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    Genotype to phenotype: Diet-by-mitochondrial DNA haplotype interactions drive metabolic flexibility and organismal fitness

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    Aw, WC; Towarnicki, SG; Melvin, RG; Youngson, NA; Garvin, MR; Hu, Y; Nielsen, S; Thomas, T; Pickford, R; Bustamante, S; ...
    Date
    2018-11-01
    Source Title
    PLoS Genetics
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    PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Smyth, Gordon
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    School of Mathematics and Statistics
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    Journal Article
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    Aw, W. C., Towarnicki, S. G., Melvin, R. G., Youngson, N. A., Garvin, M. R., Hu, Y., Nielsen, S., Thomas, T., Pickford, R., Bustamante, S., Vila-Sanjurjo, A., Smyth, G. K. & Ballard, J. W. O. (2018). Genotype to phenotype: Diet-by-mitochondrial DNA haplotype interactions drive metabolic flexibility and organismal fitness. PLOS GENETICS, 14 (11), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007735.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/253350
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    10.1371/journal.pgen.1007735
    Abstract
    Diet may be modified seasonally or by biogeographic, demographic or cultural shifts. It can differentially influence mitochondrial bioenergetics, retrograde signalling to the nuclear genome, and anterograde signalling to mitochondria. All these interactions have the potential to alter the frequencies of mtDNA haplotypes (mitotypes) in nature and may impact human health. In a model laboratory system, we fed four diets varying in Protein: Carbohydrate (P:C) ratio (1:2, 1:4, 1:8 and 1:16 P:C) to four homoplasmic Drosophila melanogaster mitotypes (nuclear genome standardised) and assayed their frequency in population cages. When fed a high protein 1:2 P:C diet, the frequency of flies harbouring Alstonville mtDNA increased. In contrast, when fed the high carbohydrate 1:16 P:C food the incidence of flies harbouring Dahomey mtDNA increased. This result, driven by differences in larval development, was generalisable to the replacement of the laboratory diet with fruits having high and low P:C ratios, perturbation of the nuclear genome and changes to the microbiome. Structural modelling and cellular assays suggested a V161L mutation in the ND4 subunit of complex I of Dahomey mtDNA was mildly deleterious, reduced mitochondrial functions, increased oxidative stress and resulted in an increase in larval development time on the 1:2 P:C diet. The 1:16 P:C diet triggered a cascade of changes in both mitotypes. In Dahomey larvae, increased feeding fuelled increased β-oxidation and the partial bypass of the complex I mutation. Conversely, Alstonville larvae upregulated genes involved with oxidative phosphorylation, increased glycogen metabolism and they were more physically active. We hypothesise that the increased physical activity diverted energy from growth and cell division and thereby slowed development. These data further question the use of mtDNA as an assumed neutral marker in evolutionary and population genetic studies. Moreover, if humans respond similarly, we posit that individuals with specific mtDNA variations may differentially metabolise carbohydrates, which has implications for a variety of diseases including cardiovascular disease, obesity, and perhaps Parkinson's Disease.

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