PMID- 30190335 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190528 LR - 20230201 IS - 1757-4684 (Electronic) IS - 1757-4676 (Print) IS - 1757-4676 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 10 DP - 2018 Oct TI - Mutations in TIMM50 compromise cell survival in OxPhos-dependent metabolic conditions. LID - 10.15252/emmm.201708698 [doi] LID - e8698 AB - TIMM50 is an essential component of the TIM23 complex, the mitochondrial inner membrane machinery that imports cytosolic proteins containing a mitochondrial targeting presequence into the mitochondrial inner compartment. Whole exome sequencing (WES) identified compound heterozygous pathogenic mutations in TIMM50 in an infant patient with rapidly progressive, severe encephalopathy. Patient fibroblasts presented low levels of TIMM50 and other components of the TIM23 complex, lower mitochondrial membrane potential, and impaired TIM23-dependent protein import. As a consequence, steady-state levels of several components of mitochondrial respiratory chain were decreased, resulting in decreased respiration and increased ROS production. Growth of patient fibroblasts in galactose shifted energy production metabolism toward oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos), producing an apparent improvement in most of the above features but also increased apoptosis. Complementation of patient fibroblasts with TIMM50 improved or restored these features to control levels. Moreover, RNASEH1 and ISCU mutant fibroblasts only shared a few of these features with TIMM50 mutant fibroblasts. Our results indicate that mutations in TIMM50 cause multiple mitochondrial bioenergetic dysfunction and that functional TIMM50 is essential for cell survival in OxPhos-dependent conditions. CI - (c) 2018 The Authors. Published under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license. FAU - Reyes, Aurelio AU - Reyes A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2876-2202 AD - MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK art@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk mdz21@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk. FAU - Melchionda, Laura AU - Melchionda L AD - Unit of Molecular Neurogenetics, Foundation Carlo Besta Neurological Institute-IRCCS, Milan, Italy. FAU - Burlina, Alberto AU - Burlina A AD - Division of Inherited Metabolic Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Padova, Padova, Italy. FAU - Robinson, Alan J AU - Robinson AJ AD - MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. FAU - Ghezzi, Daniele AU - Ghezzi D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9358-1566 AD - Unit of Molecular Neurogenetics, Foundation Carlo Besta Neurological Institute-IRCCS, Milan, Italy. FAU - Zeviani, Massimo AU - Zeviani M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9067-5508 AD - MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK art@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk mdz21@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk. LA - eng GR - MC_U105674181/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom GR - 322424/ERC_/European Research Council/International GR - MC_UU_00015/8/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom GR - MC_UP_1002/1/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom GR - MC_UU_00015/5/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - EMBO Mol Med JT - EMBO molecular medicine JID - 101487380 RN - 0 (Membrane Transport Proteins) RN - 0 (Mitochondrial Precursor Protein Import Complex Proteins) RN - 0 (TIMM50 protein, human) SB - IM MH - Brain Diseases/diagnosis/pathology/*physiopathology MH - Cell Survival MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Female MH - Fibroblasts/pathology MH - Genetic Complementation Test MH - Humans MH - Infant MH - Italy MH - Membrane Transport Proteins/*genetics MH - Mitochondrial Diseases/diagnosis/pathology/*physiopathology MH - Mitochondrial Precursor Protein Import Complex Proteins MH - *Mutation MH - *Oxidative Phosphorylation PMC - PMC6180300 OTO - NOTNLM OT - OxPhos OT - TIMM50 OT - bioenergetic dysfunction OT - mitochondrial import EDAT- 2018/09/08 06:00 MHDA- 2019/05/29 06:00 PMCR- 2018/10/01 CRDT- 2018/09/08 06:00 PHST- 2018/09/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/05/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/09/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - emmm.201708698 [pii] AID - EMMM201708698 [pii] AID - 10.15252/emmm.201708698 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - EMBO Mol Med. 2018 Oct;10(10):e8698. doi: 10.15252/emmm.201708698.