bims-mitdyn Biomed News
on Mitochondrial dynamics: mechanisms
Issue of 2024‒05‒05
twelve papers selected by
Edmond Chan, Queen’s University, School of Medicine
  1. Mitochondrial transfer mediates endothelial cell engraftment through mitophagy.
  2. Mitochondrial genome transfer drives metabolic reprogramming in adjacent colonic epithelial cells promoting TGFβ1-mediated tumor progression.
  3. Cells destroy donated mitochondria to build blood vessels.
  4. The mitochondrial multi-omic response to exercise training across rat tissues.
  5. Inhibition of mammalian mtDNA transcription acts paradoxically to reverse diet-induced hepatosteatosis and obesity.
  6. An aldehyde-crosslinking mitochondrial probe for STED imaging in fixed cells.
  7. Mitochondrial complex I deficiency stratifies idiopathic Parkinson's disease.
  8. OTUB2 silencing promotes ovarian cancer via mitochondrial metabolic reprogramming and can be synthetically targeted by CA9 inhibition.
  9. 4-Hydroxybenzoic acid rescues multisystemic disease and perinatal lethality in a mouse model of mitochondrial disease.
  10. A dynamin superfamily-like pseudoenzyme coordinates with MICOS to promote cristae architecture.
  11. Mitochondria and Cancer.
  12. Mitochondrially-associated actin waves maintain organelle homeostasis and equitable inheritance.
  1. Nature. 2024 May 01.
    Mitochondrial transfer mediates endothelial cell engraftment through mitophagy.
    Ruei-Zeng Lin, Gwang-Bum Im, Allen Chilun Luo, Yonglin Zhu, Xuechong Hong, Joseph Neumeyer, Hong-Wen Tang, Norbert Perrimon, Juan M Melero-Martin.
      Ischaemic diseases such as critical limb ischaemia and myocardial infarction affect millions of people worldwide1. Transplanting endothelial cells (ECs) is a promising therapy in vascular medicine, but engrafting ECs typically necessitates co-transplanting perivascular supporting cells such as mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs), which makes clinical implementation complicated2,3. The mechanisms that enable MSCs to facilitate EC engraftment remain elusive. Here we show that, under cellular stress, MSCs transfer mitochondria to ECs through tunnelling nanotubes, and that blocking this transfer impairs EC engraftment. We devised a strategy to artificially transplant mitochondria, transiently enhancing EC bioenergetics and enabling them to form functional vessels in ischaemic tissues without the support of MSCs. Notably, exogenous mitochondria did not integrate into the endogenous EC mitochondrial pool, but triggered mitophagy after internalization. Transplanted mitochondria co-localized with autophagosomes, and ablation of the PINK1-Parkin pathway negated the enhanced engraftment ability of ECs. Our findings reveal a mechanism that underlies the effects of mitochondrial transfer between mesenchymal and endothelial cells, and offer potential for a new approach for vascular cell therapy.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07340-0
  2. Nat Commun. 2024 Apr 30. 15(1): 3653
    Mitochondrial genome transfer drives metabolic reprogramming in adjacent colonic epithelial cells promoting TGFβ1-mediated tumor progression.
    Bingjie Guan, Youdong Liu, Bowen Xie, Senlin Zhao, Abudushalamu Yalikun, Weiwei Chen, Menghua Zhou, Qi Gu, Dongwang Yan.
      Although nontumor components play an essential role in colon cancer (CC) progression, the intercellular communication between CC cells and adjacent colonic epithelial cells (CECs) remains poorly understood. Here, we show that intact mitochondrial genome (mitochondrial DNA, mtDNA) is enriched in serum extracellular vesicles (EVs) from CC patients and positively correlated with tumor stage. Intriguingly, circular mtDNA transferred via tumor cell-derived EVs (EV-mtDNA) enhances mitochondrial respiration and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in CECs. Moreover, the EV-mtDNA increases TGFβ1 expression in CECs, which in turn promotes tumor progression. Mechanistically, the intercellular mtDNA transfer activates the mitochondrial respiratory chain to induce the ROS-driven RelA nuclear translocation in CECs, thereby transcriptionally regulating TGFβ1 expression and promoting tumor progression via the TGFβ/Smad pathway. Hence, this study highlights EV-mtDNA as a major driver of paracrine metabolic crosstalk between CC cells and adjacent CECs, possibly identifying it as a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for CC.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48100-y
  3. Nature. 2024 May 01.
    Cells destroy donated mitochondria to build blood vessels.
    Chantell S Evans.
      
    Keywords:  Cardiovascular biology; Cell biology; Diabetes; Regeneration
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-01233-y
  4. Cell Metab. 2024 Apr 15. pii: S1550-4131(23)00472-2. [Epub ahead of print]
    The mitochondrial multi-omic response to exercise training across rat tissues.
