Tao Luo1, Haiqiong Liu2, Baihe Chen3, Han Liu4, Ahmed Abdel-Latif5, Masafumi Kitakaze6, Xianbao Wang2, Yuanzhou Wu7, Dylan Chou8, Jin Kyung Kim9. 1. Department of Pathophysiology, Zhuhai Campus of Zunyi Medical University, Zhuhai, China; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA. Electronic address: luotao36126619@icloud.com. 2. Department of Cardiology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. 3. Department of Pathophysiology, Zhuhai Campus of Zunyi Medical University, Zhuhai, China; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA. 4. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA. 5. Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA. 6. Department of Clinical Research and Development, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan. 7. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. 8. Department of Physiology, Zhuhai Campus of Zunyi Medical University, Zhuhai, China. 9. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA. Electronic address: jkim13@uci.edu.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Downregulation of claudin-5 in the heart is associated with the end-stage heart failure. However, the underlying mechanism ofclaudin-5 is unclear. Here we investigated the molecular actions of claudin-5 in perspective of mitochondria in cardiomyocytes to better understand the role of claudin-5 in cardioprotection during ischemia. METHODS: Myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R; 30 min/24 h) and hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R; 24 h/4 h) were used in this study. Confocal microscopy and transmission electron microscope (TEM) were used to observe mitochondrial morphology. RESULTS: Claudin-5 was detected in murine heart tissue and neonatal rat cardiomyocytes (NRCM). Its protein level was severely decreased after myocardial I/R or H/R. Confocal microscopy showedclaudin-5 presented in the mitochondria of NRCM. H/R-induced claudin-5 downregulation was accompanied by mitochondrial fragmentation. The mitofusin 2 (Mfn2) expressionwas dramatically decreased while the dynamin-related protein (Drp) 1 expression was significantly increased after H/R. The TEM indicatedH/R-induced mitochondrial swelling and fission. Adenoviral claudin-5 overexpression reversed these structural disintegration of mitochondria. The mitochondria-centered intrinsic pathway of apoptosis triggered by H/R and indicated by the cytochrome c and cleaved caspase 3 in the cytoplasm of NRCMs was also reduced by overexpressing claudin-5. Claudin-5 overexpression in mouse heart also significantly decreased cleaved caspase 3 and the infarct size in ischemic heart with improved systolic function. CONCLUSION: We demonstrated for the first time the presence of claudin-5 in the mitochondria in cardiomyocytes and provided the firm evidence for the cardioprotective role of claudin-5 in the preservation of mitochondrial dynamics and cell fate against hypoxia- or ischemia-induced stress.
BACKGROUND: Downregulation of claudin-5 in the heart is associated with the end-stage heart failure. However, the underlying mechanism ofclaudin-5 is unclear. Here we investigated the molecular actions of claudin-5 in perspective of mitochondria in cardiomyocytes to better understand the role of claudin-5 in cardioprotection during ischemia. METHODS: Myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R; 30 min/24 h) and hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R; 24 h/4 h) were used in this study. Confocal microscopy and transmission electron microscope (TEM) were used to observe mitochondrial morphology. RESULTS: Claudin-5 was detected in murine heart tissue and neonatal rat cardiomyocytes (NRCM). Its protein level was severely decreased after myocardial I/R or H/R. Confocal microscopy showedclaudin-5 presented in the mitochondria of NRCM. H/R-induced claudin-5 downregulation was accompanied by mitochondrial fragmentation. The mitofusin 2 (Mfn2) expressionwas dramatically decreased while the dynamin-related protein (Drp) 1 expression was significantly increased after H/R. The TEM indicatedH/R-induced mitochondrial swelling and fission. Adenoviral claudin-5 overexpression reversed these structural disintegration of mitochondria. The mitochondria-centered intrinsic pathway of apoptosis triggered by H/R and indicated by the cytochrome c and cleaved caspase 3 in the cytoplasm of NRCMs was also reduced by overexpressing claudin-5. Claudin-5 overexpression in mouse heart also significantly decreased cleaved caspase 3 and the infarct size in ischemic heart with improved systolic function. CONCLUSION: We demonstrated for the first time the presence of claudin-5 in the mitochondria in cardiomyocytes and provided the firm evidence for the cardioprotective role of claudin-5 in the preservation of mitochondrial dynamics and cell fate against hypoxia- or ischemia-induced stress.
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