# Decreasing cytosolic translation is beneficial to yeast and human tafazzin-deficient cells

Maxence de Taffin de Tilques, Jean-Paul Lasserre, François Godard, Elodie Sardin, Marine Bouhier, Marina Le Guedard, Roza Kucharczyk, Patrice X. Petit, Eric Testet, Jean-Paul Di Rago, et al.

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Maxence de Taffin de Tilques, Jean-Paul Lasserre, François Godard, Elodie Sardin, Marine Bouhier, et al.. Decreasing cytosolic translation is beneficial to yeast and human tafazzin-deficient cells. Microbial Cell, 2018, 5 (5), pp.1-13. 10.15698/mic2018.05.629. hal-02628099

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# Decreasing cytosolic translation is beneficial to yeast and human Tafazzin-deficient cells

Maxence de Taffin de Tilques<fnref n="1" />,§, Jean-Paul Lasserre<fnref n="1" />,§,*, François Godard<fnref n="1" />, Elodie Sardin<fnref n="1" />, Marine Bouhier<fnref n="1" />, Marina Le Guedard<fnref n="2" />,<fnref n="3" />, Roza Kucharczyk<fnref n="4" />, Patrice X. Petit<fnref n="5" />, Eric Testet<fnref n="2" />, Jean-Paul di Rago<fnref n="1" />, Déborah Tribouillard-Tanvier<fnref n="1" />,#,*

**ABSTRACT** Cardiolipin (CL) optimizes diverse mitochondrial processes, including oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). To function properly, CL needs to be unsaturated, which requires the acyltransferase Tafazzin (TAZ). Loss-of-function mutations in the TAZ gene are responsible for the Barth syndrome (BTHS), a rare X-linked cardiomyopathy, presumably because of a diminished OXPHOS capacity. Herein we show that a partial inhibition of cytosolic protein synthesis, either chemically with the use of cycloheximide or by specific genetic mutations, fully restores biogenesis and the activity of the oxidative phosphorylation system in a yeast BTHS model (taz1Δ). Interestingly, the defects in CL were not suppressed, indicating that they are not primarily responsible for the OXPHOS deficiency in taz1Δ yeast. Low concentrations of cycloheximide in the picomolar range were beneficial to TAZ-deficient HeLa cells, as evidenced by the recovery of a good proliferative capacity. These findings reveal that a diminished capacity of CL remodeling deficient cells to preserve protein homeostasis is likely an important factor contributing to the pathogenesis of BTHS. This in turn, identifies cytosolic translation as a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of this disease.

doi: 10.15698/mic2018.05.629

Received originally: 03.11.2017;
in revised form: 01.02.2018,

Accepted 05.02.2018,

Published 18.02.2018.

**Keywords:** mitochondrial disease, oxidative phosphorylation, Barth syndrome, cytosolic protein synthesis, cycloheximide; cardiolipin remodeling.

**Abbreviations:**

BTHS – Barth syndrome,

CHX – cycloheximide,

CL – cardiolipin,

OXPHOS – oxidative phosphorylation,

ROS – reactive oxygen species,

WT – wild type.

## INTRODUCTION

The Barth Syndrome (BTHS) is a rare X-linked recessive mitochondrial disorder that is characterized by cardiac and skeletal myopathies, growth retardation, hypocholesterolemia, increased urine levels of 3-methylglutaconic acid and high susceptibility to bacterial infections, due to cyclic neutropenia [1-3]. This disease is caused by mutations in Ta-fazzin, a mitochondrial protein involved in the remodeling of cardiolipin (CL). This phospholipid is mainly found in mitochondria, [4-10] where it optimizes numerous pro-

cesses including oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) [11-13], fusion [14], fission [15, 16], protein import [17, 18], iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis [19], mitophagy [20-23], apoptosis [7, 23-28] and the transport of metabolites across the mitochondrial inner membrane [6, 17, 29-36]. Tafazzin is an acyltransferase required for the maintenance of unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds in CL fatty acyl chains [1, 37-41]. Loss-of-function mutations in Tafazzin lead to reduced levels of unsaturated CL and the accumulation of CL species with an incomplete set of fatty acyl chains (such

<footnote n="1">¹ Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, CNRS UMR 5095, Université de Bordeaux, 1 rue Camille Saint-Saëns, 33077 Bordeaux cedex, France.</footnote>

<footnote n="2">² Laboratoire de Biogenèse Membranaire, CNRS UMR 5200, Université de Bordeaux, INRA Bordeaux Aquitaine, Villenave d'Ornon, France.</footnote>

<footnote n="3">³ LEB Aquitaine Transfert-ADERA, FR-33883 Villenave d'Ornon, Cedex, France.</footnote>

<footnote n="4">⁴ Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.</footnote>

<footnote n="5">⁵ CNRS FR3636 Fédération de recherché en Neuroscience, Université Paris-Descartes, 45, rue des Saints-Pères, 75006 Paris, France.</footnote>

<footnote># Research associate from INSERM.</footnote>

<footnote n="6">⁶ These authors contributed equally.</footnote>

<footnote>* Corresponding Authors:</footnote>

<footnote>Déborah Tribouillard-Tanvier, Phone: +33 5 56 99 90 39, Fax: +33 5 56 99 90 51; E-mail: deborah.tribouillard-tanvier@ibgc.cnrs.fr;</footnote>

<footnote>Jean-Paul Lasserre, Phone: +33 5 56 99 90 39, Fax: +33 5 56 99 90 51; E-mail: jean-paul.lasserre@ibgc.cnrs.fr</footnote>
as monolysocardiolipin, MLCL) [42-44]. This in turn results
in multiple mitochondrial alterations that ultimately com-
promise the OXPHOS capacity [24, 45-48].

