QIL1 mutation causes MICOS disassembly and early onset fatal mitochondrial encephalopathy with liver disease

Previously, we identified QIL1 as a subunit of mitochondrial contact site (MICOS) complex and demonstrated a role for QIL1 in MICOS assembly, mitochondrial respiration, and cristae formation critical for mitochondrial architecture (Guarani et al., 2015). Here, we identify QIL1 null alleles in two si...

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Main Authors: Virginia Guarani, Claude Jardel, Dominique Chrétien, Anne Lombès, Paule Bénit, Clémence Labasse, Emmanuelle Lacène, Agnès Bourillon, Apolline Imbard, Jean-François Benoist, Imen Dorboz, Mylène Gilleron, Eric S Goetzman, Pauline Gaignard, Abdelhamid Slama, Monique Elmaleh-Bergès, Norma B Romero, Pierre Rustin, Hélène Ogier de Baulny, Joao A Paulo, J Wade Harper, Manuel Schiff
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author Virginia Guarani
Claude Jardel
Dominique Chrétien
Anne Lombès
Paule Bénit
Clémence Labasse
Emmanuelle Lacène
Agnès Bourillon
Apolline Imbard
Jean-François Benoist
Imen Dorboz
Mylène Gilleron
Eric S Goetzman
Pauline Gaignard
Abdelhamid Slama
Monique Elmaleh-Bergès
Norma B Romero
Pierre Rustin
Hélène Ogier de Baulny
Joao A Paulo
J Wade Harper
Manuel Schiff
author_facet Virginia Guarani
Claude Jardel
Dominique Chrétien
Anne Lombès
Paule Bénit
Clémence Labasse
Emmanuelle Lacène
Agnès Bourillon
Apolline Imbard
Jean-François Benoist
Imen Dorboz
Mylène Gilleron
Eric S Goetzman
Pauline Gaignard
Abdelhamid Slama
Monique Elmaleh-Bergès
Norma B Romero
Pierre Rustin
Hélène Ogier de Baulny
Joao A Paulo
J Wade Harper
Manuel Schiff
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description Previously, we identified QIL1 as a subunit of mitochondrial contact site (MICOS) complex and demonstrated a role for QIL1 in MICOS assembly, mitochondrial respiration, and cristae formation critical for mitochondrial architecture (Guarani et al., 2015). Here, we identify QIL1 null alleles in two siblings displaying multiple clinical symptoms of early-onset fatal mitochondrial encephalopathy with liver disease, including defects in respiratory chain function in patient muscle. QIL1 absence in patients’ fibroblasts was associated with MICOS disassembly, abnormal cristae, mild cytochrome c oxidase defect, and sensitivity to glucose withdrawal. QIL1 expression rescued cristae defects, and promoted re-accumulation of MICOS subunits to facilitate MICOS assembly. MICOS assembly and cristae morphology were not efficiently rescued by over-expression of other MICOS subunits in patient fibroblasts. Taken together, these data provide the first evidence of altered MICOS assembly linked with a human mitochondrial disease and confirm a central role for QIL1 in stable MICOS complex formation.
