Marlar-Pavey Madeleine, Tapias-Gomez Daniel, Mettlen Marcel, Friedman Jonathan R
Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
bioRxiv. 2024 Jun 21:2024.06.21.600105. doi: 10.1101/2024.06.21.600105.
Local metabolic demand within cells varies widely and the extent to which individual mitochondria can be specialized to meet these functional needs is unclear. We examined the subcellular distribution of MICOS, a spatial and functional organizer of mitochondria, and discovered that it dynamically enriches at the tip of a minor population of mitochondria in the cell periphery that we term "METEORs". METEORs have a unique composition; MICOS enrichment sites are depleted of mtDNA and matrix proteins and contain high levels of the Ca uniporter MCU, suggesting a functional specialization. METEORs are also enriched for the myosin MYO19, which promotes their trafficking to a small subset of filopodia. We identify a positive correlation between the length of filopodia and the presence of METEORs and show that elimination of mitochondria from filopodia impairs cellular motility. Our data reveal a novel type of mitochondrial heterogeneity and suggest compositionally specialized mitochondria support cell migration.
细胞内局部代谢需求差异很大,而单个线粒体能够专门化以满足这些功能需求的程度尚不清楚。我们研究了线粒体的空间和功能组织者MICOS的亚细胞分布,发现它动态富集于细胞周边少数线粒体的尖端,我们将其称为“流星体”(METEORs)。流星体具有独特的组成;MICOS富集位点缺乏线粒体DNA和基质蛋白,且含有高水平的钙离子单向转运体MCU,这表明其具有功能特异性。流星体还富含肌球蛋白MYO19,后者促进它们向一小部分丝状伪足的运输。我们发现丝状伪足的长度与流星体的存在呈正相关,并表明从丝状伪足中去除线粒体损害细胞运动。我们的数据揭示了一种新型的线粒体异质性,并表明组成上专门化的线粒体支持细胞迁移。