Simple model organisms such as *Saccharomyces cere-
visiae* or baker's yeast are an important resource for the
study of mitochondrial diseases. Mitochondria from this
single-celled fungus and humans show many similarities
[49-53]. Being easily amenable to genetic manipulation of
mitochondrial function [54, 55], and owing to the ability of
yeast to survive the loss of oxidative phosphorylation;
yeast models of human mitochondrial diseases can be easi-
ly created and kept alive when provided with fermentable
substrates [56, 57]. The common respiratory growth defect
of these models enables large-scale screening of genetic
and pharmacological suppressors [57-59]. Yeast has in this
way already pointed to several potential druggable thera-
peutic intervention points, such as the oxodicarboxylic acid
carrier [60] and mitochondrial protein import [61], among
others.

Herein we report that reducing cytosolic protein syn-
thesis preserves OXPHOS in CL remodeling deficient yeast
and improves the growth rate and viability of human HeLa
cells lacking Tafazzin. This study sheds new light on the
pathogenesis of BTHS and identifies cytosolic protein syn-
thesis as a potential intervention point for the treatment of
the disease.

RESULTS

Decreasing cytosolic protein synthesis improves respiratory growth of taz1Δ yeast

We [60] and others [62] showed that yeast cells lacking the
gene encoding Taz1p (taz1Δ) grow poorly on respiratory
carbon sources at 36°C, compared to the wild-type (WT)
TAZ1⁺ strain. Using a drug screening procedure we previ-
ously described [58], we found that cytosolic protein syn-
thesis inhibitors such as, cycloheximide (hereafter abbrevi-
ated as CHX), anisomycin and emetine suppressed this
phenotype in a dose-dependent manner. In the tests
shown in Fig. 1A, taz1Δ cells freshly grown by fermentation
in glucose were spread on plates containing ethanol (res-
piratory carbon source) and then exposed to paper disks
spotted with the drugs dissolved in DMSO. After five days
of incubation at 36°C, halos of enhanced growth appeared
around the filters, whereas DMSO alone had no effect. In
this assay the compounds diffused into the medium, ex-
plaining why growth was improved only at some distance
around the filters, below which it was totally absent due to
a too high concentration of the protein synthesis inhibitors.
CHX was active at 20-30 fold lower concentrations com-
pared to anisomycin and emetine (Fig. 1A). The optimal
rescuing concentration range of CHX was determined by
growth tests in liquid media containing 2% ethanol and
0.5% galactose, at 36°C. After consumption of the galac-
tose, which is a fermentable substrate, growth of taz1Δ
yeast was much less efficient compared to the WT, owing
to its failure to properly express mitochondrial function
(Fig. 1B). The best growth improvement of taz1Δ yeast was
observed in the presence of 10 nM CHX. At this concentra-

tion, growth of the wild type was unaffected (Fig. 1B).
Pulse labeling of proteins with S³⁵-methionine and S³⁵-
cysteine revealed that the rate of cytosolic protein synthe-
sis was decreased by about 50% in taz1Δ yeast grown in
the presence of 10 nM CHX, in comparison to the WT (Fig.
1C). Interestingly, cytosolic translation was already de-
creased in the mutant grown in the absence of the drug by
about 35%, possibly as a means to attenuate a protein
stress induced by a lack in CL remodeling (see below).

If CHX is a well-known inhibitor of cytosolic translation,
one cannot exclude that it has other effects in cells that
could be responsible for the improved respiratory growth
of taz1Δ yeast. We therefore tested the effects on taz1Δ
yeast of null mutations in the genes REI1 and RPL6B that
are known to partially inhibit cytosolic protein synthesis by
20% and 30% respectively [63, 64]. The double mutants
taz1Δ rei1Δ and taz1Δ rpl6bΔ grew efficiently on respirato-
ry carbon sources (Fig. 1D, E), and showed a 50% drop in
the rate of protein synthesis (Fig. 1C). These data con-
firmed that the beneficial effect of CHX in taz1Δ yeast re-
sulted from a decreased rate of protein synthesis.

Decreasing cytosolic protein synthesis improves mtDNA maintenance in taz1Δyeast

We previously showed that *taz1Δ* yeast grown by fermen-
tation at 28°C, i.e. in conditions where the presence of
functional mtDNA is not indispensable, has an increased
propensity to produce *ρ*/*ρ*<sup>0</sup> cells issued from large dele-
tions in the mitochondrial genome (60% vs 5% in the WT)
[60]. The double mutants *taz1Δ rei1Δ* and *taz1Δ rpl6bΔ*
produced five to ten times less *ρ*/*ρ*<sup>0</sup> cells than *taz1Δ* yeast
in glucose cultures (Fig. 1F). Thus, partially decreasing cyto-
solic translation preserves a proper maintenance of mtDNA
in CL deficient yeast cells.

