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Swan J, Szabó Z, Peters J, Kummu O, Kemppi A, Rahtu-Korpela L, Konzack A, Hakkola J, Pasternack A, Ritvos O, Kerkelä R, Magga J. Inhibition of activin receptor 2 signalling ameliorates metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease in western diet/L-NAME induced cardiometabolic disease. Biomed Pharmacother 2024; 175:116683. [PMID: 38705130 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2024.116683] [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: 01/09/2024] [Revised: 04/19/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/07/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE Blockade of activin 2 receptor (ACVR2) signaling has been shown to improve insulin sensitivity and aid in weight loss. Inhibition of ACVR2 signaling restores cardiac function in multiple heart failure models. However, its potential in the treatment of obesity-related cardiometabolic disease remains unknown. Here, we investigated targeting ACVR2 signaling in cardiometabolic disease manifested with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). METHODS Mice were fed a high-fat, high-sugar diet combined with the administration of nitric oxide synthase inhibitor L-NAME in drinking water, which causes hypertensive stress. For the last eight weeks, the mice were treated with the soluble ACVR2B decoy receptor (sACVR2B-Fc). RESULTS sACVR2B-Fc protected against the development of comorbidities associated with cardiometabolic disease. This was most pronounced in the liver where ACVR2 blockade attenuated the development of MASLD including cessation of pro-fibrotic activation. It also significantly reduced total plasma cholesterol levels, impeded brown adipose tissue whitening, and improved cardiac diastolic function. In vitro, ACVR2 ligands activin A, activin B and GDF11 induced profibrotic signaling and the proliferation of human cardiac fibroblasts. CONCLUSIONS Blockade of ACVR2B exerts broad beneficial effects for therapy of cardiometabolic disease. By reducing obesity, ameliorating cardiovascular deterioration and restraining MASLD, blockade of ACVR2B signaling proves a potential target in MASLD and its comorbidities.
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- Julia Swan
- Research Unit of Biomedicine and Internal Medicine, University of Oulu, Aapistie 5, Oulu 90220, Finland; Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Aapistie 5, Oulu 90220, Finland.
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- Research Unit of Biomedicine and Internal Medicine, University of Oulu, Aapistie 5, Oulu 90220, Finland
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- Research Unit of Biomedicine and Internal Medicine, University of Oulu, Aapistie 5, Oulu 90220, Finland
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- Research Unit of Biomedicine and Internal Medicine, University of Oulu, Aapistie 5, Oulu 90220, Finland; Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Aapistie 5, Oulu 90220, Finland; Medical Research Centre Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Aapistie 5, Oulu 90220, Finland
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- Research Unit of Biomedicine and Internal Medicine, University of Oulu, Aapistie 5, Oulu 90220, Finland
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- Research Unit of Biomedicine and Internal Medicine, University of Oulu, Aapistie 5, Oulu 90220, Finland
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- Research Unit of Biomedicine and Internal Medicine, University of Oulu, Aapistie 5, Oulu 90220, Finland; Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Aapistie 5, Oulu 90220, Finland; Medical Research Centre Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Aapistie 5, Oulu 90220, Finland
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- Research Unit of Biomedicine and Internal Medicine, University of Oulu, Aapistie 5, Oulu 90220, Finland; Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Aapistie 5, Oulu 90220, Finland; Medical Research Centre Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Aapistie 5, Oulu 90220, Finland
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Haartmaninkatu 8, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Haartmaninkatu 8, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Research Unit of Biomedicine and Internal Medicine, University of Oulu, Aapistie 5, Oulu 90220, Finland; Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Aapistie 5, Oulu 90220, Finland; Medical Research Centre Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Aapistie 5, Oulu 90220, Finland
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- Research Unit of Biomedicine and Internal Medicine, University of Oulu, Aapistie 5, Oulu 90220, Finland; Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Aapistie 5, Oulu 90220, Finland.
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Knapp M, Supruniuk E, Górski J. Myostatin and the Heart. Biomolecules 2023; 13:1777. [PMID: 38136649 PMCID: PMC10741510 DOI: 10.3390/biom13121777] [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: 11/16/2023] [Revised: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/09/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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Myostatin (growth differentiation factor 8) is a member of the transforming growth factor-β superfamily. It is secreted mostly by skeletal muscles, although small amounts of myostatin are produced by the myocardium and the adipose tissue as well. Myostatin binds to activin IIB membrane receptors to activate the downstream intracellular canonical Smad2/Smad3 pathway, and additionally acts on non-Smad (non-canonical) pathways. Studies on transgenic animals have shown that overexpression of myostatin reduces the heart mass, whereas removal of myostatin has an opposite effect. In this review, we summarize the potential diagnostic and prognostic value of this protein in heart-related conditions. First, in myostatin-null mice the left ventricular internal diameters along with the diastolic and systolic volumes are larger than the respective values in wild-type mice. Myostatin is potentially secreted as part of a negative feedback loop that reduces the effects of the release of growth-promoting factors and energy reprogramming in response to hypertrophic stimuli. On the other hand, both human and animal data indicate that myostatin is involved in the development of the cardiac cachexia and heart fibrosis in the course of chronic heart failure. The understanding of the role of myostatin in such conditions might initiate a development of targeted therapies based on myostatin signaling inhibition.
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- Małgorzata Knapp
- Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Białystok, 15-276 Białystok, Poland
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- Department of Physiology, Medical University of Białystok, 15-222 Białystok, Poland;
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Łomża, 18-400 Łomża, Poland;
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Chen M, Zhao Y, Li Y, Chen T, Zhou W, Zhang X, Deng S, Xu X, Wu S, Liu Z, Qi S, Wang L, Li Y, Yu K, Lian Z. Reproduction and viscera organ characteristics of MSTN and FGF5 dual-gene knockout sheep. Front Vet Sci 2023; 10:1119312. [PMID: 37065235 PMCID: PMC10102541 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1119312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
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IntroductionMyostatin (MSTN) negatively regulates skeletal muscle development. However, its function in reproductive performance and visceral organs has not been thoroughly investigated. Previously, we prepared a MSTN and fibroblast growth factor 5 (FGF5) double-knockout sheep, which was a MSTN and FGF5 dual-gene biallelic homozygous (MF−/−) mutant.MethodsTo understand the role of MSTN and FGF5 in reproductive performance and visceral organs, this study evaluated the ejaculation amount, semen pH, sperm motility, sperm density, acrosome integrity, rate of teratosperm, and seminal plasma biochemical indicators in adult MF−/− rams. We also compared the overall morphology, head, head-neck junction, middle segment and the transection of middle segment of spermatozoa between wildtype (WT) and MF−/− rams.ResultsOur results showed that the seminal plasma biochemical indicators, sperm structure and all sperm indicators were normal, and the fertilization rate also has no significant difference between WT and MF−/− rams, indicating that the MF−/− mutation did not affect the reproductive performance of sheep. Additional analysis evaluated the histomorphology of the visceral organs, digestive system and reproductive system of MF+/− sheep, the F1 generation of MF−/−, at the age of 12 months. There was an increased spleen index, but no significant differences in the organ indexes of heart, liver, lung, kidney and stomach, and no obvious differences in the histomorphology of visceral organs, digestive system and reproductive system in MF+/− compared with WT sheep. No MF+/− sheep were observed to have any pathological features.DiscussionIn summary, the MSTN and FGF5 double-knockout did not affect reproductive performance, visceral organs and digestive system in sheep except for differences previously observed in muscle and fat. The current data provide a reference for further elucidating the application of MSTN and FGF5 double-knockout sheep.
