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Cai L, Tan Y, Watson S, Wintergerst K. Diabetic cardiomyopathy - Zinc preventive and therapeutic potentials by its anti-oxidative stress and sensitizing insulin signaling pathways. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2023; 477:116694. [PMID: 37739320 PMCID: PMC10616760 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2023.116694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/24/2023]
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Oxidative stress and insulin resistance are two key mechanisms for the development of diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM, cardiac remodeling and dysfunction). In this review, we discussed how zinc and metallothionein (MT) protect the heart from type 1 or type 2 diabetes (T1D or T2D) through its anti-oxidative function and insulin-mediated PI3K/Akt signaling activation. Both T1D and T2D-induced DCM, shown by cardiac structural remodeling and dysfunction, in wild-type mice, but not in cardiomyocyte-specific overexpressing MT mice. In contrast, mice with global MT gene deletion were more susceptible to the development of DCM. When we used zinc to treat mice with either T1D or T2D, cardiac remodeling and dysfunction were significantly prevented along with increased cardiac MT expression. To support the role of zinc homeostasis in insulin signaling pathways, treatment of diabetic mice with zinc showed the preservation of phosphorylation levels of insulin-mediated glucose metabolism-related Akt2 and GSK-3β and even rescued cardiac pathogenesis induced by global deletion of Akt2 gene in a MT-dependent manner. These results suggest the protection by zinc from DCM is through both the induction of MT and sensitization of insulin signaling. Combined our own and other works, this review comprehensively summarized the roles of zinc homeostasis in the development and progression of DCM and its therapeutic implications. At the end, we provided pre-clinical and clinical evidence for the preventive and therapeutic potential of zinc supplementation through its anti-oxidative stress and sensitizing insulin signaling actions. Understanding the intricate connections between zinc and DCM provides insights for the future interventional approaches.
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- Lu Cai
- Pediatric Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, United States of America; Wendy Novak Diabetes Institute, Norton Healthcare, Louisville, KY, United States of America; Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, United States of America; Radiation Oncology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, United States of America.
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- Pediatric Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, United States of America; Wendy Novak Diabetes Institute, Norton Healthcare, Louisville, KY, United States of America; Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, United States of America.
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- Pediatric Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, United States of America; Wendy Novak Diabetes Institute, Norton Healthcare, Louisville, KY, United States of America; Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Norton Children's Hospital, Louisville, KY, United States of America
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- Pediatric Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, United States of America; Wendy Novak Diabetes Institute, Norton Healthcare, Louisville, KY, United States of America; Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Norton Children's Hospital, Louisville, KY, United States of America
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Amin S, Sheikh KA, Iqubal A, Ahmed Khan M, Shaquiquzzaman M, Tasneem S, Khanna S, Najmi AK, Akhter M, Haque A, Anwer T, Mumtaz Alam M. Synthesis, in-Silico studies and biological evaluation of pyrimidine based thiazolidinedione derivatives as potential anti-diabetic agent. Bioorg Chem 2023; 134:106449. [PMID: 36889200 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2023.106449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/26/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
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Despite the advancements in the management of Diabetes mellitus, the design and synthesis of drug molecule which ameliorates the hyperglycemia and associated secondary complications in diabetic patients, still remains a challenge. Herein, we report the synthesis, characterization and anti-diabetic evaluation of pyrimidine-thiazolidinedione derivatives. The synthesized compounds were characterized by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, FTIR and Mass Spectroscopic analytical techniques. The in-silico ADME studies depicted that the compounds were within the permissible limits of the Lipinski's rule of five. The compounds 6e and 6m showing the best results in OGTT were evaluated for in-vivo anti-diabetic evaluation in STZ induced diabetic rats. Administration of 6e and 6m for four weeks decreased the blood glucose levels significantly. Compound 6e (4.5 mg/kg p.o.) was the most potent compound of the series. It reduced the level of blood glucose to 145.2 ± 1.35 compared to the standard Pioglitazone (150.2 ± 1.06). Moreover, the 6e and 6m treated group did not show increase in bodyweight. The biochemical estimations showed that the levels of ALT, ASP, ALP, urea, creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, total protein and LDH restored to normal in 6e and 6m treated groups as compared to STZ control group. The histopathological studies supported the results obtained in biochemical estimations. Both the compounds did not show any toxicity. Moreover, the histopathological studies of pancreas, liver, heart and kidney revealed that the structural integrity of these tissues restored to almost normal in 6e and 6m treated groups as compared to STZ control group. Based upon these findings it can be concluded that the pyrimidine-based thiazolidinedione derivatives represent novel anti-diabetic agents with least side effects.
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- Shaista Amin
- Drug Design and Medicinal Chemistry Lab, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110062, India
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- Drug Design and Medicinal Chemistry Lab, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110062, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110062, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110062, India
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- Drug Design and Medicinal Chemistry Lab, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110062, India.
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- Drug Design and Medicinal Chemistry Lab, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110062, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110062, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110062, India
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- Drug Design and Medicinal Chemistry Lab, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110062, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Buraydah College of Pharmacy and Dentistry, PO Box-31717, Buraydah, Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia
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- Drug Design and Medicinal Chemistry Lab, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110062, India.
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Granieri MC, Rocca C, De Bartolo A, Nettore IC, Rago V, Romeo N, Ceramella J, Mariconda A, Macchia PE, Ungaro P, Sinicropi MS, Angelone T. Quercetin and Its Derivative Counteract Palmitate-Dependent Lipotoxicity by Inhibiting Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Cardiomyocytes. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 20:3492. [PMID: 36834186 PMCID: PMC9958705 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20043492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Revised: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Cardiac lipotoxicity plays an important role in the pathogenesis of obesity-related cardiovascular disease. The flavonoid quercetin (QUE), a nutraceutical compound that is abundant in the "Mediterranean diet", has been shown to be a potential therapeutic agent in cardiac and metabolic diseases. Here, we investigated the beneficial role of QUE and its derivative Q2, which demonstrates improved bioavailability and chemical stability, in cardiac lipotoxicity. To this end, H9c2 cardiomyocytes were pre-treated with QUE or Q2 and then exposed to palmitate (PA) to recapitulate the cardiac lipotoxicity occurring in obesity. Our results showed that both QUE and Q2 significantly attenuated PA-dependent cell death, although QUE was effective at a lower concentration (50 nM) when compared with Q2 (250 nM). QUE decreased the release of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), an important indicator of cytotoxicity, and the accumulation of intracellular lipid droplets triggered by PA. On the other hand, QUE protected cardiomyocytes from PA-induced oxidative stress by counteracting the formation of malondialdehyde (MDA) and protein carbonyl groups (which are indicators of lipid peroxidation and protein oxidation, respectively) and intracellular ROS generation, and by improving the enzymatic activities of catalase and superoxide dismutase (SOD). Pre-treatment with QUE also significantly attenuated the inflammatory response induced by PA by reducing the release of key proinflammatory cytokines (IL-1β and TNF-α). Similar to QUE, Q2 (250 nM) also significantly counteracted the PA-provoked increase in intracellular lipid droplets, LDH, and MDA, improving SOD activity and decreasing the release of IL-1β and TNF-α. These results suggest that QUE and Q2 could be considered potential therapeutics for the treatment of the cardiac lipotoxicity that occurs in obesity and metabolic diseases.
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- Maria Concetta Granieri
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Science (DiBEST), University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Science (DiBEST), University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Science (DiBEST), University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Scuola di Medicina, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Science (DiBEST), University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Department of Science, University of Basilicata, Viale dell’Ateneo Lucano 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Scuola di Medicina, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Istituto per l’Endocrinologia e l’Oncologia Sperimentale (IEOS) “Gaetano Salvatore”, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Science (DiBEST), University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
- National Institute of Cardiovascular Research (INRC), 40126 Bologna, Italy
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Cai Z, Yuan S, Luan X, Feng J, Deng L, Zuo Y, Li J. Pyroptosis-Related Inflammasome Pathway: A New Therapeutic Target for Diabetic Cardiomyopathy. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:842313. [PMID: 35355717 PMCID: PMC8959892 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.842313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Pyroptosis is a highly specific type of inflammatory programmed cell death that is mediated by Gasdermine (GSDM). It is characterized by inflammasome activation, caspase activation, and cell membrane pore formation. Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is one of the leading diabetic complications and is a critical cause of fatalities in chronic diabetic patients, it is defined as a clinical condition of abnormal myocardial structure and performance in diabetic patients without other cardiac risk factors, such as hypertension, significant valvular disease, etc. There are no specific drugs in treating DCM despite decades of basic and clinical investigations. Although the relationship between DCM and pyroptosis is not well established yet, current studies provided the impetus for us to clarify the significance of pyroptosis in DCM. In this review, we summarize the recent literature addressing the role of pyroptosis and the inflammasome in the development of DCM and summary the potential use of approaches targeting this pathway which may be future anti-DCM strategies.
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- Zhengyao Cai
- Key Laboratory of Medical Electrophysiology, Ministry of Education and Medical Electrophysiological Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Research, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Electrophysiology, Ministry of Education and Medical Electrophysiological Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Research, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Electrophysiology, Ministry of Education and Medical Electrophysiological Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Research, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Jian Feng,
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- Department of Rheumatology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China
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- Department of outpatient, The 13th Retired Cadre Recuperation Clinic Of Chengdu, Institute of Cardiovascular Research, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Electrophysiology, Ministry of Education and Medical Electrophysiological Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Research, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China
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Zhou W, Young JL, Men H, Zhang H, Yu H, Lin Q, Xu H, Xu J, Tan Y, Zheng Y, Cai L. Sex differences in the effects of whole-life, low-dose cadmium exposure on postweaning high-fat diet-induced cardiac pathogeneses. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 809:152176. [PMID: 34875320 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Revised: 11/17/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
We previously showed the development of cardiac remodeling (hypertrophy or fibrosis) in mice with either post-weaning high-fat diet (HFD, 60% kcal fat) feeding or exposure to chronic low-dose cadmium. Here, we determined whether whole-life exposure to environmentally relevant, low-dose cadmium affects the susceptibility of offspring to post-weaning HFD-induced cardiac pathologies and function. Besides, we also determined whether these effects are sex-dependent. Male and female mice were exposed to cadmium-containing (0, 0.5, or 5 parts per million [ppm]) drinking water before breeding; the pregnant mice and dams with offspring continually drank the same cadmium-containing water. After weaning, the offspring were continued on the same regime as their parents and fed either a HFD or normal fat diet for 24 weeks. Cardiac function was examined with echocardiography. Cardiac tissues were used for the histopathological and biochemical (gene and protein expression by real-time PCR and Western blotting) assays. Results showed a dose-dependent cadmium accumulation in the hearts of male and female mice along with decreased cardiac zinc and copper levels only in female offspring. Exposure to 5 ppm, but not 0.5 ppm, cadmium significantly enhanced HFD cardiac effects only in female mice, shown by worsened cardiac systolic and diastolic dysfunction (ejection fraction, mitral E-to-annular e' ratio), increased fibrosis (collagen, fibronectin, collagen1A1), hypertrophy (cardiomyocyte size, atrial natriuretic peptide, β-myosin heavy chain), and inflammation (intercellular adhesion molecule-1, tumor necrosis factor-α, plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1), compared to the HFD group. These synergistic effects were associated with activation of the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) signaling pathway and increased oxidative stress, shown by 3-nitrotyrosine and malondialdehyde, along with decreased metallothionein expression. These results suggest that whole-life 5 ppm cadmium exposure significantly increases the susceptibility of female offspring to HFD-induced cardiac remodeling and dysfunction. The underlying mechanism and potential intervention will be further explored in the future.
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- Wenqian Zhou
- Pediatric Research Institute, the Department of Pediatrics of University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA; The Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.
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- Pediatric Research Institute, the Department of Pediatrics of University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA; Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA..
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- Pediatric Research Institute, the Department of Pediatrics of University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA; The Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.
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- Pediatric Research Institute, the Department of Pediatrics of University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA; The Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.
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- The Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.
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- Pediatric Research Institute, the Department of Pediatrics of University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA.
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, the First Hospital of Jilin University (Eastern Division), Changchun 130031, China.
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- Pediatric Research Institute, the Department of Pediatrics of University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA.
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- Pediatric Research Institute, the Department of Pediatrics of University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA; Wendy L. Novak Diabetes Care Center, Louisville, KY, USA.
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- The Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.
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- Pediatric Research Institute, the Department of Pediatrics of University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA; Wendy L. Novak Diabetes Care Center, Louisville, KY, USA.
