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Mitochondrial membrane potential is regulated by vimentin intermediate filaments.


ABSTRACT: This study demonstrates that the association of mitochondria with vimentin intermediate filaments (VIFs) measurably increases their membrane potential. This increase is detected by quantitatively comparing the fluorescence intensity of mitochondria stained with the membrane potential-sensitive dye tetramethylrhodamine-ethyl ester (TMRE) in murine vimentin-null fibroblasts with that in the same cells expressing human vimentin (?35% rise). When vimentin expression is silenced by small hairpin RNA (shRNA) to reduce vimentin by 90%, the fluorescence intensity of mitochondria decreases by 20%. The increase in membrane potential is caused by specific interactions between a subdomain of the non-?-helical N terminus (residues 40 to 93) of vimentin and mitochondria. In rho 0 cells lacking mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and consequently missing several key proteins in the mitochondrial respiratory chain (?(0) cells), the membrane potential generated by an alternative anaerobic process is insensitive to the interactions between mitochondria and VIF. The results of our studies show that the close association between mitochondria and VIF is important both for determining their position in cells and their physiologic activity.

SUBMITTER: Chernoivanenko IS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4422353 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Mitochondrial membrane potential is regulated by vimentin intermediate filaments.

Chernoivanenko Ivan S IS   Matveeva Elena A EA   Gelfand Vladimir I VI   Goldman Robert D RD   Minin Alexander A AA  

FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 20141117 3


This study demonstrates that the association of mitochondria with vimentin intermediate filaments (VIFs) measurably increases their membrane potential. This increase is detected by quantitatively comparing the fluorescence intensity of mitochondria stained with the membrane potential-sensitive dye tetramethylrhodamine-ethyl ester (TMRE) in murine vimentin-null fibroblasts with that in the same cells expressing human vimentin (∼35% rise). When vimentin expression is silenced by small hairpin RNA  ...[more]

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