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Chakraborty P, Niewiadomska M, Farhat K, Morris L, Whyte S, Humphries KM, Stavrakis S. Effect of Low-Level Tragus Stimulation on Cardiac Metabolism in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Transcriptomics-Based Analysis. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:4312. [PMID: 38673896 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25084312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2024] [Revised: 04/10/2024] [Accepted: 04/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Abnormal cardiac metabolism precedes and contributes to structural changes in heart failure. Low-level tragus stimulation (LLTS) can attenuate structural remodeling in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). The role of LLTS on cardiac metabolism is not known. Dahl salt-sensitive rats of 7 weeks of age were randomized into three groups: low salt (0.3% NaCl) diet (control group; n = 6), high salt diet (8% NaCl) with either LLTS (active group; n = 8), or sham stimulation (sham group; n = 5). Both active and sham groups received the high salt diet for 10 weeks with active LLTS or sham stimulation (20 Hz, 2 mA, 0.2 ms) for 30 min daily for the last 4 weeks. At the endpoint, left ventricular tissue was used for RNA sequencing and transcriptomic analysis. The Ingenuity Pathway Analysis tool (IPA) was used to identify canonical metabolic pathways and upstream regulators. Principal component analysis demonstrated overlapping expression of important metabolic genes between the LLTS, and control groups compared to the sham group. Canonical metabolic pathway analysis showed downregulation of the oxidative phosphorylation (Z-score: -4.707, control vs. sham) in HFpEF and LLTS improved the oxidative phosphorylation (Z-score = -2.309, active vs. sham). HFpEF was associated with the abnormalities of metabolic upstream regulators, including PPARGC1α, insulin receptor signaling, PPARα, PPARδ, PPARGC1β, the fatty acid transporter SLC27A2, and lysine-specific demethylase 5A (KDM5A). LLTS attenuated abnormal insulin receptor and KDM5A signaling. HFpEF is associated with abnormal cardiac metabolism. LLTS, by modulating the functioning of crucial upstream regulators, improves cardiac metabolism and mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation.
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- Praloy Chakraborty
- Heart Rhythm Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 800 Stanton L Young Blvd, Suite 5400, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
- Peter Munk Cardiac Center, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON M5G 2N2, Canada
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- Heart Rhythm Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 800 Stanton L Young Blvd, Suite 5400, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
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- Heart Rhythm Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 800 Stanton L Young Blvd, Suite 5400, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
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- Heart Rhythm Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 800 Stanton L Young Blvd, Suite 5400, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
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- Heart Rhythm Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 800 Stanton L Young Blvd, Suite 5400, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
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- Heart Rhythm Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 800 Stanton L Young Blvd, Suite 5400, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
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Harold KM, Matsuzaki S, Pranay A, Loveland BL, Batushansky A, Mendez Garcia MF, Eyster C, Stavrakis S, Chiao YA, Kinter M, Humphries KM. Loss of Cardiac PFKFB2 Drives Metabolic, Functional, and Electrophysiological Remodeling in the Heart. J Am Heart Assoc 2024; 13:e033676. [PMID: 38533937 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.033676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase (PFK-2) is a critical glycolytic regulator responsible for upregulation of glycolysis in response to insulin and adrenergic signaling. PFKFB2, the cardiac isoform of PFK-2, is degraded in the heart in the absence of insulin signaling, contributing to diabetes-induced cardiac metabolic inflexibility. However, previous studies have not examined how the loss of PFKFB2 affects global cardiac metabolism and function. METHODS AND RESULTS To address this, we have generated a mouse model with a cardiomyocyte-specific knockout of PFKFB2 (cKO). Using 9-month-old cKO and control mice, we characterized the impacts of PFKFB2 on cardiac metabolism, function, and electrophysiology. cKO mice have a shortened life span of 9 months. Metabolically, cKO mice are characterized by increased glycolytic enzyme abundance and pyruvate dehydrogenase activity, as well as decreased mitochondrial abundance and beta oxidation, suggesting a shift toward glucose metabolism. This was supported by a decrease in the ratio of palmitoyl carnitine to pyruvate-dependent mitochondrial respiration in cKO relative to control animals. Metabolomic, proteomic, and Western blot data support the activation of ancillary glucose metabolism, including pentose phosphate and hexosamine biosynthesis pathways. Physiologically, cKO animals exhibited impaired systolic function and left ventricular dilation, represented by reduced fractional shortening and increased left ventricular internal diameter, respectively. This was accompanied by electrophysiological alterations including increased QT interval and other metrics of delayed ventricular conduction. CONCLUSIONS Loss of PFKFB2 results in metabolic remodeling marked by cardiac ancillary pathway activation. This could delineate an underpinning of pathologic changes to mechanical and electrical function in the heart.
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- Kylene M Harold
- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Oklahoma City OK USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Physiology University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City OK USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Oklahoma City OK USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Oklahoma City OK USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Oklahoma City OK USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Oklahoma City OK USA
- Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Beer Sheva Israel
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Oklahoma City OK USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Oklahoma City OK USA
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City OK USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Oklahoma City OK USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Physiology University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City OK USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Oklahoma City OK USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Oklahoma City OK USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Physiology University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Oklahoma City OK USA
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Harold KM, Matsuzaki S, Pranay A, Loveland BL, Batushansky A, Mendez Garcia MF, Eyster C, Stavrakis S, Chiao YA, Kinter M, Humphries KM. Loss of cardiac PFKFB2 drives Metabolic, Functional, and Electrophysiological Remodeling in the Heart. bioRxiv 2023:2023.11.22.568379. [PMID: 38045353 PMCID: PMC10690253 DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.22.568379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
Abstract
Background Phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase (PFK-2) is a critical glycolytic regulator responsible for upregulation of glycolysis in response to insulin and adrenergic signaling. PFKFB2, the cardiac isoform of PFK-2, is degraded in the heart in the absence of insulin signaling, contributing to diabetes-induced cardiac metabolic inflexibility. However, previous studies have not examined how the loss of PFKFB2 affects global cardiac metabolism and function. Methods To address this, we have generated a mouse model with a cardiomyocyte-specific knockout of PFKFB2 (cKO). Using 9-month-old cKO and control (CON) mice, we characterized impacts of PFKFB2 on cardiac metabolism, function, and electrophysiology. Results cKO mice have a shortened lifespan of 9 months. Metabolically, cKO mice are characterized by increased glycolytic enzyme abundance and pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) activity, as well as decreased mitochondrial abundance and beta oxidation, suggesting a shift toward glucose metabolism. This was supported by a decrease in the ratio of palmitoyl carnitine to pyruvate-dependent mitochondrial respiration in cKO relative to CON animals. Metabolomic, proteomic, and western blot data support the activation of ancillary glucose metabolism, including pentose phosphate and hexosamine biosynthesis pathways. Physiologically, cKO animals exhibited impaired systolic function and left ventricular (LV) dilation, represented by reduced fractional shortening and increased LV internal diameter, respectively. This was accompanied by electrophysiological alterations including increased QT interval and other metrics of delayed ventricular conduction. Conclusions Loss of PFKFB2 results in metabolic remodeling marked by cardiac ancillary pathway activation. This could delineate an underpinning of pathologic changes to mechanical and electrical function in the heart. Clinical Perspective What is New?: We have generated a novel cardiomyocyte-specific knockout model of PFKFB2, the cardiac isoform of the primary glycolytic regulator Phosphofructokinase-2 (cKO).The cKO model demonstrates that loss of cardiac PFKFB2 drives metabolic reprogramming and shunting of glucose metabolites to ancillary metabolic pathways.The loss of cardiac PFKFB2 promotes electrophysiological and functional remodeling in the cKO heart.What are the Clinical Implications?: PFKFB2 is degraded in the absence of insulin signaling, making its loss particularly relevant to diabetes and the pathophysiology of diabetic cardiomyopathy.Changes which we observe in the cKO model are consistent with those often observed in diabetes and heart failure of other etiologies.Defining PFKFB2 loss as a driver of cardiac pathogenesis identifies it as a target for future investigation and potential therapeutic intervention.
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Mendez Garcia MF, Matsuzaki S, Batushansky A, Newhardt R, Kinter C, Jin Y, Mann SN, Stout MB, Gu H, Chiao YA, Kinter M, Humphries KM. Increased cardiac PFK-2 protects against high-fat diet-induced cardiomyopathy and mediates beneficial systemic metabolic effects. iScience 2023; 26:107131. [PMID: 37534142 PMCID: PMC10391959 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 04/27/2023] [Accepted: 06/10/2023] [Indexed: 08/04/2023] Open
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A healthy heart adapts to changes in nutrient availability and energy demands. In metabolic diseases like type 2 diabetes (T2D), increased reliance on fatty acids for energy production contributes to mitochondrial dysfunction and cardiomyopathy. A principal regulator of cardiac metabolism is 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase (PFK-2), which is a central driver of glycolysis. We hypothesized that increasing PFK-2 activity could mitigate cardiac dysfunction induced by high-fat diet (HFD). Wild type (WT) and cardiac-specific transgenic mice expressing PFK-2 (GlycoHi) were fed a low fat or HFD for 16 weeks to induce metabolic dysfunction. Metabolic phenotypes were determined by measuring mitochondrial bioenergetics and performing targeted quantitative proteomic and metabolomic analysis. Increasing cardiac PFK-2 had beneficial effects on cardiac and mitochondrial function. Unexpectedly, GlycoHi mice also exhibited sex-dependent systemic protection from HFD, including increased glucose homeostasis. These findings support improving glycolysis via PFK-2 activity can mitigate mitochondrial and functional changes that occur with metabolic syndrome.
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- Maria F. Mendez Garcia
- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
- Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Center for Translational Science, Florida International University, Port St. Lucie, FL, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Center for Translational Science, Florida International University, Port St. Lucie, FL, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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Li P, Newhardt MF, Matsuzaki S, Eyster C, Pranay A, Peelor FF, Batushansky A, Kinter C, Subramani K, Subrahmanian S, Ahamed J, Yu P, Kinter M, Miller BF, Humphries KM. The loss of cardiac SIRT3 decreases metabolic flexibility and proteostasis in an age-dependent manner. GeroScience 2023; 45:983-999. [PMID: 36460774 PMCID: PMC9886736 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-022-00695-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
Abstract
SIRT3 is a longevity factor that acts as the primary deacetylase in mitochondria. Although ubiquitously expressed, previous global SIRT3 knockout studies have shown primarily a cardiac-specific phenotype. Here, we sought to determine how specifically knocking out SIRT3 in cardiomyocytes (SIRTcKO mice) temporally affects cardiac function and metabolism. Mice displayed an age-dependent increase in cardiac pathology, with 10-month-old mice exhibiting significant loss of systolic function, hypertrophy, and fibrosis. While mitochondrial function was maintained at 10 months, proteomics and metabolic phenotyping indicated SIRT3 hearts had increased reliance on glucose as an energy substrate. Additionally, there was a significant increase in branched-chain amino acids in SIRT3cKO hearts without concurrent increases in mTOR activity. Heavy water labeling experiments demonstrated that, by 3 months of age, there was an increase in protein synthesis that promoted hypertrophic growth with a potential loss of proteostasis in SIRT3cKO hearts. Cumulatively, these data show that the cardiomyocyte-specific loss of SIRT3 results in severe pathology with an accelerated aging phenotype.
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- Ping Li
- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13thSt, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA
- Cardiovascular Biology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
- Department of Cardiology, Central South University, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13thSt, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA.
