1. Tissue-specific expression atlas of murine mitochondrial tRNAs.
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He Q, He X, Xiao Y, Zhao Q, Ye Z, Cui L, Chen Y, and Guan MX
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- Animals, Mice, Oxidative Phosphorylation, Muscle, Skeletal metabolism, Mitochondria metabolism, Mitochondria genetics, DNA, Mitochondrial metabolism, DNA, Mitochondrial genetics, Male, Liver metabolism, Kidney metabolism, Mice, Inbred C57BL, RNA metabolism, RNA genetics, RNA, Transfer metabolism, RNA, Transfer genetics, Organ Specificity, RNA, Mitochondrial metabolism, RNA, Mitochondrial genetics
- Abstract
Mammalian mitochondrial tRNA (mt-tRNA) plays a central role in the synthesis of the 13 subunits of the oxidative phosphorylation complex system (OXPHOS). However, many aspects of the context-dependent expression of mt-tRNAs in mammals remain unknown. To investigate the tissue-specific effects of mt-tRNAs, we performed a comprehensive analysis of mitochondrial tRNA expression across five mice tissues (brain, heart, liver, skeletal muscle, and kidney) using Northern blot analysis. Striking differences in the tissue-specific expression of 22 mt-tRNAs were observed, in some cases differing by as much as tenfold from lowest to highest expression levels among these five tissues. Overall, the heart exhibited the highest levels of mt-tRNAs, while the liver displayed markedly lower levels. Variations in the levels of mt-tRNAs showed significant correlations with total mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) contents in these tissues. However, there were no significant differences observed in the 2-thiouridylation levels of tRNA
Lys , tRNAGlu , and tRNAGln among these tissues. A wide range of aminoacylation levels for 15 mt-tRNAs occurred among these five tissues, with skeletal muscle and kidneys most notably displaying the highest and lowest tRNA aminoacylation levels, respectively. Among these tissues, there was a negative correlation between variations in mt-tRNA aminoacylation levels and corresponding variations in mitochondrial tRNA synthetases (mt-aaRS) expression levels. Furthermore, the variable levels of OXPHOS subunits, as encoded by mtDNA or nuclear genes, may reflect differences in relative functional emphasis for mitochondria in each tissue. Our findings provide new insight into the mechanism of mt-tRNA tissue-specific effects on oxidative phosphorylation., Competing Interests: Conflict of interest All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest with contents of this article., (Copyright © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)- Published
- 2021
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