Reducing cytosolic translation does not restore CL remodel-
ing in taz1Δ yeast

As reported [39, 60, 62], mitochondria from *taz1Δ* yeast,
compared to those from the WT, have 50% less CL, a 2-fold
higher content in phosphatidylinositol (PI), whereas phos-
phatidylethanolamine (PE) and phosphatidylcholine (PC)
accumulated normally (Fig. 2A). Additionally, the remaining
CL species are less unsaturated as suggested by the de-
creased levels in oleic acid chains (C18:1) and increased
stearic (C18:0) and palmitic (C16:0) groups compared to CL
molecules extracted from the WT (Fig. 2B). Strains *taz1Δ*
*rei1Δ* and *taz1Δ rpl6bΔ* showed very similar phospholipid
profiles (Fig. 2A, B), indicating that mitochondrial function
recovery in *taz1Δ* yeast upon partial inhibition of cytosolic
translation did not result from an enhanced production of
mature CL species.

Partially decreasing cytosolic protein synthesis fully re-
stores OXPHOS in taz1Δ yeast

As we have shown [60], the reduced ability of *taz1Δ* yeast
to grow at 36°C in 2% ethanol + 0.5% galactose (shown in
Fig. 1B) correlated with a decreased rate of oxygen con-
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FIGURE 1: Partially decreasing cytosolic translation in Taffazin-deficient (taz1Δ) yeast improves respiration-dependent growth and mtDNA maintenance. (A) taz1Δ yeast cells were spread as dense layers onto rich ethanol solid media and then exposed to sterile filters spotted with cycloheximide, anisomycin or eme- tine (dissolved in DMSO). The plates were scanned after 5 days of incubation at 36°C. The filter at the top left was spotted with DMSO alone to provide a nega- tive control. (B) Determination in liquid cultures of CHX concentrations that optimally rescue taz1Δ yeast. Complete synthetic media (CSM) containing 0.5% galactose + 2% ethanol supplemented or not with CHX at the indicated concentrations were inoculated with WT and taz1Δ cells pre-grown in CSM containing 2% glucose at 28°C. The cultures were performed at 36°C and cells densities (OD₆₀₀ₘ) taken over a period of 36 hours. (C) Rate of cytosolic protein synthesis. Total proteins and mitochondrial proteins were labeled with a mixture of [³⁵S]-methionine and [³⁵S]-cysteine for 20 min in whole cells from wild type, taz1Δ rei1Δ, taz1Δ rpl6bΔ and taz1Δ yeast grown for 24 hours in rich 0.5% galactose + 2% ethanol at 36°C, and taz1Δ cells grown in the same conditions in presence of 10 nM cycloheximide (CHX). After the labeling reactions, total protein extracts were prepared and separated by SDS-PAGE on a 12% polyacrylamide gel (75 µg per lane). The gels were dried and analyzed with a Phosphorlmager. Quantification was performed using Image J. Data are expressed in % relative to the WT (n=3). The shown data are cytosolic protein synthesis rates (total minus mitochondrial protein synthesis rates). Statistical analysis was done with Tukey's test (*P<0.05; **P<0.01; ***P<0.001; ****P<0.0001). (D) Genetic ablation of REI1 (rei1Δ) or RPL6B (rpl6bΔ) improves respiratory growth of taz1Δ yeast. WT, taz1Δ, taz1Δ rei1Δ and taz1Δ rpl6bΔ cells freshly grown at 28°C in rich glucose were serially diluted and spotted onto rich ethanol and glucose plates. The plates were scanned after 4 days of incubation at the indicated temperature. (E) Growth of WT, taz1Δ, taz1Δ rei1Δ and taz1Δ rpl6bΔ strains in liquid complete synthetic media containing 0.5% galactose + 2% ethanol at 36°C. The cultures were inoculated with cells grown in CSM containing 2% glucose at 28°C. The cultures were performed at 36°C and cell densities (OD₆₀₀ₘ) taken over a period of 60 hours. (F) Genetic ablation of REI1 (rei1Δ) or RPL6B (rpl6bΔ) in taz1Δ yeast preserves mtDNA maintenance. Proportions of p/p₀ cells produced in glucose cultures at 28°C of strains WT, taz1Δ, taz1Δ rei1Δ, and taz1Δ rpl6bΔ were determined using the procedure described in [60] (n=3). Data are expressed in % relative to the WT and were statistically analyzed using Tukey's test (*P<0.05; **P<0.01; ***P<0.001).
sumption and diminished levels of key components involved in the transfer of electrons to oxygen, including complexes II-IV and cytochrome c. Accumulation of these proteins (Fig. 3A, B) and oxygen consumption measured with either NADH or Ascorbate-TMPD as electron donors were substantially improved after eliminating *REI1* or *RPL6B* (Fig. 3C) or growing *taz1Δ* yeast in the presence of 10 nM CHX (Fig. 3D). Consequently, the rate of mitochondrial ATP synthesis was restored to almost normal levels (Fig. 3E).

These observations were corroborated by monitoring changes in mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨ) with Rhodamine 123. As we showed [60], adding ADP to respiring *taz1Δ* mitochondria did not decrease ΔΨ due to their poor capacity to synthesize ATP. Consistent with their good ability to produce ATP, those from strains *taz1Δ rei1Δ* and *taz1Δ rpl6bΔ* efficiently responded to ADP as WT mitochondria (Fig. 4). Furthermore, after a subsequent addition of KCN, to block the respiratory chain, ΔΨ collapsed in one single rapid phase in *taz1Δ* mitochondria, whereas a residual potential was preserved in those from *taz1Δ rei1Δ* and *taz1Δ rpl6bΔ* and WT yeasts. This residual potential is due to the pumping of protons by ATP synthase, coupled by the hydrolysis of the ATP that accumulated in the mitochondria matrix during phosphorylation of the added ADP, as evidenced by the loss of this potential by inhibiting ATP synthase with oligomycin (Fig. 4).

