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Session Overview
Session
Poster session
Time:
Monday, 12/June/2023:
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Location: Bologna Congress Center

Address: Piazza della Costituzione, 4/a, Bologna (BO), Italy

Session topics:
- Modelling pathogenic mechanisms: OXPHOS, metabolic rewiring and tissue specificity

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Presentations

Maintenance on mitochondrial complexes ensures bioenergetic function in differentiated cells

Ilka Wittig1, Julian Heidler1, Heiko Giese2, Ralf P. Brandes1

1Institute for Cardiovascular Physiology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany; 2Molecular Bioinformatics, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany



Investigating pathogenicity and tissue-specificity of mitochondrial aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase defects AARS2, EARS2 and RARS2 in neurons

Oliver Podmanicky, Fei Gao, Denisa Hathazi, Rita Horvath

Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom



Mutations in Coq2 leads to severe developmental delay and early death in both zebrafish and mouse

Julia Corral-Sarasa1, Sergio López-Herrador2, Juan M. Martínez-Gálvez1,3, Pilar González-García2, Laura Jiménez-Sánchez1, Mª Elena Díaz-Casado1,2, Luis C. López1,2

1Ibs.Granada, Granada, Spain; 2Physiology Department, Biomedical Research Center, University of Granada, Granada, Spain; 3Biofisika Institute (CSIC,UPV-EHU) and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Basque Country, Leioa, Spain



Pathogenic variants of the mitochondrial metallochaperone SCO1 result in a severe, combined COX and copper deficiency that causes a dilated cardiomyopathy in the murine heart.

Sampurna Ghosh1, Scot C. Leary1, Paul A. Cobine2

1University of Saskatchewan, Canada; 2Auburn University



Tissue-specific adaptation of stress responses upon COX10 deficiency

Lea Isermann1,2, Milica Popovic1,2, Ming Yang1,2, Christian Frezza1,2, Aleksandra Trifunovic1,2

1CECAD Research Center, Germany; 2Institute for Mitochondrial Diseases and Aging, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne



Using iPSC-derived neurons to unravel the pathomechanisms of Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy

Camille Peron1, Alessandra Maresca2, Angelo Iannielli3,4, Alberto Danese5, Simone Patergnani5, Danara Ormanbekova2, Andrea Cavaliere1, Carlotta Giorgi5, Paolo Pinton5,6, Vania Broccoli3,4, Valerio Carelli2,7, Valeria Tiranti1

1Unit of Medical Genetics and Neurogenetics, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milano, Italy; 2IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Programma di Neurogenetica, Bologna, Italy; 3Division of Neuroscience, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, via Olgettina 60, 20132, Milan, Italy; 4National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Neuroscience, Milan, Italy; 5Department of Medical Sciences, Laboratory for Technologies of Advanced Therapies, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy; 6Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care & Research, 48033, Cotignola, Ravenna, Italy; 7Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy



Stem cell modelling of mitochondrial disease-linked cardiomyopathy

Ann E. Frazier1,2, Yau Chung Low1,2, Cameron L. McKnight1,2, Linden Muellner-Wong1,3, Hayley L. Pointer1, Nikeisha Caruana3, Jordan J. Crameri3, Luke E. Formosa4, Yilin Kang3, Thomas D. Jackson3, Alison G. Compton1,2,5, Michael T. Ryan4, Andrew G. Elefanty1,2,6, Enzo R. Porrello1,6,7,8, David A. Stroud1,3,5, David A. Elliott1,2,6,7, Diana Stojanovski3, David R. Thorburn1,2,5

1Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; 2Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; 3Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology and The Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; 4Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; 5Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; 6The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine (reNEW), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; 7Melbourne Centre for Cardiovascular Genomics and Regenerative Medicine, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; 8Department of Anatomy and Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia



Biochemical and computational approaches to dissect the effect of MT-CYB pathogenic mutations on respiratory chain activity and assembly

Gaia Tioli, Francesco Musiani, Luisa Iommarini, Anna Maria Porcelli, Anna Maria Ghelli

Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Italy



Exploring the assembly and maintenance of mitochondrial complex I by complexome profiling-based approaches

Alfredo Cabrera-Orefice1,2, Ilka Wittig1

1Institute for Cardiovascular Physiology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany; 2Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands



Functional involvement of actin-binding Gelsolin on mitochondrial Oxphos dysfunction

María Illescas, Ana Peñas, Cristina Ugalde

Fundación Hospital 12 de Octubre, Spain



In vivo role of respiratory complex I NDUFA10 subunit in dNTP homeostasis

Andrea Férriz Gordillo1, David Molina-Granada1,2, Javier Ramón1,2, Izaskun Izagirre-Urizar1, Marina Singla-Manau1, Maria Jesús Melià1,2, Antoni Ruiz-Vicaria1, Javier Torres-Torronteras1,2, Mònica Zamora3, Michael T. Ryan4, Cristina Ugalde2,5, Josep Antoni Villena6, Ramon Martí1,2, Yolanda Cámara1,2

