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Cell ; 186(6): 1212-1229.e21, 2023 03 16.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36827974

RESUMO

Mitochondrial activity differs markedly between organs, but it is not known how and when this arises. Here we show that cell lineage-specific expression profiles involving essential mitochondrial genes emerge at an early stage in mouse development, including tissue-specific isoforms present before organ formation. However, the nuclear transcriptional signatures were not independent of organelle function. Genetically disrupting intra-mitochondrial protein synthesis with two different mtDNA mutations induced cell lineage-specific compensatory responses, including molecular pathways not previously implicated in organellar maintenance. We saw downregulation of genes whose expression is known to exacerbate the effects of exogenous mitochondrial toxins, indicating a transcriptional adaptation to mitochondrial dysfunction during embryonic development. The compensatory pathways were both tissue and mutation specific and under the control of transcription factors which promote organelle resilience. These are likely to contribute to the tissue specificity which characterizes human mitochondrial diseases and are potential targets for organ-directed treatments.


Assuntos
Mitocôndrias , Organogênese , Animais , Feminino , Humanos , Camundongos , Gravidez , Linhagem da Célula , DNA Mitocondrial/genética , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Doenças Mitocondriais , Especificidade de Órgãos , Desenvolvimento Embrionário , Embrião de Mamíferos/citologia , Embrião de Mamíferos/metabolismo
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Mol Cell ; 81(23): 4810-4825.e12, 2021 12 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34774131

RESUMO

Mitochondria contain a specific translation machinery for the synthesis of mitochondria-encoded respiratory chain components. Mitochondrial tRNAs (mt-tRNAs) are also generated from the mitochondrial DNA and, similar to their cytoplasmic counterparts, are post-transcriptionally modified. Here, we find that the RNA methyltransferase METTL8 is a mitochondrial protein that facilitates 3-methyl-cytidine (m3C) methylation at position C32 of the mt-tRNASer(UCN) and mt-tRNAThr. METTL8 knockout cells show a reduction in respiratory chain activity, whereas overexpression increases activity. In pancreatic cancer, METTL8 levels are high, which correlates with lower patient survival and an enhanced respiratory chain activity. Mitochondrial ribosome profiling uncovered mitoribosome stalling on mt-tRNASer(UCN)- and mt-tRNAThr-dependent codons. Further analysis of the respiratory chain complexes using mass spectrometry revealed reduced incorporation of the mitochondrially encoded proteins ND6 and ND1 into complex I. The well-balanced translation of mt-tRNASer(UCN)- and mt-tRNAThr-dependent codons through METTL8-mediated m3C32 methylation might, therefore, facilitate the optimal composition and function of the mitochondrial respiratory chain.


Assuntos
Metiltransferases/metabolismo , RNA Mitocondrial/química , RNA de Transferência/química , Animais , Anticódon , Proliferação de Células , Códon , Citoplasma , DNA Mitocondrial/metabolismo , Transporte de Elétrons , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/metabolismo , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Camundongos , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Membranas Mitocondriais , Proteínas Mitocondriais/química , Consumo de Oxigênio , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/metabolismo , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/mortalidade , Ribossomos/metabolismo , Regulação para Cima
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Nucleic Acids Res ; 49(10): 5798-5812, 2021 06 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34037799

RESUMO

Mitochondria contain their own translation apparatus which enables them to produce the polypeptides encoded in their genome. The mitochondrially-encoded RNA components of the mitochondrial ribosome require various post-transcriptional processing steps. Additional protein factors are required to facilitate the biogenesis of the functional mitoribosome. We have characterized a mitochondrially-localized protein, YbeY, which interacts with the assembling mitoribosome through the small subunit. Loss of YbeY leads to a severe reduction in mitochondrial translation and a loss of cell viability, associated with less accurate mitochondrial tRNASer(AGY) processing from the primary transcript and a defect in the maturation of the mitoribosomal small subunit. Our results suggest that YbeY performs a dual, likely independent, function in mitochondria being involved in precursor RNA processing and mitoribosome biogenesis. Issue Section: Nucleic Acid Enzymes.


