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Two-Step Tag-Free Isolation of Mitochondria for Improved Protein Discovery and Quantification

Most physiological and disease processes, from central metabolism to immune response to neurodegeneration, involve mitochondria. The mitochondrial ...

University of Lausanne

Oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) and glycolysis are the two major pathways for ATP production. The reliance on each varies across tissues and cell states, and can influence susceptibility to disease. At present, the full set of molecular mechanisms governing the relative expression and balance of these two pathways is unknown. Here, we focus on genes whose loss leads to an increase in OXPHOS activity. Unexpectedly, this class of genes is enriched for components of the pre-mRNA splicing machinery, in particular for subunits of the U1 snRNP. Among them, we show that LUC7L2 represses OXPHOS and promotes glycolysis by multiple mechanisms, including (1) splicing of the glycolytic enzyme PFKM to suppress glycogen synthesis, (2) splicing of the cystine/glutamate antiporter SLC7A11 (xCT) to suppress glutamate oxidation, and (3) secondary repression of mitochondrial respiratory supercomplex formation. Our results connect LUC7L2 expression and, more generally, the U1 snRNP to cellular energy metabolism.

Loss of LUC7L2 and U1 snRNP subunits shifts energy metabolism from glycolysis to OXPHOS.

Pooled genetic screens have revolutionized the field of functional genomics, yet perturbations that decrease fitness, such as those leading to synthetic lethality, have remained difficult to quantify at the genomic level. We and colleagues previously developed "death screening," a protocol based on the purification of dead cells in genetic screens, and used it to identify a set of genes necessary for mitochondrial gene expression, translation, and oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS), thus offering new possibilities for the diagnosis of mitochondrial disorders. Here, we describe Dead-Seq, a refined protocol for death screening that is compatible with most pooled screening protocols, including genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screening. Dead-Seq converts negative-selection screens into positive-selection screens and generates high-quality data directly from dead cells, at limited sequencing costs.

Dead-Seq: Discovering Synthetic Lethal Interactions from Dead Cells Genomics.

Glucose is vital for life, serving as both a source of energy and carbon building block for growth. When glucose is limiting, alternative nutrients must be harnessed. To identify mechanisms by which cells can tolerate complete loss of glucose, we performed nutrient-sensitized genome-wide genetic screens and a PRISM growth assay across 482 cancer cell lines. We report that catabolism of uridine from the medium enables the growth of cells in the complete absence of glucose. While previous studies have shown that uridine can be salvaged to support pyrimidine synthesis in the setting of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation deficiency, our work demonstrates that the ribose moiety of uridine or RNA can be salvaged to fulfil energy requirements via a pathway based on: (1) the phosphorylytic cleavage of uridine by uridine phosphorylase UPP1/UPP2 into uracil and ribose-1-phosphate (R1P), (2) the conversion of uridine-derived R1P into fructose-6-P and glyceraldehyde-3-P by the non-oxidative branch of the pentose phosphate pathway and (3) their glycolytic utilization to fuel ATP production, biosynthesis and gluconeogenesis. Capacity for glycolysis from uridine-derived ribose appears widespread, and we confirm its activity in cancer lineages, primary macrophages and mice in vivo. An interesting property of this pathway is that R1P enters downstream of the initial, highly regulated steps of glucose transport and upper glycolysis. We anticipate that 'uridine bypass' of upper glycolysis could be important in the context of disease and even exploited for therapeutic purposes.

Alexis A. Jourdain

Department of Immunobiology

University of Lausanne

Two-Step Tag-Free Isolation of Mitochondria for Improved Protein Discovery and Quantification

Alexis A. Jourdain

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University of Lausanne

Two-Step Tag-Free Isolation of Mitochondria for Improved Protein Discovery and Quantification

Department of Immunobiology