Taken together, these observations demonstrate that partially decreasing cytosolic translation preserves the biogenesis and activity of the OXPHOS system in CL remodeling deficient yeast.

### Partially decreasing cytosolic protein synthesis suppresses the enhanced production of ROS in *taz1Δ* yeast

Defects in the mitochondrial respiratory chain often result in a higher production/accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) owing to an enhanced diversion of electrons from their normal pathway to oxygen, which was observed in CL remodeling deficient cells [65]. Thus, it was expected that *taz1Δ* yeast should produce less ROS after deleting *REI1* or *RPL6B* or during growth in the presence of 10 nM CHX, which was indeed observed (Fig. 5).

### Decreasing cytosolic protein synthesis is also beneficial to tafazzin-deficient human cells

We aimed to understand whether partially decreasing cytosolic translation could also benefit human cells lacking Tafazzin. To this end, we used our previously described HeLa cells, in which the TAZ gene was knocked down by RNA interference (shTaz1) and two control cell lines, shWT1 and shTaz1R in which the expression of TAZ1 was not inhibited. As reported, ShTaz1 poorly accumulates Tafazzin, is defective in CL maturation, has a reduced capacity to associate respiratory chain complexes into 'respirasomes', produces abnormally enlarged cells and has a higher content in mitochondria compared to shWT1 and shTaz1R, as do cells from BTHS patients [24, 48, 66].

Herein we report that ShTaz1 cells proliferate four times slower and die more rapidly, in comparison to

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**FIGURE 2: Genetic ablation of *REI1* or *RPL6B* in *taz1Δ* yeast does not restore cardiolipin remodeling.** Lipids were extracted from mitochondria isolated from WT (black bars), *taz1Δ* (open bars), *taz1Δ rei1Δ* (grey bars) and *taz1Δ rpl6bΔ* (striped bars) cells grown in CSM 0.5% galactose + 2% ethanol at 36°C until a density of 2-3 OD<sub>600nm</sub>. (A) Relative contents of PE (phosphatidylethanolamine), CL (cardiolipin), PI (phosphatidylinositol) and PC (phosphatidylcholine) within each strain. (B) Relative fatty acid chain composition of CL within each strain (16:0, palmitic acid; 16:1, palmitoleic acid; 18:0, stearic acid; 18:1: oleic acid). Statistical analysis was done with Kruskal-Wallis test followed by Dunn's multiple comparison test (*P*<0.05; **P<0.01; ***P<0.001). Data are expressed as mean ± s.d. (n=4). The data for WT and *taz1Δ* strains were reported previously [60].

ShWT1 and ShTaz1R1 cells (Fig.6 A, B). We took advantage of these differences to test the capacity of CHX at counteracting the detrimental effects of a lack in CL maturation in human cells. A large beneficial effect was observed at a 50 pM concentration of CHX. In the experiment shown in Fig. 6C, the drug was added 24-25 hours after inoculating 200 µl of media with 5000 cells. CHX induced a 48 h lag phase, after which the cells grew for a long-lasting period of 170 hours, before dying and detaching from their support. In the absence of CHX, death was observed much more rapidly, after 72 hours of continuous growth. At the concentration of 50 pM, CHX had no effect on the proliferation of ShWT1 (Figure 6D). These observations indicate that a partial decrease in cytosolic translation is, as in *taz1Δ* yeast, beneficial to human cells defective in CL remodeling.
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**FIGURE 3:** Partially decreasing cytosolic translation preserves oxidative phosphorylation in *taz1Δ* yeast. The experiments here described were performed using mitochondria isolated from cells grown for 24 hours at 36°C in CSM containing 0.5% galactose + 2% ethanol, supplemented or not as indicated with 10 nM CHX, until a density of 2-3 OD₆₀₀nm. (A, B) Steady-state levels of proteins involved in the transfer of electrons to oxygen. (A) Proteins were extracted from the mitochondrial samples using 2 g digitonin per g of proteins. The supercomplexes III₂-IV₂ and III₂-IV₁ were revealed by the complex IV activity after separation by CN-PAGE or by western blot with antibodies against Cox2 in BN-PAGE gels. (B) Left panel. Total mitochondrial protein samples were resolved by SDS-PAGE (50 µg per lane) and probed with antibodies against the indicated proteins. The shown gels are representative of at least 3 experiments. Right panel. Quantification using ImageJ software. Levels of Cytc, Cox2, Atp1 and Sdh2 are normalized to Por1p and expressed relative to WT. (C) Genetic ablation of *REI1* or *RPL6B* in *taz1Δ* yeast preserves mitochondrial respiration. On the left are the rates of oxygen consumption from NADH (4 mM) alone (state 4), after further addition (150 µM) of ADP (state 3) or CCCP (4 µM) (uncoupled respiration). The data are expressed in % of WT state 4 respiration (mean ± s.d, n=4). On the right are the oxygen consumption rates from electrons delivered directly to complex IV by ascorbate 12.5 mM/TMPD 1.4 mM in the presence of CCCP. Data are expressed relative to the WT (mean ± s.d, n=4). (D) Mitochondrial respiration is preserved in *taz1Δ* yeast grown in the presence of 10 nM CHX. NADH was used as the electron donor, as described in panel C (n=4). (E) ATP synthesis was measured using NADH as a respiratory substrate in the presence of 1 mM ADP. Data are expressed as mean ± s.d. (n=4) relative to the WT. The data for WT and *taz1Δ* strains were reported previously [60].

