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Christen 2018 Free Radic Biol Med

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Christen F, Desrosiers V, Dupont-Cyr BA, Vandenberg GW, Le François NR, Tardif JC, Dufresne F, Lamarre SG, Blier PU (2018) Thermal tolerance and thermal sensitivity of heart mitochondria: Mitochondrial integrity and ROS production. Free Radic Biol Med 116:11-8.

» PMID: 29294390

Christen F, Desrosiers V, Dupont-Cyr BA, Vandenberg GW, Le François NR, Tardif JC, Dufresne F, Lamarre SG, Blier PU (2018) Free Radic Biol Med

Abstract: Cardiac mitochondrial metabolism provides 90% of the ATP necessary for the contractile exertion of the heart muscle. Mitochondria are therefore assumed to play a pivotal role in heart failure (HF), cardiovascular disease and ageing. Heat stress increases energy metabolism and oxygen demand in tissues throughout the body and imposes a major challenge on the heart, which is suspected of being the first organ to fail during heat stress. The underlying mechanisms inducing heart failure are still unclear. To pinpoint the processes implicated in HF during heat stress, we measured mitochondrial respiration rates and hydrogen peroxide production of isolated Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) heart mitochondria at 4 temperatures: 10°C (acclimation), 15°C, 20°C and 25°C (just over critical maximum). We found that at temperature ranges causing the loss of an organism's general homeostasis (between 20°C and 25°C) and with a substrate combination close to physiological conditions, the heat-induced increase in mitochondrial oxygen consumption levels off. More importantly, at the same state, hydrogen peroxide efflux increased by almost 50%. In addition, we found that individuals with low mitochondrial respiration rates produced more hydrogen peroxide at 10°C, 15°C and 20°C. This could indicate that individuals with cardiac mitochondria having a low respiratory capacity, have a more fragile heart and will be more prone to oxidative stress and HF, and less tolerant to temperature changes and other stressors. Our results show that, at temperatures close to the thermal limit, mitochondrial capacity is compromised and ROS production rates increase. This could potentially alter the performance of the cardiac muscle and lead to heat-induced HF underlining the important role that mitochondria play in setting thermal tolerance limits. Keywords: Mitochondria, Heart failure, CTmax, Hydrogen peroxide, ROS, Temperature, Complex I, Fish Bioblast editor: Kandolf G O2k-Network Lab: CA Rimouski Blier PU


Labels: MiParea: Respiration  Pathology: Cardiovascular  Stress:Temperature  Organism: Fishes  Tissue;cell: Heart  Preparation: Isolated mitochondria 


Coupling state: LEAK, OXPHOS, ET  Pathway: N, S, CIV, NS, ROX  HRR: Oxygraph-2k 

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