Cardiovascular Research Advance Access originally published online on August 9, 2008
Cardiovascular Research 2008 80(1):1-2; doi:10.1093/cvr/cvn214
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Adenine nucleotide translocator, a mitochondrial carrier protein, and fate of cardiomyocytes after ischaemia/reperfusion
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, S1 W16, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-8556, Japan
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This editorial refers to Phosphoproteome analysis of isoflurane-protected heart mitochondria: phosphorylation of adenine nucleotide translocator-1 on Tyr194 regulates mitochondrial function by Feng et al.,11 pp. 20–29, this issue.
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Mitochondria have multiple roles in the development of ischaemia/reperfusion injury. Consumption of ATP by mitochondrial ATPase during ischaemia and generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) from complex III during ischaemia/reperfusion are detrimental to cardiomyocytes, whereas uptake of cytosolic Ca2+ into mitochondria attenuates cytosolic Ca2+ overload and thus activation of Ca2+-activated proteases such as calpain. However, the most important event in the mitochondria of cardiomyocytes subjected to ischaemia/reperfusion is opening of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP).1 Although its molecular structure is still controversial, mPTP apparently consists of an adenine nucleotide translocator (ANT) in the inner membrane,
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Cardiovasc Res 2008 80: 20-29.
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