1Research Group on Neuromuscular and Mitochondrial Disorders, Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; 2Biomedical Network Research Centre on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; 3BCNatal | Fetal Medicine Research Center (Hospital Clínic and Hospital Sant Joan de Déu), University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08028, Spain. and Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08036, Spain.; 4Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; 5Instituto de Investigación, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Avda. de Córdoba s/n, 28041 Madrid, Spain.; 6Laboratory of Metabolism and Obesity, Vall d'Hebron - Institut de Recerca, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; CIBERDEM, CIBER on Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Diseases, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain



Modeling POLRMT pathogenic variants in the mouse

David Alsina1,2, Roberta Filograna1,2, Rodolfo García-Villegas1,2, Camilla Koolmeister1,2, Nils-Göran Larsson1,2,3

1Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; 2Max Planck Institute Biology of Ageing - Karolinska Institutet Laboratory, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; 3Centre for Inherited Metabolic Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden



The role of the CCR4 family member ANGEL1 in the expression of mitochondrial-targeted proteins

Kai Chang1, Paula Clemente1, Joyce Noble1, Björn Reinius1, Anna Wedell1,2, Christoph Freyer1,2, Anna Wredenberg1,2

1Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; 2Centre for Inherited Metabolic Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden



Tissue-specific bioenergetics in mouse models of mitochondrial disease

Valeria Balmaceda1, Timea Komoldi2, Massimo Zeviani1, Erich Gnaiger3, Anthony L. Moore4, Erika Fernandez Vizarra1, Carlo Viscomi1

1Università di Padova; 2Semmelweis University; 3Universität Innsbruck; 4University of Sussex



Yeast as a tool to investigate variants in mtARS genes associated with mitochondrial diseases

Sonia Figuccia1, Camilla Ceccatelli Berti1, Andrea Legati2, Rossella Izzo2, Alessia Nasca2, Daniele Ghezzi2,3, Paola Goffrini1

1Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma, Italy; 2Unit of Medical Genetics and Neurogenetics, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy; 3Department of Medical Physiopathology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy



A mutation in mouse mt-Atp6 gene induces respiration defects and opposed effects on the cell tumorigenic phenotype

Raquel Moreno-Loshuertos1, Nieves Movilla1, Joaquín Marco-Brualla2, Ruth Soler-Agesta1, Patricia Ferreira1, José Antonio Enríquez3, Patricio Fernández-Silva1

1University of Zaragoza, Spain; 2University of Zaragoza, Peaches Biotech Group, Spain; 3Fundación Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III, Spain



A systemic Muscle-WAT crosstalk progressively depletes protein and fat stores aggravating mitochondrial myopathy.

Nneka Southwell1, Guido Primiano3, Emelie Beattie1, Nicola Rizzardi1, Serenella Servidei3, Giovanni Manfredi1, Qiuying Chen2, Marilena D'Aurelio1

1Weill Cornell Medicine, Brain and Mind Research Institute, New York, NY; 2Weill Cornell Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, New York, NY; 3Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.



A novel mitochondrial assembly factor RTN4IP1 has an essential role in the final stages of Complex I assembly

Monika Oláhová1,2, Jack J. Collier1,3, Rachel M. Guerra4, Juliana Heidler5, Kyle Thompson1, Robert N. Lightowlers1, Zofia M.A. Chrzanowska-Lightowlers1, Ilka Wittig5, David J. Pagliarini4, Robert W. Taylor1

1Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; 2Department of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; 3Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; 4Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; 5Functional Proteomics Group, Institute for Cardiovascular Physiology, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Germany



ETFDH supports OXPHOS efficiency in skeletal muscle by regulating coenzyme Q homeostasis

Beñat Salegi Ansa1, Juan Cruz Herrero Martín1, José M. Cuezva1,2,3,4, Laura Formentini1,2,3,4

1Department of Molecular Biology, Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (CBMSO-UAM-CSIC), Madrid, Spain; 2Instituto Universitario de Biología Molecular (IUBM), Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain; 3Centro de Investigación Biomédica en red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), ISCIII, Madrid, Spain; 4Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de octubre, i+12, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain



Metabolic rewiring as an adaptive mechanism in COX null cells

Guillermo Puertas-Frias1,2, Kristýna Čunátová1,2, Petr Pecina1, Marek Vrbacký1, Lukáš Alán1, Tomáš Čajka3, Josef Houštěk1, Tomáš Mráček1, Alena Pecinová1

1Department of Bioenergetics, Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic; 2Faculty of Science, Charles University, 12800 Prague, Czech Republic; 3Laboratory of Translational Metabolomics, Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic



Metabolic rewiring due to progressive increase in mtDNA mutation heteroplasmy reveals markers of disease severity

Karin Terburgh1, Marianne Venter1, Jeremie Z Lindeque1, Emi Ogasawara2, Mirian C H Janssen3, Jan A M Smeitink3, Kazuto Nakada4, Roan Louw1