Assuntos
Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Proteínas Mitocondriais/metabolismo , Ribossomos Mitocondriais/metabolismo , Processamento Pós-Transcricional do RNA/genética , RNA de Transferência/metabolismo , Ribonucleases/metabolismo , Subunidades Ribossômicas Menores/metabolismo , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Sobrevivência Celular/genética , Técnicas de Inativação de Genes , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Espectrometria de Massas , Mitocôndrias/enzimologia , Mitocôndrias/genética , Biossíntese de Proteínas/genética , Alinhamento de Sequência
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Trends Biochem Sci ; 42(8): 625-639, 2017 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28285835

RESUMO

Perturbation of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) gene expression can lead to human pathologies. Therefore, a greater appreciation of the basic mechanisms of mitochondrial gene expression is desirable to understand the pathophysiology of associated disorders. Although the purpose of the mitochondrial gene expression machinery is to provide only 13 proteins of the oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos) system, recent studies have revealed its remarkable and unexpected complexity. We review here the latest breakthroughs in our understanding of the post-transcriptional processes of mitochondrial gene expression, focusing on advances in analyzing the mitochondrial epitranscriptome, the role of mitochondrial RNA granules (MRGs), the benefits of recently obtained structures of the mitochondrial ribosome, and the coordination of mitochondrial and cytosolic translation to orchestrate the biogenesis of OxPhos complexes.


Assuntos
Regulação da Expressão Gênica/genética , Genes Mitocondriais/genética , Mitocôndrias/genética , Ribossomos Mitocondriais/metabolismo , Fosforilação Oxidativa , Animais , Humanos , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Ribossomos Mitocondriais/química , Processamento Pós-Transcricional do RNA/genética
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Am J Hum Genet ; 103(6): 1045-1052, 2018 12 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30526862

RESUMO

We describe six persons from three families with three homozygous protein truncating variants in PUS7: c.89_90del (p.Thr30Lysfs∗20), c.1348C>T (p.Arg450∗), and a deletion of the penultimate exon 15. All these individuals have intellectual disability with speech delay, short stature, microcephaly, and aggressive behavior. PUS7 encodes the RNA-independent pseudouridylate synthase 7. Pseudouridylation is the most abundant post-transcriptional modification in RNA, which is primarily thought to stabilize secondary structures of RNA. We show that the disease-related variants lead to abolishment of PUS7 activity on both tRNA and mRNA substrates. Moreover, pus7 knockout in Drosophila melanogaster results in a number of behavioral defects, including increased activity, disorientation, and aggressiveness supporting that neurological defects are caused by PUS7 variants. Our findings demonstrate that RNA pseudouridylation by PUS7 is essential for proper neuronal development and function.


Assuntos
Agressão/fisiologia , Nanismo/genética , Variação Genética/genética , Deficiência Intelectual/genética , Transtornos do Desenvolvimento da Linguagem/genética , Microcefalia/genética , Adolescente , Animais , Criança , Drosophila melanogaster/genética , Éxons/genética , Feminino , Técnicas de Inativação de Genes/métodos , Homozigoto , Humanos , Masculino , Linhagem , Fenótipo , RNA Mensageiro/genética , RNA de Transferência/genética
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Nucleic Acids Res ; 47(19): 10267-10281, 2019 11 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31665743

RESUMO

Post-transcriptional RNA modifications, the epitranscriptome, play important roles in modulating the functions of RNA species. Modifications of rRNA are key for ribosome production and function. Identification and characterization of enzymes involved in epitranscriptome shaping is instrumental for the elucidation of the functional roles of specific RNA modifications. Ten modified sites have been thus far identified in the mammalian mitochondrial rRNA. Enzymes responsible for two of these modifications have not been characterized. Here, we identify METTL15, show that it is the main N4-methylcytidine (m4C) methyltransferase in human cells and demonstrate that it is responsible for the methylation of position C839 in mitochondrial 12S rRNA. We show that the lack of METTL15 results in a reduction of the mitochondrial de novo protein synthesis and decreased steady-state levels of protein components of the oxidative phosphorylation system. Without functional METTL15, the assembly of the mitochondrial ribosome is decreased, with the late assembly components being unable to be incorporated efficiently into the small subunit. We speculate that m4C839 is involved in the stabilization of 12S rRNA folding, therefore facilitating the assembly of the mitochondrial small ribosomal subunits. Taken together our data show that METTL15 is a novel protein necessary for efficient translation in human mitochondria.


