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Human Molecular Genetics, Vol 7, 2141-2147, Copyright © 1998 by Oxford University Press

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Mitochondrial tRNALeu isoforms in lung carcinoma cybrid cells containing the np 3243 mtDNA mutation

A El Meziane, SK Lehtinen, IJ Holt and HT Jacobs
Institute of Medical Technology and Tampere University Hospital, University of Tampere, 33101 Tampere, Finland.

We have investigated the representation of structural isoforms of the two mitochondrial leucyl tRNAs in lung carcinoma cybrid cell lines containing the np 3243 (MELAS) mtDNA mutation, alone or in combination with the np 12300 suppressor mutation. The mutant tRNALeu(UUR) is aminoacylated very poorly or not at all, whereas the suppressor tRNALeu(CUN) is efficiently aminoacylated. Deacylated mitochondrial tRNALeu(CUN) is present, in all human cells tested, in two structural isoforms that are separable on denaturing gels, indicating a difference in primary structure. The ratio of the two isoforms differs between cell types and is strongly biased towards one isoform in lung carcinoma cybrids containing high levels of the np 3243 mutation, compared with control cybrids. We propose that structural modification of tRNALeu(CUN) could be a natural suppression mechanism for the np 3243 and other mitochondrial tRNALeu(UUR) mutations and could underlie some of the phenotypic variability of np 3243 disease.
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