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Lv H, Xia S, He Y, Qiao C, Liu J, Guo J, Li S. Effect of chronic cold stress on gut microbial diversity, intestinal inflammation and pyroptosis in mice. J Physiol Biochem 2024; 80:465-477. [PMID: 38526704 DOI: 10.1007/s13105-024-01019-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/16/2024] [Indexed: 03/27/2024]
Abstract
Hypothermia is an essential environmental factor in gastrointestinal diseases, but the main molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis remain unclear. The current study sought to better understand how chronic cold stress affects gut damage and its underlying mechanisms. In this work, to establish chronic cold stress (CS)-induced intestinal injury model, mice were subjected to continuous cold exposure (4 °C) for 3 h per day for 3 weeks. Our results indicated that CS led to gut injury via inducing changes of heat shock proteins 70 (HSP70) and apoptosis-related (caspases-3, Bax and Bcl-2) proteins; enhancing expression of intestinal tight-related (ZO-1 and occludin) proteins; promoting releases of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), interleukin1β (IL-1β), IL-18 and IL-6 inflammatory mediators in the ileum; and altering gut microbial diversity. Furthermore, persistent cold exposure resulted in the cleavage of pyroptosis-related Gasdermin D (GSDMD) protein by regulating the NLRP3/ASC/caspase-1 and caspase-11 pathway, and activation of toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)/myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88)-mediated nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathways, which are strongly associated with changes in gut microbiota diversity. Taken together, these investigations provide new insights into the increased risk of intestinal disorders at extremely low temperatures and establish a theoretical foundation for the advancement of novel pharmaceutical interventions targeting cold-related ailments.
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- Hongming Lv
- Key Laboratory of Bovine Disease Control in Northeast China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Bovine Diseases; College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing, 163319, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bovine Disease Control in Northeast China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Bovine Diseases; College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing, 163319, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bovine Disease Control in Northeast China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Bovine Diseases; College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing, 163319, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bovine Disease Control in Northeast China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Bovine Diseases; College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing, 163319, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bovine Disease Control in Northeast China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Bovine Diseases; College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing, 163319, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bovine Disease Control in Northeast China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Bovine Diseases; College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing, 163319, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Bovine Disease Control in Northeast China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Bovine Diseases; College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing, 163319, China.
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Pei Z, Xiong Y, Jiang S, Guo R, Jin W, Tao J, Zhang Z, Zhang Y, Zou Y, Gong Y, Ren J. Heavy Metal Scavenger Metallothionein Rescues Against Cold Stress-Evoked Myocardial Contractile Anomalies Through Regulation of Mitophagy. Cardiovasc Toxicol 2024; 24:85-101. [PMID: 38356081 DOI: 10.1007/s12012-023-09823-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2023] [Accepted: 12/24/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
Abstract
Cold stress prompts an increased prevalence of cardiovascular morbidity yet the underneath machinery remains unclear. Oxidative stress and autophagy appear to contribute to cold stress-induced cardiac anomalies. Our present study evaluated the effect of heavy metal antioxidant metallothionein on cold stress (4 °C)-induced in cardiac remodeling and contractile anomalies and cell signaling involved including regulation of autophagy and mitophagy. Cold stress (3 weeks) prompted interstitial fibrosis, mitochondrial damage (mitochondrial membrane potential and TEM ultrastructure), oxidative stress (glutathione, reactive oxygen species and superoxide), lipid peroxidation, protein injury, elevated left ventricular (LV) end systolic and diastolic diameters, decreased fractional shortening, ejection fraction, Langendorff heart function, cardiomyocyte shortening, maximal velocities of shortening/relengthening, and electrically stimulated intracellular Ca2+ rise along with elongated relaxation duration and intracellular Ca2+ clearance, the responses of which were overtly attenuated or mitigated by metallothionein. Levels of apoptosis, cell death (Bax and loss of Bcl2, IL-18), and autophagy (LC3BII-to-LC3BI ratio, Atg7 and Beclin-1) were overtly upregulated with comparable p62 under cold stress. Cold stress also evoked elevated mitophagy (decreased TOM20, increased Parkin and FUNDC1 with unaltered BNIP3). Cold stress overtly dampened phosphorylation of autophagy/mitophagy inhibitory molecules Akt and mTOR, stimulated and suppressed phosphorylation of ULK1 and eNOS, respectively, in the absence of altered pan protein levels. Cold stress-evoked responses in cell death, autophagy, mitophagy and their regulatory domains were overtly attenuated or ablated by metallothionein. Suppression of autophagy and mitophagy with 3-methyladenine, bafilomycin A1, cyclosporine A, and liensinine rescued hypothermia-instigated cardiomyocyte LC3B puncta formation and mechanical anomalies. Our findings support a protective nature for metallothionein in deep hypothermia-evoked cardiac abnormalities associated with regulation of autophagy and mitophagy.
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- Zhaohui Pei
- The Second Department of Cardiology, Nanchang City Renmin Hospital, Nanchang, 3330009, China.