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- Mingming Chen
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic Improvement, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic Improvement, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic Improvement, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang University, Jiangxi, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic Improvement, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Sheep Breeding Innovation Team, Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Tianjin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Tianjin, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Human Disease Comparative Medicine, Institute of Laboratory Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Comparative Medicine Center, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic Improvement, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic Improvement, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic Improvement, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic Improvement, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic Improvement, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Laboratory Animal Center of the Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
- Yan Li
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic Improvement, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- Kun Yu
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic Improvement, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Zhengxing Lian
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Yusifova M, Yusifov A, Polson SM, Todd WD, Schmitt EE, Bruns DR. Voluntary Wheel Running Exercise Does Not Attenuate Circadian and Cardiac Dysfunction Caused by Conditional Deletion of Bmal1. J Biol Rhythms 2023:7487304231152398. [PMID: 36802963 DOI: 10.1177/07487304231152398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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Circadian misalignment occurs with age, jet lag, and shift work, leading to maladaptive health outcomes including cardiovascular diseases. Despite the strong link between circadian disruption and heart disease, the cardiac circadian clock is poorly understood, prohibiting identification of therapies to restore the broken clock. Exercise is the most cardioprotective intervention identified to date and has been suggested to reset the circadian clock in other peripheral tissues. Here, we tested the hypothesis that conditional deletion of core circadian gene Bmal1 would disrupt cardiac circadian rhythm and function and that this disruption would be ameliorated by exercise. To test this hypothesis, we generated a transgenic mouse with spatial and temporal deletion of Bmal1 only in adult cardiac myocytes (Bmal1 cardiac knockout [cKO]). Bmal1 cKO mice demonstrated cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis concomitant with impaired systolic function. This pathological cardiac remodeling was not rescued by wheel running. While the molecular mechanisms responsible for the profound cardiac remodeling are unclear, it does not appear to involve activation of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling or changes in metabolic gene expression. Interestingly, cardiac deletion of Bmal1 disrupted systemic rhythms as evidenced by changes in the onset and phasing of activity in relationship to the light/dark cycle and by decreased periodogram power as measured by core temperature, suggesting cardiac clocks can regulate systemic circadian output. Together, we suggest a critical role for cardiac Bmal1 in regulating both cardiac and systemic circadian rhythm and function. Ongoing experiments will determine how disruption of the circadian clock causes cardiac remodeling in an effort to identify therapeutics to attenuate the maladaptive outcomes of a broken cardiac circadian clock.
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- Kinesiology & Health, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
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- Kinesiology & Health, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
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- Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
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- Kinesiology & Health, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.,Wyoming WWAMI Medical Education, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
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- Kinesiology & Health, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.,Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.,Wyoming WWAMI Medical Education, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
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Myostatin (GDF-8) was discovered 25 years ago as a new transforming growth factor-β family member that acts as a master regulator of skeletal muscle mass. Myostatin is made by skeletal myofibers, circulates in the blood, and acts back on myofibers to limit growth. Myostatin appears to have all of the salient properties of a chalone, which is a term proposed over a half century ago to describe hypothetical circulating, tissue-specific growth inhibitors that control tissue size. The elucidation of the molecular, cellular, and physiological mechanisms underlying myostatin activity suggests that myostatin functions as a negative feedback regulator of muscle mass and raises the question as to whether this type of chalone mechanism is unique to skeletal muscle or whether it also operates in other tissues.
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- Se-Jin Lee
- Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, USA.,The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, USA;
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Cui Y, Yi Q, Sun W, Huang D, Zhang H, Duan L, Shang H, Wang D, Xiong J. Molecular basis and therapeutic potential of myostatin on bone formation and metabolism in orthopedic disease. Biofactors 2023; 49:21-31. [PMID: 32997846 DOI: 10.1002/biof.1675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Revised: 08/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Myostatin, a member of the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) superfamily, is a key autocrine/paracrine inhibitor of skeletal muscle growth. Recently, researchers have postulated that myostatin is a negative regulator of bone formation and metabolism. Reportedly, myostatin is highly expressed in the fracture area, affecting the endochondral ossification process during the early stages of fracture healing. Furthermore, myostatin is highly expressed in the synovium of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and is an effective therapeutic target for interfering with osteoclast formation and joint destruction in RA. Thus, myostatin is a potent anti-osteogenic factor and a direct modulator of osteoclast differentiation. Evaluation of the molecular pathway revealed that myostatin can activate SMAD and mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathways, inhibiting the Wnt/β-catenin pathway to synergistically regulate muscle and bone growth and metabolism. In summary, inhibition of myostatin or the myostatin signaling pathway has therapeutic potential in the treatment of orthopedic diseases. This review focused on the effects of myostatin on bone formation and metabolism and discussed the potential therapeutic effects of inhibiting myostatin and its pathways in related orthopedic diseases.
