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Reactivation of fatty acid oxidation by medium chain fatty acid prevents myocyte hypertrophy in H9c2 cell line. Mol Cell Biochem 2020; 476:483-491. [PMID: 33000353 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-020-03925-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Accepted: 09/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Metabolic shift is an important contributory factor for progression of hypertension-induced left ventricular hypertrophy into cardiac failure. Under hypertrophic conditions, heart switches its substrate preference from fatty acid to glucose. Prolonged dependence on glucose for energy production has adverse cardiovascular consequences. It was reported earlier that reactivation of fatty acid metabolism with medium chain triglycerides ameliorated cardiac hypertrophy, oxidative stress and energy level in spontaneously hypertensive rat. However, the molecular mechanism mediating the beneficial effect of medium chain triglycerides remained elusive. It was hypothesized that reduction of cardiomyocyte hypertrophy by medium chain fatty acid (MCFA) is mediated by modulation of signaling pathways over expressed in cardiac hypertrophy. The protective effect of medium chain fatty acid (MCFA) was evaluated in cellular model of myocyte hypertrophy. H9c2 cells were stimulated with Arginine vasopressin (AVP) for the induction of hypertrophy. Cell volume and secretion of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) were used for assessment of cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. Cells were pretreated with MCFA (Caprylic acid) and metabolic modulation was assessed from the expression of medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD), cluster of differentiation-36 (CD36) and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-α mRNA. The signaling molecules modified by MCFA was evaluated from protein expression of mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPK: ERK1/2, p38 and JNK) and Calcineurin A. Pretreatment with MCFA stimulated fatty acid metabolism in hypertrophic H9c2, with concomitant reduction of cell volume and BNP secretion. MCFA reduced activated ERK1/2, JNK and calicineurin A expression mediated by AVP. In conclusion, the beneficial effect of MCFA is possibly mediated by stimulation of fatty acid metabolism and modulation of MAPK and Calcineurin A.
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Riehle C, Bauersachs J. Of mice and men: models and mechanisms of diabetic cardiomyopathy. Basic Res Cardiol 2018; 114:2. [PMID: 30443826 PMCID: PMC6244639 DOI: 10.1007/s00395-018-0711-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2018] [Accepted: 11/09/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Diabetes mellitus increases the risk of heart failure independent of co-existing hypertension and coronary artery disease. Although several molecular mechanisms for the development of diabetic cardiomyopathy have been identified, they are incompletely understood. The pathomechanisms are multifactorial and as a consequence, no causative treatment exists at this time to modulate or reverse the molecular changes contributing to accelerated cardiac dysfunction in diabetic patients. Numerous animal models have been generated, which serve as powerful tools to study the impact of type 1 and type 2 diabetes on the heart. Despite specific limitations of the models generated, they mimic various perturbations observed in the diabetic myocardium and continue to provide important mechanistic insight into the pathogenesis underlying diabetic cardiomyopathy. This article reviews recent studies in both diabetic patients and in these animal models, and discusses novel hypotheses to delineate the increased incidence of heart failure in diabetic patients.
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- Christian Riehle
- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, Hannover, 30625, Germany.
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, Hannover, 30625, Germany
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Pathological hypertrophy and cardiac dysfunction are linked to aberrant endogenous unsaturated fatty acid metabolism. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0193553. [PMID: 29494668 PMCID: PMC5832311 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2017] [Accepted: 01/29/2018] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Pathological cardiac hypertrophy leads to derangements in lipid metabolism that may contribute to the development of cardiac dysfunction. Since previous studies, using high saturated fat diets, have yielded inconclusive results, we investigated whether provision of a high-unsaturated fatty acid (HUFA) diet was sufficient to restore impaired lipid metabolism and normalize diastolic dysfunction in the pathologically hypertrophied heart. Male, Wistar rats were subjected to supra-valvar aortic stenosis (SVAS) or sham surgery. After 6 weeks, diastolic dysfunction and pathological hypertrophy was confirmed and both sham and SVAS rats were treated with either normolipidic or HUFA diet. At 18 weeks post-surgery, the HUFA diet failed to normalize decreased E/A ratios or attenuate measures of cardiac hypertrophy in SVAS animals. Enzymatic activity assays and gene expression analysis showed that both normolipidic and HUFA-fed hypertrophied hearts had similar increases in glycolytic enzyme activity and down-regulation of fatty acid oxidation genes. Mass spectrometry analysis revealed depletion of unsaturated fatty acids, primarily linoleate and oleate, within the endogenous lipid pools of normolipidic SVAS hearts. The HUFA diet did not restore linoleate or oleate in the cardiac lipid pools, but did maintain body weight and adipose mass in SVAS animals. Overall, these results suggest that, in addition to decreased fatty acid oxidation, aberrant unsaturated fatty acid metabolism may be a maladaptive signature of the pathologically hypertrophied heart. The HUFA diet is insufficient to reverse metabolic remodeling, diastolic dysfunction, or pathologically hypertrophy, possibly do to preferentially partitioning of unsaturated fatty acids to adipose tissue.
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Nabeebaccus AA, Zoccarato A, Hafstad AD, Santos CX, Aasum E, Brewer AC, Zhang M, Beretta M, Yin X, West JA, Schröder K, Griffin JL, Eykyn TR, Abel ED, Mayr M, Shah AM. Nox4 reprograms cardiac substrate metabolism via protein O-GlcNAcylation to enhance stress adaptation. JCI Insight 2017; 2:96184. [PMID: 29263294 PMCID: PMC5752273 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.96184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2017] [Accepted: 11/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Cardiac hypertrophic remodeling during chronic hemodynamic stress is associated with a switch in preferred energy substrate from fatty acids to glucose, usually considered to be energetically favorable. The mechanistic interrelationship between altered energy metabolism, remodeling, and function remains unclear. The ROS-generating NADPH oxidase-4 (Nox4) is upregulated in the overloaded heart, where it ameliorates adverse remodeling. Here, we show that Nox4 redirects glucose metabolism away from oxidation but increases fatty acid oxidation, thereby maintaining cardiac energetics during acute or chronic stresses. The changes in glucose and fatty acid metabolism are interlinked via a Nox4-ATF4–dependent increase in the hexosamine biosynthetic pathway, which mediates the attachment of O-linked N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAcylation) to the fatty acid transporter CD36 and enhances fatty acid utilization. These data uncover a potentially novel redox pathway that regulates protein O-GlcNAcylation and reprograms cardiac substrate metabolism to favorably modify adaptation to chronic stress. Our results also suggest that increased fatty acid oxidation in the chronically stressed heart may be beneficial. Nox4 reprograms intermediary metabolism in the heart through an ATF4-mediated enhancement of protein O-GlcNAcylation, and the resulting switch to increased fatty acid oxidation protects the overloaded heart.
