APOE expression and secretion are modulated by mitochondrial dysfunction

  1. Meghan E Wynne
  2. Oluwaseun Ogunbona
  3. Alicia R Lane
  4. Avanti Gokhale
  5. Stephanie A Zlatic
  6. Chongchong Xu
  7. Zhexing Wen
  8. Duc M Duong
  9. Sruti Rayaprolu
  10. Anna Ivanova
  11. Eric A Ortlund
  12. Eric B Dammer
  13. Nicholas T Seyfried
  14. Blaine R Roberts
  15. Amanda Crocker
  16. Vinit Shanbhag
  17. Michael Petris
  18. Nanami Senoo
  19. Selvaraju Kandasamy
  20. Steven Michael Claypool
  21. Antoni Barrientos
  22. Aliza Wingo
  23. Thomas S Wingo
  24. Srikant Rangaraju
  25. Allan I Levey
  26. Erica Werner  Is a corresponding author
  27. Victor Faundez  Is a corresponding author
  1. Department of Cell Biology, Emory University, United States
  2. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, United States
  3. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, United States
  4. Department of Neurology and Human Genetics, Emory University, United States
  5. Department of Biochemistry, Emory University, United States
  6. Program in Neuroscience, Middlebury College, United States
  7. Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, United States
  8. Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University, United States
  9. Department of Neurology and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Miami, United States
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The secreted and mitochondrial proteomes are Modified by Inner Mitochondrial Membrane Transporter Mutants.

(A) Cell number determinations of wild-type (columns 1–4) and SLC25A1-null HAP1 cells (SLC25A1Δ, columns 5–8) grown in the presence of conditioned media from each genotype. Conditioned media was …

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APOE transcripts and protein are upregulated independent from cholesterol levels in SLC25A1 and SLC25A4 mutants.

(A) MesoScale electrochemiluminescence solid phase ELISA determinations of human APOE in wild-type (column 1), SLC25A1Δ (columns 2 and 3), and SLC25A4Δ (column 4) HAP1 mutant cell lysates and …

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Effects of diverse mon-mitochondrial inhibitors on APOE expression and secretion.
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The integrity of respiratory chain complex I is required to control APOE expression.

(A) Expression of respiratory complex subunits in wild-type and SLC25A1Δ HAP1 cells quantified by TMT mass spectrometry. Kendal Tau hierarchical clustering analysis. (B) Immunoblots with OxPhos …

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SLC25A4 null HAP1 cells disrupt complex III and increase expression of APOE.

(A) Expression of respiratory complex subunits in wild-type and SLC25A4Δ HAP1 cells quantified by TMT mass spectrometry. Kendal Tau hierarchical clustering analysis. (B) Blue native electrophoresis …

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Effects of inhibitors of the electron transport chain on APOE levels.
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Interactions between SLC25A1 and NDUFS3.

(A) Proximity ligation map of interactions shared between SLC25A1 and NDUFS3. (B) SLC25A1-FLAG expressing SH-SY5Y cell lysates were immunoprecipitated with magnetic beads alone (lane 1) or FLAG …

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Robustness and redundancy of adenine nucleotide translocators regulating APOE expression.

(A) Volcano plots of TMT proteomic data from wild-type HEK293 cells (n=4), SLC25A4Δ/Δ and triple knock-out SLC25A4,5,6Δ/Δ (B, n=4), depicted are log10 p values and log2 fold of change. (B). Venn …

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SLC25A4 null HAP1 cells disrupt complex III and increase expression of APOE.
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Direct and indirect disruption of complex IV increases APOE expression.

(A) Direct (COX17-20, HIGD1A) and indirect (SLC25A3, SLC31A1, ATP7A) mechanisms required for complex IV assembly. (B) MesoScale ELISA determinations of human APOE in wild-type and HEK293 cell clones …

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Total cellular copper in wild type and diverse mutant cells.
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Upregulation of APOE expression and secretion in SLC25A20 mutant cells.

(A) qRT-PCR quantification of SLC25A20 and housekeeping control genes (PCBP1 and RER1) in wild-type and SLC25A20Δ mutant cells. Average ± SEM, One-way ANOVA followed by Dunnett’s multiple …

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Extracellular acidification rate (ECAR) in wild-type and diverse mutant cells.

(A) ECAR was measured by Seahorse stress test in wild-type and mutant HAP1, SH-SY5Y, and HEK293 cells. Arrows mark the sequential addition of oligomycin, FCCP, and rotenone-antimycin during the …

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Citrate effects on APOE expression in HAP1 cells.

(A) Diagram of citrate pathways and genes studied. (B) Fireworks analysis of co-essentiality genes to identify genes connected to ACLY (Amici et al., 2021). Green denote hubs and purple marks …

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AMPK, mitochondrial stress, and redox responses in wild type and SLC25A1Δ HAP1 cells.

(A) Activity of AMPK in wild-type (lanes 1–2) and SLC25A1Δ (lanes 3–4) HAP1 cells was assessed with antibodies against AMPK, phospho-AMPK, and SLC25A1. Cells were treated with AICAR at 0.4 mM …

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APOE expression is increased in human astrocytes after complex III inhibition.

(A) MesoScale ELISA determinations of human APOE in wild-type iPSC-derived human neurons and astrocytes treated with vehicle or 40–80 nM antimycin for 48 h. APOE determinations were performed in …

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Human iPSC astrocytes treated with antimycin differ in their gene expression as compared to A1 astrocytes.
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Correlative studies of APOE expression and electron transport chain subunits in an Alzheimer’s mouse model and aging humans.

(A) Protein expression similarity matrix of APOE, complexes I to V (CI-CV) of the electron transport chain, and transporters of the SLC25A family in wild-type and 5xFAD mouse models. Data were …

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Interactions between SLC25A1 and NDUFS3 and neuronal ontology annotated genes downregulated in SLC25A1 mutant cells.

qRT-PCR quantification of neuronal ontology annotated genes and housekeeping controls (TBP and RPS20) in wild-type and SLC25A1 mutant HAP1 and SH-SY5Y cells. Average ± SEM, One-way ANOVA followed by …

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