scholarly journals Ca2+-Dependent Interaction of S100A1 with F1-ATPase Leads to an Increased ATP Content in Cardiomyocytes

2007 ◽  
Vol 27 (12) ◽  
pp. 4365-4373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Boerries ◽  
Patrick Most ◽  
Jonathan R. Gledhill ◽  
John E. Walker ◽  
Hugo A. Katus ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT S100A1, a Ca2+-sensing protein of the EF-hand family that is expressed predominantly in cardiac muscle, plays a pivotal role in cardiac contractility in vitro and in vivo. It has recently been demonstrated that by restoring Ca2+ homeostasis, S100A1 was able to rescue contractile dysfunction in failing rat hearts. Myocardial contractility is regulated not only by Ca2+ homeostasis but also by energy metabolism, in particular the production of ATP. Here, we report a novel interaction of S100A1 with mitochondrial F1-ATPase, which affects F1-ATPase activity and cellular ATP production. In particular, cardiomyocytes that overexpress S100A1 exhibited a higher ATP content than control cells, whereas knockdown of S100A1 expression decreased ATP levels. In pull-down experiments, we identified the α- and β-chain of F1-ATPase to interact with S100A1 in a Ca2+-dependent manner. The interaction was confirmed by colocalization studies of S100A1 and F1-ATPase and the analysis of the S100A1-F1-ATPase complex by gel filtration chromatography. The functional impact of this association is highlighted by an S100A1-mediated increase of F1-ATPase activity. Consistently, ATP synthase activity is reduced in cardiomyocytes from S100A1 knockout mice. Our data indicate that S100A1 might play a key role in cardiac energy metabolism.

1976 ◽  
Vol 230 (6) ◽  
pp. 1744-1750 ◽  
Author(s):  
TB Allison ◽  
SP Bruttig ◽  
Crass MF ◽  
RS Eliot ◽  
JC Shipp

Significant alterations in heart carbohydrate and lipid metabolism are present 48 h after intravenous injection of alloxan (60 mg/kg) in rats. It has been suggested that uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation occurs in the alloxanized rat heart in vivo, whereas normal oxidative metabolism has been demonstrated in alloxan-diabetic rat hearts perfused in vitro under conditions of adequate oxygen delivery. We examined the hypothesis that high-energy phosphate metabolism might be adversely affected in the alloxan-diabetic rat heart in vivo. Phosphocreatine and ATP were reduced by 58 and 45%, respectively (P is less than 0.001). Also, oxygen-dissociation curves were shifted to the left by 4 mmHg, and the rate of oxygen release from blood was reduced by 21% (P is less than 0.01). Insulin administration normalized heart high-energy phosphate compounds. ATP production was accelerated in diabetic hearts perfused in vitro with a well-oxygenated buffer. These studies support the hypothesis that oxidative ATP production in the alloxan-diabetic rat heart is reduced and suggest that decreased oxygen delivery may have a regulatory role in the oxidative metabolism of the diabetic rat heart.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Simeng Zhang ◽  
Zhongyan Hua ◽  
Gen Ba ◽  
Ning Xu ◽  
Jianing Miao ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Neuroblastoma (NB) is a common solid malignancy in children that is associated with a poor prognosis. Although the novel small molecular compound Dimethylaminomicheliolide (DMAMCL) has been shown to induce cell death in some tumors, little is known about its role in NB. Methods We examined the effect of DMAMCL on four NB cell lines (NPG, AS, KCNR, BE2). Cellular confluence, survival, apoptosis, and glycolysis were detected using Incucyte ZOOM, CCK-8 assays, Annexin V-PE/7-AAD flow cytometry, and Seahorse XFe96, respectively. Synergistic effects between agents were evaluated using CompuSyn and the effect of DMAMCL in vivo was evaluated using a xenograft mouse model. Phosphofructokinase-1, liver type (PFKL) expression was up- and down-regulated using overexpression plasmids or siRNA. Results When administered as a single agent, DMAMCL decreased cell proliferation in a time- and dose-dependent manner, increased the percentage of cells in SubG1 phase, and induced apoptosis in vitro, as well as inhibiting tumor growth and prolonging survival in tumor-bearing mice (NGP, BE2) in vivo. In addition, DMAMCL exerted synergistic effects when combined with etoposide or cisplatin in vitro and displayed increased antitumor effects when combined with etoposide in vivo compared to either agent alone. Mechanistically, DMAMCL suppressed aerobic glycolysis by decreasing glucose consumption, lactate excretion, and ATP production, as well as reducing the expression of PFKL, a key glycolysis enzyme, in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, PFKL overexpression attenuated DMAMCL-induced cell death, whereas PFKL silencing promoted NB cell death. Conclusions The results of this study suggest that DMAMCL exerts antitumor effects on NB both in vitro and in vivo by suppressing aerobic glycolysis and that PFKL could be a potential target of DMAMCL in NB.