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- Adam A Nabeebaccus
- Cardiovascular Division, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, London, United Kingdom
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- Cardiovascular Division, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, London, United Kingdom
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- Cardiovascular Division, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, London, United Kingdom.,Cardiovascular Research Group, Department of Medical Biology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Cardiovascular Division, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, London, United Kingdom
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- Cardiovascular Research Group, Department of Medical Biology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Cardiovascular Division, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, London, United Kingdom
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- Cardiovascular Division, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, London, United Kingdom
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- Cardiovascular Division, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, London, United Kingdom
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- Cardiovascular Division, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Institut für Kardiovaskuläre Physiologie, Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Division of Imaging Sciences & Biomedical Engineering, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medicine and Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Cardiovascular Division, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, London, United Kingdom
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- Cardiovascular Division, King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, London, United Kingdom
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Noordali H, Loudon BL, Frenneaux MP, Madhani M. Cardiac metabolism - A promising therapeutic target for heart failure. Pharmacol Ther 2017; 182:95-114. [PMID: 28821397 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2017.08.001] [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] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Both heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) are associated with high morbidity and mortality. Although many established pharmacological interventions exist for HFrEF, hospitalization and death rates remain high, and for those with HFpEF (approximately half of all heart failure patients), there are no effective therapies. Recently, the role of impaired cardiac energetic status in heart failure has gained increasing recognition with the identification of reduced capacity for both fatty acid and carbohydrate oxidation, impaired function of the electron transport chain, reduced capacity to transfer ATP to the cytosol, and inefficient utilization of the energy produced. These nodes in the genesis of cardiac energetic impairment provide potential therapeutic targets, and there is promising data from recent experimental and early-phase clinical studies evaluating modulators such as carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 inhibitors, partial fatty acid oxidation inhibitors and mitochondrial-targeted antioxidants. Metabolic modulation may provide significant symptomatic and prognostic benefit for patients suffering from heart failure above and beyond guideline-directed therapy, but further clinical trials are needed.
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- Hannah Noordali
- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
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Muthuramu I, Amin R, Postnov A, Mishra M, Jacobs F, Gheysens O, Van Veldhoven PP, De Geest B. Coconut Oil Aggravates Pressure Overload-Induced Cardiomyopathy without Inducing Obesity, Systemic Insulin Resistance, or Cardiac Steatosis. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18071565. [PMID: 28718833 PMCID: PMC5536053 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18071565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2017] [Revised: 07/05/2017] [Accepted: 07/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Studies evaluating the effects of high-saturated fat diets on cardiac function are most often confounded by diet-induced obesity and by systemic insulin resistance. We evaluated whether coconut oil, containing C12:0 and C14:0 as main fatty acids, aggravates pressure overload-induced cardiomyopathy induced by transverse aortic constriction (TAC) in C57BL/6 mice. Mortality rate after TAC was higher (p < 0.05) in 0.2% cholesterol 10% coconut oil diet-fed mice than in standard chow-fed mice (hazard ratio 2.32, 95% confidence interval 1.16 to 4.64) during eight weeks of follow-up. The effects of coconut oil on cardiac remodeling occurred in the absence of weight gain and of systemic insulin resistance. Wet lung weight was 1.76-fold (p < 0.01) higher in coconut oil mice than in standard chow mice. Myocardial capillary density (p < 0.001) was decreased, interstitial fibrosis was 1.88-fold (p < 0.001) higher, and systolic and diastolic function was worse in coconut oil mice than in standard chow mice. Myocardial glucose uptake was 1.86-fold (p < 0.001) higher in coconut oil mice and was accompanied by higher myocardial pyruvate dehydrogenase levels and higher acetyl-CoA carboxylase levels. The coconut oil diet increased oxidative stress. Myocardial triglycerides and free fatty acids were lower (p < 0.05) in coconut oil mice. In conclusion, coconut oil aggravates pressure overload-induced cardiomyopathy.
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- Ilayaraja Muthuramu
- Centre for Molecular and Vascular Biology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
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- Centre for Molecular and Vascular Biology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
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- Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging, Department of Imaging & Pathology, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
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- Centre for Molecular and Vascular Biology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
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- Centre for Molecular and Vascular Biology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
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- Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging, Department of Imaging & Pathology, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Lipid Biochemistry and Protein Interactions, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
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- Centre for Molecular and Vascular Biology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
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Zhang L, Virgous C, Si H. Ginseng and obesity: observations and understanding in cultured cells, animals and humans. J Nutr Biochem 2017; 44:1-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2016.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2016] [Revised: 10/28/2016] [Accepted: 11/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Metabolic Modulation by Medium-Chain Triglycerides Reduces Oxidative Stress and Ameliorates CD36-Mediated Cardiac Remodeling in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat in the Initial and Established Stages of Hypertrophy. J Card Fail 2017; 23:240-251. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2016.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2016] [Revised: 07/08/2016] [Accepted: 08/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Chong CR, Clarke K, Levelt E. Metabolic Remodeling in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy. Cardiovasc Res 2017; 113:422-430. [PMID: 28177068 PMCID: PMC5412022 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvx018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2016] [Revised: 01/02/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Diabetes is a risk factor for heart failure and cardiovascular mortality with specific changes to myocardial metabolism, energetics, structure, and function. The gradual impairment of insulin production and signalling in diabetes is associated with elevated plasma fatty acids and increased myocardial free fatty acid uptake and activation of the transcription factor PPARα. The increased free fatty acid uptake results in accumulation of toxic metabolites, such as ceramide and diacylglycerol, activation of protein kinase C, and elevation of uncoupling protein-3. Insulin signalling and glucose uptake/oxidation become further impaired, and mitochondrial function and ATP production become compromised. Increased oxidative stress also impairs mitochondrial function and disrupts metabolic pathways. The diabetic heart relies on free fatty acids (FFA) as the major substrate for oxidative phosphorylation and is unable to increase glucose oxidation during ischaemia or hypoxia, thereby increasing myocardial injury, especially in ageing female diabetic animals. Pharmacological activation of PPARγ in adipose tissue may lower plasma FFA and improve recovery from myocardial ischaemic injury in diabetes. Not only is the diabetic heart energetically-impaired, it also has early diastolic dysfunction and concentric remodelling. The contractile function of the diabetic myocardium negatively correlates with epicardial adipose tissue, which secretes proinflammatory cytokines, resulting in interstitial fibrosis. Novel pharmacological strategies targeting oxidative stress seem promising in preventing progression of diabetic cardiomyopathy, although clinical evidence is lacking. Metabolic agents that lower plasma FFA or glucose, including PPARγ agonism and SGLT2 inhibition, may therefore be promising options.
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- Cher-Rin Chong
- 1 Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford
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- 1 Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford
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- 2 Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Glenfield Hospital
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Mitochondria and Cardiac Hypertrophy. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2017; 982:203-226. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-55330-6_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Taegtmeyer H, Young ME, Lopaschuk GD, Abel ED, Brunengraber H, Darley-Usmar V, Des Rosiers C, Gerszten R, Glatz JF, Griffin JL, Gropler RJ, Holzhuetter HG, Kizer JR, Lewandowski ED, Malloy CR, Neubauer S, Peterson LR, Portman MA, Recchia FA, Van Eyk JE, Wang TJ. Assessing Cardiac Metabolism: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circ Res 2016; 118:1659-701. [PMID: 27012580 DOI: 10.1161/res.0000000000000097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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In a complex system of interrelated reactions, the heart converts chemical energy to mechanical energy. Energy transfer is achieved through coordinated activation of enzymes, ion channels, and contractile elements, as well as structural and membrane proteins. The heart's needs for energy are difficult to overestimate. At a time when the cardiovascular research community is discovering a plethora of new molecular methods to assess cardiac metabolism, the methods remain scattered in the literature. The present statement on "Assessing Cardiac Metabolism" seeks to provide a collective and curated resource on methods and models used to investigate established and emerging aspects of cardiac metabolism. Some of those methods are refinements of classic biochemical tools, whereas most others are recent additions from the powerful tools of molecular biology. The aim of this statement is to be useful to many and to do justice to a dynamic field of great complexity.