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- The First Department of Cardiology, Nanchang City Renmin Hospital, Nanchang, 3330009, China
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- Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, China
- The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, China
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- The Second Department of Cardiology, Nanchang City Renmin Hospital, Nanchang, 3330009, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510000, China
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- Shanghai Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai, 200032, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Interventional Medicine, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Shanghai Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai, 200032, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Interventional Medicine, Shanghai, 200032, China
- Department of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
- Shanghai Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai, 200032, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Interventional Medicine, Shanghai, 200032, China
- Department of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- The Second Department of Cardiology, Nanchang City Renmin Hospital, Nanchang, 3330009, China
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- Shanghai Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai, 200032, China.
- National Clinical Research Center for Interventional Medicine, Shanghai, 200032, China.
- Department of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.
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Lv H, He Y, Wu J, Zhen L, Zheng Y. Chronic cold stress-induced myocardial injury: effects on oxidative stress, inflammation and pyroptosis. J Vet Sci 2022; 24:e2. [PMID: 36726274 PMCID: PMC9899938 DOI: 10.4142/jvs.22185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2022] [Revised: 09/14/2022] [Accepted: 09/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Hypothermia is a crucial environmental factor that elevates the risk of cardiovascular disease, but the underlying effect is unclear. OBJECTIVES This study examined the role of cold stress (CS) in cardiac injury and its underlying mechanisms. METHODS In this study, a chronic CS-induced myocardial injury model was used; mice were subjected to chronic CS (4°C) for three hours per day for three weeks. RESULTS CS could result in myocardial injury by inducing the levels of heat shock proteins 70 (HSP70), enhancing the generation of creatine phosphokinase-isoenzyme (CKMB) and malondialdehyde (MDA), increasing the contents of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) interleukin1b (IL-1β), IL-18, IL-6, and triggering the depletion of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and glutathione (GSH). Multiple signaling pathways were activated by cold exposure, including pyroptosis-associated NOD-like receptor 3 (NLRP3)-regulated caspase-1-dependent/Gasdermin D (GSDMD), inflammation-related toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)/myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88)-mediated nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB), and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), as well as oxidative stress-involved thioredoxin-1/thioredoxin-interacting protein (Txnip) signaling pathways, which play a pivotal role in myocardial injury resulting from hypothermia. CONCLUSIONS These findings provide new insights into the increased risk of cardiovascular disease at extremely low temperatures.
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- Hongming Lv
- College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing 163319, Heilongjiang Bayi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing 163319, Heilongjiang Bayi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing 163319, Heilongjiang Bayi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing 163319, Heilongjiang Bayi, China.
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- College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing 163319, Heilongjiang Bayi, China.
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Ceylan-Isik AF, Dong M, Zhang Y, Dong F, Turdi S, Nair S, Yanagisawa M, Ren J. Retraction Note to: Cardiomyocyte-specific deletion of endothelin receptor A rescues aging-associated cardiac hypertrophy and contractile dysfunction: role of autophagy. Basic Res Cardiol 2022; 117:59. [PMID: 36378358 PMCID: PMC9744073 DOI: 10.1007/s00395-022-00960-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Asli F Ceylan-Isik
- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA.,Department of Burn and Cutaneous Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA.,Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA.
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Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) Elicits Protection against Pulmonary Hypertension via Inhibition of ERK1/2-Mediated Autophagy. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2022; 2022:2555476. [PMID: 35770049 PMCID: PMC9236760 DOI: 10.1155/2022/2555476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2022] [Revised: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is caused by chronic hypoxia that induces the migration and proliferation of pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (PASMCs), eventually resulting in right heart failure. PH has been related to aberrant autophagy; however, the hidden mechanisms are still unclear. Approximately 40% East Asians, equivalent to 8% of the universal population, carry a mutation in Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2), which leads to the aggregation of noxious reactive aldehydes and increases the propensity of several diseases. Therefore, we explored the potential aspect of ALDH2 in autophagy associated with PH. In vitro mechanistic studies were conducted in human PASMCs (HPASMCs) after lentiviral ALDH2 knockdown and treatment with platelet-derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB). PH was induced in wild-type (WT) and ALDH2-knockout (ALDH2−/−) mice using vascular endothelial growth factor receptor inhibitor SU5416 under hypoxic conditions (HySU). Right ventricular function was assessed using echocardiography and invasive hemodynamic monitoring. Histological and immunohistochemical analyses were performed to evaluate pulmonary vascular remodeling. EdU, transwell, and wound healing assays were used to evaluate HPASMC migration and proliferation, and electron microscopy and immunohistochemical and immunoblot assays were performed to assess autophagy. The findings demonstrated that ALDH2 deficiency exacerbated right ventricular pressure, hypertrophy, fibrosis, and right heart failure resulting from HySU-induced PH. ALDH2−/− mice exhibited increased pulmonary artery muscularization and 4-hydroxynonenal (4-HNE) levels in lung tissues. ALDH2 knockdown increased PDGF-BB-induced PASMC migration and proliferation and 4-HNE accumulation in vitro. Additionally, ALDH2 deficiency increased the number of autophagosomes and autophagic lysosomes together with autophagic flux and ERK1/2-Beclin-1 activity in lung tissues and PASMCs, indicating enhanced autophagy. In conclusion, the study shows that ALDH2 has a protective role against the migration and proliferation of PASMCs and PH, possibly by regulating autophagy through the ERK1/2-Beclin-1 pathway.
