Selective sorting and destruction of mitochondrial membrane proteins in aged yeast

  1. Adam L Hughes  Is a corresponding author
  2. Casey E Hughes
  3. Kiersten A Henderson
  4. Nina Yazvenko
  5. Daniel E Gottschling  Is a corresponding author
  1. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, United States
  2. University of Utah School of Medicine, United States

Abstract

Mitochondrial dysfunction is a hallmark of aging, and underlies the development of many diseases. Cells maintain mitochondrial homeostasis through a number of pathways that remodel the mitochondrial proteome or alter mitochondrial content during times of stress or metabolic adaptation. Here, using yeast as a model system, we identify a new mitochondrial degradation system that remodels the mitochondrial proteome of aged cells. Unlike many common mitochondrial degradation pathways, this system selectively removes a subset of membrane proteins from the mitochondrial inner and outer membranes, while leaving the remainder of the organelle intact. Selective removal of preexisting proteins is achieved by sorting into a mitochondrial-derived compartment, or MDC, followed by release through mitochondrial fission and elimination by autophagy. Formation of MDCs requires the import receptors Tom70/71, and failure to form these structures exacerbates preexisting mitochondrial dysfunction, suggesting that the MDC pathway provides protection to mitochondria in times of stress.

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  1. Adam L Hughes

    Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, United States
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    hughes@biochem.utah.edu
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  2. Casey E Hughes

    Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, United States
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  3. Kiersten A Henderson

    Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, United States
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  4. Nina Yazvenko

    Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, United States
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  5. Daniel E Gottschling

    Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, United States
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    dang@calicolabs.com
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© 2016, Hughes et al.

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  1. Adam L Hughes
  2. Casey E Hughes
  3. Kiersten A Henderson
  4. Nina Yazvenko
  5. Daniel E Gottschling
(2016)
Selective sorting and destruction of mitochondrial membrane proteins in aged yeast
eLife 5:e13943.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.13943

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