1North-West University, South Africa; 2Osaka University, Japan; 3Radboud University Medical Center, Netherlands; 4University of Tsukuba, Japan



Novel or rare AIFM1 pathogenic variants: their impact on mitochondrial metabolism and clinical manifestation in eight patients, including 3 girls

Tereza Rakosnikova1, Jan Kulhanek1, Martin Reboun1, Hana Stufkova1, Lenka Dvorakova1, Dagmar Grecmalova2, Pavlina Plevova2, Tomas Honzik1, Hana Hansikova1, Jiri Zeman1, Marketa Tesarova1

1Department of Pediatrics and Inherited Metabolic Disorders, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague; 2Institute of Molecular and Clinical Pathology and Medical Genetics, University Hospital Ostrava



Pathological molecular mechanisms underlying COA8 loss of function

Kristyna Cunatova1,2, Michele Brischigliaro1,2, Alfredo Cabrera-Orefice3, Cinzia Franchin1, Jimin Pei4, Marco Roverso5, Sara Bogialli5, Qian Cong4, Giorgio Arrigoni1, Susanne Arnold3,6, Carlo Viscomi1,2, Massimo Zeviani2,7, Erika Fernández-Vizarra1,2

1Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy; 2Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine, Padova, Italy; 3Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; 4University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA; 5Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy; 6Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; 7Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy



Retinal pathophysiology characterisation of the novel mitochondrial heteroplasmy mouse model

Lucia Luengo-Gutierrez1, Keira Turner1, James B Stewart2, Patrick Yu-Wai-Man1, Michal Minczuk1

1University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; 2Newcastle University, United Kingdom



Impaired spermatogenesis driven by mitochondrial dysfunction and ferroptosis in primary spermatocytes in a mouse model of Leigh syndrome

Enrico Radaelli1, Charles-Antoine Assenmacher1, Esha Banerjee1, Florence Manero2, Salim Khiati3, Anais Girona3, Guillermo Lopez-Lluch4, Placido Navas4, Marco Spinazzi3,5

1University of Pennsylvania,USA; 2University of Angers, SFR ICAT, SCIAM, 49000 Angers, France; 3MITOLAB, University of Angers, INSERM U1083, France; 4Pablo de Olavide University, Spain; 5Neuromuscular Reference Center CHU Angers, France



Mitophagy dysfunction in mitochondrial myopathy and therapy by mitophagy activator CAP1902

Takayuki Mito1, Amy E. Vincent2, Julie Faitg2, Kathleen Rodgers3, Kevin Gaffney3, Thomas G. McWilliams1, Orian Shirihai4, Anu Suomalainen1

1STEMM Research Program, Biomedicum Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; 2Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; 3Department of Pharmacology, Center for Innovations in Brain Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA; 4Department of Medicine, Endocrinology, and Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA



Mtfp1 controls oxidative phosphorylation and cell death in liver disease

Cecilia Patitucci1, Juan Diego Hernández-Camacho1, Elodie Vimont1, Etienne Kornobis2, Thibault Chaze3, Quentin Giai Gianetto3,4, Mariette Matondo3, Anastasia Gazi5, Ivan Nemanyy6, Daniella Hock7, Erminia Donnarumma1, Timothy Wai1

1Institut Pasteur, Mitochondrial Biology Group, CNRS UMR 3691, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France.; 2Institut Pasteur, Biomics Technological Platform, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France.; 3Institut Pasteur, Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Hub, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France.; 4Institut Pasteur, Proteomics Core Facility, MSBio UtechS, UAR CNRS 2024, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France.; 5Institut Pasteur Ultrastructural Bio Imaging, UTechS, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France.; 6Platform for Metabolic Analyses, SFR Necker, INSERM US24/CNRS UMS 3633, Paris, France.; 7Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia.



Non-canonical function of succinate dehydrogenase assembly factor 2 (SDHAF2) during OXPHOS dysfunction

Kugapreethan Roopasingam1, Joanna Sacharz1, Tegan Stait2, Yau chung Low2,3, Ann E. Frazier2,3, David P. De souza4, David R. Thorburn2,3,5, David A. Stroud1,3,5

1Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia; 2Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia; 3Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia; 4Metabolomics Australia, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia; 5Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia



NUAK1-dependent metabolic underpinnings of adult muscle stem cells

Ha-My Ly, Caroline Brun, Géraldine Meyer-Dihet, Julien Courchet, Rémi Mounier

Physiopathology and Genetics of Neurons and Muscles Laboratory, Institut NeuroMyoGène, Lyon, France



A novel approach to measure complex V ATP hydrolysis in frozen cell lysates and tissue homogenates

Lucia Fernandez del Rio1,2, Cristiane Benincá1,2, Frankie Villalobos1,2, Cynthia Shu1,2, Linsey Stiles1,2,3, Marc Liesa1,2,4,5, Ajit S. Divakaruni2,3, Rebeca Acin-Perez1,2, Orian S. Shirihai1,2,3,4