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Pascual F, Coleman RA. Fuel availability and fate in cardiac metabolism: A tale of two substrates. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2016; 1861:1425-33. [PMID: 26993579 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2016.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2016] [Revised: 03/10/2016] [Accepted: 03/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The heart's extraordinary metabolic flexibility allows it to adapt to normal changes in physiology in order to preserve its function. Alterations in the metabolic profile of the heart have also been attributed to pathological conditions such as ischemia and hypertrophy; however, research during the past decade has established that cardiac metabolic adaptations can precede the onset of pathologies. It is therefore critical to understand how changes in cardiac substrate availability and use trigger events that ultimately result in heart dysfunction. This review examines the mechanisms by which the heart obtains fuels from the circulation or from mobilization of intracellular stores. We next describe experimental models that exhibit either an increase in glucose use or a decrease in FA oxidation, and how these aberrant conditions affect cardiac metabolism and function. Finally, we highlight the importance of alternative, relatively under-investigated strategies for the treatment of heart failure. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Heart Lipid Metabolism edited by G.D. Lopaschuk.
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- Florencia Pascual
- Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599, USA.
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- Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599, USA.
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Zhu XJ, Chen LH, Li JH. The Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Plasma Adiponectin Level and Adiponectin-related Protein Expression in Myocardial Tissue of ApoE(-/-) Mice. J Sports Sci Med 2015; 14:877-882. [PMID: 26664286 PMCID: PMC4657432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2015] [Accepted: 11/03/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Numerous reports have confirmed the effect of ApoE knockout in the induction of cardiovascular diseases and the protective effect of adiponectin against the progression of cardiovascular diseases. The aim of this study was to reveal the roles of adiponectin signaling in the progression of cardiovascular diseases induced by ApoE knockout and to analyze the healthy effects of aerobic exercise on ApoE knockout mice (ApoE(-/-) mice) through observing the changes of adiponectin signaling caused by ApoE knockout and aerobic exercise. A twelve-week aerobic exercise program was carried out on the male ApoE(-/-) mice and the C57BL / 6J mice (C57 mice) of the same strain. Results show that the body weights, blood lipid level, plasma adiponectin level and adiponectin-related proteins in myocardial tissue were all significantly changed by ApoE knockout. A twelve-week aerobic exercise program exerted only minimal effects on the body weights, blood lipid levels, and plasma adiponectin levels of ApoE(-/-) mice, but increased the expressions of four adiponectin-related proteins, AdipoR1, PPARα, AMPK and P-AMPK, in the myocardial tissue of the ApoE(-/-) mice. In summary, adiponectin signaling may play an import role in the progression of cardiovascular diseases induced by ApoE knockout, and the beneficial health effects of aerobic exercise on ApoE(-/-) mice may be mainly from the increased adiponectin-related protein expression in myocardial tissue. Key pointsA twelve-week aerobic exercise program exerted only limited effects on the body weights and the plasma adiponectin levels of both the normal mice and the ApoE(-/-) mice but did effectively regulate the blood lipid levels of the normal mice (but not the ApoE(-/-) mice).After 12 weeks of aerobic exercise, expression of the adiponectin-related proteins in the myocardial tissue of the ApoE(-/-) and normal mice was increased, but the increased amplitudes of these proteins in the ApoE(-/-) mice were much larger in the ApoE(-/-) mice than in the normal mice.Aerobic exercise might not alter the plasma adiponectin levels and blood lipid levels of ApoE(-/-) mice, but improve myocardial energy metabolism and relieve cardiovascular disease symptoms by increasing adiponectin-related protein expression in myocardial tissue.
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- Xiao-Juan Zhu
- Key Laboratory of Training Monitoring and Intervention on the Sports in Water, State Sports General Administration, Institute of Physical Education, Jiangxi Normal University , Nanchang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Training Monitoring and Intervention on the Sports in Water, State Sports General Administration, Institute of Physical Education, Jiangxi Normal University , Nanchang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Training Monitoring and Intervention on the Sports in Water, State Sports General Administration, Institute of Physical Education, Jiangxi Normal University , Nanchang, China ; Key Laboratory of Functional Small Organic Molecule, Ministry of Education, Jiangxi Normal University , Nanchang, China
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Antioxidant treatment normalizes mitochondrial energetics and myocardial insulin sensitivity independently of changes in systemic metabolic homeostasis in a mouse model of the metabolic syndrome. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2015; 85:104-16. [PMID: 26004364 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2015.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2014] [Revised: 04/22/2015] [Accepted: 05/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Cardiac dysfunction in obesity is associated with mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress and altered insulin sensitivity. Whether oxidative stress directly contributes to myocardial insulin resistance remains to be determined. This study tested the hypothesis that ROS scavenging will improve mitochondrial function and insulin sensitivity in the hearts of rodent models with varying degrees of insulin resistance and hyperglycemia. The catalytic antioxidant MnTBAP was administered to the uncoupling protein-diphtheria toxin A (UCP-DTA) mouse model of insulin resistance (IR) and obesity, at early and late time points in the evolution of IR, and to db/db mice with severe obesity and type-two diabetes. Mitochondrial function was measured in saponin-permeabilized cardiac fibers. Aconitase activity and hydrogen peroxide emission were measured in isolated mitochondria. Insulin-stimulated glucose oxidation, glycolysis and fatty acid oxidation rates were measured in isolated working hearts, and 2-deoxyglucose uptake was measured in isolated cardiomyocytes. Four weeks of MnTBAP attenuated glucose intolerance in 13-week-old UCP-DTA mice but was without effect in 24-week-old UCP-DTA mice and in db/db mice. Despite the absence of improvement in the systemic metabolic milieu, MnTBAP reversed cardiac mitochondrial oxidative stress and improved mitochondrial bioenergetics by increasing ATP generation and reducing mitochondrial uncoupling in all models. MnTBAP also improved myocardial insulin mediated glucose metabolism in 13 and 24-week-old UCP-DTA mice. Pharmacological ROS scavenging improves myocardial energy metabolism and insulin responsiveness in obesity and type 2 diabetes via direct effects that might be independent of changes in systemic metabolism.
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Dhahri W, Drolet MC, Roussel E, Couet J, Arsenault M. Chronic high-fat diet-induced obesity decreased survival and increased hypertrophy of rats with experimental eccentric hypertrophy from chronic aortic regurgitation. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2014; 14:123. [PMID: 25249193 PMCID: PMC4189197 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-14-123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2014] [Accepted: 09/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background The composition of a diet can influence myocardial metabolism and development of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). The impact of a high-fat diet in chronic left ventricular volume overload (VO) causing eccentric LVH is unknown. This study examined the effects of chronic ingestion of a high-fat diet in rats with chronic VO caused by severe aortic valve regurgitation (AR) on LVH, function and on myocardial energetics and survival. Methods Male Wistar rats were divided in four groups: Shams on control or high-fat (HF) diet (15 rats/group) and AR rats fed with the same diets (ARC (n = 56) and ARHF (n = 32)). HF diet was started one week before AR induction and the protocol was stopped 30 weeks later. Results As expected, AR caused significant LV dilation and hypertrophy and this was exacerbated in the ARHF group. Moreover, survival in the ARHF group was significantly decreased compared the ARC group. Although the sham animals on HF also developed significant obesity compared to those on control diet, this was not associated with heart hypertrophy. The HF diet in AR rats partially countered the expected shift in myocardial energy substrate preference usually observed in heart hypertrophy (from fatty acids towards glucose). Systolic function was decreased in AR rats but HF diet had no impact on this parameter. The response to HF diet of different fatty acid oxidation markers as well as the increase in glucose transporter-4 translocation to the plasma membrane compared to ARC was blunted in AR animals compared to those on control diet. Conclusions HF diet for 30 weeks decreased survival of AR rats and worsened eccentric hypertrophy without affecting systolic function. The expected adaptation of myocardial energetics to volume-overload left ventricle hypertrophy in AR animals seemed to be impaired by the high-fat diet suggesting less metabolic flexibility. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1471-2261-14-123) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Groupe de Recherche en Valvulopathies, Centre de Recherche, Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, 2725, Chemin Sainte-Foy, Quebec City, Quebec G1V 4G5, Canada.
