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ArticleCommunications biology2024

Cytosolic retention of HtrA2 during mitochondrial protein import stress triggers the DELE1-HRI pathway.

Paul Y Bi, Samuel A Killackey, Linus Schweizer, Damien Arnoult, Dana J Philpott, Stephen E Girardin

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Article in Communications biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Regulation of cellular proteostasis via mitochondrial protein import.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2026
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  5. Structural insights into HRI kinase activity and inhibition.Biochemical Society transactions · 2026
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  6. Proteolytic control of mitochondrial protein translocases.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2026
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  7. Quality control of protein import into mammalian mitochondria.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2026
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  10. Function and regulation of the mitochondrial stress response.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2026
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  17. Mitochondrial protein import stress.Nature cell biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Paul Y BiDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 1A8, Canada.
Samuel A KillackeyDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 1A8, Canada.
Linus SchweizerDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 1A8, Canada.
Damien ArnoultINSERM U1197, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Bâtiment Lavoisier, Villejuif, Cedex, 94807, France.ORCID 0000-0001-7718-1178
Dana J PhilpottDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 1A8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3238-6254
Stephen E GirardinDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 1A8, Canada. stephen.girardin@utoronto.ca.ORCID 0000-0001-9208-8879
University of Toronto · CAInserm · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondrial stress inducers such as carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenyl hydrazone (CCCP) and oligomycin trigger the DELE1-HRI branch of the integrated stress response (ISR) pathway. Previous studies performed using epitope-tagged DELE1 showed that these stresses induced the cleavage of DELE1 to DELE1-S, which stimulates HRI. Here, we report that mitochondrial protein import stress (MPIS) is an overarching stress that triggers the DELE1-HRI pathway, and that endogenous DELE1 could be cleaved into two forms, DELE1-S and DELE1-VS, the latter accumulating only upon non-depolarizing MPIS. Surprisingly, while the mitochondrial protease OMA1 was crucial for DELE1 cleavage in HeLa cells, it was dispensable in HEK293T cells, suggesting that multiple proteases may be involved in DELE1 cleavage. In support, we identified a role for the mitochondrial protease, HtrA2, in mediating DELE1 cleavage into DELE1-VS, and showed that a Parkinson's disease (PD)-associated HtrA2 mutant displayed reduced DELE1 processing ability, suggesting a novel mechanism linking PD pathogenesis to mitochondrial stress. Our data further suggest that DELE1 is likely cleaved into DELE1-S in the cytosol, while the DELE1-VS form might be generated during halted translocation into mitochondria. Together, this study identifies MPIS as the overarching stress detected by DELE1 and identifies a novel role for HtrA2 in DELE1 processing.

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MitochondriaMitochondrial ProteinsCytosolHEK293 CellsHeLa CellsHigh-Temperature Requirement A Serine Peptidase 2HumansHigh-Temperature Requirement A Serine Peptidase 2HTRA2 protein, humanMitochondrial Proteins

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PMID38555279
PMCPMC10981713
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