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Mitochondrial Oxidation of the Cytoplasmic Reducing Equivalents at the Onset of Oxidant Stress in the Isoproterenol-Induced Rat Myocardial Infarction

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ANTIOXIDANTS
卷 10, 期 9, 页码 -

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DOI: 10.3390/antiox10091444

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cardiac infarction; isoproterenol; malate-aspartate shuttle; oxidative stress; sequential alterations

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This study explored the impact of isoproterenol-induced myocardial damage on mitochondrial function, specifically focusing on the malate-aspartate shuttle activity. The results showed minimal effects on endogenous shuttle activity, but significant enhancement in a reconstituted system during the post-infarction period, suggesting a compensatory response of cardiomyocytes to the metabolic consequences of myocardial infarction. These findings highlight the sequential biochemical and metabolic modifications within cardiomyocytes during heart damage associated with myocardial infarction, emphasizing the potential role of mitochondrial activity in controlling the redox state.
We have developed and characterized a model of isoproterenol (ISO)-induced myocardial necrosis, identifying three stages of cardiac damage: a pre-infarction (0-12 h), infarction (24 h), and post-infarction period (48-96 h). Using this model, we have previously found alterations in calcium homeostasis and their relationship with oxidant stress in mitochondria, which showed deficient oxygen consumption and coupled ATP synthesis. Therefore, the present study was aimed at assessing the mitochondrial ability to transport and oxidize cytoplasmic reducing equivalents (NADH), correlating the kinetic parameters of the malate-aspartate shuttle, oxidant stress, and mitochondrial functionality. Our results showed only discreet effects during the cardiotoxic ISO action on the endogenous malate-aspartate shuttle activity, suggesting that endogenous mitochondrial NADH oxidation capacity (Nohl dehydrogenase) was not affected by the cellular stress. On the contrary, the reconstituted system showed significant enhancement in maximal capacity of the malate-aspartate shuttle activity only at later times (post-infarction period), probably as a compensatory part of cardiomyocytes' response to the metabolic and functional consequences of the infarcted tissue. Therefore, these findings support the notion that heart damage associated with myocardial infarction suffers a set of sequential biochemical and metabolic modifications within cardiomyocytes, where mitochondrial activity, controlling the redox state, could play a relevant role.

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