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Brainard RE, Watson LJ, DeMartino AM, Brittian KR, Readnower RD, Boakye AA, Zhang D, Hoetker JD, Bhatnagar A, Baba SP, Jones SP. High fat feeding in mice is insufficient to induce cardiac dysfunction and does not exacerbate heart failure. PLoS One 2013; 8:e83174. [PMID: 24367585 PMCID: PMC3867436 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2012] [Accepted: 11/11/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Preclinical studies of animals with risk factors, and how those risk factors contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease and cardiac dysfunction, are clearly needed. One such approach is to feed mice a diet rich in fat (i.e. 60%). Here, we determined whether a high fat diet was sufficient to induce cardiac dysfunction in mice. We subjected mice to two different high fat diets (lard or milk as fat source) and followed them for over six months and found no significant decrement in cardiac function (via echocardiography), despite robust adiposity and impaired glucose disposal. We next determined whether antecedent and concomitant exposure to high fat diet (lard) altered the murine heart's response to infarct-induced heart failure; high fat feeding during, or before and during, heart failure did not significantly exacerbate cardiac dysfunction. Given the lack of a robust effect on cardiac dysfunction with high fat feeding, we then examined a commonly used mouse model of overt diabetes, hyperglycemia, and obesity (db/db mice). db/db mice (or STZ treated wild-type mice) subjected to pressure overload exhibited no significant exacerbation of cardiac dysfunction; however, ischemia-reperfusion injury significantly depressed cardiac function in db/db mice compared to their non-diabetic littermates. Thus, we were able to document a negative influence of a risk factor in a relevant cardiovascular disease model; however, this did not involve exposure to a high fat diet. High fat diet, obesity, or hyperglycemia does not necessarily induce cardiac dysfunction in mice. Although many investigators use such diabetes/obesity models to understand cardiac defects related to risk factors, this study, along with those from several other groups, serves as a cautionary note regarding the use of murine models of diabetes and obesity in the context of heart failure.
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- Robert E. Brainard
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
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Shah R, Gayat E, Januzzi JL, Sato N, Cohen-Solal A, diSomma S, Fairman E, Harjola VP, Ishihara S, Lassus J, Maggioni A, Metra M, Mueller C, Mueller T, Parenica J, Pascual-Figal D, Peacock WF, Spinar J, van Kimmenade R, Mebazaa A. Body mass index and mortality in acutely decompensated heart failure across the world: a global obesity paradox. J Am Coll Cardiol 2013; 63:778-85. [PMID: 24315906 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.09.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2013] [Revised: 09/17/2013] [Accepted: 09/22/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This study sought to define the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and mortality in heart failure (HF) across the world and to identify specific groups in whom BMI may differentially mediate risk. BACKGROUND Obesity is associated with incident HF, but it is paradoxically associated with better prognosis during chronic HF. METHODS We studied 6,142 patients with acute decompensated HF from 12 prospective observational cohorts followed-up across 4 continents. Primary outcome was all-cause mortality. Cox proportional hazards models and net reclassification index described associations of BMI with all-cause mortality. RESULTS Normal-weight patients (BMI 18.5 to 25 kg/m(2)) were older with more advanced HF and lower cardiometabolic risk. Despite worldwide heterogeneity in clinical features across obesity categories, a higher BMI remained associated with decreased 30-day and 1-year mortality (11% decrease at 30 days; 9% decrease at 1 year per 5 kg/m(2); p < 0.05), after adjustment for clinical risk. The BMI obtained at index admission provided effective 1-year risk reclassification beyond current markers of clinical risk (net reclassification index 0.119, p < 0.001). Notably, the "protective" association of BMI with mortality was confined to persons with older age (>75 years; hazard ratio [HR]: 0.82; p = 0.006), decreased cardiac function (ejection fraction <50%; HR: 0.85; p < 0.001), no diabetes (HR: 0.86; p < 0.001), and de novo HF (HR: 0.89; p = 0.004). CONCLUSIONS A lower BMI is associated with age, disease severity, and a higher risk of death in acute decompensated HF. The "obesity paradox" is confined to older persons, with decreased cardiac function, less cardiometabolic illness, and recent-onset HF, suggesting that aging, HF severity/chronicity, and metabolism may explain the obesity paradox.
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- Ravi Shah
- Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Lariboisière University Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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- Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
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- Internal Medicine, Cardiology, and Intensive Care Medicine, Nippon Medical School Musashi-Kosugi Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Biomarkers and Heart Diseases, UMR-942, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Paris, France
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- Emergency Department, Sant'Andrea Hospital, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Sociedad Argentina de Cardiologia, Area de Investigacion SAC Azcuenaga, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Division of Emergency Care, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Cardiology, Steel Memorial Yawata Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Cardiology, Department of Experimental and Applied Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Konventhospital Barmherzige Brueder, Linz, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, University Hospital Brno, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Cardiology Service, Virgen de la Arrixaca Hospital, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, University Hospital Brno, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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Kolwicz SC, Purohit S, Tian R. Cardiac metabolism and its interactions with contraction, growth, and survival of cardiomyocytes. Circ Res 2013; 113:603-16. [PMID: 23948585 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.113.302095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 518] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The network for cardiac fuel metabolism contains intricate sets of interacting pathways that result in both ATP-producing and non-ATP-producing end points for each class of energy substrates. The most salient feature of the network is the metabolic flexibility demonstrated in response to various stimuli, including developmental changes and nutritional status. The heart is also capable of remodeling the metabolic pathways in chronic pathophysiological conditions, which results in modulations of myocardial energetics and contractile function. In a quest to understand the complexity of the cardiac metabolic network, pharmacological and genetic tools have been engaged to manipulate cardiac metabolism in a variety of research models. In concert, a host of therapeutic interventions have been tested clinically to target substrate preference, insulin sensitivity, and mitochondrial function. In addition, the contribution of cellular metabolism to growth, survival, and other signaling pathways through the production of metabolic intermediates has been increasingly noted. In this review, we provide an overview of the cardiac metabolic network and highlight alterations observed in cardiac pathologies as well as strategies used as metabolic therapies in heart failure. Lastly, the ability of metabolic derivatives to intersect growth and survival are also discussed.