1994 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 1259-1265
Author(s):  
H Y Oh ◽  
G Z Fadda ◽  
M Smogorzewski ◽  
H H Liou ◽  
S G Massry

Phosphate depletion (PD) in vivo causes a sundry of abnormalities in pancreatic islets including a rise in cytosolic calcium, low ATP content, reduced Ca2+ ATPase and Na(+)-K+ ATPase activity, and impaired insulin secretion in response to glucose or potassium. L-Leucine is a strong secretagogue that triggers insulin secretion by deamination to alpha-ketoisocaproic acid (KIC) and the subsequent metabolism of the latter to ATP and by the activation of glutamate dehydrogenase (GLDH), which acts on glutamate to generate alpha-ketoglutarate, the metabolism of which results in ATP production. The generation of ATP triggers events that lead to insulin secretion. It is not known whether PD impairs leucine-induced insulin secretion, and the cellular derangements that are involved in such an abnormality are not defined. These issues were studied in PD rats and in pair-weighed normal animals as controls. D-Leucine uptake by islets from PD rats is normal, but both leucine- and KIC-induced insulin secretions are impaired and the activity of branched-chain keto acid dehydrogenase, which facilitates the metabolism of KIC, is reduced. Both leucine and 2-aminobicyclo (2-2-1) haptene failed to stimulate GLDH and to augment the generation of alpha-ketoglutarate in the islets of PD rats. Also, the concentration of basal alpha-ketoglutarate was significantly higher in the islets of PD rats, suggesting that its metabolism is impaired. In addition, the activity of glutaminase is significantly reduced, an abnormality that would result in decreased production of glutamate, the substrate for GLDH. The data show that PD impairs leucine-induced insulin secretion.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


1997 ◽  
Vol 272 (4) ◽  
pp. H1791-H1797 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. S. Piedras-Renteria ◽  
O. D. Sherwood ◽  
P. M. Best

The peptide hormone relaxin has direct, positive inotropic and chronotropic effects on rat hearts in vivo and in vitro. Relaxin's effects on the electrophysiological properties of single quiescent atrial cells from normal rats were investigated with a whole cell patch clamp. Relaxin had a significant inhibitory effect on outward potassium currents. The outward potassium current consisted of a transient component (I(to)) and a sustained component (I(S)). The addition of 100 ng/ml of relaxin inhibited the peak I(to) in a voltage-dependent manner (74% inhibition at a membrane potential of -10 mV to 30% inhibition at +70 mV). The time to reach peak I(to) and the apparent time constant of inactivation of I(to) were increased by relaxin. Dialysis with the protein kinase A inhibitor 5-24 amide (2 microM) prevented relaxin's effects, suggesting an obligatory role for this kinase in the relaxin-dependent regulation of the potassium current.


