Ambra1 deficiency impairs mitophagy in skeletal muscle

Autor: Lisa Gambarotto, Samuele Metti, Martina Chrisam, Cristina Cerqua, Patrizia Sabatelli, Andrea Armani, Carlo Zanon, Marianna Spizzotin, Silvia Castagnaro, Flavie Strappazzon, Paolo Grumati, Matilde Cescon, Paola Braghetta, Eva Trevisson, Francesco Cecconi, Paolo Bonaldo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, Vol 13, Iss 4, Pp 2211-2224 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2190-6009
2190-5991
DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.13010
Popis: Abstract Background Maintaining healthy mitochondria is mandatory for muscle viability and function. An essential surveillance mechanism targeting defective and harmful mitochondria to degradation is the selective form of autophagy called mitophagy. Ambra1 is a multifaceted protein with well‐known autophagic and mitophagic functions. However, the study of its role in adult tissues has been extremely limited due to the embryonic lethality caused by full‐body Ambra1 deficiency. Methods To establish the role of Ambra1 as a positive regulator of mitophagy, we exploited in vivo overexpression of a mitochondria‐targeted form of Ambra1 in skeletal muscle. To dissect the consequence of Ambra1 inactivation in skeletal muscle, we generated muscle‐specific Ambra1 knockout (Ambra1fl/fl:Mlc1f‐Cre) mice. Mitochondria‐enriched fractions were obtained from muscles of fed and starved animals to investigate the dynamics of the mitophagic flux. Results Our data show that Ambra1 has a critical role in the mitophagic flux of adult murine skeletal muscle and that its genetic inactivation leads to mitochondria alterations and myofibre remodelling. Ambra1 overexpression in wild‐type muscles is sufficient to enhance mitochondria clearance through the autophagy‐lysosome system. Consistently with this, Ambra1‐deficient muscles display an abnormal accumulation of the mitochondrial marker TOMM20 by +76% (n = 6–7; P
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