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Cell | 2010

Essential Regulation of Cell Bioenergetics by Constitutive InsP3 Receptor Ca2+ Transfer to Mitochondria

César Cárdenas; Russell A. Miller; Ian F. Smith; Thi Bui; Jordi Molgó; Marioly Müller; Horia Vais; King-Ho Cheung; Jun Yang; Ian Parker; Craig B. Thompson; Morris J. Birnbaum; Kenneth R. Hallows; J. Kevin Foskett

Mechanisms that regulate cellular metabolism are a fundamental requirement of all cells. Most eukaryotic cells rely on aerobic mitochondrial metabolism to generate ATP. Nevertheless, regulation of mitochondrial activity is incompletely understood. Here we identified an unexpected and essential role for constitutive InsP(3)R-mediated Ca(2+) release in maintaining cellular bioenergetics. Macroautophagy provides eukaryotes with an adaptive response to nutrient deprivation that prolongs survival. Constitutive InsP(3)R Ca(2+) signaling is required for macroautophagy suppression in cells in nutrient-replete media. In its absence, cells become metabolically compromised due to diminished mitochondrial Ca(2+) uptake. Mitochondrial uptake of InsP(3)R-released Ca(2+) is fundamentally required to provide optimal bioenergetics by providing sufficient reducing equivalents to support oxidative phosphorylation. Absence of this Ca(2+) transfer results in enhanced phosphorylation of pyruvate dehydrogenase and activation of AMPK, which activates prosurvival macroautophagy. Thus, constitutive InsP(3)R Ca(2+) release to mitochondria is an essential cellular process that is required for efficient mitochondrial respiration and maintenance of normal cell bioenergetics.


Cell | 2012

MICU1 is an Essential Gatekeeper for MCU-Mediated Mitochondrial Ca2+ Uptake That Regulates Cell Survival

Karthik Mallilankaraman; Patrick J. Doonan; César Cárdenas; Harish C. Chandramoorthy; Marioly Müller; Russell A. Miller; Nicholas E. Hoffman; Rajesh Kumar Gandhirajan; Jordi Molgó; Morris J. Birnbaum; Brad S. Rothberg; Don-On Daniel Mak; J. Kevin Foskett; Muniswamy Madesh

Mitochondrial Ca(2+) (Ca(2+)(m)) uptake is mediated by an inner membrane Ca(2+) channel called the uniporter. Ca(2+) uptake is driven by the considerable voltage present across the inner membrane (ΔΨ(m)) generated by proton pumping by the respiratory chain. Mitochondrial matrix Ca(2+) concentration is maintained five to six orders of magnitude lower than its equilibrium level, but the molecular mechanisms for how this is achieved are not clear. Here, we demonstrate that the mitochondrial protein MICU1 is required to preserve normal [Ca(2+)](m) under basal conditions. In its absence, mitochondria become constitutively loaded with Ca(2+), triggering excessive reactive oxygen species generation and sensitivity to apoptotic stress. MICU1 interacts with the uniporter pore-forming subunit MCU and sets a Ca(2+) threshold for Ca(2+)(m) uptake without affecting the kinetic properties of MCU-mediated Ca(2+) uptake. Thus, MICU1 is a gatekeeper of MCU-mediated Ca(2+)(m) uptake that is essential to prevent [Ca(2+)](m) overload and associated stress.


Cell Death & Differentiation | 2007

Regulation of autophagy by the inositol trisphosphate receptor.