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- Stephen C Kolwicz
- Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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Gupte AA, Minze LJ, Reyes M, Ren Y, Wang X, Brunner G, Ghosn M, Cordero-Reyes AM, Ding K, Pratico D, Morrisett J, Shi ZZ, Hamilton DJ, Lyon CJ, Hsueh WA. High-fat feeding-induced hyperinsulinemia increases cardiac glucose uptake and mitochondrial function despite peripheral insulin resistance. Endocrinology 2013; 154:2650-62. [PMID: 23709089 PMCID: PMC5398492 DOI: 10.1210/en.2012-2272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2012] [Accepted: 05/20/2013] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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In obesity, reduced cardiac glucose uptake and mitochondrial abnormalities are putative causes of cardiac dysfunction. However, high-fat diet (HFD) does not consistently induce cardiac insulin resistance and mitochondrial damage, and recent studies suggest HFD may be cardioprotective. To determine cardiac responses to HFD, we investigated cardiac function, glucose uptake, and mitochondrial respiration in young (3-month-old) and middle-aged (MA) (12-month-old) male Ldlr(-/-) mice fed chow or 3 months HFD to induce obesity, systemic insulin resistance, and hyperinsulinemia. In MA Ldlr(-/-) mice, HFD induced accelerated atherosclerosis and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, common complications of human obesity. Surprisingly, HFD-fed mice demonstrated increased cardiac glucose uptake, which was most prominent in MA mice, in the absence of cardiac contractile dysfunction or hypertrophy. Moreover, hearts of HFD-fed mice had enhanced mitochondrial oxidation of palmitoyl carnitine, glutamate, and succinate and greater basal insulin signaling compared with those of chow-fed mice, suggesting cardiac insulin sensitivity was maintained, despite systemic insulin resistance. Streptozotocin-induced ablation of insulin production markedly reduced cardiac glucose uptake and mitochondrial dysfunction in HFD-fed, but not in chow-fed, mice. Insulin injection reversed these effects, suggesting that insulin may protect cardiac mitochondria during HFD. These results have implications for cardiac metabolism and preservation of mitochondrial function in obesity.
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- Anisha A Gupte
- Methodist Diabetes and Metabolism Institute, Houston, TX, USA
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Aurich AC, Niemann B, Pan R, Gruenler S, Issa H, Silber RE, Rohrbach S. Age-dependent effects of high fat-diet on murine left ventricles: role of palmitate. Basic Res Cardiol 2013; 108:369. [PMID: 23836256 DOI: 10.1007/s00395-013-0369-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2012] [Revised: 06/25/2013] [Accepted: 06/26/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Obesity-associated heart disease results in myocardial lipid accumulation leading to lipotoxicity. However, recent studies are suggestive of protective effects of high-fat diets (HFD). To determine whether age results in differential changes in diet-induced obesity, we fed young and old (3 and 18 months) male C57Bl/6 mice control diet, low-fat diet (both 10 kcal% fat) or HFD (45 kcal% fat) for 16 weeks, after which we analyzed LV function, mitochondrial changes, and potential modifiers of myocardial structure. HFD or age did not change LV systolic function, although a mildly increased BNP was observed in all old mice. This was associated with increased myocardial collagen, triglyceride, diacylglycerol, and ceramide content as well as higher caspase 3 activation in old mice with highest levels in old HFD mice. Pyruvate-dependent respiration and mitochondrial biogenesis were reduced in all old mice and in young HFD mice. Activation of AMPK, a strong inducer of mitochondrial biogenesis, was reduced in both HFD groups and in old control or LFD mice. Cardiomyocytes from old rats demonstrated significantly reduced AMPK activation, impaired mitochondrial biogenesis, higher ceramide content, and reduced viability after palmitate (C16:0) in vitro, while no major deleterious effects were observed in young cardiomyocytes. Aged but not young cardiomyocytes were unable to respond to higher palmitate with increased fatty acid oxidation. Thus, HFD results in cardiac structural alterations and accumulation of lipid intermediates predominantly in old mice, possibly due to the inability of old cardiomyocytes to adapt to high-fatty acid load.
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- Anne-Cathleen Aurich
- Institute of Pathophysiology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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O'Connell KA, Dabkowski ER, de Fatima Galvao T, Xu W, Daneault C, de Rosiers C, Stanley WC. Dietary saturated fat and docosahexaenoic acid differentially effect cardiac mitochondrial phospholipid fatty acyl composition and Ca(2+) uptake, without altering permeability transition or left ventricular function. Physiol Rep 2013; 1:e00009. [PMID: 24303101 PMCID: PMC3831937 DOI: 10.1002/phy2.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2013] [Revised: 05/11/2013] [Accepted: 05/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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High saturated fat diets improve cardiac function and survival in rodent models of heart failure, which may be mediated by changes in mitochondrial function. Dietary supplementation with the n3-polyunsaturated fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22:6n3) is also beneficial in heart failure and can affect mitochondrial function. Saturated fatty acids and DHA likely have opposing effects on mitochondrial phospholipid fatty acyl side chain composition and mitochondrial membrane function, though a direct comparison has not been previously reported. We fed healthy adult rats a standard low-fat diet (11% of energy intake from fat), a low-fat diet supplemented with DHA (2.3% of energy intake) or a high-fat diet comprised of long chain saturated fatty acids (45% fat) for 6 weeks. There were no differences among the three diets in cardiac mass or function, mitochondrial respiration, or Ca2+-induced mitochondrial permeability transition. On the other hand, there were dramatic differences in mitochondrial phospholipid fatty acyl side chains. Dietary supplementation with DHA increased DHA from 7% to ∼25% of total phospholipid fatty acids in mitochondrial membranes, and caused a proportional depletion of arachidonic acid (20:4n6). The saturated fat diet increased saturated fat and DHA in mitochondria and decreased linoleate (18:2n6), which corresponded to a decrease in Ca2+ uptake by isolated mitochondria compared to the other diet groups. In conclusion, despite dramatic changes in mitochondrial phospholipid fatty acyl side chain composition by both the DHA and high saturated fat diets, there were no effects on mitochondrial respiration, permeability transition, or cardiac function.
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- Kelly A O'Connell
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore, Maryland
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Kolwicz SC, Olson DP, Marney LC, Garcia-Menendez L, Synovec RE, Tian R. Cardiac-specific deletion of acetyl CoA carboxylase 2 prevents metabolic remodeling during pressure-overload hypertrophy. Circ Res 2012; 111:728-38. [PMID: 22730442 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.112.268128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 202] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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RATIONALE Decreased fatty acid oxidation (FAO) with increased reliance on glucose are hallmarks of metabolic remodeling that occurs in pathological cardiac hypertrophy and is associated with decreased myocardial energetics and impaired cardiac function. To date, it has not been tested whether prevention of the metabolic switch that occurs during the development of cardiac hypertrophy has unequivocal benefits on cardiac function and energetics. OBJECTIVE Because malonyl CoA production via acetyl CoA carboxylase 2 (ACC2) inhibits the entry of long chain fatty acids into the mitochondria, we hypothesized that mice with a cardiac-specific deletion of ACC2 (ACC2H-/-) would maintain cardiac FAO and improve function and energetics during the development of pressure-overload hypertrophy. METHODS AND RESULTS ACC2 deletion led to a significant reduction in cardiac malonyl CoA levels. In isolated perfused heart experiments, left ventricular function and oxygen consumption were similar in ACC2H-/- mice despite an ≈60% increase in FAO compared with controls (CON). After 8 weeks of pressure overload via transverse aortic constriction (TAC), ACC2H-/- mice exhibited a substrate utilization profile similar to sham animals, whereas CON-TAC hearts had decreased FAO with increased glycolysis and anaplerosis. Myocardial energetics, assessed by 31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and cardiac function were maintained in ACC2H-/- after 8 weeks of TAC. Furthermore, ACC2H-/--TAC demonstrated an attenuation of cardiac hypertrophy with a significant reduction in fibrosis relative to CON-TAC. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that reversion to the fetal metabolic profile in chronic pathological hypertrophy is associated with impaired myocardial function and energetics and maintenance of the inherent cardiac metabolic profile and mitochondrial oxidative capacity is a viable therapeutic strategy.
