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Embryonic cardiomyocytes can orchestrate various cell protective mechanisms to survive mitochondrial stress.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology - 1 Aug 2016
Magarin Manuela, Pohl Toni, Lill Anette, Schulz Herbert, Blaschke Florian, Heuser Arnd, Thierfelder Ludwig, Donath Stefan, Drenckhahn Jörg-Detlef
Abstract excerpt
Whereas adult cardiomyocytes are highly susceptible to stress, cardiomyocytes in the prenatal heart appear to be rather resistant. To investigate how embryonic cardiomyocytes respond to metabolic stress in vivo, we utilized tissue mosaicism for mitochondrial dysfunction in 13.5dpc mouse hearts. The latter is based on inactivation of the X-linked gene encoding Holocytochrome c synthase (Hccs), which is essential...
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