title: Extramitochondrial localization of mortalin/mthsp70/PBP74/GRP75.
abstract: Subcellular fractionation and immunofluorescence microscopy were used to identify the specific sites of intracellular residence of mortalin, also called a mitochondrial homologue of the hsp70 family, in immortal human cell lines previously assigned to four distinct complementation groups (A-D) for indefinite cell division. In addition to the mitochondria it was seen in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) fractions of all the cell lines analyzed. Interestingly, three of the group A cells lines (EJ, GM639, and HT1080), in addition to the mitochondria and ER, exhibited cytosolically (extra-organelle) localized pool of mortalin. These findings demonstrate that mortalin is not present exclusively in mitochondria. Its residence in different organelles may be the basis of differential distribution observed previously in different human cell lines.
authors.affiliation: Roy M. and Phyllis Gough Huffington Center on Aging, Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas, 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ran
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wadhwa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kawai
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Kaul
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Sifers
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Bick
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Pereira-Smith
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002458:Cell Fractionation; D002460:Cell Line; D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient; D003600:Cytosol / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D016253:Microscopy, Immunoelectron; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; C492001:HSPA9 protein, human; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; C080352:mortalin