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Firdous P, Nissar K, Bashir H, Hussain QA, Masoodi SR, Ganai BA. Environmental Factors as Diabetic Mediators: A Mechanistic Approach. Curr Diabetes Rev 2022; 18:e301221199656. [PMID: 34967298 DOI: 10.2174/1573399818666211230104327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Revised: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Despite substantial investment in research and treatment options, diabetes mellitus remains a pressing public health concern with potential epidemic proportions globally. There are reports that by the end of 2040, 642 million people will be suffering from diabetes. Also, according to an estimation, 1.6 million deaths were caused directly by diabetes in 2016. Diabetes is a metabolic disorder characterized by impaired glucose regulation in the body due to the destruction of pancreatic β-cells or insulin resistance. Genetic propensity, unhealthy and imbalanced diet, obesity and increasing urbanization are the common risk factors for diabetes. Besides this, it has been reported that environmental pollutants like organic pesticides, heavy metals, and air pollutants act as strong predisposing factors for diabetes owing to their highly bio-accumulative nature. These pollutants disturb glucose homeostasis either by up-regulating or down-regulating the expression of diabetic marker genes like insulin (INS) and glucokinase (GCK). Unfortunately, the molecular mechanism of the role of pollutants in causing diabetes is not very clear. This mechanistic review provides evidence of different environmental determinants, including persistent organic pollutants (POPs), air pollutants, toxic metals, etc., in inducing diabetes and proposes a framework for the possible mechanisms involved. It also illuminates the current status and future challenges, which will not only broaden our understanding but can also be a reasonable platform for further investigation.
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- Parveena Firdous
- Centre of Research for Development (CORD), University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 190006, India
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- Centre of Research for Development (CORD), University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 190006, India
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 190006, India
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 190006, India
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- Centre of Research for Development (CORD), University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 190006, India
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- P.G. Department of Environmental Science, Sri Pratap College Campus, Cluster University Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 190001, India
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- Centre of Research for Development (CORD), University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 190006, India
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Byrne NJ, Rajasekaran NS, Abel ED, Bugger H. Therapeutic potential of targeting oxidative stress in diabetic cardiomyopathy. Free Radic Biol Med 2021; 169:317-342. [PMID: 33910093 PMCID: PMC8285002 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2021.03.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2021] [Revised: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Even in the absence of coronary artery disease and hypertension, diabetes mellitus (DM) may increase the risk for heart failure development. This risk evolves from functional and structural alterations induced by diabetes in the heart, a cardiac entity termed diabetic cardiomyopathy (DbCM). Oxidative stress, defined as the imbalance of reactive oxygen species (ROS) has been increasingly proposed to contribute to the development of DbCM. There are several sources of ROS production including the mitochondria, NAD(P)H oxidase, xanthine oxidase, and uncoupled nitric oxide synthase. Overproduction of ROS in DbCM is thought to be counterbalanced by elevated antioxidant defense enzymes such as catalase and superoxide dismutase. Excess ROS in the cardiomyocyte results in further ROS production, mitochondrial DNA damage, lipid peroxidation, post-translational modifications of proteins and ultimately cell death and cardiac dysfunction. Furthermore, ROS modulates transcription factors responsible for expression of antioxidant enzymes. Lastly, evidence exists that several pharmacological agents may convey cardiovascular benefit by antioxidant mechanisms. As such, increasing our understanding of the pathways that lead to increased ROS production and impaired antioxidant defense may enable the development of therapeutic strategies against the progression of DbCM. Herein, we review the current knowledge about causes and consequences of ROS in DbCM, as well as the therapeutic potential and strategies of targeting oxidative stress in the diabetic heart.
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- Nikole J Byrne
- Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Cardiac Aging & Redox Signaling Laboratory, Molecular and Cellular Pathology, Department of Pathology, Birmingham, AL, USA; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Center for Free Radical Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
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Xu CR, Fang QJ. Inhibiting Glucose Metabolism By miR-34a and miR-125b Protects Against Hyperglycemia-Induced Cardiomyocyte Cell Death. Arq Bras Cardiol 2021; 116:415-422. [PMID: 33909769 PMCID: PMC8159564 DOI: 10.36660/abc.20190529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2019] [Accepted: 03/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND It is well-known that insulin resistance and hyperglycemia are important pathological causes for the development of diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM). However, its precise molecular mechanisms in the pathogenesis of DCM remain unclear. OBJECTIVES Recent studies reveal that microRNAs (miRNA) play essential roles in the pathogenesis of DCM. This project aimed to determine the roles of miR-34a and miR-125b in hyperglycemia-induced cardiomyocyte cell death. METHODS Rat primary cardiomyocytes were isolated and exposed to normal and high concentrations of glucose. Cell viability was measured using MTT assay. Expressions of miR-34a and miR-125b were detected by qRT-PCR. Potential targets of miR-34a and miR-125b were predicted from www.Targetscan.org and validated from human heart tissues. A statistical significance of p<0.05 was considered. RESULTS The present study shows that miR-34a and miR-125b are downregulated in a human diabetic heart. Moreover, in vitro data from rat primary cardiomyocytes showed that short-term high glucose treatment stimulates miR-34a and miR-125b expressions. Under high glucose, it was found that rat cardiomyocytes displayed increased intracellular glucose metabolism, and glucose uptake and lactate production were significantly increased. It was also found that the key glucose metabolic enzymes, Hexokinase 2 (HK2) and Lactate dehydrogenase-A (LDHA), were direct targets of miR-125b and miR-34a, respectively. Overexpression of miR-125b and miR-34a could prevent hyperglycemia-induced cardiomyocyte cell death. Finally, the restoration of HK2 and LDHA in miR-125b and miR-34a overexpressed cardiomyocytes recovered the cardiomyocytes' sensitivity to hyperglycemia. CONCLUSION Our results proposed a molecular mechanism for the microRNA-mediated diabetic cardiovascular protection and will contribute to developing treatment strategies for diabetes-associated cardiovascular dysfunction.
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- Chao-rui Xu
- Heilongjiang Province HospitalHarbinChinaHeilongjiang Province Hospital, Harbin - China.
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- Heilongjiang Province HospitalDepartment of Cardiology for the ElderlyHarbinChinaHeilongjiang Province Hospital - Department of Cardiology for the Elderly, Harbin – China.,Correspondência: Qiu-ju Fang • Heilongjiang Province Hospital - Department of Cardiology for the Elderly - No.405, Guogeli Street, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, China Harbin 150001 - China. E-mail:
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Huang HZ, Qiu M, Lin JZ, Li MQ, Ma XT, Ran F, Luo CH, Wei XC, Xu RC, Tan P, Fan SH, Yang M, Han L, Zhang DK. Potential effect of tropical fruits Phyllanthus emblica L. for the prevention and management of type 2 diabetic complications: a systematic review of recent advances. Eur J Nutr 2021; 60:3525-3542. [PMID: 33439332 DOI: 10.1007/s00394-020-02471-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Phyllanthus emblica is a fruit widely consumed in subtropical areas, which is rich in polyphenols and other nutrients. There are increasing evidences that as a daily and nutritious fruit, it may have a positive role in controlling diabetic complications. According to the new study, its mechanisms include enhancing the functioning of insulin, reducing insulin resistance, activating the insulin-signaling pathway, protecting β-cells, scavenging free radicals, alleviating inflammatory reactions, and reducing the accumulation of advanced glycation end products. Owing to its few side effects, and low price, it should be easily accepted by patients and has potential for preventing diabetes. Taken together, Phyllanthus emblica may be an ideal fruit for controlling diabetic complications. This review highlights the latest findings of the role of Phyllanthus emblica in anti-diabetes and its complications, especially clarifies the molecular mechanism of the chemical components related to this effect, and prospects some existing problems and future research directions.
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- Hao-Zhou Huang
- Pharmacy College, State Key Laboratory of Characteristic Chinese Medicine Resources in Southwest China, Chengdu University of TCM, Chengdu, 611137, China
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- Pharmacy College, State Key Laboratory of Characteristic Chinese Medicine Resources in Southwest China, Chengdu University of TCM, Chengdu, 611137, China
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- Teaching Hospital of Chengdu University of TCM, Chengdu, 610072, China
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- Sichuan Nursing Vocational College, Chengdu, 610100, China
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- Teaching Hospital of Chengdu University of TCM, Chengdu, 610072, China
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- Pharmacy College, State Key Laboratory of Characteristic Chinese Medicine Resources in Southwest China, Chengdu University of TCM, Chengdu, 611137, China
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- Pharmacy College, State Key Laboratory of Characteristic Chinese Medicine Resources in Southwest China, Chengdu University of TCM, Chengdu, 611137, China
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- Pharmacy College, State Key Laboratory of Characteristic Chinese Medicine Resources in Southwest China, Chengdu University of TCM, Chengdu, 611137, China
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- Pharmacy College, State Key Laboratory of Characteristic Chinese Medicine Resources in Southwest China, Chengdu University of TCM, Chengdu, 611137, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biological Evaluation of Traditional Chinese Medicine Quality, National Administration of TCM, Sichuan Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Sanajon Pharmaceutical Group, Chengdu, 610000, China
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- Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, People's Republic of China
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- Pharmacy College, State Key Laboratory of Characteristic Chinese Medicine Resources in Southwest China, Chengdu University of TCM, Chengdu, 611137, China.
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- Pharmacy College, State Key Laboratory of Characteristic Chinese Medicine Resources in Southwest China, Chengdu University of TCM, Chengdu, 611137, China.
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Du H, Zhao Y, Yin Z, Wang DW, Chen C. The role of miR-320 in glucose and lipid metabolism disorder-associated diseases. Int J Biol Sci 2021; 17:402-416. [PMID: 33613101 PMCID: PMC7893589 DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.53419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 11/21/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Glucose and lipids are important nutrients that provide the majority of energy for each organ to maintain homeostasis of the body. With the continuous improvement in living standards, the incidence of metabolic disorder-associated diseases, such as diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and atherosclerosis, is increasing worldwide. Among them, diabetes, which could be induced by both glucose and lipid metabolic disorders, is one of the five diseases with the highest incidence and mortality worldwide. However, the detailed molecular mechanisms underlying glucose and lipid metabolism disorders and target-organ damage are still not fully defined. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding, single-stranded RNAs, which usually affect their target mRNAs in the cytoplasm by post-transcriptional regulation. Previously, we have found that miR-320 contributed to glucose and lipid metabolism via different signaling pathways. Most importantly, we identified that nuclear miR-320 mediated diabetes-induced cardiac dysfunction by activating the transcription of fatty acid metabolic genes to cause lipotoxicity in the heart. Here, we reviewed the roles of miR-320 in glucose and lipid metabolism and target-organ damage.
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- Hengzhi Du
- Division of Cardiology, Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetics and Molecular Mechanisms of Cardiological Disorders, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Division of Cardiology, Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetics and Molecular Mechanisms of Cardiological Disorders, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Division of Cardiology, Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetics and Molecular Mechanisms of Cardiological Disorders, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Division of Cardiology, Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetics and Molecular Mechanisms of Cardiological Disorders, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Division of Cardiology, Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetics and Molecular Mechanisms of Cardiological Disorders, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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Okesola MA, Ojo OA, Onikanni SA, Ajiboye BO, Oyinloye BE, Agboinghale PE, Kappo AP. Ameliorative effect of Gongronema latifolium leaf extract on alloxan-induced diabetic cardiomyopathy in Wistar rats model. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s00580-020-03134-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Wang SY, Zhu S, Wu J, Zhang M, Xu Y, Xu W, Cui J, Yu B, Cao W, Liu J. Exercise enhances cardiac function by improving mitochondrial dysfunction and maintaining energy homoeostasis in the development of diabetic cardiomyopathy. J Mol Med (Berl) 2020; 98:245-261. [PMID: 31897508 DOI: 10.1007/s00109-019-01861-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2019] [Revised: 11/21/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in diabetic patients. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced by oxidative stress play an important role in the development of DCM. DCM involves abnormal energy metabolism, thereby reducing energy production. Exercise has been reported to be effective in protecting the heart against ROS accumulation during the development of DCM. We hypothesize that the AMPK/PGC-1α axis may play a crucial role in exercise-induced bioenergetic metabolism and aerobic respiration on oxidative stress parameters in the development of diabetic cardiomyopathy. Using a streptozotocin/high-fat diet mouse to generate a diabetic model, our aim was to evaluate the effects of exercise on the cardiac function, mitochondrial oxidative capacity, mitochondrial function, and cardiac expression of PGC-1α. Mice fed a high-fat diet were given MO-siPGC-1α or treated with AMPK inhibitor. Mitochondrial structure and effects of switching between the Warburg effect and aerobic respiration were analysed. Exercise improved blood pressure and systolic dysfunction in diabetic mouse hearts. The beneficial effects of exercise were also observed in a mitochondrial function study, as reflected by an enhanced oxidative phosphorylation level, increased membrane potential, and decreased ROS level and oxygen consumption. On the other hand, depletion of PGC-1α attenuated the effects of exercise on the enhancement of mitochondrial function. In addition, PGC-1α may be responsible for reversing the Warburg effect to aerobic respiration, thus enhancing mitochondrial metabolism and energy homoeostasis. In this study, we demonstrate the protective effects of exercise on shifting energy metabolism from fatty acid oxidation to glucose oxidation in an established diabetic stage. These data suggest that exercise is effective at ameliorating diabetic cardiomyopathy by improving mitochondrial function and reducing metabolic disturbances.
