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Glutathione oxidation as a trigger of mitochondrial depolarization and oscillation in intact hearts.

ABSTRACT: Depolarization of the mitochondrial inner membrane potential (DeltaPsi(m)) associated with oxidative stress is thought to be a critical factor in cardiac dysfunction and cell injury following ischemia-reperfusion or exposure to cardiotoxic agents. In isolated cardiomyocytes, mitochondrially-generated reactive oxygen species (ROS) can readily trigger cell-wide collapse or oscillations of DeltaPsi(m) but it is not known whether these phenomena scale to the level of the whole heart. Here we utilize two-photon laser scanning fluorescence microscopy to track DeltaPsi(m), ROS, and reduced glutathione (GSH) levels in intact perfused guinea-pig hearts subjected to simulated ischemia reperfusion or GSH depletion with the thiol oxidizing agent diamide. Exposure to oxidative stress by either method provoked heterogeneous DeltaPsi(m) depolarization and occasional oscillation in clusters of myocytes in the epicardium in association with increased mitochondrial ROS production. Furthermore, the whole-heart oxidative stress dramatically increased the sensitivity of seemingly quiescent cells to DeltaPsi(m) depolarization induced by a localized laser flash. These effects were directly correlated with depletion of the intracellular GSH pool. Unexpectedly, hearts perfused with nominally Ca2+-free solution or those switched from 0.5 mM Ca2+ to nominally Ca2+-free solution also displayed heterogeneous DeltaPsi(m) depolarization and oscillation, in parallel with net oxidation of the GSH pool. The findings demonstrate that metabolic heterogeneity initiated by mitochondrial ROS-induced ROS release is present in the intact heart, and that the redox state of the glutathione pool is a key determinant of loss of DeltaPsi(m).

SUBMITTER: Slodzinski MK

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2604133 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Glutathione oxidation as a trigger of mitochondrial depolarization and oscillation in intact hearts.

Slodzinski Martin K MK Aon Miguel A MA O'Rourke Brian B

Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 20080807 5

Depolarization of the mitochondrial inner membrane potential (DeltaPsi(m)) associated with oxidative stress is thought to be a critical factor in cardiac dysfunction and cell injury following ischemia-reperfusion or exposure to cardiotoxic agents. In isolated cardiomyocytes, mitochondrially-generated reactive oxygen species (ROS) can readily trigger cell-wide collapse or oscillations of DeltaPsi(m) but it is not known whether these phenomena scale to the level of the whole heart. Here we utilize ...[more]

PMID: 18760283

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Glutathione oxidation as a trigger of mitochondrial depolarization and oscillation in intact hearts.

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Glutathione oxidation as a trigger of mitochondrial depolarization and oscillation in intact hearts.

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