Multiscale spatiotemporal modeling of cardiac mitochondria

描述（申请人提供）：线粒体是一种数量丰富且至关重要的亚细胞细胞器，其组织和超微结构复杂但尚未解释。这个多pi多尺度建模方案试图使用数学建模和生物学实验相结合的方法来验证心脏线粒体的纳米级超微结构是线粒体功能最终成功的原因这一整体假设。大鼠心室肌细胞线粒体将用于计划的建模和生物学实验。我们的初步实验和公布的数据表明，计划的工作是可行的，三个pi可以在这个雄心勃勃和具有挑战性的提议中取得成功。新鲜分离的大鼠心室肌细胞和短期（1-3天）培养的大鼠心室肌细胞将在Lederer实验室制备，由Mannella团队用电子显微镜（EM）断层扫描成像，并通过三个pi进行定量和交互分析。Lederer团队将使用共聚焦和超分辨率随机光学重建显微镜（STORM）检查活细胞。从EM断层扫描和活细胞成像中获得的定量空间和功能数据将用于Jafri实验室中心的线粒体的多尺度3D建模。生物实验和数学建模的计划迭代方法将使这项研究能够首次定义线粒体功能的结构基础。最后，提出的研究试图包括控制条件下的线粒体建模，当线粒体通过简单的干预受到压力时，以及当线粒体因压力过载心力衰竭而改变时。因此，这项工作不仅将提供有关线粒体功能的基本新信息，而且将为线粒体相关疾病的新疗法奠定基础。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Mitochondria are abundant and critically important subcellular organelles whose organization and ultrastructure are complex but unexplained. This multi-PI multiscale modeling proposal seeks to use a combination of mathematical modeling and biological experiments to test the overall hypothesis that the nanoscopic ultrastructure of cardiac mitochondria accounts for the ultimate success of mitochondrial function. Mitochondria in rat cardiac ventricular myocytes will be used in the planned modeling and biological experiments. Our preliminary experiments and published data indicate that the planned work is feasible and that the three PIs can succeed in this ambitious and challenging proposal. Freshly isolated rat cardiac ventricular myocytes and those in short-term (1-3 days) culture will be prepared in the Lederer lab and imaged with electron microscope (EM) tomography by the Mannella team and analyzed quantitatively and interactively by the three PIs. Living cells will be examined by the Lederer team using confocal and super-resolution Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy (STORM). The quantitative spatial and functional data obtained from EM tomography and live cell imaging will be used to inform and constrain the multi-scale 3D modeling of mitochondria centered in the Jafri lab. The planned iterative approach to biological experiments and mathematical modeling will enable this investigation to define the structural basis for mitochondrial function for the first time. Finally, the proposed investigation seeks to include modeling of mitochondria under control conditions, when mitochondria are stressed by simple interventions and when mitochondria are altered by pressure-overload heart failure. This work therefore will not only provide fundamental new information on how mitochondria function but will also lay the foundation for novel therapies in mitochondrially involved diseases.