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- Shawn Yongshun Wang
- Cardiology Department, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China.,Key Laboratories of the Education Ministry for Myocardial Ischemia Mechanisms and Treatment, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China.,Department of Biomedical Science, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, People's Republic of China
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- Cardiology Department, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China.,Key Laboratories of the Education Ministry for Myocardial Ischemia Mechanisms and Treatment, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China
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- Cardiology Department, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China.,Key Laboratories of the Education Ministry for Myocardial Ischemia Mechanisms and Treatment, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China
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- Cardiology Department, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China.,Key Laboratories of the Education Ministry for Myocardial Ischemia Mechanisms and Treatment, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China
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- Cardiology Department, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China.,Key Laboratories of the Education Ministry for Myocardial Ischemia Mechanisms and Treatment, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China
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- Cardiology Department, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China.,Key Laboratories of the Education Ministry for Myocardial Ischemia Mechanisms and Treatment, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China
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- Cardiology Department, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China.,Key Laboratories of the Education Ministry for Myocardial Ischemia Mechanisms and Treatment, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China
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- Cardiology Department, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China. .,Key Laboratories of the Education Ministry for Myocardial Ischemia Mechanisms and Treatment, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China.
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- Cardiology Department, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China. .,Key Laboratories of the Education Ministry for Myocardial Ischemia Mechanisms and Treatment, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China. .,Department of Anesthesiology, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
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Piao C, Li Z, Ding J, Kong D. Analysis of BMSCs-intervened viscoelasticity of sciatic nerve in rats with chronic alcoholic intoxication 1. Acta Cir Bras 2018; 33:935-944. [PMID: 30484503 DOI: 10.1590/s0102-865020180100000008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2018] [Accepted: 09/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To investigate the impact of bone mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) intervention on the viscoelasticity of sciatic nerve in rats with chronic alcohol intoxication (CAI). METHODS The CAI rat models were prepared, divided into model groups, and treated with either BMSCs or basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF). Then the rats underwent electrophysiological test and the serum levels of malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and metallothionein (MT) were measured. Histological observation, stress relaxation test, and creep test were performed for the sciatic nerve of the CAI model in each group. RESULTS The MDA level of group BMSC was significantly lower (p<0.05) than that of groups MOD (the CIA model) and bFGF. The SOD and MT levels were higher in group BMSC than in groups MOD and bFGF (p<0.05). The motor nerve conduction velocity and amplitude were higher in group BMSC than in groups MOD and bFGF (p<0.05). The amounts of 7200s stress reduction and 7200 s strain increase of the sciatic nerve in group BMSC were greater than those in groups bFGF and MOD (p<0.05). CONCLUSION Bone mesenchymal stem cells can improve the metabolism of free radicals, restore the tissue morphology and viscoelasticity of the chronic alcohol intoxication animal model, and positively affect the repairing of the injured sciatic nerve.
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- Chengdong Piao
- PhD, Department of Orthopaedics, Second Hospital of Jilin University, China. Conception and design of the study
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- PhD, Department of Orthopaedics, Second Hospital of Jilin University, China. Histopathological examinations
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- Master, Department of Stomatology, Affiliated Hospital of Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, China. Acquisition of data
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- PhD, Department of Orthopaedics, China-Japan Union Hospital, Jilin University, China. Technical procedures, analysis of data
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Mondragon P, Bergdahl A. Metallothionein expression in slow- vs. fast-twitch muscle fibers following 4 weeks of streptozotocin-induced type 1 diabetes. Facets (Ott) 2018. [DOI: 10.1139/facets-2017-0058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Type 1 diabetes (T1DM) is known to cause an increase in reactive oxygen species (ROS) and elevated intracellular glucose levels. We investigated the metallothionein I and II (MT I+II) antioxidants expression in soleus (mainly slow-twitch) and plantaris (predominantly fast-twitch) skeletal muscle using a rodent model of streptozotocin-induced diabetes. The presence of oxidative stress was confirmed by the detection of increased levels of protein carbonyl formation in the diabetic tissues. DAB (3,3′-diaminobenzidine) immunostaining and Western blotting analyses demonstrated that MT I+II expression was significantly upregulated in the diabetic soleus and plantaris muscle tissues compared with their respective controls. Moreover, no significant difference was detected between the plantaris and soleus controls or between the plantaris and soleus diabetic tissues. These findings suggest that there is an increase in MT protein expression in the soleus and plantaris muscles associated with the induction of T1DM. A better understanding of the molecular mechanisms that allow MT to prevent the oxidative stress associated with diabetes could lead to a novel therapeutic strategy for this chronic disease and its associated complications.
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- Pamela Mondragon
- Department of Exercise Science, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke West, Montreal, QC H4B 1R6, Canada
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- Department of Exercise Science, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke West, Montreal, QC H4B 1R6, Canada
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Bombicino SS, Iglesias DE, Rukavina-Mikusic IA, Buchholz B, Gelpi RJ, Boveris A, Valdez LB. Hydrogen peroxide, nitric oxide and ATP are molecules involved in cardiac mitochondrial biogenesis in Diabetes. Free Radic Biol Med 2017; 112:267-276. [PMID: 28756312 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2017.07.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Revised: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 07/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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This study, in an experimental model of type I Diabetes Mellitus in rats, deals with the mitochondrial production rates and steady-state concentrations of H2O2 and NO, and ATP levels as part of a network of signaling molecules involved in heart mitochondrial biogenesis. Sustained hyperglycemia leads to a cardiac compromise against a work overload, in the absence of changes in resting cardiac performance and of heart hypertrophy. Diabetes was induced in male Wistar rats by a single dose of Streptozotocin (STZ, 60mg × kg-1, ip.). After 28 days of STZ-injection, rats were sacrificed and hearts were isolated. The mitochondrial mass (mg mitochondrial protein × g heart-1), determined through cytochrome oxidase activity ratio, was 47% higher in heart from diabetic than from control animals. Stereological analysis of cardiac tissue microphotographs showed an increase in the cytosolic volume occupied by mitochondria (30%) and in the number of mitochondria per unit area (52%), and a decrease in the mean area of each mitochondrion (23%) in diabetic respect to control rats. Additionally, an enhancement (76%) in PGC-1α expression was observed in cardiac tissue of diabetic animals. Moreover, heart mitochondrial H2O2 (127%) and NO (23%) productions and mtNOS expression (132%) were higher, while mitochondrial ATP production rate was lower (~ 40%), concomitantly with a partial-mitochondrial depolarization, in diabetic than in control rats. Changes in mitochondrial H2O2 and NO steady-state concentrations and an imbalance between cellular energy demand and mitochondrial energy transduction could be involved in the signaling pathways that lead to the novo synthesis of mitochondria. However, this compensatory mechanism triggered to restore the mitochondrial and tissue normal activities, did not lead to competent mitochondria capable of supplying the energetic demands in diabetic pathological conditions.
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- Silvina S Bombicino
- University of Buenos Aires, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Physical Chemistry Division, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), University of Buenos Aires, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (IBIMOL), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- University of Buenos Aires, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Physical Chemistry Division, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), University of Buenos Aires, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (IBIMOL), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- University of Buenos Aires, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Physical Chemistry Division, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), University of Buenos Aires, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (IBIMOL), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- University of Buenos Aires, Faculty of Medicine, Pathology Department, Cardiovascular Physiopathology Institute (INFICA), Buenos Aires, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), University of Buenos Aires, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (IBIMOL), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- University of Buenos Aires, Faculty of Medicine, Pathology Department, Cardiovascular Physiopathology Institute (INFICA), Buenos Aires, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), University of Buenos Aires, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (IBIMOL), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- University of Buenos Aires, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Physical Chemistry Division, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), University of Buenos Aires, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (IBIMOL), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- University of Buenos Aires, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Physical Chemistry Division, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), University of Buenos Aires, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (IBIMOL), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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McCarty MF. Supplementation with Phycocyanobilin, Citrulline, Taurine, and Supranutritional Doses of Folic Acid and Biotin-Potential for Preventing or Slowing the Progression of Diabetic Complications. Healthcare (Basel) 2017; 5:E15. [PMID: 28335416 PMCID: PMC5371921 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare5010015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2016] [Revised: 02/23/2017] [Accepted: 03/06/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Oxidative stress, the resulting uncoupling of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), and loss of nitric oxide (NO) bioactivity, are key mediators of the vascular and microvascular complications of diabetes. Much of this oxidative stress arises from up-regulated nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase activity. Phycocyanobilin (PhyCB), the light-harvesting chromophore in edible cyanobacteria such as spirulina, is a biliverdin derivative that shares the ability of free bilirubin to inhibit certain isoforms of NADPH oxidase. Epidemiological studies reveal that diabetics with relatively elevated serum bilirubin are less likely to develop coronary disease or microvascular complications; this may reflect the ability of bilirubin to ward off these complications via inhibition of NADPH oxidase. Oral PhyCB may likewise have potential in this regard, and has been shown to protect diabetic mice from glomerulosclerosis. With respect to oxidant-mediated uncoupling of eNOS, high-dose folate can help to reverse this by modulating the oxidation status of the eNOS cofactor tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4). Oxidation of BH4 yields dihydrobiopterin (BH2), which competes with BH4 for binding to eNOS and promotes its uncoupling. The reduced intracellular metabolites of folate have versatile oxidant-scavenging activity that can prevent oxidation of BH4; concurrently, these metabolites promote induction of dihydrofolate reductase, which functions to reconvert BH2 to BH4, and hence alleviate the uncoupling of eNOS. The arginine metabolite asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), typically elevated in diabetics, also uncouples eNOS by competitively inhibiting binding of arginine to eNOS; this effect is exacerbated by the increased expression of arginase that accompanies diabetes. These effects can be countered via supplementation with citrulline, which efficiently enhances tissue levels of arginine. With respect to the loss of NO bioactivity that contributes to diabetic complications, high dose biotin has the potential to "pinch hit" for diminished NO by direct activation of soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC). High-dose biotin also may aid glycemic control via modulatory effects on enzyme induction in hepatocytes and pancreatic beta cells. Taurine, which suppresses diabetic complications in rodents, has the potential to reverse the inactivating impact of oxidative stress on sGC by boosting synthesis of hydrogen sulfide. Hence, it is proposed that concurrent administration of PhyCB, citrulline, taurine, and supranutritional doses of folate and biotin may have considerable potential for prevention and control of diabetic complications. Such a regimen could also be complemented with antioxidants such as lipoic acid, N-acetylcysteine, and melatonin-that boost cellular expression of antioxidant enzymes and glutathione-as well as astaxanthin, zinc, and glycine. The development of appropriate functional foods might make it feasible for patients to use complex nutraceutical regimens of the sort suggested here.
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- Mark F McCarty
- Catalytic Longevity, 7831 Rush Rose Dr., Apt. 316, Carlsbad, CA 92009, USA.
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Long Z, Zhang X, Sun Q, Liu Y, Liao N, Wu H, Wang X, Hai C. Evolution of metabolic disorder in rats fed high sucrose or high fat diet: Focus on redox state and mitochondrial function. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2017; 242:92-100. [PMID: 26497252 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2015.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2015] [Revised: 09/26/2015] [Accepted: 10/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Glucotoxicity and lipotoxicity are major hallmarks of metabolic disorder. High consumption of fat or carbohydrate rich food is a major risk of metabolic disorder. However, the evolution of high fat or high carbohydrate diet-induced metabolic disorder is not clear. In the study, we tried to find distinguished and common ways involved in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance induced by high fat (HF) and high sucrose (HS) diet. We found that HS diet induced mild glucose intolerance (2month), followed by a "temporary non-symptom phase" (3month), and then induced significant metabolic abnormality (4month). HF diet induced an early "responsive enhancement phase" (2month), and then gradually caused severe metabolic dysfunction (3-4month). After a mild induction of mitochondrial ROS generation (2month), HS diet resulted in a "temporary non-symptom phase" (3month), and then induced a more significant mitochondrial ROS production (4month). The impairment of mitochondrial function induced by HS diet was progressive (2-4month). HF diet induced gradual mitochondrial ROS generation and hyperpolarization. HF diet induced an early "responsive enhancement" of mitochondrial function (2month), and then gradually resulted in severe decrease of mitochondrial function (3-4month). Despite the patterns of HS and HF diet-induced insulin resistance were differential, final mitochondrial ROS generation combined with mitochondrial dysfunction may be the common pathway. These findings demonstrate a novel understanding of the mechanism of insulin resistance and highlight the pivotal role of mitochondrial ROS generation and mitochondrial dysfunction in the pathogenesis of metabolic disorder.
