Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter (MCU) Deficiency Reveals an Alternate Path for Ca Uptake in Photoreceptor Mitochondria

Overview

Journal Sci Rep

Specialty Science

Date 2020 Sep 30

PMID 32994451

Citations 15

Authors

Celia M Bisbach

Rachel A Hutto

Deepak Poria

Whitney M Cleghorn

Fatima Abbas

Frans Vinberg

Vladimir J Kefalov

James B Hurley

Susan E Brockerhoff

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Abstract

Rods and cones use intracellular Ca to regulate many functions, including phototransduction and neurotransmission. The Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter (MCU) complex is thought to be the primary pathway for Ca entry into mitochondria in eukaryotes. We investigate the hypothesis that mitochondrial Ca uptake via MCU influences phototransduction and energy metabolism in photoreceptors using a mcu zebrafish and a rod photoreceptor-specific Mcu mouse. Using genetically encoded Ca sensors to directly examine Ca uptake in zebrafish cone mitochondria, we found that loss of MCU reduces but does not eliminate mitochondrial Ca uptake. Loss of MCU does not lead to photoreceptor degeneration, mildly affects mitochondrial metabolism, and does not alter physiological responses to light, even in the absence of the Na/Ca, K exchanger. Our results reveal that MCU is dispensable for vertebrate photoreceptor function, consistent with its low expression and the presence of an alternative pathway for Ca uptake into photoreceptor mitochondria.

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