Rickettsia parkeri forms extensive, stable contacts with the rough endoplasmic reticulum
The Journal of Cell Biology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
224(3)
Published: Jan. 7, 2025
Upon
invasion
into
the
host
cell,
a
subset
of
bacterial
pathogens
resides
exclusively
in
cytosol.
While
previous
research
revealed
how
they
reshape
plasma
membrane
during
invasion,
subvert
immune
response,
and
hijack
cytoskeletal
dynamics
to
promote
their
motility,
it
was
unclear
if
these
also
interacted
with
organelles
this
crowded
intracellular
space.
Here,
we
examined
obligate
pathogen
Rickettsia
parkeri
interacts
endoplasmic
reticulum
(ER),
large
dynamic
organelle
spread
throughout
cell.
Using
live-cell
microscopy
transmission
focused-ion-beam
scanning
electron
microscopy,
show
that
R.
forms
extensive
contacts
rough
ER
are
∼55
nm
apart
cover
more
than
half
surface.
Depletion
ER-specific
tethers
VAPA
VAPB
reduced
rickettsia–ER
contacts,
were
localized
around
rickettsiae.
Overall,
our
findings
illuminate
an
interkingdom
contact
uniquely
mediated
by
rickettsiae
mimics
some
characteristics
traditional
sites.
Language: Английский
Efficient cell-wide mapping of mitochondria in electron microscopic volumes using webKnossos
Cell Reports Methods,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
5(2), P. 100989 - 100989
Published: Feb. 1, 2025
Language: Английский
Three's company: Membrane waltz among organelles
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 149555 - 149555
Published: April 1, 2025
Language: Английский
Insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes mellitus
Nature Reviews Endocrinology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 17, 2025
Language: Английский
Mitochondria-organelle crosstalk in establishing compartmentalized metabolic homeostasis
Molecular Cell,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
85(8), P. 1487 - 1508
Published: April 1, 2025
Language: Английский
PPARα regulates ER–lipid droplet protein Calsyntenin-3β to promote ketogenesis in hepatocytes
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
122(17)
Published: April 21, 2025
Ketogenesis
requires
fatty
acid
flux
from
intracellular
(lipid
droplets)
and
extrahepatic
(adipose
tissue)
lipid
stores
to
hepatocyte
mitochondria.
However,
whether
interorganelle
contact
sites
regulate
this
process
is
unknown.
Recent
studies
have
revealed
a
role
for
Calsyntenin-3β
(CLSTN3β),
an
endoplasmic
reticulum–lipid
droplet
site
protein,
in
the
control
of
utilization
adipose
tissue.
Here,
we
show
that
Clstn3b
expression
induced
liver
by
nuclear
receptor
PPARα
settings
high
utilization,
including
fasting
ketogenic
diet
feeding.
Hepatocyte-specific
loss
CLSTN3β
mice
impairs
ketogenesis
independent
changes
activation.
Conversely,
hepatic
overexpression
promotes
mice.
Mechanistically,
affects
LD–mitochondria
crosstalk,
as
evidenced
oxidation,
lipid-dependent
mitochondrial
respiration,
integrated
stress
response.
These
findings
define
function
CLSTN3β-dependent
membrane
contacts
ketogenesis.
Language: Английский
MICOS Complex Loss Governs Age-Associated Murine Mitochondrial Architecture and Metabolism in the Liver, While Sam50 Dictates Diet Changes
Zer Vue,
No information about this author
Alexandria C. Murphy,
No information about this author
Han Le
No information about this author
et al.
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: June 25, 2024
The
liver,
the
largest
internal
organ
and
a
metabolic
hub,
undergoes
significant
declines
due
to
aging,
affecting
mitochondrial
function
increasing
risk
of
systemic
liver
diseases.
How
three-dimensional
(3D)
structure
changes
in
across
biological
mechanisms
regulating
such
confers
remain
unclear.
In
this
study,
we
employed
Serial
Block
Face-Scanning
Electron
Microscopy
(SBF-SEM)
achieve
high-resolution
3D
reconstructions
murine
mitochondria
observe
diverse
phenotypes
structural
alterations
that
occur
with
age,
marked
by
reduction
size
complexity.
We
also
show
concomitant
metabolomic
lipidomic
aged
samples.
Aged
human
samples
reflected
altered
disease
risk.
To
find
potential
regulators
change,
examined
Mitochondrial
Contact
Site
Cristae
Organizing
System
(MICOS)
complex,
which
plays
crucial
role
maintaining
architecture.
MICOS
complex
is
lost
during
but
not
Sam50.