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- Yinxing Cui
- Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Orthopedic Technology, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Tissue Engineering, Shenzhen Laboratory of Digital Orthopedic Engineering, Department of Orthopedics, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital (The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Health Science Center), Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Orthopedic Technology, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Tissue Engineering, Shenzhen Laboratory of Digital Orthopedic Engineering, Department of Orthopedics, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital (The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Health Science Center), Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Orthopedic Technology, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Tissue Engineering, Shenzhen Laboratory of Digital Orthopedic Engineering, Department of Orthopedics, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital (The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Health Science Center), Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Orthopedic Technology, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Tissue Engineering, Shenzhen Laboratory of Digital Orthopedic Engineering, Department of Orthopedics, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital (The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Health Science Center), Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Orthopedic Technology, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Tissue Engineering, Shenzhen Laboratory of Digital Orthopedic Engineering, Department of Orthopedics, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital (The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Health Science Center), Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Orthopedic Technology, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Tissue Engineering, Shenzhen Laboratory of Digital Orthopedic Engineering, Department of Orthopedics, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital (The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Health Science Center), Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Orthopedic Technology, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Tissue Engineering, Shenzhen Laboratory of Digital Orthopedic Engineering, Department of Orthopedics, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital (The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Health Science Center), Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Orthopedic Technology, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Tissue Engineering, Shenzhen Laboratory of Digital Orthopedic Engineering, Department of Orthopedics, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital (The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Health Science Center), Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Orthopedic Technology, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Tissue Engineering, Shenzhen Laboratory of Digital Orthopedic Engineering, Department of Orthopedics, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital (The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Health Science Center), Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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Kanakachari M, Ashwini R, Chatterjee RN, Bhattacharya TK. Embryonic transcriptome unravels mechanisms and pathways underlying embryonic development with respect to muscle growth, egg production, and plumage formation in native and broiler chickens. Front Genet 2022; 13:990849. [PMID: 36313432 PMCID: PMC9616467 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.990849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background: Muscle development, egg production, and plumage colors are different between native and broiler chickens. The study was designed to investigate why improved Aseel (PD4) is colorful, stronger, and grew slowly compared with the control broiler (CB). Methods: A microarray was conducted using the 7th-day embryo (7EB) and 18th-day thigh muscle (18TM) of improved Aseel and broiler, respectively. Also, we have selected 24 Gallus gallus candidate reference genes from NCBI, and total RNA was isolated from the broiler, improved Aseel embryo tissues, and their expression profiles were studied by real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR). Furthermore, microarray data were validated with qPCR using improved Aseel and broiler embryo tissues. Results: In the differential transcripts screening, all the transcripts obtained by microarray of slow and fast growth groups were screened by fold change ≥ 1 and false discovery rate (FDR) ≤ 0.05. In total, 8,069 transcripts were differentially expressed between the 7EB and 18TM of PD4 compared to the CB. A further analysis showed that a high number of transcripts are differentially regulated in the 7EB of PD4 (6,896) and fewer transcripts are differentially regulated (1,173) in the 18TM of PD4 compared to the CB. On the 7th- and 18th-day PD4 embryos, 3,890, 3,006, 745, and 428 transcripts were up- and downregulated, respectively. The commonly up- and downregulated transcripts are 91 and 44 between the 7th- and 18th-day of embryos. In addition, the best housekeeping gene was identified. Furthermore, we validated the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) related to muscle growth, myostatin signaling and development, and fatty acid metabolism genes in PD4 and CB embryo tissues by qPCR, and the results correlated with microarray expression data. Conclusion: Our study identified DEGs that regulate the myostatin signaling and differentiation pathway; glycolysis and gluconeogenesis; fatty acid metabolism; Jak-STAT, mTOR, and TGF-β signaling pathways; tryptophan metabolism; and PI3K-Akt signaling pathways in PD4. The results revealed that the gene expression architecture is present in the improved Aseel exhibiting embryo growth that will help improve muscle development, differentiation, egg production, protein synthesis, and plumage formation in PD4 native chickens. Our findings may be used as a model for improving the growth in Aseel as well as optimizing the growth in the broiler.
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- M. Kanakachari
- ICAR-Directorate of Poultry Research, Hyderabad, India
- EVA.4 Unit, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czechia
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- ICAR-Directorate of Poultry Research, Hyderabad, India
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- ICAR-Directorate of Poultry Research, Hyderabad, India
- *Correspondence: T. K. Bhattacharya,
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Myostatin/AKT/FOXO Signaling Is Altered in Human Non-Ischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Life (Basel) 2022; 12:life12091418. [PMID: 36143454 PMCID: PMC9506454 DOI: 10.3390/life12091418] [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: 08/08/2022] [Revised: 09/04/2022] [Accepted: 09/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Disturbances in the ubiquitin proteasome system, and especially changes of the E3 ligases, are subjects of interest when searching for causes and therapies for cardiomyopathies. The aim of this study was to clarify whether the myostatin/AKT/forkhead box O (FOXO) pathway, which regulates the expression of the E3 ligases muscle atrophy F-box gene (MAFbx) and muscle ring-finger protein-1 (MuRF1), is changed in dilated cardiomyopathy of ischemic origin (IDCM) and dilated cardiomyopathy of non-ischemic origin (NIDCM). The mRNA and protein expression of myostatin, AKT, FOXO1, FOXO3, MAFbx and MuRF1 were quantified by real-time polymerase chain reaction and ELISA, respectively, in myocardial tissue from 26 IDCM and 23 NIDCM patients. Septal tissue from 17 patients undergoing Morrow resection served as a control. MAFbx and FOXO1 mRNA and protein expression (all p < 0.05), AKT mRNA (p < 0.01) and myostatin protein expression (p = 0.02) were decreased in NIDCM patients compared to the control group. Apart from decreases of AKT and MAFbx mRNA expression (both p < 0.01), no significant differences were detected in IDCM patients compared to the control group. Our results demonstrate that the myostatin/AKT/FOXO pathway is altered in NIDCM but not in IDCM patients. FOXO1 seems to be an important drug target for regulating the expression of MAFbx in NIDCM patients.
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Positive growth of smooth muscle in uterine horns of myostatin homozygous mutant gilt. Res Vet Sci 2022; 152:228-235. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2022.07.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2022] [Revised: 06/30/2022] [Accepted: 07/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Wang S, Fang L, Cong L, Chung JPW, Li TC, Chan DYL. Myostatin: a multifunctional role in human female reproduction and fertility - a short review. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2022; 20:96. [PMID: 35780124 PMCID: PMC9250276 DOI: 10.1186/s12958-022-00969-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Myostatin (MSTN) is member of the transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) superfamily and was originally identified in the musculoskeletal system as a negative regulator of skeletal muscle growth. The functional roles of MSTN outside of the musculoskeletal system have aroused researchers' interest in recent years, with an increasing number of studies being conducted in this area. Notably, the expression of MSTN and its potential activities in various reproductive organs, including the ovary, placenta, and uterus, have recently been examined. Numerous studies published in the last few years demonstrate that MSTN plays a critical role in human reproduction and fertility, including the regulation of follicular development, ovarian steroidogenesis, granule-cell proliferation, and oocyte maturation regulation. Furthermore, findings from clinical samples suggest that MSTN may play a key role in the pathogenesis of several reproductive disorders such as uterine myoma, preeclampsia (PE), ovary hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS), and polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). There is no comprehensive review regarding to MSTN related to the female reproductive system in the literature. This review serves as a summary of the genes in reproductive medicine and their potential influence. We summarized MSTN expression in different compartments of the female reproductive system. Subsequently, we discuss the role of MSTN in both physiological and several pathological conditions related to the female fertility and reproduction-related diseases.
