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Molecular and Cellular Biology, November 2006, p. 8475-8487, Vol. 26, No. 22
0270-7306/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.01002-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Mammalian Polynucleotide Phosphorylase Is an Intermembrane Space RNase That Maintains Mitochondrial Homeostasis{triangledown}

Hsiao-Wen Chen,1 Robert N. Rainey,2 Cynthia E. Balatoni,1 David W. Dawson,1 Joshua J. Troke,1 Sylwia Wasiak,5 Jason S. Hong,1 Heidi M. McBride,5 Carla M. Koehler,2,3,4 Michael A. Teitell,1,3,4* and Samuel W. French1

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,1 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,2 Molecular Biology Institute,3 Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California,4 Heart Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada5

Received 5 June 2006/ Returned for modification 27 June 2006/ Accepted 30 August 2006

We recently identified polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase) as a potential binding partner for the TCL1 oncoprotein. Mammalian PNPase exhibits exoribonuclease and poly(A) polymerase activities, and PNPase overexpression inhibits cell growth, induces apoptosis, and stimulates proinflammatory cytokine production. A physiologic connection for these anticancer effects and overexpression is difficult to reconcile with the presumed mitochondrial matrix localization for endogenous PNPase, prompting this study. Here we show that basal and interferon-ß-induced PNPase was efficiently imported into energized mitochondria with coupled processing of the N-terminal targeting sequence. Once imported, PNPase localized to the intermembrane space (IMS) as a peripheral membrane protein in a multimeric complex. Apoptotic stimuli caused PNPase mobilization following cytochrome c release, which supported an IMS localization and provided a potential route for interactions with cytosolic TCL1. Consistent with its IMS localization, PNPase knockdown with RNA interference did not affect mitochondrial RNA levels. However, PNPase reduction impaired mitochondrial electrochemical membrane potential, decreased respiratory chain activity, and was correlated with altered mitochondrial morphology. This resulted in FoF1-ATP synthase instability, impaired ATP generation, lactate accumulation, and AMP kinase phosphorylation with reduced cell proliferation. Combined, the data demonstrate an unexpected IMS localization and a key role for PNPase in maintaining mitochondrial homeostasis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Pathology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10833 Le Conte Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90095. Phone: (310) 206-6754. Fax: (310) 267-0382. E-mail: mteitell{at}ucla.edu.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 11 September 2006.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, November 2006, p. 8475-8487, Vol. 26, No. 22
0270-7306/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.01002-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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