## DISCUSSION

While a general inhibition of cytosolic protein synthesis would obviously be detrimental to the cell, our study reveals that a partial (50%) decrease in this activity preserves mtDNA maintenance and the biogenesis and activity of the oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) system in a yeast model of the Barth syndrome, a mitochondrial disease associated to defects in the remodeling of cardiolipin (CL). The decreased mtDNA stability in *taz1Δ* yeast occurred in fermenting (glucose) cultures where the presence of this DNA is not indispensable. With a respiratory carbon source (glycerol), *taz1Δ* yeast cells lacking functional mtDNA were much less abundant owing to their incapacity to proliferate in these conditions. Thus, the respiratory deficiency of *taz1Δ* yeast does not result from a lack in mtDNA.

Importantly, CL remodeling was still deficient in *taz1Δ* cells rescued by a partial inhibition of cytosolic translation. This finding has two important corollaries: (i) the CL species remaining in the mutant (50% vs the WT) are sufficient for a proper biogenesis and functioning of the OXPHOS system, and (ii) the OXPHOS deficit is secondary to some other cellular dysfunction(s) that can be suppressed by de-

creasing cytosolic translation. At low concentration (50 pM), CHX also improved proliferation of HeLa cells deficient in tafazzin whereas that of WT HeLa cells was not modified, which clearly demonstrates that growth improvement resulted from a compensation of the lack in tafazzin. Thus yeast and human CL remodeling deficient cells face similar difficulties that can be attenuated by targeting cytosolic translation. These finding reveal that a diminished capacity of CL remodeling deficient cells to preserve protein homeostasis is likely an important factor contributing to the pathogenesis of the Barth syndrome. This in turn, identifies cytosolic translation as a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of this disease.

Previous work revealed that decreasing cytosolic translation can also rescue yeast models of adPEO (autosomal dominant progressive external ophthalmoplegia) caused by mutations in ANT, a protein that exchanges adenine nucleotides across the mitochondrial inner membrane [68]. In addition to a defective exchange of adenine nucleotides, these mutations compromise the impermeability to protons of the inner membrane. Consequently, a sufficient
<figure><img src="image_11.png" /><figcaption>**FIGURE 4: Mitochondrial membrane potential.** Variations in mitochondrial ΔΨ were monitored by fluorescence quenching of Rhodamine 123, using intact, osmotically-protected, mitochondria isolated from WT, *taz1Δ*, *taz1Δ rei1Δ* and *taz1Δ rpl6bΔ* cells grown in CSM containing 0.5% galactose + 2% ethanol at 36°C until a density of 2-3 OD~600nm~. The additions were 75 µM ADP, 0.5 µg/ml Rhodamine 123, 75 µg/ml mitochondrial proteins (Mito), 10 µl ethanol (EtOH), 2 mM potassium cyanide (KCN), 4 µM CCCP (carbonyl cyanide-m-chlorophenyl hydrazone) and 4 µg/ml oligomycin (oligo). The shown tracings are representative of four experimental trials. The data for WT and *taz1Δ* strains were reported previously [60].</figcaption></figure>

electrical potential cannot be maintained across this mem-
brane and this impedes many proteins to reach the orga-
nelle. This has deleterious consequences, not only for mi-
tochondria, but also for the cytosol that is then confronted
with the over-accumulation and the misfolding of mito-
chondrial precursor proteins [63]. This protein stress,
which was termed mitochondrial precursor over-
accumulation stress (mPOS), was shown to induce a cellu-
lar response, named unfolded protein response activated
by mistargeted mitochondrial proteins (UPRam), that is
mainly characterized by a decreased rate of cytosolic pro-
tein synthesis and a faster rate of protein clearance by the
proteasome [68, 69]. Consistent with these findings, muta-
tions in proteins directly involved in the transport of pro-
teins into mitochondria were found to similarly poison the
cytosol with mitochondrial proteins triggering the cell to
diminish the production and stimulate the degradation of
proteins [69]. The significant drop (35%) in cytosolic trans-
lation in *taz1Δ* yeast is an indication that a lack in CL re-
modeling could as well lead to the congestion of the cyto-
sol with miss-localized mitochondrial proteins.

Considering the numerous roles of CL in mitochondria,
it might be that a lack in the remodeling of this phospholipid
affects the capacity of mitochondria to import proteins,
and thereby makes other compartments of the cell more
susceptible to protein stress. In support to this hypothesis,
loss of CL remodeling was shown to partially compromise
the biogenesis of the protein translocase (TOM) and the
sorting and assembly machinery (SAM) of the outer mitochondrial
membrane [18, 70]. In another study [36], no
evidence was found for a decreased preprotein accumulation
*in vitro* with *taz1*-deficient mitochondria. However,

because these assays used minute amounts of preproteins
it might be difficult to detect in this way a partially diminished
protein import capacity.

