Cysteine toxicity drives age-related mitochondrial decline by altering iron homeostasis

CE Hughes, TK Coody, MY Jeong, JA Berg, DR Winge… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
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Mitochondria and lysosomes are functionally linked, and their interdependent decline is a
hallmark of aging and disease. Despite the long-standing connection between these
organelles, the function (s) of lysosomes required to sustain mitochondrial health remains
unclear. Here, working in yeast, we show that the lysosome-like vacuole maintains
mitochondrial respiration by spatially compartmentalizing amino acids. Defects in vacuole
function result in a breakdown in intracellular amino acid homeostasis, which drives age …
Summary
Mitochondria and lysosomes are functionally linked, and their interdependent decline is a hallmark of aging and disease. Despite the long-standing connection between these organelles, the function(s) of lysosomes required to sustain mitochondrial health remains unclear. Here, working in yeast, we show that the lysosome-like vacuole maintains mitochondrial respiration by spatially compartmentalizing amino acids. Defects in vacuole function result in a breakdown in intracellular amino acid homeostasis, which drives age-related mitochondrial decline. Among amino acids, we find that cysteine is most toxic for mitochondria and show that elevated non-vacuolar cysteine impairs mitochondrial respiration by limiting intracellular iron availability through an oxidant-based mechanism. Cysteine depletion or iron supplementation restores mitochondrial health in vacuole-impaired cells and prevents mitochondrial decline during aging. These results demonstrate that cysteine toxicity is a major driver of age-related mitochondrial deterioration and identify vacuolar amino acid compartmentation as a cellular strategy to minimize amino acid toxicity.
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