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CAMKK2 regulates mitochondrial function by controlling succinate dehydrogenase expression, post-translational
Mohammad Golam Sabbir1,2, Carla G Taylor3,4,5, Peter Zahradka3,4,5
1Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine, St. Boniface Albrechtsen Research Centre, Room R2034 - 351 Taché Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R2H 2A6, Canada. sabbir@alzobio.com.
Cell Communication and Signaling : CCS
|September 26, 2021
Summary
Calcium/calmodulin-activated kinase kinase 2 (CAMKK2) deletion suppressed respiration, causing the Warburg effect. Its loss impacts SDHB protein levels and mitochondrial function differently across cell types, affecting energy metabolism.
Area of Science:
- Cellular metabolism and bioenergetics
- Mitochondrial function and dysfunction
- Molecular mechanisms of metabolic diseases
Background:
- Calcium/calmodulin-activated kinase kinase 2 (CAMKK2) signaling is crucial for glucose metabolism and energy homeostasis, impacting metabolic disease pathogenesis.
- CAMKK2's diverse downstream targets suggest cell-type-specific metabolic effects and mechanisms.
- Understanding cell-type-specific CAMKK2 roles in glucose metabolism is key to elucidating its tissue-specific functions in energy metabolism.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the cell-type-specific regulation of glucose metabolism and respiration under CAMKK2 deletion.
- To analyze differences in CAMKK2-mediated metabolic effects in human embryonic kidney (HEK293) and hepatoma (HepG2) cells.
Main Methods:
- Measured oxygen consumption rate (OCR) to assess cellular respiration.
- Quantified succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) enzyme activity and analyzed electron transport system (ETS)-associated proteins, including SDH subunit B (SDHB).
- Utilized molecular biology techniques for transcription, proteomic analyses, and cell-type-specific SDHB manipulation (knockdown/overexpression).
Main Results:
- CAMKK2 deletion induced the Warburg effect (aerobic glycolysis) in both cell types, suppressing respiration.
- Mitochondrial respiration kinetics showed cell-type-specific changes under CAMKK2 deletion.
- CAMKK2 loss affected SDHB expression, post-translational modifications (PTMs), and assembly into megacomplexes, altering CII-mediated respiration and mitochondrial bioenergetics in a cell-type-specific manner.
Conclusions:
- CAMKK2 mediates cell-type-specific regulation of mitochondrial function.
- Differential expression, PTMs, and SDH assembly into megacomplexes are key mechanisms.
- These findings offer novel insights into CAMKK2's role in differential mitochondrial regulation and energy metabolism.
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