Journal
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS
Volume 1837, Issue 8, Pages 1350-1361Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2014.03.015
Keywords
Mitochondria; Bioenergetics; Cardiomyocyte; Development; Tubulin; Intracellular architecture
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- Estonian Science Foundation [7823]
- Estonian Ministry of Education and Research grant [SF0180114Bs08]
- Estonian Research Council Institutional Research grant [23-1]
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Adult cardiomyocytes have highly organized intracellular structure and energy metabolism whose formation during postnatal development is still largely unclear. Our previous results together with the data from the literature suggest that cytoskeletal proteins, particularly beta II-tubulin, are involved in the formation of complexes between mitochondria and energy consumption sites. The aim of this study was to examine the arrangement of intracellular architecture parallel to the alterations in regulation of mitochondrial respiration in rat cardiomyocytes during postnatal development from 1 day to 6 months. Respirometric measurements were performed to study the developmental alterations of mitochondrial function. Changes in the mitochondrial arrangement and cytoarchitecture of beta II- and alpha IV-tubulin were examined by confocal microscopy. Our results show that functional maturation of oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria is completed much earlier than efficient feedback regulation is established between mitochondria and ATPases via creatine kinase system. These changes are accompanied by significant remodeling of regular intermyofibrillar mitochondrial arrays aligned along the bundles of beta II-tubulin. Additionally, we demonstrate that formation of regular arrangement of mitochondria is not sufficient per se to provide adult-like efficiency in metabolic feed-back regulation, but organized tubulin networks and reduction in mitochondrial outer membrane permeability for ADP are necessary as well. In conclusion, cardiomyocytes in rat heart become mature on the level of intracellular architecture and energy metabolism at the age of 3 months. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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