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13thSt, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13thSt, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13thSt, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13thSt, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13thSt, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA
- Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13thSt, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA
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- Cardiovascular Biology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Cardiovascular Biology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Cardiovascular Biology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Cardiovascular Biology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13thSt, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13thSt, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13thSt, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA.
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
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Zhu S, Batushansky A, Jopkiewicz A, Makosa D, Humphries KM, Van Remmen H, Griffin TM. Sirt5 Deficiency Causes Posttranslational Protein Malonylation and Dysregulated Cellular Metabolism in Chondrocytes Under Obesity Conditions. Cartilage 2021; 13:1185S-1199S. [PMID: 33567897 PMCID: PMC8804736 DOI: 10.1177/1947603521993209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Obesity accelerates the development of osteoarthritis (OA) during aging and is associated with altered chondrocyte cellular metabolism. Protein lysine malonylation (MaK) is a posttranslational modification (PTM) that has been shown to play an important role during aging and obesity. The objective of this study was to investigate the role of sirtuin 5 (Sirt5) in regulating MaK and cellular metabolism in chondrocytes under obesity-related conditions. METHODS MaK and SIRT5 were immunostained in knee articular cartilage of obese db/db mice and different aged C57BL6 mice with or without destabilization of the medial meniscus surgery to induce OA. Primary chondrocytes were isolated from 7-day-old WT and Sirt5-/- mice and treated with varying concentrations of glucose and insulin to mimic obesity. Sirt5-dependent effects on MaK and metabolism were evaluated by western blot, Seahorse Respirometry, and gas/chromatography-mass/spectrometry (GC-MS) metabolic profiling. RESULTS MaK was significantly increased in cartilage of db/db mice and in chondrocytes treated with high concentrations of glucose and insulin (GluhiInshi). Sirt5 was increased in an age-dependent manner following joint injury, and Sirt5 deficient primary chondrocytes had increased MaK, decreased glycolysis rate, and reduced basal mitochondrial respiration. GC-MS identified 41 metabolites. Sirt5 deficiency altered 13 distinct metabolites under basal conditions and 18 metabolites under GluhiInshi treatment. Pathway analysis identified a wide range of Sirt5-dependent altered metabolic pathways that include amino acid metabolism, TCA cycle, and glycolysis. CONCLUSION This study provides the first evidence that Sirt5 broadly regulates chondrocyte metabolism. We observed changes in SIRT5 and MaK levels in cartilage with obesity and joint injury, suggesting that the Sirt5-MaK pathway may contribute to altered chondrocyte metabolism that occurs during OA development.
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- Shouan Zhu
- Aging and Metabolism Research Program,
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA,Shouan Zhu, Department of Biomedical
Sciences, Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute, Ohio University, Life
Science Building, 250, Athens, OH 45701, USA.
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program,
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program,
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA,Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program,
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program,
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA,Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging,
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program,
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA,Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
Oklahoma City, OK, USA,Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging,
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA,Department of Physiology, University of
Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program,
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA,Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
Oklahoma City, OK, USA,Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging,
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA,Department of Physiology, University of
Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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Griesel BA, Matsuzaki S, Batushansky A, Griffin TM, Humphries KM, Olson AL. PFKFB3-dependent glucose metabolism regulates 3T3-L1 adipocyte development. FASEB J 2021; 35:e21728. [PMID: 34110658 PMCID: PMC8205188 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202100381rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Revised: 05/08/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Proliferation and differentiation of preadipocytes, and other cell types, is accompanied by an increase in glucose uptake. Previous work showed that a pulse of high glucose was required during the first 3 days of differentiation in vitro, but was not required after that. The specific glucose metabolism pathways required for adipocyte differentiation are unknown. Herein, we used 3T3-L1 adipocytes as a model system to study glucose metabolism and expansion of the adipocyte metabolome during the first 3 days of differentiation. Our primary outcome measures were GLUT4 and adiponectin, key proteins associated with healthy adipocytes. Using complete media with 0 or 5 mM glucose, we distinguished between developmental features that were dependent on the differentiation cocktail of dexamethasone, insulin, and isobutylmethylxanthine alone or the cocktail plus glucose. Cocktail alone was sufficient to activate the capacity for 2-deoxglucose uptake and glycolysis, but was unable to support the expression of GLUT4 and adiponectin in mature adipocytes. In contrast, 5 mM glucose in the media promoted a transient increase in glucose uptake and glycolysis as well as a significant expansion of the adipocyte metabolome and proteome. Using genetic and pharmacologic approaches, we found that the positive effects of 5 mM glucose on adipocyte differentiation were specifically due to increased expression of 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase 3 (PFKFB3), a key regulator of glycolysis and the ancillary glucose metabolic pathways. Our data reveal a critical role for PFKFB3 activity in regulating the cellular metabolic remodeling required for adipocyte differentiation and maturation.
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- Beth A Griesel
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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Eyster CA, Matsuzaki S, Newhardt MF, Giorgione JR, Humphries KM. Diabetes induced decreases in PKA signaling in cardiomyocytes: The role of insulin. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0231806. [PMID: 32817622 PMCID: PMC7444578 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
The cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) signaling pathway is the primary means by which the heart regulates moment-to-moment changes in contractility and metabolism. We have previously found that PKA signaling is dysfunctional in the diabetic heart, yet the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. The objective of this study was to determine if decreased insulin signaling contributes to a dysfunctional PKA response. To do so, we isolated adult cardiomyocytes (ACMs) from wild type and Akita type 1 diabetic mice. ACMs were cultured in the presence or absence of insulin and PKA signaling was visualized by immunofluorescence microscopy using an antibody that recognizes proteins specifically phosphorylated by PKA. We found significant decreases in proteins phosphorylated by PKA in wild type ACMs cultured in the absence of insulin. PKA substrate phosphorylation was decreased in Akita ACMs, as compared to wild type, and unresponsive to the effects of insulin. The decrease in PKA signaling was observed regardless of whether the kinase was stimulated with a beta-agonist, a cell-permeable cAMP analog, or with phosphodiesterase inhibitors. PKA content was unaffected, suggesting that the decrease in PKA signaling may be occurring by the loss of specific PKA substrates. Phospho-specific antibodies were used to discern which potential substrates may be sensitive to the loss of insulin. Contractile proteins were phosphorylated similarly in wild type and Akita ACMs regardless of insulin. However, phosphorylation of the glycolytic regulator, PFK-2, was significantly decreased in an insulin-dependent manner in wild type ACMs and in an insulin-independent manner in Akita ACMs. These results demonstrate a defect in PKA activation in the diabetic heart, mediated in part by deficient insulin signaling, that results in an abnormal activation of a primary metabolic regulator.
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- Craig A. Eyster
- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
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Newhardt MF, Batushansky A, Matsuzaki S, Young ZT, West M, Chin NC, Szweda LI, Kinter M, Humphries KM. Enhancing cardiac glycolysis causes an increase in PDK4 content in response to short-term high-fat diet. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:16831-16845. [PMID: 31562244 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.010371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2019] [Revised: 09/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
The healthy heart has a dynamic capacity to respond and adapt to changes in nutrient availability. Metabolic inflexibility, such as occurs with diabetes, increases cardiac reliance on fatty acids to meet energetic demands, and this results in deleterious effects, including mitochondrial dysfunction, that contribute to pathophysiology. Enhancing glucose usage may mitigate metabolic inflexibility and be advantageous under such conditions. Here, we sought to identify how mitochondrial function and cardiac metabolism are affected in a transgenic mouse model of enhanced cardiac glycolysis (GlycoHi) basally and following a short-term (7-day) high-fat diet (HFD). GlycoHi mice constitutively express an active form of phosphofructokinase-2, resulting in elevated levels of the PFK-1 allosteric activator fructose 2,6-bisphosphate. We report that basally GlycoHi mitochondria exhibit augmented pyruvate-supported respiration relative to fatty acids. Nevertheless, both WT and GlycoHi mitochondria had a similar shift toward increased rates of fatty acid-supported respiration following HFD. Metabolic profiling by GC-MS revealed distinct features based on both genotype and diet, with a unique increase in branched-chain amino acids in the GlycoHi HFD group. Targeted quantitative proteomics analysis also supported both genotype- and diet-dependent changes in protein expression and uncovered an enhanced expression of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4 (PDK4) in the GlycoHi HFD group. These results support a newly identified mechanism whereby the levels of fructose 2,6-bisphosphate promote mitochondrial PDK4 levels and identify a secondary adaptive response that prevents excessive mitochondrial pyruvate oxidation when glycolysis is sustained after a high-fat dietary challenge.
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- Maria F Newhardt
- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-8573
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104 .,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
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Batushansky A, Lopes EBP, Zhu S, Humphries KM, Griffin TM. GC-MS method for metabolic profiling of mouse femoral head articular cartilage reveals distinct effects of tissue culture and development. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2019; 27:1361-1371. [PMID: 31136803 PMCID: PMC6702098 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2019.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2019] [Revised: 04/18/2019] [Accepted: 05/14/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE The metabolic profile of cartilage is important to define as it relates to both normal and pathophysiological conditions. Our aim was to develop a precise, high-throughput method for gas/chromatography-mass/spectrometry (GC-MS) semi-targeted metabolic profiling of mouse cartilage. METHOD Femoral head (hip) cartilage was isolated from 5- and 15-week-old male C57BL/6J mice immediately after death for in vivo analyses. In vitro conditions were evaluated in 5-week-old samples cultured ±10% fetal bovine serum (FBS). We optimized cartilage processing for GC-MS analysis and evaluated group-specific differences by multivariate and parametric statistical analyses. RESULTS 55 metabolites were identified in pooled cartilage (4 animals per sample), with 29 metabolites shared between in vivo and in vitro conditions. Multivariate analysis of these common metabolites demonstrated that culturing explants was the strongest factor altering cartilage metabolism, followed by age and serum starvation. In vitro culture altered the relative abundance of specific metabolites; whereas, cartilage development between five and 15-weeks of age reduced the levels of 36 out of 43 metabolites >2-fold, especially in TCA cycle and alanine, aspartate, and glutamate pathways. In vitro serum starvation depleted six out of 41 metabolites. CONCLUSION This study describes the first GC-MS method for mouse cartilage metabolite identification and quantification. We observed fundamental differences in femoral head cartilage metabolic profiles between in vivo and in vitro conditions, suggesting opportunities to optimize in vitro conditions for studying cartilage metabolism. In addition, the reductions in TCA cycle and amino acid metabolites during cartilage maturation illustrate the plasticity of chondrocyte metabolism during development.
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- Albert Batushansky
- Aging and Metabolism Program, Oklahoma Medical Research
Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Program, Oklahoma Medical Research
Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Program, Oklahoma Medical Research
Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA,,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA,Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging, University of Oklahoma
Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Program, Oklahoma Medical Research
Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA,,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA,Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health
Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA,Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging, University of Oklahoma
Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA,Corresponding author: Timothy M. Griffin, Aging
& Metabolism Research Program, MS 21, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation,
825 N.E. 13th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, Phone: (405) 271-7579;
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Ahn B, Ranjit R, Premkumar P, Pharaoh G, Piekarz KM, Matsuzaki S, Claflin DR, Riddle K, Judge J, Bhaskaran S, Satara Natarajan K, Barboza E, Wronowski B, Kinter M, Humphries KM, Griffin TM, Freeman WM, Richardson A, Brooks SV, Van Remmen H. Mitochondrial oxidative stress impairs contractile function but paradoxically increases muscle mass via fibre branching. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2019; 10:411-428. [PMID: 30706998 PMCID: PMC6463475 DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.12375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2018] [Accepted: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Excess reactive oxygen species (ROS) and muscle weakness occur in parallel in multiple pathological conditions. However, the causative role of skeletal muscle mitochondrial ROS (mtROS) on neuromuscular junction (NMJ) morphology and function and muscle weakness has not been directly investigated. METHODS We generated mice lacking skeletal muscle-specific manganese-superoxide dismutase (mSod2KO) to increase mtROS using a cre-Lox approach driven by human skeletal actin. We determined primary functional parameters of skeletal muscle mitochondrial function (respiration, ROS, and calcium retention capacity) using permeabilized muscle fibres and isolated muscle mitochondria. We assessed contractile properties of isolated skeletal muscle using in situ and in vitro preparations and whole lumbrical muscles to elucidate the mechanisms of contractile dysfunction. RESULTS The mSod2KO mice, contrary to our prediction, exhibit a 10-15% increase in muscle mass associated with an ~50% increase in central nuclei and ~35% increase in branched fibres (P < 0.05). Despite the increase in muscle mass of gastrocnemius and quadriceps, in situ sciatic nerve-stimulated isometric maximum-specific force (N/cm2 ), force per cross-sectional area, is impaired by ~60% and associated with increased NMJ fragmentation and size by ~40% (P < 0.05). Intrinsic alterations of components of the contractile machinery show elevated markers of oxidative stress, for example, lipid peroxidation is increased by ~100%, oxidized glutathione is elevated by ~50%, and oxidative modifications of myofibrillar proteins are increased by ~30% (P < 0.05). We also find an approximate 20% decrease in the intracellular calcium transient that is associated with specific force deficit. Excess superoxide generation from the mitochondrial complexes causes a deficiency of succinate dehydrogenase and reduced complex-II-mediated respiration and adenosine triphosphate generation rates leading to severe exercise intolerance (~10 min vs. ~2 h in wild type, P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Increased skeletal muscle mtROS is sufficient to elicit NMJ disruption and contractile abnormalities, but not muscle atrophy, suggesting new roles for mitochondrial oxidative stress in maintenance of muscle mass through increased fibre branching.
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- Bumsoo Ahn
- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, USA.,Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, USA.,Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Section of Plastic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, USA.,Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA.,Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, USA.,Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA.,Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA.,Oklahoma City VA Medical Center, Oklahoma City, USA.,Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA.,Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA.,Oklahoma City VA Medical Center, Oklahoma City, USA.,Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, USA.,Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA.,Oklahoma City VA Medical Center, Oklahoma City, USA.,Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA
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Pearsall EA, Cheng R, Matsuzaki S, Zhou K, Ding L, Ahn B, Kinter M, Humphries KM, Quiambao AB, Farjo RA, Ma JX. Neuroprotective effects of PPARα in retinopathy of type 1 diabetes. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0208399. [PMID: 30716067 PMCID: PMC6361421 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2018] [Accepted: 11/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a common neurovascular complication of type 1 diabetes. Current therapeutics target neovascularization characteristic of end-stage disease, but are associated with significant adverse effects. Targeting early events of DR such as neurodegeneration may lead to safer and more effective approaches to treatment. Two independent prospective clinical trials unexpectedly identified that the PPARα agonist fenofibrate had unprecedented therapeutic effects in DR, but gave little insight into the physiological and molecular mechanisms of action. The objective of the present study was to evaluate potential neuroprotective effects of PPARα in DR, and subsequently to identify the responsible mechanism of action. Here we reveal that activation of PPARα had a robust protective effect on retinal function as shown by Optokinetic tracking in a rat model of type 1 diabetes, and also decreased retinal cell death, as demonstrated by a DNA fragmentation ELISA. Further, PPARα ablation exacerbated diabetes-induced decline of visual function as demonstrated by ERG analysis. We further found that PPARα improved mitochondrial efficiency in DR, and decreased ROS production and cell death in cultured retinal neurons. Oxidative stress biomarkers were elevated in diabetic Pparα-/- mice, suggesting increased oxidative stress. Mitochondrially mediated apoptosis and oxidative stress secondary to mitochondrial dysfunction contribute to neurodegeneration in DR. Taken together, these findings identify a robust neuroprotective effect for PPARα in DR, which may be due to improved mitochondrial function and subsequent alleviation of energetic deficits, oxidative stress and mitochondrially mediated apoptosis.
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- Elizabeth A. Pearsall
- Angiogenesis Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
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- Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
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- Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
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- Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
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- Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
- Harold Hamm Oklahoma Diabetes Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
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Batushansky A, Matsuzaki S, Newhardt MF, West MS, Griffin TM, Humphries KM. GC-MS metabolic profiling reveals fructose-2,6-bisphosphate regulates branched chain amino acid metabolism in the heart during fasting. Metabolomics 2019; 15:18. [PMID: 30830475 PMCID: PMC6478396 DOI: 10.1007/s11306-019-1478-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2018] [Accepted: 01/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION As an insulin sensitive tissue, the heart decreases glucose usage during fasting. This response is mediated, in part, by decreasing phosphofructokinase-2 (PFK-2) activity and levels of its product fructose-2,6-bisphosphate. However, the importance of fructose-2,6-bisphosphate in the fasting response on other metabolic pathways has not been evaluated. OBJECTIVES The goal of this study is to determine how sustaining cardiac fructose-2,6-bisphosphate levels during fasting affects the metabolomic profile. METHODS Control and transgenic mice expressing a constitutively active form of PFK-2 (GlycoHi) were subjected to either 12-h fasting or regular feeding. Animals (n = 4 per group) were used for whole-heart extraction, followed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry metabolic profiling and multivariate data analysis. RESULTS Principal component analysis displayed differences between Control and GlycoHi groups under both fasting and fed conditions while a clear response to fasting was observed only for Control animals. However, pathway analysis revealed that these smaller changes in the GlycoHi group were significantly associated with branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) metabolism (~ 40% increase in all BCAAs). Correlation network analysis demonstrated clear differences in response to fasting between Control and GlycoHi groups amongst most parameters. Notably, fasting caused an increase in network density in the Control group from 0.12 to 0.14 while the GlycoHi group responded oppositely (0.17-0.15). CONCLUSIONS Elevated cardiac PFK-2 activity during fasting selectively increases BCAAs levels and decreases global changes in metabolism.
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- Albert Batushansky
- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, US
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, US
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, US
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, US
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, US
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, US
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, US
- Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, US
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, US.
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, US.
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Bhaskaran S, Pharaoh G, Ranjit R, Murphy A, Matsuzaki S, Nair BC, Forbes B, Gispert S, Auburger G, Humphries KM, Kinter M, Griffin TM, Deepa SS. Loss of mitochondrial protease ClpP protects mice from diet-induced obesity and insulin resistance. EMBO Rep 2018; 19:embr.201745009. [PMID: 29420235 DOI: 10.15252/embr.201745009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2017] [Revised: 12/08/2017] [Accepted: 12/22/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Caseinolytic peptidase P (ClpP) is a mammalian quality control protease that is proposed to play an important role in the initiation of the mitochondrial unfolded protein response (UPRmt), a retrograde signaling response that helps to maintain mitochondrial protein homeostasis. Mitochondrial dysfunction is associated with the development of metabolic disorders, and to understand the effect of a defective UPRmt on metabolism, ClpP knockout (ClpP-/-) mice were analyzed. ClpP-/- mice fed ad libitum have reduced adiposity and paradoxically improved insulin sensitivity. Absence of ClpP increased whole-body energy expenditure and markers of mitochondrial biogenesis are selectively up-regulated in the white adipose tissue (WAT) of ClpP-/- mice. When challenged with a metabolic stress such as high-fat diet, despite similar caloric intake, ClpP-/- mice are protected from diet-induced obesity, glucose intolerance, insulin resistance, and hepatic steatosis. Our results show that absence of ClpP triggers compensatory responses in mice and suggest that ClpP might be dispensable for mammalian UPRmt initiation. Thus, we made an unexpected finding that deficiency of ClpP in mice is metabolically beneficial.
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- Shylesh Bhaskaran
- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.,Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Experimental Neurology, Goethe University Medical School, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Experimental Neurology, Goethe University Medical School, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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Logan S, Pharaoh GA, Marlin MC, Masser DR, Matsuzaki S, Wronowski B, Yeganeh A, Parks EE, Premkumar P, Farley JA, Owen DB, Humphries KM, Kinter M, Freeman WM, Szweda LI, Van Remmen H, Sonntag WE. Insulin-like growth factor receptor signaling regulates working memory, mitochondrial metabolism, and amyloid-β uptake in astrocytes. Mol Metab 2018; 9:141-155. [PMID: 29398615 PMCID: PMC5870102 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2018.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2017] [Revised: 01/11/2018] [Accepted: 01/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Objective A decline in mitochondrial function and biogenesis as well as increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) are important determinants of aging. With advancing age, there is a concomitant reduction in circulating levels of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) that is closely associated with neuronal aging and neurodegeneration. In this study, we investigated the effect of the decline in IGF-1 signaling with age on astrocyte mitochondrial metabolism and astrocyte function and its association with learning and memory. Methods Learning and memory was assessed using the radial arm water maze in young and old mice as well as tamoxifen-inducible astrocyte-specific knockout of IGFR (GFAP-CreTAM/igfrf/f). The impact of IGF-1 signaling on mitochondrial function was evaluated using primary astrocyte cultures from igfrf/f mice using AAV-Cre mediated knockdown using Oroboros respirometry and Seahorse assays. Results Our results indicate that a reduction in IGF-1 receptor (IGFR) expression with age is associated with decline in hippocampal-dependent learning and increased gliosis. Astrocyte-specific knockout of IGFR also induced impairments in working memory. Using primary astrocyte cultures, we show that reducing IGF-1 signaling via a 30–50% reduction IGFR expression, comparable to the physiological changes in IGF-1 that occur with age, significantly impaired ATP synthesis. IGFR deficient astrocytes also displayed altered mitochondrial structure and function and increased mitochondrial ROS production associated with the induction of an antioxidant response. However, IGFR deficient astrocytes were more sensitive to H2O2-induced cytotoxicity. Moreover, IGFR deficient astrocytes also showed significantly impaired glucose and Aβ uptake, both critical functions of astrocytes in the brain. Conclusions Regulation of astrocytic mitochondrial function and redox status by IGF-1 is essential to maintain astrocytic function and coordinate hippocampal-dependent spatial learning. Age-related astrocytic dysfunction caused by diminished IGF-1 signaling may contribute to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease and other age-associated cognitive pathologies. Altered mitochondrial structure and function with IGFR deficiency in astrocytes is proposed. Increased reactive oxygen species production and susceptibility to peroxide induced cytotoxicity. Decreased Aβ uptake and impairment in spatial working memory.
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- Sreemathi Logan
- Reynold's Oklahoma Center on Aging, Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA.
