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Sex differences in heart mitochondria regulate diastolic dysfunction

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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
卷 13, 期 1, 页码 -

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NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31544-5

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  1. NIH [DK120342, HL147883, R00DK120875]
  2. DOD [W81XWH2110115]

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This study reveals that sex differences in mitochondrial DNA levels and function in the heart contribute to sex biases in functions relevant to heart failure, and identifies Acsl6 as a mitochondrial sex-biased regulator of diastolic function. By conducting genetic studies in mice and analyzing human cohorts, the authors find that heart mitochondrial DNA levels and function are reduced in females compared to males, and the expression of genes encoding mitochondrial proteins is higher in males. The study also shows that mitochondrial gene expression is highly correlated with diastolic function, an important trait in HFpEF.
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) exhibits a sex bias, being more common in women than men, and we hypothesize that mitochondrial sex differences might underlie this bias. As part of genetic studies of heart failure in mice, we observe that heart mitochondrial DNA levels and function tend to be reduced in females as compared to males. We also observe that expression of genes encoding mitochondrial proteins are higher in males than females in human cohorts. We test our hypothesis in a panel of genetically diverse inbred strains of mice, termed the Hybrid Mouse Diversity Panel (HMDP). Indeed, we find that mitochondrial gene expression is highly correlated with diastolic function, a key trait in HFpEF. Consistent with this, studies of a two-hit mouse model of HFpEF confirm that mitochondrial function differs between sexes and is strongly associated with a number of HFpEF traits. By integrating data from human heart failure and the mouse HMDP cohort, we identify the mitochondrial gene Acsl6 as a genetic determinant of diastolic function. We validate its role in HFpEF using adenoviral over-expression in the heart. We conclude that sex differences in mitochondrial function underlie, in part, the sex bias in diastolic function. In this paper, the authors show that sex differences in mitochondrial DNA levels and function in the heart contribute to sex biases in functions relevant to heart failure, identifying Acsl6 as a mitochondrial sex-biased regulator of diastolic function.

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