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- Zi Long
- The First Brigade of Student, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Research, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- The First Brigade of Student, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Shaanxi Key Lab of Free Radical Biology and Medicine, The Ministry of Education Key Lab of Hazard Assessment and Control in Special Operational Environment, School of Public Health, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Shaanxi Key Lab of Free Radical Biology and Medicine, The Ministry of Education Key Lab of Hazard Assessment and Control in Special Operational Environment, School of Public Health, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Shaanxi Key Lab of Free Radical Biology and Medicine, The Ministry of Education Key Lab of Hazard Assessment and Control in Special Operational Environment, School of Public Health, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
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- Department of Toxicology, Shaanxi Key Lab of Free Radical Biology and Medicine, The Ministry of Education Key Lab of Hazard Assessment and Control in Special Operational Environment, School of Public Health, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
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- Department of Toxicology, Shaanxi Key Lab of Free Radical Biology and Medicine, The Ministry of Education Key Lab of Hazard Assessment and Control in Special Operational Environment, School of Public Health, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
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Diabetic Microvascular Disease and Pulmonary Fibrosis: The Contribution of Platelets and Systemic Inflammation. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 17:ijms17111853. [PMID: 27834824 PMCID: PMC5133853 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17111853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2016] [Revised: 10/24/2016] [Accepted: 11/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Diabetes is strongly associated with systemic inflammation and oxidative stress, but its effect on pulmonary vascular disease and lung function has often been disregarded. Several studies identified restrictive lung disease and fibrotic changes in diabetic patients and in animal models of diabetes. While microvascular dysfunction is a well-known complication of diabetes, the mechanisms leading to diabetes-induced lung injury have largely been disregarded. We described the potential involvement of diabetes-induced platelet-endothelial interactions in perpetuating vascular inflammation and oxidative injury leading to fibrotic changes in the lung. Changes in nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activation and decreased NO bioavailability in the diabetic lung increase platelet activation and vascular injury and may account for platelet hyperreactivity reported in diabetic patients. Additionally, the Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK/STAT) pathway has been reported to mediate pancreatic islet damage, and is implicated in the onset of diabetes, inflammation and vascular injury. Many growth factors and diabetes-induced agonists act via the JAK/STAT pathway. Other studies reported the contribution of the JAK/STAT pathway to the regulation of the pulmonary fibrotic process but the role of this pathway in the development of diabetic lung fibrosis has not been considered. These observations may open new therapeutic perspectives for modulating multiple pathways to mitigate diabetes onset or its pulmonary consequences.
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Bombicino SS, Iglesias DE, Mikusic IAR, D'Annunzio V, Gelpi RJ, Boveris A, Valdez LB. Diabetes impairs heart mitochondrial function without changes in resting cardiac performance. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2016; 81:335-345. [PMID: 27682517 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2016.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2016] [Revised: 09/15/2016] [Accepted: 09/24/2016] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Diabetes is a chronic disease associated to a cardiac contractile dysfunction that is not attributable to underlying coronary artery disease or hypertension, and could be consequence of a progressive deterioration of mitochondrial function. We hypothesized that impaired mitochondrial function precedes Diabetic Cardiomyopathy. Thus, the aim of this work was to study the cardiac performance and heart mitochondrial function of diabetic rats, using an experimental model of type I Diabetes. Rats were sacrificed after 28days of Streptozotocin injection (STZ, 60mgkg-1, ip.). Heart O2 consumption was declined, mainly due to the impairment of mitochondrial O2 uptake. The mitochondrial dysfunction observed in diabetic animals included the reduction of state 3 respiration (22%), the decline of ADP/O ratio (∼15%) and the decrease of the respiratory complexes activities (22-26%). An enhancement in mitochondrial H2O2 (127%) and NO (23%) production rates and in tyrosine nitration (58%) were observed in heart of diabetic rats, with a decrease in Mn-SOD activity (∼50%). Moreover, a decrease in contractile response (38%), inotropic (37%) and lusitropic (58%) reserves were observed in diabetic rats only after a β-adrenergic stimulus. Therefore, in conditions of sustained hyperglycemia, heart mitochondrial O2 consumption and oxidative phosphorylation efficiency are decreased, and H2O2 and NO productions are increased, leading to a cardiac compromise against a work overload. This mitochondrial impairment was detected in the absence of heart hypertrophy and of resting cardiac performance changes, suggesting that mitochondrial dysfunction could precede the onset of diabetic cardiac failure, being H2O2, NO and ATP the molecules probably involved in mitochondrion-cytosol signalling.
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- Silvina S Bombicino
- University of Buenos Aires, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (IBIMOL; UBA-CONICET), School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Physical Chemistry Division, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- University of Buenos Aires, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (IBIMOL; UBA-CONICET), School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Physical Chemistry Division, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- University of Buenos Aires, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (IBIMOL; UBA-CONICET), School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Physical Chemistry Division, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- University of Buenos Aires, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (IBIMOL; UBA-CONICET), Faculty of Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- University of Buenos Aires, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (IBIMOL; UBA-CONICET), Faculty of Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- University of Buenos Aires, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (IBIMOL; UBA-CONICET), School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Physical Chemistry Division, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- University of Buenos Aires, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine (IBIMOL; UBA-CONICET), School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Physical Chemistry Division, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Joshi H, Vaishnav D, Sanghvi G, Rabadia S, Airao V, Sharma T, Parmar S, Sheth N. Ficus recemosa bark extract attenuates diabetic complications and oxidative stress in STZ-induced diabetic rats. PHARMACEUTICAL BIOLOGY 2016; 54:1586-1595. [PMID: 26864816 DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2015.1110596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2015] [Revised: 07/16/2015] [Accepted: 10/10/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Context Ficus recemosa Linn. (Moraceae) has been reported as a natural folk medicine with diverse pathological activities such as antioxidant, antidiabetic, renoprotective and cardioprotective. Objective The present study evaluates the preventive effect of standardised ethanol extract of F. racemosa stem bark (EEFSB) on diabetic cardiomyopathy (DC) and diabetic nephropathy (DN). Materials and methods Animals were rendered diabetic by one time administration of STZ (45 mg kg(-1), i.v.) and, after 7 d, diabetic rats were randomised into four groups of eight rats each. EEFSB (200 and 400 mg kg(-1)) was administered to diabetic rats once daily for 8 weeks. Furthermore, the presence of phytochemicals was evaluated by HPTLC. Results Treatment with EEFSB markedly restores the blood glucose and lipid level (p < 0.001), also reduced creatinine kinase (p < 0.001), lactate dehydrogenase (p < 0.001), C-reactive protein (p < 0.001), creatinine (p < 0.001), blood urea nitrogen (p < 0.001), collagen (p < 0.05) and albumin (p < 0.001) levels. Reduced level of sodium (p < 0.001), creatinine (p < 0.001), albumin (p < 0.001) and malondialdehyde (p < 0.01) in heart and kidney tissue along with enhanced activities of superoxide dismutase (p < 0.001) and reduced glutathione (p < 0.001). Moreover, left ventricular hypertrophic index and cardiac hypertrophic index were markedly reduced by EEFSB treatment. Conclusion The findings of this study provided strong scientific evidence for the traditional use of F. racemosa and postulate protective effects against diabetes and its complications such as DC and DN.
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- Hiral Joshi
- a Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Saurashtra University , Rajkot , Gujarat , India
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- a Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Saurashtra University , Rajkot , Gujarat , India
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- a Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Saurashtra University , Rajkot , Gujarat , India
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- a Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Saurashtra University , Rajkot , Gujarat , India
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- a Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Saurashtra University , Rajkot , Gujarat , India
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- a Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Saurashtra University , Rajkot , Gujarat , India
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- a Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Saurashtra University , Rajkot , Gujarat , India
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- a Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Saurashtra University , Rajkot , Gujarat , India
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Li X, Li W, Gao Z, Li H. Association of cardiac injury with iron-increased oxidative and nitrative modifications of the SERCA2a isoform of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase in diabetic rats. Biochimie 2016; 127:144-52. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2016.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2015] [Accepted: 05/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Szrok S, Stelmanska E, Turyn J, Bielicka-Gieldon A, Sledzinski T, Swierczynski J. Metallothioneins 1 and 2, but not 3, are regulated by nutritional status in rat white adipose tissue. GENES AND NUTRITION 2016; 11:18. [PMID: 27551319 PMCID: PMC4968437 DOI: 10.1186/s12263-016-0533-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2016] [Accepted: 06/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Background Cumulating evidence underlines the role of adipose tissue metallothionein (MT) in the development of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Fasting/refeeding was shown to affect MT gene expression in the rodent liver. The influence of nutritional status on MT gene expression in white adipose tissue (WAT) is inconclusive. The aim of this study was to verify if fasting and fasting/refeeding may influence expression of MT genes in WAT of rats. Results Fasting resulted in a significant increase in MT1 and MT2 gene expressions in retroperitoneal, epididymal, and inguinal WAT of rats, and this effect was reversed by refeeding. Altered expressions of MT1 and MT2 genes in all main fat depots were reflected by changes in serum MT1 and MT2 levels. MT1 and MT2 messenger RNA (mRNA) levels in WAT correlated inversely with serum insulin concentration. Changes in MT1 and MT2 mRNA levels were apparently not related to total zinc concentrations and MTF1 and Zn transporter mRNA levels in WAT. Fasting or fasting/refeeding exerted no effect on the expression of MT3 gene in WAT. Addition of insulin to isolated adipocytes resulted in a significant decrease in MT1 and MT2 gene expressions. In contrast, forskolin or dibutyryl-cAMP (dB-cAMP) enhanced the expressions of MT1 and MT2 genes in isolated adipocytes. Insulin partially reversed the effect of dB-cAMP on MT1 and MT2 gene expressions. Conclusions This study showed that the expressions of MT1 and MT2 genes in WAT are regulated by nutritional status, and the regulation may be independent of total zinc concentration. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12263-016-0533-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Sylwia Szrok
- Department of Biochemistry, Medical University of Gdansk, Debinki 1, 80-211 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Medical University of Gdansk, Debinki 1, 80-211 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Medical University of Gdansk, Debinki 1, 80-211 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry, Medical University of Gdansk, Debinki 1, 80-211 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Medical University of Gdansk, Debinki 1, 80-211 Gdansk, Poland
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Duan J, Wei G, Guo C, Cui J, Yan J, Yin Y, Guan Y, Weng Y, Zhu Y, Wu X, Wang Y, Xi M, Wen A. Aralia taibaiensis Protects Cardiac Myocytes against High Glucose-Induced Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE 2016; 43:1159-75. [PMID: 26446201 DOI: 10.1142/s0192415x15500664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Patients with type 2 diabetes have increased cardiovascular disease risk compared with those without diabetes. Hyperglycemia can induce reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, which contributes to the development of diabetic cardiomyopathy. Our previous study has demonstrated that the total saponins of Aralia taibaiensis (sAT), a frequently-used antidiabetic medicine in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), can scavenge free radicals in vitro and have good anti-oxidant ability on lipid peroxidation of rat liver microsomes. This work was designed to investigate whether sAT could protect the heart while it was used in the treatment of diabetes. Oxidative stress was induced in H9c2 cells by high glucose (33 mM) and glucose oxidase (15 mU, G/GO) and the protective effects of sAT were evaluated. Treatment of H9c2 cells with G/GO resulted in an increase in cell death, intracellular ROS level and cell oxidative injury, which were markedly reduced by sAT treatment. Further study revealed that sAT induced the nuclear translocation of Nrf2 and expression of its downstream targets. Moreover, Nrf2 siRNA markedly abolished the cytoprotective effects of sAT. sAT exerted cytoprotective effects against oxidative stress induced by hyperglycemia and the cardioprotective effects of sAT might be through the Nrf2/ARE pathway. Thus, sAT might be a promising candidate for the treatment of diabetic cardiomyopathy.
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- Jialin Duan
- Department of Pharmacy, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi, China
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Shaver A, Nichols A, Thompson E, Mallick A, Payne K, Jones C, Manne NDPK, Sundaram S, Shapiro JI, Sodhi K. Role of Serum Biomarkers in Early Detection of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy in the West Virginian Population. Int J Med Sci 2016; 13:161-8. [PMID: 26941576 PMCID: PMC4773280 DOI: 10.7150/ijms.14141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2015] [Accepted: 01/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is an established complication of diabetes mellitus. In West Virginia, the especially high incidence of diabetes and heart failure validate the necessity of developing new strategies for earlier detection of DCM. Since most DCM patients remain asymptomatic until the later stages of the disease when the fibrotic complications become irreversible, we aimed to explore biomarkers that can identify early-stage DCM. METHODS The patients were grouped into 4 categories based on clinical diabetic and cardiac parameters: Control, Diabetes (DM), Diastolic dysfunction (DD), and Diabetes with diastolic dysfunction (DM+DD), the last group being the preclinical DCM group. RESULTS Echocardiography images indicated severe diastolic dysfunction in patients with DD+DM and DD compared to DM or control patients. In the DM and DM+DD groups, TNFα, isoprostane, and leptin were elevated compared to control (p<0.05), as were clinical markers HDL, glucose and hemoglobin A1C. Fibrotic markers IGFBP7 and TGF-β followed the same trend. The Control group showed higher beneficial levels of adiponectin and bilirubin, which were reduced in the DM and DM+DD groups (p<0.05). CONCLUSION The results from our study support the clinical application of biomarkers in diagnosing early stage DCM, which will enable attenuation of disease progression prior to the onset of irreversible complications.