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Zou L, Liao M, Zhen Y, Zhu S, Chen X, Zhang J, Hao Y, Liu B. Autophagy and beyond: Unraveling the complexity of UNC-51-like kinase 1 (ULK1) from biological functions to therapeutic implications. Acta Pharm Sin B 2022; 12:3743-3782. [PMID: 36213540 PMCID: PMC9532564 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2022.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Revised: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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UNC-51-like kinase 1 (ULK1), as a serine/threonine kinase, is an autophagic initiator in mammals and a homologous protein of autophagy related protein (Atg) 1 in yeast and of UNC-51 in Caenorhabditis elegans. ULK1 is well-known for autophagy activation, which is evolutionarily conserved in protein transport and indispensable to maintain cell homeostasis. As the direct target of energy and nutrition-sensing kinase, ULK1 may contribute to the distribution and utilization of cellular resources in response to metabolism and is closely associated with multiple pathophysiological processes. Moreover, ULK1 has been widely reported to play a crucial role in human diseases, including cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular disease, and infections, and subsequently targeted small-molecule inhibitors or activators are also demonstrated. Interestingly, the non-autophagy function of ULK1 has been emerging, indicating that non-autophagy-relevant ULK1 signaling network is also linked with diseases under some specific contexts. Therefore, in this review, we summarized the structure and functions of ULK1 as an autophagic initiator, with a focus on some new approaches, and further elucidated the key roles of ULK1 in autophagy and non-autophagy. Additionally, we also discussed the relationships between ULK1 and human diseases, as well as illustrated a rapid progress for better understanding of the discovery of more candidate small-molecule drugs targeting ULK1, which will provide a clue on novel ULK1-targeted therapeutics in the future.
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- Ling Zou
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Health Science Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Health Science Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Health Science Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
- Corresponding authors. Tel./fax: +86 28 85503817.
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Health Science Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
- Corresponding authors. Tel./fax: +86 28 85503817.
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
- Corresponding authors. Tel./fax: +86 28 85503817.
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Ruperez C, Blasco-Roset A, Kular D, Cairo M, Ferrer-Curriu G, Villarroya J, Zamora M, Crispi F, Villarroya F, Planavila A. Autophagy is Involved in Cardiac Remodeling in Response to Environmental Temperature Change. Front Physiol 2022; 13:864427. [PMID: 35514342 PMCID: PMC9061941 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.864427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Objectives: To study the reversibility of cold-induced cardiac hypertrophy and the role of autophagy in this process. Background: Chronic exposure to cold is known to cause cardiac hypertrophy independent of blood pressure elevation. The reversibility of this process and the molecular mechanisms involved are unknown. Methods: Studies were performed in two-month-old mice exposed to cold (4°C) for 24 h or 10 days. After exposure, the animals were returned to room temperature (21°C) for 24 h or 1 week. Results: We found that chronic cold exposure significantly increased the heart weight/tibia length (HW/TL) ratio, the mean area of cardiomyocytes, and the expression of hypertrophy markers, but significantly decreased the expression of genes involved in fatty acid oxidation. Echocardiographic measurements confirmed hypertrophy development after chronic cold exposure. One week of deacclimation for cold-exposed mice fully reverted the morphological, functional, and gene expression indicators of cardiac hypertrophy. Experiments involving injection of leupeptin at 1 h before sacrifice (to block autophagic flux) indicated that cardiac autophagy was repressed under cold exposure and re-activated during the first 24 h after mice were returned to room temperature. Pharmacological blockage of autophagy for 1 week using chloroquine in mice subjected to deacclimation from cold significantly inhibited the reversion of cardiac hypertrophy. Conclusion: Our data indicate that mice exposed to cold develop a marked cardiac hypertrophy that is reversed after 1 week of deacclimation. We propose that autophagy is a major mechanism underlying the heart remodeling seen in response to cold exposure and its posterior reversion after deacclimation.
