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Daum 2013 Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

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Daum B, Walter A, Horst A, Osiewacz HD, Kühlbrandt W (2013) Age-dependent dissociation of ATP synthase dimers and loss of inner-membrane cristae in mitochondria. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 110:15301-6.

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Daum B, Walter A, Horst A, Osiewacz HD, Kuehlbrandt W (2013) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Abstract: Aging is one of the most fundamental, yet least understood biological processes that affect all forms of eukaryotic life. Mitochondria are intimately involved in aging, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are largely unknown. Electron cryotomography of whole mitochondria from the aging model organism Podospora anserina revealed profound age-dependent changes in membrane architecture. With increasing age, the typical cristae disappear and the inner membrane vesiculates. The ATP synthase dimers that form rows at the cristae tips dissociate into monomers in inner-membrane vesicles, and the membrane curvature at the ATP synthase inverts. Dissociation of the ATP synthase dimer may involve the peptidyl prolyl isomerase cyclophilin D. Finally, the outer membrane ruptures near large contact-site complexes, releasing apoptogens into the cytoplasm. Inner-membrane vesiculation and dissociation of ATP synthase dimers would impair the ability of mitochondria to supply the cell with sufficient ATP to maintain essential cellular functions.

Bioblast editor: Gnaiger E O2k-Network Lab: DE Frankfurt Osiewacz HD

Cited by

Gnaiger Erich et al ― MitoEAGLE Task Group (2020) Mitochondrial physiology. Bioenerg Commun 2020.1.
Gnaiger E et al ― MitoEAGLE Task Group (2020) Mitochondrial physiology. Bioenerg Commun 2020.1. doi:10.26124/bec:2020-0001.v1.



Labels: MiParea: mt-Structure;fission;fusion, mt-Membrane  Pathology: Aging;senescence 

Organism: Fungi 


Enzyme: Complex V;ATP synthase 



BEC 2020.1