Myeong-Gyun Kang, Hwa-Ryeon Kim, Hee Yong Lee, Chulhwan Kwak, Hyewon Koh, Byoung Heon Kang, Jae-Seok Roe* and Hyun-Woo Rhee*,
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Abstract
Mitochondrial thermogenesis is a process in which heat is generated by mitochondrial respiration. In living organisms, the thermogenic mechanisms that maintain body temperature have been studied extensively in fat cells with little knowledge on how mitochondrial heat may act beyond energy expenditure. Here, we highlight that the exothermic oxygen reduction reaction (ΔHf° = −286 kJ/mol) is the main source of the protonophore-induced mitochondrial thermogenesis, and this heat is conducted to other cellular organelles, including the nucleus. As a result, mitochondrial heat that reached the nucleus initiated the classical heat shock response, including the formation of nuclear stress granules and the localization of heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) to chromatin. Consequently, activated HSF1 increases the level of gene expression associated with the response to thermal stress in mammalian cells. Our results illustrate heat generated within the cells as a potential source of mitochondria-nucleus communication and expand our understanding of the biological functions of mitochondria in cell physiology.
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is the exothermic reaction in mitochondria, and ORR-driven mitochondrial thermogenesis can induce the HSF1-mediated heat shock response in the nucleus.
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