PUBLICATION
Reversible induction of mitophagy by an optogenetic bimodular system
- Authors
- D'Acunzo, P., Strappazzon, F., Caruana, I., Meneghetti, G., Di Rita, A., Simula, L., Weber, G., Del Bufalo, F., Dalla Valle, L., Campello, S., Locatelli, F., Cecconi, F.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-190406-10
- Date
- 2019
- Source
- Nature communications 10: 1533 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Dalla Valle, Luisa
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/metabolism
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/physiology*
- Animals
- HEK293 Cells
- HeLa Cells
- Humans
- Lymphocytes/cytology
- Mice
- Mitochondria/metabolism
- Mitophagy*
- Optogenetics*
- Zebrafish
- PubMed
- 30948710 Full text @ Nat. Commun.
Citation
D'Acunzo, P., Strappazzon, F., Caruana, I., Meneghetti, G., Di Rita, A., Simula, L., Weber, G., Del Bufalo, F., Dalla Valle, L., Campello, S., Locatelli, F., Cecconi, F. (2019) Reversible induction of mitophagy by an optogenetic bimodular system. Nature communications. 10:1533.
Abstract
Autophagy-mediated degradation of mitochondria (mitophagy) is a key process in cellular quality control. Although mitophagy impairment is involved in several patho-physiological conditions, valuable methods to induce mitophagy with low toxicity in vivo are still lacking. Herein, we describe a new optogenetic tool to stimulate mitophagy, based on light-dependent recruitment of pro-autophagy protein AMBRA1 to mitochondrial surface. Upon illumination, AMBRA1-RFP-sspB is efficiently relocated from the cytosol to mitochondria, where it reversibly mediates mito-aggresome formation and reduction of mitochondrial mass. Finally, as a proof of concept of the biomedical relevance of this method, we induced mitophagy in an in vitro model of neurotoxicity, fully preventing cell death, as well as in human T lymphocytes and in zebrafish in vivo. Given the unique features of this tool, we think it may turn out to be very useful for a wide range of both therapeutic and research applications.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
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Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping