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Downloaded from http://cshperspectives.cshlp.org/ on September 24, 2021 - Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press Mitochondrial Biogenesis through Activation of Nuclear Signaling Proteins John E. Dominy and Pere Puigserver Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215 Correspondence: [email protected] The dynamics of mitochondrial biogenesis and function is a complex interplayof cellular and molecular processes that ultimately shape bioenergetics capacity. Mitochondrial mass, by itself, represents the net balance between rates of biogenesis and degradation. Mitochondrial biogenesis is dependent on different signaling cascades and transcriptional complexes that promote the formation and assembly of mitochondria—a process that is heavily dependent on timely and coordinated transcriptional control of genes encoding for mitochondrial pro- teins. In this article, we discuss the major signals and transcriptional complexes, program- ming mitochondrial biogenesis, and bioenergetic activity.This regulatory network represents a new therapeutic window into the treatment of the wide spectrum of mitochondrial and neurodegenerative diseases characterized by dysregulation of mitochondrial dynamics and bioenergetic deficiencies. itochondria are dense, double membrane- organelle. Mitochondria, for instance, are essen- Menclosed organelles that are present in all tial for the synthesis of pyrimidines and purines, mammalian cells except mature red blood cor- contribute to the synthesis of heme, regulate ni- puscles. They uniquely possess their own ge- trogen balance through the urea cycle, produce nome in a circular DNA molecule. Although ketone bodies, are necessary for sex hormone this genome encodes for only a small fraction production, are involved in the processing of of the total genes needed for mitochondrial or- xenobiotics, play a critical role in redox balance, ganelle assembly and function, it is thus neces- and are key regulators of the apoptotic program sarily complemented by nuclear-encoded genes. in mammals. Given the centrality of mitochon- Mitochondria provide a wide variety of bio- dria to the maintenance of so many pathways in chemical services to the cell. Although it is con- mammalian cells, it is not surprising that there ventionally accepted that energy production exist multiple layers of control that enable a through the aerobic oxidation of carbon sub- cell to coordinate its net mitochondrial activity strates and the generation of ATPis the principal with fuel sources, biosynthetic demands, prolif- function of mitochondria, this narrow view eration rates, and external stimuli. One impor- overlooks the many other impressive biosyn- tant layer in this signaling control is the expres- thetic and regulatory capacities of this versatile sion of mitochondrial nuclear-derived genes Editors: Douglas C. Wallace and Richard J. Youle Additional Perspectives on Mitochondria available at www.cshperspectives.org Copyright # 2013 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press; all rights reserved; doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a015008 Cite this article as Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2013;5:a015008 1 Downloaded from http://cshperspectives.cshlp.org/ on September 24, 2021 - Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press J.E. Dominy and P. Puigserver that initiate the cellular program of mitochon- mitochondrial genome through the direct mod- drial biogenesis. Defects and failure in the in- ulation of transcription factor A mitochondrial tegrity of this signaling system can cause serious (TFAM) and transcription factor B proteins perturbations to cellular metabolism and give (TFBs) gene expression; TFAM and TFBs are rise to a broad range of tissue specific as well major regulators of mitochondrial DNA tran- as systemic pathologies in humans. The same scription and replication (Gleyzer et al. 2005). signaling system, on the other hand, also opens NRF-1 may play an integral role in coupling many therapeutic opportunities for the correc- mitochondrial replication with nuclear replica- tion of mitochondrial defects. In this article, we tion over the course of the cell cycle through discuss some of the major signaling factors that regulation of E2F transcription factor targets serve to regulate mitochondrial biogenesis and and mitochondrial genes, indicating a link be- their implications for the mitigation of mito- tween cell division and mitochondrial biogen- chondrial disorders. esis (Cam et al. 2004). Studies involving the promoter region of cytochrome c oxidase complex subunit IV REGULATION OF MITOCHONDRIAL (COXIV) revealed the presence of another nu- BIOGENESIS AND FUNCTION THROUGH clear respiratory factor, NRF-2, which was able NUCLEAR-BASED GENE EXPRESSION to regulate the expression of proteins in the Although mitochondria contain in excess of electron transport chain (Carter et al. 1992). 1000 proteins, its tiny circular genome encodes NRF-2 promotes the expression of genes that for only 13 proteins, 22 tRNAs, and two rRNAs; encode for mitochondrial complex IV cyto- the balance of this genetic shortage is made chrome c oxidase (Gugneja et al. 1995). Like up by the nuclear genome (Calvo and Mootha NRF1, NRF2 also controls the expression of 2010). Because the vast majority of mitochon- TFAM and TFBs. The differential regulation drial genes are situated in the nucleus, trans- of NRF1 and NRF2 is not completely under- cription complexes at promoters of these genes stood but phosphorylation of these factors can control their expression. This affords the cell alter their transcriptional activities (Scarpulla the opportunity to coordinately regulate the 2008). In addition, specific coactivators of the expression of both mitochondrial and non- PGC-1 family sculpt NRFs-dependent control mitochondrialgenesetstoaffectaunifiedspecif- of mitochondrial gene expression in response ic cellular response. Below we highlight some to different signaling pathways (Wu et al. 1999). of the major nuclear transcriptional complexes regulating mitochondrial gene expression and Nuclear Hormone Receptors the diverse signaling pathways to which they respond (Fig. 1). Within the superfamily of nuclear hormone receptors, there are several subclasses that con- trol mitochondrial function and biogenesis. Nuclear Respiratory Factors The PPAR group of receptors is one such set. Sequence analysis of the electron transport gene PPARa, which can be activated by long-chain cytochrome c promoter initially identified nu- fatty acids and eicosanoids, can potently pro- clear respiratory factor 1 (NRF-1) as an impor- mote the expression of genes involved in mi- tant regulator of gene expression (Evans and tochondrial b-oxidation (Gulick et al. 1994). Scarpulla 1989). NRF-1 controls the expression The activation of PPARg activation, on the of a significant number of the proteins that other hand, triggers mitochondrial biogenesis make up the five respiratory complexes, as well in white adipose tissue (Wilson-Fritch et al. as proteins integral to mitochondrial import 2004); PPARg activation is also necessary to and heme biosynthesis (Scarpulla 2008). NRF- induce the expression of mitochondrial genes 1 is also able to integrate nuclear control of the involved in the brown fat-mediated thermogen- transcriptional and replicative activity of the ic program (Puigserver et al. 1998). PPARd,in 2 Cite this article as Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2013;5:a015008 Downloaded from http://cshperspectives.cshlp.org/ on September 24, 2021 - Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press Programming Mitochondrial Biogenesis Nuclear-encoded genes Fusion/ Mitochondrial TCA cycle enzymes Fatty acid β oxidation OXPHOS genes fission factors protein import Tfam/TFBs PPARs ERRs CREB YY1 THRs NRF1 NRF2 RIP140 PGC-1α/β JNK mTORC1 Nutrients/ anabolic stimuli PKA SIRT1 ROS + CAMK/MAPK AMPK NAD Adrenergic stimuli Muscle contractions/ 2+ Ca other stimuli ? Mitochondrial gene transcription/ Low adenylate charge DNA replication SIRT3/ SIRT4/ SIRT5 Deacylation of mitochondrial proteins Figure 1. An overview of the transcriptional complexes regulating mitochdondrial gene expression and the signaling pathways converging upon them. Illustrated are the major transcriptional complexes/chromatin remodeling factors directly associated with changes in mitochondrial gene expression (see text for additional information). skeletal muscle, is able to up-regulate mitochon- truncated form of thyroid hormone receptor a drial genes associated with fatty acid oxidation has been reported to be localized to the mito- and specify slow twitch fiber type (Narkar et al. chondrion and may serve to directly activate the 2008; Kleiner et al. 2009). transcription of genes in the mitochondrial ge- Thyroid hormone receptors (THRs) can nome (Casas et al. 1999). also promote mitochondrial biogenesis and tis- Estrogen-related receptors ERR-a, ERR-b, sue-specific function. This includes mitochon- and ERR-g are yet another set of nuclear hor- drial-driven thermogenesisthat occurs in brown mone receptors capable of promoting mito- fat during the adaptation to lower temperatures chondrial biogenesis. These receptors have no (Silva 1995). In some instances, THRs directly known endogenous ligands and are primary drive the transcription of nuclear-encoded genes, expressed in tissues with high oxidative meta- whereas, in others, the effects can occur indi- bolism capacities (Eichner and Giguere 2011). rectly through the thyroid hormone-mediated