Assuntos
Metiltransferases/genética , Mitocôndrias/genética , Ribossomos Mitocondriais/química , RNA Ribossômico/genética , Citidina/genética , Humanos , Metilação , Mitocôndrias/química , Fosforilação Oxidativa , Biossíntese de Proteínas/genética , Dobramento de RNA/genética , Processamento Pós-Transcricional do RNA/genética , RNA Ribossômico/química
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Nucleic Acids Res ; 47(16): 8720-8733, 2019 09 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31276587

RESUMO

Expression of human mitochondrial DNA is indispensable for proper function of the oxidative phosphorylation machinery. The mitochondrial genome encodes 22 tRNAs, 2 rRNAs and 11 mRNAs and their post-transcriptional modification constitutes one of the key regulatory steps during mitochondrial gene expression. Cytosine-5 methylation (m5C) has been detected in mitochondrial transcriptome, however its biogenesis has not been investigated in details. Mammalian NOP2/Sun RNA Methyltransferase Family Member 2 (NSUN2) has been characterized as an RNA methyltransferase introducing m5C in nuclear-encoded tRNAs, mRNAs and microRNAs and associated with cell proliferation and differentiation, with pathogenic variants in NSUN2 being linked to neurodevelopmental disorders. Here we employ spatially restricted proximity labelling and immunodetection to demonstrate that NSUN2 is imported into the matrix of mammalian mitochondria. Using three genetic models for NSUN2 inactivation-knockout mice, patient-derived fibroblasts and CRISPR/Cas9 knockout in human cells-we show that NSUN2 is necessary for the generation of m5C at positions 48, 49 and 50 of several mammalian mitochondrial tRNAs. Finally, we show that inactivation of NSUN2 does not have a profound effect on mitochondrial tRNA stability and oxidative phosphorylation in differentiated cells. We discuss the importance of the newly discovered function of NSUN2 in the context of human disease.


Assuntos
5-Metilcitosina/metabolismo , Eczema/genética , Transtornos do Crescimento/genética , Deficiência Intelectual/genética , Metiltransferases/genética , Microcefalia/genética , Processamento Pós-Transcricional do RNA , RNA Mitocondrial/genética , RNA de Transferência/genética , Animais , Sistemas CRISPR-Cas , Eczema/metabolismo , Eczema/patologia , Fácies , Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Fibroblastos/patologia , Edição de Genes , Técnicas de Inativação de Genes , Transtornos do Crescimento/metabolismo , Transtornos do Crescimento/patologia , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Deficiência Intelectual/metabolismo , Deficiência Intelectual/patologia , Metilação , Metiltransferases/deficiência , Camundongos , Camundongos Knockout , Microcefalia/metabolismo , Microcefalia/patologia , Mitocôndrias/genética , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Conformação de Ácido Nucleico , Fosforilação Oxidativa , Cultura Primária de Células , Transporte Proteico , RNA Mensageiro/genética , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , RNA Mitocondrial/metabolismo , RNA de Transferência/metabolismo
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J Hand Surg Am ; 46(3): 248.e1-248.e9, 2021 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33257054

RESUMO

PURPOSE: To report the clinical and radiological outcomes after medial femoral trochlear (MFT) osteochondral graft for the salvage of proximal scaphoid fractures with a minimum 2-year follow-up. METHODS: A retrospective review was performed of patients with comminuted fractures of the proximal scaphoid treated by excision of the proximal pole and replacement with free vascularized MFT osteochondral graft. Demographic data, objective and radiographic measurements, and patient-reported outcome measures of the upper limb and knee were collected. Pain was assessed by completion of a visual analog scale (VAS). RESULTS: Between February 2014 and May 2015, 12 MFT osteochondral grafts were performed. Eight patients were available for follow-up at a mean of 34 months (range, 28-39 months). The mean range of wrist flexion was 31° (range, 15°-60°), extension was 34° (range, 5°-60°), radial deviation was 9° (range, 0°-20°), ulnar deviation was 28° (range, 10°-45°) and grip strength was 42 kg (range, 25-53 kg). The median wrist pain, as measured by VAS, was 0.7 (mean, 1.3; range, 0-6). The average follow-up scapholunate, radiolunate, and radioscaphoid angles were 58.9° (range, 44°-93°), 12.9° (range, 0°-30°), and 46.0° (range, 35°-63°), respectively. The mean Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand (DASH) score was 13.9 (range, 3-43) and Patient Rated Wrist Evaluation (PRWE) score was 22.4 (range, 2-68). The mean postoperative Oxford Knee Score was 42 (range, 14-48). One patient suffered notable knee pain at 37-month follow-up. One patient suffered notable pain on the radial side of the wrist and underwent scaphoid excision and 4-corner arthrodesis. CONCLUSIONS: Replacement of the fragmented proximal scaphoid by MFT graft is an alternative to other salvage options and most patients can expect pain relief and acceptable wrist motion. These results need to be balanced against the potential for donor-site morbidity. TYPE OF STUDY/LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Therapeutic V.


