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Cardioprotection by S-nitrosation of a cysteine switch on mitochondrial complex I

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Oxidative damage from elevated production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) contributes to ischemia-reperfusion injury in myocardial infarction and stroke. The mechanism by which the increase in ROS occurs is not known, and it is unclear how this increase can be prevented. A wide variety of nitric oxide donors and S-nitrosating agents protect the ischemic myocardium from infarction, but the responsible mechanisms are unclear. Here we used a mitochondria-selective S-nitrosating agent, MitoSNO, to determine how mitochondrial S-nitrosation at the reperfusion phase of myocardial infarction is cardioprotective in vivo in mice. We found that protection is due to the S-nitrosation of mitochondrial complex I, which is the entry point for electrons from NADH into the respiratory chain. Reversible S-nitrosation of complex I slows the reactivation of mitochondria during the crucial first minutes of the reperfusion of ischemic tissue, thereby decreasing ROS production, oxidative damage and tissue necrosis. Inhibition of complex I is afforded by the selective S-nitrosation of Cys39 on the ND3 subunit, which becomes susceptible to modification only after ischemia. Our results identify rapid complex I reactivation as a central pathological feature of ischemia-reperfusion injury and show that preventing this reactivation by modification of a cysteine switch is a robust cardioprotective mechanism and hence a rational therapeutic strategy.

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    Before this study, the existence and physiological importance of S-nitrosation of complex I in vivo had not been demonstrated.

    “However, to our knowledge, the existence and physiological importance of S-nitrosation of complex I in vivo has not previously been demonstrated.”
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    The conservation of ND3 Cys39 across metazoans implies that this residue has a physiological role.

    “Cys39 in ND3 is conserved throughout metazoans, consistent with a physiological role for this residue.”
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    The prokaryotic complex I structures used for modeling are sufficiently homologous to mammalian complex I to locate ND3 Cys39 accurately.

    “We modeled the location of ND3 Cys39 using structures of prokaryotic complex I (refs. 32–34). This modeling led to an orthologous mammalian core structure containing ND3 Cys39”
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Authors
Chouchani, E. T., Methner, C., Nadtochiy, S. M., Logan, A., Pell, V. R., Ding, S., James, A. M., Cochemé, H. M., Reinhold, J., Lilley, K. S., Partridge, L., Fearnley, I. M., Robinson, A. J., Hartley, R. C., Smith, R. A. J., Krieg, T., Brookes, P. S., & Murphy, M. P.
Affiliations
  • MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit (GB)
  • Max Planck Society (DE)
Corresponding author
Murphy, Michael P
Venue
Nature Medicine
Published
2013-05-26
Volume
19
Issue
6
Pages
753-759
ISSN
  • 1078-8956 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-170X
OpenAlex
W1994270731
Cited by
619
References
46
Citations by year
2026: 19 · 2025: 38 · 2024: 39 · 2023: 31 · 2022: 42 · 2021: 51 · 2020: 59 · 2019: 37 · 2018: 60 · 2017: 50 · 2016: 60 · 2015: 54 · 2014: 58 · 2013: 20
FWCI
47.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam) (submittedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
  • Spiral (Imperial College London) (submittedVersion)
  • UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Wellcome Trust (098565)
  • British Heart Foundation (PG/12/42/29655)
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research
  • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/I012923/1, BB/I012826/1, BB/I012923)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL071158)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects
Keywords
S-nitrosylation, mitochondrial complex I, nitric oxide donors, myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury, cardioprotection, reactive oxygen species, oxidative damage, mitochondrial respiratory chain, myocardial infarction, stroke
MeSH terms
Animals, Cysteine, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mitochondria, Heart, Myocardial Reperfusion Injury, Nitrosation, Reactive Oxygen Species, Protein Subunits, Mitochondrial Proteins, Electron Transport Complex I, Mice, Rats

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