1Department of Medicine, Endocrinology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095 USA; 2Metabolism Theme, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA; 3Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA; 4Molecular & Cellular Integrative Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.; 5Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona, IBMB-CSIC, Barcelona, Catalonia, 08028, Spain



OxPhos defects cause cell-autonomous and whole-body signs of hypermetabolism in cells and in patients with mitochondrial diseases

Gabriel Sturm1, Karan Kalpita1, Anna S Monzel1, Balaji Santhanam1, Tanja Taivassalo2, Céline Bris3, Atif Towheed1, Albert Higgins-Chen4, Meagan McManus5, Andres Cardenas6, Jue Lin7, Elissa Epel7, Shamima Rahman8, Jon Vissing9, Bruno Grassi10, Morgan Levine11, Steve Horvath11, Ronald G Haller12, Guy Lenaers3, Douglas C Wallace5, Marie-Pierre St-Onge1, Saeed Tavasoie1, Vincent Procaccio3, Brett A Kaufman13, Erin L Seifert14, Michio Hirano1, Martin Picard1

1Columbia University Irving Medical Center, United States of America; 2University of Florida, United States of America; 3Angers University, UMR CNRS 6015 - INSERM U1083, MitoVasc Institute, Angers, France; 4Yale University, United States of America; 5University of Pennsylvania, United States of America; 6Stanford University, United States of America; 7University of California San Francisco, United States of America; 8Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; 9University of Copenhagen, Denmark; 10University of Udine, Italy; 11Altos labs, United States of America; 12University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States of America; 13University of Pittsburgh, United States of America; 14Thomas Jefferson University, United States of America



Dysfunction of mitochondrial chaperone HSP60 triggers disruption of mitochondrial pathways activating multiple regulatory responses

Cagla Cömert1, Paula Fernandez-Guerra1, Kasper Kjær-Sørensen2, Jakob Hansen3, Jesper Just4,5, Jasper Carlsen1, Lisbeth Schmidt-Laursen2, Johan Palmfeldt1, Peter Bross1

1Research Unit for Molecular Medicine, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; 2Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; 3Department of Forensic Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; 4Department of Molecular Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; 5Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark



Generation of iPSCs derived neural progenitors and cardiomyocytes as cellular models to study the pathophysiology of Pearson Syndrome

Chiara Fasano1, Luca Sala2,3, Camille Peron1, Andrea Cavaliere1, Maria Nicol Colombo1, Valeria Tiranti1

1Unit of Medical genetics and Neurogenetics, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy; 2Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias of Genetic Origin and Laboratory of Cardiovascular Genetics, Milan, Italy; 3Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano - Bicocca, Milan, Italy



High aerobic exercise capacity predicts increased mitochondrial response to exercise training

Estelle Heyne1, Susanne Zeeb1, Luren G Koch2, Steven L Britton3, Torsten Doenst1, Michael Schwarzer1

1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany; 2Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, United States; 3Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States



Investigating the role of LONP1 in heart and skeletal muscle metabolism

Franziska Baumann1, Dieu Hien Rozsivalova1, Katharina Senft1, Simon Geißen2, Aleksandra Trifunovic3

1Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), 50931 Cologne, Germany; 2Department III of Internal Medicine, Heart Center, University Hospital of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany; 3Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), 50931 Cologne, Germany



Mitochondrial dysfunction promotes liver fibrosis through the ACOT2-MCT6-OXCT1 axis.

Xiaoshan Zhou1, Sophie Curbo1, Wei Wang2, Xinling Li2, Jingyi Yan1, Yu Lei1, Raoul Kuiper3, Ujjwal Noegi1, Anna Karlsson1

1Karolinska Institutet, Sweden; 2Zhengzhou University, China; 3Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Norway



PNC2 (SLC25A36) deficiency associated with the hyperinsulinism/hyperammonemia syndrome

Francesco Massimo Lasorsa1, Deborah Fratantonio2, Maher A. Shahroor3, Vito Porcelli1, Bassam Abu-Libdeh3, Orly Elpeleg4, Luigi Palmieri1

1Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Italy; 2Libera Università Mediterranea Giuseppe Degennaro, Italy; 3Department of Pediatrics and Genetics, Al Makassed Hospital and Al-Quds University, Palestine.; 4Department of Genetics, Hadassah, Hebrew University Medical Center, Israel



Cultured neurons with CoQ10 deficiency reveal alterations of lipid metabolism

Alba Pesini1, Eliana Barriocanal-Casado1, Giacomo Monzio-Compagnoni2, Kleiner Giulio1, Agustin Hidalgo-Gutierrez1, Mohammed Bakkali3, Yashpal Singh Chhonker4, Saba Tadesse1, Delfina Larrea1, Daryl J Murry4, Caterina Mariotti5, Barbara Castellotti5, Luis Carlos Lopez3, Alesio Di Fonzo2, Estela Area-Gomez1, Catarina Quinzii1

1Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, United States; 2IRCCS Foundation Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Dino Ferrari Center, Neuroscience Section, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; 3Institute of Biotechnology, Biomedical Research Center (CIBM), Health Science Technological Park (PTS), University of Granada, Armilla, Granada, 18100, Spain; 4Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 986145 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; 5Unita` di Genetica delle Malattie Neurodegenerative e Metaboliche, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico "Carlo Besta", Milan, 20126, Italy



An engineered variant of MECR reductase reveals indispensability of long-chain acyl-ACPs for mitochondrial respiration

M. Tanvir Rahman1, M. Kristian Koski2, Joanna Panecka-Hofman3,4, Werner Schmitz5, Alexander J. Kastaniotis1, Rebecca C. Wade4,6, Rik K. Wierenga1, J. Kalervo Hiltunen1, Kaija J. Autio1

1Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Finland; 2Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; 3Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; 4Molecular and Cellular Modeling Group, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS), Heidelberg, Germany; 5Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; 6Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance and Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany



Antibiotics directly affect mitochondrial respiration

Judith Sailer1, Sabine Schmitt2, Hans Zischka1,3, Erich Gnaiger2

1Technische Universität München, Germany; 2Oroboros Instruments GmbH, Innsbruck, Austria; 3Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany



Can transmission of mitochondria over the species barrier promote climate change adaptation?

Kateryna Gaertner1, Craig Michell2, Riikka Tapanainen2, Steffi Goffart2, Sina Saari1, Manu Soininmäki2, Eric Dufour1, Jaakko Pohjoismäki2

1Tampere University, Finland; 2University of Eastern Finland



Developing an in vitro model to study the impact of the m.3243A>G mutation in iPSC-derived myofibers

Gabriel E. Valdebenito, Anitta R. Chacko, Michael R. Duchen

University College London, United Kingdom



Discordant phenotype in fibroblast cell lines generated from the same MELAS patient

Monica Moresco1, Valentina Concetta Tropeano1, Valentina Del Dotto2, Mariantonietta Capristo1, Claudio Fiorini1, Danara Ormanbekova1, Chiara La Morgia1,2, Maria Lucia Valentino1,2, Valerio Carelli1,2, Alessandra Maresca1

1IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Italy; 2Department of Biomedical and Neuromuscular Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna



Generation of a novel CoQ deficient mouse model to elucidate the role of COQ4

Eliana Barriocanal Casado, Agustin Hidalgo-Gutierrez, Alba Pesini, Catarina M Quinzii

Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.



Perivascular adipose tissue remodeling impairs mitochondrial function in thermoneutral-housed rats

Amy C Keller1, Melissa M Henckel1, Leslie A Knaub1, Greg B Pott1, Georgia James2, Jane E-B Reusch1

1University of Colorado/Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, United States of America; 2Cornell College, United States of America



Temporal analysis of mitochondrial complexome profiling coupled to multi-omics analysis unveils implications of CIV remodelling in postnatal heart development

Milica Popovic, Aleksandra Trifunovic

University of Cologne, Germany



Mitochondrial dysfunction in immune cells leads to distinct transcriptome profile and improved immune competence in Drosophila

Yuliya Basikhina1, Laura Vesala1,2, Tea Tuomela1, Emilia Siukola1, Anssi Nurminen1, Pedro F. Vale3, Tiina S. Salminen1

1Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland; 2Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden; 3Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom



Molecular mechanisms of extraocular muscle manifestation in mitochondrial myopathy

Swagat Pradhan, Takayuki Mito, Thomas McWilliams, Nahid Khan, Anu Suomalainen

STEMM, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland



Redox metabolites and transporters: Differential expression and ratios in specific Ndufs4 knockout mice organs.

Jeremie Zander Lindeque, Marthinus Theodorus Jooste, Daneël Nel, Belinda Fouché, Marianne Venter

Human Metabolomics, North-West University, South Africa



What makes folding of a mitochondrial protein dependent on the HSP60/HSP10 chaperone complex?

Peter Bross, Cagla Cömert, Paula Fernandez-Guerra, Johan Palmfeldt

Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark



OXPHOS composition is altered in the FXNI151F mouse model of Friedreich Ataxia in a progressive and a tissue-specific way

Maria Pazos-Gil, Marta Medina-Carbonero, Arabela Sanz-Alcázar, Marta Portillo-Carrasquer, Fabien Delaspre, Elisa Cabiscol, Joaquim Ros, Jordi Tamarit

Dept. Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques, Fac. Medicina, Universitat de Lleida. IRB Lleida.



Disease causing-Mfn2 mutations alter mitochondrial fusion and fission dynamics and metabolism.

Daniel Lagos1,2, Nicolas Perez2, Pamela R. de Santiago2, Diego Troncoso2, Benjamin Cartes-Saavedra2, Rita Horvath1, Veronica Eisner2

1Department of Clinical Neurosciences, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.; 2School of Biological Sciences, Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.



