PMID- 22402226 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130503 LR - 20220129 IS - 0006-3002 (Print) IS - 0006-3002 (Linking) VI - 1817 IP - 10 DP - 2012 Oct TI - Induction of the permeability transition pore in cells depleted of mitochondrial DNA. PG - 1860-6 LID - 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.02.022 [doi] AB - Respiratory complexes are believed to play a role in the function of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (PTP), whose dysregulation affects the process of cell death and is involved in a variety of diseases, including cancer and degenerative disorders. We investigated here the PTP in cells devoid of mitochondrial DNA (rho(0) cells), which lack respiration and constitute a model for the analysis of mitochondrial involvement in several pathological conditions. We observed that mitochondria of rho(0) cells maintain a membrane potential and that this is readily dissipated after displacement of hexokinase (HK) II from the mitochondrial surface by treatment with either the drug clotrimazole or with a cell-permeant HK II peptide, or by placing rho(0) cells in a medium without serum and glucose. The PTP inhibitor cyclosporin A (CsA) could decrease the mitochondrial depolarization induced by either HK II displacement or by nutrient depletion. We also found that a fraction of the kinases ERK1/2 and GSK3alpha/beta is located in the mitochondrial matrix of rho(0) cells, and that glucose and serum deprivation caused concomitant ERK1/2 inhibition and GSK3alpha/beta activation with the ensuing phosphorylation of cyclophilin D, the mitochondrial target of CsA. GSK3alpha/beta inhibition with indirubin-3'-oxime decreased PTP-induced cell death in rho(0) cells following nutrient ablation. These findings indicate that rho(0) cells are equipped with a functioning PTP, whose regulatory mechanisms are similar to those observed in cancer cells, and suggest that escape from PTP opening is a survival factor in this model of mitochondrial diseases. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: 17th European Bioenergetics Conference (EBEC 2012). CI - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Masgras, Ionica AU - Masgras I AD - University of Padova, Padova, Italy. FAU - Rasola, Andrea AU - Rasola A FAU - Bernardi, Paolo AU - Bernardi P LA - eng GR - GGP11082/TI_/Telethon/Italy PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20120228 PL - Netherlands TA - Biochim Biophys Acta JT - Biochimica et biophysica acta JID - 0217513 RN - 0 (DNA, Mitochondrial) RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins) RN - 0 (Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore) RN - 83HN0GTJ6D (Cyclosporine) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (Hexokinase) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (MAPK1 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3) RN - EC 2.7.11.26 (Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3) SB - IM MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cyclosporine/pharmacology MH - DNA, Mitochondrial/genetics/*metabolism MH - Enzyme Activation/drug effects MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3/genetics/metabolism MH - Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta MH - Hexokinase/genetics/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial/genetics MH - Mitochondrial Diseases/genetics/metabolism MH - Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism MH - Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/genetics/metabolism MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3/genetics/metabolism EDAT- 2012/03/10 06:00 MHDA- 2013/05/04 06:00 CRDT- 2012/03/10 06:00 PHST- 2012/01/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/02/16 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/02/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/03/10 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/03/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/05/04 06:00 [medline] AID - S0005-2728(12)00058-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.02.022 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochim Biophys Acta. 2012 Oct;1817(10):1860-6. doi: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.02.022. Epub 2012 Feb 28.