SPELL - Nematode

Citation	Goh GYS, Beigi A, Yan J, Doering KRS, Taubert S. Mediator subunit MDT-15 promotes expression of propionic acid breakdown genes to prevent embryonic lethality in Caenorhabditis elegans. G3 (Bethesda), 2023.
PubMed ID	37075089
Short Description	Mediator subunit MDT-15 promotes expression of propionic acid breakdown genes to prevent embryonic lethality in Caenorhabditis elegans. GEO Record: GSE220955 Platform: GPL11346 Download gene-centric, log2 transformed data: WBPaper00065288.ce.mr.csv
# of Conditions	8
Full Description	The micronutrient vitamin B12 is an essential cofactor for two enzymes: methionine synthase, which plays a key role in the one-carbon cycle; and methylmalonyl-CoA mutase, an enzyme in a pathway that breaks down branched-chain amino acids and odd-chain fatty acids. A second, vitamin B12-independent pathway that degrades propionic acid was recently described in Caenorhabditis elegans, the propionate shunt pathway. Activation of five shunt pathway genes in response to low vitamin B12 availability or high propionic acid levels is accomplished by a transcriptional regulatory mechanism involving two nuclear hormone receptors, NHR-10 and NHR-68. Here, we report that the C. elegans Mediator subunit mdt-15 is also essential for the activation of the propionate shunt pathway genes, likely by acting as a transcriptional coregulator for NHR-10. C. elegans mdt-15 mutants fed a low vitamin B12 diet have transcriptomes resembling those of wild-type worms fed a high vitamin B12 diet, with low expression of the shunt genes. Phenotypically, the embryonic lethality of mdt-15 mutants is specifically rescued by diets high in vitamin B12, but not by dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids, which rescue many other phenotypes of the mdt-15 mutants. Finally, NHR-10 binds to MDT-15 in yeast-two-hybrid assays, and the transcriptomes of nhr-10 mutants share overlap with those of mdt-15 mutants. Our data show that MDT-15 is a key coregulator for an NHR regulating propionic acid detoxification, adding to roles played by NHR:MDT-15 partnerships in metabolic regulation and pinpointing vitamin B12 availability as a requirement for mdt-15 dependent embryonic development. Experimental Details: WBPaper00065288:N2_rep1 WBPaper00065288:N2_rep2 WBPaper00065288:N2_rep3 WBPaper00065288:N2_rep4 WBPaper00065288:mdt-15(tm2182)_rep1 WBPaper00065288:mdt-15(tm2182)_rep2 WBPaper00065288:mdt-15(tm2182)_rep3 WBPaper00065288:mdt-15(tm2182)_rep4.
Tags	Method: microarray, Species: Caenorhabditis elegans, Topic: WT vs. mutant