Dissecting the mitochondrial disease-associated ATAD3 gene cluster and its pathogenic variants

Linden Muellner-Wong1,2, Ann E. Frazier2,3, Eric Hanssen4, Tegan Stait2,3,5, Alice J. Sharpe6, Danielle L. Rudler7,8,9, Shuai Nie10, Luke E. Formosa6, Michael T. Ryan6, Aleksandra Filipovska7,8,9, David R. Thorburn2,3,5, David A. Stroud1,2,5

1Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria,Australia; 2Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; 3Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; 4Ian Holmes Imaging Centre, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; 5Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; 6Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; 7Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and The University of Western Australia Centre for Medical Research, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; 8ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology, QEII Medical Centre and University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; 9Telethon Kids Institute, Northern Entrance, Perth Children's Hospital, 15 Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; 10Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Facility, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia



Dynamics of adenine nucleotides in colorectal cancer clinical material

Sten Miller1,2, Leenu Reinsalu1,2, Marju Puurand1, Natalja Timohhina1, Kersti Tepp1, Igor Sevchuk1, Indrek Reile1, Heiki Vija1, Vahur Valvere3, Jelena Bogovskaja3, Tuuli Käämbre1

1National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Estonia; 2Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia; 3North Estonia Medical Centre



The role of SURF1 protein in cytochrome c oxidase biogenesis

Maria Jose Saucedo Rodriguez1, Petr Pecina1, Kristýna Čunátová1, Marek Vrbacký1, Alena Pecinová1, Roman Sobotka2, Carlo Viscomi3, Massimo Zeviani4, Tomáš Mráček1, Josef Houštěk1

1Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic; 2Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Trebon, Czech Republic; 3Departement of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy; 4Departement of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy



Depicting inclusion body myositis using a patient-derived fibroblast model

Judith Cantó Santos1,2,3, Laura Valls Roca1,2,3, Ester Tobías1,2,3, Francesc Josep García García1,2,3, Mariona Guitart Mampel1,2,3, Félix Andújar Sánchez1,2,3, Anna Esteve Codina4,5, Beatriz Martín Mur4, Mercedes Casado3,6, Rafael Artuch3,6, Estel Solsona Vilarrasa7,8, José Carlos Fernández Checa7,8, Carmen García Ruiz7,8, Carles Rentero9, Carlos Enrich9, Pedro Juan Moreno Lozano1,2,3, José César Milisenda1,2,3, Francesc Cardellach1,2,3, Josep Maria Grau Junyent1,2,3, Glòria Garrabou1,2,3

1Laboratory of Inherited Metabolic Disorders and Muscle Disease, Centre de Recerca Biomèdica CELLEX - Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) and Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; 2Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; 3CIBERER— Spanish Biomedical Research Centre in Rare Diseases, Madrid, Spain; 4CNAG-CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain; 5Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; 6Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu; Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; 7Department of Cell Death and Proliferation, Institute of Biomedical Research of Barcelona (IIBB-CSIC), Liver Unit-HCB-IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain; 8CIBEREHD-Spanish Biomedical Research Centre in Hepatic and Digestive Diseases, Madrid, Spain; 9Department of Biomedicine, Cell Biology Unit, CELLEX-IDIBAPS, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain



Effect of physiological cell culture media on cell viability and NRF2 activation

Anton Terasmaa, Rutt Taba, Marie Põlluaed, Tuuli Käämbre

National Institute of Chemical and Biological Physics, Estonia



Genetic and functional characterization of a new patient with COX4I1 deficiency

Frederic Tort1, Olatz Ugarteburu1, Gerard Muñoz-Pujol1, María Unceta2, Ainhoa García2, Arantza Arza2, Javier de las Heras2, Antonia Ribes1, Laura Gort1

1Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, CIBERER, Barcelona, Spain; 2Hospital Universitario de Cruces, Spain



Application of the Escherichia coli Model System to Study the Human Polyribonucleotide Phosphorylase

Roberto Pizzoccheri, Federica Anna Falchi, Andrea Alloni, Francesca Forti, Sarah Sertic, Giulio Pavesi, Federica Briani

Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy



Phase two biotransformation is highly affected by mitochondrial disease: considerations for pharmacological therapies.

Marianne Venter, Belinda Fouché, Louis Mostert, Zander Lindeque, Rencia van der Sluis

Human Metabolomics, North-West University, South Africa



Mitochondrial phenotyping of fibroblasts from Kearns Sayre’s patients to model the disease

Laura Valls-Roca1,2,3, Judith Cantó-Santos1,2,3, Ester Tobías1,2,3, Francesc Josep García-García1,2,3, Félix Andújar-Sánchez1,2, Laia Farré-Tarrats1,2, Cristina Núñez de Arenas3,6, Rocío Garrido-Moraga5, Joan Padrosa1,2, Raquel Aránega1,2, Pedro J. Moreno-Lozano1,2,3, José César Milisenda1,2, Mar O’Callaghan3,4, Teresa García-Silva3,5, Montserrat Morales-Conejo3,5, Rafael Artuch3,4, Miguel Ángel Martín3,5, José M. Cuezva3,6, Josep M. Grau-Junyent1,2,3, Mariona Guitart-Mampel1,2,3, Glòria Garrabou1,2,3