Archaea ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annamaria Guagliardi ◽  
Laura Cerchia ◽  
Mosè Rossi

The physiological role of the nonspecific DNA-binding protein Sso7d from the crenarchaeonSulfolobus solfataricusis unknown. In vitro studies have shown that Sso7d promotes annealing of complementary DNA strands (Guagliardi et al. 1997), induces negative supercoiling (Lopez-Garcia et al. 1998), and chaperones the disassembly and renaturation of protein aggregates in an ATP hydrolysis-dependent manner (Guagliardi et al. 2000). In this study, we examined the relationships among the binding of Sso7d to double-stranded DNA, its interaction with protein aggregates, and its ATPase activity. Experiments with 1-anilinonaphthalene-8-sulfonic acid as probe demonstrated that exposed hydrophobic surfaces in Sso7d are responsible for interactions with protein aggregates and double-stranded DNA, whereas the site of ATPase activity has a non-hydrophobic character. The interactions of Sso7d with double-stranded DNA and with protein aggregates are mutually exclusive events, suggesting that the disassembly activity and the DNA-related activities of Sso7d may be competitive in vivo. In contrast, the hydrolysis of ATP by Sso7d is independent of the binding of Sso7d to double-stranded DNA or protein aggregates.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chih-Chuan Lin ◽  
Kuang-Hung Hsu ◽  
Gwo-Jyh Chang

AbstractParaquat (PQ) is a highly lethal herbicide. Ingestion of large quantities of PQ usually results in cardiovascular collapse and eventually death. However, the mechanism of acute PQ poisoning induced cardiotoxicity is poorly understood. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to aim to investigate the mechanisms of PQ induced cardiotoxicity by examining the effects of PQ on hemodynamics in vivo, as well as in vitro on isolated hearts and ventricular myocytes in rats. Intravenous administration of PQ (100 or 180 mg/kg) in anesthetized rats induced dose-dependent decreases in heart rate, blood pressure, and cardiac contractility (left ventricular [LV] dP/dtmax). Furthermore, it prolonged the rate-corrected QT (QTc) interval. In Langendorff-perfused isolated hearts, PQ (33 or 60 μM) decreased LV pressure and contractility (LV dP/dtmax in isolated ventricular myocytes), PQ (10–60 μM) decreased the amplitude of Ca2+ transients and cell shortening in a concentration-dependent manner. Patch-clamp experiments demonstrated that PQ decreased the amplitude and availability of the transient outward K+ channel (Ito) and altered its gating kinetics. These results suggest that PQ-induced cardiotoxicity results mainly from diminished Ca2+ transients and inhibited K+ channels, which lead to the suppression of LV contractile force and prolongation of the QTc interval.


2003 ◽  
Vol 284 (2) ◽  
pp. C285-C293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert S. Balaban ◽  
Salil Bose ◽  
Stephanie A. French ◽  
Paul R. Territo

The role of Ca2+ as a cytosolic signaling molecule between porcine cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) ATPase and mitochondrial ATP production was evaluated in vitro. The Ca2+ sensitivity of these processes was determined individually and in a reconstituted system with SR and mitochondria in a 0.5:1 protein-to-cytochrome aa 3 ratio. The half-maximal concentration ( K 1/2) of SR ATPase was 335 nM Ca2+. The ATP synthesis dependence was similar with a K 1/2 of 243 nM for dehydrogenases and 114 nM for overall ATP production. In the reconstituted system, Ca2+ increased thapsigargin-sensitive ATP production (maximum ∼5-fold) with minimal changes in mitochondrial reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH). NADH concentration remained stable despite graded increases in NADH turnover induced over a wide range of Ca2+ concentrations (0 to ∼500 nM). These data are consistent with a balanced activation of SR ATPase and mitochondrial ATP synthesis by Ca2+ that contributes to a homeostasis of energy metabolism metabolites. It is suggested that this balanced activation by cytosolic Ca2+ is partially responsible for the minimal alteration in energy metabolism intermediates that occurs with changes in cardiac workload in vivo.


Toxins ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaqun Fang ◽  
Xiaoqin He ◽  
Pengcheng Zhang ◽  
Chuanbin Shen ◽  
James Mwangi ◽  
...  

