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  • Title: Intimate contacts of mitochondria with nuclear envelope as a potential energy gateway for nucleo-cytoplasmic mRNA transport.
    Author: Prachar J.
    Journal: Gen Physiol Biophys; 2003 Dec; 22(4):525-34. PubMed ID: 15113124.
    Abstract:
    The aim of the present study was to show that close contacts of mitochondria with nuclear envelope need not be just an accidental situation in the cell, but that such contacts could serve for flow of energy from a place of origin directly to a place of consumption. Mitochondria in close proximity to the nuclear envelope can be found virtually in all metabolically active cells. We used transmission electron microscopy to demonstrate this entity in different leukemia cells of human origin (patient's blood) and in mouse leukemia cell line. At high resolution, not only close proximity but even fusion of mitochondrial and nuclear membranes can be seen. Based on available data about mRNA transport through the nuclear pore complex and observed contacts of mitochondria with nuclei, we hypothesize that such contacts can provide a gateway for energy delivery to power mRNA export from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. Hence the lumen of the nuclear envelope can serve for transport or even storage of macroergic molecules in a manner similar to sarcoplasmic reticulum in fast-twitch skeletal muscles.
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