Endogenous nitric oxide formation in cardiac myocytes does not control respiration during β‐adrenergic stimulation

Endothelial nitric oxide (NO) controls cardiac oxygen (O2) consumption in a paracrine way by slowing respiration at the mitochondrial electron transport chain. While NO synthases (NOSs) are also expressed in cardiac myocytes, it is unclear whether they control respiration in an intracrine way. Furth...

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Main Authors: Kohlhaas, M, Nickel, A, Bergem, S, Casadei, B, Laufs, U, Maack, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017
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author Kohlhaas, M
Nickel, A
Bergem, S
Casadei, B
Laufs, U
Maack, C
author_facet Kohlhaas, M
Nickel, A
Bergem, S
Casadei, B
Laufs, U
Maack, C
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description Endothelial nitric oxide (NO) controls cardiac oxygen (O2) consumption in a paracrine way by slowing respiration at the mitochondrial electron transport chain. While NO synthases (NOSs) are also expressed in cardiac myocytes, it is unclear whether they control respiration in an intracrine way. Furthermore, the existence of a mitochondrial NOS is controversial. Here, by combining fluorescence imaging with electrical field stimulation, the patch‐clamp method and knock‐out technology, we determined the sources and consequences of intracellular NO formation during workload transitions in isolated murine and guinea pig cardiac myocytes and mitochondria. Using 4‐amino‐5‐methylamino‐2′,7′‐difluorofluorescein diacetate (DAF) as a fluorescent NO‐sensor that locates to the cytosol and mitochondria, we observed that NO increased by ∼12% within 3 min of β‐adrenergic stimulation in beating cardiac myocytes. This NO stems from neuronal NOS (nNOS), but not endothelial (eNOS). After patch clamp‐mediated dialysis of cytosolic DAF, the remaining NO signals (mostly mitochondrial) were blocked by nNOS deletion, but not by inhibiting the mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter with Ru360. While in isolated mitochondria exogenous NO inhibited respiration and reduced the NAD(P)H redox state, pyridine nucleotide redox states were unaffected by pharmacological or genetic disruption of endogenous nNOS or eNOS during workload transitions in cardiac myoctyes. We conclude that under physiological conditions, nNOS is the most relevant source for NO in cardiac myocytes, but this nNOS is not located in mitochondria and does not control respiration. Therefore, cardiac O2 consumption is controlled by endothelial NO in a paracrine, but not intracrine, fashion.
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spelling oxford-uuid:241b5e10-d40f-4bcc-aa40-81578c0755c42022-03-26T11:48:03ZEndogenous nitric oxide formation in cardiac myocytes does not control respiration during β‐adrenergic stimulationJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:241b5e10-d40f-4bcc-aa40-81578c0755c4EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordWiley2017Kohlhaas, MNickel, ABergem, SCasadei, BLaufs, UMaack, CEndothelial nitric oxide (NO) controls cardiac oxygen (O2) consumption in a paracrine way by slowing respiration at the mitochondrial electron transport chain. While NO synthases (NOSs) are also expressed in cardiac myocytes, it is unclear whether they control respiration in an intracrine way. Furthermore, the existence of a mitochondrial NOS is controversial. Here, by combining fluorescence imaging with electrical field stimulation, the patch‐clamp method and knock‐out technology, we determined the sources and consequences of intracellular NO formation during workload transitions in isolated murine and guinea pig cardiac myocytes and mitochondria. Using 4‐amino‐5‐methylamino‐2′,7′‐difluorofluorescein diacetate (DAF) as a fluorescent NO‐sensor that locates to the cytosol and mitochondria, we observed that NO increased by ∼12% within 3 min of β‐adrenergic stimulation in beating cardiac myocytes. This NO stems from neuronal NOS (nNOS), but not endothelial (eNOS). After patch clamp‐mediated dialysis of cytosolic DAF, the remaining NO signals (mostly mitochondrial) were blocked by nNOS deletion, but not by inhibiting the mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter with Ru360. While in isolated mitochondria exogenous NO inhibited respiration and reduced the NAD(P)H redox state, pyridine nucleotide redox states were unaffected by pharmacological or genetic disruption of endogenous nNOS or eNOS during workload transitions in cardiac myoctyes. We conclude that under physiological conditions, nNOS is the most relevant source for NO in cardiac myocytes, but this nNOS is not located in mitochondria and does not control respiration. Therefore, cardiac O2 consumption is controlled by endothelial NO in a paracrine, but not intracrine, fashion.
spellingShingle Kohlhaas, M
Nickel, A
Bergem, S
Casadei, B
Laufs, U
Maack, C
Endogenous nitric oxide formation in cardiac myocytes does not control respiration during β‐adrenergic stimulation
title Endogenous nitric oxide formation in cardiac myocytes does not control respiration during β‐adrenergic stimulation
title_full Endogenous nitric oxide formation in cardiac myocytes does not control respiration during β‐adrenergic stimulation
title_fullStr Endogenous nitric oxide formation in cardiac myocytes does not control respiration during β‐adrenergic stimulation
title_full_unstemmed Endogenous nitric oxide formation in cardiac myocytes does not control respiration during β‐adrenergic stimulation
title_short Endogenous nitric oxide formation in cardiac myocytes does not control respiration during β‐adrenergic stimulation
title_sort endogenous nitric oxide formation in cardiac myocytes does not control respiration during β adrenergic stimulation
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