Three-dimensional images reveal the impact of the endosymbiont Midichloria mitochondrii on the host mitochondria - INRAE - Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement
Article Dans Une Revue Nature Communications Année : 2023

Three-dimensional images reveal the impact of the endosymbiont Midichloria mitochondrii on the host mitochondria

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The hard tick, Ixodes ricinus , a main Lyme disease vector, harbors an intracellular bacterial endosymbiont. Midichloria mitochondrii is maternally inherited and resides in the mitochondria of I. ricinus oocytes, but the consequences of this endosymbiosis are not well understood. Here, we provide 3D images of wild-type and aposymbiotic I. ricinus oocytes generated with focused ion beam-scanning electron microscopy. Quantitative image analyses of endosymbionts and oocyte mitochondria at different maturation stages show that the populations of both mitochondrion-associated bacteria and bacterium-hosting mitochondria increase upon vitellogenisation, and that mitochondria can host multiple bacteria in later stages. Three-dimensional reconstructions show symbiosis-dependent morphologies of mitochondria and demonstrate complete M. mitochondrii inclusion inside a mitochondrion. Cytoplasmic endosymbiont located close to mitochondria are not oriented towards the mitochondria, suggesting that bacterial recolonization is unlikely. We further demonstrate individual globular-shaped mitochondria in the wild type oocytes, while aposymbiotic oocytes only contain a mitochondrial network. In summary, our study suggests that M. mitochondrii modulates mitochondrial fragmentation in oogenesis possibly affecting organelle function and ensuring its presence over generations.
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hal-04167977 , version 1 (21-07-2023)

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Zerrin Uzum, Dmitry Ershov, Michael Pavia, Adeline Mallet, Olivier Gorgette, et al.. Three-dimensional images reveal the impact of the endosymbiont Midichloria mitochondrii on the host mitochondria. Nature Communications, 2023, 14 (1), pp.4133. ⟨10.1038/s41467-023-39758-x⟩. ⟨hal-04167977⟩
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