Ferreira 2020 PLoS Genet

Ferreira N, Andoniou CE, Perks KL, Ermer JA, Rudler DL, Rossetti G, Periyakaruppiah A, Wong JKY, Rackham O, Noakes PG, Degli-Esposti MA, Filipovska A (2020) Murine cytomegalovirus infection exacerbates complex IV deficiency in a model of mitochondrial disease. PLoS Genet 16:e1008604.

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Ferreira N, Andoniou CE, Perks KL, Ermer JA, Rudler DL, Rossetti G, Periyakaruppiah A, Wong Jamie KY, Rackham O, Noakes PG, Degli-Esposti MA, Filipovska A (2020) PLoS Genet

Abstract: The influence of environmental insults on the onset and progression of mitochondrial diseases is unknown. To evaluate the effects of infection on mitochondrial disease we used a mouse model of Leigh Syndrome, where a missense mutation in the Taco1 gene results in the loss of the translation activator of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (TACO1) protein. The mutation leads to an isolated complex IV deficiency that mimics the disease pathology observed in human patients with TACO1 mutations. We infected Taco1 mutant and wild-type mice with a murine cytomegalovirus and show that a common viral infection exacerbates the complex IV deficiency in a tissue-specific manner. We identified changes in neuromuscular morphology and tissue-specific regulation of the mammalian target of rapamycin pathway in response to viral infection. Taken together, we report for the first time that a common stress condition, such as viral infection, can exacerbate mitochondrial dysfunction in a genetic model of mitochondrial disease.

• Bioblast editor: Plangger M • O2k-Network Lab: AU Perth Filipovska A

Labels: MiParea: Respiration  Pathology: Infectious  Stress:Mitochondrial disease  Organism: Mouse  Tissue;cell: Liver  Preparation: Isolated mitochondria  Enzyme: Complex IV;cytochrome c oxidase 

Coupling state: LEAK, OXPHOS, ET  Pathway: N, ROX  HRR: Oxygraph-2k 

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