Assuntos
Fraturas não Consolidadas , Osso Escafoide , Fêmur , Seguimentos , Força da Mão , Humanos , Amplitude de Movimento Articular , Estudos Retrospectivos , Osso Escafoide/diagnóstico por imagem , Osso Escafoide/cirurgia , Articulação do Punho
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RNA Biol ; 17(4): 451-462, 2020 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31948311

RESUMO

RNA species play host to a plethora of post-transcriptional modifications which together make up the epitranscriptome. 5-methyluridine (m5U) is one of the most common modifications made to cellular RNA, where it is found almost ubiquitously in bacterial and eukaryotic cytosolic tRNAs at position 54. Here, we demonstrate that m5U54 in human mitochondrial tRNAs is catalysed by the nuclear-encoded enzyme TRMT2B, and that its repertoire of substrates is expanded to ribosomal RNAs, catalysing m5U429 in 12S rRNA. We show that TRMT2B is not essential for viability in human cells and that knocking-out the gene shows no obvious phenotype with regards to RNA stability, mitochondrial translation, or cellular growth.


Assuntos
Mitocôndrias/enzimologia , RNA Ribossômico/metabolismo , RNA de Transferência/metabolismo , tRNA Metiltransferases/metabolismo , Proliferação de Células , Sobrevivência Celular , Técnicas de Silenciamento de Genes , Células HeLa , Humanos , Metilação , Mitocôndrias/genética , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Conformação Molecular , RNA Mitocondrial/química , RNA Mitocondrial/metabolismo , RNA Ribossômico/química , RNA de Transferência/química , Especificidade por Substrato , Timina/metabolismo , tRNA Metiltransferases/genética
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Hum Mutat ; 40(10): 1731-1748, 2019 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31045291

RESUMO

Mutations in either the mitochondrial or nuclear genomes are associated with a diverse group of human disorders characterized by impaired mitochondrial respiration. Within this group, an increasing number of mutations have been identified in nuclear genes involved in mitochondrial RNA metabolism, including ELAC2. The ELAC2 gene codes for the mitochondrial RNase Z, responsible for endonucleolytic cleavage of the 3' ends of mitochondrial pre-tRNAs. Here, we report the identification of 16 novel ELAC2 variants in individuals presenting with mitochondrial respiratory chain deficiency, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), and lactic acidosis. We provide evidence for the pathogenicity of the novel missense variants by studying the RNase Z activity in an in vitro system. We also modeled the residues affected by a missense mutation in solved RNase Z structures, providing insight into enzyme structure and function. Finally, we show that primary fibroblasts from the affected individuals have elevated levels of unprocessed mitochondrial RNA precursors. Our study thus broadly confirms the correlation of ELAC2 variants with severe infantile-onset forms of HCM and mitochondrial respiratory chain dysfunction. One rare missense variant associated with the occurrence of prostate cancer (p.Arg781His) impairs the mitochondrial RNase Z activity of ELAC2, suggesting a functional link between tumorigenesis and mitochondrial RNA metabolism.


Assuntos
Cardiomiopatia Hipertrófica/genética , Genes Mitocondriais , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Mutação , Proteínas de Neoplasias/genética , Processamento Pós-Transcricional do RNA , RNA de Transferência/genética , Alelos , Substituição de Aminoácidos , Biomarcadores , Cardiomiopatia Hipertrófica/diagnóstico , Cardiomiopatia Hipertrófica/terapia , Estudos de Coortes , Ativação Enzimática , Feminino , Expressão Gênica , Estudos de Associação Genética , Genótipo , Humanos , Lactente , Cinética , Masculino , Proteínas de Neoplasias/química , Proteínas de Neoplasias/metabolismo , Fenótipo , Conformação Proteica , Domínios e Motivos de Interação entre Proteínas , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Especificidade por Substrato
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 113(43): 12198-12201, 2016 10 25.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27729525