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- Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA; Aging & Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, USA
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- Graduate College, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA
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- Reynold's Oklahoma Center on Aging, Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA; Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA
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- Aging & Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA
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- Reynold's Oklahoma Center on Aging, Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA; Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA
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- Reynold's Oklahoma Center on Aging, Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA; Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA
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- Reynold's Oklahoma Center on Aging, Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA; Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA
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- Aging & Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, USA
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- Reynold's Oklahoma Center on Aging, Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA
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- Reynold's Oklahoma Center on Aging, Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA
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- Aging & Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA
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- Aging & Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, USA
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- Reynold's Oklahoma Center on Aging, Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA; Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA; Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA
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- Aging & Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA; Aging & Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, USA; Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA
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- Reynold's Oklahoma Center on Aging, Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA; Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA; Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA
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Bockus LB, Matsuzaki S, Vadvalkar SS, Young ZT, Giorgione JR, Newhardt MF, Kinter M, Humphries KM. Cardiac Insulin Signaling Regulates Glycolysis Through Phosphofructokinase 2 Content and Activity. J Am Heart Assoc 2017; 6:e007159. [PMID: 29203581 PMCID: PMC5779029 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.117.007159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2017] [Accepted: 10/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The healthy heart has a dynamic capacity to respond and adapt to changes in nutrient availability. Diabetes mellitus disrupts this metabolic flexibility and promotes cardiomyopathy through mechanisms that are not completely understood. Phosphofructokinase 2 (PFK-2) is a primary regulator of cardiac glycolysis and substrate selection, yet its regulation under normal and pathological conditions is unknown. This study was undertaken to determine how changes in insulin signaling affect PFK-2 content, activity, and cardiac metabolism. METHODS AND RESULTS Streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus, high-fat diet feeding, and fasted mice were used to identify how decreased insulin signaling affects PFK-2 and cardiac metabolism. Primary adult cardiomyocytes were used to define the mechanisms that regulate PFK-2 degradation. Both type 1 diabetes mellitus and a high-fat diet induced a significant decrease in cardiac PFK-2 protein content without affecting its transcript levels. Overnight fasting also induced a decrease in PFK-2, suggesting it is rapidly degraded in the absence of insulin signaling. An unbiased metabolomic study demonstrated that decreased PFK-2 in fasted animals is accompanied by an increase in glycolytic intermediates upstream of phosphofructokianse-1, whereas those downstream are diminished. Mechanistic studies using cardiomyocytes showed that, in the absence of insulin signaling, PFK-2 is rapidly degraded via both proteasomal- and chaperone-mediated autophagy. CONCLUSIONS The loss of PFK-2 content as a result of reduced insulin signaling impairs the capacity to dynamically regulate glycolysis and elevates the levels of early glycolytic intermediates. Although this may be beneficial in the fasted state to conserve systemic glucose, it represents a pathological impairment in diabetes mellitus.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Autophagy
- Cells, Cultured
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/blood
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/chemically induced
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/enzymology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/pathology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/blood
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/chemically induced
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/enzymology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/pathology
- Diabetic Cardiomyopathies/blood
- Diabetic Cardiomyopathies/enzymology
- Diabetic Cardiomyopathies/etiology
- Diet, Fat-Restricted
- Diet, High-Fat
- Down-Regulation
- Enzyme Stability
- Fasting/blood
- Glycolysis
- Insulin/blood
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Molecular Chaperones/metabolism
- Myocardium/enzymology
- Myocardium/pathology
- Phosphofructokinase-2/genetics
- Phosphofructokinase-2/metabolism
- Phosphorylation
- Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex/metabolism
- Proteolysis
- Signal Transduction
- Streptozocin
- Time Factors
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- Lee B Bockus
- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
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Pearsall EA, Cheng R, Zhou K, Takahashi Y, Matlock HG, Vadvalkar SS, Shin Y, Fredrick TW, Gantner ML, Meng S, Fu Z, Gong Y, Kinter M, Humphries KM, Szweda LI, Smith LEH, Ma JX. PPARα is essential for retinal lipid metabolism and neuronal survival. BMC Biol 2017; 15:113. [PMID: 29183319 PMCID: PMC5706156 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-017-0451-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2017] [Accepted: 11/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-alpha (PPARα) is a ubiquitously expressed nuclear receptor. The role of endogenous PPARα in retinal neuronal homeostasis is unknown. Retinal photoreceptors are the highest energy-consuming cells in the body, requiring abundant energy substrates. PPARα is a known regulator of lipid metabolism, and we hypothesized that it may regulate lipid use for oxidative phosphorylation in energetically demanding retinal neurons. Results We found that endogenous PPARα is essential for the maintenance and survival of retinal neurons, with Pparα-/- mice developing retinal degeneration first detected at 8 weeks of age. Using extracellular flux analysis, we identified that PPARα mediates retinal utilization of lipids as an energy substrate, and that ablation of PPARα ultimately results in retinal bioenergetic deficiency and neurodegeneration. This may be due to PPARα regulation of lipid transporters, which facilitate the internalization of fatty acids into cell membranes and mitochondria for oxidation and ATP production. Conclusion We identify an endogenous role for PPARα in retinal neuronal survival and lipid metabolism, and furthermore underscore the importance of fatty acid oxidation in photoreceptor survival. We also suggest PPARα as a putative therapeutic target for age-related macular degeneration, which may be due in part to decreased mitochondrial efficiency and subsequent energetic deficits. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12915-017-0451-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Affiliation(s)
- Elizabeth A Pearsall
- Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.,Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 941 Stanton L. Young Blvd., BSEB 328B, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 941 Stanton L. Young Blvd., BSEB 328B, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 941 Stanton L. Young Blvd., BSEB 328B, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 941 Stanton L. Young Blvd., BSEB 328B, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA.,Section of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 941 Stanton L. Young Blvd., BSEB 328B, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 941 Stanton L. Young Blvd., BSEB 328B, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- The Lowy Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 941 Stanton L. Young Blvd., BSEB 328B, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA. .,Section of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA.
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Fu Y, Kinter M, Hudson J, Humphries KM, Lane RS, White JR, Hakim M, Pan Y, Verdin E, Griffin TM. Aging Promotes Sirtuin 3-Dependent Cartilage Superoxide Dismutase 2 Acetylation and Osteoarthritis. Arthritis Rheumatol 2017; 68:1887-98. [PMID: 26866626 DOI: 10.1002/art.39618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2015] [Accepted: 01/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To quantify functional age-related changes in the cartilage antioxidant network in order to discover novel mediators of cartilage oxidative stress and osteoarthritis (OA) pathophysiology. METHODS We evaluated histopathologic changes of knee OA in 10-, 20-, and 30-month-old male F344BN rats and analyzed cartilage oxidation according to the ratio of reduced to oxidized glutathione. Antioxidant gene expression and protein abundance were analyzed by quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and selected reaction-monitoring mass spectrometry, respectively. Superoxide dismutase 2 (SOD2) activity and acetylation were analyzed by colorimetric enzyme assays and Western blotting, respectively. We examined human OA cartilage to evaluate the clinical relevance of SOD2 acetylation, and we tested age-related changes in the mitochondrial deacetylase sirtuin 3 (SIRT-3) in rats and mice. RESULTS Cartilage oxidation and OA severity in F344BN rats increased with age and were associated with an increase in SOD2 expression and protein abundance. However, SOD2-specific activity decreased with age due to elevated posttranslational lysine acetylation. Consistent with these findings, SIRT-3 levels decreased substantially with age, and treatment with SIRT-3 increased SOD2 activity in an age-dependent manner. SOD2 was also acetylated in human OA cartilage, and activity was increased with SIRT-3 treatment. Moreover, in C57BL/6J mice, cartilage SIRT-3 expression decreased with age, and whole-body deletion of SIRT-3 accelerated the development of knee OA. CONCLUSION Our results show that SIRT-3 mediates age-related changes in cartilage redox regulation and protects against early-stage OA. These findings suggest that mitochondrial acetylation promotes OA and that restoration of SIRT-3 in aging cartilage may improve cartilage resistance to oxidative stress by rescuing acetylation-dependent inhibition of SOD2 activity.
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- Yao Fu
- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City
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- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City
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- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City
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- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City
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- University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City
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- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, and University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City
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- Gladstone Institutes and University of California, San Francisco
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- Gladstone Institutes and University of California, San Francisco
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- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City
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Vadvalkar SS, Matsuzaki S, Eyster CA, Giorgione JR, Bockus LB, Kinter CS, Kinter M, Humphries KM. Decreased Mitochondrial Pyruvate Transport Activity in the Diabetic Heart: ROLE OF MITOCHONDRIAL PYRUVATE CARRIER 2 (MPC2) ACETYLATION. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:4423-4433. [PMID: 28154187 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.753509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2016] [Revised: 01/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Alterations in mitochondrial function contribute to diabetic cardiomyopathy. We have previously shown that heart mitochondrial proteins are hyperacetylated in OVE26 mice, a transgenic model of type 1 diabetes. However, the universality of this modification and its functional consequences are not well established. In this study, we demonstrate that Akita type 1 diabetic mice exhibit hyperacetylation. Functionally, isolated Akita heart mitochondria have significantly impaired maximal (state 3) respiration with physiological pyruvate (0.1 mm) but not with 1.0 mm pyruvate. In contrast, pyruvate dehydrogenase activity is significantly decreased regardless of the pyruvate concentration. We found that there is a 70% decrease in the rate of pyruvate transport in Akita heart mitochondria but no decrease in the mitochondrial pyruvate carriers 1 and 2 (MPC1 and MPC2). The potential role of hyperacetylation in mediating this impaired pyruvate uptake was examined. The treatment of control mitochondria with the acetylating agent acetic anhydride inhibits pyruvate uptake and pyruvate-supported respiration in a similar manner to the pyruvate transport inhibitor α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamate. A mass spectrometry selective reactive monitoring assay was developed and used to determine that acetylation of lysines 19 and 26 of MPC2 is enhanced in Akita heart mitochondria. Expression of a double acetylation mimic of MPC2 (K19Q/K26Q) in H9c2 cells was sufficient to decrease the maximal cellular oxygen consumption rate. This study supports the conclusion that deficient pyruvate transport activity, mediated in part by acetylation of MPC2, is a contributor to metabolic inflexibility in the diabetic heart.
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- Shraddha S Vadvalkar
- From the Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104 and
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- From the Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104 and
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- From the Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104 and
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- From the Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104 and
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- From the Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104 and.,the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
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- From the Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104 and
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- From the Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104 and
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- From the Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104 and .,the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
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Bastian A, Matsuzaki S, Humphries KM, Pharaoh GA, Doshi A, Zaware N, Gangjee A, Ihnat MA. AG311, a small molecule inhibitor of complex I and hypoxia-induced HIF-1α stabilization. Cancer Lett 2016; 388:149-157. [PMID: 27939695 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2016.11.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2016] [Revised: 11/29/2016] [Accepted: 11/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Cancer cells have a unique metabolic profile and mitochondria have been shown to play an important role in chemoresistance, tumor progression and metastases. This unique profile can be exploited by mitochondrial-targeted anticancer therapies. A small anticancer molecule, AG311, was previously shown to possess anticancer and antimetastatic activity in two cancer mouse models and to induce mitochondrial depolarization. This study defines the molecular effects of AG311 on the mitochondria to elucidate its observed efficacy. AG311 was found to competitively inhibit complex I activity at the ubiquinone-binding site. Complex I as a target for AG311 was further established by measuring oxygen consumption rate in tumor tissue isolated from AG311-treated mice. Cotreatment of cells and animals with AG311 and dichloroacetate, a pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase inhibitor that increases oxidative metabolism, resulted in synergistic cell kill and reduced tumor growth. The inhibition of mitochondrial oxygen consumption by AG311 was found to reduce HIF-1α stabilization by increasing oxygen tension in hypoxic conditions. Taken together, these results suggest that AG311 at least partially mediates its antitumor effect through inhibition of complex I, which could be exploited in its use as an anticancer agent.
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- Anja Bastian
- Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, United States
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- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, United States
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- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, United States
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- Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, United States; Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, United States
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, United States
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, United States
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, United States
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- Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, United States; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy, Oklahoma City, OK 73117, United States.