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- Stephen C Kolwicz
- Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, 850 Republican St, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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Pellieux C, Montessuit C, Papageorgiou I, Pedrazzini T, Lerch R. Differential effects of high-fat diet on myocardial lipid metabolism in failing and nonfailing hearts with angiotensin II-mediated cardiac remodeling in mice. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2012; 302:H1795-805. [PMID: 22408021 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01023.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Normal myocardium adapts to increase of nutritional fatty acid supply by upregulation of regulatory proteins of the fatty acid oxidation pathway. Because advanced heart failure is associated with reduction of regulatory proteins of fatty acid oxidation, we hypothesized that failing myocardium may not be able to adapt to increased fatty acid intake and therefore undergo lipid accumulation, potentially aggravating myocardial dysfunction. We determined the effect of high-fat diet in transgenic mice with overexpression of angiotensinogen in the myocardium (TG1306/R1). TG1306/R1 mice develop ANG II-mediated left ventricular hypertrophy, and at one year of age approximately half of the mice present heart failure associated with reduced expression of regulatory proteins of fatty acid oxidation and reduced palmitate oxidation during ex vivo working heart perfusion. Hypertrophied hearts from TG1306/R1 mice without heart failure adapted to high-fat feeding, similarly to hearts from wild-type mice, with upregulation of regulatory proteins of fatty acid oxidation and enhancement of palmitate oxidation. There was no myocardial lipid accumulation or contractile dysfunction. In contrast, hearts from TG1306/R1 mice presenting heart failure were unable to respond to high-fat feeding by upregulation of fatty acid oxidation proteins and enhancement of palmitate oxidation. This resulted in accumulation of triglycerides and ceramide in the myocardium, and aggravation of contractile dysfunction. In conclusion, hearts with ANG II-induced contractile failure have lost the ability to enhance fatty acid oxidation in response to increased fatty acid supply. The ensuing accumulation of lipid compounds may play a role in the observed aggravation of contractile dysfunction.
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- Corinne Pellieux
- Cardiology Center, Department of Medicine and Foundation for Medical Research, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva.
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Stanley WC, Dabkowski ER, Ribeiro RF, O'Connell KA. Dietary fat and heart failure: moving from lipotoxicity to lipoprotection. Circ Res 2012; 110:764-76. [PMID: 22383711 PMCID: PMC3356700 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.111.253104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2011] [Accepted: 01/27/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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There is growing evidence suggesting that dietary fat intake affects the development and progression of heart failure. Studies in rodents show that in the absence of obesity, replacing refined carbohydrate with fat can attenuate or prevent ventricular expansion and contractile dysfunction in response to hypertension, infarction, or genetic cardiomyopathy. Relatively low intake of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids from marine sources alters cardiac membrane phospholipid fatty acid composition, decreases the onset of new heart failure, and slows the progression of established heart failure. This effect is associated with decreased inflammation and improved resistance to mitochondrial permeability transition. High intake of saturated, monounsaturated, or n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids has also shown beneficial effects in rodent studies. The underlying mechanisms are complex, and a more thorough understanding is needed of the effects on cardiac phospholipids, lipid metabolites, and metabolic flux in the normal and failing heart. In summary, manipulation of dietary fat intake shows promise in the prevention and treatment of heart failure. Clinical studies generally support high intake of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids from marine sources to prevent and treat heart failure. Additional clinical and animals studies are needed to determine the optimal diet in terms of saturated, monounsaturated, and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids intake for this vulnerable patient population.
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- William C Stanley
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
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Wang H, Zhao J, Huang Y, Yan X, Meyer AM, Du M, Vonnahme KA, Reynolds LP, Caton JS, Zhu MJ. Effects of maternal plane of nutrition and increased dietary selenium in first-parity ewes on inflammatory response in the ovine neonatal gut1. J Anim Sci 2012; 90:325-33. [DOI: 10.2527/jas.2011-4155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- H. Wang
- Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie 82071
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie 82071
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie 82071
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie 82071
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- Department of Animal Science, North Dakota State University, Fargo 58108
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie 82071
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- Department of Animal Science, North Dakota State University, Fargo 58108
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- Department of Animal Science, North Dakota State University, Fargo 58108
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- Department of Animal Science, North Dakota State University, Fargo 58108
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie 82071
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Lourenço AP, Vasques-Nóvoa F, Fontoura D, Brás-Silva C, Roncon-Albuquerque R, Leite-Moreira AF. A Western-type diet attenuates pulmonary hypertension with heart failure and cardiac cachexia in rats. J Nutr 2011; 141:1954-60. [PMID: 21940516 DOI: 10.3945/jn.111.145763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Western-type diets (WD) constitute risk factors for disease but may have distinct effects in heart failure (HF) with cardiac cachexia (CC). We evaluated hemodynamic, metabolic, and inflammatory effects of short-term WD intake in pulmonary hypertension (PH) with CC. Male Wistar rats randomly received 60 mg · kg(-1) monocrotaline (M) or vehicle (C) and consumed either a 5.4-kcal · g(-1) WD (35% animal fat, 35% simple carbohydrate, 20% protein, 0.4% Na(+)) or a 2.9-kcal · g(-1) (3% vegetable fat, 60% complex carbohydrate, 16% protein, 0.25% Na(+)) normal diet (ND) for 5 wk. Mortality, energy intake, body weight (BW), metabolism, hemodynamics, histology, apoptosis, gene expression, transcription factors, and plasma cytokines were evaluated. Compared with the C-ND group, the M-ND group had PH, HF, and mortality that were significantly attenuated in M-WD. The extent of myocardial remodeling and apoptosis was higher in M-ND than in C-ND but lower in M-WD than in M-ND, while conversely, energy intake, BW, cholesterol, and TG plasma concentrations were lower in M-ND than in C-ND but higher in M-WD than in M-ND. M-ND had increased myocardial NF-κB transcription factor activity, endothelin-1, and cytokine overexpression and higher circulating cytokine concentrations than C-ND, which were lower in M-WD than in M-ND. PPARα activity, however, was lower in M-ND, but not in M-WD, compared with the respective C groups. WD attenuated PH and CC, ameliorating survival, myocardial function, metabolism, and inflammation, through transcription factor modulation, suggesting a beneficial role in CC.
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- André P Lourenço
- Department of Physiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Mitra R, Nogee DP, Zechner JF, Yea K, Gierasch CM, Kovacs A, Medeiros DM, Kelly DP, Duncan JG. The transcriptional coactivators, PGC-1α and β, cooperate to maintain cardiac mitochondrial function during the early stages of insulin resistance. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2011; 52:701-10. [PMID: 22080103 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2011.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2011] [Revised: 09/30/2011] [Accepted: 10/13/2011] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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We previously demonstrated a cardiac mitochondrial biogenic response in insulin resistant mice that requires the nuclear receptor transcription factor PPARα. We hypothesized that the PPARα coactivator peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator-1 alpha (PGC-1α) is necessary for mitochondrial biogenesis in insulin resistant hearts and that this response was adaptive. Mitochondrial phenotype was assessed in insulin resistant mouse models in wild-type (WT) versus PGC-1α deficient (PGC-1α(-/-)) backgrounds. Both high fat-fed (HFD) WT and 6 week-old Ob/Ob animals exhibited a significant increase in myocardial mitochondrial volume density compared to standard chow fed or WT controls. In contrast, HFD PGC-1α(-/-) and Ob/Ob-PGC-1α(-/-) hearts lacked a mitochondrial biogenic response. PGC-1α gene expression was increased in 6 week-old Ob/Ob animals, followed by a decline in 8 week-old Ob/Ob animals with more severe glucose intolerance. Mitochondrial respiratory function was increased in 6 week-old Ob/Ob animals, but not in Ob/Ob-PGC-1α(-/-) mice and not in 8 week-old Ob/Ob animals, suggesting a loss of the early adaptive response, consistent with the loss of PGC-1α upregulation. Animals that were deficient for PGC-1α and heterozygous for the related coactivator PGC-1β (PGC-1α(-/-)β(+/-)) were bred to the Ob/Ob mice. Ob/Ob-PGC-1α(-/-)β(+/-) hearts exhibited dramatically reduced mitochondrial respiratory capacity. Finally, the mitochondrial biogenic response was triggered in H9C2 myotubes by exposure to oleate, an effect that was blunted with shRNA-mediated PGC-1 "knockdown". We conclude that PGC-1 signaling is important for the adaptive cardiac mitochondrial biogenic response that occurs during the early stages of insulin resistance. This response occurs in a cell autonomous manner and likely involves exposure to high levels of free fatty acids.
