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Description: Learn to label and visualize mitochondrial genome expression products in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using radioactive labeling and gel electrophoresis. This method enables study of protein biosynthesis in yeast mitochondria.

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This research was funded by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, grant number 18-29-07002. P.K. was supported by State Assignment of Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, grant number AAAA-A16-116021660073-5. M.V.P. was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, grant number 075-15-2019-1659 (Program of Kurchatov Center of Genome Research). The work was partly done on the equipment purchased in the frame of the Moscow State University Program of Development. I.C., S.L., and M.V.B. were additionally supported by Moscow State University grant &#8220;Leading Scientific School Noah&#8217;s Ark&#8221;.

1. Yeast culture preparation
<ol>
	<li>Streak yeast from the frozen stock cultures on fresh plates with the appropriate medium. Put the plates in a culture incubator at 30 &#176;C for 24&#8211;48 h. 
	NOTE: Let the temperature-sensitive mutants grow at the permissive temperature.</li>
	<li>Inoculate yeast cultures in 2 mL of YPGal medium (2% peptone, 1% yeast extract, 2% galactose) from the fresh streak in 15 mL tubes and incubate them overnight agitating at 200 rpm at 30 &#176;C.</li>
	<li>Measure the optical density of the culture at a wavelength of 600 nm (OD600).</li>
	<li>Take the volume corresponding to 0.2 absorbance units in sterile tubes, pellet yeast cells at 9,000 x g for 30 s at room temperature, and discard the supernatant.</li>
	<li>Wash cells with 0.5 mL of sterile water by vortexing for 5 s. Pellet yeast cells at 9,000 x g for 30 s at room temperature and discard the supernatant. Dilute cells in 2 mL of fresh YPGal medium.</li>
	<li>Incubate agitating at 200 rpm and 30 &#176;C until OD600 reaches 1.5&#8211;1.9 values. 
	NOTE: Yeast growth rates vary, so be prepared to wait. It is reasonable to make steps 1.3&#8211;1.6 early in the morning. It usually takes 4&#8211;5 h, but can take longer.</li>
</ol>
2. Radioactive isotope incorporation
<ol>
	<li>Transfer the culture volume equivalent to one optical unit in a microcentrifuge tube. Spin the tubes at 3,000 x g for 1 min and discard the supernatant. Wash with 0.5 mL of sterile water by vortexing for 5 s.
	<ol>
		<li>Pellet yeast cells at 9,000 x g for 30 s at room temperature and discard the supernatant. Resuspend yeast cells in 0.5 mL of sterile translation buffer. Place the suspension in a 15 mL tube. 
		NOTE: Translation buffer is a solution containing 2% galactose (w/v) and 50 mM potassium phosphate with pH 6.0.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>Add cycloheximide to cell suspension up to a final concentration of 0.2 mg/mL. Incubate for 5 min agitating at 200 rpm and 30 &#176;C to inhibit cytosolic translation. 
	NOTE: Cycloheximide solution (20 mg/mL, in ethanol) should be prepared fresh before the experiment. Chloramphenicol can be successfully substituted with anisomycin in the same concentration7.</li>
	<li>Add 25&#8211;30 &#956;Ci of 35S-methionine to the cell suspension and incubate for 30 min agitating at 200 rpm and 30 &#176;C. 
	NOTE: The mixture of 35S-methionine and 35S-cysteine can also be used. Pure 35S-methionine results in the strongest signal and the best signal-to-noise ratio. Generally, methionine is more effective than cysteine because the content of this amino acid in mitochondrial proteins is higher. However, the EasyTag mixture of 35S-methionine and cysteine is less expensive and gives comparable results7. 
	CAUTION: 35S-methionine is radioactive. Follow the usual safety practices for handling radioactive materials. 
	NOTE: It is well known that the incorporation of radioactivity reaches a limit due to which the total signals level off over time. Once this limit is reached, it is almost impossible to determine the rates by which the different translation products are synthesized. To analyze the rate of mitochondrial translation, it is imperative to be in a condition in which the signal intensity increases with time of incubation with 35S-methionine in a linear manner. For common laboratory wild-type strains, the signal is already saturated for incubation times far shorter than the 30 min. Translational mutants can behave very differently. A time-course should be performed to establish the kinetics of radioactivity incorporation and thus the rate of translation, at least when working with a new strain. For this, we suggest taking samples with an interval of several minutes (e.g., 2.5, 5.0, 7,5, 10, and 20 min).</li>
