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Fractal dynamics of individual mitochondrial oscillators measure local inter-mitochondrial coupling

Published inBiophysical journal, vol. 122, no. 8, p. 1459-1469
Publication date2023-04-18
First online date2023-03-10
Abstract

Mitochondrial inner membrane potentials in cardiomyocytes may oscillate in cycles of depolarization/repolarization when the mitochondrial network is exposed to metabolic or oxidative stress. The frequencies of such oscillations are dynamically changing while clusters of weakly coupled mitochondrial oscillators adjust to a common phase and frequency. Across the cardiac myocyte, the averaged signal of the mitochondrial population follows self-similar or fractal dynamics; however, fractal properties of individual mitochondrial oscillators have not yet been examined. We show that the largest synchronously oscillating cluster exhibits a fractal dimension, D, that is indicative of self-similar behavior with D=1.27±0.11, in contrast to the remaining network mitochondria whose fractal dimension is close to that of Brownian noise, D=1.58±0.10. We further demonstrate that fractal behavior is correlated with local coupling mechanisms, whereas it is only weakly linked to measures of functional connections between mitochondria. Our findings suggest that individual mitochondrial fractal dimensions may serve as a simple measure of local mitochondrial coupling.

Keywords
  • Fractals
  • Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial
  • Mitochondria
  • Mitochondrial Membranes
  • Oxidative Stress
Affiliation entities Not a UNIGE publication
Funding
  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences [8UL1TR000170-05]
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [KU 3555/1-1]
  • National Institutes of Health [1 R01 HL135335-01]
  • NHLBI NIH HHS [R01 HL161008]
  • NIBIB NIH HHS [R21 EB026164]
  • NCATS NIH HHS [UL1 TR000170]
Citation (ISO format)
KURZ, Félix Tobias et al. Fractal dynamics of individual mitochondrial oscillators measure local inter-mitochondrial coupling. In: Biophysical journal, 2023, vol. 122, n° 8, p. 1459–1469. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.03.011
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