Project description:Defects of mitochondrial functions lead in humans to vast array of usually multisystemic pathologies and several hundreds of diseases resulting from various defects of mitochondria biogenesis and maintenance, defects of respiratory chain complexes (OXPHOS) or defects of individual mitochondrial proteins are known. We used Agilent Whole Human Genome Microarray for gene expression profiling of genetically heterogeneous group of 13 patients with biochemically proven ATP synthase deficiency. Gene expression data analysis allowed classification of patients into several distinct groups, provided information on subgroup and patient specific gene expression profiles, defined candidate disease causing genes and gave basic information on pathogenic mechanisms associated with ATP synthase deficiency. Keywords: ATP synthase, mitochondrial biogenesis, ROS, gene expression, microarray, human Two-condition experiment, patients vs. controls cells. Biological replicates: 9 control, 13 patients, independently grown and harvested.
Project description:Defects of mitochondrial functions lead in humans to vast array of usually multisystemic pathologies and several hundreds of diseases resulting from various defects of mitochondria biogenesis and maintenance, defects of respiratory chain complexes (OXPHOS) or defects of individual mitochondrial proteins are known. We used Agilent Whole Human Genome Microarray for gene expression profiling of genetically heterogeneous group of 13 patients with biochemically proven ATP synthase deficiency. Gene expression data analysis allowed classification of patients into several distinct groups, provided information on subgroup and patient specific gene expression profiles, defined candidate disease causing genes and gave basic information on pathogenic mechanisms associated with ATP synthase deficiency. Keywords: ATP synthase, mitochondrial biogenesis, ROS, gene expression, microarray, human
Project description:Defects of mitochondrial functions lead in humans to vast array of usually multisystemic pathologies and several hundreds of diseases resulting from various defects of mitochondria biogenesis and maintenance, defects of respiratory chain complexes (OXPHOS) or defects of individual mitochondrial proteins are known. To strengthen diagnostic work-up for various mitopathies we designed focused oligonucleotide microarray which allows expression profiling of 1632 human mitochondria related genes and tested its performance in analysis of genetically heterogeneous group of 13 patients with biochemically proven ATP synthase deficiency. Gene expression data analysis allowed classification of patients into several distinct groups, provided information on subgroup and patient specific gene expression profiles, defined candidate disease causing genes and gave basic information on pathogenic mechanisms associated with ATP synthase deficiency. Two-condition experiment, patients vs. controls cells. Biological replicates: 9 control, 13 patients, independently grown and harvested. Two replicates per array.
Project description:Defects of mitochondrial functions lead in humans to vast array of usually multisystemic pathologies and several hundreds of diseases resulting from various defects of mitochondria biogenesis and maintenance, defects of respiratory chain complexes (OXPHOS) or defects of individual mitochondrial proteins are known. To strengthen diagnostic work-up for various mitopathies we designed focused oligonucleotide microarray which allows expression profiling of 1632 human mitochondria related genes and tested its performance in analysis of genetically heterogeneous group of 13 patients with biochemically proven ATP synthase deficiency. Gene expression data analysis allowed classification of patients into several distinct groups, provided information on subgroup and patient specific gene expression profiles, defined candidate disease causing genes and gave basic information on pathogenic mechanisms associated with ATP synthase deficiency. Keywords: ATP synthase, mitochondrial biogenesis, ROS, gene expression, microarray, human
Project description:TMEM70 (transmembrane protein 70), a 21 kDa protein localized in the inner mitochondrial membrane, facilitates the biogenesis of mammalian F1Fo ATP synthase. Mutations of Tmem70 gene represent most frequent cause of isolated deficiency of human ATP synthase resulting in a severe, often fatal neonatal mitochondrial encephalo-cardiomyopathy. Contrary to humans, targeting of Tmem70 results in embryonic lethality in both mice and rats. In the current study, we tested effects of downregulation of the Tmem70 gene on gene transcription in the SHR (spontaneously hypertensive rat) heterozygotes.We performed gene expression profiling in the liver and found differentially expressed genes involved in innate imunity (RT1-T24-4, RT1-N3, RT1-CE5, Cd36, Marco, Socs3) and regulation of oxidative phosphorylation (Cdk1, Ccna2, Slc25a3).
