Closed ValWood closed 2 weeks ago
@marcfeuermann @pgaudet
This does seen to have a role in apoptosis. "During apoptosis, Omi/HtrA2 is released into the cytoplasm where it participates in cell death. While confined in the inter-membrane space of the mitochondria, Omi/HtrA2 has a pro-survival function that may involve the regulation of protein quality control (PQC) and mitochondrial homeostasis."
However the annotated paper for this term From the abstract: Here we report that the mitochondrial Mulan E3 ubiquitin ligase is a specific substrate of Omi/HtrA2. During exposure to H(2)O(2), Omi/HtrA2 degrades Mulan, and this regulation is lost in cells that carry the inactive protease. This causes a significant decrease of mitofusin 2 (Mfn2) protein, and increased mitophagy. Deregulation of this pathway, as it occurs in mnd2 mutant mice, causes mitochondrial dysfunction and mitophagy, and could be responsible for the motor neuron disease and the premature aging phenotype observed in these animals.
Here apoptosis appears to be a consequence of inactivation of Omi/HtrA2 rather than "regulation" of apoptosis. @pgaudet Do you agree?
Hi Val, You opened another Pandora Box. We have worked on the autophagy ontology many times (and even published 2 articles). It is a very complex process and cleaning its ontology is a never-ending story. I have to admit that we did not dig deeply in the mitophagy part. By searching in the literature I've discovered the following (see PMID: 25009776):
Type 1 mitophagy removes functional mitochondria to provide metabolic precursors during nutrient deprivation or to remove mitochondria in excess of metabolic needs.
By contrast in Type 2 mitophagy, mitochondrial depolarization (mtDepo) initiates autophagic sequestration After mtDepo, PINK1 (PTEN induced putative kinase 1) accumulates on mitochondria to promote PRKN (parkin) binding, ubiquitination of outer membrane proteins, and subsequent autophagosome formation. In this way, Type 2 mitophagy removes potentially harm-inducing dysfunctional/damaged mitochondria.
Type 3 mitophagy: Topologically, the internalization of MDV by invagination of the surface of multivesicular bodies followed by vesicle scission into the lumen is a form of microautophagy, or micromitophagy.
I would not mind to create the 3 children and their corresponding regulation terms... and obsolete (or merge) all the other existing mitophagy-related terms. The terms you've mentioned above seem to correspond to regulation of Type 2 mitophagy (not sure all annotations should be regulation...)
About your second point, I agree, apoptosis is a consequence. That's it on my side. I hope this can be helpful. Good luck. Best regards, Marc.
OK this is much clearer. I will follow this schema. but add "Type 3 mitophagy" as a synonym of https://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/term/GO:0000424 micromitophagy
Does that sound correct?
Yes Val, Type 3 and micromitophagy are synonyms. We should be able to cover mitophagy with these 3 types. It should indeed be a lot clearer.
plus i) remove existing refs for GO:0000424 definition (replace with above, check) ii) revise def to "microautophagy of the mitochondrion" iii) fix comment spelling " generally"
Addressing the new pandora's box:
Current:
Problems to resolve:
mitophagy The selective autophagy process in which a mitochondrion is degraded by macroautophagy.
[x] GONEW type 1 mitophagy The selective autophagy process in which a functional mitochondrion is degraded by macroautophagy to provide metabolic precursors during nutrient deprivation or to remove mitochondria in excess of metabolic needs. PMID: 25009776
[x] GO:0061734 parkin-mediated stimulation of mitophagy in response to mitochondrial depolarization This term is positioned as a "regulation term", however it has its own regulation children, and the 6 manual annotations describe genes directly involved in mitophagy (type 2) because they include PARK, PRKN MFN2.
RENAME as "type 2 mitophagy" and position directly under "mitophagy" The selective autophagy process in which a mitochondrion is degraded by macroautophagy in a process initiated by mitochondrial depolarization (mtDepo) followed by Parkin binding, and ubiquitination of outer membrane proteins, to remove potentially harm-inducing dysfunctional/damaged mitochondria. PMID:25009776
[x] make existing name exact synonym (removing "stimulation of")
[x] fix synonyms of form Park2-mediated stimulation of mitophagy in response to mitochondrial depolarization -> Park2-mediated ~stimulation of~ mitophagy in response to mitochondrial depolarization
[ ] Add Type 3 mitophagy as a synonym of “micromitophagy” PMID: 25009776 (Topologically, the internalization of MDV by invagination of the surface of multivesicular bodies followed by vesicle scission into the lumen is a form of microautophagy, or micromitophagy.) @macfeuermann should this be narrow or exact? I'm a bit confused by microautophagy
[x] RENAME GO:1905089 regulation of parkin-mediated stimulation of mitophagy in response to mitochondrial depolarization as GO:1905089 regulation of type 2 mitophagy (update definition to match) (make old name exact synonym) PMID:25009776
[x] RENAME GO:1905090 negative regulation of parkin-mediated stimulation of mitophagy in response to mitochondrial depolarization -> GO:1905090 negative regulation of type 2 mitophagy (update definition to match) (make old name exact synonym) PMID:25009776
[x] RENAME GO:1905091 positive regulation of parkin-mediated stimulation of mitophagy in response to mitochondrial depolarization -> GO:1905091 positive regulation of type 2 mitophagy (update definition to match) PMID:25009776
[x] OBSOLETE/MERGE GO:1904923 regulation of autophagy of mitochondrion in response to mitochondrial depolarization -> GO:1905089 regulation of type 2 mitophagy
[x] OBSOLETE/MERGE GO:0098779 positive regulation of mitophagy in response to mitochondrial depolarization -> GO:1905091 positive regulation of type 2 mitophagy
[x] OBSOLETE/MERGE GO:1904924 negative regulation of mitophagy in response to mitochondrial depolarization -> GO:1905090 negative regulation of type 2 mitophagy
(these have the same meaning)
[x] GO:0061735 JSON DNM1L-mediated stimulation of mitophagy in response to mitochondrial depolarization obsolet/replace by GO:0098779 ___CHECK!
[ ] OUTSTANDING QUESTION how does GO:0035695 mitophagy by internal vacuole formation fit? since ONLY ONE EXP SPATA18 PMID:21264228 (is this also equivalent to microamitophagy?)
Based on the comment: mitophagy by internal vacuole formation In this mechanism of mitochondrion degradation, the mitochondrion is directly engulfed by a lysosome-like vacuole. It is therefore distinct from canonical autophagy, which is mediated by a double-membrane autophagosome.
I will leave this term distinct.
Check the origins of these terms.
They sound like just "regulation of mitophagy" rather than specific subprocesses. Mitophagy is activated in response to damaged mitochondria, or starvation. Depolorization would be a readout for damage?
This one looks like it has regulation of regulation: regulation of parkin-mediated stimulation of mitophagy in response to mitochondrial depolarization
GO:1904925 positive regulation of autophagy of mitochondrion in response to mitochondrial depolarization