Journal
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 320, Issue 2, Pages H613-H629Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00188.2020
Keywords
adenylate kinase; cardiac energetics; creatine-deficient mice; creatine kinase; hexokinase
Funding
- European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (CENS Estonian Center of Excellence in Research)
- Estonian Research Council [IUT33-7]
- British Heart Foundation Programme Grant [RG/18/12/34040]
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In mice with creatine deficiency, the hexokinase and adenylate kinase did not change, but in AGAT KO mice, increased expression and activity of hexokinase I were found, which could affect mitochondrial regulation and reactive oxygen species production.
Creatine kinase (CK) is considered the main phosphotransfer system in the heart, important for overcoming diffusion restrictions and regulating mitochondrial respiration. It is substrate limited in creatine-deficient mice lacking L-arginine:glycine amidinotransferase (AGAT) or guanidinoacetate N-methyltranferase (GAMT). Our aim was to determine the expression, activity, and mitochondrial coupling of hexokinase (HK) and adenylate kinase (AK), as these represent alternative energy transfer systems. In permeabilized cardiomyocytes, we assessed how much endogenous ADP generated by HK, AK, or CK stimulated mitochondrial respiration and how much was channeled to mitochondria. In whole heart homogenates, and cytosolic and mitochondrial fractions, we measured the activities of AK, CK, and HK. Lastly, we assessed the expression of the major HK, AK, and CK isoforms. Overall, respiration stimulated by HK, AK, and CK was similar to 25, 90, and 80%, respectively, of the maximal respiration rate, and similar to 20, 0, and 25%, respectively, was channeled to the mitochondria. The activity, distribution, and expression of HK, AK, and CK did not change in GAMT knockout (KO) mice. In AGAT KO mice, we found no changes in AK, but we found a higher HK activity in the mitochondrial fraction, greater expression of HK I, but a lower stimulation of respiration by HK. Our findings suggest that mouse hearts depend less on phosphotransfer systems to facilitate ADP flux across the mitochondrial membrane. In AGAT KO mice, which are a model of pure creatine deficiency, the changes in HK may reflect changes in metabolism as well as influence mitochondrial regulation and reactive oxygen species production. NEW & NOTEWORTHY In creatine-deficient AGAT(-/-) and GAMT(-/-) mice, the myocardial creatine kinase system is substrate limited. It is unknown whether subcellular localization and mitochondrial ADP channeling by hexokinase and adenylate kinase may compensate as alternative phosphotransfer systems. Our results show no changes in adenylate kinase, which is the main alternative to creatine kinase in heart. However, we found increased expression and activity of hexokinase I in AGAT(-/-) cardiomyocytes. This could affect mitochondrial regulation and reactive oxygen species production.
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