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Gurley JM, Ilkayeva O, Jackson RM, Griesel BA, White P, Matsuzaki S, Qaisar R, Van Remmen H, Humphries KM, Newgard CB, Olson AL. Enhanced GLUT4-Dependent Glucose Transport Relieves Nutrient Stress in Obese Mice Through Changes in Lipid and Amino Acid Metabolism. Diabetes 2016; 65:3585-3597. [PMID: 27679559 PMCID: PMC5127250 DOI: 10.2337/db16-0709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2016] [Accepted: 09/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Impaired GLUT4-dependent glucose uptake is a contributing factor in the development of whole-body insulin resistance in obese patients and obese animal models. Previously, we demonstrated that transgenic mice engineered to express the human GLUT4 gene under the control of the human GLUT4 promoter (i.e., transgenic [TG] mice) are resistant to obesity-induced insulin resistance. A likely mechanism underlying increased insulin sensitivity is increased glucose uptake in skeletal muscle. The purpose of this study was to investigate the broader metabolic consequences of enhanced glucose uptake into muscle. We observed that the expression of several nuclear and mitochondrially encoded mitochondrial enzymes was decreased in TG mice but that mitochondrial number, size, and fatty acid respiration rates were unchanged. Interestingly, both pyruvate and glutamate respiration rates were decreased in TG mice. Metabolomics analyses of skeletal muscle samples revealed that increased GLUT4 transgene expression was associated with decreased levels of some tricarboxylic acid intermediates and amino acids, whereas the levels of several glucogenic amino acids were elevated. Furthermore, fasting acyl carnitines in obese TG mice were decreased, indicating that increased GLUT4-dependent glucose flux decreases nutrient stress by altering lipid and amino acid metabolism in skeletal muscle.
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- Jami M Gurley
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
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- Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center and Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Departments of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology and Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
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- Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center and Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Departments of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology and Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC
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- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Metabolism and Aging Program, Oklahoma City, OK
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- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Metabolism and Aging Program, Oklahoma City, OK
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- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Metabolism and Aging Program, Oklahoma City, OK
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- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Metabolism and Aging Program, Oklahoma City, OK
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- Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center and Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Departments of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology and Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
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Bastian A, Matsuzaki S, Humphries KM, Bailey-Downs LC, Gangjee A, Ihnat MA. Abstract 3776: Mechanistic evaluation of AG311 - an OXPHOS inhibitor - as a potential treatment for breast cancer. Cancer Res 2016. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2016-3776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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About fifty percent of breast cancer patients receiving a combination of surgery, radiation and systemic therapy will not remain cancer-free. Most solid tumors, including breast tumors, have hypoxic regions that can contribute to chemoresistance, radioresistance, and poor differentiation in tumors resulting in a poor clinical outcome in patients with advanced disease. It has been reported that mitochondrial respiration remains active in these hypoxic microenvironments. Complex I of the mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC) has been shown to switch to a de-active catalytic state under hypoxic conditions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential anticancer action of a novel compound with antimitochondrial activity under hypoxic conditions. AG311 (5-[(4-Methylphenyl)thio]-9H-pyrimido[4,5-b]indole-2,4-diamine) is a small molecular weight compound shown to inhibit complex I activity in vitro and to drastically reduce mitochondrial oxygen consumption rate by 62.9% at 7.5 μM in breast cancer cells (p<0.001). In two triple negative breast cancer mouse models (MDA-MB-435 and 4T1), AG311 significantly reduced tumor volume by 85% and 81%, respectively (p<0.001 for both). In this current study, the effect of the microenvironment on AG311 mitochondrial inhibition was examined. First, it was shown that AG311 inhibited complex I activity not only in vitro, but also in breast cancer cells (54% inhibition, p<0.001) and tumor homogenate (50% inhibition, p = 0.01). AG311 induced greater cytotoxicity in cells (MDA-MB-435) cultured in glucose-depleted media (IC50 15.5 μM vs 20.0 μM, p<0.01), a condition favoring mitochondrial ATP production, as compared to normal glucose concentrations. Further, co-treatment of AG311 with dichloroacetate, a pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase inhibitor and stimulator of oxidative phosphorylation, showed a synergistic effect on cell kill (CI = 0.7 at 20 μM). Importantly, hypoxic conditions (1% O2) significantly sensitized cancer cells to AG311-induced cell death (from 43.3% to 30.1%, p = 0.019). Further, the effect of AG311 on the deactive form of complex I, which is promoted under hypoxic conditions was assessed by measuring NADH oxidation rate. The switch to the de-active state was thermally-induced in mitochondrial homogenates and once in this state, complex I activity was sensitized to AG311 inhibition (from 45.4% to 65.0% inhibition, p = 0.04). Thus, a mitochondrial inhibitor that preferentially inhibits the de-active state of complex I in hypoxic tumor regions could potentially provide a therapeutic benefit.
Citation Format: Anja Bastian, Satoshi Matsuzaki, Kenneth M. Humphries, Lora C. Bailey-Downs, Aleem Gangjee, Michael A. Ihnat. Mechanistic evaluation of AG311 - an OXPHOS inhibitor - as a potential treatment for breast cancer. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 107th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2016 Apr 16-20; New Orleans, LA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2016;76(14 Suppl):Abstract nr 3776.
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- Anja Bastian
- 1Univ. of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
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Griffin TM, Humphries KM, Kinter M, Lim HY, Szweda LI. Nutrient sensing and utilization: Getting to the heart of metabolic flexibility. Biochimie 2015; 124:74-83. [PMID: 26476002 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2015.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2015] [Accepted: 10/12/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A central feature of obesity-related cardiometabolic diseases is the impaired ability to transition between fatty acid and glucose metabolism. This impairment, referred to as "metabolic inflexibility", occurs in a number of tissues, including the heart. Although the heart normally prefers to metabolize fatty acids over glucose, the inability to upregulate glucose metabolism under energetically demanding conditions contributes to a pathological state involving energy imbalance, impaired contractility, and post-translational protein modifications. This review discusses pathophysiologic processes that contribute to cardiac metabolic inflexibility and speculates on the potential physiologic origins that lead to the current state of cardiometabolic disease in an obesogenic environment.
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- Timothy M Griffin
- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA; Department of Geriatric Medicine, Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA; Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA; Department of Geriatric Medicine, Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA; Department of Geriatric Medicine, Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA; Department of Geriatric Medicine, Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA; Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA; Department of Geriatric Medicine, Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
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Bockus LB, Humphries KM. cAMP-dependent Protein Kinase (PKA) Signaling Is Impaired in the Diabetic Heart. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:29250-8. [PMID: 26468277 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.681767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Diabetes mellitus causes cardiac dysfunction and heart failure that is associated with metabolic abnormalities and autonomic impairment. Autonomic control of ventricular function occurs through regulation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA). The diabetic heart has suppressed β-adrenergic responsiveness, partly attributable to receptor changes, yet little is known about how PKA signaling is directly affected. Control and streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice were therefore administered 8-bromo-cAMP (8Br-cAMP) acutely to activate PKA in a receptor-independent manner, and cardiac hemodynamic function and PKA signaling were evaluated. In response to 8Br-cAMP treatment, diabetic mice had impaired inotropic and lusitropic responses, thus demonstrating postreceptor defects. This impaired signaling was mediated by reduced PKA activity and PKA catalytic subunit content in the cytoplasm and myofilaments. Compartment-specific loss of PKA was reflected by reduced phosphorylation of discrete substrates. In response to 8Br-cAMP treatment, the glycolytic activator PFK-2 was robustly phosphorylated in control animals but not diabetics. Control adult cardiomyocytes cultured in lipid-supplemented media developed similar changes in PKA signaling, suggesting that lipotoxicity is a contributor to diabetes-induced β-adrenergic signaling dysfunction. This work demonstrates that PKA signaling is impaired in diabetes and suggests that treating hyperlipidemia is vital for proper cardiac signaling and function.
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- Lee B Bockus
- From the Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104 and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
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- From the Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104 and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
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Bastian A, Bailey-Downs LC, Thorpe JE, Devambatla RKV, Gangjee A, Humphries KM, Ihnat MA. Abstract 4451: Novel small molecule AG311 induces tumor cell death through inhibition of mitochondrial electron transport. Cancer Res 2015. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2015-4451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Mitochondria are emerging as an attractive target for new anticancer therapy. The inhibition of the mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC) provides an alternate and selective mechanism for killing cancer cells, bypassing upstream apoptosis-inducing pathways. The mechanism is based on the fact that cancer cells have higher mitochondrial membrane potential rendering them inherently susceptible to increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation such as superoxide through the respiratory chain. In addition pharmacological inhibition of complex I and III at the ubiquinone-binding site could further increase superoxide production. Taken together, this mitochondrial sensitivity represents a promising approach to selectively kill cancer cells. The purpose of this study was to investigate the mitochondria-associated cell death of AG311, a novel anticancer compound. AG311 (5-[(4-Methylphenyl)thio]-9H-pyrimido[4,5-b]indole-2,4-diamine) is a small molecular weight compound designed by our group. AG311 has been shown to induce rapid mitochondrial depolarization resulting in necrotic cell death in a cancer cell-selective manner. In two mouse orthotopic breast cancer models (MDA-MB-435 and 4T1), AG311 significantly reduced tumor volume by 85% and 81%, respectively (n = 4 - 6), with no apparent systemic toxicity.
In this study, we aimed to identify the mitochondrial protein target(s) of AG311 in cancer cells. First, upregulation of the mitochondrial ETC by culturing MDA-MB-435 cells in galactose media sensitized cells to AG311-induced cell death. Mitochondrial oxygen consumption (XFe96 extracellular flux analyzer) drastically decreased by 62.9% (± 12.9, n = 8) in response to AG311 (7.5 μM). The effect of AG311 on mitochondrial ETC complexes was determined by spectrophotometrically measuring NADH oxidation in the presence of antimycin A (complex I), ubiquinol reduction (complex III-IV) or cytochrome c oxidation (complex IV). It was found that AG311 inhibited complex I and III activity, but not complex IV. Further kinetic assays suggested that AG311 competitively inhibited ubiquinone binding and significantly induced generation of mitochondrial superoxide (estimated with MitoSOX Red). Finally, treatment with antioxidants (e.g. lipoic acid) partially prevented AG311-induced cell death. In summary, the present results indicate mitochondrial ubiquinone as a likely target for AG311-induced selective cancer cell death through generation of mitochondrial superoxide. This together with the previously demonstrated efficacy further substantiates the use of AG311 as an anticancer agent.
Citation Format: Anja Bastian, Lora C. Bailey-Downs, Jessica E. Thorpe, Ravi Kumar Vyas Devambatla, Aleem Gangjee, Kenneth M. Humphries, Michael A. Ihnat. Novel small molecule AG311 induces tumor cell death through inhibition of mitochondrial electron transport. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 106th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2015 Apr 18-22; Philadelphia, PA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2015;75(15 Suppl):Abstract nr 4451. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2015-4451
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- Anja Bastian
- 1Univ. of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
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Fernandes J, Weddle A, Kinter CS, Humphries KM, Mather T, Szweda LI, Kinter M. Lysine Acetylation Activates Mitochondrial Aconitase in the Heart. Biochemistry 2015; 54:4008-18. [PMID: 26061789 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
High-throughput proteomics studies have identified several thousand acetylation sites on more than 1000 proteins. Mitochondrial aconitase, the Krebs cycle enzyme that converts citrate to isocitrate, has been identified in many of these reports. Acetylated mitochondrial aconitase has also been identified as a target for sirtuin 3 (SIRT3)-catalyzed deacetylation. However, the functional significance of mitochondrial aconitase acetylation has not been determined. Using in vitro strategies, mass spectrometric analyses, and an in vivo mouse model of obesity, we found a significant acetylation-dependent activation of aconitase. Isolated heart mitochondria subjected to in vitro chemical acetylation with either acetic anhydride or acetyl-coenzyme A resulted in increased aconitase activity that was reversed with SIRT3 treatment. Quantitative mass spectrometry was used to measure acetylation at 21 lysine residues and revealed significant increases with both in vitro treatments. A high-fat diet (60% of kilocalories from fat) was used as an in vivo model and also showed significantly increased mitochondrial aconitase activity without changes in protein level. The high-fat diet also produced an increased level of aconitase acetylation at multiple sites as measured by the quantitative mass spectrometry assays. Treatment of isolated mitochondria from these mice with SIRT3 abolished the high-fat diet-induced activation of aconitase and reduced acetylation. Finally, kinetic analyses found that the increase in activity was a result of increased maximal velocity, and molecular modeling suggests the potential for acetylation at K144 to perturb the tertiary structure of the enzyme. The results of this study reveal a novel activation of mitochondrial aconitase by acetylation.