    MoTrPAC Study Group
      Mitochondria have diverse functions critical to whole-body metabolic homeostasis. Endurance training alters mitochondrial activity, but systematic characterization of these adaptations is lacking. Here, the Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium mapped the temporal, multi-omic changes in mitochondrial analytes across 19 tissues in male and female rats trained for 1, 2, 4, or 8 weeks. Training elicited substantial changes in the adrenal gland, brown adipose, colon, heart, and skeletal muscle. The colon showed non-linear response dynamics, whereas mitochondrial pathways were downregulated in brown adipose and adrenal tissues. Protein acetylation increased in the liver, with a shift in lipid metabolism, whereas oxidative proteins increased in striated muscles. Exercise-upregulated networks were downregulated in human diabetes and cirrhosis. Knockdown of the central network protein 17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 10 (HSD17B10) elevated oxygen consumption, indicative of metabolic stress. We provide a multi-omic, multi-tissue, temporal atlas of the mitochondrial response to exercise training and identify candidates linked to mitochondrial dysfunction.
    Keywords:  HSD17B10; acetylome; aerobic; exercise; metabolism; metabolomics; mitochondria; multi-omics; proteomics; transcriptomics
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2023.12.021
  5. Nat Metab. 2024 Apr 30.
    Inhibition of mammalian mtDNA transcription acts paradoxically to reverse diet-induced hepatosteatosis and obesity.
    Shan Jiang, Taolin Yuan, Florian A Rosenberger, Arnaud Mourier, Nathalia R V Dragano, Laura S Kremer, Diana Rubalcava-Gracia, Fynn M Hansen, Melissa Borg, Mara Mennuni, Roberta Filograna, David Alsina, Jelena Misic, Camilla Koolmeister, Polyxeni Papadea, Martin Hrabe de Angelis, Lipeng Ren, Olov Andersson, Anke Unger, Tim Bergbrede, Raffaella Di Lucrezia, Rolf Wibom, Juleen R Zierath, Anna Krook, Patrick Giavalisco, Matthias Mann, Nils-Göran Larsson.
      The oxidative phosphorylation system1 in mammalian mitochondria plays a key role in transducing energy from ingested nutrients2. Mitochondrial metabolism is dynamic and can be reprogrammed to support both catabolic and anabolic reactions, depending on physiological demands or disease states. Rewiring of mitochondrial metabolism is intricately linked to metabolic diseases and promotes tumour growth3-5. Here, we demonstrate that oral treatment with an inhibitor of mitochondrial transcription (IMT)6 shifts whole-animal metabolism towards fatty acid oxidation, which, in turn, leads to rapid normalization of body weight, reversal of hepatosteatosis and restoration of normal glucose tolerance in male mice on a high-fat diet. Paradoxically, the IMT treatment causes a severe reduction of oxidative phosphorylation capacity concomitant with marked upregulation of fatty acid oxidation in the liver, as determined by proteomics and metabolomics analyses. The IMT treatment leads to a marked reduction of complex I, the main dehydrogenase feeding electrons into the ubiquinone (Q) pool, whereas the levels of electron transfer flavoprotein dehydrogenase and other dehydrogenases connected to the Q pool are increased. This rewiring of metabolism caused by reduced mtDNA expression in the liver provides a principle for drug treatment of obesity and obesity-related pathology.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-024-01038-3
  6. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 May 07. 121(19): e2317703121
    An aldehyde-crosslinking mitochondrial probe for STED imaging in fixed cells.
    Jingting Chen, Till Stephan, Felix Gaedke, Tianyan Liu, Yiyan Li, Astrid Schauss, Peng Chen, Veronika Wulff, Stefan Jakobs, Christian Jüngst, Zhixing Chen.
      Fluorescence labeling of chemically fixed specimens, especially immunolabeling, plays a vital role in super-resolution imaging as it offers a convenient way to visualize cellular structures like mitochondria or the distribution of biomolecules with high detail. Despite the development of various distinct probes that enable super-resolved stimulated emission depletion (STED) imaging of mitochondria in live cells, most of these membrane-potential-dependent fluorophores cannot be retained well in mitochondria after chemical fixation. This lack of suitable mitochondrial probes has limited STED imaging of mitochondria to live cell samples. In this study, we introduce a mitochondria-specific probe, PK Mito Orange FX (PKMO FX), which features a fixation-driven cross-linking motif and accumulates in the mitochondrial inner membrane. It exhibits high fluorescence retention after chemical fixation and efficient depletion at 775 nm, enabling nanoscopic imaging both before and after aldehyde fixation. We demonstrate the compatibility of this probe with conventional immunolabeling and other strategies commonly used for fluorescence labeling of fixed samples. Moreover, we show that PKMO FX facilitates correlative super-resolution light and electron microscopy, enabling the correlation of multicolor fluorescence images and transmission EM images via the characteristic mitochondrial pattern. Our probe further expands the mitochondrial toolkit for multimodal microscopy at nanometer resolutions.
