Evidence supporting the MICU1 occlusion mechanism and against the potentiation model in the mitochondrial calcium uniporter complex.
Evidence supporting the MICU1 occlusion mechanism and against the potentiation model in the mitochondrial calcium uniporter complex.
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支持MICU1阻断机制的证据和反对线粒体钙单转运体复合体增强模型的证据。
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.2217665120
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发表时间:
2023-04-18
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Tsai, Ming-Feng
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作者:
Tsai, Chen-Wei;Liu, Tsung-Yun;Chao, Fan-Yi;Tu, Yung-Chi;Rodriguez, Madison X.;Van Keuren, Anna M.;Ma, Zhiwei;Bankston, John;Tsai, Ming-Feng
The uniporter is crucial for normal physiology and its malfunction has been implicated in neurodegenerative diseases, tissue injuries following heart attacks, and cancer, among others. This Ca2+ channel is activated by cytoplasmic Ca2+ signals, but the mechanisms of Ca2+ activation are under debate. An “occlusion model” argues that Ca2+ binding to an MICU1 subunit releases MICU1 occlusion of the Ca2+ pathway to open the uniporter. However, a “potentiation model” proposes that MICU1 does not block but enhances uniporter function. This study provides evidence to support MICU1 occlusion and offers alternative interpretations for the observations underlying the potentiation model. These results bring the field closer to a unifying molecular understanding of the interplay between the uniporter and intracellular Ca2+ signaling. The mitochondrial calcium uniporter is a Ca2+ channel that imports cytoplasmic Ca2+ into the mitochondrial matrix to regulate cell bioenergetics, intracellular Ca2+ signaling, and apoptosis. The uniporter contains the pore-forming MCU subunit, an auxiliary EMRE protein, and the regulatory MICU1/MICU2 subunits. Structural and biochemical studies have suggested that MICU1 gates MCU by blocking/unblocking the pore. However, mitoplast patch-clamp experiments argue that MICU1 does not block, but instead potentiates MCU via allosteric mechanisms. Here, we address this direct clash of the proposed MICU1 function. Supporting the MICU1-occlusion mechanism, patch-clamp demonstrates that purified MICU1 strongly suppresses MCU Ca2+ currents, and this inhibition is abolished by mutating the MCU-interacting K126 residue. Moreover, a membrane-depolarization assay shows that MICU1 prevents MCU-mediated Na+ flux into intact mitochondria under Ca2+-free conditions. Examining the observations underlying the potentiation model, we found that MICU1 occlusion was not detected in mitoplasts not because MICU1 cannot block, but because MICU1 dissociates from the uniporter complex. Furthermore, MICU1 depletion reduces uniporter transport not because MICU1 can potentiate MCU, but because EMRE is down-regulated. These results firmly establish the molecular mechanisms underlying the physiologically crucial process of uniporter regulation by MICU1.
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影响因子:
7.7
作者:
Garg V;Suzuki J;Paranjpe I;Unsulangi T;Boyman L;Milescu LS;Lederer WJ;Kirichok Y
通讯作者:
Kirichok Y
影响因子:
64.5
作者:
Mallilankaraman K;Doonan P;Cárdenas C;Chandramoorthy HC;Müller M;Miller R;Hoffman NE;Gandhirajan RK;Molgó J;Birnbaum MJ;Rothberg BS;Mak DO;Foskett JK;Madesh M
通讯作者:
Madesh M
影响因子:
16
作者:
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通讯作者:
Tsai, Ming-Feng
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作者:
Musa, Sara;Eyaid, Wafaa;Ben-Omran, Tawfeg
通讯作者:
Ben-Omran, Tawfeg
影响因子:
7.7
作者:
Phillips, Charles B.;Tsai, Chen-Wei;Tsai, Ming-Feng
通讯作者:
Tsai, Ming-Feng