Carla Koehler: Small TIMs are a big deal

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Koehler is investigating the mechanisms of mitochondrial protein and RNA import.

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Koehler is investigating the mechanisms of mitochondrial protein and RNA import.

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Correcting human mitochondrial mutations with targeted RNA import.

Eriko Shimada, Christopher Hong, Michael A. Teitell … (2012)

Mutations in the human mitochondrial genome are implicated in neuromuscular diseases, metabolic defects, and aging. An efficient and simple mechanism for neutralizing deleterious mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) alterations has unfortunately remained elusive. Here, we report that a 20-ribonucleotide stem-loop sequence from the H1 RNA, the RNA component of the human RNase P enzyme, appended to a nonimported RNA directs the import of the resultant RNA fusion transcript into human mitochondria. The methodology is effective for both noncoding RNAs, such as tRNAs, and mRNAs. The RNA import component, polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPASE), facilitates transfer of this hybrid RNA into the mitochondrial matrix. In addition, nucleus-encoded mRNAs for mitochondrial proteins, such as the mRNA of human mitochondrial ribosomal protein S12 (MRPS12), contain regulatory sequences in their 3'-untranslated region (UTR) that confers localization to the mitochondrial outer membrane, which is postulated to aid in protein translocation after translation. We show that for some mitochondrial-encoded transcripts, such as COX2, a 3'-UTR localization sequence is not required for mRNA import, whereas for corrective mitochondrial-encoded tRNAs, appending the 3'-UTR localization sequence was essential for efficient fusion-transcript translocation into mitochondria. In vivo, functional defects in mitochondrial RNA (mtRNA) translation and cell respiration were reversed in two human disease lines. Thus, this study indicates that a wide range of RNAs can be targeted to mitochondria by appending a targeting sequence that interacts with PNPASE, with or without a mitochondrial localization sequence, providing an exciting, general approach for overcoming mitochondrial genetic disorders.

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Substrate specificity of the TIM22 mitochondrial import pathway revealed with small molecule inhibitor of protein translocation.

Adam Walker, Raymond Koehler, R J Glavin … (2010)

The TIM22 protein import pathway mediates the import of membrane proteins into the mitochondrial inner membrane and consists of two intermembrane space chaperone complexes, the Tim9-Tim10 and Tim8-Tim13 complexes. To facilitate mechanistic studies, we developed a chemical-genetic approach to identify small molecule agonists that caused lethality to a tim10-1 yeast mutant at the permissive temperature. One molecule, MitoBloCK-1, attenuated the import of the carrier proteins including the ADP/ATP and phosphate carriers, but not proteins that used the TIM23 or the Mia40/Erv1 translocation pathways. MitoBloCK-1 impeded binding of the Tim9-Tim10 complex to the substrate during an early stage of translocation, when the substrate was crossing the outer membrane. As a probe to determine the substrate specificity of the small Tim proteins, MitoBloCK-1 impaired the import of Tim22 and Tafazzin, but not Tim23, indicating that the Tim9-Tim10 complex mediates the import of a subset of inner membrane proteins. MitoBloCK-1 also inhibited growth of mammalian cells and import of the ADP/ATP carrier, but not TIM23 substrates, confirming that MitoBloCK-1 can be used to understand mammalian mitochondrial import and dysfunction linked to inherited human disease. Our approach of screening chemical libraries for compounds causing synthetic genetic lethality to identify inhibitors of mitochondrial protein translocation in yeast validates the generation of new probes to facilitate mechanistic studies in yeast and mammalian mitochondria.

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The role of Hot13p and redox chemistry in the mitochondrial TIM22 import pathway.

Raymond Koehler, Danielle Leuenberger, Kristen N Beverly … (2004)

The small Tim proteins in the mitochondrial intermembrane space participate in the TIM22 import pathway for assembly of the inner membrane. Assembly of the small TIM complexes requires the conserved "twin CX3C" motif that forms juxtapositional intramolecular disulfide bonds. Here we identify a new intermembrane space protein, Hot13p, as the first component of a pathway that mediates assembly of the small TIM complexes. The small Tim proteins require Hot13p for assembly into a 70-kDa complex in the intermembrane space. Once assembled the small TIM complexes escort hydrophobic inner membrane proteins en route to the TIM22 complex. The mechanism by which the small Tim proteins bind and release substrate is not understood, and we investigated the affect of oxidant/reductant treatment on the TIM22 import pathway. With in organello import studies, oxidizing agents arrest the ADP/ATP carrier (AAC) bound to the Tim9p-Tim10p complex in the intermembrane space; this productive intermediate can be chased into the inner membrane upon subsequent treatment with reductant. Moreover, AAC import is markedly decreased by oxidant treatment in Deltahot13 mitochondria and improved when Hot13p is overexpressed, suggesting Hot13p may function to remodel the small TIM complexes during import. Together these results suggest that the small TIM complexes have a specialized assembly pathway in the intermembrane space and that the local redox state of the TIM complexes may mediate translocation of inner membrane proteins.

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): J Cell Biol

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J. Cell Biol

Journal ID (hwp): jcb

Title: The Journal of Cell Biology

Publisher: The Rockefeller University Press

ISSN (Print): 0021-9525

ISSN (Electronic): 1540-8140

Publication date (Print): 29 April 2013

Volume: 201

Issue: 3

Pages: 358-359

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Text and Interview by Caitlin Sedwick

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Publisher ID: 2013pi

DOI: 10.1083/jcb.2013pi

PMC ID: 3639390

PubMed ID: 23629962

SO-VID: 271d66fb-70b3-4d1b-bac3-ddfe4a7f6743

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Correcting human mitochondrial mutations with targeted RNA import.

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