Abstract
Cell stress such as hypoxia elicits adaptive responses, also on the level of mitochondria, and in part is mediated by the hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) 1α. Adaptation of mitochondria towards acute hypoxic conditions is reasonably well understood, while regulatory mechanisms, especially of respiratory chain assembly factors, under chronic hypoxia remains elusive. One of these assembly factors is transmembrane protein 126B (TMEM126B). This protein is part of the mitochondrial complex I assembly machinery. We identified changes in complex I abundance under chronic hypoxia, in association with impaired substrate-specific mitochondrial respiration. Complexome profiling of isolated mitochondria of the human leukemia monocytic cell line THP-1 revealed HIF-1α-dependent deficits in complex I assembly and mitochondrial complex I assembly complex (MCIA) abundance. Of all mitochondrial MCIA members, we proved a selective HIF-1-dependent decrease of TMEM126B under chronic hypoxia. Mechanistically, HIF-1α induces the E3-ubiquitin ligase F-box/WD repeat-containing protein 1A (β-TrCP1), which in turn facilitates the proteolytic degradation of TMEM126B. Attenuating a functional complex I assembly appears critical for cellular adaptation towards chronic hypoxia and is linked to destruction of the mitochondrial assembly factor TMEM126B.
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Abbreviations
- ACAD9:
-
Acyl-CoA dehydrogenase family member 9
- ADP:
-
Adenosine diphosphate
- Akt:
-
RAC-alpha serine/threonine-protein kinase
- ATP:
-
Adenosine triphosphate
- ATP5a:
-
ATP synthase subunit alpha
- β-TrCP:
-
F-box/WD repeat-containing protein 1A
- BNE:
-
Blue native electrophoresis
- ChIP:
-
Chromatin immunoprecipitation
- CHX:
-
Cycloheximide
- COX:
-
Cytochrome c oxidase subunit
- DMOG:
-
Dimethyloxalylglycine
- DMSO:
-
Dimethyl sulfoxide
- ECSIT:
-
Evolutionarily conserved signaling intermediate in toll pathway
- ETF:
-
Electron transfer flavoprotein
- FAD:
-
Flavin adenine dinucleotide
- FCCP:
-
Carbonyl cyanide-4-(trifluoromethoxy) phenylhydrazone
- GFP:
-
Green fluorescent protein
- GPDH:
-
Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
- GSK3:
-
Glycogen synthase kinase-3
- HIF:
-
Hypoxia-inducible factor
- HIGD:
-
Hypoxia-inducible gene
- IP:
-
Immunoprecipitation
- IPTG:
-
Isopropyl-β-d-thiogalactopyranoside
- KCN:
-
Potassium cyanide
- LC:
-
Lactacystin
- MCIA:
-
Mitochondrial complex I assembly complex
- NAD:
-
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
- ND:
-
NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase chain
- NDUFA:
-
NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit
- NDUFAF1:
-
Complex I intermediate-associated protein 30
- NDUFA4L2:
-
NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 4-like 2
- NDUFB:
-
NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 beta subcomplex subunit
- NDUFS:
-
NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] iron–sulfur protein
- OXPHOS:
-
Oxidative phosphorylation
- PHD:
-
Prolyl hydroxylase
- PI3K:
-
Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
- rot:
-
Rotenone
- shC:
-
Cells transduced with control short hairpin RNA
- sh1:
-
Cells transduced with short hairpin RNA against HIF-1α
- sh2:
-
Cells transduced with short hairpin RNA against HIF-2α
- TIMMDC1:
-
Translocase of inner mitochondrial membrane domain-containing protein 1
- TMEM126B:
-
Transmembrane protein 126B
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We thank Tanja Keppler for excellent technical assistance, Jana Meisterknecht for competent support with BNE and 2D-BNE/SDS gels, and Ilka Siebels for technical assistance in respiration measurements.
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This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [SFB 815, project Z1 (I.W.) and project A8 (B.B.)].
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DF performed and planed the experiments and wrote the paper. IW performed complexome profiling and participated on paper writing. SD performed respiratory measurements. TS gave his expertise concerning β-TrCP experiments ND discussed data and literature. BB performed data interpretation, wrote the paper, and designed the project.
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Fuhrmann, D.C., Wittig, I., Dröse, S. et al. Degradation of the mitochondrial complex I assembly factor TMEM126B under chronic hypoxia. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 75, 3051–3067 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-018-2779-y
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