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Spatial analysis of mitochondrial gene expression reveals dynamic translation hubs and remodeling in stress.

Adam Begeman, John A Smolka, Ahmad Shami, Tejashree Pradip Waingankar, Samantha C Lewis

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Adam BegemanDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5458-8610
John A SmolkaDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Ahmad ShamiDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Tejashree Pradip WaingankarDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Samantha C LewisDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6306-443X

Funding

Systems analysis of mitochondrial genome maintenance in physiological contextR35GM147218 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI Samantha C Lewis · 2022 to 2026
$2.1M
Molecular mechanisms of mtDNA inheritanceR00GM129456 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI LEWIS, SAMANTHA C · 2020 to 2022
$747k
NIGMS NIH HHS R00 GM129456NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM147218
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein- and RNA-rich bodies contribute to the spatial organization of gene expression in the cell and are also sites of quality control critical to cell fitness. In most eukaryotes, mitochondria harbor their own genome, and all steps of mitochondrial gene expression co-occur within a single compartment-the matrix. Here, we report that processed mitochondrial RNAs are consolidated into micrometer-scale translation hubs distal to mitochondrial DNA transcription and RNA processing sites in human cells. We find that, during stress, mitochondrial messenger and ribosomal RNA are sequestered in mesoscale bodies containing mitoribosome components, concurrent with suppression of active translation. Stress bodies are triggered by proteotoxic stress downstream of double-stranded RNA accumulation in cells lacking unwinding activity of the highly conserved helicase SUPV3L1/SUV3. We propose that the spatial organization of nascent polypeptide synthesis into discrete domains serves to throttle the flow of genetic information to support recovery of mitochondrial quality control.

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Gene Expression RegulationGenes, MitochondrialMitochondriaProtein BiosynthesisStress, PhysiologicalHumansRNA, MessengerRNA, MitochondrialRNA, RibosomalRNA, MessengerRNA, MitochondrialRNA, Ribosomal

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PMID40249810
PMCPMC12007585

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