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- Adam Shaver
- 1. Department of Medicine Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University
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- 1. Department of Medicine Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University
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- 1. Department of Medicine Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University
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- 1. Department of Medicine Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University
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- 2. Department of Cardiology, Marshall University
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- 1. Department of Medicine Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University
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- 1. Department of Medicine Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University
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- 4. Department of Surgery and Pharmacology, Marshall University, USA
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Mátyás C, Németh BT, Oláh A, Hidi L, Birtalan E, Kellermayer D, Ruppert M, Korkmaz-Icöz S, Kökény G, Horváth EM, Szabó G, Merkely B, Radovits T. The soluble guanylate cyclase activator cinaciguat prevents cardiac dysfunction in a rat model of type-1 diabetes mellitus. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2015; 14:145. [PMID: 26520063 PMCID: PMC4628236 DOI: 10.1186/s12933-015-0309-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2015] [Accepted: 10/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus (DM) leads to the development of diabetic cardiomyopathy, which is associated with altered nitric oxide (NO)--soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC)--cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) signalling. Cardioprotective effects of elevated intracellular cGMP-levels have been described in different heart diseases. In the current study we aimed at investigating the effects of pharmacological activation of sGC in diabetic cardiomyopathy. METHODS Type-1 DM was induced in rats by streptozotocin. Animals were treated either with the sGC activator cinaciguat (10 mg/kg/day) or with placebo orally for 8 weeks. Left ventricular (LV) pressure-volume (P-V) analysis was used to assess cardiac performance. Additionally, gene expression (qRT-PCR) and protein expression analysis (western blot) were performed. Cardiac structure, markers of fibrotic remodelling and DNA damage were examined by histology, immunohistochemistry and TUNEL assay, respectively. RESULTS DM was associated with deteriorated cGMP signalling in the myocardium (elevated phosphodiesterase-5 expression, lower cGMP-level and impaired PKG activity). Cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, fibrotic remodelling and DNA fragmentation were present in DM that was associated with impaired LV contractility (preload recruitable stroke work (PRSW): 49.5 ± 3.3 vs. 83.0 ± 5.5 mmHg, P < 0.05) and diastolic function (time constant of LV pressure decay (Tau): 17.3 ± 0.8 vs. 10.3 ± 0.3 ms, P < 0.05). Cinaciguat treatment effectively prevented DM related molecular, histological alterations and significantly improved systolic (PRSW: 66.8 ± 3.6 mmHg) and diastolic (Tau: 14.9 ± 0.6 ms) function. CONCLUSIONS Cinaciguat prevented structural, molecular alterations and improved cardiac performance of the diabetic heart. Pharmacological activation of sGC might represent a new therapy approach for diabetic cardiomyopathy.
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- Csaba Mátyás
- Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Városmajor u. 68., Budapest, 1122, Hungary.
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- Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Városmajor u. 68., Budapest, 1122, Hungary.
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- Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Városmajor u. 68., Budapest, 1122, Hungary.
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- Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Városmajor u. 68., Budapest, 1122, Hungary.
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- Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Városmajor u. 68., Budapest, 1122, Hungary.
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- Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Városmajor u. 68., Budapest, 1122, Hungary.
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- Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Városmajor u. 68., Budapest, 1122, Hungary.
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- Experimental Laboratory of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Heidelberg, INF 326. OG 2, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Institute of Pathophysiology, Semmelweis University, Nagyvárad tér 4., Budapest, 1089, Hungary.
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- Institute of Human Physiology and Clinical Experimental Research, Semmelweis University, Tűzoltó u. 37-47., Budapest, 1094, Hungary.
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- Experimental Laboratory of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Heidelberg, INF 326. OG 2, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Városmajor u. 68., Budapest, 1122, Hungary.
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- Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Városmajor u. 68., Budapest, 1122, Hungary. .,Experimental Laboratory of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Heidelberg, INF 326. OG 2, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Ko SY, Chang SS, Lin IH, Chen HI. Suppression of antioxidant Nrf-2 and downstream pathway in H9c2 cells by advanced glycation end products (AGEs) via ERK phosphorylation. Biochimie 2015. [PMID: 26212730 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2015.07.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Diabetic cardiomyopathy is related to oxidative stress and correlated with the presence of advanced glycation end products (AGEs). In a clinical setting, AGEs can be detected in patients presenting diabetic cardiomyopathy; however, the underlying mechanism has yet to be elucidated. In our previous study, AGEs increase cell hypertrophy via ERK phosphorylation in a process closely related to ROS production. Thus, we propose that AGEs regulate the antioxidant gene nuclear factor-erythroid 2-related factor (Nrf-2). In H9c2 cells treated with AGEs, the expression of Nrf-2 was reduced; however, ERK phosphorylation was shown to increase. Treatment with H2O2 was also shown to increase Nrf-2 and ERK phosphorylation. In cells pretreatment with ROS scavenger NAC, the effects of H2O2 were reduced; however, the effects of the AGEs remained largely unchanged. Conversely, when cells were pretreated with PD98059 (ERK inhibitor), the expression of Nrf-2 was recovered following treatment with AGEs. Our results suggest that AGEs inhibit Nrf-2 via the ERK pathway; however, this influence is partly associated with ROS. Our finding further indicated that AGEs possess both ROS-dependent and ROS-independent pathways, resulting in a reduction in Nrf-2. This report reveals an important mechanism underlying the regulation of diabetic cardiomyopathy progression by AGEs.
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- Shun-Yao Ko
- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Collage of Health Science, Tainan, Taiwan; Innovate Research Center of Medicine, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan.
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- Innovate Research Center of Medicine, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Innovate Research Center of Medicine, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Collage of Health Science, Tainan, Taiwan; Innovate Research Center of Medicine, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan
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Whayne TF, Parinandi N, Maulik N. Thioredoxins in cardiovascular disease. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2015; 93:903-11. [PMID: 26417924 DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2015-0105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Key thioredoxin (Trx) system components are nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH), Trx reductase (TrxR), and Trx. TrxR catalyzes disulfide reduction in Trx with NADPH as cofactor. Because Trx is an antioxidant, oxidative stress results in an increase in Trx, which has a reduced disulfide component. If Trx is suppressed, oxidative stress in higher. In contrast a decrease in oxidative stress is associated with low Trx levels. Trx is involved in inflammation, apoptosis, embryogenesis, and cardiovascular disease (CVD). This review focuses on the Trx system in CVD. Abnormal Trx binding occurs in mouse familial combined hyperlipidemia; however, this has not been confirmed in humans. Congestive heart failure is a manifestation of many CVDs, which may be improved by attenuating oxidative stress through the suppression of Trx and decreased reactive oxygen species. Angiotensin II is associated with hypertension and other CVDs, and its receptor blockade results in decreased oxidative stress with reduced Trx levels. Inflammation is a major causative factor of CVDs, and myocarditis as an example, is associated with increased Trx levels. Vascular endothelial dysfunction has an association with CVD. This dysfunction is alleviated by hormone replacement therapy, which involves decreased oxidative stress and Trx levels. Diabetes mellitus has a major association with CVDs; increase in Trx levels may reflect insulin resistance. Identification of Trx system abnormalities may lead to innovative approaches to treat multiple CVDs and other pathologies.
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- Thomas F Whayne
- a Gill Heart Institute, University of Kentucky, 326 Wethington Building, 900 South Limestone Street, Lexington, KY 40536-0200, USA
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- b Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- c Molecular Cardiology and Angiogenesis Laboratory, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
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Karabulut D, Ulusoy HB, Kaymak E, Sönmez MF. Therapeutic effects of pentoxifylline on diabetic heart tissue via NOS. Anatol J Cardiol 2015; 16:310-5. [PMID: 26488377 PMCID: PMC5336777 DOI: 10.5152/akd.2015.6252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Objective: Diabetes mellitus causes a decrease in cardiac output, arterial blood pressure, and heart rate. In this study, we aimed to investigate, at the molecular level, the effect of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) on heart pathology in type 1 diabetes and look at the therapeutic effect of pentoxifylline on this pathology. Methods: In this experimental study, 50 Wistar albino male rats were used. The rats were divided into 5 groups: group C, control; group D, only diabetes; group D+PI and D+PII, diabetes + pentoxifylline; group P, only pentoxifylline. Group D+PI rats received 50 mg/kg/day pentoxifylline over two months. However, group D+PII rats received saline in the first month and 50 mg/kg/day of pentoxifylline over the following month. At the end of two months, NOS expressions in heart tissue were assessed through immunohistochemistry analysis. The data were compared by one-way ANOVA. Results: At the end of the experiments, there was increased cytoplasmic vacuolization, myofibrillar loss, cytoplasmic eosinophilia, and degeneration of cardiomyocytes; nNOS and iNOS expressions in group D decreased compared with that in group C. In group D+PI and group D+PII, nNOS and iNOS expressions improved compared with group D. Conclusion: As a result, we found that diabetes, a known chronic disease, causes serious damage in heart tissue. NOS plays a role in this damage, and pentoxifylline aided in improving nNOS and iNOS expression in this damage.
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- Derya Karabulut
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University; Kayseri-Turkey.
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Liang T, Zhang Q, Sun W, Xin Y, Zhang Z, Tan Y, Zhou S, Zhang C, Cai L, Lu X, Cheng M. Zinc treatment prevents type 1 diabetes-induced hepatic oxidative damage, endoplasmic reticulum stress, and cell death, and even prevents possible steatohepatitis in the OVE26 mouse model: Important role of metallothionein. Toxicol Lett 2015; 233:114-24. [PMID: 25617602 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2015.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2014] [Revised: 01/11/2015] [Accepted: 01/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Whether zinc is able to improve diabetes-induced liver injury remains unknown. Transgenic type 1 diabetic (OVE26) mice develop hyperglycemia at 3 weeks old; therefore therapeutic effect of zinc on diabetes-induced liver injury was investigated in OVE26 mice. Three-month old OVE26 and age-matched wild-type mice were treated by gavage with saline or zinc at 5mg/kg body-weight every other day for 3 months. Hepatic injury was examined by serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) level with liver histopathological and biochemical changes. OVE26 mice at 6 months old showed significant increases in serum ALT level and hepatic oxidative damage, endoplasmic reticulum stress and associated cell death, mild inflammation, and fibrosis. However, all these hepatic morphological and functional changes were significantly prevented in 3-month zinc-treated OVE26 mice. Mechanistically, zinc treatment significantly increased hepatic metallothionein, a protein with known antioxidant activity, in both wild-type and OVE26 mice. These results suggest that there were significantly functional, structural and biochemical abnormalities in the liver of OVE26 diabetic mice at 6 months old; however, all these changes could be prevented with zinc treatment, which was associated with the upregulation of hepatic metallothionein expression.
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- Tingting Liang
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Affiliated Hospital of Guiyang Medical College, Guiyang, Guizhou 550004, China; The RuiAn Center of Chinese-American Research Institute for Diabetic Complications, The Department of Endocrinology of The Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, RuiAn, Zhejiang 325200, China; Kosair Children's Hospital Research Institute, The Department of Pediatrics of the University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Affiliated Hospital of Guiyang Medical College, Guiyang, Guizhou 550004, China; Kosair Children's Hospital Research Institute, The Department of Pediatrics of the University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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- The RuiAn Center of Chinese-American Research Institute for Diabetic Complications, The Department of Endocrinology of The Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, RuiAn, Zhejiang 325200, China; The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, China
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- The RuiAn Center of Chinese-American Research Institute for Diabetic Complications, The Department of Endocrinology of The Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, RuiAn, Zhejiang 325200, China; The Key Laboratory of Pathobiology of Ministry of Education at The Norman Bethune Medical College of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, China
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- Kosair Children's Hospital Research Institute, The Department of Pediatrics of the University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA; The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, China
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- The RuiAn Center of Chinese-American Research Institute for Diabetic Complications, The Department of Endocrinology of The Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, RuiAn, Zhejiang 325200, China; Kosair Children's Hospital Research Institute, The Department of Pediatrics of the University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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- Kosair Children's Hospital Research Institute, The Department of Pediatrics of the University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA; The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, China
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- The RuiAn Center of Chinese-American Research Institute for Diabetic Complications, The Department of Endocrinology of The Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, RuiAn, Zhejiang 325200, China
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- The RuiAn Center of Chinese-American Research Institute for Diabetic Complications, The Department of Endocrinology of The Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, RuiAn, Zhejiang 325200, China; Kosair Children's Hospital Research Institute, The Department of Pediatrics of the University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA.
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- The RuiAn Center of Chinese-American Research Institute for Diabetic Complications, The Department of Endocrinology of The Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, RuiAn, Zhejiang 325200, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Affiliated Hospital of Guiyang Medical College, Guiyang, Guizhou 550004, China.
