TY - JOUR AV - public Y1 - 2025/01/28/ VL - 44 TI - The adaptor protein Miro1 modulates horizontal transfer of mitochondria in mouse melanoma models N1 - This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). IS - 1 PB - Elsevier BV UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2024.115154 ID - discovery10204351 N2 - Recent research has shown that mtDNA-deficient cancer cells (?0 cells) acquire mitochondria from tumor stromal cells to restore respiration, facilitating tumor formation. We investigated the role of Miro1, an adaptor protein involved in movement of mitochondria along microtubules, in this phenomenon. Inducible Miro1 knockout (Miro1KO) mice markedly delayed tumor formation after grafting ?0 cancer cells. Miro1KO mice with fluorescently labeled mitochondria revealed that this delay was due to hindered mitochondrial transfer from the tumor stromal cells to grafted B16 ?0 cells, which impeded recovery of mitochondrial respiration and tumor growth. Miro1KO led to the perinuclear accumulation of mitochondria and impaired mobility of the mitochondrial network. In vitro experiments revealed decreased association of mitochondria with microtubules, compromising mitochondrial transfer via tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) in mesenchymal stromal cells. Here we show the role of Miro1 in horizontal mitochondrial transfer in mouse melanoma models in vivo and its involvement with TNTs. KW - CP: Cancer KW - CP: Cell biology KW - Miro1 KW - RHOT1 KW - cancer KW - horizontal transfer of mitochondria KW - melanoma KW - mitochondria KW - tunneling nanotubes A1 - Novak, J A1 - Nahacka, Z A1 - Oliveira, GL A1 - Brisudova, P A1 - Dubisova, M A1 - Dvorakova, S A1 - Miklovicova, S A1 - Dalecka, M A1 - Puttrich, V A1 - Grycova, L A1 - Magalhaes-Novais, S A1 - Correia, CM A1 - Levoux, J A1 - Stepanek, L A1 - Prochazka, J A1 - Svec, D A1 - Reguera, DP A1 - Lopez-Domenech, G A1 - Zobalova, R A1 - Sedlacek, R A1 - Terp, MG A1 - Gammage, PA A1 - Lansky, Z A1 - Kittler, J A1 - Oliveira, PJ A1 - Ditzel, HJ A1 - Berridge, MV A1 - Rodriguez, AM A1 - Boukalova, S A1 - Rohlena, J A1 - Neuzil, J JF - Cell Reports ER -