title: ATP-sensitive K+ channel openers prevent Ca2+ overload in rat cardiac mitochondria.
abstract: 1. Mitochondrial dysfunction, secondary to excessive accumulation of Ca2+, has been implicated in cardiac injury. We here examined the action of potassium channel openers on mitochondrial Ca2+ homeostasis, as these cardioprotective ion channel modulators have recently been shown to target a mitochondrial ATP-sensitive K+ channel. 2. In isolated cardiac mitochondria, diazoxide and pinacidil decreased the rate and magnitude of Ca2+ uptake into the mitochondrial matrix with an IC50 of 65 and 128 microM, respectively. At all stages of Ca2+ uptake, the potassium channel openers depolarized the mitochondrial membrane thereby reducing Ca2+ influx through the potential-dependent mitochondrial uniporter. 3. Diazoxide and pinacidil, in a concentration-dependent manner, also activated release of Ca2+ from mitochondria. This was prevented by cyclosporin A, an inhibitor of Ca2+ release through the mitochondrial permeability transition pore. 4. Replacement of extramitochondrial K+ with mannitol abolished the effects of diazoxide and pinacidil on mitochondrial Ca2+, while the K+ ionophore valinomycin mimicked the effects of the potassium channel openers. 5. ATP and ADP, which block K+ flux through mitochondrial ATP-sensitive K+ channels, inhibited the effects of potassium channel openers, without preventing the action of valinomycin. 6. In intact cardiomyocytes, diazoxide also induced mitochondrial depolarization and decreased mitochondrial Ca2+ content. These effects were inhibited by the mitochondrial ATP-sensitive K+ channel blocker 5-hydroxydecanoic acid. 7. Thus, potassium channel openers prevent mitochondrial Ca2+ overload by reducing the driving force for Ca2+ uptake and by activating cyclosporin-sensitive Ca2+ release. In this regard, modulators of an ATP-sensitive mitochondrial K+ conductance may contribute to the maintenance of mitochondrial Ca2+ homeostasis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Holmuhamedov
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Terzic
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D003981:Diazoxide / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007476:Ionophores / Q000494:pharmacology; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000819:agonists* / Q000378:metabolism; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D008929:Mitochondria, Heart / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects; D010539:Permeability; D020110:Pinacidil / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D015221:Potassium Channels; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014634:Valinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007476:Ionophores; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D015221:Potassium Channels; C117780:mitochondrial K(ATP) channel; D014634:Valinomycin; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D020110:Pinacidil; D016572:Cyclosporine; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D003981:Diazoxide; D002118:Calcium