The recovery of mitochondrial function in *taz1Δ* yeast by a partial decrease of cytosolic translation is in line with a recent study showing that CL has an important role in promoting the induction of a mitochondrial-to-cytosolic stress response (MCSR) that enables the cell to improve protein homeostasis in both compartments [71]. Consistently also, it was shown that rapamycin, a specific inhibitor of the mTOR signaling pathway that regulates several extra-mitochondrial cellular pathways among which protein synthesis, robustly enhances survival and attenuates the disease's progression in a mouse model and patient cells of the Leigh Syndrome, one of the most devastating mitochondrial disorders [72, 73].

Clearly, beyond a certain level of mitochondrial damage,
the protein stress responsive pathways may not be suffici-
ent. This may explain that in addition to its spontaneous
35% drop in protein synthesis, *taz1Δ* yeast requires a fur-
ther (15%) decrease in this activity to be effectively res-
cued. Whether a general protein synthesis inhibition or a
reduced production of specific proteins is beneficial to CL
remodeling deficient cells is an interesting and important
issue. In this respect, it is interesting to note that Gerst *et
al.* found that ribosomal protein paralogs specifically mod-
ulate translation of mitochondrial precursor proteins [74].
Such observations hold promise for the development of
more targeted therapeutic approaches with less undesira-
ble side-effects to preserve protein homeostasis in cells
poisoned by the over-accumulation in the cytosol of mito-
chondrial protein precursors.
<figure><img src="image_12.png" /><figcaption>FIGURE 5: Partially decreasing cytosolic translation in *taz1Δ* yeast preserves a normal production of ROS. The cells were grown in CSM containing 0.5% galactose + 2% ethanol at 36°C for 48 hours. At the indicated times, ROS levels were measured by flow cytometry using dihydroethidium as a probe. The data are expressed in % relative to the WT at T0 (n=3). Statistical analysis was done with Tukey's test (*P*<0.05; **P<0.01; ***P<0.001; ****P<0.0001). The data for WT and *taz1Δ* strains were reported previously [60].</figcaption></figure>

# MATERIALS AND METHODS

## Growth media

The following media were used for growing yeast: Fermentable YPAD media containing 1% (w/v) yeast extract, 1% (w/v) bacto peptone, 40 mg/L adenine and 2% (v/v) glucose; Respiratory rich media YPAEthanol containing 1% (w/v) yeast extract, 1% (w/v) bacto peptone, 40 mg/L adenine and 2% (v/v) ethanol; Non-fermentable complete synthetic media CSM/gal/ethanol containing 0.17% (w/v) yeast nitrogen base without aminoacids and ammonium sulfate, 0.5% (w/v) ammonium sulfate, 0.5% (w/v) galactose, 2% ethanol and 0.08% (w/v) of a mixture of aminoacids and bases from Formedium. Solid media contained 2% (w/v) agar.

## Construction of strains *taz1Δ rpl6bΔ* and *taz1Δ rei1Δ*

These strains were constructed by deleting entirely the open reading frame of *RPL6B* or *REI1* with the KanMX marker using a described procedure [75] in *taz1Δ* mutant (*MATa ade2-1 ura3-1 his3-11*, 15 *trp1-1 leu2-3,112 can1-100*, *taz1::TRP1*). For the construction of the strain *taz1Δ rpl6bΔ*, the KanMX cassette was amplified using primers pFA6a-Kan: Rpl6b-del-F (CTT TCT TGA ACT TGG AAG AGA AGC AAA TAT ATT CAA CGA A cgg atc ccc ggg tta att aa) and Rpl6b-del-R (CTA TTT TAA ATC ATT TAT AAT TTT TTC AGT TCA AT gaa ttc gag ctc gtt taa ac) (the sequences in capital letters are homologous to the *RPL6B* flanking regions, those in lower case enable amplification of *KanMX*. For the construction of the strain *taz1Δ rei1Δ*, the KanMX cassette was amplified with pFA6a-Kan: Rei1-del-F (CAT TAG AAG TCA AGA AGA GAG CAT ATC AGT AAC AAT ACG cgg atc ccc ggg tta attaa) and Rei1-del-R (GCG ACA AAA TAC TAA AAA AAG TAG TGC AAA AAG AA gaa ttc gag ctc gtt taa ac). The primers Rpl6b-Fbis (CTG CGC TTC CGT TCA GCA TC), Rpl6b-Rbis (CGA TGA CCT GAT CTT GAA CCC) or, Rei1-Fbis (GTG GTG TAG CTA TTT GTA CAT G), and Rei1-Rbis (CAA CAT CTT CAG

TCT TCA GCA GC) were used to verify the deletions of *REI1* and *RPL6B* by PCR.

## Yeast-based drug assay

0.125 OD of exponentially growing cell were homogeneously spread with sterile glass beads on a square Petri dish (12 cm x 12cm) containing solid YPA ethanol medium. Sterile filters were deposited on the plate and spotted with cycloheximide (purchased from Sigma), anisomycin (purchased from Sigma), and emetine (purchased from Sigma) dissolved in DMSO. Growth improvement was assessed after several days of incubation at 36°C.

