Investigation into the difference in mitochondrial-cytosolic calcium coupling between adult cardiomyocyte and hiPSC-CM using a novel multifunctional genetic probe

Ca2+ cycling plays a critical role in regulating cardiomyocyte (CM) function under both physiological and pathological conditions. Mitochondria have been implicated in Ca2+ handling in adult cardiomyocytes (ACMs). However, little is known about their role in the regulation of Ca2+ dynamics in human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs). In the present study, we developed a multifunctional genetically encoded Ca2+ probe capable of simultaneously measuring cytosolic and mitochondrial Ca2+ in real time. Using this novel probe, we determined and compared mitochondrial Ca2+ activity and the coupling with cytosolic Ca2+ dynamics in hiPSC-CMs and ACMs. Our data showed that while ACMs displayed a highly coordinated beat-by-beat response in mitochondrial Ca2+ in sync with cytosolic Ca2+, hiPSC-CMs showed high cell-wide variability in mitochondrial Ca2+ activity that is poorly coordinated with cytosolic Ca2+. We then revealed that mitochondrial-sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) tethering, as well as the inter-mitochondrial network connection, is underdeveloped in hiPSC-CM compared to ACM, which may underlie the observed spatiotemporal decoupling between cytosolic and mitochondrial Ca2+ dynamics. Finally, we showed that knockdown of mitofusin-2 (Mfn2), a protein tethering mitochondria and SR, led to reduced cytosolic-mitochondrial Ca2+ coupling in ACMs, albeit to a lesser degree compared to hiPSC-CMs, suggesting that Mfn2 is a potential engineering target for improving mitochondrial-cytosolic Ca2+ coupling in hiPSC-CMs. Physiological relevance: The present study will advance our understanding of the role of mitochondria in Ca2+ handling and cycling in CMs, and guide the development of hiPSC-CMs for healing injured hearts.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:473

Enthalten in:

Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology - 473(2021), 3 vom: 15. März, Seite 447-459

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ernst, Patrick [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Kai [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Yawen [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Seulhee [VerfasserIn]
Guan, Jiashiung [VerfasserIn]
He, Jin [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Min [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Jianyi Jay [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xiaoguang Margaret [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Lufang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Ca2+ cycling
Calcium
Genetically encoded Ca2+ probe
HiPSC-CM
Journal Article
Mitochondrial network
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SY7Q814VUP

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Date Completed 28.12.2021

Date Revised 02.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00424-021-02524-3

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM321467779