1Laboratory of Inherited Metabolic Disorders and Muscle Disease, Centre de Recerca Biomèdica CELLEX - Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences - Universitat de Barcelona (UB); Barcelona, Spain.; 2Internal Medicine Department - Hospital Clínic de Barcelona; Barcelona, Spain.; 3CIBERER—Spanish Biomedical Research Centre in Rare Diseases; Madrid, Spain.; 4Hospital Sant Joan de Déu (HSJdD) de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.; 5Grupo de Enfermedades Mitocondriales, Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre (imas12). Madrid. Spain.; 6Centro de Biología Molecular S.O., Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM); Madrid, Spain.



Effect of various mutations in the GTPase and middle domain of Drp1 on the mitochondrial network, nucleoids, and peroxisomes

Nikol Volfová1, Aleš Hnízda1, Lukáš Alán2, Robert Dobrovolný1, Jakub Sikora1, Jana Křížová1, Lucie Zdražilová1, Hana Hansíková1, Jiří Zeman1, Markéta Tesařová1

1Department of Paediatrics and Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic; 2Institute of Physiology, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic



Importance of human ClpXP protease for mitochondrial function

Daniela Burska, Jana Tesarova, Jana Krizova, Nikol Volfova, Hana Hansikova, Jiri Zeman, Lukas Stiburek

First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University; and General University Hospital in Prague



Ketogenic diet mitigates the pathogenic phenotype in TMEM70 deficient animal models

Aleksandra Marković1, Petr Pecina1, Alena Pecinová1, Marek Vrbacký1, Jana Mikešová1, Hana Nuskova1, Kateřina Tauchmannová1, Otto Kučera3, Zuzana Cervinkova3, Radislav Sedláček2, Josef Houštěk1, Tomáš Mráček1

1Institute of Physiology of the Czech Acad. Sci., Prague, Czech Republic; 2Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Acad. Sci., Prague, Czech Republic; 3Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic



Mutation in Coq5 leads to CoQ10 deficiency, developmental delay and early death in zebrafish

Sergio López-Herrador1, Julia Corral-Sarasa2, Macarena Gil1, Yaco Morillas1, Luis C. López1,2, Mª. Elena Díaz-Casado1,2

1Physiology Department, Biomedical Research Center, University of Granada, Granada, Spain; 2Ibs.Granada, Granada, Spain



Omega-3 supplementation effects on mitochondrial and metabolic profile in a rabbit model of intrauterine growth restriction

Félix Andújar-Sánchez1,2,3, Mariona Guitart-Mampel1,2,3, Míriam Illa3,4, Ester Tobías1,2,3, Laura Valls-Roca1,2,3, Judith Cantó-Santos1,2,3, Laia Farré-Tarrats1,2,3, Clara Oliva3,5, Francesc Cardellach1,2,3, Rafael Artuch3,5, Fàtima Crispi3,4, Glòria Garrabou1,2,3, Francesc J García-García1,2,3

1Inherited metabolic diseases and muscular disorders Lab, Cellex - Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Faculty of Medicine and Health Science - University of Barcelona (UB), 08036 Barcelona, Spain; 2Internal Medicine Unit, Medicine Department, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain; 3Biomedical Network Research Centre on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain; 4BCNatal—Barcelona Centre for Maternal-Foetal and Neonatal Medicine (Hospital Clínic and Hospital Sant Joan de Déu), IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain; 5Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Institut de Recerca de Sant Joan de Deu, Esplugues de Llobregat, 08036 Barcelona, Spain



Redundant and divergent roles of COQ8A and COQ8B in cell metabolism.

Agata Valentino1, Elisa Baschiera1, Iolanda Spera2, Luna Laera2, Valentina Giorgio3, Alessandra Castegna2, Leonardo Salviati1, Maria Andrea Desbats1

1Clinical Genetics Unit, Department of Women and Children’s Health, University of Padova and “Fondazione Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica Città Della Speranza”, 35127 Padova, Italy.; 2Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70121 Bari, Italy; 3Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy.



Loss of CHCHD8 (COA4) caused mitochondrial respiratory Complex IV deficiency

Taku Amo, Yuga Hikage

National Defense Academy, Japan



Delving into the phenotypic heterogeneity of Coenzyme Q biosynthesis defects

Ariadna Crespo-González1, María del Mar Blanquer-Rosselló1,2, Laura García-Corzo1,2, Carmine Staiano1,2, María Chacón1, Ana Belén Cortés-Rodríguez3, Estefanía Sanabria-Reinoso1, María Almuedo-Castillo1, Miguel Ángel Moreno-Mateos1,2, Gloria Brea-Calvo1,2

1Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo/Universidad Pablo de Olavide-CSIC-JA, Seville, Spain; 2CIBERER, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; 3Laboratorio de Fisiopatología Celular y Bioenergética, Seville, Spain.