## Bioenergetics experiments

The mitochondria were prepared by the enzymatic method as described [76]. Protein concentrations were determined by the Lowry method [77] in the presence of 5% SDS. Oxygen consumption rates were measured on 75 µg of fresh mitochondria using a Clarke electrode in the respiration buffer (0.65 M mannitol, 0.36 mM ethylene glycol-bis(2-aminoethylether)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic, 5 mM tris-phosphate, 10 mM tris-maleate, pH 6.8) as described [78] (see legend of Fig. 3 for the concentrations of reagents used). Variations in mitochondrial transmembrane potential (ΔΨ) were evaluated in the same respiration buffer, by monitoring the quenching of rhodamine 123 fluorescence (0.5 mg/ml) using a λ<sub>exc</sub> of 485 nm and a λ<sub>em</sub> of 525 nm under constant stirring, using a FLX Spectrofluorimeter (SAFAS, Monaco), as described [79]. ATP synthesis rates were measured using 75 µg of fresh mitochondria in a 2-ml thermostatically controlled chamber at 28°C in respiration buffer, in the presence of 4 mM NADH and 1mM ADP as described [80]. Aliquots were withdrawn from the oxygraph cuvette every 15 seconds and supplemented with 2.5% (w/v) perchloric acid, 8.5 mM EDTA to stop the reaction and then neutralized to pH 6.8 by adding 2N KOH, 0.3 M MOPS. ATP was quantified using a luciferin/luciferase assay (ATPLite kit from Perkin Elmer) on a LKB bioluminometer. The participation of the F<sub>1</sub>F<sub>0</sub>-ATP synthase in ATP production was assessed using the same protocol, in the presence of oligomycin (3 µg/ml).

## BN/CN-PAGE & SDS-PAGE

Blue native BN-PAGE and clear native CN-PAGE experiments were carried out as described [81], using mitochondrial extracts solubilized with digitonin (2 gr per gr protein) run in 3-12% continuous gradient acrylamide gels. The in-gel complex IV activity was revealed using a solution of Tris 5mM pH 7.4, diaminobenzidine 0.5 mg/ml, cytochrome c 0.05 mM. The proteins were also analyzed by Western blotting on poly(vinylidene difluoride) membranes as described [82]. Polyclonal antibodies raised against yeast ATP synthase were used at a dilution of 1:50000 for subunit α (gift from J. Velaurs, IBGC, Bordeaux, France); 1:10000 for cytochrome c (gift from S. Manon, IBGC, Bordeaux, France); 1:5000 for succinate dehydrogenase Sdh2 subunit (gift from C. Dallabona, University of Parma, Italy). Monoclonal antibodies against porin and Cox2 (from Molecular Probes) were used at a dilution of 1:5000. Nitrocellulose membranes were incubated with peroxidase-labeled antibodies (from Promega) at a 1:2500 dilution, and analyzed by electrochemiluminescence. Quantification of the protein signals was performed with the ImageJ software.
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**FIGURE 6:** CHX improves cell proliferation and viability of human Tafazzin-deficient cells. These experiments used our previously described HeLa cells in which TAZ gene has been knocked down by RNA interference (shTaz1) and two control cell lines, shWT1 and shTaz1R, in which expression of TAZ1 is not inhibited [67]. (A) Growth curves in 200 µL wells inoculated with 5 000 cells. After reaching a plateau, the cells die and detach from their support. S1, S2 and S3 are the slopes of the proliferation state for each cell lines. (B) Relative slopes (1/h) deduced from the proliferation curves shown in panel A. (C) xCELLigence recording of ShTaz1 proliferation in absence or presence of CHX at a concentration of 50 pM. CHX was added (black arrow) after a 24-hour adhesion step. The cultures were inoculated with 5 000 cells in 200 µL wells. The optimal Cell Index values are indicated along the curves as well as the time (in hours) taken to reach the inflexion point. The horizontal red bar stands for the 48 hours lag phase induced by CHX. Four independent experiments with 4 wells for each growth condition have been done (16 wells in total for establishing mean values). The ±SD is directly drawn on the top of the curves (in black for ShTaz1 and in red for SgTaz1 + 50 pM CHX). (D) xCELLigence recording of ShWT1 proliferation in absence or presence of CHX at a concentration of 50 pM. The cultures were inoculated with 5 000 cells in 200 µL wells. CHX was added before the binding of the cell to the substrate in this case in order to avoid the perturbations induced by the injection of CHX along the trace; the ±SD is directly drawn on the top of the curves (in black for ShWT1 and in red for SgTaz1, there is no significant variation).

### In vivo labeling of mitochondrial translation products

The indicated strains were grown to early exponential phase (OD/ml of 2) in 20 ml of rich ethanol/galactose media at 36°C. The cells were harvested by centrifugation and washed twice with a minimum medium containing 2% ethanol and 0,5% galactose, supplemented with histidine, tryptophan, leucine, uracil and adenine (50 mg/liter each). To evaluate total protein synthesis, cells were resuspended in 1 ml of the same medium with the addition of 55 µCi of [³⁵S] methionine plus [³⁵S] cysteine (Amersham Biosciences) and incubated for 20 min at 36°C. To evaluate mitochondrial protein synthesis the same procedure was followed but before adding [³⁵S] methio-

nine plus [³⁵S] cysteine, cells were first treated with 7,5 mg/ml cycloheximide during 5 minutes. After the labeling reactions, total protein extracts were prepared and quantified using the Lowry method. The proteins were separated by SDS-PAGE on a 12% polyacrylamide gel, transferred onto a nitrocellulose membrane and analyzed with a PhosphorImager. Quantification of radioactive proteins was performed using the software ImageJ [83].