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Li X, Zhao H, Wang Q, Liang H, Jiang X. Fucoidan protects ARPE-19 cells from oxidative stress via normalization of reactive oxygen species generation through the Ca²⁺-dependent ERK signaling pathway. Mol Med Rep 2015; 11:3746-52. [PMID: 25606812 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2015.3224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2014] [Accepted: 12/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a common complication of diabetes mellitus (DM) and it is the main cause of loss of vision. In previous years, interest in the biological activities of marine organisms has intensified. The effect of fucoidan from the seaweed Fucus vesiculosus on the molecular mechanisms of numerous diseases has been studied, while to date, its effect on DR was yet to be investigated. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the role of fucoidan in DR. The human retinal pigment epithelial cell line ARPE‑19 was exposed to high D‑glucose in the presence or absence of fucoidan. Cell viability was monitored using MTT and lactate dehydrogenase assays. The intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation was measured using fluorescence spectrophotometry. Cell apoptosis was measured by flow cytometry using Annexin V‑fluorescein isothiocyanate staining. Ca2+ influx was measured with a calcium imaging system and the activation of the extracellular signal‑regulated kinase (ERK) protein was evaluated using western blot analysis. The non‑toxic fucoidan protected ARPE‑19 cells from high glucose‑induced cell death and normalized high glucose‑induced generation of ROS. Fucoidan also inhibited high glucose‑induced cell apoptosis, as well as the Ca2+ influx and ERK1/2 phosphorylation in ARPE‑19 cells. Taken together, these findings indicated that fucoidan protects ARPE‑19 cells against high glucose‑induced oxidative damage via normalization of ROS generation through the Ca2+‑dependent ERK signaling pathway.
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- Xiaoxia Li
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, P.R. China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Central Hospital of Liaoyang City, Liaoyang, Liaoning 111000, P.R. China
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- Department of Emergency, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jiamusi University, Jiamusi, Heilongjiang 154002, P.R. China
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, P.R. China
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, P.R. China
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Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM), as one of the major cardiac complications in diabetic patients, is known to related with oxidative stress that is due to a severe imbalance between reactive oxygen species (ROS) and/or reactive nitrogen species (RNS) generation and their clearance by antioxidant defense systems. Transcription factor nuclear factor NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) plays an important role in maintaining the oxidative homeostasis by regulating multiple downstream antioxidants. Diabetes may up-regulate several antioxidants in the heart as a compensative mechanism at early stage, but at late stage, diabetes not only generates extra ROS and/or RNS but also impairs antioxidant capacity in the heart, including Nrf2. In an early study, we have established that Nrf2 protect the cardiac cells and heart from high level of glucose in vitro and hyperglycemia in vivo, and in the following study demonstrated the significant down-regulation of cardiac Nrf2 expression in diabetic animals and patients. Using Nrf2-KO mice or Nrf2 inducers, blooming evidence has indicated the important protection by Nrf2 from cardiac pathogenesis in the diabetes. Therefore, this brief review summarizes the status of studies on Nrf2's role in preventing DCM and even other complications, the need for new and safe Nrf2 inducer screening and the precaution for the undesirable side of Nrf2 under certain conditions.
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- Jing Chen
- Kosair Children's Hospital Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Kosair Children's Hospital Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA
- The Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Kosair Children's Hospital Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA
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NLRP3 gene silencing ameliorates diabetic cardiomyopathy in a type 2 diabetes rat model. PLoS One 2014; 9:e104771. [PMID: 25136835 PMCID: PMC4138036 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 286] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2014] [Accepted: 07/15/2014] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome is associated with metabolic disorder and cell death, which are important triggers in diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM). We aimed to explore whether NLRP3 inflammasome activation contributes to DCM and the mechanism involved. METHODS Type 2 diabetic rat model was induced by high fat diet and low dose streptozotocin. The characteristics of type 2 DCM were evaluated by metabolic tests, echocardiography and histopathology. Gene silencing therapy was used to investigate the role of NLRP3 in the pathogenesis of DCM. High glucose treated H9c2 cardiomyocytes were used to determine the mechanism by which NLRP3 modulated the DCM. The cell death in vitro was detected by TUNEL and EthD-III staining. TXNIP-siRNA and pharmacological inhibitors of ROS and NF-kB were used to explore the mechanism of NLRP3 inflammasome activation. RESULTS Diabetic rats showed severe metabolic disorder, cardiac inflammation, cell death, disorganized ultrastructure, fibrosis and excessive activation of NLRP3, apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a caspase recruitment domain (ASC), pro-caspase-1, activated caspase-1 and mature interleukin-1β (IL-1β). Evidence for pyroptosis was found in vivo, and the caspase-1 dependent pyroptosis was found in vitro. Silencing of NLRP3 in vivo did not attenuate systemic metabolic disturbances. However, NLRP3 gene silencing therapy ameliorated cardiac inflammation, pyroptosis, fibrosis and cardiac function. Silencing of NLRP3 in H9c2 cardiomyocytes suppressed pyroptosis under high glucose. ROS inhibition markedly decreased nuclear factor-kB (NF-kB) phosphorylation, thioredoxin interacting/inhibiting protein (TXNIP), NLRP3 inflammasome, and mature IL-1β in high glucose treated H9c2 cells. Inhibition of NF-kB reduced the activation of NLRP3 inflammasome. TXNIP-siRNA decreased the activation of caspase-1 and IL-1β. CONCLUSION NLRP3 inflammasome contributed to the development of DCM. NF-κB and TXNIP mediated the ROS-induced caspase-1 and IL-1β activation, which are the effectors of NLRP3 inflammasome. NLRP3 gene silencing may exert a protective effect on DCM.
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Deletion of metallothionein exacerbates intermittent hypoxia-induced oxidative and inflammatory injury in aorta. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2014; 2014:141053. [PMID: 25177426 PMCID: PMC4142187 DOI: 10.1155/2014/141053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2014] [Revised: 07/08/2014] [Accepted: 07/08/2014] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The present study was to explore the effect of metallothionein (MT) on intermittent hypoxia (IH) induced aortic pathogenic changes. Markers of oxidative damages, inflammation, and vascular remodeling were observed by immunohistochemical staining after 3 days and 1, 3, and 8 weeks after IH exposures. Endogenous MT was induced after 3 days of IH but was significantly decreased after 8 weeks of IH. Compared with the wild-type mice, MT knock-out mice exhibited earlier and more severe pathogenic changes of oxidative damages, inflammatory responses, and cellular apoptosis, as indicated by the significant accumulation of collagen, increased levels of connective tissue growth factor, transforming growth factor β1, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, vascular cell adhesion molecule 1,3-nitrotyrosine, and 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal in the aorta. These findings suggested that chronic IH may lead to aortic damages characterized by oxidative stress and inflammation, and MT may play a pivotal role in the above pathogenesis process.
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Liu Q, Wang S, Cai L. Diabetic cardiomyopathy and its mechanisms: Role of oxidative stress and damage. J Diabetes Investig 2014; 5:623-34. [PMID: 25422760 PMCID: PMC4234223 DOI: 10.1111/jdi.12250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2014] [Revised: 05/12/2014] [Accepted: 05/14/2014] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Diabetic cardiomyopathy as an important threat to health occurs with or without coexistence of vascular diseases. The exact mechanisms underlying the disease remain incompletely clear. Although several pathological mechanisms responsible for diabetic cardiomyopathy have been proposed, oxidative stress is widely considered as one of the major causes for the pathogenesis of the disease. Hyperglycemia-, hyperlipidemia-, hypertension- and inflammation-induced oxidative stress are major risk factors for the development of microvascular pathogenesis in the diabetic myocardium, which results in abnormal gene expression, altered signal transduction and the activation of pathways leading to programmed myocardial cell deaths. In the present article, we aim to provide an extensive review of the role of oxidative stress and anti-oxidants in diabetic cardiomyopathy based on our own works and literature information available.
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- Quan Liu
- Center of Cardiovascular Diseases at the First Hospital of the Jilin University Changchun, China
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- Center of Cardiovascular Diseases at the First Hospital of the Jilin University Changchun, China ; Kosair Children's Hospital Research Institute, the Department of Pediatrics, the University of Louisville Louisville, KY, USA
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- Kosair Children's Hospital Research Institute, the Department of Pediatrics, the University of Louisville Louisville, KY, USA ; Departments of Radiation Oncology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, the University of Louisville Louisville, KY, USA
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Varga ZV, Giricz Z, Liaudet L, Haskó G, Ferdinandy P, Pacher P. Interplay of oxidative, nitrosative/nitrative stress, inflammation, cell death and autophagy in diabetic cardiomyopathy. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2014; 1852:232-42. [PMID: 24997452 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2014.06.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2014] [Revised: 06/11/2014] [Accepted: 06/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Diabetes is a recognized risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and heart failure. Diabetic cardiovascular dysfunction also underscores the development of diabetic retinopathy, nephropathy and neuropathy. Despite the broad availability of antidiabetic therapy, glycemic control still remains a major challenge in the management of diabetic patients. Hyperglycemia triggers formation of advanced glycosylation end products (AGEs), activates protein kinase C, enhances polyol pathway, glucose autoxidation, which coupled with elevated levels of free fatty acids, and leptin have been implicated in increased generation of superoxide anion by mitochondria, NADPH oxidases and xanthine oxidoreductase in diabetic vasculature and myocardium. Superoxide anion interacts with nitric oxide forming the potent toxin peroxynitrite via diffusion limited reaction, which in concert with other oxidants triggers activation of stress kinases, endoplasmic reticulum stress, mitochondrial and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1-dependent cell death, dysregulates autophagy/mitophagy, inactivates key proteins involved in myocardial calcium handling/contractility and antioxidant defense, activates matrix metalloproteinases and redox-dependent pro-inflammatory transcription factors (e.g. nuclear factor kappaB) promoting inflammation, AGEs formation, eventually culminating in myocardial dysfunction, remodeling and heart failure. Understanding the complex interplay of oxidative/nitrosative stress with pro-inflammatory, metabolic and cell death pathways is critical to devise novel targeted therapies for diabetic cardiomyopathy, which will be overviewed in this brief synopsis. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Autophagy and protein quality control in cardiometabolic diseases.
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- Zoltán V Varga
- Laboratory of Physiological Studies, National Institutes of Health/NIAAA, Bethesda, MD, USA; Cardiometabolic Research Group, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Cardiometabolic Research Group, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine BH 08-621-University Hospital Medical Center 1011 LAUSANNE Switzerland
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- Department of Surgery and Center for Immunity and Inflammation, Rutgers NJ Medical School, USA
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- Cardiometabolic Research Group, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary; Pharmahungary Group, Szeged, Hungary
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- Laboratory of Physiological Studies, National Institutes of Health/NIAAA, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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Expression and induction of small heat shock proteins in rat heart under chronic hyperglycemic conditions. Arch Biochem Biophys 2014; 558:1-9. [PMID: 24950024 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2014.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2014] [Revised: 06/02/2014] [Accepted: 06/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The induction of small heat shock proteins (sHsp) is observed under various stress conditions to protect the cells and organisms from adverse events including diabetes. Diabetic cardiomyopathy is a common complication of diabetes. Therefore, in this study, we investigated the expression of sHsp under chronic hyperglycemic conditions in rat heart. Hyperglycemia was induced in WNIN rats by intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin and maintained for a period of 12weeks. Expression of sHsp, phosphorylation and translocation of phosphoforms of Hsp27 and αB-crystallin (αBC) from cytosolic fraction to cytoskeletal fraction was analyzed. While the expression of MKBP, HspB3, αBC was found to be increased in diabetic heart, expression of Hsp20 was decreased. Chronic hyperglycemia further induced phosphorylation of αBC at S59, S45, Hsp27 at S82, p38MAPK and p44/42MAPK. However, pS59-αBC and pS82-Hsp27 were translocated from detergent-soluble to detergent-insoluble fraction under hyperglycemic conditions. Furthermore, the interaction of pS82-Hsp27 and pS59-αBC with desmin was increased under hyperglycemia. However, the interaction of αBC and pS59-αBC with Bax was impaired by chronic hyperglycemia. These results suggest up regulation of sHsp (MKBP, HspB3 and αBC), phosphorylation and translocation of Hsp27 and αBC to striated sarcomeres and impaired interaction of αBC and pS59-αBC with Bax under chronic hyperglycemia.
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Lu N, Li J, He Y, Tian R, Xiao Q. Nitrative modifications of α-enolase in hepatic proteins from diabetic rats: the involvement of myeloperoxidase. Chem Biol Interact 2014; 220:12-9. [PMID: 24924950 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2014.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2013] [Revised: 05/23/2014] [Accepted: 05/28/2014] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Many studies reported that oxidative and nitrative stress might be important in the pathogenesis of diabetes and the development of its complications. In this study, we showed that α-enolase (EC 4.2.1.11, 2-phospho-d-glycerate hydrolase) was identified as the important target for oxidative and nitrative modifications in diabetic hepatic proteins. After 6 weeks of streptozotocin-administration, α-enolase expression and nitration were clearly increased in diabetic rat liver, whereas the enolase activity and oxidation status were not significantly changed in diabetic group. By means of immunoprecipitation and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analysis, it was found that Tyr 12 and Tyr 257 of α-enolase were the most susceptible to nitration in diabetic rat liver. Moreover, myeloperoxidase (MPO) as a likely alternative mechanism for nitrative modification of α-enolase in vivo was apparently facilitated by the presence of higher MPO level and activity in diabetic liver, and fact that Tyr 12 and Tyr 191 of enolase was nitrated by MPO/nitrite/H2O2 system in vitro. Further studies in vitro indicated that carbonyl formation, rather than tyrosine nitration, might make a major contribution to the inactivation of enolase. The present results provided the new evidence for α-enolase as a susceptive target for MPO-catalyzed nitrative modification in diabetes. They also suggested a potential contribution of nitrative and oxidative modifications of enolase to an impaired glycolytic activity in diabetic hepatic injury.
