Dissecting the Roles of the Nuclear and Mitochondrial Genomes in a Mouse Model of Autoimmune Diabetes.

Autor:	Zou W; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China.; Division of Human Genetics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH., Chezhian J; Department of Pediatrics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY., Yu T; Division of Human Genetics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.; Department of Pediatrics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.; Human Aging Research Institute, School of Life Science, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China., Liu W; Department of Pediatrics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY., Vu J; Department of Pediatrics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY., Slone J; Division of Human Genetics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.; Department of Pediatrics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY., Huang T; Division of Human Genetics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.; Department of Pediatrics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Diabetes [Diabetes] 2024 Jan 01; Vol. 73 (1), pp. 108-119.
DOI:	10.2337/db23-0430
Abstrakt:	Mitochondria, the organelles responsible for generating ATP in eukaryotic cells, have been previously implicated as a contributor to diabetes. However, mitochondrial proteins are encoded by both nuclear DNA (nDNA) and mtDNA. In order to better understand the relative contribution of each of these genomes to diabetes, a chimeric mitochondrial-nuclear exchange (MNX) mouse was created via pronuclear transfer carrying nDNA from a strain susceptible to type 1 diabetes (NOD/ShiLtJ) and mtDNA from nondiabetic C57BL/6J mice. Inheritance of the resulting heteroplasmic mtDNA mixture was then tracked across multiple generations, showing that offspring heteroplasmy generally followed that of the mother, with occasional large shifts consistent with an mtDNA bottleneck in the germ line. In addition, survival and incidence of diabetes in MNX mice were tracked and compared with those in unaltered NOD/ShiLtJ control mice. The results indicated improved survival and a delay in diabetes onset in the MNX mice, demonstrating that mtDNA has a critical influence on disease phenotype. Finally, enzyme activity assays showed that the NOD/ShiLtJ mice had significant hyperactivity of complex I of the electron transport chain relative to MNX mice, suggesting that a particular mtDNA variant (m.9461T>C) may be responsible for disease causation in the original NOD/ShiLtJ strain. Article Highlights: Mitochondria have been previously implicated in diabetes, but the specific genetic factors remain unclear. To better understand the contributions of mitochondrial genes in nuclear DNA (nDNA) versus mtDNA, we created mitochondrial-nuclear exchange (MNX) mice carrying nDNA from a diabetic strain and mtDNA from nondiabetic mice. Long-term tracking of MNX mice showed occasional large shifts in heteroplasmy consistent with an mtDNA bottleneck in the germ line. In addition, the MNX mice showed improved survival and delayed incidence of diabetes relative to the unaltered diabetic mice, which appeared to be linked to the activity of respiratory complex I. (© 2023 by the American Diabetes Association.)
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