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- Sijia Wang
- Assisted reproductive technologies unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, SAR, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Henan Key Laboratory of Reproduction and Genetics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450003, China
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- Assisted reproductive technologies unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, SAR, China
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- Assisted reproductive technologies unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, SAR, China
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- Assisted reproductive technologies unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, SAR, China
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- Assisted reproductive technologies unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, SAR, China.
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Zhou H, Zhang F, Wu Y, Liu H, Duan R, Liu Y, Wang Y, He X, Zhang Y, Ma X, Guan Y, Liu Y, Liang D, Zhou L, Chen Y. LRP5 regulates cardiomyocyte proliferation and neonatal heart regeneration by the AKT/P21 pathway. J Cell Mol Med 2022; 26:2981-2994. [PMID: 35429093 PMCID: PMC9097834 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.17311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2021] [Revised: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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- Huixing Zhou
- Department of Cardiology Shanghai East Hospital Tongji University School of Medicine Shanghai China
- Key Laboratory of Arrhythmias of the Ministry of Education of China Shanghai East Hospital Tongji University School of Medicine Shanghai China
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- Department of Cardiology Shanghai East Hospital Tongji University School of Medicine Shanghai China
- Key Laboratory of Arrhythmias of the Ministry of Education of China Shanghai East Hospital Tongji University School of Medicine Shanghai China
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- Department of Cardiology Shanghai East Hospital Tongji University School of Medicine Shanghai China
- Key Laboratory of Arrhythmias of the Ministry of Education of China Shanghai East Hospital Tongji University School of Medicine Shanghai China
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- Department of Cardiology Shanghai East Hospital Tongji University School of Medicine Shanghai China
- Key Laboratory of Arrhythmias of the Ministry of Education of China Shanghai East Hospital Tongji University School of Medicine Shanghai China
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- Department of Cardiology Shanghai East Hospital Tongji University School of Medicine Shanghai China
- Key Laboratory of Arrhythmias of the Ministry of Education of China Shanghai East Hospital Tongji University School of Medicine Shanghai China
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- Key Laboratory of Arrhythmias of the Ministry of Education of China Shanghai East Hospital Tongji University School of Medicine Shanghai China
- Jinzhou Medical University Liaoning Jinzhou China
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- Key Laboratory of Arrhythmias of the Ministry of Education of China Shanghai East Hospital Tongji University School of Medicine Shanghai China
- Jinzhou Medical University Liaoning Jinzhou China
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- Department of Cardiology Shanghai East Hospital Tongji University School of Medicine Shanghai China
- Key Laboratory of Arrhythmias of the Ministry of Education of China Shanghai East Hospital Tongji University School of Medicine Shanghai China
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- Department of Cardiology Shanghai East Hospital Tongji University School of Medicine Shanghai China
- Key Laboratory of Arrhythmias of the Ministry of Education of China Shanghai East Hospital Tongji University School of Medicine Shanghai China
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- Department of Cardiology Shanghai East Hospital Tongji University School of Medicine Shanghai China
- Key Laboratory of Arrhythmias of the Ministry of Education of China Shanghai East Hospital Tongji University School of Medicine Shanghai China
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- Department of Cardiology Shanghai East Hospital Tongji University School of Medicine Shanghai China
- Key Laboratory of Arrhythmias of the Ministry of Education of China Shanghai East Hospital Tongji University School of Medicine Shanghai China
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- Department of Cardiology Shanghai East Hospital Tongji University School of Medicine Shanghai China
- Key Laboratory of Arrhythmias of the Ministry of Education of China Shanghai East Hospital Tongji University School of Medicine Shanghai China
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- Department of Cardiology Shanghai East Hospital Tongji University School of Medicine Shanghai China
- Key Laboratory of Arrhythmias of the Ministry of Education of China Shanghai East Hospital Tongji University School of Medicine Shanghai China
- Research Units of Origin and Regulation of Heart Rhythm Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Shanghai China
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- Department of Cardiology Shanghai East Hospital Tongji University School of Medicine Shanghai China
- Key Laboratory of Arrhythmias of the Ministry of Education of China Shanghai East Hospital Tongji University School of Medicine Shanghai China
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- Department of Cardiology Shanghai East Hospital Tongji University School of Medicine Shanghai China
- Key Laboratory of Arrhythmias of the Ministry of Education of China Shanghai East Hospital Tongji University School of Medicine Shanghai China
- Research Units of Origin and Regulation of Heart Rhythm Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Shanghai China
- Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology Tongji University School of Medicine Shanghai China
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Chen MM, Zhao YP, Zhao Y, Deng SL, Yu K. Regulation of Myostatin on the Growth and Development of Skeletal Muscle. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 9:785712. [PMID: 35004684 PMCID: PMC8740192 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.785712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Myostatin (MSTN), a member of the transforming growth factor-β superfamily, can negatively regulate the growth and development of skeletal muscle by autocrine or paracrine signaling. Mutation of the myostatin gene under artificial or natural conditions can lead to a significant increase in muscle quality and produce a double-muscle phenotype. Here, we review the similarities and differences between myostatin and other members of the transforming growth factor-β superfamily and the mechanisms of myostatin self-regulation. In addition, we focus extensively on the regulation of myostatin functions involved in myogenic differentiation, myofiber type conversion, and skeletal muscle protein synthesis and degradation. Also, we summarize the induction of reactive oxygen species generation and oxidative stress by myostatin in skeletal muscle. This review of recent insights into the function of myostatin will provide reference information for future studies of myostatin-regulated skeletal muscle formation and may have relevance to agricultural fields of study.
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- Ming-Ming Chen
- College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Breeding and Healthy Husbandry, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Human Disease Comparative Medicine, Institute of Laboratory Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Comparative Medicine Center, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Limyati Y, Sanjaya A, Lucretia T, Gunadi JW, Biben V, Jasaputra DK, Lesmana R. Potential Role of Exercise in Regulating YAP and TAZ During Cardiomyocytes Aging. Curr Cardiol Rev 2022; 18:24-33. [PMID: 35379136 PMCID: PMC9896415 DOI: 10.2174/1573403x18666220404152924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Revised: 01/03/2022] [Accepted: 01/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Adaptation of cardiac muscle to regular exercise results in morphological and structural changes known as physiological cardiac hypertrophy, to which the Hippo signaling pathway might have contributed. Two major terminal effectors in the Hippo signaling pathway are Yes-associated protein (YAP) and its homolog transcriptional coactivator with PDZ-binding motif (TAZ). The latest studies have reported the role of YAP and TAZ in different life stages, such as in fetal, neonatal, and adult hearts. Their regulation might involve several mechanisms and effectors. One of the possible coregulators is exercise. Exercise plays a role in cardiomyocyte hypertrophic changes during different stages of life, including in aged hearts. YAP/TAZ signaling pathway has a role in physiological cardiac hypertrophy induced by exercise and is associated with cardiac remodelling. Thus, it can be believed that exercise has roles in activating the signaling pathway of YAP and TAZ in aged cardiomyocytes. However, the studies regarding the roles of YAP and TAZ during cardiomyocyte aging are limited. The primary purpose of this review is to explore the response of cardiovascular aging to exercise via signaling pathway of YAP and TAZ.
