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Pathogenic VCP Mutations Induce Mitochondrial Uncoupling and Reduced ATP Levels

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Bartolome, Fernando, Wu, Hsiu-Chuan, Burchell, Victoria S., Preza, Elisavet, Wray, Selina, Mahoney, Colin J., Fox, Nick C., Calvo, Andrea +9 more·2013·Neuron

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Valosin-containing protein (VCP) is a highly expressed member of the type II AAA+ ATPase family. VCP mutations are the cause of inclusion body myopathy, Paget's disease of the bone, and frontotemporal dementia (IBMPFD) and they account for 1%-2% of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Using fibroblasts from patients carrying three independent pathogenic mutations in the VCP gene, we show that VCP deficiency causes profound mitochondrial uncoupling leading to decreased mitochondrial membrane potential and increased mitochondrial oxygen consumption. This mitochondrial uncoupling results in a significant reduction of cellular ATP production. Decreased ATP levels in VCP-deficient cells lower their energy capacity, making them more vulnerable to high energy-demanding processes such as ischemia. Our findings propose a mechanism by which pathogenic VCP mutations lead to cell death.

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  • Mutations in p97 in mice and humans cause mitochondrial swelling, cristae disruption, oxidative stress, and decreased ATP, resulting in skeletal muscle atrophy and weakness.

    “Mutations in p97 in mice [173] and humans [174] cause mitochondrial swelling, cristae disruption, oxidative stress, and decreased ATP, resulting in skeletal muscle atrophy and weakness.”
  • Mutations in VCP could cause mitochondrial uncoupling and play a role in frontotemporal dementia (IBMPFD) and some familial cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    “Mutations in VCP (Valosin-Containing Protein), a type II AAA+ ATPase family, could also cause mitochondrial uncoupling and play a role in frontotemporal dementia (IBMPFD) and some familial cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, as it could sensitize deficient neuronal cells to subsequent stress, such as ischemia and other conditions requiring high energy demand [290].”

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Bartolome, F., Wu, H.-C., Burchell, V. S., Preza, E., Wray, S., Mahoney, C. J., Fox, N. C., Calvo, A., Canosa, A., Moglia, C., Mandrioli, J., Chiò, A., Orrell, R. W., Houlden, H., Hardy, J., Abramov, A. Y., & Plun-Favreau, H.
Affiliations
  • UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology (GB)
  • University of Turin (IT)
  • University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (IT)
  • National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (GB)
Corresponding author
Abramov, Andrey Y.
Venue
Neuron
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-04
Volume
78
Issue
1
Pages
57-64
ISSN
0896-6273 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2143472860
Cited by
156
References
40
Citations by year
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FWCI
7.01
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Neuron (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • IRIS UNIMORE (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Institutional Research Information System University of Turin (University of Turin) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Wellcome Trust (FP7/2007–2013, WT089698, 089698)
  • National Institute for Health and Care Research (FP7/2007–2013)
  • University College London
  • Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología
  • Medical Research Council (FP7/20072013, 259867, MC_G1000735, MR/J004758/1, WT089698, MR/K000608/1)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
Keywords
VCP, VCP mutations, mitochondrial uncoupling, mitochondrial membrane potential, mitochondrial oxygen consumption, ATP production, energy metabolism, ischemia, cell death, inclusion body myopathy, Paget's disease of bone, frontotemporal dementia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, fibroblasts
MeSH terms
Valosin Containing Protein, Adenosine Triphosphatases, Adenosine Triphosphate, Adult, Aged, Analysis of Variance, Animals, Animals, Newborn, Cells, Cultured, Cerebral Cortex, Family Health, Female, Fibroblasts, Humans, Luminescent Proteins, Magnesium, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Middle Aged, Mitochondria, Mutation, NAD, Neuroblastoma, Neurons, Osteitis Deformans, Oxygen Consumption, Transfection, Lipid Peroxidation, Case-Control Studies, Cell Cycle Proteins, Myositis, Inclusion Body, RNA, Small Interfering, Muscular Dystrophies, Limb-Girdle, Mice, Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial, Frontotemporal Dementia

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