PMID- 22777349 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130715 LR - 20211021 IS - 1476-5594 (Electronic) IS - 0950-9232 (Linking) VI - 32 IP - 20 DP - 2013 May 16 TI - PGC-1beta mediates adaptive chemoresistance associated with mitochondrial DNA mutations. PG - 2592-600 LID - 10.1038/onc.2012.259 [doi] AB - Primary mitochondrial dysfunction commonly leads to failure in cellular adaptation to stress. Paradoxically, however, nonsynonymous mutations of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are frequently found in cancer cells and may have a causal role in the development of resistance to genotoxic stress induced by common chemotherapeutic agents, such as cis-diammine-dichloroplatinum(II) (cisplatin, CDDP). Little is known about how these mutations arise and the associated mechanisms leading to chemoresistance. Here, we show that the development of adaptive chemoresistance in the A549 non-small-cell lung cancer cell line to CDDP is associated with the hetero- to homoplasmic shift of a nonsynonymous mutation in MT-ND2, encoding the mitochondrial Complex-I subunit ND2. The mutation resulted in a 50% reduction of the NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase activity of the complex, which was compensated by increased biogenesis of respiratory chain complexes. The compensatory mitochondrial biogenesis was most likely mediated by the nuclear co-activators peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma co-activator-1alpha (PGC-1alpha) and PGC-1beta, both of which were significantly upregulated in the CDDP-resistant cells. Importantly, both transient and stable silencing of PGC-1beta re-established the sensitivity of these cells to CDDP-induced apoptosis. Remarkably, the PGC-1beta-mediated CDDP resistance was independent of the mitochondrial effects of the co-activator. Altogether, our results suggest that partial respiratory chain defects because of mtDNA mutations can lead to compensatory upregulation of nuclear transcriptional co-regulators, in turn mediating resistance to genotoxic stress. FAU - Yao, Z AU - Yao Z AD - Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Consortium for Mitochondrial Research, University College London, London, UK. FAU - Jones, A W E AU - Jones AW FAU - Fassone, E AU - Fassone E FAU - Sweeney, M G AU - Sweeney MG FAU - Lebiedzinska, M AU - Lebiedzinska M FAU - Suski, J M AU - Suski JM FAU - Wieckowski, M R AU - Wieckowski MR FAU - Tajeddine, N AU - Tajeddine N FAU - Hargreaves, I P AU - Hargreaves IP FAU - Yasukawa, T AU - Yasukawa T FAU - Tufo, G AU - Tufo G FAU - Brenner, C AU - Brenner C FAU - Kroemer, G AU - Kroemer G FAU - Rahman, S AU - Rahman S FAU - Szabadkai, G AU - Szabadkai G LA - eng GR - G-0905/PUK_/Parkinson's UK/United Kingdom GR - MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20120709 PL - England TA - Oncogene JT - Oncogene JID - 8711562 RN - 0 (Carrier Proteins) RN - 0 (DNA, Mitochondrial) RN - 0 (Heat-Shock Proteins) RN - 0 (PPARGC1A protein, human) RN - 0 (PPARGC1B protein, human) RN - 0 (Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alpha) RN - 0 (RNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - EC 1.6.99.3 (NADH Dehydrogenase) RN - EC 1.6.99.3 (NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2, human) RN - Q20Q21Q62J (Cisplatin) SB - IM MH - Adaptation, Physiological MH - Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/drug therapy/genetics/metabolism MH - Carrier Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cisplatin/pharmacology MH - *DNA, Mitochondrial MH - Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/drug effects/*genetics MH - Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Lung Neoplasms/drug therapy/genetics/metabolism MH - *Mutation MH - NADH Dehydrogenase/genetics MH - Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alpha MH - RNA-Binding Proteins MH - Transcription Factors/genetics/metabolism EDAT- 2012/07/11 06:00 MHDA- 2013/07/17 06:00 CRDT- 2012/07/11 06:00 PHST- 2012/07/11 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/07/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/07/17 06:00 [medline] AID - onc2012259 [pii] AID - 10.1038/onc.2012.259 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Oncogene. 2013 May 16;32(20):2592-600. doi: 10.1038/onc.2012.259. Epub 2012 Jul 9.