Alfredo Criollo; Maria Chiara Maiuri; Ezgi Tasdemir; I Vitale; A. A. Fiebig; David W. Andrews; Jordi Molgó; Sergio Lavandero; Francis Harper; Gérard Pierron; D. Di Stefano; Rosario Rizzuto; Guido Kroemer

The reduction of intracellular 1,4,5-inositol trisphosphate (IP3) levels stimulates autophagy, whereas the enhancement of IP3 levels inhibits autophagy induced by nutrient depletion. Here, we show that knockdown of the IP3 receptor (IP3R) with small interfering RNAs and pharmacological IP3R blockade is a strong stimulus for the induction of autophagy. The IP3R is known to reside in the membranes of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) as well as within ER–mitochondrial contact sites, and IP3R blockade triggered the autophagy of both ER and mitochondria, as exactly observed in starvation-induced autophagy. ER stressors such as tunicamycin and thapsigargin also induced autophagy of ER and, to less extent, of mitochondria. Autophagy triggered by starvation or IP3R blockade was inhibited by Bcl-2 and Bcl-XL specifically targeted to ER but not Bcl-2 or Bcl-XL proteins targeted to mitochondria. In contrast, ER stress-induced autophagy was not inhibited by Bcl-2 and Bcl-XL. Autophagy promoted by IP3R inhibition could not be attributed to a modulation of steady-state Ca2+ levels in the ER or in the cytosol, yet involved the obligate contribution of Beclin-1, autophagy-related gene (Atg)5, Atg10, Atg12 and hVps34. Altogether, these results strongly suggest that IP3R exerts a major role in the physiological control of autophagy.


Nature Cell Biology | 2013

MCUR1 is an essential component of mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake that regulates cellular metabolism

Karthik Mallilankaraman; César Cárdenas; Patrick J. Doonan; Harish C. Chandramoorthy; Krishna M. Irrinki; Tünde Golenár; György Csordás; Priyanka Madireddi; Jun Yang; Marioly Müller; Russell A. Miller; Jill E. Kolesar; Jordi Molgó; Brett A. Kaufman; György Hajnóczky; J. Kevin Foskett; Muniswamy Madesh

The mitochondrial calcium uniporter (MCU) mediates calcium uptake by mitochondria and thus regulates cellular bioenergetics, but how MCU activity is modulated is not fully understood. Madesh, Foskett and colleagues report that the integral mitochondrial membrane protein MCUR1 (mitochondrial calcium uniporter regulator 1) binds to the MCU and promotes MCU-dependent calcium uptake to control ATP production and autophagy.


Cell Death & Differentiation | 2009

The inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor regulates autophagy through its interaction with Beclin 1

Jose Miguel Vicencio; Carla Ortiz; Alfredo Criollo; Aleck W.E. Jones; Oliver Kepp; Lorenzo Galluzzi; N Joza; I Vitale; Eugenia Morselli; Maria Castedo; Maria Chiara Maiuri; Jordi Molgó; Sergio Lavandero; Guido Kroemer

The inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R) is a major regulator of apoptotic signaling. Through interactions with members of the Bcl-2 family of proteins, it drives calcium (Ca2+) transients from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to mitochondria, thereby establishing a functional and physical link between these organelles. Importantly, the IP3R also regulates autophagy, and in particular, its inhibition/depletion strongly induces macroautophagy. Here, we show that the IP3R antagonist xestospongin B induces autophagy by disrupting a molecular complex formed by the IP3R and Beclin 1, an interaction that is increased or inhibited by overexpression or knockdown of Bcl-2, respectively. An effect of Beclin 1 on Ca2+ homeostasis was discarded as siRNA-mediated knockdown of Beclin 1 did not affect cytosolic or luminal ER Ca2+ levels. Xestospongin B- or starvation-induced autophagy was inhibited by overexpression of the IP3R ligand-binding domain, which coimmunoprecipitated with Beclin 1. These results identify IP3R as a new regulator of the Beclin 1 complex that may bridge signals converging on the ER and initial phagophore formation.


Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2010

Structural determinants in phycotoxins and AChBP conferring high affinity binding and nicotinic AChR antagonism

Yves Bourne; Zoran Radić; Rómulo Aráoz; Todd T. Talley; Evelyne Benoit; Denis Servent; Palmer Taylor; Jordi Molgó; Pascale Marchot

Spirolide and gymnodimine macrocyclic imine phycotoxins belong to an emerging class of chemical agents associated with marine algal blooms and shellfish toxicity. Analysis of 13-desmethyl spirolide C and gymnodimine A by binding and voltage-clamp recordings on muscle-type α12βγδ and neuronal α3β2 and α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors reveals subnanomolar affinities, potent antagonism, and limited subtype selectivity. Their binding to acetylcholine-binding proteins (AChBP), as soluble receptor surrogates, exhibits picomolar affinities governed by diffusion-limited association and slow dissociation, accounting for apparent irreversibility. Crystal structures of the phycotoxins bound to Aplysia-AChBP (≈2.4Å) show toxins neatly imbedded within the nest of ar-omatic side chains contributed by loops C and F on opposing faces of the subunit interface, and which in physiological conditions accommodates acetylcholine. The structures also point to three major features: (i) the sequence-conserved loop C envelops the bound toxins to maximize surface complementarity; (ii) hydrogen bonding of the protonated imine nitrogen in the toxins with the carbonyl oxygen of loop C Trp147 tethers the toxin core centered within the pocket; and (iii) the spirolide bis-spiroacetal or gymnodimine tetrahydrofuran and their common cyclohexene-butyrolactone further anchor the toxins in apical and membrane directions, along the subunit interface. In contrast, the se-quence-variable loop F only sparingly contributes contact points to preserve the broad receptor subtype recognition unique to phycotoxins compared with other nicotinic antagonists. These data offer unique means for detecting spiroimine toxins in shellfish and identify distinctive ligands, functional determinants and binding regions for the design of new drugs able to target several receptor subtypes with high affinity.


Toxicon | 2010

Neurotoxic cyanobacterial toxins.

Rómulo Aráoz; Jordi Molgó; Nicole Tandeau de Marsac

Worldwide development of cyanobacterial blooms has significantly increased in marine and continental waters in the last century due to water eutrophication. This phenomenon is favoured by the ability of planktonic cyanobacteria to synthesize gas vesicles that allow them to float in the water column. Besides, benthic cyanobacteria that proliferate at the bottom of lakes, rivers and costal waters form dense mats near the shore. Cyanobacterial massive proliferation is of public concern regarding the capacity of certain cyanobacterial strains to produce hepatotoxic and neurotoxic compounds that can affect public health, human activities and wild and stock animals. The cholinergic synapses and voltage-gated sodium channels constitute the targets of choice of cyanobacterial neurotoxins. Anatoxin-a and homoanatoxin-a are agonists of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Anatoxin-a(s) is an irreversible inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase. Saxitoxin, kalkitoxin and jamaicamide are blockers of voltage-gated sodium channels, whereas antillatoxin is an activator of such channels. Moreover the neurotoxic amino acid l-beta-N-methylamino-l-alanine was shown to be produced by diverse cyanobacterial taxa. Although controversial, increasing in vivo and in vitro evidence suggest a link between the ingestion of l-beta-N-methylamino-l-alanine and the development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/Parkinsonism-dementia complex, a neurodegenerative disease. This paper reviews the occurrence of cyanobacterial neurotoxins, their chemical properties, mode of action and biosynthetic pathways.


Neuroscience | 1990

Terminal sprouting in mouse neuromuscular junctions poisoned with botulinum type a toxin: Morphological and electrophysiological features

D. Angaut-Petit; Jordi Molgó; J.X. Comella; L. Faille; N. Tabti

Functional properties of terminal sprouts elicited by an in vivo injection of Clostridium botulinum type A toxin were studied in endplates of the Levator auris longus muscle of the mouse poisoned from a few days to 28 days beforehand. For this purpose, morphological observations of the extent of terminal sprouts and localization of acetylcholine receptors was performed in whole mount preparations. Sprouts appeared as thin unmyelinated filaments that run usually parallel to the longitudinal axis of the muscle fibres; labelling acetylcholine receptors revealed their line-shaped accumulation co-localized with the sprouts. In addition, presynaptic membrane currents elicited by nerve stimulation were recorded by external electrodes applied under visual control onto the membrane of pre-existing motor endings and newly formed sprouts. These recordings showed the presence of widespread triphasic waveforms which indicated active impulse propagation of the action potential over most of the length of the poisoned endings. Ca2+ influx and Ca2(+)-dependent K+ currents in the sprout membrane were found to be similar to those described in unpoisoned endings. The presence of normal Ca2+ influx, upon active depolarization, in the terminal sprout membranes together with the localization of acetylcholine receptors in front of these membranes, indicates that the terminal sprouts may play a role in the recovery of neuromuscular transmission after Clostridium botulinum poisoning.


