributed in tissues, resulting in expression of mitochondrial diseases. However, no effective procedures are available for the generation of these mice. Isolation of mouse cells without mtDNA (rho0) enabled us to trap mutant mtDNA that had accumulated in somatic tissues into rho0 cells repopulated with mtDNA (cybrids). We isolated respiration-deficient cybrids with mtDNA carrying a deletion and introduced this mtDNA into fertilized eggs. The mutant mtDNA was transmitted maternally, and its accumulation induced mitochondrial dysfunction in various tissues. Moreover, most of these mice died because of renal failure, suggesting the involvement of mtDNA mutations in the pathogeneses of new diseases.
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- K Inoue
- Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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