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- C Ruperez
- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Institut de Biomedicina (IBUB), Universitat de Barcelona and CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Institut de Biomedicina (IBUB), Universitat de Barcelona and CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Institut de Biomedicina (IBUB), Universitat de Barcelona and CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Institut de Biomedicina (IBUB), Universitat de Barcelona and CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Institut de Biomedicina (IBUB), Universitat de Barcelona and CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Institut de Biomedicina (IBUB), Universitat de Barcelona and CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición, Barcelona, Spain
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- Fetal Medicine Research Center, BCNatal -Barcelona Center for Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (Hospital Clinic and Hospital San Juan de Deu), Institut Clinic de Ginecologia, Obstetricia i Neonatalogia, Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Fetal Medicine Research Center, BCNatal -Barcelona Center for Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (Hospital Clinic and Hospital San Juan de Deu), Institut Clinic de Ginecologia, Obstetricia i Neonatalogia, Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Institut de Biomedicina (IBUB), Universitat de Barcelona and CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Institut de Biomedicina (IBUB), Universitat de Barcelona and CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición, Barcelona, Spain
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Yin Z, Ding G, Chen X, Qin X, Xu H, Zeng B, Ren J, Zheng Q, Wang S. Beclin1 haploinsufficiency rescues low ambient temperature-induced cardiac remodeling and contractile dysfunction through inhibition of ferroptosis and mitochondrial injury. Metabolism 2020; 113:154397. [PMID: 33058849 DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2020.154397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Revised: 09/13/2020] [Accepted: 09/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Cold exposure provokes cardiac remodeling and cardiac dysfunction. Autophagy participates in cold stress-induced cardiovascular dysfunction. This study was designed to examine the impact of Beclin1 haploinsufficiency (BECN+/-) in cold stress-induced cardiac geometric and contractile responses. METHODS AND MATERIALS Wild-type (WT) and BECN+/- mice were assigned to normal or cold exposure (4 °C) environment for 4 weeks prior to evaluation of cardiac geometry, contractile and mitochondrial properties. Autophagy, apoptosis and ferroptosis were evaluated. RESULTS Our data revealed that cold stress triggered cardiac remodeling, compromised myocardial contractile capacity including ejection fraction, fractional shortening, peak shortening and maximal velocity of shortening/relengthening, duration of shortening and relengthening, intracellular Ca2+ release, intracellular Ca2+ decay, mitochondrial ultrastructural disarray, superoxide production, unchecked autophagy, apoptosis and ferroptosis, the effects of which were negated by Beclin1 haploinsufficiency. Circulating levels of corticosterone were elevated in both WT and BECN+/- mice. Treatment of corticosterone synthesis inhibitor metyrapone or ferroptosis inhibitor liproxstatins-1 rescued cold stress-induced cardiac dysfunction and mitochondrial injury. In vitro study noted that corticosterone challenge compromised cardiomyocyte function, provoked lipid peroxidation and mitochondrial injury, the effects of which were nullified by Beclin1 haploinsufficiency, inhibitors of lipoxygenase, ferroptosis and autophagy. In addition, ferroptosis inducer erastin abrogated Beclin1 deficiency-offered cardioprotection. CONCLUSION These data suggest that Beclin1 haploinsufficiency protects against cold exposure-induced cardiac dysfunction possibly through corticosterone- and ferroptosis-mediated mechanisms.
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- Zhiqiang Yin
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shenzhen People's Hospital, The Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University, The First Affiliated Hospital, Southern University of Science, Shenzhen 518020, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shenzhen People's Hospital, The Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University, The First Affiliated Hospital, Southern University of Science, Shenzhen 518020, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shenzhen People's Hospital, The Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University, The First Affiliated Hospital, Southern University of Science, Shenzhen 518020, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China
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- Department of Cardiology and Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Jiangsu 226001, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shenzhen People's Hospital, The Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University, The First Affiliated Hospital, Southern University of Science, Shenzhen 518020, China
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- Department of Cardiology and Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences, Laramie, WY 82071, USA.
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shenzhen People's Hospital, The Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University, The First Affiliated Hospital, Southern University of Science, Shenzhen 518020, China.
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- University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences, Laramie, WY 82071, USA.
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Kong X, Liu H, He X, Sun Y, Ge W. Unraveling the Mystery of Cold Stress-Induced Myocardial Injury. Front Physiol 2020; 11:580811. [PMID: 33250775 PMCID: PMC7674829 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.580811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Exposure to low ambient temperature imposes great challenge to human health. Epidemiological evidence has noted significantly elevated emergency admission and mortality rate in cold climate in many regions, in particular, adverse events in cardiovascular system. Cold stress is becoming one of the important risk factors for cardiovascular death. Through recent advance in echocardiography and myocardial histological techniques, both clinical and experimental experiments have unveiled that cold stress triggers a variety of pathological and pathophysiological injuries, including ventricular wall thickening, cardiac hypertrophy, elevated blood pressure, decreased cardiac function, and myocardial interstitial fibrosis. In order to examine the potential mechanism of action behind cold stress-induced cardiovascular anomalies, ample biochemical and molecular biological experiments have been conducted to denote a role for mitochondrial injury, intracellular Ca2+ dysregulation, generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and other superoxide, altered gene and protein profiles for apoptosis and autophagy, and increased adrenergic receptor sensitivity in cold stress-induced cardiovascular anomalies. These findings suggest that cold stress may damage the myocardium through mitochondrial injury, apoptosis, autophagy, metabolism, oxidative stress, and neuroendocrine pathways. Although the precise nature remains elusive for cold stress-induced cardiovascular dysfunction, endothelin (ET-A) receptor, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, transient receptor potential vanilloid, mitochondrial-related protein including NRFs and UCP-2, ROS, Nrf2-Keap1 signaling pathway, Bcl-2/Bax, and lipoprotein lipase (LPL) signaling may all play a pivotal role. For myocardial injury evoked by cold stress, more comprehensive and in-depth mechanisms are warranted to better define the potential therapeutic options for cold stress-associated cardiovascular diseases.
