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Functional characterization of a Drosophila melanogaster mitochondrial deoxynucleotide transporter dRIM2.

ABSTRACT: We have studied the deoxynucleotide transport in Drosophila melanogaster. On the basis of homology with the S. cerevisiae RIM2 gene, encoding a pyrimidine deoxynucleotide carrier (Marrobbio et al. 2006), the CG18317 gene (dRIM2) in the fruit fly may code for a deoxynucleotide carrier. We demonstrated that Drosophila S2R+ cells, silenced for the dRIM2 expression, had a marked defect in the amounts of all mitochondrial dNTPs, both purines and pyrimidines. In vivo dRIM2 homozygous knockout produced a larval lethal phenotype. dRIM2-/- larvae showed (i) impairments in the locomotor behavior, (ii) a decrease in the rates of oxygen consumption and (iii) a depletion of the mtDNA. Following a detailed morphological characterization carried out in dRIM2-/- larvae evidenced an ongoing mitochondrial biogenesis accompanied by an alteration of mitochondria shaping. Additionally, the role of dRIM2 in the purine and pyrimidine metabolism was supported by a microarray analysis. We conclude that dRIM2 is a Drosophila deoxynucleotide carrier, essential for maintaining the mitochondrial functionality. Gene expression profiling was carried out on dRIM-/- and dRIM+/- Drosophila larvae using the Drosophila 1.0 custom platform (Agilent). Total RNA was obtained from the whole body of 3rd instar larvae for each genotype. Four and three biological replicates were analyzed for dRIM-/- and dRIM+/- samples respectively for a total of 7 microarray experiments.

ORGANISM(S): Drosophila melanogaster

SUBMITTER: Cristiano De Pitta

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-48012 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Functional characterization of drim2, the Drosophila melanogaster homolog of the yeast mitochondrial deoxynucleotide transporter.

Da-Rè Caterina C Franzolin Elisa E Biscontin Alberto A Piazzesi Antonia A Pacchioni Beniamina B Gagliani Maria Cristina MC Mazzotta Gabriella G Tacchetti Carlo C Zordan Mauro A MA Zeviani Massimo M Bernardi Paolo P Bianchi Vera V De Pittà Cristiano C Costa Rodolfo R

The Journal of biological chemistry 20140127 11

The CG18317 gene (drim2) is the Drosophila melanogaster homolog of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rim2 gene, which encodes a pyrimidine (deoxy)nucleotide carrier. Here, we tested if the drim2 gene also encodes for a deoxynucleotide transporter in the fruit fly. The protein was localized to mitochondria. Drosophila S2R(+) cells, silenced for drim2 expression, contained markedly reduced pools of both purine and pyrimidine dNTPs in mitochondria, whereas cytosolic pools were unaffected. In vivo drim2 ...[more]

PMID: 24469456

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Functional characterization of a Drosophila melanogaster mitochondrial deoxynucleotide transporter dRIM2.

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Functional characterization of drim2, the Drosophila melanogaster homolog of the yeast mitochondrial deoxynucleotide transporter.

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