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- Naihao Lu
- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Functional Organic Molecules, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, China; Key Laboratory of Functional Small Organic Molecule, Ministry of Education and College of Life Science, Jiangxi Normal University, 99 Ziyang Road, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry, Jiangxi Province and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, 99 Ziyang Road, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Small Organic Molecule, Ministry of Education and College of Life Science, Jiangxi Normal University, 99 Ziyang Road, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, China; Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry, Jiangxi Province and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, 99 Ziyang Road, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry, Jiangxi Province and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, 99 Ziyang Road, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, China
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Functional Organic Molecules, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, China.
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Metallothionein prevents intermittent hypoxia-induced cardiac endoplasmic reticulum stress and cell death likely via activation of Akt signaling pathway in mice. Toxicol Lett 2014; 227:113-23. [PMID: 24680926 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2014.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2013] [Revised: 03/17/2014] [Accepted: 03/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, an adaptive response normally, causes apoptotic cell death under pathological conditions. Cardiac ER stress and associated cell death involve in the inflammatory responses that often cause cardiac remodeling and dysfunction. Here we examined whether chronic intermittent hypoxia (IH) induces cardiac ER stress and associated cell death along with inflammatory response and if so, whether these effects can be affected by transgenic overexpression or deletion of metallothionein gene (MT-TG or MT-KO). IH exposures for 3 days to 4 weeks significantly increased cardiac ER stress and apoptosis, shown by the increased expression of GRP78, ATF6 and CHOP, the activation of caspase-12 and capase-3, and the decreased Bcl2/Bax expression ratio, predominantly in the 3rd week of IH exposures. These effects were significantly exacerbated in MT-KO mice, but completely prevented in MT-TG mice. In vitro mechanistic study with H9c2 cardiac and primary neonatal cardiomyocytes showed that MT protection from ER stress-induced apoptosis was mediated by up-regulating Akt phosphorylation since inhibition of Akt phosphorylation abolished MT's protection MT from ER stress and apoptosis. These findings suggest that chronic IH is able to induce cardiac ER stress, cell death and inflammation can be prevented by MT, probably via up-regulation of Akt function.
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Yin X, Zhou S, Zheng Y, Tan Y, Kong M, Wang B, Feng W, Epstein PN, Cai J, Cai L. Metallothionein as a compensatory component prevents intermittent hypoxia-induced cardiomyopathy in mice. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2014; 277:58-66. [PMID: 24657099 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2014.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2013] [Revised: 03/03/2014] [Accepted: 03/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) causes chronic intermittent hypoxia (IH) to induce cardiovascular disease, which may be related to oxidative damage. Metallothionein (MT) has been extensively proved to be an endogenous and highly inducible antioxidant protein expressed in the heart. Therefore, we tested the hypotheses that oxidative stress plays a critical role in OSA induced cardiac damage and MT protects the heart from OSA-induced cardiomyopathy. To mimic hypoxia/reoxygenation events that occur in adult OSA patients, mice were exposed to IH for 3 days to 8 weeks. The IH paradigm consisted of alternating cycles of 20.9% O₂/8% O₂ F(I)O₂ (30 episodes per hour) with 20s at the nadir F(I)O₂ for 12 h a day during daylight. IH significantly increased the ratio of heart weight to tibia length at 4 weeks with a decrease in cardiac function from 4 to 8 weeks. Cardiac oxidative damage and fibrosis were observed after 4 and 8 weeks of IH exposures. Endogenous MT expression was up-regulated in response to 3-day IH, but significantly decreased at 4 and 8 weeks of IH. In support of MT as a major compensatory component, mice with cardiac overexpression of MT gene and mice with global MT gene deletion were completely resistant, and highly sensitive, respectively, to chronic IH induced cardiac effects. These findings suggest that chronic IH induces cardiomyopathy characterized by oxidative stress-mediated cardiac damage and the antioxidant MT protects the heart from such pathological and functional changes.
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- Xia Yin
- The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China; KCHRI at the Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, 40202, USA
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- The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China; KCHRI at the Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, 40202, USA
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- The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China.
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- KCHRI at the Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, 40202, USA; Chinese-American Research Institute for Diabetic Complications, Wenzhou Medical College School of Pharmacy, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Information Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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- KCHRI at the Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, 40202, USA; Department of Pathology, Inner Mongolia Forestry General Hospital, Yakeshi, 022150, China
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, 40202, USA
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- KCHRI at the Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, 40202, USA
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- KCHRI at the Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, 40202, USA.
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- KCHRI at the Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, 40202, USA; Chinese-American Research Institute for Diabetic Complications, Wenzhou Medical College School of Pharmacy, Wenzhou, 325035, China; Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, 40202, USA
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Cell hypertrophy and MEK/ERK phosphorylation are regulated by glyceraldehyde-derived AGEs in cardiomyocyte H9c2 cells. Cell Biochem Biophys 2014; 66:537-44. [PMID: 23288619 DOI: 10.1007/s12013-012-9501-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Diabetic cardiomyopathy has been shown to promote hypertrophy, leading to heart failure. Recent studies have reported a correlation between diabetic cardiomyopathy and oxidative stress, suggesting that the accumulation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) induces the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). In a clinical setting, AGEs have been shown to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease; however, the relationship between AGEs and cardiac hypertrophy remains unclear. This study sought to identify the role of AGEs in cardiac hypertrophy by treating H9c2 cells with glyceraldehyde-derived AGEs (200 μg/ml) or H2O2 (50 μM) for 96 h. Our results demonstrate that AGEs significantly increased protein levels and cell size. These effects were effectively blocked with PD98059 (10 μM; MEK/ERK inhibitor) pretreatment, suggesting that AGEs caused cell hypertrophy via the MEK/ERK pathway. We then treated cells with AGEs and H2O2 for 0-120 min and employed the Odyssey infrared imaging system to detect MEK/ERK phosphorylation. Our results show that AGEs up-regulated MEK/ERK phosphorylation. However, this effect was blocked by NAC (5 mM; ROS inhibitor), indicating that AGEs regulate MEK/ERK phosphorylation via ROS. Our findings suggest that glyceraldehyde-derived AGEs are closely related to cardiac hypertrophy and further identify a molecular mechanism underlying the promotion of diabetic cardiomyopathy by AGEs.
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Cong W, Zhao T, Zhu Z, Huang B, Ma W, Wang Y, Tan Y, Chakrabarti S, Li X, Jin L, Cai L. Metallothionein prevents cardiac pathological changes in diabetes by modulating nitration and inactivation of cardiac ATP synthase. J Nutr Biochem 2014; 25:463-74. [PMID: 24629910 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2013.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2013] [Revised: 12/14/2013] [Accepted: 12/23/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Mitochondrial ATP production is the main energy source for the cell. Diabetes reduces the efficient generation of ATP, possibly due to the inactivation of ATP synthase. However, the exact mechanism by which diabetes induces inactivation of ATP synthase remains unknown, as well as whether such inactivation has a role in the development of pathological abnormalities of the diabetic heart. To address these issues, we used cardiac metallothionein-transgenic (MT-TG) and wild-type (WT) mice with streptozotocin-induced diabetes, since we have demonstrated previously that diabetes-induced cardiac damage and remodeling were found in WT diabetic mice, but not in MT-TG diabetic mice. Immunohistochemical and biochemical assays were used to compare pathological and biochemical changes of the heart between MT-TG and WT diabetic mice, and a proteomic assay to evaluate ATP synthase expression and tyrosine nitration, with its activity. LC/MS analysis revealed that diabetes increased tyrosine nitration of the ATP synthase α subunit at Tyr(271), Tyr(311), and Tyr(476), and the β subunit at Tyr(269) and Tyr(508), and also significantly reduced ATP synthase activity by ~32%. These changes were not observed in MT-TG diabetic mice. Furthermore, parallel experiments with induced expression of cardiac MT by zinc supplementation in diabetic mice produced similar effects. These results suggest that MT can preserve ATP synthase activity in streptozotocin-induced diabetes, probably through the inhibition of ATP synthase nitration.
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- Weitao Cong
- Chinese-American Research Institute for Diabetic Complications, Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang, P.R. China; School of Pharmaceutical Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, P.R. China
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- Chinese-American Research Institute for Diabetic Complications, Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang, P.R. China; School of Pharmaceutical Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, P.R. China
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- Chinese-American Research Institute for Diabetic Complications, Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang, P.R. China; School of Pharmaceutical Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, P.R. China
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- Chinese-American Research Institute for Diabetic Complications, Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang, P.R. China; School of Pharmaceutical Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, P.R. China
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- Laboratory of Gynecology and Obstetrics, People's Hospital of Wenzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China
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- Department of Geriatric Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, P.R. China
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- Chinese-American Research Institute for Diabetic Complications, Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang, P.R. China; Kosair Children's Hospital Research Institute (KCHRI), Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Chinese-American Research Institute for Diabetic Complications, Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang, P.R. China; School of Pharmaceutical Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, P.R. China
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- Chinese-American Research Institute for Diabetic Complications, Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang, P.R. China; School of Pharmaceutical Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, P.R. China.
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- Chinese-American Research Institute for Diabetic Complications, Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang, P.R. China; Kosair Children's Hospital Research Institute (KCHRI), Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA.
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Liu ZW, Zhu HT, Chen KL, Dong X, Wei J, Qiu C, Xue JH. Protein kinase RNA-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase (PERK) signaling pathway plays a major role in reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced apoptosis in diabetic cardiomyopathy. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2013; 12:158. [PMID: 24180212 PMCID: PMC4176998 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2840-12-158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2013] [Accepted: 10/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Background Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is considered one of the mechanisms contributing to reactive oxygen species (ROS)- mediated cell apoptosis. In diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM), cell apoptosis is generally accepted as the etiological factor and closely related to cardiac ROS generation. ER stress is proposed the link between ROS and cell apoptosis; however, the signaling pathways and their roles in participating ER stress- induced apoptosis in DCM are still unclear. Methods In this study, we investigated the signaling transductions in ROS- dependent ER stress- induced cardiomocyte apoptosis in animal model of DCM. Moreover, in order to clarify the roles of IRE1 (inositol - requiring enzyme-1), PERK (protein kinase RNA (PKR)- like ER kinase) and ATF6 (activating transcription factor-6) in conducting apoptotic signal in ROS- dependent ER stress- induced cardiomocyte apoptosis, we further investigated apoptosis in high- glucose incubated cardiomyocytes with IRE1, ATF6 and PERK- knocked down respectively. Results we demonstrated that the ER stress sensors, referred as PERK, IRE1 and ATF6, were activated in ROS- mediated ER stress- induced cell apoptosis in rat model of DCM which was characterized by cardiac pump and electrical dysfunctions. The deletion of PERK in myocytes exhibited stronger protective effect against apoptosis induced by high- glucose incubation than deletion of ATF6 or IRE in the same myocytes. By subcellular fractionation, rather than ATF6 and IRE1, in primary cardiomyocytes, PERK was found a component of MAMs (mitochondria-associated endoplasmic reticulum membranes) which was the functional and physical contact site between ER and mitochondria. Conclusions ROS- stimulated activation of PERK signaling pathway takes the major responsibility rather than IRE1 or ATF6 signaling pathways in ROS- medicated ER stress- induced myocyte apoptosis in DCM.
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- Department of Cardiology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
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Kumar S, Prasad S, Sitasawad SL. Multiple antioxidants improve cardiac complications and inhibit cardiac cell death in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. PLoS One 2013; 8:e67009. [PMID: 23843977 PMCID: PMC3699585 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2012] [Accepted: 05/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Diabetic cardiomyopathy, a disorder of the heart muscle in diabetic patients, is one of the major causes of heart failure. Since diabetic cardiomyopathy is now known to have a high prevalence in the asymptomatic diabetic patient, prevention at the earliest stage of development by existing molecules would be appropriate in order to prevent the progression of heart failure. In this study, we investigated the protective role of multiple antioxidants (MA), on cardiac dysfunction and cardiac cell apoptosis in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rat. Diabetic cardiomyopathy in STZ-treated animals was characterized by declined systolic, diastolic myocardial performance, oxidative stress and apoptosis in cardiac cells. Diabetic rats on supplementation with MA showed decreased oxidative stress evaluated by the content of reduced levels of lipid per-oxidation and decreased activity of catalase with down-regulation of heme-oxygenase-1 mRNA. Supplementation with MA also resulted in a normalized lipid profile and decreased levels of pro-inflammatory transcription factor NF-kappaB as well as cytokines such as TNF-α, IFN-γ, TGF-β, and IL-10. MA was found to decrease the expression of ROS-generating enzymes like xanthine oxidase, monoamine oxidase-A along with 5-Lipoxygenase mRNA and/or protein expression. Further, left ventricular function, measured by a microtip pressure transducer, was re-established as evidenced by increase in ±dp/dtmax, heart rate, decreased blood pressure, systolic and diastolic pressure as well as decrease in the TUNEL positive cardiac cells with increased Bcl-2/Bax ratio. In addition, MA supplementation decreased cell death and activation of NF-kappaB in cardiac H9c2 cells. Based on our results, we conclude that MA supplementation significantly attenuated cardiac dysfunction in diabetic rats; hence MA supplementation may have important clinical implications in terms of prevention and management of diabetic cardiomyopathy.
