期刊
EMBO JOURNAL
卷 31, 期 5, 页码 1293-1307出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.477
关键词
assembly; degradation; mitochondria; mitochondrial disease; supercomplexes
资金
- Koln Fortune
- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD)
Respiratory chain (RC) complexes are organized into supercomplexes forming 'respirasomes'. The mechanism underlying the interdependence of individual complexes is still unclear. Here, we show in human patient cells that the presence of a truncated COX1 subunit leads to destabilization of complex IV (CIV) and other RC complexes. Surprisingly, the truncated COX1 protein is integrated into subcomplexes, the holocomplex and even into supercomplexes, which however are all unstable. Depletion of the m-AAA protease AFG3L2 increases stability of the truncated COX1 and other mitochondrially encoded proteins, whereas overexpression of wild-type AFG3L2 decreases their stability. Both full-length and truncated COX1 proteins physically interact with AFG3L2. Expression of a dominant negative AFG3L2 variant also promotes stabilization of CIV proteins as well as the assembled complex and rescues the severe phenotype in heteroplasmic cells. Our data indicate that the mechanism underlying pathogenesis in these patients is the rapid clearance of unstable respiratory complexes by quality control pathways, rather than their impaired assembly. The EMBO Journal (2012) 31, 1293-1307. doi: 10.1038/emboj.2011.477; Published online 17 January 2012
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