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An animal model for mitochondrial tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase deficiency reveals links between oxidative phosphorylation and retinal function

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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 296, 期 -, 页码 -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100437

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  1. National Key Research and Development Program of China, China [2018YFC1004802]
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China, China [31970557, 31671303]
  3. Zhejiang Provincial Medical and Health Research Program, China [2019RC149]

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YARS2 deficiency can lead to impaired mitochondrial protein synthesis, affecting the stability and activity of the oxidative phosphorylation system, ultimately causing vision impairments. Utilizing CRISPR/Cas9 technology, YARS2 knockout was successfully generated in HeLa cells and zebrafish, revealing the underlying pathophysiology and highlighting the critical role of YARS2 in mitochondrial function and vision disorders.
Mitochondria maintain a distinct pool of ribosomal machinery, including tRNAs and tRNAs activating enzymes, such as mitochondrial tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase (YARS2). Mutations in YARS2, which typically lead to the impairment of mitochondrial protein synthesis, have been linked to an array of human diseases including optic neuropathy. However, the lack of YARS2 mutation animal model makes us difficult to elucidate the pathophysiology underlying YARS2 deficiency. To explore this system, we generated YARS2 knockout (KO) HeLa cells and zebrafish using CRISPR/Cas9 technology. We observed the aberrant tRNATyr aminoacylation overall and reductions in the levels in mitochondrion- and nucleus-encoding subunits of oxidative phosphorylation system(OXPHOS), which were especially pronounced effects in the subunits of complex I and complex IV. These deficiencies manifested the decreased levels of intact supercomplexes overall. Immunoprecipitation assays showed that YARS2 bound to specific subunits of complex I and complex IV, suggesting the post-translational stabilization of OXPHOS. Furthermore, YARS2 ablation caused defects in the stability and activities of OXPHOS complexes. These biochemical defects could be rescued by the overexpression of YARS2 cDNA in the YARS2(KO) cells. In zebrafish, the yars2(KO) larva conferred deficient COX activities in the retina, abnormal mitochondrial morphology, and numbers in the photoreceptor and retinal ganglion cells. The zebrafish further exhibited the retinal defects affecting both rods and cones. Vision defects in yars2(KO) zebrafish recapitulated the clinical phenotypes in the optic neuropathy patients carrying the YARS2 mutations. Our findings highlighted the critical role of YARS2 in the stability and activity of OXPHOS and its pathological consequence in vision impairments.

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