Neurological phenotype and reduced lifespan in heterozygous Tim23 knockout mice, the first mouse model of defective mitochondrial import

Uwe Ahting, Thomas Floss, Nikolas Uez, Ilka Schneider-Lohmar, Lore Becker, Eva Kling, Arcangela Iuso, Andreas Bender, Martin Hrabé de Angelis, Valérie Gailus-Durner, Helmut Fuchs, Thomas Meitinger, Wolfgang Wurst, Holger Prokisch, Thomas Klopstock

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Abstract

The Tim23 protein is the key component of the mitochondrial import machinery. It locates to the inner mitochondrial membrane and its own import is dependent on the DDP1/TIM13 complex. Mutations in human DDP1 cause the Mohr-Tranebjaerg syndrome (MTS/DFN-1; OMIM #304700), which is one of the two known human diseases of the mitochondrial protein import machinery. We created a Tim23 knockout mouse from a gene trap embryonic stem cell clone. Homozygous Tim23 mice were not viable. Heterozygous F1 mutants showed a 50% reduction of Tim23 protein in Western blot, a neurological phenotype and a markedly reduced life span. Haploinsufficiency of the Tim23 mutation underlines the critical role of the mitochondrial import machinery for maintaining mitochondrial function.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)371-376
Number of pages6
JournalBBA - Bioenergetics
Volume1787
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2009

Keywords

  • DDP1
  • Mitochondrial import machinery
  • Tim23 knockout mouse

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