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- Santosh Kumar
- National Centre for Cell Science, NCCS Complex, Ganeshkhind, Pune, India
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- National Centre for Cell Science, NCCS Complex, Ganeshkhind, Pune, India
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- National Centre for Cell Science, NCCS Complex, Ganeshkhind, Pune, India
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Zhou X, Lu X. The role of oxidative stress in high glucose-induced apoptosis in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2013; 238:898-902. [PMID: 23788170 DOI: 10.1177/1535370213493728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Accumulating evidence has demonstrated that apoptosis plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of diabetic cardiomyopathy. However, the exact molecular mechanisms by which hyperglycaemia induces cardiomyocyte apoptosis are not fully understood. The present study was designed to investigate the role of oxidative stress in high glucose-induced apoptosis in cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. The MTT assay was used to detect the viability of cardiomyocytes exposed to different concentrations of glucose. Oxidative stress was evaluated by measuring intracellular reactive oxygen species with 2′,7′-dichlorofluoresce diacetate staining and by detecting malondialdehyde and superoxide dismutase in the supernatant of culture media. Cardiomyocyte apoptosis was determined by flow cytometry and confocal laser scanning microscopy with Annexin V/PI staining. Our results showed that high glucose can induce oxidative stress and promote apoptosis in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes and the antioxidant can protect against high glucose-induced apoptosis, which suggests that oxidative stress is involved in high glucose-induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis. Furthermore, caspase-3 was found to be activated in the process of high glucose-induced oxidative stress, which subsequently contributes to increased apoptosis in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. In conclusion, our study demonstrates that oxidative stress is involved in high glucose-induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis via activation of caspase-3.
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- Xiang Zhou
- Department of Geriatrics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210011 China
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- Department of Geriatrics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210011 China
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Miao X, Tang Z, Wang Y, Su G, Sun W, Wei W, Li W, Miao L, Cai L, Tan Y, Liu Q. Metallothionein prevention of arsenic trioxide-induced cardiac cell death is associated with its inhibition of mitogen-activated protein kinases activation in vitro and in vivo. Toxicol Lett 2013; 220:277-85. [PMID: 23664956 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2013.04.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2013] [Revised: 04/27/2013] [Accepted: 04/30/2013] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Cardiotoxicity induced by arsenic trioxide has become a serious blockade of clinical applications of this effective anticancer agent. The general mechanism responsible for arsenic cardiotoxicity has been attributed to its induction of oxidative stress. Metallothionein (MT) has been extensively proven to be a potent endogenous antioxidant that protects heart against oxidative stress-induced cardiac damage. To investigate whether and how MT protects against arsenic cardiotoxicity, MT-overexpressing H9c2 (MT-H9c2) cardiac cells and transgenic (MT-TG) mice with their corresponding controls were exposed to the clinical relevant dose of arsenic trioxide. Cardiac cell apoptosis was detected by molecular indices, including the cleavage of caspase 3 and caspase 12, Bax/Bcl2 expression ratio, CHOP expression and/or confirmed by a terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling assay. Arsenic trioxide dose- and time-dependently induced cardiac cell death in H9c2 cells with a significant activation of major MAPK subfamily members such as ERK1/2, JNK and p38, but not in MT-H9c2 cells. Importantly, the protective effect of MT on arsenic trioxide-induced apoptotic cell death was completely recaptured in the heart of MT-TG with a significant prevention of MAPKs activation. These results indicate that arsenic trioxide-upregulated MAPKs might play important role in arsenic trioxide-induced apoptotic cell death in cardiac cells both in vivo and in vitro, and MT's suppression of arsenic trioxide apoptotic effect was associated with the inhibition of MAPK activation. Therefore, selective elevation of cardiac MT levels with pharmacological approaches may be a potential strategy for the prevention of arsenic cardiotoxicity.
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- Xiao Miao
- The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
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Cong W, Ma W, Zhao T, Zhu Z, Wang Y, Tan Y, Li X, Jin L, Cai L. Metallothionein prevents diabetes-induced cardiac pathological changes, likely via the inhibition of succinyl-CoA:3-ketoacid coenzyme A transferase-1 nitration at Trp(374). Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2013; 304:E826-35. [PMID: 23423173 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00570.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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We previously demonstrated that metallothionein (MT)-mediated protection from diabetes-induced pathological changes in cardiac tissues is related to suppression of superoxide generation and protein nitration. The present study investigated which diabetes-nitrated protein(s) mediate the development of these pathological changes by identifying the panel of nitrated proteins present in diabetic hearts of wild-type (WT) mice and not in those of cardiac-specific MT-overexpressing transgenic (MT-TG) mice. At 2, 4, 8, and 16 wk after streptozotocin induction of diabetes, histopathological examination of the WT and MT-TG diabetic hearts revealed cardiac structure derangement and remodeling, significantly increased superoxide generation, and 3-nitrotyrosine accumulation. A nitrated protein of 58 kDa, succinyl-CoA:3-ketoacid CoA transferase-1 (SCOT), was identified by mass spectrometry. Although total SCOT expression was not significantly different between the two types of mice, the diabetic WT hearts showed significantly increased nitration content and dramatically decreased catalyzing activity of SCOT. Although SCOT nitration sites were identified at Tyr(76), Tyr(117), Tyr(135), Tyr(226), Tyr(368), and Trp(374), only Tyr(76) and Trp(374) were found to be located in the active site by three-dimensional structure modeling. However, only Trp(374) showed a significantly different nitration level between the WT and MT-TG diabetic hearts. These results suggest that MT prevention of diabetes-induced pathological changes in cardiac tissues is most likely mediated by suppression of SCOT nitration at Trp(374).
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- Weitao Cong
- Chinese-American Research Institute for Diabetic Complications, Wenzhou Medical College, Zhejiang, China
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Miao X, Wang Y, Sun J, Sun W, Tan Y, Cai L, Zheng Y, Su G, Liu Q, Wang Y. Zinc protects against diabetes-induced pathogenic changes in the aorta: roles of metallothionein and nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2013; 12:54. [PMID: 23536959 PMCID: PMC3621739 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2840-12-54] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2013] [Accepted: 03/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background Cardiovascular diseases remain a leading cause of the mortality world-wide, which is related to several risks, including the life style change and the increased diabetes prevalence. The present study was to explore the preventive effect of zinc on the pathogenic changes in the aorta. Methods A genetic type 1 diabetic OVE26 mouse model was used with/without zinc supplementation for 3 months. To determine gender difference either for pathogenic changes in the aorta of diabetic mice or for zinc protective effects on diabetes-induced pathogenic changes, both males and females were investigated in parallel by histopathological and immunohistochemical examinations, in combination of real-time PCR assay. Results Diabetes induced significant increases in aortic oxidative damage, inflammation, and remodeling (increased fibrosis and wall thickness) without significant difference between genders. Zinc treatment of these diabetic mice for three months completely prevented the above pathogenic changes in the aorta, and also significantly up-regulated the expression and function of nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2 (Nrf2), a pivotal regulator of anti-oxidative mechanism, and the expression of metallothionein (MT), a potent antioxidant. There was gender difference for the protective effect of zinc against diabetes-induced pathogenic changes and the up-regulated levels of Nrf2 and MT in the aorta. Conclusions These results suggest that zinc supplementation provides a significant protection against diabetes-induced pathogenic changes in the aorta without gender difference in the type 1 diabetic mouse model. The aortic protection by zinc against diabetes-induced pathogenic changes is associated with the up-regulation of both MT and Nrf2 expression.
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- Xiao Miao
- Department of Ophthalmology, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, 218 Ziqiang Street, Changchun 130041, China
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Zinc homeostasis in the metabolic syndrome and diabetes. Front Med 2013; 7:31-52. [PMID: 23385610 DOI: 10.1007/s11684-013-0251-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2012] [Accepted: 12/26/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Zinc (Zn) is an essential mineral that is required for various cellular functions. Zn dyshomeostasis always is related to certain disorders such as metabolic syndrome, diabetes and diabetic complications. The associations of Zn with metabolic syndrome, diabetes and diabetic complications, thus, stem from the multiple roles of Zn: (1) a constructive component of many important enzymes or proteins, (2) a requirement for insulin storage and secretion, (3) a direct or indirect antioxidant action, and (4) an insulin-like action. However, whether there is a clear cause-and-effect relationship of Zn with metabolic syndrome, diabetes, or diabetic complications remains unclear. In fact, it is known that Zn deficiency is a common phenomenon in diabetic patients. Chronic low intake of Zn was associated with the increased risk of diabetes and diabetes also impairs Zn metabolism. Theoretically Zn supplementation should prevent the metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and diabetic complications; however, limited available data are not always supportive of the above notion. Therefore, this review has tried to summarize these pieces of available information, possible mechanisms by which Zn prevents the metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and diabetic complications. In the final part, what are the current issues for Zn supplementation were also discussed.
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Velic A, Laturnus D, Chhoun J, Zheng S, Epstein P, Carlson E. Diabetic basement membrane thickening does not occur in myocardial capillaries of transgenic mice when metallothionein is overexpressed in cardiac myocytes. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2013; 296:480-7. [PMID: 23381845 DOI: 10.1002/ar.22646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2012] [Accepted: 12/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Diabetic cardiomyopathy is a clinically distinct disease characterized by impaired cardiac function as a result of reduced contractility and hypertension-induced athero- or arteriosclerosis. This may be due either to generalized vascular disease, tissue-based injury such as focal cardiomyocyte dysmorphia, or microvascular damage manifested by myocardial capillary basement membrane (CBM) thickening. Hyperglycemia-driven increases in reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been proposed to contribute to such damage. To address this hypothesis, we utilized light (LM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to demonstrate cardiomyocyte morphology and myocardial CBM thickness in the left ventricles of four mouse genotypes: FVB (background Friend virus B controls), OVE (transgenic diabetics), Mt [transgenics with targeted overexpression of the antioxidant protein metallothionein (MT) in cardiomyocytes], and OVEMt (bi-transgenic cross of OVE and Mt) animals. Mice were prepared for morphometric analysis by vascular perfusion. Focal myocardial disorganization was identified in OVE mice but not in the remaining genotypes. Not unexpectedly, myocardial CBM thickness was increased significantly in OVE relative to FVB (P < 0.05) and Mt (P < 0.05) animals (+28% and +39.5%, respectively). Remarkably, however, OVEMt myocardial CBMs showed no increase in width; rather they were ~3% thinner than FVB controls. Although the molecular mechanisms regulating CBM width remain elusive, it seems possible that despite a significant hyperglycemic environment, MT antioxidant activity may mitigate local oxidative stress and reduce downstream excess microvascular extracellular matrix (ECM) formation. In addition, the reduction of intra- and perivascular ROS may protect against incipient endothelial damage and the CBM thickening that results from such injury.
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- Ana Velic
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202-9037, USA
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Zhong X, Wang L, Wang Y, Dong S, Leng X, Jia J, Zhao Y, Li H, Zhang X, Xu C, Yang G, Wu L, Wang R, Lu F, Zhang W. Exogenous hydrogen sulfide attenuates diabetic myocardial injury through cardiac mitochondrial protection. Mol Cell Biochem 2012; 371:187-98. [PMID: 23001844 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-012-1435-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2012] [Accepted: 08/04/2012] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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In the study, we investigated how exogenous H(2)S (hydrogen sulfide) influenced streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic myocardial injury through cardiac mitochondrial protection and nitric oxide (NO) synthesis in intact rat hearts and primary neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. Diabetes was induced by STZ (50 mg/kg) and the daily administration of 100 μM NaHS (sodium hydrosulfide, an H(2)S donor) in the diabetes + NaHS treatment group. At the end of 4, 8, and 12 weeks, the morphological alterations and functions of the hearts were observed using transmission electron microscopy and echocardiography system. The percentage of apoptotic cardiomyocytes, the mitochondrial membrane potential, the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the level of NO were measured. The expressions of cystathionine-γ-lyase (CSE), caspase-3 and -9, the mitochondrial NOX4 and cytochrome c were analyzed by western blotting. The results showed the cardiac function injured, morphological changes and the apoptotic rate increased in the diabetic rat hearts. In the primary neonatal rat cardiomyocytes of high glucose group, ROS production was increased markedly, whereas the expression of CSE and the level of NO was decreased. However, treatment with NaHS significantly reversed the diabetic rat hearts function, the morphological changes and decreased the levels of ROS and NO in the primary neonatal rat cardiomyocytes administrated with high glucose group. Furthermore, NaHS down-regulated the expression of mitochondrial NOX4 and caspase-3 and -9 and inhibited the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria in the primary neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. In conclusion, H(2)S is involved in the attenuation of diabetic myocardial injury through the protection of cardiac mitochondria.
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- Xin Zhong
- Department of Pathophysiology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, China
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