Pei Wang1, Shangcheng Xu1, Jiqian Xu1, Yanguo Xin1, Yan Lu2, Huiliang Zhang1,2, Bo Zhou1, Haodong Xu1, Shey-Shing Sheu3, Rong Tian1, Wang Wang1,2. 1. Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (P.W., S.X., J.X., Y.X., H.Z., B.Z., R.T., W.W.), University of Washington, Seattle. 2. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (Y.L., H.Z., H.X., W.W.), University of Washington, Seattle. 3. Center for Translational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (S.-S.S.).
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Calcium (Ca2+) is a key regulator of energy metabolism. Impaired Ca2+ homeostasis damages mitochondria, causing cardiomyocyte death, pathological hypertrophy, and heart failure. This study investigates the regulation and the role of the mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter (MCU) in chronic stress-induced pathological cardiac remodeling. METHODS: MCU knockout or transgenic mice were infused with isoproterenol (ISO; 10 mg/kg per day, 4 weeks). Cardiac hypertrophy and remodeling were evaluated by echocardiography and histology. Primary cultured rodent adult cardiomyocytes were treated with ISO (1 nmol/L, 48 hours). Intracellular Ca2+ handling and cell death pathways were monitored. Adenovirus-mediated gene manipulations were used in vitro. RESULTS: Chronic administration of the β-adrenergic receptor agonist ISO increased the levels of the MCU and the MCU complex in cardiac mitochondria, raising mitochondrial Ca2+ concentrations, in vivo and in vitro. ISO also upregulated MCU without affecting its regulatory proteins in adult cardiomyocytes. It is interesting that ISO-induced cardiac hypertrophy, fibrosis, contractile dysfunction, and cardiomyocyte death were exacerbated in global MCU knockout mice. Cardiomyocytes from knockout mice or overexpressing a dominant negative MCU exhibited defective intracellular Ca2+ handling and activation of multiple cell death pathways. Conversely, cardiac-specific overexpression of MCU maintained intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis and contractility, suppressed cell death, and prevented ISO-induced heart hypertrophy. ISO upregulated MCU expression through activation of Ca2+/calmodulin kinase II δB (CaMKIIδB) and promotion of its nuclear translocation via calcineurin-mediated dephosphorylation at serine 332. Nuclear CaMKIIδB phosphorylated CREB (cAMP-response element binding protein), which bound the Mcu promoter to enhance Mcu gene transcription. CONCLUSIONS: The β-adrenergic receptor/CaMKIIδB/CREB pathway upregulates Mcu gene expression in the heart. MCU upregulation is a compensatory mechanism that counteracts stress-induced pathological cardiac remodeling by preserving Ca2+ homeostasis and cardiomyocyte viability.
BACKGROUND: Calcium (Ca2+) is a key regulator of energy metabolism. Impaired Ca2+ homeostasis damages mitochondria, causing cardiomyocyte death, pathological hypertrophy, and heart failure. This study investigates the regulation and the role of the mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter (MCU) in chronic stress-induced pathological cardiac remodeling. METHODS: MCU knockout or transgenic mice were infused with isoproterenol (ISO; 10 mg/kg per day, 4 weeks). Cardiac hypertrophy and remodeling were evaluated by echocardiography and histology. Primary cultured rodent adult cardiomyocytes were treated with ISO (1 nmol/L, 48 hours). Intracellular Ca2+ handling and cell death pathways were monitored. Adenovirus-mediated gene manipulations were used in vitro. RESULTS: Chronic administration of the β-adrenergic receptor agonist ISO increased the levels of the MCU and the MCU complex in cardiac mitochondria, raising mitochondrial Ca2+ concentrations, in vivo and in vitro. ISO also upregulated MCU without affecting its regulatory proteins in adult cardiomyocytes. It is interesting that ISO-induced cardiac hypertrophy, fibrosis, contractile dysfunction, and cardiomyocyte death were exacerbated in global MCU knockout mice. Cardiomyocytes from knockout mice or overexpressing a dominant negative MCU exhibited defective intracellular Ca2+ handling and activation of multiple cell death pathways. Conversely, cardiac-specific overexpression of MCU maintained intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis and contractility, suppressed cell death, and prevented ISO-induced heart hypertrophy. ISO upregulated MCU expression through activation of Ca2+/calmodulin kinase II δB (CaMKIIδB) and promotion of its nuclear translocation via calcineurin-mediated dephosphorylation at serine 332. Nuclear CaMKIIδB phosphorylated CREB (cAMP-response element binding protein), which bound the Mcu promoter to enhance Mcu gene transcription. CONCLUSIONS: The β-adrenergic receptor/CaMKIIδB/CREB pathway upregulates Mcu gene expression in the heart. MCU upregulation is a compensatory mechanism that counteracts stress-induced pathological cardiac remodeling by preserving Ca2+ homeostasis and cardiomyocyte viability.
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