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- Yenni Limyati
- Address correspondence to this author at the Postgraduate Doctoral Program Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, West Java, 40161; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Unggul Karsa Medika Hospital, Bandung, West Java, 40218; Department of Clinical Skills, Faculty of Medicine, Maranatha Christian University, Bandung, West Java, 40164, Indonesia; Tel/Fax: +62222012186, +62222017621;
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Esposito P, Picciotto D, Battaglia Y, Costigliolo F, Viazzi F, Verzola D. Myostatin: Basic biology to clinical application. Adv Clin Chem 2022; 106:181-234. [PMID: 35152972 DOI: 10.1016/bs.acc.2021.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Myostatin is a member of the transforming growth factor (TGF)-β superfamily. It is expressed by animal and human skeletal muscle cells where it limits muscle growth and promotes protein breakdown. Its effects are influenced by complex mechanisms including transcriptional and epigenetic regulation and modulation by extracellular binding proteins. Due to its actions in promoting muscle atrophy and cachexia, myostatin has been investigated as a promising therapeutic target to counteract muscle mass loss in experimental models and patients affected by different muscle-wasting conditions. Moreover, growing evidence indicates that myostatin, beyond to regulate skeletal muscle growth, may have a role in many physiologic and pathologic processes, such as obesity, insulin resistance, cardiovascular and chronic kidney disease. In this chapter, we review myostatin biology, including intracellular and extracellular regulatory pathways, and the role of myostatin in modulating physiologic processes, such as muscle growth and aging. Moreover, we discuss the most relevant experimental and clinical evidence supporting the extra-muscle effects of myostatin. Finally, we consider the main strategies developed and tested to inhibit myostatin in clinical trials and discuss the limits and future perspectives of the research on myostatin.
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- Pasquale Esposito
- Clinica Nefrologica, Dialisi, Trapianto, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa and IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.
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- Clinica Nefrologica, Dialisi, Trapianto, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa and IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, St. Anna University Hospital, Ferrara, Italy
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- Clinica Nefrologica, Dialisi, Trapianto, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa and IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Clinica Nefrologica, Dialisi, Trapianto, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa and IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Clinica Nefrologica, Dialisi, Trapianto, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa and IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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Huang XH, Li JL, Li XY, Wang SX, Jiao ZH, Li SQ, Liu J, Ding J. miR-208a in Cardiac Hypertrophy and Remodeling. Front Cardiovasc Med 2021; 8:773314. [PMID: 34957257 PMCID: PMC8695683 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.773314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Various stresses, including pressure overload and myocardial stretch, can trigger cardiac remodeling and result in heart diseases. The disorders are associated with high risk of morbidity and mortality and are among the major health problems in the world. MicroRNAs, a class of ~22nt-long small non-coding RNAs, have been found to participate in regulating heart development and function. One of them, miR-208a, a cardiac-specific microRNA, plays key role(s) in modulating gene expression in the heart, and is involved in a broad array of processes in cardiac pathogenesis. Genetic deletion or pharmacological inhibition of miR-208a in rodents attenuated stress-induced cardiac hypertrophy and remodeling. Transgenic expression of miR-208a in the heart was sufficient to cause hypertrophic growth of cardiomyocytes. miR-208a is also a key regulator of cardiac conduction system, either deletion or transgenic expression of miR-208a disturbed heart electrophysiology and could induce arrhythmias. In addition, miR-208a appeared to assist in regulating the expression of fast- and slow-twitch myofiber genes in the heart. Notably, this heart-specific miRNA could also modulate the “endocrine” function of cardiac muscle and govern the systemic energy homeostasis in the whole body. Despite of the critical roles, the underlying regulatory networks involving miR-208a are still elusive. Here, we summarize the progress made in understanding the function and mechanisms of this important miRNA in the heart, and propose several topics to be resolved as well as the hypothetical answers. We speculate that miR-208a may play diverse and even opposite roles by being involved in distinct molecular networks depending on the contexts. A deeper understanding of the precise mechanisms of its action under the conditions of cardiac homeostasis and diseases is needed. The clinical implications of miR-208a are also discussed.
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- Xing-Huai Huang
- School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Traditional Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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Liang R, Shen X, Wang F, Wang X, DesJarlais A, Syed A, Saba R, Tan Z, Yu F, Ji X, Shrestha S, Ren Y, Yang J, Park Y, Schwartz RJ, Soibam B, McConnell BK, Stewart MD, Kumar A, Liu Y. H19X-encoded miR-322(424)/miR-503 regulates muscle mass by targeting translation initiation factors. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2021; 12:2174-2186. [PMID: 34704401 PMCID: PMC8718088 DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.12827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Revised: 09/02/2021] [Accepted: 09/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Skeletal muscle atrophy is a debilitating complication of many chronic diseases, disuse conditions, and ageing. Genome-wide gene expression analyses have identified that elevated levels of microRNAs encoded by the H19X locus are among the most significant changes in skeletal muscles in a wide scope of human cachectic conditions. We have previously reported that the H19X locus is important for the establishment of striated muscle fate during embryogenesis. However, the role of H19X-encoded microRNAs in regulating skeletal mass in adults is unknown. METHODS We have created a transgenic mouse strain in which ectopic expression of miR-322/miR-503 is driven by the skeletal muscle-specific muscle creatine kinase promoter. We also used an H19X mutant mouse strain in which transcription from the locus is interrupted by a gene trap. Animal phenotypes were analysed by standard histological methods. Underlying mechanisms were explored by using transcriptome profiling and validated in the two animal models and cultured myotubes. RESULTS Our results demonstrate that the levels of H19X microRNAs are inversely related to postnatal skeletal muscle growth. Targeted overexpression of miR-322/miR-503 impeded skeletal muscle growth. The weight of gastrocnemius muscles of transgenic mice was only 54.5% of the counterparts of wild-type littermates. By contrast, interruption of transcription from the H19X locus stimulates postnatal muscle growth by 14.4-14.9% and attenuates the loss of skeletal muscle mass in response to starvation by 12.8-21.0%. Impeded muscle growth was not caused by impaired IGF1/AKT/mTOR signalling or a hyperactive ubiquitin-proteasome system, instead accompanied by markedly dropped abundance of translation initiation factors in transgenic mice. miR-322/miR-503 directly targets eIF4E, eIF4G1, eIF4B, eIF2B5, and eIF3M. CONCLUSIONS Our study illustrates a novel pathway wherein H19X microRNAs regulate skeletal muscle growth and atrophy through regulating the abundance of translation initiation factors, thereby protein synthesis. The study highlights how translation initiation factors lie at the crux of multiple signalling pathways that control skeletal muscle mass.
