1. Mitochondrial E3 ligase MARCH5 is a safeguard against DNA-PKcs-mediated immune signaling in mitochondria-damaged cells
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June Heo, Yeon-Ji Park, Yonghyeon Kim, Ho-Soo Lee, Jeongah Kim, Soon-Hwan Kwon, Myeong-Gyun Kang, Hyun-Woo Rhee, Woong Sun, Jae-Ho Lee, and Hyeseong Cho
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Cytology ,QH573-671 - Abstract
Abstract Mitochondrial dysfunction is important in various chronic degenerative disorders, and aberrant immune responses elicited by cytoplasmic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) may be related. Here, we developed mtDNA-targeted MTERF1-FokI and TFAM-FokI endonuclease systems to induce mitochondrial DNA double-strand breaks (mtDSBs). In these cells, the mtDNA copy number was significantly reduced upon mtDSB induction. Interestingly, in cGAS knockout cells, synthesis of interferon β1 and interferon-stimulated gene was increased upon mtDSB induction. We found that mtDSBs activated DNA-PKcs and HSPA8 in a VDAC1-dependent manner. Importantly, the mitochondrial E3 ligase MARCH5 bound active DNA-PKcs in cells with mtDSBs and reduced the type І interferon response through the degradation of DNA-PKcs. Likewise, mitochondrial damage caused by LPS treatment in RAW264.7 macrophage cells increased phospho-HSPA8 levels and the synthesis of mIFNB1 mRNA in a DNA-PKcs-dependent manner. Accordingly, in March5 knockout macrophages, phospho-HSPA8 levels and the synthesis of mIFNB1 mRNA were prolonged after LPS stimulation. Together, cytoplasmic mtDNA elicits a cellular immune response through DNA-PKcs, and mitochondrial MARCH5 may be a safeguard to prevent persistent inflammatory reactions.
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- 2023
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