Subcellular effects of some anesthetic agents on rat myocardium

1979 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. L. Lee ◽  
L. E. Alto ◽  
N. S. Dhalla

The effects of ether, chloroform, and halothane on calcium accumulation and ATPase activity of rat heart microsomes and mitochondria as well as on myofibrillar ATPase activity were investigated. Chloroform and halothane depressed microsomal and mitochondrial calcium uptake and binding in a parallel fashion. Ether decreased microsomal calcium binding and mitochondrial calcium uptake to varying degrees, while mitochondrial calcium binding was slightly enhanced. Whereas ether had no effect, chloroform depressed microsomal and mitochondrial total ATPase activities and halothane decreased microsomal ATPase and slightly stimulated mitochondrial total ATPase activities. Halothane was found to depress myofibrillar Mg2+-ATPase and ether was capable of decreasing myofibrillar Ca2+-ATPase. Chloroform was seen to inhibit both myofibrillar enzymes. These results suggest that the cardiodepressant actions of volatile anesthetic agents may be due to alterations in the calcium accumulating abilities of microsomal and mitochondrial membranes while direct myofibrillar effects may contribute to the depression seen with relatively higher concentrations of anesthetics.

1975 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 359-368
Author(s):  
N. S. Dhalla ◽  
A. Singh ◽  
S. L. Lee ◽  
M. B. Anand ◽  
A. M. Bernatsky ◽  
...  

1. The function of mitochondria, sarcotubular membranes (heavy microsomes), sarcolemma and myofibrils from the hind-leg skeletal muscle of about 60- and 150-day-old normal and myopathic (UM-X7.1) hamsters was examined. 2. The mitochondrial calcium uptake as well as mitochondrial phosphorylation and respiratory rates were lower in 60-day-old myopathic skeletal muscle, unlike 150-day-old myopathic animals, when pyruvate-malate and glutamate-malate were used as substrates. However, mitochondria from 150-day-old myopathic animals showed depressed glutamate-dependent respiratory and phosphorylation rates and succinate-supported initial rate of calcium uptake. 3. The microsomal calcium-uptake, but not calcium-binding, and Ca2+-stimulated adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) activity of the 150-day-old myopathic skeletal muscle were lower than the control values. Although microsomal calcium-binding, calcium-uptake and ATPase activities of the 60-day-old myopathic muscle were not depressed significantly, the initial rate of calcium uptake was less than the control. 4. The sarcolemmal Ca2+-ATPase, but not Mg2+-ATPase or Na+ +K+-ATPase, activity was higher in 60-day-old myopathic muscle whereas the activities of all these enzymes from 150-day-old myopathic animals were higher than the control. On the other hand, the Na+ +K+-ATPase activities from 60- and 150-day-old myopathic animals were inhibited by ouabain to a lesser extent in comparison with the respective control values. 5. The myofibrillar Ca2+-ATPase and Mg2+-ATPase activities as well as inhibition of Mg2+-ATPase due to Na+ and K+ in myopathic muscle were no different from the control values. 6. The results reported here give further support to the view that different membrane systems of the dystrophic muscle are defective.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leila Rochin ◽  
Cécile Sauvanet ◽  
Eeva Jääskeläinen ◽  
Audrey Houcine ◽  
Amita Arora ◽  
...  

SUMMARYMitochondria are dynamic organelles essential for cell survival whose structural and functional integrity rely on selective and regulated transport of lipids from/to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and across the two mitochondrial membranes. As they are not connected by vesicular transport, the exchange of lipids between ER and mitochondria occurs at sites of close organelle apposition called membrane contact sites. However, the mechanisms and proteins involved in these processes are only beginning to emerge. Here, we show that ORP5/8 mediate non-vesicular transport of Phosphatidylserine (PS) from the ER to mitochondria in mammalian cells. We also show that ER-mitochondria contacts where ORP5/8 reside are physically and functionally linked to the MIB/MICOS complexes that bridge the mitochondrial membranes, cooperating with them to facilitate PS transfer from the ER to the mitochondria. Finally, we show that ORP5 but not ORP8, additionally regulates import of calcium to mitochondria and consequently cell senescence.