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- Riddhi Mitra
- Center for Cardiovascular Research, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Galvao TF, Brown BH, Hecker PA, O'Connell KA, O'Shea KM, Sabbah HN, Rastogi S, Daneault C, Des Rosiers C, Stanley WC. High intake of saturated fat, but not polyunsaturated fat, improves survival in heart failure despite persistent mitochondrial defects. Cardiovasc Res 2011; 93:24-32. [PMID: 21960686 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvr258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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AIMS The impact of a high-fat diet on the failing heart is unclear, and the differences between polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and saturated fat have not been assessed. Here, we compared a standard low-fat diet to high-fat diets enriched with either saturated fat (palmitate and stearate) or PUFA (linoleic and α-linolenic acids) in hamsters with genetic cardiomyopathy. METHODS AND RESULTS Male δ-sarcoglycan null Bio TO2 hamsters were fed a standard low-fat diet (12% energy from fat), or high-fat diets (45% fat) comprised of either saturated fat or PUFA. The median survival was increased by the high saturated fat diet (P< 0.01; 278 days with standard diet and 361 days with high saturated fat)), but not with high PUFA (260 days) (n = 30-35/group). Body mass was modestly elevated (∼10%) in both high fat groups. Subgroups evaluated after 24 weeks had similar left ventricular chamber size, function, and mass. Mitochondrial oxidative enzyme activity and the yield of interfibrillar mitochondria (IFM) were decreased to a similar extent in all TO2 groups compared with normal F1B hamsters. Ca(2+)-induced mitochondrial permeability transition pore opening was enhanced in IFM in all TO2 groups compared with F1B hamsters, but to a significantly greater extent in those fed the high PUFA diet compared with the standard or high saturated fat diet. CONCLUSION These results show that a high intake of saturated fat improves survival in heart failure compared with a high PUFA diet or low-fat diet, despite persistent mitochondrial defects.
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- Tatiana F Galvao
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland-Baltimore, 21201, USA
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The most notable change in the metabolic profile of hypertrophied hearts is an increased reliance on glucose with an overall reduced oxidative metabolism, i.e. a reappearance of the foetal metabolic pattern. In animal models, this change is attributed to the down-regulation of the transcriptional cascades promoting gene expression for fatty acid oxidation and mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in adult hearts. Impaired myocardial energetics in cardiac hypertrophy also triggers AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), leading to increased glucose uptake and glycolysis. Aside from increased reliance on glucose as an energy source, changes in other glucose metabolism pathways, e.g. the pentose phosphate pathway, the glucosamine biosynthesis pathway, and anaplerosis, are also noted in the hypertrophied hearts. Studies using transgenic mouse models and pharmacological compounds to mimic or counter the switch of substrate preference in cardiac hypertrophy have demonstrated that increased glucose metabolism in adult heart is not harmful and can be beneficial when it provides sufficient fuel for oxidative metabolism. However, improvement in the oxidative capacity and efficiency rather than the selection of the substrate is likely the ultimate goal for metabolic therapies.
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- Stephen C Kolwicz
- Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, 815 Mercer Street, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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Sack MN. Caloric excess or restriction mediated modulation of metabolic enzyme acetylation-proposed effects on cardiac growth and function. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2011; 1813:1279-85. [PMID: 21295620 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2011.01.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2010] [Revised: 01/19/2011] [Accepted: 01/26/2011] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Caloric excess has been postulated to disrupt cardiac function via (i) the generation of toxic intermediates, (ii) via protein glycosylation and (iii) through the generation of reactive oxygen species. It is now increasingly being recognized that the nutrient intermediates themselves may modulate metabolic pathways through the post-translational modifications of metabolic enzymes. In light of the high energy demand of the heart, these nutrient mediated modulations in metabolic pathway functioning may play an important role in cardiac function and in the capacity of the heart to adapt to biomechanical stressors. In this review the role of protein acetylation and deacetylation in the control of metabolic programs is explored. Although not extensively investigated directly in the heart, the emerging data support that these nutrient mediated post-translational regulatory events (i) modulate cardiac metabolic pathways, (ii) integrate nutrient flux mediated post-translational effects with cardiac function and (iii) may be important in the development of cardiac pathology. Areas of investigation that need to be explored are highlighted. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Mitochondria and Cardioprotection.
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- Michael N Sack
- Translational Medicine Branch, NHLBI, NIH, Bld 10-CRC, Room 5–3150, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1454, USA.
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Morris JK, Bomhoff GL, Stanford JA, Geiger PC. Neurodegeneration in an animal model of Parkinson's disease is exacerbated by a high-fat diet. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2010; 299:R1082-90. [PMID: 20702796 PMCID: PMC2957375 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00449.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2010] [Accepted: 08/10/2010] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Despite numerous clinical studies supporting a link between type 2 diabetes (T2D) and Parkinson's disease (PD), the clinical literature remains equivocal. We, therefore, sought to address the relationship between insulin resistance and nigrostriatal dopamine (DA) in a preclinical animal model. High-fat feeding in rodents is an established model of insulin resistance, characterized by increased adiposity, systemic oxidative stress, and hyperglycemia. We subjected rats to a normal chow or high-fat diet for 5 wk before infusing 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) into the medial forebrain bundle. Our goal was to determine whether a high-fat diet and the resulting peripheral insulin resistance would exacerbate 6-OHDA-induced nigrostriatal DA depletion. Prior to 6-OHDA infusion, animals on the high-fat diet exhibited greater body weight, increased adiposity, and impaired glucose tolerance. Two weeks after 6-OHDA, locomotor activity was tested, and brain and muscle tissue was harvested. Locomotor activity did not differ between the groups nor did cholesterol levels or measures of muscle atrophy. High-fat-fed animals exhibited higher homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) values and attenuated insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in fast-twitch muscle, indicating decreased insulin sensitivity. Animals in the high-fat group also exhibited greater DA depletion in the substantia nigra and the striatum, which correlated with HOMA-IR and adiposity. Decreased phosphorylation of HSP27 and degradation of IκBα in the substantia nigra indicate increased tissue oxidative stress. These findings support the hypothesis that a diet high in fat and the resulting insulin resistance may lower the threshold for developing PD, at least following DA-specific toxin exposure.
