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ArticleFASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology2020

Disruption of mitochondrial dynamics increases stress resistance through activation of multiple stress response pathways.

Emily Machiela, Thomas Liontis, Dylan J Dues, Paige D Rudich, Annika Traa, Leslie Wyman, Corah Kaufman, Jason F Cooper, Leira Lew, Saravanapriah Nadarajan and 2 more

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Article in FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Emily MachielaLaboratory of Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease, Center for Neurodegenerative Science, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
Thomas LiontisDepartment of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Dylan J DuesLaboratory of Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease, Center for Neurodegenerative Science, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
Paige D RudichDepartment of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Annika TraaDepartment of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Leslie WymanLaboratory of Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease, Center for Neurodegenerative Science, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
Corah KaufmanLaboratory of Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease, Center for Neurodegenerative Science, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
Jason F CooperLaboratory of Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease, Center for Neurodegenerative Science, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
Leira LewLaboratory of Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease, Center for Neurodegenerative Science, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
Saravanapriah NadarajanDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Megan M SenchukLaboratory of Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease, Center for Neurodegenerative Science, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
Jeremy M Van RaamsdonkLaboratory of Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease, Center for Neurodegenerative Science, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
Van Andel Institute · USMcGill University · CAHarvard University · US

Funding

Enhancing and expanding the CGC Strain CollectionP40OD010440 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI Ann E. Rougvie · 2012 to 2026
$7.5M
Molecular mechanisms by which mild elevation of mitochondrial superoxide extends lifespanR01GM121756 · NIGMS · VAN ANDEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI VAN RAAMSDONK, JEREMY MICHAEL · 2017 to 2021
$1.3M
CIHRNIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM121756NIH HHS P40 OD010440
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondria are dynamic organelles that can change shape and size depending on the needs of the cell through the processes of mitochondrial fission and fusion. In this work, we investigated the role of mitochondrial dynamics in organismal stress response. By using C. elegans as a genetic model, we could visualize mitochondrial morphology in a live organism with well-established stress assays and well-characterized stress response pathways. We found that disrupting mitochondrial fission (DRP1/drp-1) or fusion (OPA1/eat-3, MFN/fzo-1) genes caused alterations in mitochondrial morphology that impacted both mitochondrial function and physiologic rates. While both mitochondrial fission and mitochondrial fusion mutants showed increased sensitivity to osmotic stress and anoxia, surprisingly we found that the mitochondrial fusion mutants eat-3 and fzo-1 are more resistant to both heat stress and oxidative stress. In exploring the mechanism of increased stress resistance, we found that disruption of mitochondrial fusion genes resulted in the upregulation of multiple stress response pathways. Overall, this work demonstrates that disrupting mitochondrial dynamics can have opposite effects on resistance to different types of stress. Our results suggest that disruption of mitochondrial fusion activates multiple stress response pathways that enhance resistance to specific stresses.

Indexed as

AnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsDynaminsGTP PhosphohydrolasesMitochondriaMitochondrial DynamicsMitochondrial ProteinsOrganellesOxidative StressStress, PhysiologicalCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsDynaminsEAT-3 protein, C elegansFZO-1 protein, C elegansGTP PhosphohydrolasesMitochondrial ProteinsC. elegansgeneticsmitochondriamitochondrial dynamicsstress resistance

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PMID32385951
PMCPMC7313680
OpenAlexW3022740829

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