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- Rui Liang
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.,Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.,Department of Oncology, Shangluo Central Hospital, Shangluo, Shaanxi Province, China
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Experimental Therapeutics, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.,Department of Oncology, Shangluo Central Hospital, Shangluo, Shaanxi Province, China
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Shangluo Central Hospital, Shangluo, Shaanxi Province, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
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- Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering Technology, University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmacological & Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmacological & Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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Starcher AE, Peissig K, Stanton JB, Churchill GA, Cai D, Maxwell JT, Grider A, Love K, Chen SY, Coleman AE, Strauss E, Pazdro R. A systems approach using Diversity Outbred mice distinguishes the cardiovascular effects and genetics of circulating GDF11 from those of its homolog, myostatin. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2021; 11:6362884. [PMID: 34510201 PMCID: PMC8527520 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkab293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
Abstract
Growth differentiation factor 11 (GDF11) is a member of the TGF-β protein family that has been implicated in the development of cardiac hypertrophy. While some studies have suggested that systemic GDF11 protects against cardiomyocyte enlargement and left ventricular wall thickening, there remains uncertainty about the true impact of GDF11 and whether its purported effects are actually attributable to its homolog myostatin. This study was conducted to resolve the statistical and genetic relationships among GDF11, myostatin, and cardiac hypertrophy in a mouse model of human genetics, the Diversity Outbred (DO) stock. In the DO population, serum GDF11 concentrations positively correlated with cardiomyocyte cross-sectional area, while circulating myostatin levels were negatively correlated with body weight, heart weight, and left ventricular wall thickness and mass. Genetic analyses revealed that serum GDF11 concentrations are modestly heritable (0.23) and identified a suggestive peak on murine chromosome 3 in close proximity to the gene Hey1, a transcriptional repressor. Bioinformatic analyses located putative binding sites for the HEY1 protein upstream of the Gdf11 gene in the mouse and human genomes. In contrast, serum myostatin concentrations were more heritable (0.57) than GDF11 concentrations, and mapping identified a significant locus near the gene FoxO1, which has binding motifs within the promoter regions of human and mouse myostatin genes. Together, these findings more precisely define the independent cardiovascular effects of GDF11 and myostatin, as well as their distinct regulatory pathways. Hey1 is a compelling candidate for the regulation of GDF11 and will be further evaluated in future studies.
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- Abigail E Starcher
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- K. R. Love Quantitative Consulting and Collaboration, Athens, GA 30605, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Department of Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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Zhao X, Wang Y, Sun X. The functions of microRNA-208 in the heart. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2020; 160:108004. [PMID: 31911250 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2020.108004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2019] [Revised: 12/15/2019] [Accepted: 12/31/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Cardiovascular disease is a major chronic complication of obesity and diabetes. Due to several patients with obesity and diabetes, it is necessary to urgently explore early diagnostic biomarkers and innovative therapeutic strategies to prevent the progression of cardiovascular diseases. Recently, microRNAs (also known as miRNAs) have emerged as important players in heart disease and energy regulation. MiRNAs are a group of small, highly conserved non-coding RNA molecules that regulate gene expression by suppressing the translation of messenger RNA of target genes or by promoting mRNA degradation. These act as a class of potential biomarkers and may provide key information in diagnosing common diseases such as tumors, tissue damage, and autoimmune diseases. Among all the known miRNAs, microRNA-208 (miR-208) is specifically expressed in myocardial cells and showed close association with the development of cardiac diseases, such as myocardial hypertrophy, cardiac fibrosis, myocardial infarction, arrhythmia, and heart failure. However, the functions and underlying mechanisms of miR-208 in heart are still unclear. In this review, we highlighted the novel insights of miR-208 functions and associated mechanisms in the regulation of cardiac diseases.
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- Xin Zhao
- Department of Outpatient Clinic, ShanDong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
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- Shandong Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, Department of Geriatric Endocrinology, ShanDong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China.
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Paddock SJ, O’Meara CC. Steps toward therapeutically targeting the activin type II receptor for treating heart failure. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2020; 318:H326-H328. [PMID: 31922889 PMCID: PMC7052619 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00004.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Samantha J. Paddock
- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Cardiovascular Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Genomics Sciences and Precision Medicine Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Cardiovascular Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Genomics Sciences and Precision Medicine Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Castillero E, Akashi H, Najjar M, Ji R, Brandstetter LM, Wang C, Liao X, Zhang X, Sperry A, Gailes M, Guaman K, Recht A, Schlosberg I, Sweeney HL, Ali ZA, Homma S, Colombo PC, Ferrari G, Schulze PC, George I. Activin type II receptor ligand signaling inhibition after experimental ischemic heart failure attenuates cardiac remodeling and prevents fibrosis. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2019; 318:H378-H390. [PMID: 31886717 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00302.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
Myostatin (MSTN) is a transforming growth factor (TGF)-β superfamily member that acts as a negative regulator of muscle growth and may play a role in cardiac remodeling. We hypothesized that inhibition of activin type II receptors (ACTRII) to reduce MSTN signaling would reduce pathological cardiac remodeling in experimental heart failure (HF). C57BL/6J mice underwent left anterior descending coronary artery ligation under anesthesia to induce myocardial infarction (MI) or no ligation (sham). MI and sham animals were each randomly divided into groups (n ≥ 10 mice/group) receiving an ACTRII or ACTRII/TGFβ receptor-signaling inhibiting strategy: 1) myo-Fc group (weekly 10 mg/kg Myo-Fc) or 2) Fol + TGFi group (daily 12 µg/kg follistatin plus 2 mg/kg TGFβ receptor inhibitor), versus controls. ACTRII/TGFBR signaling inhibition preserved cardiac function by echocardiography and prevented an increase in brain natriuretic peptide (BNP). ACTRII/TGFBR inhibition resulted in increased phosphorylation (P) of Akt and decreased P-p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) in MI mice. In vitro, Akt contributed to P-SMAD2,3, P-p38, and BNP regulation in cardiomyocytes. ACTRII/TGFBR inhibition increased sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA2a) levels and decreased unfolded protein response (UPR) markers in MI mice. ACTRII/TGFBR inhibition was associated with a decrease in cardiac fibrosis and fibrosis markers, connective tissue growth factor (CTGF), type I collagen, fibronectin, α-smooth muscle actin, and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-12 in MI mice. MSTN exerted a direct regulation on the UPR marker eukaryotic translation initiation factor-2α (eIf2α) in cardiomyocytes. Our study suggests that ACTRII ligand inhibition has beneficial effects on cardiac signaling and fibrosis after ischemic HF.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Activin type II receptor ligand inhibition resulted in preserved cardiac function, a decrease in cardiac fibrosis, improved SERCA2a levels, and a prevention of the unfolded protein response in mice with myocardial infarction.
