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Published in: Basic Research in Cardiology 6/2018

Open Access 01-11-2018 | Original Contribution

Uncoupling protein 3 deficiency impairs myocardial fatty acid oxidation and contractile recovery following ischemia/reperfusion

Authors: Kristin S. Edwards, Sadia Ashraf, Tyler M. Lomax, Jessica M. Wiseman, Michael E. Hall, Fabio N. Gava, John E. Hall, Jonathan P. Hosler, Romain Harmancey

Published in: Basic Research in Cardiology | Issue 6/2018

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Abstract

Patients with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes have poor cardiac outcomes following myocardial infarction (MI). The mitochondrial uncoupling protein 3 (UCP3) is down-regulated in the heart with insulin resistance. We hypothesized that decreased UCP3 levels contribute to poor cardiac recovery following ischemia/reperfusion (I/R). After confirming that myocardial UCP3 levels were systematically decreased by 20–49% in animal models of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, we genetically engineered Sprague–Dawley rats with partial loss of UCP3 (ucp3+/−). Wild-type littermates (ucp3+/+) were used as controls. Isolated working hearts from ucp3+/− rats were characterized by impaired recovery of cardiac power and decreased long-chain fatty acid (LCFA) oxidation following I/R. Mitochondria isolated from ucp3+/− hearts subjected to I/R in vivo displayed increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and decreased respiratory complex I activity. Supplying ucp3+/− cardiac mitochondria with the medium-chain fatty acid (MCFA) octanoate slowed electron transport through the respiratory chain and reduced ROS generation. This was accompanied by improvement of cardiac LCFA oxidation and recovery of contractile function post ischemia. In conclusion, we demonstrated that normal cardiac UCP3 levels are essential to recovery of LCFA oxidation, mitochondrial respiratory capacity, and contractile function following I/R. These results reveal a potential mechanism for the poor prognosis of type 2 diabetic patients following MI and expose MCFA supplementation as a feasible metabolic intervention to improve recovery of these patients at reperfusion.
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Metadata
Title
Uncoupling protein 3 deficiency impairs myocardial fatty acid oxidation and contractile recovery following ischemia/reperfusion
Authors
Kristin S. Edwards
Sadia Ashraf
Tyler M. Lomax
Jessica M. Wiseman
Michael E. Hall
Fabio N. Gava
John E. Hall
Jonathan P. Hosler
Romain Harmancey
Publication date
01-11-2018
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Basic Research in Cardiology / Issue 6/2018
Print ISSN: 0300-8428
Electronic ISSN: 1435-1803
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00395-018-0707-9

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