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Mitochondria control mTORC1 activity-linked compartmentalization of eIF4E to regulate extracellular export of microRNAs
Susanta Chatterjee, Yogaditya Chakrabarty, Saikat Banerjee, Souvik Ghosh, Suvendra N. Bhattacharyya
Journal of Cell Science 2020 133: jcs250241 doi: 10.1242/jcs.250241 Published 29 December 2020
Susanta Chatterjee
RNA Biology Research Laboratory, Molecular Genetics Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata 700032, India
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Yogaditya Chakrabarty
RNA Biology Research Laboratory, Molecular Genetics Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata 700032, India
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ABSTRACT

Defective intracellular trafficking and export of microRNAs (miRNAs) have been observed in growth-retarded mammalian cells having impaired mitochondrial potential and dynamics. Here, we found that uncoupling protein 2 (Ucp2)-mediated depolarization of mitochondrial membrane also results in progressive sequestration of miRNAs within polysomes and lowers their release via extracellular vesicles. Interestingly, the impaired miRNA-trafficking process in growth-retarded human cells could be reversed in the presence of Genipin, an inhibitor of Ucp2. Mitochondrial detethering of endoplasmic reticulum (ER), observed in cells with depolarized mitochondria, was found to be responsible for defective compartmentalization of translation initiation factor eIF4E to polysomes attached to ER. This caused a retarded translation process accompanied by enhanced retention of miRNAs and target mRNAs within ER-attached polysomes to restrict extracellular export of miRNAs. Reduced compartment-specific activity of the mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1), the master regulator of protein synthesis, in cells with defective mitochondria or detethered ER, caused reduced phosphorylation of eIF4E-BP1 and prevented eIF4E targeting to ER-attached polysomes and miRNA export. These data suggest how mitochondrial membrane potential and dynamics, by affecting mTORC1 activity and compartmentalization, determine the subcellular localization and export of miRNAs.

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    The authors declare no competing or financial interests.

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    Conceptualization: S.C., Y.C., S.B., S.G., S.N.B.; Methodology: S.C., Y.C., S.B., S.N.B.; Software: Y.C., S.B., S.G.; Validation: Y.C., S.G.; Formal analysis: S.G., S.N.B.; Investigation: S.C., Y.C., S.B., S.G.; Data curation: S.C., S.N.B.; Writing - original draft: S.N.B.; Visualization: S.N.B.; Supervision: S.N.B.; Project administration: S.N.B.; Funding acquisition: S.N.B.

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    S.N.B. is supported by The Swarnajayanti Fellowship (SJF/LS-03/2014-15) from Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, India, while Y.C., S.B., S.C. and S.G. received their support from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India (CSIR). We are supported by funds from High Risk High Reward Project Grant (HRR/2016/00093), Science and Engineering Research Board, Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India and an Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (CEFIPRA) Project Grant (6003-J).

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    Supplementary information available online at https://jcs.biologists.org/lookup/doi/10.1242/jcs.250241.supplemental

  • Received June 16, 2020.
  • Accepted November 17, 2020.
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Mitochondria control mTORC1 activity-linked compartmentalization of eIF4E to regulate extracellular export of microRNAs
Susanta Chatterjee, Yogaditya Chakrabarty, Saikat Banerjee, Souvik Ghosh, Suvendra N. Bhattacharyya
Journal of Cell Science 2020 133: jcs250241 doi: 10.1242/jcs.250241 Published 29 December 2020
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