1976 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. L. Lee ◽  
V. Balasubramanian ◽  
N. S. Dhalla

To examine the role of changes in calcium transport by subcellular particles in the pathogenesis of contractile failure due to oxygen lack, both mitochondrial and microsomal fractions were obtained from the isolated hypoxic rat hearts and their calcium binding and uptake abilities were determined by the Millipore filtration technique. The contractile force decreased by about 40, 60 and 70% of the control within 5, 10 and 30 min respectively, of perfusing the heart with hypoxic medium containing glucose. In hearts perfused for 10 min with hypoxic medium containing glucose, calcium binding and uptake by the microsomal fraction decreased significantly. However, mitochondrial calcium binding, but not uptake, decreased significantly on perfusing the hearts with hypoxic medium containing glucose for 20 to 30 min when the microsomal calcium transport was markedly depressed. Reduction in contractile force, calcium binding and uptake by the microsomal fraction as well as calcium binding by mitochondria of hearts made hypoxic for 30 min recovered towards normal upon reperfusion with control medium for 15 min. On the other hand, omitting glucose from the hypoxic medium significantly decreased calcium binding by mitochondrial and microsomal fractions within 10 min of perfusion in comparison to the control and accelerated the effects of hypoxia upon contractile force and microsomal calcium uptake. In contrast to the hypoxic hearts, the mitochondrial calcium uptake decreased significantly and the magnitude of depression in the microsomal calcium binding was appreciably greater in hearts made to fail to a comparable degree upon perfusion with substrate-free medium. The observed defects in calcium transporting properties of microsomal and mitochondrial membranes appear secondary to the contractile failure in hypoxic hearts.


2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (41) ◽  
pp. 14256-14263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Urgiles ◽  
Sarah R. Nathan ◽  
Samantha N. MacMillan ◽  
Justin J. Wilson

Nitrido-bridged ruthenium complexes are synthesized via ligand substitution reactions and evaluated for mitochondrial calcium uptake inhibition.


2003 ◽  
Vol 114 (2) ◽  
pp. 304 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Wakata ◽  
A.E. Belous ◽  
C.D. Knox ◽  
J.M. Pierce ◽  
I.B. Nicoud ◽  
...  

Shock ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 21 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Xueling Ma ◽  
Stefan Baeder ◽  
Weidong Du ◽  
Marion E. Schneider

2020 ◽  
Vol 127 (Suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bao Puente ◽  
Junhui Sun ◽  
Maria Fergusson ◽  
Julia Liu ◽  
Anna Kosmach ◽  
...  

Background: Mitochondrial calcium flux and signaling is integral to cardiac function and contraction. However, during pathologic conditions such as ischemic/reperfusion injury, mitochondrial calcium overload can induce the opening of the mitochondrial permeability transitioning pore (PTP), resulting in the collapse of mitochondrial membrane potential, ATP depletion, and generation of reactive oxygen species, all together leading to cell death. Hence, modulation of mitochondrial calcium and inhibition of the PTP is a promising target for cardioprotection and prevention of cardiomyocyte death. The mitochondrial calcium uniporter (MCU) complex mediates rapid mitochondrial calcium uptake. MICU3 is a regulator of the MCU complex and has been shown to be a highly potent stimulator of MCU-dependent calcium uptake in neuronal cells. We found that MICU3 is expressed in hearts and we therefore investigated the role of MICU3 in the heart. We examined the role of MICU3 in the development of hypertrophy and in a separate study we examined the response to ischemic-reperfusion (I/R) injury. Given its role in regulating mitochondrial calcium uptake, we hypothesized that loss of MICU3 confers protection against cardiac injury. Methods: Mice with global deletion of Micu3 (Micu3 -/- ) were created utilizing CRISPR-Cas9 technology. Adult knockout and littermate wild type mice were treated with Isoproterenol (15mg/kg/day) for two weeks to induce hypertrophy. Echocardiograms were performed at baseline and after treatment to assess changes in left ventricular size and function. I/R injury was studied using Langendorff ex vivo perfused heart system, exposing knockout and wild type hearts to 20 minutes of ischemia and 90 minutes of reperfusion. Hemodynamic data and infarct size were collected and compared. Student t-test and 2-way ANOVA were used for statistical analysis. Result: Micu3 -/- mice had normal cardiac function at baseline. There was no sex difference in cardiac function. Micu3 -/- mice continued to show normal function after 2 weeks of treatment with Isoproterenol, whereas wild type mice exhibited depressed function (median FS 35% vs. 24% p = 0.0001, EF 64% vs. 50% p = 0.0001). Wild type mice developed LV dilation from baseline (median 4.15mm vs. 4.57mm, p = 0.0014), whereas LV dimension remained stable in Micu3 -/- mice (median 4.12mm vs. 4.18mm, p= 0.9892). Micu3 - /- mice were also protected from I/R injury. Compared to wild types, Micu3 -/- hearts demonstrated less contractile dysfunction at end reperfusion (median rate pressure product 62% vs. 41%, p = 0.002), and significantly smaller infarct size (median 33% vs. 53%, p = 0.0001). Conclusion: Loss of MICU3 confers cardioprotection against ischemic reperfusion injury and Isoproterenol induced cardiac dysfunction.


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