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- Jolyn Fernandes
- †Free Radical Biology and Aging Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, United States.,‡Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, United States
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- †Free Radical Biology and Aging Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, United States
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- †Free Radical Biology and Aging Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, United States
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- †Free Radical Biology and Aging Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, United States.,‡Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, United States.,∥Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging, Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, United States
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- ‡Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, United States.,§Cardiovascular Biology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, United States
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- †Free Radical Biology and Aging Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, United States.,‡Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, United States.,∥Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging, Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, United States
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- †Free Radical Biology and Aging Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, United States.,∥Reynolds Oklahoma Center on Aging, Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, United States
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Biguanides are widely used antihyperglycemic agents for diabetes mellitus and prediabetes treatment. Complex I is the rate-limiting step of the mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC), a major source of mitochondrial free radical production, and a known target of biguanides. Complex I has two reversible conformational states, active and de-active. The deactivated state is promoted in the absence of substrates but is rapidly and fully reversed to the active state in the presence of NADH. The objective of this study was to determine the relative sensitivity of active/de-active complex I to biguanide-mediated inhibition and resulting superoxide radical (O₂(•⁻)) production. Using isolated rat heart mitochondria, we show that deactivation of complex I sensitizes it to metformin and phenformin (4- and 3-fold, respectively), but not to other known complex I inhibitors, such as rotenone. Mitochondrial O₂(•⁻) production by deactivated complex I was measured fluorescently by NADH-dependent 2-hydroxyethidium formation at alkaline pH to impede reactivation. Superoxide production was 260.4% higher than in active complex I at pH 9.4. However, phenformin treatment of de-active complex I decreased O₂(•⁻) production by 14.9%, while rotenone increased production by 42.9%. Mitochondria isolated from rat hearts subjected to cardiac ischemia, a condition known to induce complex I deactivation, were sensitized to phenformin-mediated complex I inhibition. This supports the idea that the effects of biguanides are likely to be influenced by the complex I state in vivo. These results demonstrate that the complex I active and de-active states are a determinant in biguanide-mediated inhibition.
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- Satoshi Matsuzaki
- †Free Radical Biology and Aging Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, United States
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- †Free Radical Biology and Aging Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, United States
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Bastian A, Thorpe JE, Disch BC, Bailey-Downs LC, Gangjee A, Devambatla RKV, Henthorn J, Humphries KM, Vadvalkar SS, Ihnat MA. A small molecule with anticancer and antimetastatic activities induces rapid mitochondrial-associated necrosis in breast cancer. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2015; 353:392-404. [PMID: 25720766 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.114.220335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Therapy for treatment-resistant breast cancer provides limited options and the response rates are low. Therefore, the development of therapies with alternative chemotherapeutic strategies is necessary. AG311 (5-[(4-methylphenyl)thio]-9H-pyrimido[4,5-b]indole-2,4-diamine), a small molecule, is being investigated in preclinical and mechanistic studies for treatment of resistant breast cancer through necrosis, an alternative cell death mechanism. In vitro, AG311 induces rapid necrosis in numerous cancer cell lines as evidenced by loss of membrane integrity, ATP depletion, HMGB1 (high-mobility group protein B1) translocation, nuclear swelling, and stable membrane blebbing in breast cancer cells. Within minutes, exposure to AG311 also results in mitochondrial depolarization, superoxide production, and increased intracellular calcium levels. Additionally, upregulation of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation results in sensitization to AG311. This AG311-induced cell death can be partially prevented by treatment with the mitochondrial calcium uniporter inhibitor, Ru360 [(μ)[(HCO2)(NH3)4Ru]2OCl3], or an antioxidant, lipoic acid. Additionally, AG311 does not increase apoptotic markers such as cleavage of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) or caspase-3 and -7 activity. Importantly, in vivo studies in two orthotopic breast cancer mouse models (xenograft and allograft) demonstrate that AG311 retards tumor growth and reduces lung metastases better than clinically used agents and has no gross or histopathological toxicity. Together, these data suggest that AG311 is a first-in-class antitumor and antimetastatic agent inducing necrosis in breast cancer tumors, likely through the mitochondria.
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- Anja Bastian
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (A.B., J.E.T., B.C.D., M.A.I.), Department of Physiology (A.B.), Flow Cytometry and Imaging Laboratory (J.H.), University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; DormaTarg, Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (B.C.D., L.C.B.D., M.A.I.); Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (A.G., R.K.V.D.); and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (K.M.H., S.S.V.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (A.B., J.E.T., B.C.D., M.A.I.), Department of Physiology (A.B.), Flow Cytometry and Imaging Laboratory (J.H.), University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; DormaTarg, Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (B.C.D., L.C.B.D., M.A.I.); Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (A.G., R.K.V.D.); and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (K.M.H., S.S.V.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (A.B., J.E.T., B.C.D., M.A.I.), Department of Physiology (A.B.), Flow Cytometry and Imaging Laboratory (J.H.), University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; DormaTarg, Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (B.C.D., L.C.B.D., M.A.I.); Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (A.G., R.K.V.D.); and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (K.M.H., S.S.V.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (A.B., J.E.T., B.C.D., M.A.I.), Department of Physiology (A.B.), Flow Cytometry and Imaging Laboratory (J.H.), University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; DormaTarg, Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (B.C.D., L.C.B.D., M.A.I.); Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (A.G., R.K.V.D.); and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (K.M.H., S.S.V.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (A.B., J.E.T., B.C.D., M.A.I.), Department of Physiology (A.B.), Flow Cytometry and Imaging Laboratory (J.H.), University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; DormaTarg, Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (B.C.D., L.C.B.D., M.A.I.); Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (A.G., R.K.V.D.); and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (K.M.H., S.S.V.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (A.B., J.E.T., B.C.D., M.A.I.), Department of Physiology (A.B.), Flow Cytometry and Imaging Laboratory (J.H.), University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; DormaTarg, Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (B.C.D., L.C.B.D., M.A.I.); Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (A.G., R.K.V.D.); and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (K.M.H., S.S.V.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (A.B., J.E.T., B.C.D., M.A.I.), Department of Physiology (A.B.), Flow Cytometry and Imaging Laboratory (J.H.), University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; DormaTarg, Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (B.C.D., L.C.B.D., M.A.I.); Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (A.G., R.K.V.D.); and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (K.M.H., S.S.V.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (A.B., J.E.T., B.C.D., M.A.I.), Department of Physiology (A.B.), Flow Cytometry and Imaging Laboratory (J.H.), University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; DormaTarg, Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (B.C.D., L.C.B.D., M.A.I.); Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (A.G., R.K.V.D.); and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (K.M.H., S.S.V.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (A.B., J.E.T., B.C.D., M.A.I.), Department of Physiology (A.B.), Flow Cytometry and Imaging Laboratory (J.H.), University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; DormaTarg, Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (B.C.D., L.C.B.D., M.A.I.); Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (A.G., R.K.V.D.); and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (K.M.H., S.S.V.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (A.B., J.E.T., B.C.D., M.A.I.), Department of Physiology (A.B.), Flow Cytometry and Imaging Laboratory (J.H.), University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; DormaTarg, Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (B.C.D., L.C.B.D., M.A.I.); Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (A.G., R.K.V.D.); and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (K.M.H., S.S.V.)
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Ding L, Cheng R, Hu Y, Takahashi Y, Jenkins AJ, Keech AC, Humphries KM, Gu X, Elliott MH, Xia X, Ma JX. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α protects capillary pericytes in the retina. Am J Pathol 2014; 184:2709-20. [PMID: 25108226 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2014.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2013] [Revised: 05/15/2014] [Accepted: 06/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
Pericyte degeneration is an early event in diabetic retinopathy and plays an important role in progression of diabetic retinopathy. Clinical studies have shown that fenofibrate, a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα) agonist, has robust therapeutic effects on diabetic retinopathy in type 2 diabetic patients. We evaluated the protective effect of PPARα against pericyte loss in diabetic retinopathy. In streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice, fenofibrate treatment significantly ameliorated retinal acellular capillary formation and pericyte loss. In contrast, PPARα(-/-) mice with diabetes developed more severe retinal acellular capillary formation and pericyte dropout, compared with diabetic wild-type mice. Furthermore, PPARα knockout abolished the protective effect of fenofibrate against diabetes-induced retinal pericyte loss. In cultured primary human retinal capillary pericytes, activation and expression of PPARα both significantly reduced oxidative stress-induced apoptosis, decreased reactive oxygen species production, and down-regulated NAD(P)H oxidase 4 expression through blockade of NF-κB activation. Furthermore, activation and expression of PPARα both attenuated the oxidant-induced suppression of mitochondrial O2 consumption in human retinal capillary pericytes. Primary retinal pericytes from PPARα(-/-) mice displayed more apoptosis, compared with those from wild-type mice under the same oxidative stress. These findings identified a protective effect of PPARα on retinal pericytes, a novel function of endogenous PPARα in the retina.
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- Lexi Ding
- Department of Ophthalmology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China; Department of Physiology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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- Department of Physiology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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- Department of Physiology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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- Department of Medicine, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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- National Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- National Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Free Radical Biology and Aging Research Program, Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Dean McGee Eye Institute, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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- Department of Physiology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Department of Ophthalmology, Dean McGee Eye Institute, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
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- Department of Physiology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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Aurora AB, Mahmoud AI, Luo X, Johnson BA, van Rooij E, Matsuzaki S, Humphries KM, Hill JA, Bassel-Duby R, Sadek HA, Olson EN. MicroRNA-214 protects the mouse heart from ischemic injury by controlling Ca²⁺ overload and cell death. J Clin Invest 2012; 122:1222-32. [PMID: 22426211 PMCID: PMC3314458 DOI: 10.1172/jci59327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 301] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2011] [Accepted: 02/01/2012] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Early reperfusion of ischemic cardiac tissue remains the most effective intervention for improving clinical outcome following myocardial infarction. However, abnormal increases in intracellular Ca²⁺ during myocardial reperfusion can cause cardiomyocyte death and consequent loss of cardiac function, referred to as ischemia/reperfusion (IR) injury. Therapeutic modulation of Ca²⁺ handling provides some cardioprotection against the paradoxical effects of restoring blood flow to the heart, highlighting the significance of Ca²⁺ overload to IR injury. Cardiac IR is also accompanied by dynamic changes in the expression of microRNAs (miRNAs); for example, miR-214 is upregulated during ischemic injury and heart failure, but its potential role in these processes is unknown. Here, we show that genetic deletion of miR-214 in mice causes loss of cardiac contractility, increased apoptosis, and excessive fibrosis in response to IR injury. The cardioprotective roles of miR-214 during IR injury were attributed to repression of the mRNA encoding sodium/calcium exchanger 1 (Ncx1), a key regulator of Ca²⁺ influx; and to repression of several downstream effectors of Ca²⁺ signaling that mediate cell death. These findings reveal a pivotal role for miR-214 as a regulator of cardiomyocyte Ca²⁺ homeostasis and survival during cardiac injury.