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- Estibaliz Castillero
- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Division of Surgical Science, Department of Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York
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Favia M, Fitak R, Guerra L, Pierri CL, Faye B, Oulmouden A, Burger PA, Ciani E. Beyond the Big Five: Investigating Myostatin Structure, Polymorphism and Expression in Camelus dromedarius. Front Genet 2019; 10:502. [PMID: 31231423 PMCID: PMC6566074 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Accepted: 05/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Myostatin, a negative regulator of skeletal muscle mass in animals, has been shown to play a role in determining muscular hypertrophy in several livestock species, and a high degree of polymorphism has been previously reported for this gene in humans and cattle. In this study, we provide a characterization of the myostatin gene in the dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) at the genomic, transcript and protein level. The gene was found to share high structural and sequence similarity with other mammals, notably Old World camelids. 3D modeling highlighted several non-conservative SNP variants compared to the bovine, as well as putative functional variants involved in the stability of the myostatin dimer. NGS data for nine dromedaries from various countries revealed 66 novel SNPs, all of them falling either upstream or downstream the coding region. The analysis also confirmed the presence of three previously described SNPs in intron 1, predicted here to alter both splicing and transcription factor binding sites (TFBS), thus possibly impacting myostatin processing and/or regulation. Several putative TFBS were identified in the myostatin upstream region, some of them belonging to the myogenic regulatory factor family. Patterns of SNP distribution across countries, as suggested by Bayesian clustering of the nine dromedaries using the 69 SNPs, pointed to weak geographic differentiation, in line with known recurrent gene flow at ancient trading centers along caravan routes. Myostatin expression was investigated in a set of 8 skeletal muscles, both at transcript and protein level, via Digital Droplet PCR and Western Blotting, respectively. No significant differences were observed at the transcript level, while, at the protein level, the only significant differences concerned the promyostatin dimer (75 kDa), in four pair-wise comparisons, all involving the tensor fasciae latae muscle. Beside the mentioned band at 75 kDa, additional bands were observed at around 40 and 25 kDa, corresponding to the promyostatin monomer and the active C-terminal myostatin dimer, respectively. Their weaker intensity suggests that the unprocessed myostatin dimers could act as important reservoirs of slowly available myostatin forms. Under this assumption, the sequential cleavage steps may contribute additional layers of control within an already complex regulatory framework.
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- Maria Favia
- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology, Vetmeduni, Vienna, Austria.,Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Département Sciences du Vivant, Université de Limoges, Limoges, France
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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Liu X, Bauman WA, Cardozo CP. Myostatin inhibits glucose uptake via suppression of insulin-dependent and -independent signaling pathways in myoblasts. Physiol Rep 2018; 6:e13837. [PMID: 30252210 PMCID: PMC6121119 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.13837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2018] [Revised: 07/19/2018] [Accepted: 07/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The glucose transporter 4 (Glut4) mediates insulin-dependent glucose uptake. Glut4 expression levels are correlated with whole-body glucose homeostasis. Insulin signaling is known to recruit Glut4 to the cell surface. Expression of Glut4 is subject to tissue-specific hormonal and metabolic regulation. The molecular mechanisms regulating skeletal muscle Glut4 expression remain to be elucidated. Myostatin (Mstn) is reported to be involved in the regulation of energy metabolism. While elevated Mstn levels in muscle are associated with obesity and type-2 diabetes in both human and mouse models, Mstn null mice exhibit immunity to dietary-induced obesity and insulin resistance. The molecular mechanisms by which Mstn initiates the development of insulin resistance and disorders of glucose disposal are not well delineated. Here we investigated effects of Mstn on insulin action in C2C12 cells. Mstn significantly reduced basal and insulin-induced IRS-1 tyrosine (Tyr495) phosphorylation, and expression and activation of PI3K, associated with diminished AKT phosphorylation and elevated GSK3β phosphorylation at Ser9. In addition, Mstn inhibited Glut4 mRNA and protein expression, and reduced insulin-induced Glut4 membrane translocation and glucose uptake. Conversely, SB431542, a Smad2/3 inhibitor, significantly increased cellular response to insulin. Mstn decreased AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activity accompanied by reduced Glut4 gene expression and glucose uptake, which were partially reversed by AICAR, an AMPK activator. These data suggest that Mstn inhibits Glut4 expression and insulin-induced Glut4 integration into cytoplasmic membranes and glucose uptake and that these changes are mediated by direct insulin-desensitizing effect and indirect suppression of AMPK activation.
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- Xin‐Hua Liu
- National Center for the Medical Consequences of Spinal Cord InjuryJames J. Peter VA Medical CenterBronxNew York
- Department of MedicineMount Sinai School of MedicineNew YorkNew York
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- National Center for the Medical Consequences of Spinal Cord InjuryJames J. Peter VA Medical CenterBronxNew York
- Department of MedicineMount Sinai School of MedicineNew YorkNew York
- Department of Rehabilitation MedicineMount Sinai School of MedicineNew YorkNew York
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- National Center for the Medical Consequences of Spinal Cord InjuryJames J. Peter VA Medical CenterBronxNew York
- Department of MedicineMount Sinai School of MedicineNew YorkNew York
- Department of Rehabilitation MedicineMount Sinai School of MedicineNew YorkNew York
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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia and is associated with pronounced morbidity and mortality. Its prevalence, expected to further increase for the forthcoming years, and associated frequent hospitalizations turn AF into a major health problem. Structural and electrical atrial remodelling underlie the substrate for AF, but the exact mechanisms driving this remodelling remain incompletely understood. Recent studies have shown that microRNAs (miRNA), short non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression, may be involved in the pathophysiology of AF. MiRNAs have been implicated in AF-induced ion channel remodelling and fibrosis. MiRNAs could therefore provide insight into AF pathophysiology or become novel targets for therapy with miRNA mimics or anti-miRNAs. Moreover, circulating miRNAs have been suggested as a new class of diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers of AF. However, the origin and function of miRNAs in tissue and plasma frequently remain unknown and studies investigating the role of miRNAs in AF vary in design and focus and even present contradicting results. Here, we provide a systematic review of the available clinical and functional studies investigating the tissue and plasma miRNAs in AF and will thereafter discuss the potential of miRNAs as biomarkers or novel therapeutic targets in AF.
