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Here, we used ''Saccharomyces cerevisiae'', subjected to conditions that affect mitochondrial metabolism, as a model to determine the possible role of cardiolipin in stress adaptation. Interestingly, we found that thermal stress promotes an increase in cardiolipin content, modifying both surface charge and the physical state of mt-membranes. These changes have effects on mtDNA segregation and mt-morphology, thus adapting cells to thermal stress. Conversely, since a cardiolipin synthase-null mutant strain is unable to adapt to thermal stress, this effect is cardiolipin-dependent. Interestingly, we found that the loss of cardiolipin specifically affects the segregation of mtDNA to daughter cells, leading to a respiratory deficient phenotype after replication. Furthermore, we provide evidence for a physical interaction between cardiolipin and the mitochondrial nucleoid. | |||
In summary, our results demonstrate that the mitochondrial lipid cardiolipin is a key determinant in the maintenance of mtDNA stability, morphology and segregation. | |||
Funded by: FAPESP, CNPq and NAP-Redoxoma. | |||
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Dep Bioquímica, Inst Química, Univ São Paulo, Brazil. - [email protected] | Dep Bioquímica, Inst Química, Univ São Paulo, Brazil. - [email protected] | ||
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MiP2014, Book of Abstracts Open Access
Luévano-Martínez LA, Forni FM, dos Santos VT, Souza-Pinto NC, Kowaltowski AJ (2014)
Event: MiP2014
Mitochondria play a key role in adapting to stress. Cardiolipin, the main anionic phospholipid in mitochondrial (mt) membranes, is expected to be a determinant in this adaptive mechanism, since it modulates the activity of most membrane proteins.
Here, we used Saccharomyces cerevisiae, subjected to conditions that affect mitochondrial metabolism, as a model to determine the possible role of cardiolipin in stress adaptation. Interestingly, we found that thermal stress promotes an increase in cardiolipin content, modifying both surface charge and the physical state of mt-membranes. These changes have effects on mtDNA segregation and mt-morphology, thus adapting cells to thermal stress. Conversely, since a cardiolipin synthase-null mutant strain is unable to adapt to thermal stress, this effect is cardiolipin-dependent. Interestingly, we found that the loss of cardiolipin specifically affects the segregation of mtDNA to daughter cells, leading to a respiratory deficient phenotype after replication. Furthermore, we provide evidence for a physical interaction between cardiolipin and the mitochondrial nucleoid.
In summary, our results demonstrate that the mitochondrial lipid cardiolipin is a key determinant in the maintenance of mtDNA stability, morphology and segregation.
Funded by: FAPESP, CNPq and NAP-Redoxoma.
Labels: MiParea: Respiration, mt-Membrane, mtDNA;mt-genetics
Stress:Temperature Organism: Saccharomyces cerevisiae
HRR: Oxygraph-2k
MiP2014
Affiliation
Dep Bioquímica, Inst Química, Univ São Paulo, Brazil. - [email protected]