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- Arin B. Aurora
- Department of Molecular Biology and
Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
miRagen Therapeutics, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Free Radical Biology and Aging Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and
Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
miRagen Therapeutics, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Free Radical Biology and Aging Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and
Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
miRagen Therapeutics, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Free Radical Biology and Aging Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and
Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
miRagen Therapeutics, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Free Radical Biology and Aging Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and
Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
miRagen Therapeutics, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Free Radical Biology and Aging Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and
Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
miRagen Therapeutics, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Free Radical Biology and Aging Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and
Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
miRagen Therapeutics, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Free Radical Biology and Aging Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and
Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
miRagen Therapeutics, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Free Radical Biology and Aging Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and
Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
miRagen Therapeutics, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Free Radical Biology and Aging Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and
Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
miRagen Therapeutics, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Free Radical Biology and Aging Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and
Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
miRagen Therapeutics, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Free Radical Biology and Aging Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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Matsuzaki S, Kotake Y, Humphries KM. Identification of mitochondrial electron transport chain-mediated NADH radical formation by EPR spin-trapping techniques. Biochemistry 2011; 50:10792-803. [PMID: 22091587 DOI: 10.1021/bi201714w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC) is a major source of free radical production. However, due to the highly reactive nature of radical species and their short lifetimes, accurate detection and identification of these molecules in biological systems is challenging. The aim of this investigation was to determine the free radical species produced from the mitochondrial ETC by utilizing EPR spin-trapping techniques and the recently commercialized spin-trap, 5-(2,2-dimethyl-1,3-propoxycyclophosphoryl)-5-methyl-1-pyrroline N-oxide (CYPMPO). We demonstrate that this spin-trap has the preferential quality of having minimal mitochondrial toxicity at concentrations required for radical detection. In rat heart mitochondria and submitochondrial particles supplied with NADH, the major species detected under physiological pH was a carbon-centered radical adduct, indicated by markedly large hyperfine coupling constant with hydrogen (a(H) > 2.0 mT). In the presence of the ETC inhibitors, the carbon-centered radical formation was increased and exhibited NADH concentration dependency. The same carbon-centered radical could also be produced with the NAD biosynthesis precursor, nicotinamide mononucleotide, in the presence of a catalytic amount of NADH. The results support the conclusion that the observed species is a complex I derived NADH radical. The formation of the NADH radical could be blocked by hydroxyl radical scavengers but not SOD. In vitro experiments confirmed that an NADH-radical is readily formed by hydroxyl radical but not superoxide anion, further implicating hydroxyl radical as an upstream mediator of NADH radical production. These findings demonstrate the identification of a novel mitochondrial radical species with potential physiological significance and highlight the diverse mechanisms and sites of production within the ETC.
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- Satoshi Matsuzaki
- Free Radical Biology and Aging Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104-5097, United States
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Baily CN, Cason RW, Vadvalkar SS, Matsuzaki S, Humphries KM. Inhibition of mitochondrial respiration by phosphoenolpyruvate. Arch Biochem Biophys 2011; 514:68-74. [PMID: 21867675 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2011.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2011] [Revised: 08/02/2011] [Accepted: 08/09/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The cytosolic factors that influence mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation rates are relatively unknown. In this report, we examine the effects of phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP), a glycolytic intermediate, on mitochondrial function. It is reported here that in rat heart mitochondria, PEP delays the onset of state 3 respiration in mitochondria supplied with either NADH-linked substrates or succinate. However, the maximal rate of state 3 respiration is only inhibited when oxidative phosphorylation is supported by NADH-linked substrates. The capacity of PEP to delay and/or inhibit state 3 respiration is dependent upon the presence or absence of ATP. Inhibition of state 3 is exacerbated in uncoupled mitochondria, with a 40% decrease in respiration seen with 0.1mM PEP. In contrast, ATP added exogenously or produced by oxidative phosphorylation completely prevents PEP-mediated inhibition. Mechanistically, the results support the conclusion that the main effects of PEP are to impede ADP uptake and inhibit NADH oxidation. By altering the NADH/NAD(+) status of mitochondria, it is demonstrated that PEP enhances succinate dehydrogenase activity and increase free radical production. The results of this study indicate PEP may be an important modulator of mitochondrial function under conditions of decreased ATP.
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- C Nathan Baily
- Free Radical Biology and Aging Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, USA
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Proteins, nucleic acids, and lipids can undergo various forms of oxidative modification. In numerous instances, these modifications result in irreversible loss of function. The age-dependent accumulation of oxidatively modified and dysfunctional macromolecules provides the basis for the free radical theory of aging. Pro-oxidants, however, are also capable of catalyzing fully reversible modifications to protein. It is increasingly apparent that these reactions participate in redox-dependent regulation of cell metabolism and response to stress. The adventitious use of free radical species adds complexity to the experimental and theoretical manner in which the free radical theory is to be tested and considered. Elucidation of mechanisms by which reversible oxidative processes are controlled, the components involved, and the metabolic consequences and how they are altered with age will provide new insight on the aging process and attempts to delay the inevitable.
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Moser MD, Matsuzaki S, Humphries KM. Inhibition of succinate-linked respiration and complex II activity by hydrogen peroxide. Arch Biochem Biophys 2009; 488:69-75. [PMID: 19540189 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2009.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2009] [Revised: 06/11/2009] [Accepted: 06/13/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hydrogen peroxide produced from electron transport chain derived superoxide is a relatively mild oxidant, and as such, the majority of mitochondrial enzyme activities are impervious to physiological concentrations. Previous studies, however, have suggested that complex II (succinate dehydrogenase) is sensitive to H(2)O(2)-mediated inhibition. Nevertheless, the effects of H(2)O(2) on succinate-linked respiration and complex II activity have not been examined in intact mitochondria. Results presented indicate that H(2)O(2) inhibits succinate-linked state 3 mitochondrial respiration in a concentration dependent manner. H(2)O(2) has no effect on complex II activity during state 2 respiration, but inhibits activity during state 3. It was found that conditions which prevent oxaloacetate accumulation during state 3 respiration, such as inclusion of rotenone, glutamate, or ATP, blunted the effect of H(2)O(2) on succinate-linked respiration and complex II activity. It is concluded that H(2)O(2) inhibits succinate-linked respiration indirectly by sustaining and enhancing oxaloacetate-mediated inactivation of complex II.
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- Michelle D Moser
- Free Radical Biology and Aging Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
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Matsuzaki S, Szweda LI, Humphries KM. Mitochondrial superoxide production and respiratory activity: biphasic response to ischemic duration. Arch Biochem Biophys 2009; 484:87-93. [PMID: 19467633 PMCID: PMC2687324 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2009.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2008] [Revised: 12/24/2008] [Accepted: 01/06/2009] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Long bouts of ischemia are associated with electron transport chain deficits and increases in free radical production. In contrast, little is known regarding the effect of brief ischemia on mitochondrial function and free radical production. This study was undertaken to examine the relationship between the duration of ischemia, effects upon electron transport chain activities, and the mitochondrial production of free radicals. Rat hearts were subjected to increasing ischemic durations, mitochondria were isolated, and superoxide production and electron transport chain activities were measured. Results indicate that even brief ischemic durations induced a significant increase in superoxide production. This rate was maintained with ischemic durations less than 15 min, and then increased further with longer ischemic times. Mechanistically, brief ischemia was accompanied by an increase in NADH oxidase activity, reflected by a specific increase in complex IV activity. In contrast, longer ischemic durations were accompanied by a decrease in NADH oxidase activity, reflected by deficits in complexes I and IV activities.
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- Satoshi Matsuzaki
- Free Radical Biology and Aging Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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- Free Radical Biology and Aging Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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- Free Radical Biology and Aging Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Montgomery RL, Potthoff MJ, Haberland M, Qi X, Matsuzaki S, Humphries KM, Richardson JA, Bassel-Duby R, Olson EN. Maintenance of cardiac energy metabolism by histone deacetylase 3 in mice. J Clin Invest 2008; 118:3588-97. [PMID: 18830415 DOI: 10.1172/jci35847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 269] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2008] [Accepted: 08/19/2008] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors show remarkable therapeutic potential for a variety of disorders, including cancer, neurological disease, and cardiac hypertrophy. However, the specific HDAC isoforms that mediate their actions are unclear, as are the physiological and pathological functions of individual HDACs in vivo. To explore the role of Hdac3 in the heart, we generated mice with a conditional Hdac3 null allele. Although global deletion of Hdac3 resulted in lethality by E9.5, mice with a cardiac-specific deletion of Hdac3 survived until 3-4 months of age. At this time, they showed massive cardiac hypertrophy and upregulation of genes associated with fatty acid uptake, fatty acid oxidation, and electron transport/oxidative phosphorylation accompanied by fatty acid-induced myocardial lipid accumulation and elevated triglyceride levels. These abnormalities in cardiac metabolism can be attributed to excessive activity of the nuclear receptor PPARalpha. The phenotype associated with cardiac-specific Hdac3 gene deletion differs from that of all other Hdac gene mutations. These findings reveal a unique role for Hdac3 in maintenance of cardiac function and regulation of myocardial energy metabolism.
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- Rusty L Montgomery
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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Humphries KM, Moser MD. Inhibition of succinate‐linked mitochondrial respiration by hydrogen peroxide. FASEB J 2008. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.22.1_supplement.1033.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Kenneth M. Humphries
- Free Radical Biology and AgingOklahoma Medical Research FoundationOklahoma CityOK
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- Free Radical Biology and AgingOklahoma Medical Research FoundationOklahoma CityOK
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Applegate MAB, Humphries KM, Szweda LI. Reversible Inhibition of α-Ketoglutarate Dehydrogenase by Hydrogen Peroxide: Glutathionylation and Protection of Lipoic Acid. Biochemistry 2007; 47:473-8. [DOI: 10.1021/bi7017464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Milana A. B. Applegate
- Free Radical Biology and Aging Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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- Free Radical Biology and Aging Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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- Free Radical Biology and Aging Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Many components of cellular signaling pathways are sensitive to regulation by oxidation and reduction. Previously, we described the inactivation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) by direct oxidation of a reactive cysteine in the activation loop of the kinase. In the present study, we demonstrate that in HeLa cells PKA activity follows a biphasic response to thiol oxidation. Under mild oxidizing conditions, or short exposure to oxidants, forskolin-stimulated PKA activity is enhanced. This enhancement was blocked by sulfhydryl reducing agents, demonstrating a reversible mode of activation. In contrast, forskolin-stimulated PKA activity is inhibited by more severe oxidizing conditions. Mild oxidation enhanced PKA activity stimulated by forskolin, isoproterenol, or the cell-permeable analog, 8-bromo-cAMP. When cells were lysed in the presence of serine/threonine phosphatase inhibitor, NaF, the PKA-enhancing effect of oxidation was blunted. These results suggest oxidation of a PKA-counteracting phosphatase may be inhibited, thus enhancing the apparent kinase activity. Using an in vivo PKA activity reporter, we demonstrated that mild oxidation does indeed prolong the PKA signal induced by isoproterenol by inhibiting counteracting phosphatase activity. The results of this study demonstrate in live cells a unique synergistic mechanism whereby the PKA signaling pathway is enhanced in an apparent biphasic manner.
