| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| AC | Adenylyl cyclases |
| AKAP | A-kinase anchoring protein |
| AKT | RAC-alpha serine/threonine-protein kinase |
| AMPK | Adenosine-monophosphate-activated protein kinase |
| Bcl-2 | B-cell lymphoma-2 |
| BNIP3 | BCL2/adenovirus E1B 19 kDa protein-interacting protein 3 |
| CaMK | Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase |
| CaMKIIδ | Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II subunit delta |
| cAMP | Cyclic adenosine monophosphate |
| CICR | Calcium induced calcium release |
| COXIV | Cytochrome c oxidase subunit IV |
| DAG | Diacylglycerol |
| DRP1 | Dynamin related protein 1 |
| ER/SR | Endo/Sarcoplasmic reticulum |
| ETC | Electron transport chain |
| FA | Fatty acid |
| FADH2 | Flavin adenine dinucleotide |
| FOXO3a | Forkhead box protein O3a |
| Hsp70 | Heat shock 70 kDa protein 1A |
| IMM | Inner mitochondrial membrane |
| IMS | Inter-membrane space |
| JNK | Jun-N-terminal kinase |
| LETM1 | Leucine zipper EF-hand containing transmembrane protein 1 |
| LTCC | L-type calcium channels |
| MAM | Mitochondria associated membranes |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| MCU | Mitochondrial calcium uniporter |
| MFN2 | Mitofusin 2 |
| MOMP | Mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization |
| mt | Mitochondrial |
| NADH | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide |
| NCLX | Sodium/calcium/lithium exchanger |
| NDUFA9 | NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 9 |
| NDUFS4 | NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase subunit S4 |
| NDUFV2 | NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] flavoprotein 2 |
| NFAT | Nuclear factor of activated T-cells |
| OMM | Outer mitochondrial membrane |
| OPA1 | Optic atrophy 1 |
| OXPHOS | Oxidative Phosphorylation |
| PDE | Phosphodiesterase |
| PGC-1α | Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha |
| PINK1 | PTEN-induced putative kinase 1 |
| PKA | Protein kinase A |
| PKCε | Protein kinase C epsilon |
| PLN | Phospholamban |
| PP1 | Protein phosphatase 1 |
| PP2A | Calcineurin |
| PPARα | Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha |
| PTM | Post-translational modification |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| RYR1 | Ryanodine receptor isoform 1 |
| RYR2 | Ryanodine receptors isoform 2 |
| Sab | Mitochondrial JNK binding protein |
| SERCA2a | Sarco/Endoplasmic reticulum ATPase |
| SHF | Systolic heart failure |
| SIRT3 | NAD-dependent protein deacetylase sirtuin-3 |
| SIRT5 | NAD-dependent protein deacylase sirtuin-5 |
| TCA | Tricarboxylic acid |
| TNNI3 | Troponin I, cardiac muscle |
| UCP3 | Uncoupling protein 3 |
| ULK1 | Serine/threonine-protein kinase ULK1 |
| VDAC1 | Voltage dependent anion channel isoform 1 |