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- Xue Kong
- Department of General Practice, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of General Practice, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of General Practice, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of General Practice, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of General Practice, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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Yang L, Ma J, Tan Y, Zheng Q, Dong M, Guo W, Xiong L, Yang J, Ren J. Cardiac-specific overexpression of metallothionein attenuates L-NAME-induced myocardial contractile anomalies and apoptosis. J Cell Mol Med 2019; 23:4640-4652. [PMID: 31104354 PMCID: PMC6584723 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.14375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Revised: 03/14/2019] [Accepted: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Hypertension contributes to the high cardiac morbidity and mortality. Although oxidative stress plays an essential role in hypertensive heart diseases, the mechanism remains elusive. Transgenic mice with cardiac overexpression of metallothionein, a heavy metal‐binding scavenger, were challenged with NG‐nitro‐L‐arginine methyl ester (L‐NAME) for 14 days prior to measurement of myocardial contractile and intracellular Ca2+ anomalies as well as cell signalling mechanisms using Western blot and immunofluorescence analysis. L‐NAME challenge elicited hypertension, macrophage infiltration, oxidative stress, inflammation and cardiac dysfunction manifested as increased proinflammatory macrophage marker F4/80, interleukin‐1β (IL‐1β), intracellular O2- production, LV end systolic and diastolic diameters as well as depressed fractional shortening. L‐NAME treatment reduced mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), impaired cardiomyocyte contractile and intracellular Ca2+ properties as evidenced by suppressed peak shortening, maximal velocity of shortening/relengthening, rise in intracellular Ca2+, along with elevated baseline and peak intracellular Ca2+. These unfavourable mechanical changes and decreased MMP (except blood pressure and macrophage infiltration) were alleviated by overexpression of metallothionein. Furthermore, the apoptosis markers including BAD, Bax, Caspase 9, Caspase 12 and cleaved Caspase 3 were up‐regulated while the anti‐apoptotic marker Bcl‐2 was decreased by L‐NAME treatment. Metallothionein transgene reversed L‐NAME‐induced changes in Bax, Bcl‐2, BAD phosphorylation, Caspase 9, Caspase 12 and cleaved Caspase 3. Our results suggest that metallothionein protects against L‐NAME‐induced myocardial contractile anomalies in part through inhibition of apoptosis.
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- Lifang Yang
- Department of Anesthesiology, Xi'an Children Hospital, Xi'an, China.,Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.,Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.,Department of Emergency Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.,Department of Emergency Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Burns, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
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Deletion of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B obliterates endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced myocardial dysfunction through regulation of autophagy. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2017; 1863:3060-3074. [PMID: 28941626 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2017.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2017] [Revised: 09/01/2017] [Accepted: 09/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress has been demonstrated to prompt various cardiovascular risks although the underlying mechanism remains elusive. Protein tyrosine phosphatase-1B (PTP1B) serves as an essential negative regulator for insulin signaling. This study examined the role of PTP1B in ER stress-induced myocardial anomalies and underlying mechanism involved with a focus on autophagy. WT and PTP1B knockout mice were subjected to the ER stress inducer tunicamycin (1mg/kg). Cardiac function was evaluated with echocardiography and an Ion-Optix MyoCam system. Western blot analysis was used to monitor the levels of ER stress, autophagy and insulin signaling including insulin receptor substrate (IRS), tribbles homolog 3 (TRIB3), Atg5/7, p62 and LC3-II. Our results showed that ER stress resulted in compromised echocardiographic and cardiomyocyte contractile function, intracellular Ca2+ mishandling, ER stress, O2- production, apoptosis, the effects of which (with the exception of ER stress) were significantly attenuated or negated by PTP1B ablation. Levels of serine phosphorylation of IRS-1, TRIB3, Atg5/7, LC3B and the autophagy adaptor p62 were significantly upregulated while IRS-1 tyrosine phosphorylation was reduced by tunicamycin, the effect of which were obliterated by PTP1B ablation. In vitro study revealed that the autophagy inducer rapamycin and TRIB3 overexpression cancelled PTP1B ablation-offered beneficial effects on cardiomyocyte function or O2- production in murine cardiomyocytes or H9C2 myoblasts. Antioxidant or gene silencing of TRIB3 mimicked PTP1B ablation-induced protective effects. These findings collectively suggested that PTP1B ablation protects against ER stress-induced cardiac anomalies through regulation of autophagy.
