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- Title
Miro clusters regulate ER-mitochondria contact sites and link cristae organization to the mitochondrial transport machinery.
- Authors
Modi, Souvik; López-Doménech, Guillermo; Halff, Elise F.; Covill-Cooke, Christian; Ivankovic, Davor; Melandri, Daniela; Arancibia-Cárcamo, I. Lorena; Burden, Jemima J.; Lowe, Alan R.; Kittler, Josef T.
- Abstract
Mitochondrial Rho (Miro) GTPases localize to the outer mitochondrial membrane and are essential machinery for the regulated trafficking of mitochondria to defined subcellular locations. However, their sub-mitochondrial localization and relationship with other critical mitochondrial complexes remains poorly understood. Here, using super-resolution fluorescence microscopy, we report that Miro proteins form nanometer-sized clusters along the mitochondrial outer membrane in association with the Mitochondrial Contact Site and Cristae Organizing System (MICOS). Using knockout mouse embryonic fibroblasts we show that Miro1 and Miro2 are required for normal mitochondrial cristae architecture and Endoplasmic Reticulum-Mitochondria Contacts Sites (ERMCS). Further, we show that Miro couples MICOS to TRAK motor protein adaptors to ensure the concerted transport of the two mitochondrial membranes and the correct distribution of cristae on the mitochondrial membrane. The Miro nanoscale organization, association with MICOS complex and regulation of ERMCS reveal new levels of control of the Miro GTPases on mitochondrial functionality. Mitochondrial cristae organization and ER-mitochondria contact sites are critical structures for cellular function. Here, the authors use super-resolution microscopy to show that Miro GTPases form clusters required for normal ER-mitochondria contact sites formation and to link cristae organization to the mitochondrial transport machinery.
- Subjects
MOLECULAR motor proteins; MITOCHONDRIAL membranes; FLUORESCENCE microscopy; ADAPTOR proteins; MACHINERY; CELL anatomy
- Publication
Nature Communications, 2019, Vol 10, Issue 1, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2041-1723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41467-019-12382-4