학술논문
Endoplasmic reticulum–associated degradation regulates mitochondrial dynamics in brown adipocytes
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article
Author
Zhou, Zhangsen; Torres, Mauricio; Sha, Haibo; Halbrook, Christopher J; Van den Bergh, Françoise; Reinert, Rachel B; Yamada, Tatsuya; Wang, Siwen; Luo, Yingying; Hunter, Allen H; Wang, Chunqing; Sanderson, Thomas H; Liu, Meilian; Taylor, Aaron; Sesaki, Hiromi; Lyssiotis, Costas A; Wu, Jun; Kersten, Sander; Beard, Daniel A; Qi, Ling
Source
Science. 368(6486)
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Abstract
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) engages mitochondria at specialized ER domains known as mitochondria-associated membranes (MAMs). Here, we used three-dimensional high-resolution imaging to investigate the formation of pleomorphic "megamitochondria" with altered MAMs in brown adipocytes lacking the Sel1L-Hrd1 protein complex of ER-associated protein degradation (ERAD). Mice with ERAD deficiency in brown adipocytes were cold sensitive and exhibited mitochondrial dysfunction. ERAD deficiency affected ER-mitochondria contacts and mitochondrial dynamics, at least in part, by regulating the turnover of the MAM protein, sigma receptor 1 (SigmaR1). Thus, our study provides molecular insights into ER-mitochondrial cross-talk and expands our understanding of the physiological importance of Sel1L-Hrd1 ERAD.