PMID- 29729355 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190415 LR - 20210109 IS - 1872-7972 (Electronic) IS - 0304-3940 (Print) IS - 0304-3940 (Linking) VI - 678 DP - 2018 Jun 21 TI - Insertion of proteolipid protein into mitochondria but not DM20 regulates metabolism of cells. PG - 90-98 LID - S0304-3940(18)30332-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.neulet.2018.05.005 [doi] AB - Proteolipid protein (PLP), besides its adhesive role in myelin, has been postulated to have multiple cellular functions. One well-documented function of PLP is regulation of oligodendrocyte (Olg) apoptosis. In contrast, DM20, an alternatively spliced product of the PLP1/Plp1 gene, has been proposed to have functions that are unique from PLP but these functions have never been elucidated. Here, we compare metabolism of PLP and DM20, and show that oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos) was significantly decreased in Plp1 but not DM20 or EGFP expressing cells. The reserve OxPhos capacity of Plp1 expressing cells was half of control cells, suggesting that they are very vulnerable to stress. ATP in media of Plp1 expressing cells is significantly increased more than two-fold compared to controls; markers of apoptosis are increased in cells over-expressing Plp1, indicating that abnormal metabolism of PLP is most likely the direct cause leading to Olg apoptosis. We hypothesize that abnormal metabolism, mediated by increased insertion of PLP into mitochondria, underlies demyelination in Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease (PMD) and in models of PMD. To understand why PLP and DM20 function differently, we mutated or deleted amino acids located in the PLP-specific region. All these mutations and deletions of the PLP-specific region prevented insertion of PLP into mitochondria. These findings demonstrate that the PLP-specific region is essential for PLP's import into mitochondria, and now offer an explanation for deciphering unique functions of PLP and DM20. CI - Copyright (c) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Somayajulu, Mallika AU - Somayajulu M AD - Wayne State University School of Medicine Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA; Wayne State University School of Medicine Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA. FAU - Bessert, Denise A AU - Bessert DA AD - Wayne State University School of Medicine Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA. FAU - Huttemann, Maik AU - Huttemann M AD - Wayne State University School of Medicine Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA. FAU - Sohi, Jasloveleen AU - Sohi J AD - University of Windsor Department of Chemistry, ON, Canada. FAU - Kamholz, John AU - Kamholz J AD - University of Iowa, Des Moines IA, USA. FAU - Skoff, Robert P AU - Skoff RP AD - Wayne State University School of Medicine Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA. Electronic address: rskoff@med.wayne.edu. LA - eng GR - R01 NS038236/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20180502 PL - Ireland TA - Neurosci Lett JT - Neuroscience letters JID - 7600130 RN - 0 (Mitochondrial Proteins) RN - 0 (Myelin Proteolipid Protein) RN - 33X04XA5AT (Lactic Acid) RN - 8L70Q75FXE (Adenosine Triphosphate) SB - IM MH - Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis MH - COS Cells MH - Cell Respiration MH - Chlorocebus aethiops MH - Lactic Acid/metabolism MH - Mitochondria/*metabolism MH - Mitochondrial Proteins/*metabolism MH - Myelin Proteolipid Protein/*metabolism MH - Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease/metabolism PMC - PMC5975245 MID - NIHMS968113 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Metabolism OT - Mitochondria OT - Myelin OT - Oligodendrocytes OT - Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease OT - Proteolipid protein EDAT- 2018/05/08 06:00 MHDA- 2019/04/16 06:00 PMCR- 2019/06/21 CRDT- 2018/05/06 06:00 PHST- 2018/02/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/04/18 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/05/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/05/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/04/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/05/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/06/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0304-3940(18)30332-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.neulet.2018.05.005 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurosci Lett. 2018 Jun 21;678:90-98. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2018.05.005. Epub 2018 May 2.