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Wüst, Rob C. I.; Coolen, Bram F.; Held, Ntsiki M.; Daal, Mariah R. R.; Alizadeh Tazehkandi, Vida; Baks-te Bulte, Luciënne; Wiersma, Marit; Kuster, Diederik W. D.; Brundel, Bianca J. J. M.; van Weeghel, Michel; Strijkers, Gustav J.; Houtkooper, Riekelt H.

The Antibiotic Doxycycline Impairs Cardiac Mitochondrial and Contractile Function

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  • Media type: E-Article
  • Title: The Antibiotic Doxycycline Impairs Cardiac Mitochondrial and Contractile Function
  • Contributor: Wüst, Rob C. I.; Coolen, Bram F.; Held, Ntsiki M.; Daal, Mariah R. R.; Alizadeh Tazehkandi, Vida; Baks-te Bulte, Luciënne; Wiersma, Marit; Kuster, Diederik W. D.; Brundel, Bianca J. J. M.; van Weeghel, Michel; Strijkers, Gustav J.; Houtkooper, Riekelt H.
  • Published: MDPI AG, 2021
  • Published in: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22 (2021) 8, Seite 4100
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.3390/ijms22084100
  • ISSN: 1422-0067
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  • Description: Tetracycline antibiotics act by inhibiting bacterial protein translation. Given the bacterial ancestry of mitochondria, we tested the hypothesis that doxycycline—which belongs to the tetracycline class—reduces mitochondrial function, and results in cardiac contractile dysfunction in cultured H9C2 cardiomyoblasts, adult rat cardiomyocytes, in Drosophila and in mice. Ampicillin and carbenicillin were used as control antibiotics since these do not interfere with mitochondrial translation. In line with its specific inhibitory effect on mitochondrial translation, doxycycline caused a mitonuclear protein imbalance in doxycycline-treated H9C2 cells, reduced maximal mitochondrial respiration, particularly with complex I substrates, and mitochondria appeared fragmented. Flux measurements using stable isotope tracers showed a shift away from OXPHOS towards glycolysis after doxycycline exposure. Cardiac contractility measurements in adult cardiomyocytes and Drosophila melanogaster hearts showed an increased diastolic calcium concentration, and a higher arrhythmicity index. Systolic and diastolic dysfunction were observed after exposure to doxycycline. Mice treated with doxycycline showed mitochondrial complex I dysfunction, reduced OXPHOS capacity and impaired diastolic function. Doxycycline exacerbated diastolic dysfunction and reduced ejection fraction in a diabetes mouse model vulnerable for metabolic derangements. We therefore conclude that doxycycline impairs mitochondrial function and causes cardiac dysfunction.
  • Access State: Open Access