title: CaMKII induces permeability transition through Drp1 phosphorylation during chronic β-AR stimulation.
abstract: Mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) is involved in cardiac dysfunction during chronic β-adrenergic receptor (β-AR) stimulation. The mechanism by which chronic β-AR stimulation leads to mPTP openings is elusive. Here, we show that chronic administration of isoproterenol (ISO) persistently increases the frequency of mPTP openings followed by mitochondrial damage and cardiac dysfunction. Mechanistically, this effect is mediated by phosphorylation of mitochondrial fission protein, dynamin-related protein 1 (Drp1), by Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent kinase II (CaMKII) at a serine 616 (S616) site. Mutating this phosphorylation site or inhibiting Drp1 activity blocks CaMKII- or ISO-induced mPTP opening and myocyte death in vitro and rescues heart hypertrophy in vivo. In human failing hearts, Drp1 phosphorylation at S616 is increased. These results uncover a pathway downstream of chronic β-AR stimulation that links CaMKII, Drp1 and mPTP to bridge cytosolic stress signal with mitochondrial dysfunction in the heart.
authors.affiliation: Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA.|Department of Occupational Health, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China.
authors.forename: Shangcheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA.
authors.forename: Pei
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA.
authors.forename: Huiliang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA.
authors.forename: Guohua
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.affiliation: Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA.
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gutierrez Cortes
authors.affiliation: Nantong University School of Pharmacy, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, China.
authors.forename: Weizhong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia 30912, USA.
authors.forename: Yisang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.affiliation: Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA.
authors.forename: Rong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.affiliation: Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA.
authors.forename: Wang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D034281:Dynamins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D033681:Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000083162:Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D033681:Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins; D000083162:Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2; C519851:Dnm1l protein, rat; D034281:Dynamins; D007545:Isoproterenol