Ectopic F0F1 ATP synthase contains both nuclear and mitochondrially-encoded subunits |
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Authors: | Amit Kumar Rai Barbara Spolaore David A. Harris Federica Dabbeni-Sala Giovanna Lippe |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padua, Largo Meneghetti 2, 35131, Padova, Italy 2. CRIBI Biotechnology Centre, University of Padua, Viale G. Colombo 3, 35121, Padova, Italy 3. Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU, UK 4. Department of Food Science, University of Udine, Via Sondrio 2/A, 33100, Udine, Italy 5. Department of Food Science, University of Udine, Via Sondrio 2/A, 33100, Udine, Italy
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Abstract: | Over the past few years, several reports have described the presence of F0F1 ATP synthase subunits at the surface of hepatocytes, where the hydrolytic activity of F1 sector faces outside and triggers HDL endocytosis. An intriguing question is whether the ectopic enzyme has same subunit composition and molecular mass as that of the mitochondrial ATP synthase. Also due to the polar nature of hepatocytes, the enzyme may be localized to a particular cell boundary. Using different methods to prepare rat liver plasma membranes, which have been subjected to digitonin extraction, hr CN PAGE, immunoblotting, and mass spectrometry analysis, we demonstrate the presence of ecto-F0F1 complexes which have a similar molecular weight to the monomeric form of the mitochondrial complexes, containing both nuclear and mitochondrially-encoded subunits. This finding makes it unlikely that the enzyme assembles on the plasma membranes, but suggest it to be transported whole after being assembled in mitochondria by still unknown pathways. Moreover, the plasma membrane preparation enriched in basolateral proteins contains much higher amounts of complete and active F0F1 complexes, consistent with their specific function to modulate the HDL uptake on hepatocyte surface. |
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