Investigating the impact of mtDNA point mutations on mitochondrial function and bioenergetics using patient fibroblasts and hiPSC derived neuronal models

Anitta Rose Chacko, Gabriel Esteban Valdebenito, Michael R Duchen

University College London, United Kingdom



Human COQ10A and COQ10B genes are essential for Coenzyme Q function in mitochondrial respiration

Elisa Baschiera1, Carlo Viscomi1, Maria Andrea Desbats2, Placido Navas3, Leonardo Salviati1,2

1University of Padova, Italy; 2Isituto di Ricerca Pediatrica - Cittá della Speranza, Italy; 3Pablo de Olavide University, Sevilla, Spain



The use of β-RA in leptin-deficient mice reveals novel mechanisms of this compound for the treatment of obesity

Sara Torres-Rusillo1, Sergio López-Herrador1, Pilar González-García1, Mª. Elena Díaz-Casado1,2, Laura Jiménez-Sánchez2, Julia Corral-Sarasa2, Julio Ruiz-Travé1, Luis C. López1,2

1Physiology Department, Biomedical Research Center, University of Granada, Granada, Spain; 2Ibs.Granada, Granada, Spain



Oocyte-specific mitofusin 2 knockout enhances the metabolic disfunction of offspring born to obese mothers

Jaiane Santana da Paz, Angélica Camargo dos Santos, Lindomar Oliveira Alves, Julio Cesar Valerio Roncato, Renan Omete Ferreira, Victória Hass Gonçalves, Mirela Souza Cáceres, Marcos Roberto Chiaratti

Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil



Off-target effects of etomoxir: inhibition of mitochondrial Complex I and fatty acid oxidation

Timea Komlódi1,2, Filomena SG Silva3, Ana I Duarte3,4,5, Débora Mena3,5,6, Luiz F Garcia-Souza1, Marina Makrecka-Kuka7, Guida Bento3, Luís F Grilo3,5,6, Paulo J Oliveira3, Erich Gnaiger1

1Oroboros Instruments, Innsbruck, Austria; 2Dept Biochem, Semmelweis Univ, Budapest, Hungary; 3CNC-Center Neurosci and Cell Biol, Univ Coimbra, Portugal; 4IIUC-Inst Interdisciplinary Research, Univ Coimbra, Portugal; 5CIBB-Center for Innovative Biomed Biotechnol, Univ Coimbra, Portugal; 6PDBEB-PhD Programme in Exp Biol Biomed, IIUC, Univ Coimbra, Portugal; 7Lab Pharmaceut Pharmacol, Latvian Inst Organic Synthesis, Riga, Latvia



Mitochondrial alterations in sirtuin1 heterozygous mice fed high fat diet and melatonin

Alessandra Stacchiotti1,2, Francesca Arnaboldi1, Gaia Favero3, Aleksandra Korac4, Maria Monsalve5, Rita Rezzani3

1Dept Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; 2Laboratorio Morfologia Umana Applicata, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy; 3Dept Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy; 4Center for Electron Microscopy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; 5Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas “Alberto Sols” (CSIC-UAM), Madrid, Spain



Microproteins in metabolic regulation

Jiemin Nah1, Baptiste Kerouanton1, David Robinson2, Kyle Dunlap3, Pooja Sridnivasan1, Sonia Chothani1, Greg Ducker3, Owen Rackham4, David Stroud2, Lena Ho1

1Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore; 2University of Melbourne, Australia; 3University of Utah, USA; 4University of Southampton, UK



Oxphos deficiency indicates novel functions for the mitochondrial protein import subunit tim50

Jordan J Crameri1, Catherine S Palmer1, David Coman2, David A Stroud1, David R Thorburn3,4,5, Ann E Frazier3,4, Diana Stojanovski1

1Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology and the Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia; 2Queensland Children’s Hospital, Department of Metabolic Medicine, South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, 4001, Australia; 3Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia; 4Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia; 5Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia



The levels and activation state of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex modulate the SCAFI-dependent organization of the mitochondrial respiratory chain

Sandra Lopez-Calcerrada1, Ana Sierra-Magro1, Erika Fernández-Vizarra2, Cristina Ugalde1,3

1Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid 28041, Spain; 2Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy; 3Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), U723, Madrid, Spain



Development of a yeast model to characterize OPA1 mutations associated with different neuromuscular disorders

Cristina Calderan1, Marco Marchi1, Mara Doimo1, Maria Andrea Desbats1, Geppo Sartori2, Leonardo Salviati1

1Clinical Genetics Unit, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of Padua, and Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica (IRP) Città della Speranza, Padua, Italy; 2Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy



An ultra-special family with an ultra-rare condition: three children with mithochondrial complex III deficiency due to homozygous mutations in Lyrm7

Francesca Manzoni, Titia Anita Wischmeijer, Elisa Boni, Lucio Parmeggiani, Andrea Bordugo, Francesca Pellegrini

Bolzano Hospital, Italy