    Keywords:  CLEM; fixation; mitochondrial imaging; super-resolution imaging
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2317703121
  7. Nat Commun. 2024 Apr 29. 15(1): 3631
    Mitochondrial complex I deficiency stratifies idiopathic Parkinson's disease.
    Irene H Flønes, Lilah Toker, Dagny Ann Sandnes, Martina Castelli, Sepideh Mostafavi, Njål Lura, Omnia Shadad, Erika Fernandez-Vizarra, Cèlia Painous, Alexandra Pérez-Soriano, Yaroslau Compta, Laura Molina-Porcel, Guido Alves, Ole-Bjørn Tysnes, Christian Dölle, Gonzalo S Nido, Charalampos Tzoulis.
      Idiopathic Parkinson's disease (iPD) is believed to have a heterogeneous pathophysiology, but molecular disease subtypes have not been identified. Here, we show that iPD can be stratified according to the severity of neuronal respiratory complex I (CI) deficiency, and identify two emerging disease subtypes with distinct molecular and clinical profiles. The CI deficient (CI-PD) subtype accounts for approximately a fourth of all cases, and is characterized by anatomically widespread neuronal CI deficiency, a distinct cell type-specific gene expression profile, increased load of neuronal mtDNA deletions, and a predilection for non-tremor dominant motor phenotypes. In contrast, the non-CI deficient (nCI-PD) subtype exhibits no evidence of mitochondrial impairment outside the dopaminergic substantia nigra and has a predilection for a tremor dominant phenotype. These findings constitute a step towards resolving the biological heterogeneity of iPD with implications for both mechanistic understanding and treatment strategies.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47867-4
  8. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 May 07. 121(19): e2315348121
    OTUB2 silencing promotes ovarian cancer via mitochondrial metabolic reprogramming and can be synthetically targeted by CA9 inhibition.
    Yabing Nan, Xiaowei Wu, Qingyu Luo, Wan Chang, Pengfei Zhao, Lingqiang Zhang, Zhihua Liu.
      Ovarian cancer is an aggressive gynecological tumor characterized by a high relapse rate and chemoresistance. Ovarian cancer exhibits the cancer hallmark of elevated glycolysis, yet effective strategies targeting cancer cell metabolic reprogramming to overcome therapeutic resistance in ovarian cancer remain elusive. Here, we revealed that epigenetic silencing of Otubain 2 (OTUB2) is a driving force for mitochondrial metabolic reprogramming in ovarian cancer, which promotes tumorigenesis and chemoresistance. Mechanistically, OTUB2 silencing destabilizes sorting nexin 29 pseudogene 2 (SNX29P2), which subsequently prevents hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1α) from von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor-mediated degradation. Elevated HIF-1α activates the transcription of carbonic anhydrase 9 (CA9) and drives ovarian cancer progression and chemoresistance by promoting glycolysis. Importantly, pharmacological inhibition of CA9 substantially suppressed tumor growth and synergized with carboplatin in the treatment of OTUB2-silenced ovarian cancer. Thus, our study highlights the pivotal role of OTUB2/SNX29P2 in suppressing ovarian cancer development and proposes that targeting CA9-mediated glycolysis is an encouraging strategy for the treatment of ovarian cancer.
    Keywords:  chemoresistance; metabolic reprogramming; ovarian cancer; tumorigenesis; ubiquitination
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2315348121
  9. Cell Rep. 2024 Apr 26. pii: S2211-1247(24)00476-5. [Epub ahead of print] 114148
    4-Hydroxybenzoic acid rescues multisystemic disease and perinatal lethality in a mouse model of mitochondrial disease.
    Julia Corral-Sarasa, Juan Manuel Martínez-Gálvez, Pilar González-García, Olivia Wendling, Laura Jiménez-Sánchez, Sergio López-Herrador, Catarina M Quinzii, María Elena Díaz-Casado, Luis C López.
      Coenzyme Q (CoQ) deficiency syndrome is conventionally treated with limited efficacy using exogenous CoQ10. Poor outcomes result from low absorption and bioavailability of CoQ10 and the clinical heterogenicity of the disease. Here, we demonstrate that supplementation with 4-hydroxybenzoic acid (4HB), the precursor of the benzoquinone ring in the CoQ biosynthetic pathway, completely rescues multisystemic disease and perinatal lethality in a mouse model of CoQ deficiency. 4HB stimulates endogenous CoQ biosynthesis in tissues of Coq2 mutant mice, normalizing mitochondrial function and rescuing cardiac insufficiency, edema, and neurodevelopmental delay. In contrast, exogenous CoQ10 supplementation falls short in fully restoring the phenotype. The treatment is translatable to human use, as proven by in vitro studies in skin fibroblasts from patients with pathogenic variants in COQ2. The therapeutic approach extends to other disorders characterized by deficiencies in the production of 4HB and early steps of CoQ biosynthesis and instances of secondary CoQ deficiency.
