Physical coupling supports the local Ca2+ transfer between sarcoplasmic reticulum subdomains and the mitochondria in heart muscle.
In many cell types, transfer of Ca(2+) released via ryanodine receptors (RyR) to the mitochondrial matrix is locally supported by high [Ca(2+)] microdomains at close contacts between the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) and mitochondria. Here we studied whether the close contacts were secured via direct physical coupling in cardiac muscle using isolated rat heart mitochondria (RHMs). "Immuno-organelle chemistry" revealed RyR2 and calsequestrin-positive SR particles associated with mitochondria in both crude and Percoll-purified "heavy" mitochondrial fractions (cRHM and pRHM), to a smaller extent in the latter one. Mitochondria-associated vesicles were also visualized by electron microscopy in the RHMs. Western blot analysis detected greatly reduced presence of SR markers (calsequestrin, SERCA2a, and phospholamban) in pRHM, suggesting that the mitochondria-associated particles represented a small subfraction of the SR. Fluorescence calcium imaging in rhod2-loaded cRHM revealed mitochondrial matrix [Ca(2+)] ([Ca(2+)](m)) responses to caffeine-induced Ca(2+) release that were prevented when thapsigargin was added to predeplete the SR or by mitochondrial Ca(2+) uptake inhibitors. Importantly, caffeine failed to increase [Ca(2+)] in the large volume of the incubation medium, suggesting that local Ca(2+) transfer between the SR particles and mitochondria mediated the [Ca(2+)](m) signal. Despite the substantially reduced SR presence, pRHM still displayed a caffeine-induced [Ca(2+)](m) rise comparable with the one recorded in cRHM. Thus, a relatively small fraction of the total SR is physically coupled and transfers Ca(2+) locally to the mitochondria in cardiac muscle. The transferred Ca(2+) stimulates dehydrogenase activity and affects mitochondrial membrane permeabilization, indicating the broad significance of the physical coupling in mitochondrial function.
García-Pérez
Cecilia
C
Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA.
Hajnóczky
György
G
Csordás
György
G
D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel / Q000378:metabolism; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism*; D019284:Thapsigargin / Q000737:chemistry
D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel; D019284:Thapsigargin; D002118:Calcium
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