ARTICLE: Mitochondrial ROS Drive Sudden Cardiac Death and Chronic Proteome Remodeling in Heart Failure
AUTHORS: Swati Dey, Deeptankar DeMazumder, Agnieszka Sidor, D. Brian Foster, Brian O’Rourke
JOURNAL: Circ Res. 2018 Jun 13. pii: CIRCRESAHA.118.312708. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.118.312708. [Epub ahead of print]
Abstract
Rationale: Despite increasing prevalence and incidence of heart failure (HF), therapeutic options remain limited. In early stages of HF, sudden cardiac death (SCD) from ventricular arrhythmias claims many lives. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been implicated in both arrhythmias and contractile dysfunction. However, little is known about how ROS in specific subcellular compartments contribute to HF or SCD pathophysiology. The role of ROS in chronic proteome remodeling has not been explored.
Objective: We will test the hypothesis that elevated mitochondrial ROS (mROS) is a principal source of oxidative stress in HF and in vivo reduction of mROS mitigates SCD.
Methods and Results: Using a unique guinea pig model of non-ischemic HF that recapitulates important features of human HF, including prolonged QT interval and high incidence of spontaneous arrhythmic SCD. Compartment-specific ROS sensors revealed increased mROS in resting and contracting left ventricular (LV) myocytes in failing hearts. Importantly, mitochondrially-targeted antioxidant (MitoTEMPO) normalized global cellular ROS. Further, in vivo MitoTEMPO treatment of HF animals prevented and reversed HF; eliminated SCD by decreasing dispersion of repolarization and ventricular arrhythmias; suppressed chronic HF-induced remodeling of the expression proteome; and prevented specific phosphoproteome alterations. Pathway analysis of mROS-sensitive networks indicated that increased mROS in HF disrupts the normal coupling between cytosolic signals and nuclear gene programs driving mitochondrial function, antioxidant enzymes, Ca2+ handling and action potential repolarization, suggesting new targets for therapeutic intervention.
Conclusions: mROS drive both acute emergent events, such as electrical instability responsibly for SCD, and those that mediate chronic HF remodeling, characterized by suppression or altered phosphorylation of metabolic, antioxidant and ion transport protein networks. In vivo reduction of mROS prevents and reverses electrical instability, SCD and HF. Our findings support the feasibility of targeting the mitochondria as a potential new therapy for HF and SCD while identifying new mROS-sensitive protein modifications.
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Link to abstract online: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Mitochondrial+ROS+Drive+Sudden+Cardiac+Death+and+Chronic+Proteome+Remodeling+in+Heart+Failure
