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Journal Articles iScience Year : 2021

Mitophagy of polarized sperm-derived mitochondria after fertilization

Abstract

Loss of membrane potential of sperm mitochondria has been regarded as the first step preceding mitophagy degradation after their entry into the C. elegans oocyte at fertilization. This is in line with the classical view of mitophagy of defective or abnormal mitochondria and could serve as a recognition signal for their specific and quick autophagy degradation. Here, using TMRE (tetramethylrhodamine ethyl ester) and live imaging we show that this is not the case. Instead, sperm inherited mitochondria show a stable labeling with TMRE before and at the time of autophagosomes formation. Interestingly, this labeling remains in late-stage-embryos of autophagy-defective-mutants suggesting that the loss of membrane potential occurs upon the entry of the mitochondria into the autophagy pathway. These stabilized and still polarized sperm mitochondria remain distinct but associated with the maternal-derived mitochondrial network suggesting a mechanism that prevents their fusion and represents an efficient additional protective system against fertilization-induced heteroplasmy.
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hal-03125791 , version 1 (29-01-2021)

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Karinna Rubio-Peña, Sara Al Rawi, Fanny Husson, France Lam, Jorge Merlet, et al.. Mitophagy of polarized sperm-derived mitochondria after fertilization. iScience, 2021, 24, pp.102029. ⟨10.1016/j.isci.2020.102029⟩. ⟨hal-03125791⟩
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