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. 2023 Nov;53(11):e14054.
doi: 10.1111/eci.14054. Epub 2023 Jul 4.

Heart failure in patients is associated with downregulation of mitochondrial quality control genes

T Svagusa  1 , S Sikiric  2 , M Milavic  2 , A Sepac  2   3 , S Seiwerth  2   3 , D Milicic  4   5 , H Gasparovic  6   7 , B Biocina  6   7 , I Rudez  6   8 , Z Sutlic  6   8 , S Manola  1 , J Varvodic  8 , M Udovicic  1   4 , M Urlic  7 , S Ivankovic  9 , S Plestina  10   11 , F Paic  12 , A Kulic  11 , P Bakovic  10 , F Sedlic  10
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Heart failure in patients is associated with downregulation of mitochondrial quality control genes

T Svagusa et al. Eur J Clin Invest. 2023 Nov.

Abstract

Background: Mitochondrial dysfunction is one of key factors causing heart failure. We performed a comprehensive analysis of expression of mitochondrial quality control (MQC) genes in heart failure.

Methods: Myocardial samples were obtained from patients with ischemic and dilated cardiomyopathy in a terminal stage of heart failure and donors without heart disease. Using quantitative real-time PCR, we analysed a total of 45 MQC genes belonging to mitochondrial biogenesis, fusion-fission balance, mitochondrial unfolded protein response (UPRmt), translocase of the inner membrane (TIM) and mitophagy. Protein expression was analysed by ELISA and immunohistochemistry.

Results: The following genes were downregulated in ischemic and dilated cardiomyopathy: COX1, NRF1, TFAM, SIRT1, MTOR, MFF, DNM1L, DDIT3, UBL5, HSPA9, HSPE1, YME1L, LONP1, SPG7, HTRA2, OMA1, TIMM23, TIMM17A, TIMM17B, TIMM44, PAM16, TIMM22, TIMM9, TIMM10, PINK1, PARK2, ROTH1, PARL, FUNDC1, BNIP3, BNIP3L, TPCN2, LAMP2, MAP1LC3A and BECN1. Moreover, MT-ATP8, MFN2, EIF2AK4 and ULK1 were downregulated in heart failure from dilated, but not ischemic cardiomyopathy. VDAC1 and JUN were only genes that exhibited significantly different expression between ischemic and dilated cardiomyopathy. Expression of PPARGC1, OPA1, JUN, CEBPB, EIF2A, HSPD1, TIMM50 and TPCN1 was not significantly different between control and any form of heart failure. TOMM20 and COX proteins were downregulated in ICM and DCM.

Conclusions: Heart failure in patients with ischemic and dilated cardiomyopathy is associated with downregulation of large number of UPRmt, mitophagy, TIM and fusion-fission balance genes. This indicates multiple defects in MQC and represents one of potential mechanisms underlying mitochondrial dysfunction in patients with heart failure.

Keywords: MQC; TIM; UPRmt; heart; mitochondria; mitophagy.

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