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(Circulation Research. 2008;103:279.)
© 2008 American Heart Association, Inc.

Cellular Biology

Enhancing Mitochondrial Ca²⁺ Uptake in Myocytes From Failing Hearts Restores Energy Supply and Demand Matching

Ting Liu, Brian O'Rourke

From the Division of Cardiology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.

Correspondence to Brian O'Rourke, PhD, The Johns Hopkins University, Institute of Molecular Cardiobiology, 720 Rutland Avenue, 1059 Ross Building, Baltimore, MD 21205-2195. E-mail bor{at}jhmi.edu

Mitochondrial ATP production is continually adjusted to energy demand through coordinated increases in oxidative phosphorylation and NADH production mediated by mitochondrial Ca²⁺([Ca²⁺]_m). Elevated cytosolic Na⁺ impairs [Ca²⁺]_m accumulation during rapid pacing of myocytes, resulting in a decrease in NADH/NAD⁺ redox potential. Here, we determined 1) if accentuating [Ca²⁺]_m accumulation prevents the impaired NADH response at high [Na⁺]_i; 2) if [Ca²⁺]_m handling and NADH/NAD⁺ balance during stimulation is impaired with heart failure (induced by aortic constriction); and 3) if inhibiting [Ca²⁺]_m efflux improves NADH/NAD⁺ balance in heart failure. [Ca²⁺]_m and NADH were recorded in cells at rest and during voltage clamp stimulation (4Hz) with either 5 or 15 mmol/L [Na⁺]_i. Fast [Ca²⁺]_m transients and a rise in diastolic [Ca²⁺]_m were observed during electric stimulation. [Ca²⁺]_m accumulation was [Na⁺]_i-dependent; less [Ca²⁺]_m accumulated in cells with 15 Na⁺ versus 5 mmol/L Na⁺ and NADH oxidation was evident at 15 mmol/L Na⁺, but not at 5 mmol/L Na⁺. Treatment with either the mitochondrial Na⁺/Ca²⁺ exchange inhibitor CGP-37157 (1 µmol/L) or raising cytosolic P_i (2 mmol/L) enhanced [Ca²⁺]_m accumulation and prevented the NADH oxidation at 15 mmol/L [Na⁺]_i. In heart failure myocytes, resting [Na⁺]_i increased from 5.2±1.4 to 16.8±3.1mmol/L and net NADH oxidation was observed during pacing, whereas NADH was well matched in controls. Treatment with CGP-37157 or lowering [Na⁺]_i prevented the impaired NADH response in heart failure. We conclude that high [Na⁺]_i (at levels observed in heart failure) has detrimental effects on mitochondrial bioenergetics, and this impairment can be prevented by inhibiting the mitochondrial Na⁺/Ca²⁺ exchanger.

Key Words: energy metabolism • excitation–contraction coupling • heart failure • ion transport • Na⁺/Ca²⁺ exchanger • oxidative phosphorylation

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