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Division of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Submitted 21 September 2006 ; accepted in final form 5 March 2007
The ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP) channels in both sarcolemmal (sarcKATP) and mitochondrial inner membrane (mitoKATP) are the critical mediators in cellular protection of ischemic preconditioning (IPC). Whereas cardiac sarcKATP contains Kir6.2 and sulfonylurea receptor (SUR)2A, the molecular identity of mitoKATP remains elusive. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that protein kinase C (PKC) may promote import of Kir6.2-containing KATP into mitochondria. Fluorescence imaging of isolated mitochondria from both rat adult cardiomyocytes and COS-7 cells expressing recombinant Kir6.2/SUR2A showed that Kir6.2-containing KATP channels were localized in mitochondria and this mitochondrial localization was significantly increased by PKC activation with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA). Fluorescence resonance energy transfer microscopy further revealed that a significant number of Kir6.2-containing KATP channels were localized in mitochondrial inner membrane after PKC activation. These results were supported by Western blotting showing that the Kir6.2 protein level in mitochondria from COS-7 cells transfected with Kir6.2/SUR2A was enhanced after PMA treatment and this increase was inhibited by the selective PKC inhibitor chelerythrine. Furthermore, functional analysis indicated that the number of functional KATP channels in mitochondria was significantly increased by PMA, as shown by KATP-dependent decrease in mitochondrial membrane potential in COS-7 cells transfected with Kir6.2/SUR2A but not empty vector. Importantly, PKC-mediated increase in mitochondrial Kir6.2-containing KATP channels was blocked by a selective PKC
inhibitor peptide in both COS-7 cells and cardiomyocytes. We conclude that the KATP channel pore-forming subunit Kir6.2 is indeed localized in mitochondria and that the Kir6.2 content in mitochondria is increased by activation of PKC. PKC isoform-regulated mitochondrial import of KATP channels may have significant implication in cardioprotection of IPC.
ischemic preconditioning; mitochondria; Kir6.2
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