Sam50
component
sorting
assembly
machinery
(SAM)
acts
tandem
modulate
cristae
morphology.
models
subjected
high-fat
diet,
there
depletion
protein
SAM50.
This
expression
may
heighten
susceptibility
disease,
as
our
biobank
studies
corroborate
genetically
regulated
predisposition
multiple
further
calcium
dysregulation
oxidative
stress
accompany
disruption
complex.
Together,
establish
decrease
complexity
dysregulated
metabolism
aging.
While
these
are
partially
be
age-related
loss
confluence
diet
can
cause
Sam50,
contributes
summary,
study
reveals
affect
metabolism,
targeted
future
therapeutic
techniques.
Language: Английский
Multiomics analyses decipher intricate changes in the cellular and metabolic landscape of steatotic livers upon dietary restriction and sleeve gastrectomy
International Journal of Biological Sciences,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
20(11), P. 4438 - 4457
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Metabolic
dysfunction-associated
steatotic
liver
disease
(MASLD)
is
a
chronic,
progressive
that
encompasses
spectrum
of
steatosis,
steatohepatitis
(or
MASH),
and
fibrosis.
Evidence
suggests
dietary
restriction
(DR)
sleeve
gastrectomy
(SG)
can
lead
to
remission
hepatic
steatosis
inflammation
through
weight
loss,
but
it
unclear
whether
these
procedures
induce
distinct
metabolic
or
immunological
changes
in
MASLD
livers.
This
study
aims
elucidate
the
intricate
following
DR,
SG
sham
surgery
rats
fed
high-fat
diet
as
model
obesity-related
MASLD,
comparison
clinical
cohort
patients
undergoing
SG.
Single-cell
single-nuclei
transcriptome
analysis,
spatial
metabolomics,
immunohistochemistry
revealed
landscape,
while
circulating
biomarkers
were
measured
serum
samples.
Artificial
intelligence
(AI)-assisted
image
analysis
characterized
distribution
hepatocytes,
myeloid
cells
lymphocytes.
In
experimental
rats,
improved
body
mass
index,
injury
triglyceride
levels.
Both
DR
attenuated
fibrosis
rats.
Metabolism-related
genes
(
Language: Английский
Efficient Cell-Wide Mapping of Mitochondria in Electron Microscopic Volumes Using webKnossos
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Language: Английский
Spatially resolved rewiring of mitochondria-lipid droplet interactions in hepatic lipid homeostasis
Sun Woo Sophie Kang,
No information about this author
Lauryn A. Brown,
No information about this author
Colin B. Miller
No information about this author
et al.
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Dec. 12, 2024
Abstract
Hepatic
lipid
accumulation,
or
Metabolic
Dysfunction-Associated
Steatotic
Liver
Disease
(MASLD),
is
a
significant
risk
factor
for
liver
cancer.
Despite
the
rising
incidence
of
MASLD,
underlying
mechanisms
steatosis
and
lipotoxicity
remain
poorly
understood.
Interestingly,
accumulation
also
occurs
during
fasting,
driven
by
mobilization
adipose
tissue-derived
fatty
acids
into
liver.
However,
how
hepatocytes
adapt
to
increased
flux
nutrient
deprivation
what
differently
in
MASLD
not
known.
To
investigate
differences
handling
response
deficiency
excess,
we
developed
novel
single-cell
tissue
imaging
(scPhenomics)
technique
coupled
with
spatial
proteomics.
Our
investigation
revealed
extensive
remodeling
droplet
(LD)
mitochondrial
topology
dietary
conditions.
Notably,
fasted
mice
exhibited
mitochondria-LD
interactions,
which
were
rarely
observed
Western
Diet
(WD)-fed
mice.
Spatial
proteomics
showed
an
increase
PLIN5
expression,
known
mediator
LD-mitochondria
interaction,
fasting.
examine
functional
role
interaction
on
handling,
overexpressed
variants.
We
found
that
phosphorylation
state
impacts
its
capacity
form
contact
sites.
S155A
promoted
organelle
triglyceride
(TG)
synthesis,
LD
expansion
fed
control
diet.
Conversely,
S155E
expressing
cells
had
fewer
LDs
sites
contained
less
TG.
Wild-type
(WT)
overexpression
WD-fed
reduced
improved
redox
despite
continued
WD
consumption.
These
findings
highlight
importance
interactions
metabolism,
revealing
critical
mechanism
maintain
homeostasis
metabolic
stress.
study
underscores
potential
utility
targeting
therapeutic
intervention.
Language: Английский