RESUMO

The recent developments in cryo-EM have revolutionized our access to previously refractory structures. In particular, such studies of mammalian mitoribosomes have confirmed the absence of any 5S rRNA species and revealed the unexpected presence of a mitochondrially encoded tRNA (mt-tRNA) that usurps this position. Although the cryo-EM structures resolved the conundrum of whether mammalian mitoribosomes contain a 5S rRNA, they introduced a new dilemma: Why do human and porcine mitoribosomes integrate contrasting mt-tRNAs? Human mitoribosomes have been shown to integrate mt-tRNAVal compared with the porcine use of mt-tRNAPhe We have explored this observation further. Our studies examine whether a range of mt-tRNAs are used by different mammals, or whether the mt-tRNA selection is strictly limited to only these two species of the 22 tRNAs encoded by the mitochondrial genome (mtDNA); whether there is tissue-specific variation within a single organism; and what happens to the human mitoribosome when levels of the mt-tRNAVal are depleted. Our data demonstrate that only mt-tRNAVal or mt-tRNAPhe are found in the mitoribosomes of five different mammals, each mammal favors the same mt-tRNA in all tissue types, and strikingly, when steady-state levels of mt-tRNAVal are reduced, human mitoribosome biogenesis displays an adaptive response by switching to the incorporation of mt-tRNAPhe to generate translationally competent machinery.


Assuntos
Ribossomos Mitocondriais/química , Conformação de Ácido Nucleico , Biossíntese de Proteínas/genética , RNA de Transferência/ultraestrutura , Animais , Microscopia Crioeletrônica , DNA Mitocondrial/química , DNA Mitocondrial/genética , Genoma Mitocondrial/genética , Humanos , Ribossomos Mitocondriais/ultraestrutura , Processamento Pós-Transcricional do RNA/genética , RNA Ribossômico 5S/genética , RNA de Transferência/genética , Suínos
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J Biol Chem ; 292(11): 4519-4532, 2017 03 17.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28082677

RESUMO

Mitochondrial gene expression is a fundamental process that is largely dependent on nuclear-encoded proteins. Several steps of mitochondrial RNA processing and maturation, including RNA post-transcriptional modification, appear to be spatially organized into distinct foci, which we have previously termed mitochondrial RNA granules (MRGs). Although an increasing number of proteins have been localized to MRGs, a comprehensive analysis of the proteome of these structures is still lacking. Here, we have applied a microscopy-based approach that has allowed us to identify novel components of the MRG proteome. Among these, we have focused our attention on RPUSD4, an uncharacterized mitochondrial putative pseudouridine synthase. We show that RPUSD4 depletion leads to a severe reduction of the steady-state level of the 16S mitochondrial (mt) rRNA with defects in the biogenesis of the mitoribosome large subunit and consequently in mitochondrial translation. We report that RPUSD4 binds 16S mt-rRNA, mt-tRNAMet, and mt-tRNAPhe, and we demonstrate that it is responsible for pseudouridylation of the latter. These data provide new insights into the relevance of RNA pseudouridylation in mitochondrial gene expression.


Assuntos
Transferases Intramoleculares/metabolismo , RNA/metabolismo , Linhagem Celular , Humanos , Transferases Intramoleculares/análise , Transferases Intramoleculares/genética , Mitocôndrias/genética , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Proteínas Mitocondriais/metabolismo , Transporte Proteico , Interferência de RNA , RNA Mitocondrial , RNA Ribossômico 16S/metabolismo , RNA Interferente Pequeno/genética , RNA de Transferência de Metionina/metabolismo , RNA de Transferência de Fenilalanina/metabolismo
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Am J Hum Genet ; 97(2): 319-28, 2015 Aug 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26189817

RESUMO

Deficiencies in respiratory-chain complexes lead to a variety of clinical phenotypes resulting from inadequate energy production by the mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation system. Defective expression of mtDNA-encoded genes, caused by mutations in either the mitochondrial or nuclear genome, represents a rapidly growing group of human disorders. By whole-exome sequencing, we identified two unrelated individuals carrying compound heterozygous variants in TRMT5 (tRNA methyltransferase 5). TRMT5 encodes a mitochondrial protein with strong homology to members of the class I-like methyltransferase superfamily. Both affected individuals presented with lactic acidosis and evidence of multiple mitochondrial respiratory-chain-complex deficiencies in skeletal muscle, although the clinical presentation of the two affected subjects was remarkably different; one presented in childhood with failure to thrive and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and the other was an adult with a life-long history of exercise intolerance. Mutations in TRMT5 were associated with the hypomodification of a guanosine residue at position 37 (G37) of mitochondrial tRNA; this hypomodification was particularly prominent in skeletal muscle. Deficiency of the G37 modification was also detected in human cells subjected to TRMT5 RNAi. The pathogenicity of the detected variants was further confirmed in a heterologous yeast model and by the rescue of the molecular phenotype after re-expression of wild-type TRMT5 cDNA in cells derived from the affected individuals. Our study highlights the importance of post-transcriptional modification of mitochondrial tRNAs for faithful mitochondrial function.


