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Mitochondrial-Shaping Proteins in Cardiac Health and Disease - the Long and the Short of It!

Ong, SB; Kalkhoran, SB; Hernández-Reséndiz, S; Samangouei, P; Ong, SG; Hausenloy, DJ; (2017) Mitochondrial-Shaping Proteins in Cardiac Health and Disease - the Long and the Short of It! Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy , 31 (1) pp. 87-107. 10.1007/s10557-016-6710-1. Green open access

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Abstract

Mitochondrial health is critically dependent on the ability of mitochondria to undergo changes in mitochondrial morphology, a process which is regulated by mitochondrial shaping proteins. Mitochondria undergo fission to generate fragmented discrete organelles, a process which is mediated by the mitochondrial fission proteins (Drp1, hFIS1, Mff and MiD49/51), and is required for cell division, and to remove damaged mitochondria by mitophagy. Mitochondria undergo fusion to form elongated interconnected networks, a process which is orchestrated by the mitochondrial fusion proteins (Mfn1, Mfn2 and OPA1), and which enables the replenishment of damaged mitochondrial DNA. In the adult heart, mitochondria are relatively static, are constrained in their movement, and are characteristically arranged into 3 distinct subpopulations based on their locality and function (subsarcolemmal, myofibrillar, and perinuclear). Although the mitochondria are arranged differently, emerging data supports a role for the mitochondrial shaping proteins in cardiac health and disease. Interestingly, in the adult heart, it appears that the pleiotropic effects of the mitochondrial fusion proteins, Mfn2 (endoplasmic reticulum-tethering, mitophagy) and OPA1 (cristae remodeling, regulation of apoptosis, and energy production) may play more important roles than their pro-fusion effects. In this review article, we provide an overview of the mitochondrial fusion and fission proteins in the adult heart, and highlight their roles as novel therapeutic targets for treating cardiac disease.

Type: Article
Title: Mitochondrial-Shaping Proteins in Cardiac Health and Disease - the Long and the Short of It!
Location: United States
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1007/s10557-016-6710-1
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10557-016-6710-1
Language: English
Additional information: © The Author(s) 2017. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
Keywords: Drp1, Ischemia/reperfusion injury, Mfn1, Mfn2, Mitochondrial fission, Mitochondrial fusion, Mitochondrial morphology, OPA1
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Cardiovascular Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Cardiovascular Science > Pre-clinical and Fundamental Science
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1542522
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