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- Kenneth M Humphries
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0654, USA
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The catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) is phosphorylated at threonine 197 and serine 338. Phosphorylation of threonine 197, located in the activation loop, is required for coordinating the active site conformation and optimal enzymatic activity. However, this phosphorylation has not been widely appreciated as a regulatory site because of the apparent constitutive nature of the phosphorylation and the general resistance of the kinase to phosphatase treatment. We demonstrate here that the observed resistance of the catalytic subunit to dephosphorylation is due, in part, to the presence of the highly nucleophilic cysteine 199 located proximal to the phosphate on threonine 197. Experiments performed in vitro demonstrated that mutation (cysteine 199 to alanine), oxidation, such as by glutathionylation or internal disulfide bond formation, or alkylation of the C-subunit enhanced its ability to be dephosphorylated. Furthermore, rephosphorylation of reduced C-subunit by PDK1 created a cycle whereby the inactive kinase could be reactivated. To demonstrate that thiol modification of PKA can lead to enhanced dephosphorylation in vivo, PC12 cells were treated with N-ethylmaleimide (NEM). Such treatment resulted in complete PKA inactivation and dephosphorylation of threonine 197. This effect of NEM was contingent upon prior treatment of the cells with PKA activators, demonstrating the resistance of the holoenzyme to thiol alkylation-mediated dephosphorylation. Our results also demonstrated that NEM treatment of PC12 cells enhanced the dephosphorylation of the protein kinase Calpha activation loop, suggesting a common mechanism of regulation among members of the AGC family of kinases.
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- Kenneth M Humphries
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Department of Pharmacology, The University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0654, USA
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The catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (cAPK) is susceptible to inactivation by a number of thiol-modifying reagents. Inactivation occurs through modification of cysteine 199, which is located near the active site. Because cysteine 199 is reactive at physiological pH, and modification of this site inhibits activity, we hypothesized that cAPK is a likely target for regulation by an oxidative mechanism, specifically glutathionylation. In vitro studies demonstrated the susceptibility of kinase activity to the sulfhydryl oxidant diamide, which inhibited by promoting an intramolecular disulfide bond between cysteines 199 and 343. In the presence of a low concentration of diamide and reduced glutathione, the kinase was rapidly and reversibly inhibited by glutathionylation. Mutant kinase containing an alanine to cysteine mutation at position 199 was resistant to inhibition by both diamide and glutathionylation, thus implicating this as the oxidation-sensitive site. Mouse fibroblast cells treated with diamide showed a reversible decrease in cAPK activity. Inhibition was dramatically enhanced when cells were first treated with cAPK activators. Using biotin-cysteine as means for detecting and purifying thiolated cAPK from cells, we were able to show that, under conditions in which cAPK is inactivated by diamide, it is also readily thiolated.
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- Kenneth M Humphries
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0654, USA
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Reperfusion of ischemic myocardial tissue results in an increase in mitochondrial free radical production and declines in respiratory activity. The effects of ischemia and reperfusion on the activities of Krebs cycle enzymes, as well as enzymes involved in electron transport, were evaluated to provide insight into whether free radical events are likely to affect enzymatic and mitochondrial function(s). An in vivo rat model was utilized in which ischemia is induced by ligating the left anterior descending coronary artery. Reperfusion, initiated by release of the ligature, resulted in a significant decline in NADH-linked ADP-dependent mitochondrial respiration as assessed in isolated cardiac mitochondria. Assays of respiratory chain complexes revealed reduction in the activities of complex I and, to a lesser extent, complex IV exclusively during reperfusion, with no alterations in the activities of complexes II and III. Moreover, Krebs cycle enzymes alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase and aconitase were susceptible to reperfusion-induced inactivation with no decline in the activities of other Krebs cycle enzymes. The decline in alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase activity during reperfusion was associated with a loss in native lipoic acid on the E2 subunit, suggesting oxidative inactivation. Inhibition of complex I in vitro promotes free radical generation. alpha-Ketoglutarate dehydrogenase and aconitase are uniquely susceptible to in vitro oxidative inactivation. Thus, our results suggest a scenario in which inhibition of complex I promotes free radical production leading to oxidative inactivation of alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase and aconitase.
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- Hesham A Sadek
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-4970, USA
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Bulteau AL, Lundberg KC, Humphries KM, Sadek HA, Szweda PA, Friguet B, Szweda LI. Oxidative Modification and Inactivation of the Proteasome during Coronary Occlusion/Reperfusion. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:30057-63. [PMID: 11375979 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m100142200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 301] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Restoration of blood flow to ischemic myocardial tissue results in an increase in the production of oxygen radicals. Highly reactive, free radical species have the potential to damage cellular components. Clearly, maintenance of cellular viability is dependent, in part, on the removal of altered protein. The proteasome is a major intracellular proteolytic system which degrades oxidized and ubiquitinated forms of protein. Utilizing an in vivo rat model, we demonstrate that coronary occlusion/reperfusion resulted in declines in chymotrypsin-like, peptidylglutamyl-peptide hydrolase, and trypsin-like activities of the proteasome as assayed in cytosolic extracts. Analysis of purified 20 S proteasome revealed that declines in peptidase activities were accompanied by oxidative modification of the protein. We provide conclusive evidence that, upon coronary occlusion/reperfusion, the lipid peroxidation product 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal selectively modifies 20 S proteasome alpha-like subunits iota, C3, and an isoform of XAPC7. Occlusion/reperfusion-induced declines in trypsin-like activity were largely preserved upon proteasome purification. In contrast, loss in chymotrypsin-like and peptidylglutamyl-peptide hydrolase activities observed in cytosolic extracts were not evident upon purification. Thus, decreases in proteasome activity are likely due to both direct oxidative modification of the enzyme and inhibition of fluorogenic peptide hydrolysis by endogenous cytosolic inhibitory protein(s) and/or substrate(s). Along with inhibition of the proteasome, increases in cytosolic levels of oxidized and ubiquitinated protein(s) were observed. Taken together, our findings provide insight into potential mechanisms of coronary occlusion/reperfusion-induced proteasome inactivation and cellular consequences of these events.
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- A L Bulteau
- Departments of Biochemistry and Biology, Université Denis Diderot-Paris 7, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Sasaki M, Ansari A, Pumford N, van de Water J, Leung PS, Humphries KM, Szweda LI, Nakanuma Y, Roche TE, Coppel RL, Bach JF, Gershwin ME. Comparative immunoreactivity of anti-trifluoroacetyl (TFA) antibody and anti-lipoic acid antibody in primary biliary cirrhosis: searching for a mimic. J Autoimmun 2000; 15:51-60. [PMID: 10936028 DOI: 10.1006/jaut.2000.0390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Previous studies documenting the existence of cross-reactivity between the lipoated (but not unlipoated) forms of the inner lipoyl domain (E2L2) of PDC-E2 [the major autoantigen in Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC)] and trifluoroacetylated (TFA) proteins, led us to hypothesize that PBC may be due to an initial insult with an environmental agent that cross-reacts with TFA. Therefore, we performed a comparative study of the reactivity of rabbit anti-TFA antibody and anti-lipoic acid (LA) antibody against the mitochondrial autoantigens of human PBC and various TFA and LA conjugated proteins. Whereas both anti-TFA and anti-LA reacted with PDC-E2, the wild-type lipoated form of E2L2, OGDC-E2, E3-BP and LA-KLH, neither reacted with BCOADC-E2 or the non-lipoated form of E2L2. Of interest was that while anti-TFA reacted with PDC-E2, TFA-RSA and LA-KLH, it failed to inhibit PDC-E2 enzyme function. In contrast, anti-LA demonstrated cytoplasmic and mitochondrial staining, and inhibited PDC enzyme activity. Hence, although considerable cross reactivity exists between anti-TFA and anti-LA, the molecular nature of the interaction is clearly different. One of 14 PBC sera reacted weakly with TFA-albumin, whereas four of 14 PBC sera reacted with LA-KLH. Immunohistochemically, both anti-TFA and anti-LA antibodies reacted focally with periportal hepatocytes and bile ducts in both PBC and controls. However, anti-LA produced much stronger focalized staining of the bile ducts of diseased liver. This study suggests that while anti-TFA antibody recognizes lipoic acid-linked enzymes and proteins, the epitope recognized differs from that of anti-LA antibody and PBC autoantibodies. It is unlikely that a response to TFA is the triggering event in PBC. Anti-LA antibodies share a higher degree of similarity to PBC sera providing suggestive evidence that anti-LA antibodies or anti-LA like antibodies (mimotopes) may help define the initiator of the autoimmune response.
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- M Sasaki
- Division of Rheumatology/Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Humphries KM, Szweda LI. Selective inactivation of alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase and pyruvate dehydrogenase: reaction of lipoic acid with 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal. Biochemistry 1998; 37:15835-41. [PMID: 9843389 DOI: 10.1021/bi981512h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 273] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Previous research has established that 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal (HNE), a highly toxic product of lipid peroxidation, is a potent inhibitor of mitochondrial respiration. HNE exerts its effects on respiration by inhibiting alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase (KGDH). Because of the central role of KGDH in metabolism and emerging evidence that free radicals contribute to mitochondrial dysfunction associated with numerous diseases, it is of great interest to further characterize the mechanism of inhibition. In the present study, treatment of rat heart mitochondria with HNE resulted in the selective inhibition of KGDH and pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH), while other NADH-linked dehydrogenases and electron chain complexes were unaffected. KGDH and PDH are structurally and catalytically similar multienzyme complexes, suggesting a common mode of inhibition. To determine the mechanism of inhibition, the effects of HNE on purified KGDH and PDH were examined. These studies revealed that inactivation by HNE was greatly enhanced in the presence of substrates that reduce the sulfur atoms of lipoic acid covalently bound to the E2 subunits of KGDH and PDH. In addition, loss of enzyme activity induced by HNE correlated closely with a decrease in the availability of lipoic acid sulfhydryl groups. Use of anti-lipoic acid antibodies indicated that HNE modified lipoic acid in both purified enzyme preparations and mitochondria and that this modification was dependent upon the presence of substrates. These results therefore identify a potential mechanism whereby free radical production and subsequent lipid peroxidation lead to specific modification of KGDH and PDH and inhibition of NADH-linked mitochondrial respiration.
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- K M Humphries
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4970, USA
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During the progression of certain degenerative conditions, including myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury, mitochondria are a source of increased free-radical generation and exhibit declines in respiratory function(s). It has therefore been suggested that oxidative damage to mitochondrial components plays a critical role in the pathology of these processes. Polyunsaturated fatty acids of membrane lipids are prime molecular targets of free-radical damage. A major product of lipid peroxidation, 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal (HNE), is highly cytotoxic and can readily react with and damage protein. In this study, the effects of HNE on intact cardiac mitochondria were investigated to gain insight into potential mechanisms by which free radicals mediate mitochondrial dysfunction. Exposure of mitochondria to micromolar concentrations of HNE caused rapid declines in NADH-linked but not succinate-linked state 3 and uncoupled respiration. The activity of complex I was unaffected by HNE under the conditions of our experiments. Loss of respiratory activity reflected the inability of HNE-treated mitochondria to meet NADH demand during maximum rates of O2 consumption. HNE exerted its effects on intact mitochondria by inactivating alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase. These results therefore identify a potentially important mechanism by which free radicals bring about declines in mitochondrial respiration.
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- K M Humphries
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4970, USA
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