    Keywords:  4-hydroxybenzoic acid; CP: Metabolism; CoQ biosynthesis; cardiac insufficiency; coenzyme Q deficiency; metabolic disorders; mitochondrial diseases; neurodevelopmental disorders; perinatal lethality; pharmacological therapy; translational medicine
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114148
  10. Curr Biol. 2024 Apr 24. pii: S0960-9822(24)00468-8. [Epub ahead of print]
    A dynamin superfamily-like pseudoenzyme coordinates with MICOS to promote cristae architecture.
    Abhishek Kumar, Mehmet Oguz Gok, Kailey N Nguyen, Olivia M Connor, Michael L Reese, Jeremy G Wideman, Sergio A Muñoz-Gómez, Jonathan R Friedman.
      Mitochondrial cristae architecture is crucial for optimal respiratory function of the organelle. Cristae shape is maintained in part by the mitochondrial contact site and cristae organizing system (MICOS) complex. While MICOS is required for normal cristae morphology, the precise mechanistic role of each of the seven human MICOS subunits, and how the complex coordinates with other cristae-shaping factors, has not been fully determined. Here, we examine the MICOS complex in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, a minimal model whose genome only encodes for four core subunits. Using an unbiased proteomics approach, we identify a poorly characterized inner mitochondrial membrane protein that interacts with MICOS and is required to maintain cristae morphology, which we name Mmc1. We demonstrate that Mmc1 works in concert with MICOS to promote normal mitochondrial morphology and respiratory function. Mmc1 is a distant relative of the dynamin superfamily of proteins (DSPs), GTPases, which are well established to shape and remodel membranes. Similar to DSPs, Mmc1 self-associates and forms high-molecular-weight assemblies. Interestingly, however, Mmc1 is a pseudoenzyme that lacks key residues required for GTP binding and hydrolysis, suggesting that it does not dynamically remodel membranes. These data are consistent with the model that Mmc1 stabilizes cristae architecture by acting as a scaffold to support cristae ultrastructure on the matrix side of the inner membrane. Our study reveals a new class of proteins that evolved early in fungal phylogeny and is required for the maintenance of cristae architecture. This highlights the possibility that functionally analogous proteins work with MICOS to establish cristae morphology in metazoans.
    Keywords:  MICOS; cristae; dynamin; fission yeast; membrane remodeling; mitochondria; pseudoenzyme
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.04.028
  11. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2024 May 01. pii: a041534. [Epub ahead of print]
    Mitochondria and Cancer.
    Timothy C Kenny, Kıvanç Birsoy.
      Mitochondria are semiautonomous organelles with diverse metabolic and cellular functions including anabolism and energy production through oxidative phosphorylation. Following the pioneering observations of Otto Warburg nearly a century ago, an immense body of work has examined the role of mitochondria in cancer pathogenesis and progression. Here, we summarize the current state of the field, which has coalesced around the position that functional mitochondria are required for cancer cell proliferation. In this review, we discuss how mitochondria influence tumorigenesis by impacting anabolism, intracellular signaling, and the tumor microenvironment. Consistent with their critical functions in tumor formation, mitochondria have become an attractive target for cancer therapy. We provide a comprehensive update on the numerous therapeutic modalities targeting the mitochondria of cancer cells making their way through clinical trials.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a041534
  12. Curr Opin Cell Biol. 2024 Apr 30. pii: S0955-0674(24)00043-7. [Epub ahead of print]88 102364
    Mitochondrially-associated actin waves maintain organelle homeostasis and equitable inheritance.
    Stephen M Coscia, Andrew S Moore, Yvette C Wong, Erika L F Holzbaur.
      First identified in dividing cells as revolving clusters of actin filaments, these are now understood as mitochondrially-associated actin waves that are active throughout the cell cycle. These waves are formed from the polymerization of actin onto a subset of mitochondria. Within minutes, this F-actin depolymerizes while newly formed actin filaments assemble onto neighboring mitochondria. In interphase, actin waves locally fragment the mitochondrial network, enhancing mitochondrial content mixing to maintain organelle homeostasis. In dividing cells actin waves spatially mix mitochondria in the mother cell to ensure equitable partitioning of these organelles between daughter cells. Progress has been made in understanding the consequences of actin cycling as well as the underlying molecular mechanisms, but many questions remain, and here we review these elements. Also, we draw parallels between mitochondrially-associated actin cycling and cortical actin waves. These dynamic systems highlight the remarkable plasticity of the actin cytoskeleton.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceb.2024.102364
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