Nature Communications (Oct 2019)

TFPa/HADHA is required for fatty acid beta-oxidation and cardiolipin re-modeling in human cardiomyocytes

  • Jason W. Miklas,
  • Elisa Clark,
  • Shiri Levy,
  • Damien Detraux,
  • Andrea Leonard,
  • Kevin Beussman,
  • Megan R. Showalter,
  • Alec T. Smith,
  • Peter Hofsteen,
  • Xiulan Yang,
  • Jesse Macadangdang,
  • Tuula Manninen,
  • Daniel Raftery,
  • Anup Madan,
  • Anu Suomalainen,
  • Deok-Ho Kim,
  • Charles E. Murry,
  • Oliver Fiehn,
  • Nathan J. Sniadecki,
  • Yuliang Wang,
  • Hannele Ruohola-Baker

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12482-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 21

Abstract

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Mutations in the gene HADHA result in mitochondrial tri-functional protein (MTP) deficiency and can result in sudden infant death syndrome for which there is no treatment. Here the authors show that the MTP deficient pathology in human cardiomyocytes leads to an abnormal cardiolipin pattern and suggests that cardiolipin affecting compounds may serve as a potential therapy.