Abstract
Preclinical models of ischemia/reperfusion injury (RI) demonstrate the deleterious effects of permeability transition pore complex (PTPC) opening in the first minutes upon revascularization of the occluded vessel. The ATP synthase c subunit (Csub) influences PTPC activity in cells, thus impacting tissue injury. A conserved glycine-rich domain in Csub is classified as critical because, when mutated, it modifies ATP synthase properties, protein interaction with the mitochondrial calcium (Ca2+) uniporter complex, and the conductance of the PTPC. Here, we document the role of a naturally occurring mutation in the Csub-encoding ATP5G1 gene at the G87 position found in two ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients and how PTPC opening is related to RI in patients affected by the same disease. We report a link between the expression of ATP5G1G87E and the response to hypoxia/reoxygenation of human cardiomyocytes, which worsen when compared to those expressing the wild-type protein, and a positive correlation between PTPC and RI.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 108983 |
Journal | Cell Reports |
Volume | 35 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 13 2021 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- ATP synthase
- cardiovascular diseases
- glycine-rich domain
- ischemia
- mitochondria
- PTP
- reperfusion injury
- STEMI patients
- subunit c
- Myocytes, Cardiac/metabolism
- Prospective Studies
- Exons
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Oxygen/adverse effects
- Male
- Mitochondrial Proton-Translocating ATPases/deficiency
- Calcium Channels/genetics
- Base Sequence
- Female
- Reperfusion Injury/genetics
- Gene Expression
- Introns
- Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore/metabolism
- Animals
- Mitochondria/genetics
- Aged
- Hypoxia/genetics
- Mutation
- ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction/genetics