mortality/aging
• mice die within 14 days of birth from cardiomyopathy and heart failure
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cardiovascular system
• at P8, cardiac mitochondria display an immature pattern with reduced cross-sectional area and intermitochondrial contacts relative to wild-type mitochondria
• however, mitochondrial DNA content is normal
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• lipid droplet accumulation in neonatal cardiomyocytes, unlike in wild-type hearts
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• increased heart weight to tibia length ratio relative to wild-type controls
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• progressive decrease in ejection fraction from P6 to P11
• M-mode echocardiograms revealed a decline in fractional shortening at P11
• however, no increase of apoptosis in P7 ventricles, as shown by TUNEL assays
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• pinacidil (a KATP channel opener) fails to produce a robust current increase in neonatal cardiomyocytes, unlike in wild-type controls
• mitochondria from neonatal cardiomyocytes are unresponsive to the KATP agonist diazoxide, consistent with with reduced or absent mitochondrial KATP activity
• rapid loss of mitochondrial membrane potential in isolated neonatal cardiomyocytes after exposure to hydrogen peroxide, indicating reduced resistance to cell stress relative to wild-type cardiomyocytes
• mitochondria show a reduced oxygen consumption rate, lack pinacidil responsiveness, and fail to increase oxygen consumption after FCCP treatment, unlike wild-type mitochondria
• failure to fuse and form larger mitochondria in neonatal cardiomyocytes from P2 to P8
• reduced fatty acid oxidation in neonatal cardiomyocytes after palmitate application
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• neonatal cardiomyopathy due to failure of the newborn myocardium to transition normally from fetal to mature (oxidative) metabolism
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homeostasis/metabolism
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• nonfasting serum glucose levels are normal at P5-P7
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• reduced fatty acid oxidation in neonatal cardiomyocytes after palmitate application
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• cardiac mitochondria show a reduced oxygen consumption rate, lack pinacidil responsiveness, and fail to increase oxygen consumption after treatment with FCCP (a mitochondrial uncoupling agent), unlike wild-type mitochondria
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• neonatal cardiomyocytes appear to be in a hypoxic state due to their inability to transition to fatty acid oxidation
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cellular
• at P8, cardiac mitochondria display an immature pattern with reduced cross-sectional area and intermitochondrial contacts relative to wild-type mitochondria
• however, mitochondrial DNA content is normal
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• failure to fuse and form larger mitochondria in neonatal cardiomyocytes from P2 to P8
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• neonatal cardiomyocytes are more susceptible to cell death in response to H2O2-induced stress relative to wild-type controls
• opening of KATP channels with pinacidil is less cardioprotective than in wild-type cardiomyocytes
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• mitochondria from neonatal cardiomyocytes are unresponsive to the KATP agonist diazoxide, consistent with with reduced or absent mitochondrial KATP activity
• rapid loss of mitochondrial membrane potential in isolated neonatal cardiomyocytes following cell stress induced by exposure to hydrogen peroxide, unlike in wild-type cardiomyocytes
• mitochondria show a reduced oxygen consumption rate, lack pinacidil responsiveness, and fail to increase oxygen consumption after treatment with FCCP (a mitochondrial uncoupling agent), unlike wild-type mitochondria
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• reduced fatty acid oxidation in neonatal cardiomyocytes after palmitate application
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• increased reactive oxygen species in isolated neonatal cardiomyocytes, as shown by increased dihydroethidium staining relative to wild-type controls
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muscle
• at P8, cardiac mitochondria display an immature pattern with reduced cross-sectional area and intermitochondrial contacts relative to wild-type mitochondria
• however, mitochondrial DNA content is normal
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• progressive decrease in ejection fraction from P6 to P11
• M-mode echocardiograms revealed a decline in fractional shortening at P11
• however, no increase of apoptosis in P7 ventricles, as shown by TUNEL assays
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• neonatal cardiomyopathy due to failure of the newborn myocardium to transition normally from fetal to mature (oxidative) metabolism
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growth/size/body
• increased heart weight to tibia length ratio relative to wild-type controls
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