Assuntos
Doenças Mitocondriais/genética , Modelos Moleculares , Processamento Pós-Transcricional do RNA/genética , RNA de Transferência/genética , tRNA Metiltransferases/genética , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Pareamento de Bases , Sequência de Bases , Exoma/genética , Mutação da Fase de Leitura/genética , Humanos , Doenças Mitocondriais/patologia , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Linhagem , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Análise de Sequência de DNA , tRNA Metiltransferases/química
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Am J Hum Genet ; 95(6): 708-20, 2014 Dec 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25434004

RESUMO

Respiratory chain deficiencies exhibit a wide variety of clinical phenotypes resulting from defective mitochondrial energy production through oxidative phosphorylation. These defects can be caused by either mutations in the mtDNA or mutations in nuclear genes coding for mitochondrial proteins. The underlying pathomechanisms can affect numerous pathways involved in mitochondrial physiology. By whole-exome and candidate gene sequencing, we identified 11 individuals from 9 families carrying compound heterozygous or homozygous mutations in GTPBP3, encoding the mitochondrial GTP-binding protein 3. Affected individuals from eight out of nine families presented with combined respiratory chain complex deficiencies in skeletal muscle. Mutations in GTPBP3 are associated with a severe mitochondrial translation defect, consistent with the predicted function of the protein in catalyzing the formation of 5-taurinomethyluridine (τm(5)U) in the anticodon wobble position of five mitochondrial tRNAs. All case subjects presented with lactic acidosis and nine developed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. In contrast to individuals with mutations in MTO1, the protein product of which is predicted to participate in the generation of the same modification, most individuals with GTPBP3 mutations developed neurological symptoms and MRI involvement of thalamus, putamen, and brainstem resembling Leigh syndrome. Our study of a mitochondrial translation disorder points toward the importance of posttranscriptional modification of mitochondrial tRNAs for proper mitochondrial function.


Assuntos
Acidose Láctica/genética , Encefalopatias/genética , Cardiomiopatia Hipertrófica/genética , Proteínas de Ligação ao GTP/genética , Processamento de Proteína Pós-Traducional , Acidose Láctica/fisiopatologia , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Encéfalo/patologia , Encefalopatias/fisiopatologia , Cardiomiopatia Hipertrófica/fisiopatologia , Linhagem Celular , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Consanguinidade , Feminino , Fibroblastos , Proteínas de Ligação ao GTP/metabolismo , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Masculino , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Mutação , Linhagem , Biossíntese de Proteínas , Interferência de RNA , RNA de Transferência/genética , RNA de Transferência/metabolismo , Alinhamento de Sequência
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Mol Genet Metab ; 122(4): 172-181, 2017 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29126765

RESUMO

Mutations in FARS2 are known to cause dysfunction of mitochondrial translation due to deficient aminoacylation of the mitochondrial phenylalanine tRNA. Here, we report three novel mutations in FARS2 found in two patients in a compound heterozygous state. The missense mutation c.1082C>T (p.Pro361Leu) was detected in both patients. The mutations c.461C>T (p.Ala154Val) and c.521_523delTGG (p.Val174del) were each detected in one patient. We report abnormal in vitro aminoacylation assays as a functional validation of the molecular genetic findings. Based on the phenotypic data of previously reported subjects and the two subjects reported here, we conclude that FARS2 deficiency can be associated with two phenotypes: (i) an epileptic phenotype, and (ii) a spastic paraplegia phenotype.