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Wang X, Tao Y, Huang Y, Zhan K, Xue M, Wang Y, Ruan D, Liang Y, Huang X, Lin J, Chen Z, Lv L, Li S, Chen G, Wang Y, Chen R, Cong W, Jin L. Catalase ameliorates diabetes-induced cardiac injury through reduced p65/RelA- mediated transcription of BECN1. J Cell Mol Med 2017. [PMID: 28643395 PMCID: PMC5706580 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.13252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Catalase is an antioxidative enzyme that converts hydrogen peroxide (H2 O2 ) produced by superoxide dismutase from highly reactive superoxide (O2- ) to water and oxygen molecules. Although recent findings demonstrate that catalase, autophagy and the nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) signalling pathway are centrally involved in diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM), the interplay between the three has not been fully characterized. Thus, the mechanism responsible for catalase-mediated protection against heart injury in diabetic mice was investigated in this study, as well as the role of NF-κB-p65 in the regulation of autophagic flux was investigated in this study. Western blot analysis revealed that catalase inhibited NF-κB activity and decreased LC3-II (microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3) and beclin-1 (Atg6) expression. Furthermore, up-regulation of autophagy was detrimental for cardiac function in diabetic mice. Catalase overexpression reduced the level of NF-κB subunit in the nucleus, where it initiates autophagy through activation of the key autophagy gene BECN1. To evaluate the role of the NF-κB pathway in diabetes-induced autophagy, Bay11-7082, an NF-κB inhibitor, was injected into diabetic mice, which suppressed NF-κB and attenuated diabetes-induced autophagy and myocardial apoptosis. In agreement with the in vivo results, Bay11-7082 also inhibited high-glucose-induced activation of NF-κB and the up-regulation of LC3-II and beclin-1 expression in H9c2 cells. In addition, high-glucose-induced activation of autophagic flux and apoptosis were largely attenuated by p65 siRNA, suggesting that catalase ameliorates diabetes-induced autophagy, at least in part by increasing the activity of the NF-κB pathway and p65-mediated transcription of BECN1.
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- Xu Wang
- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.,The Ningbo Medical Centre Li Huili Hospital, Ningbo, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- The Health Examination Center, the 117th Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- The Affiliated Xiangshan Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Lishui, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Institute of Neuroscience, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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Complex inhibition of autophagy by mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase shortens lifespan and exacerbates cardiac aging. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2017; 1863:1919-1932. [PMID: 28347844 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2017.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2016] [Revised: 03/21/2017] [Accepted: 03/22/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Autophagy, a conservative degradation process for long-lived and damaged proteins, participates in a cascade of biological processes including aging. A number of autophagy regulators have been identified. Here we demonstrated that mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2), an enzyme with the most common single point mutation in humans, governs cardiac aging through regulation of autophagy. Myocardial mechanical and autophagy properties were examined in young (4months) and old (26-28months) wild-type (WT) and global ALDH2 transgenic mice. ALDH2 overexpression shortened lifespan by 7.7% without affecting aging-associated changes in plasma metabolic profiles. Myocardial function was compromised with aging associated with cardiac hypertrophy, the effects were accentuated by ALDH2. Aging overtly suppressed autophagy and compromised autophagy flux, the effects were exacerbated by ALDH2. Aging dampened phosphorylation of JNK, Bcl-2, IKKβ, AMPK and TSC2 while promoting phosphorylation of mTOR, the effects of which were exaggerated by ALDH2. Co-immunoprecipitation revealed increased dissociation between Bcl-2 and Beclin-1 (result of decreased Bcl-2 phosphorylation) in aging, the effect of which was exacerbated with ALDH2. Chronic treatment of the autophagy inducer rapamycin alleviated aging-induced cardiac dysfunction in both WT and ALDH2 mice. Moreover, activation of JNK and inhibition of either Bcl-2 or IKKβ overtly attenuated ALDH2 activation-induced accentuation of cardiomyocyte aging. Examination of the otherwise elderly individuals revealed a positive correlation between cardiac function/geometry and ALDH2 gene mutation. Taken together, our data revealed that ALDH2 enzyme may suppress myocardial autophagy possibly through a complex JNK-Bcl-2 and IKKβ-AMPK-dependent mechanism en route to accentuation of myocardial remodeling and contractile dysfunction in aging. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Genetic and epigenetic control of heart failure - edited by Jun Ren & Megan Yingmei Zhang.