	<li>Add unlabeled &#34;cold&#34; methionine (final concentration should be 20 mM) and puromycine (final concentration should be 1&#8211;10 &#956;g/mL) to stop the labeling. Incubate for 10 min agitating at 200 rpm and 30 &#176;C. 
	NOTE: This step is critical to give ribosomes time to finish translating the peptides. Otherwise, all polypeptides shorter than full-length will be detected at a different size. A time-course experiment (pulse-chase) can be done at this step to determine the stability of mitochondrial translation products. For this, continue the incubation taking samples with an interval of 30 min (e.g., 30, 60, 90, and 120 min).</li>
</ol>
3. Yeast cell lysis and extraction of proteins
<ol>
	<li>Collect yeast cells by centrifugation at 9,000 x g for 30 s. Wash the cells with 0.5 mL of sterile water by vortexing for 5 s. Pellet yeast cells at 9,000 x g for 30 s at room temperature. Discard the supernatant. 
	NOTE. The protocol can be paused here. Store the samples at -20 &#176;C.</li>
	<li>Add 75 &#956;L of lysis buffer to the pellet and vortex for 5&#8211;10 s. 
	NOTE: Lysis buffer is a solution of 1.8 M NaOH, 1 M &#946;-mercaptoethanol, and 1 mM PMSF in water. Avoid excessive incubation with lysis buffer leading to alkaline hydrolysis of proteins. Immediately proceed to step 3.3.</li>
	<li>Add 500 &#956;L of 0.5 M Tris-HCl buffer with pH 6.8. Vortex briefly.</li>
</ol>
4. Precipitation of proteins
CAUTION: Methanol and chloroform are organic solvents. Follow the usual safety practices for handling organic substances.
<ol>
	<li>Add 600 &#181;L of methanol to the sample. Vortex for 5 s.</li>
	<li>Add 150 &#181;L of chloroform to the sample. Vortex for 5 s.</li>
	<li>Centrifuge the samples for 2 min at 12,000 x g. Carefully discard the upper phase with a sampler.</li>
	<li>Add 600 &#181;L of methanol to the sample. Mix carefully by inverting the tube several times.</li>
	<li>Centrifuge the samples for 2 min at 12,000 x g. Discard the supernatant.</li>
	<li>Air-dry the pellet for 2 min at 80 &#176;C. 
	NOTE: All of the liquid should evaporate. There is a risk to have an aberrant separation of proteins in the gel if the pellet was dried insufficiently. However, it is not possible to over-dry the pellet, so it can even be stored overnight at 4 &#176;C.</li>
	<li>Dissolve precipitated proteins in 60 &#181;L of 1x Laemmli sample buffer.</li>
	<li>Heat for 10 min at 40 &#176;C. 
	NOTE: Avoid boiling the samples at 95 &#176;C, because this causes aggregation. If the aggregates still form, Spin the samples at 12,000 x g for 2 min and collect the supernatant. Samples can be stored at -20 &#176;C. The protocol can be paused here.</li>
</ol>
5. SDS-PAGE
<ol>
	<li>Cast the 17.5% Laemmli SDS-polyacrylamide gel. 
	NOTE: 6 M urea can be added to the gel to resolve better atp8 and atp9. Gradient 15%&#8211;20% gels can also give better resolution.</li>
	<li>Load 15 &#956;L (40&#8211;50 &#181;g) of each sample in the pockets. 
	NOTE: It is not necessary to measure protein concentration if OD600 values were close in step 1.6. If not, measure protein concentrations using the assay with detergent-compatible reagents.</li>
	<li>Run the gel in a cold room until the blue dye reaches approximately 65% of the gel length. 
	NOTE: For the system used (e.g., Protean II xi cell), we use either of the two modes: 16&#8211;17 h at 5 V/cm or 5 h at 15 V/cm. No proteins run faster than the bromophenol blue dye, but long runs can result in blurring of atp8 and atp9 signals.</li>
	<li>Stain the gel with Coomassie brilliant blue and make a scan or photo, which is required as a loading control. 
	NOTE: An alternative way to make a loading control is immunoblotting with an antibody to mitochondrial &#8220;house-keeping&#8221; gene, e. g., porin 1.</li>
</ol>
6. Autoradiography
<ol>
	<li>Dry the gel in a gel-dryer. Keep it in the cassette with a storage phosphor screen for 3&#8211;5 days. 
	NOTE: An alternative to screening the dried gel is the transfer of proteins to a nitrocellulose membrane by electro-blotting and screening it thereafter. It results in stronger signals and sharper bands.</li>
	<li>Scan the screen on a phosphorimager. 
	NOTE: As an alternative to phosphor imaging, X-ray film can also be used to reveal the signals.</li>
</ol>

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Investigations of gene expression occupy a central part in modern life sciences. Numerous methods providing insights into this complex process have been developed. Here, we described the method allowing to access protein biosynthesis in baker&#39;s yeast S. cerevisiae mitochondria. It is usually applied to compare translation efficiencies of the mRNAs in mitochondria of mutant yeast strain versus wild type to access the consequences of the studied mutation. This is one of the basic experiments the researchers co...

