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Hughey 2012 Cell Regen (Lond)

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Hughey CC, Alfaro MP, Belke DD, Rottman JN, Young PP, Wasserman DH, Shearer J (2012) Increased oxygen consumption and OXPHOS potential in superhealer mesenchymal stem cells. Cell Regen (Lond) 1:3.

Β» PMID: 25408866 Open Access

Hughey CC, Alfaro MP, Belke DD, Rottman JN, Young PP, Wasserman DH, Shearer J (2012) Cell Regen (Lond)

Abstract: Cell-based therapies show promise in repairing cardiac tissue and improving contractile performance following a myocardial infarction. Despite this, ischemia-induced death of transplanted cells remains a major hurdle to the efficacy of treatment. 'Superhealer' MRL/MpJ mesenchymal stem cells (MRL-MSCs) have been reported to exhibit increased engraftment resulting in reduced infarct size and enhanced contractile function. This study determines whether intrinsic differences in mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) assist in explaining the enhanced cellular survival and engraftment of MRL-MSCs.

Compared to wild type MSCs (WT-MSCs), mitochondria from intact MRL-MSCs exhibited an increase in ROUTINE respiration and maximal electron transport capacity by 2.0- and 3.5-fold, respectively. When ROUTINE oxygen utilization is expressed as a portion of maximal cellular oxygen flux, the MRL-MSCs have a greater spare respiratory capacity. Additionally, glutamate/malate succinate-supported oxygen consumption in permeabilized cells was elevated approximately 1.25- and 1.4-fold in the MRL-MSCs, respectively.

The results from intact and permeabilized MSCs indicate MRL-MSCs exhibit a greater reliance on and capacity for aerobic metabolism. The greater capacity for oxidative metabolism may provide a protective effect by increasing ATP synthesis per unit substrate and prevent glycolysis-mediated acidosis and subsequent cell death upon transplantation into the glucose-and oxygen-deprived environment of the infarcted heart. β€’ Keywords: Energetics, Mitochondria, Oxidative phosphorylation, Stem cells, Primary cardiac myocytes

β€’ O2k-Network Lab: CA Calgary Shearer J, US TN Nashville Wasserman DH


Labels: MiParea: Respiration, mt-Medicine  Pathology: Cardiovascular  Stress:Ischemia-reperfusion  Organism: Mouse, Rat  Tissue;cell: Heart, Stem cells  Preparation: Intact cells, Permeabilized cells 


Coupling state: LEAK, ROUTINE, OXPHOS, ET  Pathway: N, S, NS, ROX  HRR: Oxygraph-2k