### Lipid analyses

Mitochondrial lipids were analyzed as described [60]. In summary, the lipids were extracted with 2 ml of chloro-
form/methanol (2:1, v/v). After centrifugation, the organic phase was isolated and the remaining lipids were further extracted twice by adding 2 ml of chloroform to the aqueous phase. The organic phases were pooled and evaporated to dryness. The lipids were then resuspended in chloroform/methanol (2:1, v/v). Respective volumes equivalent to 50 µg of acyl chains were spotted on silica plates, four times for each strain. Polar lipids were separated by one dimensional TLC using chloroform/methanol/1-propanol/methyl acetate/0.25% KCl (10:4:10:10:3.6, by vol.) as a solvent [84]. The lipids were located by immersing the plates in a solution of 0.001% (w/v) primuline in PBS, followed by visualization under UV light. The zones of the gel corresponding to PE, CL, PI and PC were then scraped and added to 1 ml of methanol/2.5% H₂SO₄ containing 5 µg of heptadecanoic acid methyl ester as a standard. The lipid mixtures were incubated at 80°C for 1 h, and 1.5 ml of water and 400 µl of hexane were then added. After centrifugation, the hexane phase containing FAMES (faty acid methyl esters) was isolated. Separation of FAMES was performed as described [39].

## ROS analysis

Cells at 0.4 OD units were taken from liquid cultures, pelleted in a microcentrifuge, resuspended in 1 ml of phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) containing 50 µM dihydroethidium (DHE; Molecular Probes) and incubated at room temperature for 5 min. Flow cytometry was carried out on a Becton-Dickinson Accuri C6 model flow cytometer. The DHE fluorescence indicated was the direct output of the FL2A (red fluorescence) channel without compensation. A total of 100,000 cells were analyzed for each curve.

## HeLa cells culture and transfection

The cervical carcinoma HeLa cell lines were cultured in DME supplemented with 10% FCS and L- glutamine. Transfection of HeLa cells was performed using Lipofectamine 2000 (Invitrogen). Bcl-xL, shTaz, and shCont stable HeLa cell lines were generated by transfection with pcDNA3/Bcl-xL, pSUPER/shTaz, or pSUPER/shCont, respectively, and selected in G418 [67]. The revertant shTaz1R cell line was generated by cotransferring shTaz1 HeLa cells with pLpC vector (carrying a puromycin resistance gene), and pcDNA3/Taz mut and stable clones were selected in the presence of puromycin [67].

## xCELLigence real time cellular proliferation measurements

Experiments were carried out using the xCELLigence RTCA DP instrument (ACEA Biosciences, Ozyme, France) placed in a humidified incubator at 37°C and 5% CO₂. Cell proliferation and cytotoxicity experiments were performed using 16-well plates (E-plate, Ozyme, Montigny le Bretonneux, France). The microelectrodes attached at the bottom of the wells allowed for impedance-based detection of the attachment, spreading and proliferation of the cells. Initially, 180 µL of cell-free growth medium (10% FBS) was added to the wells. After leaving the devices at room temperature for 30 min, the background impedance for each well was measured. Cells were harvested from exponential phase cultures by a standardized detachment procedure using 0.05% Trypsin-EDTA (Invitrogen). Flow cytometry was used to count the cells and test their viability (FSC versus propidium iodide staining). 5000 or 7500

cells in 20 µl were added in each well. After leaving the plates at room temperature for 30 min to allow early cell attachment, in accordance with the manufacturer's guidelines, they were locked in the RTCA DP device in the incubator and the impedance value of each well was automatically monitored by the xCELLigence system and expressed as a Cell Index value (CI). Water was added to the space surrounding the wells of the E-plate to avoid interference from evaporation. For proliferation assays, the cells were incubated during 120h for toxicity in growth medium (10% FBS) and CI was monitored every 15 min during the whole duration of the experiment. Four replicates of each conditions were used in each test. After an initial assessment of the concentration of cycloheximide which would be non-toxic to the ShWT1 cells, we used a test of proliferation in presence and absence of low doses of cycloheximide (1 pM to 100 pM) either prior to cell seeding or after an initial adhesion phase and at an early proliferative step (at 24-26 hours). All experiments were conducted over 240 hours. All plots were normalized to the Cell Index.

## AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS

D.T.-T., J.-P.L., M.d.T.d.T. F.G., E.S., R.K, M.B. and P.X. P. performed the experiments; D.T.-T., J.-P.L., J.-P.d.R., M.d.T.d.T. R. K, and E.T. analyzed the data; M.L.G. statistically analyzed the data of Fig. 2; D.T.-T., J.-P.L. and J.-P.d.R designed the research and wrote the paper.

## ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We gratefully thank the lipidomic platform of Bordeaux for lipid analysis on the yeast strains and J.J. Bessoule for helpful discussions, and to Emilia Kouroussis for English revisions.

This work was supported by grants from the Association Française contre les Myopathies (AFM) to J.-P.d.R and D.T.-T., and P.X.P, the Barth Syndrome Foundation (BSF), Association Barth France to D.T.-T and the Association contre les Maladies Mitochondriales (AMMI) to D.T.-T. M.d.T.d.T. was supported by a PhD fellowship from the French Ministère de l'Enseignement et de la Recherche.

## CONFLICT OF INTEREST

The authors declare no competing or financial interests.

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