Contact sites between endoplasmic reticulum sheets and mitochondria regulate mitochondrial DNA replication and segregation

Autor: Hema Saranya Ilamathi, Sara Benhammouda, Amel Lounas, Khalid Al-Naemi, Justine Desrochers-Goyette, Matthew A. Lines, François J. Richard, Jackie Vogel, Marc Germain
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: iScience, Vol 26, Iss 7, Pp 107180- (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2589-0042
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107180
Popis: Summary: Mitochondria are multifaceted organelles crucial for cellular homeostasis that contain their own genome. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) replication is a spatially regulated process essential for the maintenance of mitochondrial function, its defect causing mitochondrial diseases. mtDNA replication occurs at endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-mitochondria contact sites and is affected by mitochondrial dynamics: The absence of mitochondrial fusion is associated with mtDNA depletion whereas loss of mitochondrial fission causes the aggregation of mtDNA within abnormal structures termed mitobulbs. Here, we show that contact sites between mitochondria and ER sheets, the ER structure associated with protein synthesis, regulate mtDNA replication and distribution within mitochondrial networks. DRP1 loss or mutation leads to modified ER sheets and alters the interaction between ER sheets and mitochondria, disrupting RRBP1-SYNJ2BP interaction. Importantly, mtDNA distribution and replication were rescued by promoting ER sheets-mitochondria contact sites. Our work identifies the role of ER sheet-mitochondria contact sites in regulating mtDNA replication and distribution.
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