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spelling doaj.art-c2eb5d8eb5b14293a741ed6e1db3525a2022-12-22T04:32:28ZengeLife Sciences Publications LtdeLife2050-084X2016-09-01510.7554/eLife.17163QIL1 mutation causes MICOS disassembly and early onset fatal mitochondrial encephalopathy with liver diseaseVirginia Guarani0Claude Jardel1Dominique Chrétien2Anne Lombès3Paule Bénit4Clémence Labasse5Emmanuelle Lacène6Agnès Bourillon7Apolline Imbard8Jean-François Benoist9Imen Dorboz10Mylène Gilleron11Eric S Goetzman12Pauline Gaignard13Abdelhamid Slama14Monique Elmaleh-Bergès15Norma B Romero16Pierre Rustin17Hélène Ogier de Baulny18Joao A Paulo19J Wade Harper20https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6944-7236Manuel Schiff21Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United StatesInserm U1016, Institut Cochin, CNRS UMR 8104, Paris, France; Department of Biochemistry, APHP, GHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France; Université Paris-Descartes, Paris, FranceUMR1141, PROTECT, INSERM, Université Paris-Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, FranceInserm U1016, Institut Cochin, CNRS UMR 8104, Paris, France; Department of Biochemistry, APHP, GHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France; Université Paris-Descartes, Paris, FranceUMR1141, PROTECT, INSERM, Université Paris-Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, FranceNeuromuscular morphology unit, Institut de Myologie, GHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, APHP, Paris, FranceNeuromuscular morphology unit, Institut de Myologie, GHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, APHP, Paris, FranceDepartment of Biochemistry, Hôpital Robert Debré, APHP, Paris, FranceDepartment of Biochemistry, Hôpital Robert Debré, APHP, Paris, FranceDepartment of Biochemistry, Hôpital Robert Debré, APHP, Paris, FranceUMR1141, PROTECT, INSERM, Université Paris-Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, FranceInserm U1016, Institut Cochin, CNRS UMR 8104, Paris, France; Department of Biochemistry, APHP, GHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France; Université Paris-Descartes, Paris, FranceDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, United States; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States; Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, United StatesDepartment of Biochemistry, Hôpital Bicêtre, APHP, Paris, FranceDepartment of Biochemistry, Hôpital Bicêtre, APHP, Paris, FranceDepartment of Radiology, Hôpital Robert Debré, APHP, Paris, FranceNeuromuscular morphology unit, Institut de Myologie, GHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, APHP, Paris, FranceUMR1141, PROTECT, INSERM, Université Paris-Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, FranceReference Center for Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Robert Debré University Hospital, APHP, Paris, FranceDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United StatesDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United StatesUMR1141, PROTECT, INSERM, Université Paris-Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France; Reference Center for Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Robert Debré University Hospital, APHP, Paris, FrancePreviously, we identified QIL1 as a subunit of mitochondrial contact site (MICOS) complex and demonstrated a role for QIL1 in MICOS assembly, mitochondrial respiration, and cristae formation critical for mitochondrial architecture (Guarani et al., 2015). Here, we identify QIL1 null alleles in two siblings displaying multiple clinical symptoms of early-onset fatal mitochondrial encephalopathy with liver disease, including defects in respiratory chain function in patient muscle. QIL1 absence in patients’ fibroblasts was associated with MICOS disassembly, abnormal cristae, mild cytochrome c oxidase defect, and sensitivity to glucose withdrawal. QIL1 expression rescued cristae defects, and promoted re-accumulation of MICOS subunits to facilitate MICOS assembly. MICOS assembly and cristae morphology were not efficiently rescued by over-expression of other MICOS subunits in patient fibroblasts. Taken together, these data provide the first evidence of altered MICOS assembly linked with a human mitochondrial disease and confirm a central role for QIL1 in stable MICOS complex formation.https://elifesciences.org/articles/17163QIL1MICOSmitochondrial diseaseearly-onset fatal mitochondrial encephalopathy3-methylglutaconic acidurialiver disease
spellingShingle Virginia Guarani
Claude Jardel
Dominique Chrétien
Anne Lombès
Paule Bénit
Clémence Labasse
Emmanuelle Lacène
Agnès Bourillon
Apolline Imbard
Jean-François Benoist
Imen Dorboz
Mylène Gilleron
Eric S Goetzman
Pauline Gaignard
Abdelhamid Slama
Monique Elmaleh-Bergès
Norma B Romero
Pierre Rustin
Hélène Ogier de Baulny
Joao A Paulo
J Wade Harper
Manuel Schiff
QIL1 mutation causes MICOS disassembly and early onset fatal mitochondrial encephalopathy with liver disease
eLife
QIL1
MICOS
mitochondrial disease
early-onset fatal mitochondrial encephalopathy
3-methylglutaconic aciduria
liver disease
title QIL1 mutation causes MICOS disassembly and early onset fatal mitochondrial encephalopathy with liver disease
title_full QIL1 mutation causes MICOS disassembly and early onset fatal mitochondrial encephalopathy with liver disease
title_fullStr QIL1 mutation causes MICOS disassembly and early onset fatal mitochondrial encephalopathy with liver disease
title_full_unstemmed QIL1 mutation causes MICOS disassembly and early onset fatal mitochondrial encephalopathy with liver disease
title_short QIL1 mutation causes MICOS disassembly and early onset fatal mitochondrial encephalopathy with liver disease
title_sort qil1 mutation causes micos disassembly and early onset fatal mitochondrial encephalopathy with liver disease
topic QIL1
MICOS
mitochondrial disease
early-onset fatal mitochondrial encephalopathy
3-methylglutaconic aciduria
liver disease
url https://elifesciences.org/articles/17163
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