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Suborganellar Localization of Mitochondrial Proteins and Transcripts in Human Cells

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Mitochondrial Medicine

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 2277))

Abstract

Mitochondria have complex ultrastructure which includes continuous subcompartments, such as matrix, intermembrane space, and two membranes, as well as focal structures, such as nucleoids, RNA granules, and mitoribosomes. Comprehensive studies of the spatial distribution of proteins and RNAs inside the mitochondria are necessary to understand organellar gene expression processes and macromolecule targeting pathways. Here we give examples of distribution analysis of mitochondrial proteins and transcripts by conventional microscopy and the super-resolution technique 3D STORM. We provide detailed protocols and discuss limitations of immunolabeling of mitochondrial proteins and newly synthesized mitochondrial RNAs by bromouridine incorporation and single-molecule RNA FISH in hepatocarcinoma cells.

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  • 28 October 2021

    Correction to: Volkmar Weissig and Marvin Edeas (ed.), Mitochondrial Medicine: Volume 3: Manipulating Mitochondria and Disease-Specific Approaches, Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 2277 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1270-5

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the CNRS (Centre National de Recherche Scientifique); the University of Strasbourg; the IMCBio consortium, the Labex MitoCross (ANR-11-LABX-0057_MITOCROSS) of the National Programme “Investissements d’Avenir” and the Idex UNISTRA. YM is grateful to the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) for support and providing additional time to be dedicated to research.

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  1. UMR 7156 - Molecular Genetics, Genomics, Microbiology (GMGM), University of Strasbourg/CNRS, Strasbourg, France

    Anna Smirnova, Alexandre Smirnov & Ivan Tarassov

  2. UMR 7021 - Laboratory of Biophotonics and Pharmacology (LBP), University of Strasbourg/CNRS, Illkirch, France

    Ludovic Richert & Yves Mély

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Smirnova, A., Richert, L., Smirnov, A., Mély, Y., Tarassov, I. (2021). Suborganellar Localization of Mitochondrial Proteins and Transcripts in Human Cells. In: Weissig, V., Edeas, M. (eds) Mitochondrial Medicine. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2277. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1270-5_11

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