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Vol. 14, Issue 5, 2142-2150, May 2003

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Continuous Equilibration of Phosphatidylcholine and Its Precursors between Endoplasmic Reticulum and Mitochondria in Yeast

Department Biochemistry of Membranes, Centre for Biomembranes and Lipid Enzymology, Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands

Submitted August 5, 2002; Revised January 6, 2003; Accepted January 13, 2003
Monitoring Editor: John Pringle

In Saccharomyces cerevisiae phosphatidylcholine (PC) is synthesized in the ER and transported to mitochondria via an unknown mechanism. The transport of PC synthesized by the triple methylation of phosphatidylethanolamine was investigated by pulsing yeast spheroplasts with L-[methyl-³H]methionine, followed by a chase with unlabeled methionine and subcellular fractionation. During the pulse, increasing amounts of PC and its mono- and dimethylated precursors (PMME and PDME, respectively) appear in similar proportions in both microsomes and mitochondria, with the extent of incorporation in microsomes being twice that in mitochondria. During the chase, the [³H]-methyl label from the precursors accumulates into PC with similar kinetics in both organelles. The results demonstrate that transport of methylated phospholipids from ER to mitochondria is 1) coupled to synthesis, 2) not selective for PC, 3) at least as fast as the fastest step in the methylation of PE, and 4) bidirectional for PMME and PDME. The interorganellar equilibration of methylated phospholipids was reconstituted in vitro and did not depend on ongoing methylation, cytosolic factors, ATP, and energization of the mitochondria, although energization could accelerate the reaction. The exchange of methylated phospholipids was reduced after pretreating both microsomes and mitochondria with trypsin, indicating the involvement of membrane proteins from both organelles.

Abbreviations used: MAM, mitochondria associated membranes; PC, phosphatidylcholine; PE, phosphatidylethanolamine; PDME, phosphatidyldimethylethanolamine; PMME, phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine; PS, phosphatidylserine; PCMBS, p-chloromercuriphenylsulfonic acid; HPTLC, high performance TLC.

^* Corresponding author. E-mail address: a.i.p.m.dekroon{at}chem.uu.nl.

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