Aging-induced mitochondrial dysfunction: two distinct populations of mitochondria versus a combined population.
Aging-induced mitochondrial dysfunction: two distinct populations of mitochondria versus a combined population.
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衰老引起的线粒体功能障碍:两种不同的线粒体群体与组合群体。
DOI:
10.1152/ajpheart.00363.2023
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2024
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Lesnefsky,EdwardJ
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Chen,Qun;Thompson,Jeremy;Hu,Ying;Lesnefsky,EdwardJ
Mitochondrial function in aged hearts is impaired, and studies of isolated mitochondria are commonly used to assess their function. The two populations of cardiac mitochondria, subsarcolemmal mitochondria (SSM) and interfibrillar mitochondria (IFM), are affected by aging. However, the yield of these mitochondria, particularly SSM, is limited in the mouse heart because of the smaller heart size. To address this issue, the authors developed a method to isolate a mixed population (MIX) of SSM and IFM mitochondria from a single mouse heart. The aim of the study was to compare the mitochondrial function between SSM, IFM, and the MIX population from young and aged mouse hearts. The MIX population had a higher yield of total protein and citrate synthase activity from both young and aged hearts compared with the individual yields of SSM or IFM. Oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) decreased in aged SSM and IFM compared with young SSM and IFM, as well as in the MIX population isolated from aged hearts compared with young hearts, when using complex I or IV substrates. Furthermore, aging barely affected the sensitivity to mitochondrial permeability transition pore (MPTP) opening in SSM, whereas the sensitivity was increased in IFM isolated from aged hearts and in the MIX population from aged hearts compared with the corresponding populations isolated from young hearts. These results suggest that mitochondrial dysfunction exists in aged hearts and the isolation of a MIX population of mitochondria from the mouse heart is a potential approach to studying mitochondrial function in the mouse heart.NEW & NOTEWORTHYWe developed two methods to isolate mitochondria from a single mouse heart. We compared mitochondrial function in young and aged mice using mitochondria isolated with different methods. Both methods can be successfully used to isolate cardiac mitochondria from single mouse hearts. Our results provide the flexibility to isolate mitochondria from a single mouse heart based on the purpose of the study.Listen to this article’s corresponding podcast at https://ajpheart.podbean.com/e/mitochondrial-isolation-in-aged-hearts/.