Assuntos
Epilepsia/genética , Proteínas Mitocondriais/deficiência , Proteínas Mitocondriais/genética , Fenótipo , Fenilalanina-tRNA Ligase/deficiência , Fenilalanina-tRNA Ligase/genética , Paraplegia Espástica Hereditária/genética , Adolescente , Aminoacil-tRNA Sintetases/metabolismo , Aminoacilação , Encéfalo/diagnóstico por imagem , Células Cultivadas , Exoma , Feminino , Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Heterozigoto , Humanos , Lactente , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Masculino , Mitocôndrias/enzimologia , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Músculo Esquelético/patologia , Mutação de Sentido Incorreto/genética , Consumo de Oxigênio , RNA de Transferência/metabolismo , Análise de Sequência de DNA
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J Med Genet ; 52(8): 532-40, 2015 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25787132

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Mitochondrial disease is often suspected in cases of severe epileptic encephalopathy especially when a complex movement disorder, liver involvement and progressive developmental regression are present. Although mutations in either mitochondrial DNA or POLG are often present, other nuclear defects in mitochondrial DNA replication and protein translation have been associated with a severe epileptic encephalopathy. METHODS AND RESULTS: We identified a proband with an epileptic encephalopathy, complex movement disorder and a combined mitochondrial respiratory chain enzyme deficiency. The child presented with neurological regression, complex movement disorder and intractable seizures. A combined deficiency of mitochondrial complexes I, III and IV was noted in liver tissue, along with increased mitochondrial DNA content in skeletal muscle. Incomplete assembly of complex V, using blue native polyacrylamide gel electrophoretic analysis and complex I, using western blotting, suggested a disorder of mitochondrial transcription or translation. Exome sequencing identified compound heterozygous mutations in CARS2, a mitochondrial aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase. Both mutations affect highly conserved amino acids located within the functional ligase domain of the cysteinyl-tRNA synthase. A specific decrease in the amount of charged mt-tRNA(Cys) was detected in patient fibroblasts compared with controls. Retroviral transfection of the wild-type CARS2 into patient skin fibroblasts led to the correction of the incomplete assembly of complex V, providing functional evidence for the role of CARS2 mutations in disease aetiology. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings indicate that mutations in CARS2 result in a mitochondrial translational defect as seen in individuals with mitochondrial epileptic encephalopathy.


Assuntos
Aminoacil-tRNA Sintetases/genética , Encefalopatias/genética , Epilepsia/genética , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Aminoacilação , Criança , Análise Mutacional de DNA , Exoma , Humanos , Masculino , Dados de Sequência Molecular , RNA de Transferência/metabolismo , Alinhamento de Sequência
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Hum Mutat ; 36(2): 222-31, 2015 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25385316

RESUMO

A homozygous missense mutation (c.822G>C) was found in the gene encoding the mitochondrial asparaginyl-tRNA synthetase (NARS2) in two siblings born to consanguineous parents. These siblings presented with different phenotypes: one had mild intellectual disability and epilepsy in childhood, whereas the other had severe myopathy. Biochemical analysis of the oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) complexes in both siblings revealed a combined complex I and IV deficiency in skeletal muscle. In-gel activity staining after blue native-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis confirmed the decreased activity of complex I and IV, and, in addition, showed the presence of complex V subcomplexes. Considering the consanguineous descent, homozygosity mapping and whole-exome sequencing were combined revealing the presence of one single missense mutation in the shared homozygous region. The c.822G>C variant affects the 3' splice site of exon 7, leading to skipping of the whole exon 7 and a part of exon 8 in the NARS2 mRNA. In EBV-transformed lymphoblasts, a specific decrease in the amount of charged mt-tRNA(Asn) was demonstrated as compared with controls. This confirmed the pathogenic nature of the variant. To conclude, the reported variant in NARS2 results in a combined OXPHOS complex deficiency involving complex I and IV, making NARS2 a new member of disease-associated aaRS2.


Assuntos
Aspartato-tRNA Ligase/genética , Mutação de Sentido Incorreto , Adulto , Aspartato-tRNA Ligase/metabolismo , Sequência de Bases , Células Cultivadas , Consanguinidade , Análise Mutacional de DNA , Feminino , Estudos de Associação Genética , Homozigoto , Humanos , Masculino , Doenças Musculares/genética , Biossíntese de Proteínas , Isoformas de Proteínas/genética , Isoformas de Proteínas/metabolismo , Sítios de Splice de RNA
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J Inherit Metab Dis ; 38(4): 655-80, 2015 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26016801