BMC Biology | 2009

Evidence for inhibition of cholinesterases in insect and mammalian nervous systems by the insect repellent deet

Vincent Corbel; Maria Stankiewicz; Cédric Pennetier; Didier Fournier; Jure Stojan; Emmanuelle Girard; Mitko Dimitrov; Jordi Molgó; Jean Marc Hougard; Bruno Lapied

BackgroundN,N-Diethyl-3-methylbenzamide (deet) remains the gold standard for insect repellents. About 200 million people use it every year and over 8 billion doses have been applied over the past 50 years. Despite the widespread and increased interest in the use of deet in public health programmes, controversies remain concerning both the identification of its target sites at the olfactory system and its mechanism of toxicity in insects, mammals and humans. Here, we investigated the molecular target site for deet and the consequences of its interactions with carbamate insecticides on the cholinergic system.ResultsBy using toxicological, biochemical and electrophysiological techniques, we show that deet is not simply a behaviour-modifying chemical but that it also inhibits cholinesterase activity, in both insect and mammalian neuronal preparations. Deet is commonly used in combination with insecticides and we show that deet has the capacity to strengthen the toxicity of carbamates, a class of insecticides known to block acetylcholinesterase.ConclusionThese findings question the safety of deet, particularly in combination with other chemicals, and they highlight the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to the development of safer insect repellents for use in public health.


PLOS ONE | 2008

Brevenal inhibits Pacific ciguatoxin-1B-induced neurosecretion from bovine chromaffin cells

César Mattei; Peter J. Wen; Truong D. Nguyen-Huu; Martha Alvarez; Evelyne Benoit; Andrea J. Bourdelais; Richard J. Lewis; Daniel G. Baden; Jordi Molgó; Frederic A. Meunier

Ciguatoxins and brevetoxins are neurotoxic cyclic polyether compounds produced by dinoflagellates, which are responsible for ciguatera and neurotoxic shellfish poisoning (NSP) respectively. Recently, brevenal, a natural compound was found to specifically inhibit brevetoxin action and to have a beneficial effect in NSP. Considering that brevetoxin and ciguatoxin specifically activate voltage-sensitive Na+ channels through the same binding site, brevenal has therefore a good potential for the treatment of ciguatera. Pacific ciguatoxin-1B (P-CTX-1B) activates voltage-sensitive Na+ channels and promotes an increase in neurotransmitter release believed to underpin the symptoms associated with ciguatera. However, the mechanism through which slow Na+ influx promotes neurosecretion is not fully understood. In the present study, we used chromaffin cells as a model to reconstitute the sequence of events culminating in ciguatoxin-evoked neurosecretion. We show that P-CTX-1B induces a tetrodotoxin-sensitive rise in intracellular Na+, closely followed by an increase in cytosolic Ca2+ responsible for promoting SNARE-dependent catecholamine secretion. Our results reveal that brevenal and β-naphtoyl-brevetoxin prevent P-CTX-1B secretagogue activity without affecting nicotine or barium-induced catecholamine secretion. Brevenal is therefore a potent inhibitor of ciguatoxin-induced neurotoxic effect and a potential treatment for ciguatera.

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Evelyne Benoit

Centre national de la recherche scientifique

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Rómulo Aráoz

Centre national de la recherche scientifique

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César Mattei

Centre national de la recherche scientifique

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Emmanuelle Girard

Centre national de la recherche scientifique

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Julien Barbier

Centre national de la recherche scientifique

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Philippe Favreau

Centre national de la recherche scientifique

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Bogdan I. Iorga

Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles

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Eric Krejci

École Normale Supérieure

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