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ArticleMolecular biology of the cell2025

MRE11-independent effects of Mirin on mitochondrial DNA integrity and cellular immune responses.

Koit Aasumets, Anu Hangas, Georgios Fragkoulis, Cyrielle P J Bader, Direnis Erdinc, Sjoerd Wanrooij, Paulina H Wanrooij, Steffi Goffart, Jaakko L O Pohjoismäki

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Koit AasumetsDepartment of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu 80101, Finland.
Anu HangasDepartment of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu 80101, Finland.
Georgios FragkoulisDepartment of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu 80101, Finland.
Cyrielle P J BaderDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, Umeå 901 87, Sweden.
Direnis ErdincDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg SE-40530, Sweden.
Sjoerd WanrooijDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, Umeå 901 87, Sweden.
Paulina H WanrooijDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, Umeå 901 87, Sweden.
Steffi GoffartDepartment of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu 80101, Finland.
Jaakko L O PohjoismäkiDepartment of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu 80101, Finland.

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Abstract

Mirin, a chemical inhibitor of MRE11, has been recently reported to suppress immune response triggered by mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) breakage and release during replication stalling. We show that while Mirin reduces mitochondrial replication fork breakage in mitochondrial 3´-exonuclease MGME1 deficient cells, this effect occurs independently of MRE11. We also discovered that Mirin directly inhibits cellular immune responses, as shown by its suppression of STAT1 phosphorylation in Poly (I:C)-treated cells. Furthermore, Mirin also altered mtDNA supercoiling and accumulation of hemicatenated replication termination intermediates-hallmarks of topoisomerase dysfunction-while mitigating topological changes induced by the overexpression of mitochondrial TOP3A, including TOP3A-dependent strand breakage at the noncoding region of mtDNA. Although Mirin does not seem to inhibit TOP3A activity in vitro, our findings demonstrate its MRE11-independent effects in cells and give insight into the mechanisms of the maintenance of mtDNA integrity.

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DNA, MitochondrialMRE11 Homologue ProteinAnimalsDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA ReplicationDNA Topoisomerases, Type IHumansMiceMitochondriaPhosphorylationDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA, MitochondrialDNA Topoisomerases, Type IMRE11 Homologue ProteinMRE11 protein, human

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PMID39705374
PMCPMC11809308

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