Mitochondria are the organelles deeply involved in the metabolism of a eukaryotic cell. Their electron transfer chain supplies the cell with ATP, the main energetic currency used in multiple biochemical pathways. Besides, they are involved in apoptosis, fatty acid and heme synthesis, and other processes. Dysfunction of mitochondria is a well-known source of human disease1. It can result from mutations in nuclear or mitochondrial genes encoding structural or regulatory components of the organelles2. Baker&#8217;s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an excellent model organism for studying mitochondrial gene expression due to several reasons. First, their genome is completely sequenced3, well-annotated, and a big sum of data is already available in literature thanks to the long history of investigations carried out with this organism. Second, the manipulations with their nuclear genome are relatively fast and easy because of their fast growth rate and highly efficient homologous recombination system. Third, baker&#8217;s yeast S. cerevisiae is one of the few organisms for which the manipulations with mitochondrial genomes are developed. Finally, baker&#39;s yeast is an aerobe-anaerobe facultative organism, which allows isolation and study of respiratory defective mutants, since they can grow in media containing fermentable carbon sources.
We describe the method to study mitochondrial gene expression of baker&#8217;s yeast S. cerevisiae at the translational level4. Its main principle comes from several observations. First, the yeast mitochondrial genome encodes only eight proteins: three subunits of the cytochrome c oxidase (Cox1p, Cox2p, and Cox3p), three subunits of the ATP synthase (Atp6p, Atp8p, and Atp9p), a subunit of the ubiquinol-cytochrome c oxidoreductase enzyme, cytochrome b (Cytb), and mitochondrial ribosomal protein Var1p5. This number is small, and all of them can be separated by electrophoresis on a single gel in the appropriate conditions. Second, mitochondrial ribosomes belong to the prokaryotic class rather than eukaryotic6, and therefore, the sensitivity to antibiotics is different for yeast cytoplasmic and mitochondrial ribosomes. It allows the inhibition of cytoplasmic translation with cycloheximide, providing the conditions when the labeled amino acid (35S-methionine) is incorporated only in mitochondrial translation products. As a result, the experiment gives information about the rate of amino acid incorporation in mitochondrial proteins synthesized de novo, reflecting the overall efficiency of mitochondrial translation for each of the eight products

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labelling and visualization of mitochondrial genome expression products in baker's yeast saccharomyces cerevisiae

Labelling and Visualization of Mitochondrial Genome Expression Products in Baker's Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Mitochondria are essential organelles of eukaryotic cells capable of aerobic respiration. They contain circular genome and gene expression apparatus. A mitochondrial genome of baker&#8217;s yeast encodes eight proteins: three subunits of the cytochrome c oxidase (Cox1p, Cox2p, and Cox3p), three subunits of the ATP synthase (Atp6p, Atp8p, and Atp9p), a subunit of the ubiquinol-cytochrome c oxidoreductase enzyme, cytochrome b (Cytb), and mitochondrial ribosomal protein Var1p. The purpose of the method described here is to specifically label these proteins with 35S methionine, separate them by electrophoresis and visualize the signals as discrete bands on the screen. The procedure involves several steps. First, yeast cells are cultured in a galactose-containing medium until they reach the late logarithmic growth stage. Next, cycloheximide treatment blocks cytoplasmic translation and allows 35S methionine incorporation only in mitochondrial translation products. Then, all proteins are extracted from yeast cells and separated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Finally, the gel is dried and incubated with the storage phosphor screen. The screen is scanned on a phosphorimager revealing the bands. The method can be applied to compare the biosynthesis rate of a single polypeptide in the mitochondria of a mutant yeast strain versus the wild type, which is useful for studying mitochondrial gene expression defects. This protocol gives valuable information about the translation rate of all yeast mitochondrial mRNAs. However, it requires several controls and additional experiments to make proper conclusions.

Following the protocol described above, we assigned mitochondrial translation products from two S. cerevisiae strains: the wild type (WT) and a mutant bearing deletion of the AIM23 gene (AIM23Δ), encoding mitochondrial translation initiation factor 3 (Table 1)8. Mitochondrial translation products were radioactively labeled and separated in SDS-PAAG9. The samples were collected every 2.5 min before saturation to build a time course (<strong class...

Baker&#8217;s yeast mitochondrial genome encodes eight polypeptides. The goal of the current protocol is to label all of them and subsequently visualize them as separate bands.

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