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Trypanosome Letm1 protein is essential for mitochondrial potassium homeostasis

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    SYSNO ASEP0420953
    Druh ASEPJ - Článek v odborném periodiku
    Zařazení RIVJ - Článek v odborném periodiku
    Poddruh JČlánek ve WOS
    NázevTrypanosome Letm1 protein is essential for mitochondrial potassium homeostasis
    Tvůrce(i) Hashimi, Hassan (BC-A) RID, ORCID
    McDonald, Lindsay M. (BC-A)
    Stříbrná, Eva (BC-A)
    Lukeš, Julius (BC-A) RID, ORCID
    Zdroj.dok.Journal of Biological Chemistry. - : Elsevier - ISSN 0021-9258
    Roč. 288, č. 37 (2013), s. 26914-26925
    Poč.str.12 s.
    Forma vydáníTištěná - P
    Jazyk dok.eng - angličtina
    Země vyd.US - Spojené státy americké
    Klíč. slovaBioenergetics ; Letm1 ; Mitochondria ; Potassium Transport ; Translation ; Trypanosome
    Vědní obor RIVEB - Genetika a molekulární biologie
    CEPGAP305/12/2261 GA ČR - Grantová agentura ČR
    Institucionální podporaBC-A - RVO:60077344
    UT WOS000330594500057
    DOI10.1074/jbc.M113.495119
    AnotaceLetm1 is a conserved protein in eukaryotes bearing energized mitochondria. Hemizygous deletion of its gene has been implicated in symptoms of the human disease Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome. Studies almost exclusively performed in opisthokonts have attributed several roles to Letm1, including maintaining mitochondrial morphology, mediating either calcium or potassium/proton antiport, and facilitating mitochondrial translation. We address the ancestral function of Letm1 in the highly diverged protist and significant pathogen, Trypanosoma brucei. We demonstrate that Letm1 is involved in maintaining mitochondrial volume via potassium/proton exchange across the inner membrane. This role is essential in the vector-dwelling procyclic and mammal-infecting bloodstream stages as well as in Trypanosoma brucei evansi, a form of the latter stage lacking an organellar genome. In the pathogenic bloodstream stage, the mitochondrion consumes ATP to maintain an energized state, whereas that of T. brucei evansi also lacks a conventional proton-driven membrane potential. Thus, Letm1 performs its function in different physiological states, suggesting that ion homeostasis is among the few characterized essential pathways of the mitochondrion at this T. brucei life stage. Interestingly, Letm1 depletion in the procyclic stage can be complemented by exogenous expression of its human counterpart, highlighting the conservation of protein function between highly divergent species. Furthermore, although mitochondrial translation is affected upon Letm1 ablation, it is an indirect consequence of K(+) accumulation in the matrix.
    PracovištěBiologické centrum (od r. 2006)
    KontaktDana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214
    Rok sběru2015
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