Thao Nghi Hoang, Meritxell Wu-Lu, Alberto Collauto, Peter-Leon Hagedoorn, Madalina Alexandru, Maike Henschel, Shahram Kordasti, Maria Andrea Mroginski, Maxie M Roessler, Kourosh H Ebrahimi
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The mitochondrial outer membrane iron-sulphur ([Fe-S]) protein mitoNEET has been extensively studied as a target of the anti-inflammatory and type-2 diabetes drug pioglitazone and as a protein affecting mitochondrial respiratory rate. Despite these extensive past studies, its molecular function has yet to be discovered. Here, we applied an interdisciplinary approach and discovered an explicit nitric oxide (NO) access site to the mitoNEET [2Fe-2S] cluster. We found that O2 and pioglitazone block NO access to the cluster, suggesting a molecular function for the mitoNEET [2Fe-2S] cluster in mitochondrial signal transduction. Our discovery hints at a new pathway via which mitochondria can sense hypoxia through O2 protection of the mitoNEET [2Fe-2S] cluster, a new paradigm in understanding the importance of [Fe-S] clusters for gasotransmitter signal transduction in eukaryotes.
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FEBS Letters is one of the world''s leading journals in molecular biology and is renowned both for its quality of content and speed of production. Bringing together the most important developments in the molecular biosciences, FEBS Letters provides an international forum for Minireviews, Research Letters and Hypotheses that merit urgent publication.
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