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Yang L, Wang J, Yang J, Schamber R, Hu N, Nair S, Xiong L, Ren J. Antioxidant metallothionein alleviates endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced myocardial apoptosis and contractile dysfunction. Free Radic Res 2016; 49:1187-98. [PMID: 25968954 DOI: 10.3109/10715762.2015.1013952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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AIMS Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress exerts myocardial oxidative stress, apoptosis, and contractile anomalies, although the precise interplay between ER stress and apoptosis remains elusive. This study was designed to examine the impact of the cysteine-rich free radical scavenger metallothionein on ER stress-induced myocardial contractile defect and underlying mechanisms. METHODS AND RESULTS Wild-type friendly virus B and transgenic mice with cardiac-specific overexpression of metallothionein were challenged with the ER stress inducer tunicamycin (1 mg/kg, intraperitoneal, 48 h) prior to the assessment of myocardial function, oxidative stress, and apoptosis. Our results revealed that tunicamycin promoted cardiac remodeling (enlarged left ventricular end systolic/diastolic diameters with little changes in left ventricular wall thickness), suppressed fractional shortening and cardiomyocyte contractile function, elevated resting Ca(2+), decreased stimulated Ca(2+) release, prolonged intracellular Ca(2+) clearance, and downregulated sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase levels, the effects of which were negated by metallothionein. Treatment with tunicamycin caused cardiomyocyte mitochondrial injury, as evidenced by decreased mitochondrial membrane potential (∆Ѱm, assessed by JC-1 staining), the effect of which was negated by the antioxidant. Moreover, tunicamycin challenge dramatically facilitated myocardial apoptosis as manifested by increased Bax, caspase 9, and caspase 12 protein levels, as well as elevated caspase 3 activity. Interestingly, metallothionein transgene significantly alleviated tunicamycin-induced myocardial apoptosis. CONCLUSION Taken together, our data favor a beneficial effect of metallothionein against ER stress-induced cardiac dysfunction possibly associated with attenuation of myocardial apoptosis.
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- L Yang
- a Department of Anesthesiology , Xijing Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University , Xi'an , P. R. China
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Cardiac-specific overexpression of metallothionein attenuates myocardial remodeling and contractile dysfunction in l-NAME-induced experimental hypertension: Role of autophagy regulation. Toxicol Lett 2015; 237:121-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2015.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2015] [Revised: 06/05/2015] [Accepted: 06/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Chen X, Wu JX, You XJ, Zhu HW, Wei JL, Xu MY. Cold ischemia-induced autophagy in rat lung tissue. Mol Med Rep 2014; 11:2513-9. [PMID: 25435100 PMCID: PMC4337489 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2014.2999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2014] [Accepted: 10/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Autophagy is a highly conserved pathway that permits recycling of nutrients within the cell and is rapidly upregulated during starvation or cell stress. Autophagy has been implicated in the pathophysiological process of warm ischemia-reperfusion injury in the rat lung. Cold ischemia (CI) preservation for lung transplantation also exhibits cell stress and nutrient deprivation, however, little is known with regard to the involvement of autophagy in this process. In the present study, CI preservation-induced autophagy and apoptosis was investigated in the lungs of Sprague Dawley rats. Sprague Dawley rat lungs were flushed and preserved at 4°C (i.e. CI) for various durations (0, 3, 6, 12 and 24 h). The levels of autophagy, autophagic cell death and apoptosis were measured at each time point following CI. The results revealed that autophagy was induced by CI preservation, which was initiated at 3 h, peaked at 6 h after CI and declined thereafter. Additionally, a coexistence of autophagic cell death and apoptosis was observed in rat lung tissues following prolonged CI. These findings demonstrate that autophagy is involved in the pathophysiological process of lung CI. Furthermore, autophagic cell death in addition to necrosis and apoptosis occurs following CI in the lung. CI preservation may therefore be a potential mechanism of lung injury during organ preservation prior to lung transplantation.
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- Xu Chen
- Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200030, P.R. China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200030, P.R. China
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- Department of Physiology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200030, P.R. China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200030, P.R. China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200030, P.R. China
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Shen C, Wang C, Fan F, Yang Z, Cao Q, Liu X, Sun X, Zhao X, Wang P, Ma X, Zhu H, Dong Z, Zou Y, Hu K, Sun A, Ge J. Acetaldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) deficiency exacerbates pressure overload-induced cardiac dysfunction by inhibiting Beclin-1 dependent autophagy pathway. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2014; 1852:310-8. [PMID: 25086229 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2014.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2014] [Revised: 07/09/2014] [Accepted: 07/18/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) was demonstrated to play cardioprotective roles in cardiovascular diseases. Nonetheless, little is known about the roles and mechanisms of ALDH2 in pressure overload-induced cardiac damages. In this study, we revealed that ALDH2 deficiency overtly exacerbated transverse aortic constriction (TAC)-induced cardiac dysfunction. Cardiomyocyte enlargement was observed in both WT and ALDH2-/- mice in HE-stained myocardial tissue samples at 8 weeks post TAC surgery. Mitochondrial morphology and structure were also significantly damaged post TAC surgery and the changes were aggravated in ALDH2-/- TAC hearts. ALDH2 deficiency also depressed myocardial autophagy in hearts at 8 weeks post TAC surgery with a potential mechanism of repressing the expression of Beclin-1 and promoting the interaction between Bcl-2 and Beclin-1. These data indicate that ALDH2 deficiency exacerbates the pressure overload induced cardiac dysfunction partly by inhibiting Beclin-1 dependent autophagy pathway. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Autophagy and protein quality control in cardiometabolic diseases.
