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The mycotoxin phomoxanthone A disturbs the form and function of the inner mitochondrial membrane.

ABSTRACT: Mitochondria are cellular organelles with crucial functions in the generation and distribution of ATP, the buffering of cytosolic Ca2+ and the initiation of apoptosis. Compounds that interfere with these functions are termed mitochondrial toxins, many of which are derived from microbes, such as antimycin A, oligomycin A, and ionomycin. Here, we identify the mycotoxin phomoxanthone A (PXA), derived from the endophytic fungus Phomopsis longicolla, as a mitochondrial toxin. We show that PXA elicits a strong release of Ca2+ from the mitochondria but not from the ER. In addition, PXA depolarises the mitochondria similarly to protonophoric uncouplers such as CCCP, yet unlike these, it does not increase but rather inhibits cellular respiration and electron transport chain activity. The respiration-dependent mitochondrial network structure rapidly collapses into fragments upon PXA treatment. Surprisingly, this fragmentation is independent from the canonical mitochondrial fission and fusion mediators DRP1 and OPA1, and exclusively affects the inner mitochondrial membrane, leading to cristae disruption, release of pro-apoptotic proteins, and apoptosis. Taken together, our results suggest that PXA is a mitochondrial toxin with a novel mode of action that might prove a useful tool for the study of mitochondrial ion homoeostasis and membrane dynamics.

SUBMITTER: Bohler P

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5833434 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The mycotoxin phomoxanthone A disturbs the form and function of the inner mitochondrial membrane.

Böhler Philip P Stuhldreier Fabian F Anand Ruchika R Kondadi Arun Kumar AK Schlütermann David D Berleth Niklas N Deitersen Jana J Wallot-Hieke Nora N Wu Wenxian W Frank Marian M Niemann Hendrik H Wesbuer Elisabeth E Barbian Andreas A Luyten Tomas T Parys Jan B JB Weidtkamp-Peters Stefanie S Borchardt Andrea A Reichert Andreas S AS Peña-Blanco Aida A García-Sáez Ana J AJ Itskanov Samuel S van der Bliek Alexander M AM Proksch Peter P Wesselborg Sebastian S Stork Björn B

Cell death & disease 20180219 3

Mitochondria are cellular organelles with crucial functions in the generation and distribution of ATP, the buffering of cytosolic Ca<sup>2+</sup> and the initiation of apoptosis. Compounds that interfere with these functions are termed mitochondrial toxins, many of which are derived from microbes, such as antimycin A, oligomycin A, and ionomycin. Here, we identify the mycotoxin phomoxanthone A (PXA), derived from the endophytic fungus Phomopsis longicolla, as a mitochondrial toxin. We show that ...[more]

PMID: 29459714

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The mycotoxin phomoxanthone A disturbs the form and function of the inner mitochondrial membrane.

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The mycotoxin phomoxanthone A disturbs the form and function of the inner mitochondrial membrane.

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