Increased mitochondrial transcription initiation does not promote oxidative phosphorylation
Miranda, M.; Mesaros, A.; Kuznetsova, I.; Purrio, M.; Perard, L.; Filipovska, A.; Mourier, A.; Larsson, N.-G.; Kuhl, I.
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POLRMT is the sole RNA polymerase in human mitochondria where it generates primers for mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) replication and transcribes the mitochondrial genome to express genes encoding essential components of the oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) system. Elevated POLRMT levels are found in several cancers and in mouse models with severe mitochondrial dysfunction. Here, we generated and characterized mice over-expressing Polrmt to investigate the physiological and molecular consequences of elevated POLRMT levels. Increasing POLRMT did not result in any pathological phenotype but instead positively affected exercise capacity under stress conditions. POLRMT overexpression increased in organello transcription initiation, resulting in higher steady-state levels of the promoter-proximal L-strand transcript 7S RNA and higher mtDNA levels. Surprisingly, the abundance of mature mitochondrial RNAs was not affected by the elevated POLRMT levels. Furthermore, ubiquitous simultaneous overexpression of POLRMT and LRPPRC, which stabilizes mitochondrial messenger RNAs, did not increase steady-state levels of mitochondrial transcripts in the mouse. Our data show that POLRMT levels regulate transcription initiation, but additional regulatory steps downstream of transcription initiation and transcript stability limit OXPHOS biogenesis.
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