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Respiring mitochondria undergo an intermittent electrical and chemical excitation called mitochondrial flash (mitoflash), which transiently uncouples mitochondrial respiration from ATP production. How a mitoflash is generated and what specific role it plays in bioenergetics remain incompletely understood. Here, we investigate mitoflash biogenesis in isolated cardiac mitochondria by varying the respiratory states and substrate supply and by dissecting the involvement of different electron transfer chain (ETC) complexes. We find that robust mitoflash activity occurs once mitochondria are electrochemically charged by state II/IV respiration (i.e., no ATP synthesis at Complex V), regardless of the substrate entry site (Complex I, Complex II, or Complex IV). Inhibiting forward electron transfer abolishes, while blocking reverse electron transfer generally augments, mitoflash production. Switching from state II/IV to state III respiration, to allow for ATP synthesis at Complex V, markedly diminishes mitoflash activity. Intriguingly, when mitochondria are electrochemically charged by the ATPase activity of Complex V, mitoflashes are generated independently of ETC activity. These findings suggest that mitoflash biogenesis is mechanistically linked to the build up of mitochondrial electrochemical potential rather than ETC activity alone, and may functionally counteract overcharging of the mitochondria and hence serve as an autoregulator of mitochondrial proton electrochemical potential.

Mitoflash biogenesis and its role in the autoregulation of mitochondrial proton electrochemical potential