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- Jill K Morris
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Univ. of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, 66160, USA
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O'Shea KM, Chess DJ, Khairallah RJ, Hecker PA, Lei B, Walsh K, Des Rosiers C, Stanley WC. ω-3 Polyunsaturated fatty acids prevent pressure overload-induced ventricular dilation and decrease in mitochondrial enzymes despite no change in adiponectin. Lipids Health Dis 2010; 9:95. [PMID: 20819225 PMCID: PMC2939588 DOI: 10.1186/1476-511x-9-95] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2010] [Accepted: 09/06/2010] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Background Pathological left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy frequently progresses to dilated heart failure with suppressed mitochondrial oxidative capacity. Dietary marine ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω-3 PUFA) up-regulate adiponectin and prevent LV dilation in rats subjected to pressure overload. This study 1) assessed the effects of ω-3 PUFA on LV dilation and down-regulation of mitochondrial enzymes in response to pressure overload; and 2) evaluated the role of adiponectin in mediating the effects of ω-3 PUFA in heart. Methods Wild type (WT) and adiponectin-/- mice underwent transverse aortic constriction (TAC) and were fed standard chow ± ω-3 PUFA for 6 weeks. At 6 weeks, echocardiography was performed to assess LV function, mice were terminated, and mitochondrial enzyme activities were evaluated. Results TAC induced similar pathological LV hypertrophy compared to sham mice in both strains on both diets. In WT mice TAC increased LV systolic and diastolic volumes and reduced mitochondrial enzyme activities, which were attenuated by ω-3 PUFA without increasing adiponectin. In contrast, adiponectin-/- mice displayed no increase in LV end diastolic and systolic volumes or decrease in mitochondrial enzymes with TAC, and did not respond to ω-3 PUFA. Conclusion These findings suggest ω-3 PUFA attenuates cardiac pathology in response to pressure overload independent of an elevation in adiponectin.
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- Karen M O'Shea
- Division of Cardiology and Department of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Kawamata H, Starkov AA, Manfredi G, Chinopoulos C. A kinetic assay of mitochondrial ADP-ATP exchange rate in permeabilized cells. Anal Biochem 2010; 407:52-7. [PMID: 20691655 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2010.07.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2010] [Revised: 07/28/2010] [Accepted: 07/29/2010] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We previously described a method to measure ADP-ATP exchange rates in isolated mitochondria by recording the changes in free extramitochondrial [Mg(2+)] reported by an Mg(2+)-sensitive fluorescent indicator, exploiting the differential affinity of ADP and ATP to Mg(2+). In the current article, we describe a modification of this method suited for following ADP-ATP exchange rates in environments with competing reactions that interconvert adenine nucleotides such as in permeabilized cells that harbor phosphorylases and kinases, ion pumps exhibiting substantial ATPase activity, and myosin ATPase activity. Here we report that the addition of BeF(3)(-) and sodium orthovanadate (Na(3)VO(4)) to medium containing digitonin-permeabilized cells inhibits all ADP-ATP-using reactions except the adenine nucleotide translocase (ANT)-mediated mitochondrial ADP-ATP exchange. An advantage of this assay is that mitochondria that may have been also permeabilized by digitonin do not contribute to ATP consumption by the exposed F(1)F(o)-ATPase due to its sensitivity to BeF(3)(-) and Na(3)VO(4). With this assay, ADP-ATP exchange rate mediated by the ANT in permeabilized cells is measured for the entire range of mitochondrial membrane potential titrated by stepwise additions of an uncoupler and expressed as a function of citrate synthase activity per total amount of protein.
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- Hibiki Kawamata
- Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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Ahmadie R, Santiago JJ, Walker J, Fang T, Le K, Zhao Z, Azordegan N, Bage S, Lytwyn M, Rattan S, Dixon IMC, Kardami E, Moghadasian MH, Jassal DS. A high-lipid diet potentiates left ventricular dysfunction in nitric oxide synthase 3-deficient mice after chronic pressure overload. J Nutr 2010; 140:1438-44. [PMID: 20554900 DOI: 10.3945/jn.110.123091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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A high-lipid diet (HLD) may lead to adverse left ventricular (LV) remodeling and endothelial dysfunction in conditions of hemodynamic stress. Although congenital absence of nitric oxide synthase 3 (NOS3) leads to adverse LV remodeling after transverse aortic constriction (TAC), the effects of a HLD in this state remains unknown. Wild-type (WT) and NOS3 knockout mice (NOS3(-/-)) were randomized into the following 4 groups: 1) WT + low-lipid diet (LLD) (10% of energy); 2) WT + HLD (60% of energy); 3) NOS3(-/-) + LLD; and 4) NOS3(-/-) + HLD for a total of 12 wk. After 1 wk of randomization, TAC was performed on all groups. Serial echocardiography revealed a decrease in LV ejection fraction (LVEF) in WT and NOS3(-/-) mice fed the HLD compared with those fed the LLD diet at 12 wk post-TAC. Mice fed the NOS3(-/-) + HLD diet had a lower LVEF compared with mice in the other 3 groups (P < 0.05). There was greater myocyte hypertrophy, interstitial fibrosis, and percentage change in plasma cholesterol concentrations in the NOS3(-/-) + HLD group 12 wk post-TAC compared with the other 3 groups. Although high molecular weight fibroblast growth factor-2, a marker of cardiac hypertrophy, was more upregulated in the NOS3(-/-) + HLD group than in the other groups, markers of the renin-angiotensin system did not differ among them. A HLD potentiates LV dysfunction in NOS3(-/-) mice in a chronic pressure overload state.
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- Roien Ahmadie
- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface General Hospital, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Khairallah RJ, O'Shea KM, Brown BH, Khanna N, Des Rosiers C, Stanley WC. Treatment with docosahexaenoic acid, but not eicosapentaenoic acid, delays Ca2+-induced mitochondria permeability transition in normal and hypertrophied myocardium. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2010; 335:155-62. [PMID: 20624993 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.110.170605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Intake of fish oil containing docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) prevents heart failure; however, the mechanisms are unclear. Mitochondrial permeability transition pore (MPTP) opening contributes to myocardial pathology in cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure, and treatment with DHA + EPA delays MPTP opening. Here, we assessed: 1) whether supplementation with both DHA and EPA is needed for optimal prevention of MPTP opening, and 2) whether this benefit occurs in hypertrophied myocardium. Rats with either normal myocardium or cardiac hypertrophy induced by 8 weeks of abdominal aortic banding were fed one of four diets: control diet without DHA or EPA or diets enriched with either DHA, EPA, or DHA + EPA (1:1 ratio) at 2.5% of energy intake for 17 weeks. Aortic banding caused a 27% increase in left ventricular mass and 25% depletion in DHA in mitochondrial phospholipids in rats fed the control diet. DHA supplementation raised DHA in phospholipids ∼2-fold in both normal and hypertrophied hearts and increased EPA. DHA + EPA supplementation also increased DHA, but to a lesser extent than DHA alone. EPA supplementation increased EPA, but did not affect DHA compared with the control diet. Ca(2+)-induced MPTP opening was delayed by DHA and DHA + EPA supplementation in both normal and hypertrophied hearts, but EPA had no effect on MPTP opening. These results show that supplementation with DHA alone effectively increases both DHA and EPA in cardiac mitochondrial phospholipids and delays MPTP and suggest that treatment with DHA + EPA offers no advantage over DHA alone.
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- Ramzi J Khairallah
- Division of Cardiology and Department of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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There has been growing interest in targeting myocardial substrate metabolism for the therapy of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. This is largely based on the observation that cardiac metabolism undergoes significant changes during both physiologic and pathologic stresses. In search for an effective therapeutic strategy, recent studies have focused on the functional significance of the substrate switch in the heart during stress conditions, such as cardiac hypertrophy and failure, using both pharmacologic and genetic approaches. The results of these studies indicate that both the capacity and the flexibility of the cardiac metabolic network are essential for normal function; thus, their maintenance should be the primary goal for future metabolic therapy.
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- Stephen C Kolwicz
- Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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