Antimalarial drug resistance is an enormous global threat. Recently, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are emerging as a new source of antimalarials. In this study, an AMP LZ1 derived from snake cathelicidin was identified with antimalarial activity. In the in vitro antiplasmodial assay, LZ1 showed strong suppression of blood stage Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum) with an IC50 value of 3.045 μM. In the in vivo antiplasmodial assay, LZ1 exerted a significant antimalarial activity against Plasmodium berghei (P. berghei) in a dose- and a time- dependent manner. In addition, LZ1 exhibited anti-inflammatory effects and attenuated liver-function impairment during P. berghei infection. Furthermore, by employing inhibitors against glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation in erythrocytes, LZ1 specifically inhibited adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production in parasite-infected erythrocyte by selectively inhibiting the pyruvate kinase activity. In conclusion, the present study demonstrates that LZ1 is a potential candidate for novel antimalarials development.


Circulation ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 132 (suppl_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kwon Jeong ◽  
Baokun He ◽  
Seung-Hee Yoo ◽  
Zheng (Jake) Chen

The circadian clock governs essential metabolic and physiological processes. For example, the sharp rise of blood pressure in the morning coincides with peak incidence rate for cardiovascular episodes such as heart attacks. The objective of the current studies is to elucidate novel mechanisms of genetic and pharmacological regulation of circadian clock and clock-related energy metabolism important for cardiovascular health. On the one hand, we investigated the functional mechanism of the Clockdelta19 mutation. Homozygous mutant mice (Clk/Clk) for this mutation have been shown to exhibit a wide spectrum of metabolic and cardiovascular disorders, correlated with a severe circadian misalignment or loss of rhythmicity in these mice. In comparison, Clockdelta19/+ heterozygous (Clk/+) mice showed sustained circadian rhythms, yet with significantly lengthened periodicity and dampened amplitude. We showed that Clk/+ mice exhibited improved glycemic control and resistance to circadian behavioral period lengthening under high-fat diet (HFD). Molecular analysis revealed that BMAL1 protein levels in Clk/+ mouse liver were upregulated compared with wild-type (WT) mice under HFD conditions. Mechanistic studies further demonstrated that CLOCKdelta19 stabilized BMAL1 proteins. Consistent with an important role of BMAL1 in glycemic control, enhanced activation of insulin signaling was observed in Clk/+ mice relative to WT. This study reveals an unforeseen plasticity of the circadian and metabolic networks, providing important insight into potential therapeutic intervention of clocks under disease conditions. On the other hand, we also identified small molecule modulators of the circadian clock. These small molecules, termed C lock amplitude- E nhancing small M olecules (CEMs), were able to enhance circadian amplitude of reporter rhythms in cardiomyocyte cells in vitro and improve energy expenditure and reduce cholesterol levels in vivo in a clock-dependent manner. Our studies together elucidate novel regulatory mechanisms for the circadian clock, and suggest novel therapeutic targets and drug candidates against clock-associated metabolic and cardiovascular diseases.


1986 ◽  
Vol 251 (5) ◽  
pp. F851-F857 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Doucet ◽  
A. Hus-Citharel ◽  
F. Morel

Dexamethasone has been reported to stimulate Na-K-ATPase activity in the medullary thick ascending limb of adrenalectomized animals within a few hours. The present study was aimed at characterizing the mechanism of this action by investigating the stimulatory effect of the hormone in vitro. Dexamethasone (10(-8) M) added in vitro to segments of the medullary thick ascending limb of Henle's loop, which were microdissected from adrenalectomized rats, restored in a dose-dependent manner the depressed Na-K-ATPase activity within one h of incubation. This stimulation of Na-K-ATPase was inhibited by cycloheximide and actinomycin D. Dexamethasone also stimulated the component of oxidative metabolism coupled to sodium transport. These results, which confirm previous in vivo observations, demonstrate that dexamethasone-induced stimulation of Na-K-ATPase is a direct tubular action of the hormone mediated by protein synthesis. They suggest that this short-term effect of dexamethasone corresponds to the stimulation of sodium reabsorption by the dilution segment.


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