Project description:<p>BRCA1 mutations are a hallmark of hereditary ovarian cancer, strongly linked to deficiencies in homologous recombination (HR) DNA repair and impaired DNA replication fork protection. However, its roles in cancer progression beyond maintaining genomic integrity remain poorly understood. Through metabolomics approaches, we found BRCA1-deficiency strikingly increased choline metabolism. Loss of BRCA1 promotes choline uptake through upregulating choline transporter-like protein 4 (CTL4). BRCA1 directly binds and recruits EZH2-mediated H3K27Me3 deposition to CTL4 promoter. CTL4 was therefore overexpressed in ovarian cancer tissues with BRCA1 mutations. Furthermore, BRCA1-deficiency significantly promotes ovarian cancer invasion, while inhibition of CTL4 reverses the high metastatic potential of BRCA1-deficient ovarian cancer cells, suggesting the functionality and specificity of CTL4 as a therapeutic target. Additionally, we discovered that phosphocholine, the choline metabolite increased by CTL4 overexpression, interacted with and stabilized the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition inducer FAM3C in BRCA1-deficient ovarian cancer cells. Importantly, we identified a potent CTL4 inhibitor, DT-13, which significantly reduces choline metabolism and effectively suppresses metastasis in BRCA1-deficient ovarian cancers. Therefore, our study uncovers a mechanism underlying metastasis in BRCA1-deficient cancers and identifies CTL4 as a therapeutic target for metastatic ovarian cancer patients with BRCA1 mutations.</p>
Project description:Mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) comprises a series of multi-subunit protein complexes that operate in coordination with the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle to generate ATP. Although these systems are metabolically interconnected, complex II is generally regarded as the only direct structural link between the OXPHOS and TCA cycle. Here, we combine in-solution crosslinking mass-spectrometry (XL-MS), quantitative proteomics, and blue native PAGE (BN-PAGE) to explore how ATP synthase (complex V) integrates within the mitochondrial metabolic network under physiological and pathological conditions. We demonstrate that in murine wild-type hearts, the F₁ catalytic head of ATP synthase forms extensive contacts with TCA cycle enzymes, establishing a previously unanticipated link between the OXPHOS and central carbon metabolism. We also found that under mitochondrial dysfunction, in this case Lrpprc-deficient hearts, where defective mitochondrial gene expression destabilizes ATP synthase, these interactions become strengthened. Moreover, ATP synthase dysfunction promotes binding of the ATPase inhibitory factor 1 (ATIF1) to the F₁ head via its N-terminal inhibitory region, shifting the ATP synthase toward an energy-preserving state. Together, our findings show that ATP synthase deficiency drives remodeling of the F₁ interactome, revealing how mitochondrial structure and regulation adapt to preserve energy homeostasis under stress.
Project description:Gene expression profiling of immortalized human mesenchymal stem cells with hTERT/E6/E7 transfected MSCs. hTERT may change gene expression in MSCs. Goal was to determine the gene expressions of immortalized MSCs.
Project description:The goal of this analysis was to profile the gene expression signatures associated to different neuronal doses of IF1. The mitochondrial ATP synthase produces ATP by oxidative phosphorylation and integrates different signals to regulate cellular functions and fate. The ATPase inhibitory factor 1 (IF1) is a structurally-disordered protein that inhibits the ATP synthase, contributing to metabolic reprogramming and signalling through mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (mtROS). mtROS regulate kinases and transcription factors in mitohormetic responses that favour adaptation to toxic insults. IF1 is tissue-specifically expressed and in human and mouse brain is in molar excess over the ATP synthase. Herein, we have used genetic approaches to ablate or overexpress IF1 in neurons to investigate its role in brain functions. IF1 inhibits a fraction of the ATP synthase under physiological conditions and regulates respiration, mtROS production and mitochondrial structure. Transcriptomic, proteomic and metabolomic analyses indicate that IF1 regulates synaptic transmission and cognition. Ablation of IF1 impairs short-term memory whereas IF1 overexpression increases basal synaptic transmission and learning by mtROS-dependent activation of the extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1/2 (ERK 1/2). Overall, we show that IF1 dose plays a fundamental role in the regulation of neuronal function by controlling the fraction of inhibited ATP synthase that acts as source of mitohormetic mtROS, further emphasizing the ATP synthase/IF1 as promising targets to treat cognitive disorders.