Microtubule associated tumor suppressor 1 interacts with mitofusins to regulate mitochondrial morphology in endothelial cells
Mitochondria are dynamic organelles that are able to change their morphology and cellular distribution by either fission or fusion. However, the molecular mechanisms controlling mitochondrial dynamics in vascular endothelial cells (ECs) remain largely unknown. In this study, we observed that knockdo...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The FASEB journal 2018-08, Vol.32 (8), p.4504-4518 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Mitochondria are dynamic organelles that are able to change their morphology and cellular distribution by either fission or fusion. However, the molecular mechanisms controlling mitochondrial dynamics in vascular endothelial cells (ECs) remain largely unknown. In this study, we observed that knockdown of microtubule‐associated tumor suppressor 1 (MTUS1) in ECs inhibited tube formation and migration, accompanied with decreased promigratory signalings. We showed that MTUS1 was localized in the outer membrane of mitochondria in ECs. Knockdown of MTUS1 disturbed the elongated mitochondrial network and induced the formation of perinuclear clusters of mitochondria. Importantly, mitochondrial motility and fusion were suppressed, whereas generation of reactive oxygen species was increased in MTUS1 knockdown ECs. Mechanistically, we showed that the N‐terminal coiled‐coil domain of MTUS1 interacted with the mitochondrial membrane proteins, mitofusin‐1 and mitofusin‐2, to maintain mitochondrial morphology in ECs. This study illustrated a novel role of MTUS1 in mitochondrial morphology and EC angiogenic responses.—Wang Y., Huang Y., Liu, Y., Li, J., Hao, Y., Yin, P., Liu, Z., Chen J., Wang Y., Wang N., Zhang P., Microtubule associated tumor suppressor 1 interacts with mitofusins to regulate mitochondrial morphology in endothelial cells. FASEB J. 32, 4504–4518 (2018). www.fasebj.org |
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ISSN: | 0892-6638 1530-6860 |
DOI: | 10.1096/fj.201701143RR |