Multinucleated polyploid cardiomyocytes undergo an enhanced adaptability to hypoxia via mitophagy.

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There is a large subpopulation of multinucleated polyploid cardiomyocytes (M*Pc CMs) in the adult mammalian heart. However, the pathophysiological significance of increased M*Pc CMs in heart disease is poorly understood. We sought to determine the pathophysiological significance of increased M*Pc CMs during hypoxia adaptation.A model of hypoxia-induced cardiomyocyte (CM) multinucleation and polyploidization was established and found to be associated with less apoptosis and less reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. Compared to mononucleated diploid CMs (1*2c CMs), tetraploid CMs (4c CMs) exhibited better mitochondria quality control via increased mitochondrial autophagy (mitophagy). RNA-seq revealed Prkaa2, the gene for AMPKα2, was the most obviously up-regulated autophagy-related gene. Knockdown of AMPKα2 increased apoptosis and ROS production and suppressed mitophagy in 4c CMs compared to 1*2c CMs. Rapamycin, an autophagy activator, alleviated the adverse effect of AMPKα2 knockdown. Furthermore, silencing PINK1 also increased apoptosis and ROS in 4c CMs and weakened the adaptive superiority of 4c CMs. Finally, AMPKα2 mutant mice exhibited exacerbation of apoptosis and ROS production via decreases in AMPKα2-mediated mitophagy in 4c CMs compared to 1*2c CMs during hypoxia.Compared to 1*2c CMs, hypoxia-induced 4c CMs exhibited enhanced mitochondria quality control and less apoptosis via AMPKα2-mediated mitophagy. These results suggest that multinucleation and polyploidization allow CM to better adapt to stress via enhanced mitophagy. In addition, activation of AMPKα2 may be a promising target for myocardial hypoxia-related diseases.
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Authors Jiang, Yun-Han;Wang, Hai-Long;Peng, Jin;Zhu, Yu;Zhang, Hua-Gang;Tang, Fu-Qin;Jian, Zhao;Xiao, Ying-Bin;
Journal journal of molecular and cellular cardiology
Year 2019
DOI
S0022-2828(19)30382-7
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Keywords
Hypoxia reactive oxygen species mitochondria mtor ampkα2 mitochondria quality control mitophagy mononucleated diploid cardiomyocytes multinucleated polyploid cardiomyocytes tetraploid cardiomyocytes

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