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- Cheng Shen
- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 180 Feng Lin Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 180 Feng Lin Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 180 Feng Lin Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Institute of Behavioral Medicine, Jining Medical College, Jining 272067, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 180 Feng Lin Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 180 Feng Lin Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 180 Feng Lin Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 180 Feng Lin Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 180 Feng Lin Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 180 Feng Lin Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 180 Feng Lin Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 180 Feng Lin Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 180 Feng Lin Road, Shanghai 200032, China; Institute of Biomedical Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 180 Feng Lin Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 180 Feng Lin Road, Shanghai 200032, China; Institute of Biomedical Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
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- Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 180 Feng Lin Road, Shanghai 200032, China; Institute of Biomedical Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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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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Heavy metal scavenger metallothionein attenuates ER stress-induced myocardial contractile anomalies: role of autophagy. Toxicol Lett 2014; 225:333-41. [PMID: 24440343 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2013.12.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2013] [Revised: 12/29/2013] [Accepted: 12/31/2013] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress increases the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality although the underlying mechanism remains elusive. This study was designed to examine the impact of cardiac over-expression of metallothionein, a cysteine-rich heavy metal scavenger, on ER stress-induced changes in myocardial function and underlying mechanism involved with a focus on autophagy. Wild-type friendly virus B (FVB) and metallothionein transgenic mice were subjected to the ER stress inducer tunicamycin (1 mg/kg). Our results showed that ER stress led to compromised echocardiographic and cardiomyocyte contractile function, intracellular Ca(2+) mishandling. Tunicamycin promoted ER stress and oxidative stress, increased left ventricular end systolic and diastolic diameter, as well as suppressed fractional shortening and whole heart contractility, the effects of which were significantly attenuated or ablated by metallothionein. Levels of the autophagy markers such as phosphorylated ULK1, Atg5, Atg7, LC3B and the autophagy adaptor p62 were significantly upregulated. These ER stress-induced changes in myocardial function, autophagy and autophagy signaling were distinctly mitigated or alleviated by metallothionein. Inhibition of autophagy using 3-methyladenine in vitro reversed ER stress-induced cardiomyocyte contractile defects. Meanwhile, ER stress-induced cardiomyocyte dysfunction was attenuated by the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine. Collectively, these findings suggested that metallothionein protects against ER stress-induced cardiac anomalies possibly through attenuation of cardiac autophagy.
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Dong M, Hu N, Hua Y, Xu X, Kandadi MR, Guo R, Jiang S, Nair S, Hu D, Ren J. Chronic Akt activation attenuated lipopolysaccharide-induced cardiac dysfunction via Akt/GSK3β-dependent inhibition of apoptosis and ER stress. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2013; 1832:848-63. [PMID: 23474308 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2013.02.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2012] [Revised: 02/26/2013] [Accepted: 02/27/2013] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Abstract
Sepsis is characterized by systematic inflammation and contributes to cardiac dysfunction. This study was designed to examine the effect of protein kinase B (Akt) activation on lipopolysaccharide-induced cardiac anomalies and underlying mechanism(s) involved. Mechanical and intracellular Ca²⁺ properties were examined in myocardium from wild-type and transgenic mice with cardiac-specific chronic Akt overexpression following LPS (4 mg/kg, i.p.) challenge. Akt signaling cascade (Akt, phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome ten, glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta), stress signal (extracellular-signal-regulated kinases, c-Jun N-terminal kinases, p38), apoptotic markers (Bcl-2 associated X protein, caspase-3/-9), endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress markers (glucose-regulated protein 78, growth arrest and DNA damage induced gene-153, eukaryotic initiation factor 2α), inflammatory markers (tumor necrosis factor α, interleukin-1β, interleukin-6) and autophagic markers (Beclin-1, light chain 3B, autophagy-related gene 7 and sequestosome 1) were evaluated. Our results revealed that LPS induced marked decrease in ejection fraction, fractional shortening, cardiomyocyte contractile capacity with dampened intracellular Ca²⁺ release and clearance, elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and decreased glutathione and glutathione disulfide (GSH/GSSG) ratio, increased ERK, JNK, p38, GRP78, Gadd153, eIF2α, BAX, caspase-3 and -9, downregulated B cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2), the effects of which were significantly attenuated or obliterated by Akt activation. Akt activation itself did not affect cardiac contractile and intracellular Ca²⁺ properties, ROS production, oxidative stress, apoptosis and ER stress. In addition, LPS upregulated levels of Beclin-1, LC3B and Atg7, while suppressing p62 accumulation. Akt activation did not affect Beclin-1, LC3B, Atg7 and p62 in the presence or absence of LPS. Akt overexpression promoted phosphorylation of Akt and GSK3β. In vitro study using the GSK3β inhibitor SB216763 mimicked the response elicited by chronic Akt activation. Taken together, these data showed that Akt activation ameliorated LPS-induced cardiac contractile and intracellular Ca²⁺ anomalies through inhibition of apoptosis and ER stress, possibly involving an Akt/GSK3β-dependent mechanism.
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Affiliation(s)
- Maolong Dong
- Department of Burn and Cutaneous Surgery, Xijing Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, PR China
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