Cross-species screening platforms identify EPS-8 as a critical link for mitochondrial stress and actin stabilization.
Sci Adv
; 7(44): eabj6818, 2021 Oct 29.
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| ID: mdl-34714674
ABSTRACT
The dysfunction of mitochondria is associated with the physiological consequences of aging and many age-related diseases. Therefore, critical quality control mechanisms exist to protect mitochondrial functions, including the unfolded protein response of the mitochondria (UPRMT). However, it is still unclear how UPRMT is regulated in mammals with mechanistic discrepancies between previous studies. Here, we reasoned that a study of conserved mechanisms could provide a uniquely powerful way to reveal previously uncharacterized components of the mammalian UPRMT. We performed cross-species comparison of genetic requirements for survival underand in response tomitochondrial stress between karyotypically normal human stem cells and the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. We identified a role for EPS-8/EPS8 (epidermal growth factor receptor pathway substrate 8), a signaling protein adaptor, in general mitochondrial homeostasis and UPRMT regulation through integrin-mediated remodeling of the actin cytoskeleton. This study also highlights the use of cross-species comparisons in genetic screens to interrogate cellular pathways.
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Screening_studies
Language:
En
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Sci Adv
Year:
2021
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Article