Stable transplantation of human mitochondrial DNA by high-throughput, pressurized isolated mitochondrial delivery
- UCLA, United States
- NanoCav, LLC, NantBio, Inc, and ImmunityBio, Inc, United States
- NanoCav, LLC, NantBio, Inc, and ImmunityBio, Inc, and NantOmics, LLC, United States
Abstract
Generating mammalian cells with specific mtDNA-nDNA combinations is desirable but difficult to achieve and would be enabling for studies of mitochondrial-nuclear communication and coordination in controlling cell fates and functions. We developed 'MitoPunch', a pressure-driven mitochondrial transfer device, to deliver isolated mitochondria into numerous target mammalian cells simultaneously. MitoPunch and MitoCeption, a previously described force-based mitochondrial transfer approach, both yield stable isolated mitochondrial recipient (SIMR) cells that permanently retain exogenous mtDNA, whereas coincubation of mitochondria with cells does not yield SIMR cells. Although a typical MitoPunch or MitoCeption delivery results in dozens of immortalized SIMR clones with restored oxidative phosphorylation, only MitoPunch can produce replication-limited, non-immortal human SIMR clones. The MitoPunch device is versatile, inexpensive to assemble, and easy to use for engineering mtDNA-nDNA combinations to enable fundamental studies and potential translational applications.
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Figure 1-source data 1. Numerical simulation of MitoPunch pressure generation during mitochondrial delivery. Cited in the legend of Figure 1.
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National Institutes of Health (T32CA009120)
- Alexander J Sercel
- Alexander N Patananan
National Institutes of Health (R21CA227480)
- Michael A Teitell
National Institutes of Health (P30CA016042)
- Michael A Teitell
CIRM (RT3-07678)
- Michael A Teitell
National Institutes of Health (T32GM007185)
- Alexander J Sercel
American Heart Association (18POST34080342)
- Alexander N Patananan
National Institutes of Health (T32GM008042)
- Amy K Yu
National Science Foundation (CBET 1404080)
- Pei-Yu Chiou
National Institutes of Health (R01GM114188)
- Pei-Yu Chiou
- Michael A Teitell
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (FA9550-15-1-0406)
- Pei-Yu Chiou
- Michael A Teitell
National Institutes of Health (R01GM073981)
- Michael A Teitell
National Institutes of Health (R01CA185189)
- Michael A Teitell
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.
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© 2021, Sercel et al.
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Stable transplantation of human mitochondrial DNA by high-throughput, pressurized isolated mitochondrial delivery
eLife 10:e63102.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.63102
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