RESUMO

Mitochondrial respiratory chain deficiencies exhibit a wide spectrum of clinical presentations owing to defective mitochondrial energy production through oxidative phosphorylation. These defects can be caused by either mutations in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) or mutations in nuclear genes coding for mitochondrially-targeted proteins. The underlying pathomechanisms can affect numerous pathways involved in mitochondrial biology including expression of mtDNA-encoded genes. Expression of the mitochondrial genes is extensively regulated at the post-transcriptional stage and entails nucleolytic cleavage of precursor RNAs, RNA nucleotide modifications, RNA polyadenylation, RNA quality and stability control. These processes ensure proper mitochondrial RNA (mtRNA) function, and are regulated by dedicated, nuclear-encoded enzymes. Recent growing evidence suggests that mutations in these nuclear genes, leading to incorrect maturation of RNAs, are a cause of human mitochondrial disease. Additionally, mutations in mtDNA-encoded genes may also affect RNA maturation and are frequently associated with human disease. We review the current knowledge on a subset of nuclear-encoded genes coding for proteins involved in mitochondrial RNA maturation, for which genetic variants impacting upon mitochondrial pathophysiology have been reported. Also, primary pathological mtDNA mutations with recognised effects upon RNA processing are described.


Assuntos
Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Mitocôndrias/patologia , Doenças Mitocondriais/metabolismo , Doenças Mitocondriais/patologia , DNA Mitocondrial/metabolismo , Humanos , Doenças Mitocondriais/genética , RNA/biossíntese , RNA/genética
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Hum Mutat ; 35(8): 983-9, 2014 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24827421

RESUMO

By way of whole-exome sequencing, we identified a homozygous missense mutation in VARS2 in one subject with microcephaly and epilepsy associated with isolated deficiency of the mitochondrial respiratory chain (MRC) complex I and compound heterozygous mutations in TARS2 in two siblings presenting with axial hypotonia and severe psychomotor delay associated with multiple MRC defects. The nucleotide variants segregated within the families, were absent in Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) databases and are predicted to be deleterious. The amount of VARS2 and TARS2 proteins and valyl-tRNA and threonyl-tRNA levels were decreased in samples of afflicted patients according to the genetic defect. Expression of the corresponding wild-type transcripts in immortalized mutant fibroblasts rescued the biochemical impairment of mitochondrial respiration and yeast modeling of the VARS2 mutation confirmed its pathogenic role. Taken together, these data demonstrate the role of the identified mutations for these mitochondriopathies. Our study reports the first mutations in the VARS2 and TARS2 genes, which encode two mitochondrial aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, as causes of clinically distinct, early-onset mitochondrial encephalopathies.


Assuntos
Antígenos HLA/genética , Mitocôndrias/genética , Encefalomiopatias Mitocondriais/genética , Mutação , Treonina-tRNA Ligase/genética , Valina-tRNA Ligase/genética , Linhagem Celular , Criança , DNA Mitocondrial/genética , DNA Mitocondrial/metabolismo , Complexo I de Transporte de Elétrons/genética , Complexo I de Transporte de Elétrons/metabolismo , Fibroblastos/citologia , Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Antígenos HLA/metabolismo , Heterozigoto , Homozigoto , Humanos , Lactente , Isoenzimas/genética , Isoenzimas/metabolismo , Masculino , Mitocôndrias/enzimologia , Mitocôndrias/patologia , Encefalomiopatias Mitocondriais/enzimologia , Encefalomiopatias Mitocondriais/patologia , Polimorfismo Genético , RNA Mensageiro/genética , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , RNA de Transferência de Treonina/genética , RNA de Transferência de Treonina/metabolismo , RNA de Transferência de Valina/genética , RNA de Transferência de Valina/metabolismo , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genética , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolismo , Treonina-tRNA Ligase/metabolismo , Valina-tRNA Ligase/metabolismo
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Nat Biomed Eng ; 7(5): 692-703, 2023 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36470976

RESUMO

The development of curative treatments for mitochondrial diseases, which are often caused by mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) that impair energy metabolism and other aspects of cellular homoeostasis, is hindered by an incomplete understanding of the underlying biology and a scarcity of cellular and animal models. Here we report the design and application of a library of double-stranded-DNA deaminase-derived cytosine base editors optimized for the precise ablation of every mtDNA protein-coding gene in the mouse mitochondrial genome. We used the library, which we named MitoKO, to produce near-homoplasmic knockout cells in vitro and to generate a mouse knockout with high heteroplasmy levels and no off-target edits. MitoKO should facilitate systematic and comprehensive investigations of mtDNA-related pathways and their impact on organismal homoeostasis, and aid the generation of clinically meaningful in vivo models of mtDNA dysfunction.


Assuntos
Edição de Genes , Genoma Mitocondrial , Camundongos , Animais , Genoma Mitocondrial/genética , DNA Mitocondrial/genética , Mutação , Biblioteca Gênica
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