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Distribution and apoptotic function of outer membrane proteins depend on mitochondrial fusion.


ABSTRACT: Cells deficient in mitochondrial fusion have been shown to have defects linked to the exchange of inner membrane and matrix components. Because outer-mitochondrial membrane (OMM) constituents insert directly from the cytoplasm, a role for fusion in their intermitochondrial transfer was unanticipated. Here, we show that fibroblasts lacking the GTPases responsible for OMM fusion, mitofusins 1 and 2 (MFN1 and MFN2), display more heterogeneous distribution of OMM proteins. Proteins with different modes of OMM association display varying degrees of heterogeneity in Mfn1/2(-/-) cells and different kinetics of transfer during fusion in fusion-competent cells. Proapoptotic Bak exhibits marked heterogeneity, which is normalized upon expression of MFN2. Bak is critical for Bid-induced OMM permeabilization and cytochrome c release, and Mfn1/2(-/-) cells show dysregulation of Bid-dependent apoptotic signaling. Bid sensitivity of Bak-deficient mitochondria is regained upon fusion with Bak-containing mitochondria. Thus, OMM protein distribution depends on mitochondrial fusion and is a locus of apoptotic dysfunction in conditions of fusion deficiency.

SUBMITTER: Weaver D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4363113 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Distribution and apoptotic function of outer membrane proteins depend on mitochondrial fusion.

Weaver David D   Eisner Verónica V   Liu Xingguo X   Várnai Péter P   Hunyady László L   Gross Atan A   Hajnóczky György G  

Molecular cell 20140508 5


Cells deficient in mitochondrial fusion have been shown to have defects linked to the exchange of inner membrane and matrix components. Because outer-mitochondrial membrane (OMM) constituents insert directly from the cytoplasm, a role for fusion in their intermitochondrial transfer was unanticipated. Here, we show that fibroblasts lacking the GTPases responsible for OMM fusion, mitofusins 1 and 2 (MFN1 and MFN2), display more heterogeneous distribution of OMM proteins. Proteins with different mo  ...[more]

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