Disparate phenotypic effects from the knockdown of various Trypanosoma brucei cytochrome c oxidase subunits

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology
Anna GnipováAlena Zíková

Abstract

The Trypanosoma brucei cytochrome c oxidase (respiratory complex IV) is a very divergent complex containing a surprisingly high number of trypanosomatid-specific subunits with unknown function. To gain insight into the functional organization of this large protein complex, the expression of three novel subunits (TbCOX VII, TbCOX X and TbCOX 6080) were down-regulated by RNA interference. We demonstrate that all three subunits are important for the proper function of complex IV and the growth of the procyclic stage of T. brucei. These phenotypes were manifested by the structural instability of the complex when these indispensible subunits were repressed. Furthermore, the impairment of cytochrome c oxidase resulted in other severe mitochondrial phenotypes, such as a decreased mitochondrial membrane potential, reduced ATP production via oxidative phoshorylation and redirection of oxygen consumption to the trypanosome-specific alternative oxidase, TAO. Interestingly, the inspected subunits revealed some disparate phenotypes, particularly regarding the activity of cytochrome c reductase (respiratory complex III). While the activity of complex III was down-regulated in RNAi induced cells for TbCOX X and TbCOX 6080, the TbCOX VII silen...Continue Reading

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