Mitochondrial mRNA localization is governed by translation kinetics and spatial transport.
Mitochondrial mRNA localization is governed by translation kinetics and spatial transport.
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线粒体mRNA定位由翻译动力学和空间运输控制。
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010413
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发表时间:
2022-08
影响因子:
4.3
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For many nuclear-encoded mitochondrial genes, mRNA localizes to the mitochondrial surface co-translationally, aided by the association of a mitochondrial targeting sequence (MTS) on the nascent peptide with the mitochondrial import complex. For a subset of these co-translationally localized mRNAs, their localization is dependent on the metabolic state of the cell, while others are constitutively localized. To explore the differences between these two mRNA types we developed a stochastic, quantitative model for MTS-mediated mRNA localization to mitochondria in yeast cells. This model includes translation, applying gene-specific kinetics derived from experimental data; and diffusion in the cytosol. Even though both mRNA types are co-translationally localized we found that the steady state number, or density, of ribosomes along an mRNA was insufficient to differentiate the two mRNA types. Instead, conditionally-localized mRNAs have faster translation kinetics which modulate localization in combination with changes to diffusive search kinetics across metabolic states. Our model also suggests that the MTS requires a maturation time to become competent to bind mitochondria. Our work indicates that yeast cells can regulate mRNA localization to mitochondria by controlling mitochondrial volume fraction (influencing diffusive search times) and gene translation kinetics (adjusting mRNA binding competence) without the need for mRNA-specific binding proteins. These results shed light on both global and gene-specific mechanisms that enable cells to alter mRNA localization in response to changing metabolic conditions. Mitochondria are important generators of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the energy currency of the cell. In the brewer’s yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, cells can switch ATP generation towards or away from mitochondria depending on the environment. Understanding how cells carry out this switch of mitochondrial function may provide insight into the loss of mitochondrial function, a hallmark of many age-related diseases. Many mRNAs that encode mitochondrial proteins are synthesized in the nucleus, but become localized to the mitochondrial surface during protein production. While some of these mRNAs always localize to the mitochondria, others do so only in response to certain food sources driving energy production. In this study we created a mathematical model of mRNA localization to the mitochondria to understand what factors differentiate these two mRNA classes. Our analysis implicates protein translation kinetics as well as the mitochondrial volume as the key factors that control whether mRNA localize to mitochondria. This work provides insight into how global alteration in mitochondrial content and gene-specific modulation of protein synthesis kinetics can couple together to adjust mRNA localization and potentially mitochondrial function.
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影响因子:
9.8
作者:
Charneski CA;Hurst LD
通讯作者:
Hurst LD
DOI:
10.1083/jcb.201708044
发表时间:
2018-04-02
期刊:
The Journal of cell biology
影响因子:
--
作者:
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通讯作者:
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影响因子:
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作者:
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通讯作者:
Morris, Richard J.
影响因子:
5.7
作者:
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通讯作者:
Schuman, Erin M.
影响因子:
64.8
作者:
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通讯作者:
Churchman LS