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- Buel D Rodgers
- From the Washington Center for Muscle Biology, Washington State University, Pullman.
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Guo W, Pencina KM, Gagliano-Jucá T, Jasuja R, Morris N, O'Connell KE, Westmoreland S, Bhasin S. Effects of an ActRIIB.Fc Ligand Trap on Cardiac Function in Simian Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Male Rhesus Macaques. J Endocr Soc 2018; 2:817-831. [PMID: 30019021 PMCID: PMC6041778 DOI: 10.1210/js.2018-00099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2018] [Accepted: 05/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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An important safety consideration in the use of antagonists of myostatin and activins is whether these drugs induce myocardial hypertrophy and impair cardiac function. The current study evaluated the effects of a soluble ActRIIB receptor Fc fusion protein (ActRIIB.Fc), a ligand trap for TGF-β/activin family members including myostatin, on myocardial mass and function in simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)-infected juvenile rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Fourteen pair-housed, juvenile male rhesus macaques were inoculated with SIVmac239; 4 weeks postinoculation, they were treated with weekly injections of 10 mg/kg ActRIIB.Fc or saline for 12 weeks. Myocardial mass and function were evaluated using two-dimensional echocardiography at baseline and after 12 weeks. The administration of ActRIIB.Fc was associated with a significantly greater increase in thickness of left ventricular posterior wall and interventricular septum both in diastole and systole. Cardiac output and cardiac index increased with time, more in animals treated with ActRIIB.Fc than in those treated with saline, but the difference was not statistically significant. The changes in ejection fraction, fractional shortening, and stroke volume did not differ significantly between groups. The changes in end-diastolic and end-systolic volumes did not differ between groups. In addition to a large reduction in IGF1 mRNA expression in the ActRIIB.Fc-treated animals, complex changes were detected in the myocardial expression of proteins related to calcium transport and storage. In conclusion, ActRIIB.Fc administration for 12 weeks was associated with increased myocardial mass but did not adversely affect myocardial function in juvenile SIV-infected rhesus macaques. Further studies are necessary to establish long-term cardiac safety.
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- Wen Guo
- Research Program in Men's Health: Aging and Metabolism, Boston Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Research Program in Men's Health: Aging and Metabolism, Boston Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Research Program in Men's Health: Aging and Metabolism, Boston Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Research Program in Men's Health: Aging and Metabolism, Boston Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Comparative Pathology, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, Massachusetts
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- Division of Comparative Pathology, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, Massachusetts
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- Division of Comparative Pathology, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, Massachusetts
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- Research Program in Men's Health: Aging and Metabolism, Boston Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Hulmi JJ, Nissinen TA, Räsänen M, Degerman J, Lautaoja JH, Hemanthakumar KA, Backman JT, Ritvos O, Silvennoinen M, Kivelä R. Prevention of chemotherapy-induced cachexia by ACVR2B ligand blocking has different effects on heart and skeletal muscle. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 2018; 9:417-432. [PMID: 29230965 PMCID: PMC5879968 DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.12265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2017] [Revised: 09/15/2017] [Accepted: 10/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Toxicity of chemotherapy on skeletal muscles and the heart may significantly contribute to cancer cachexia, mortality, and decreased quality of life. Doxorubicin (DOX) is an effective cytostatic agent, which unfortunately has toxic effects on many healthy tissues. Blocking of activin receptor type IIB (ACVR2B) ligands is an often used strategy to prevent skeletal muscle loss, but its effects on the heart are relatively unknown. METHODS The effects of DOX treatment with or without pre-treatment with soluble ACVR2B-Fc (sACVR2B-Fc) were investigated. The mice were randomly assigned into one of the three groups: (1) vehicle (PBS)-treated controls, (2) DOX-treated mice (DOX), and (3) DOX-treated mice administered with sACVR2B-Fc during the experiment (DOX + sACVR2B-Fc). DOX was administered with a cumulative dose of 24 mg/kg during 2 weeks to investigate cachexia outcome in the heart and skeletal muscle. To understand similarities and differences between skeletal and cardiac muscles in their responses to chemotherapy, the tissues were collected 20 h after a single DOX (15 mg/kg) injection and analysed with genome-wide transcriptomics and mRNA and protein analyses. The combination group was pre-treated with sACVR2B-Fc 48 h before DOX administration. Major findings were also studied in mice receiving only sACVR2B-Fc. RESULTS The DOX treatment induced similar (~10%) wasting in skeletal muscle and the heart. However, transcriptional changes in response to DOX were much greater in skeletal muscle. Pathway analysis and unbiased transcription factor analysis showed that p53-p21-REDD1 is the main common pathway activated by DOX in both skeletal and cardiac muscles. These changes were attenuated by blocking ACVR2B ligands especially in skeletal muscle. Tceal7 (3-fold to 5-fold increase), transferrin receptor (1.5-fold increase), and Ccl21 (0.6-fold to 0.9-fold decrease) were identified as novel genes responsive to blocking ACVR2B ligands. Overall, at the transcriptome level, ACVR2B ligand blocking had only minor influence in the heart while it had marked effects in skeletal muscle. The same was also true for the effects on tissue wasting. This may be explained in part by about 18-fold higher gene expression of myostatin in skeletal muscle compared with the heart. CONCLUSIONS Cardiac and skeletal muscles display similar atrophy after DOX treatment, but the mechanisms for this may differ between the tissues. The present results suggest that p53-p21-REDD1 signalling is the main common DOX-activated pathway in these tissues and that blocking activin receptor ligands attenuates this response, especially in skeletal muscle supporting the overall stronger effects of this treatment in skeletal muscles.
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- Juha J Hulmi
- Biology of Physical Activity, Neuromuscular Research Center, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.,Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Biology of Physical Activity, Neuromuscular Research Center, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Wihuri Research Institute, Helsinki, Finland and Translational Cancer Biology Program, Research Programs Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Wihuri Research Institute, Helsinki, Finland and Translational Cancer Biology Program, Research Programs Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Biology of Physical Activity, Neuromuscular Research Center, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Wihuri Research Institute, Helsinki, Finland and Translational Cancer Biology Program, Research Programs Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Biology of Physical Activity, Neuromuscular Research Center, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Wihuri Research Institute, Helsinki, Finland and Translational Cancer Biology Program, Research Programs Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Wu J, Jackson-Weaver O, Xu J. The TGFβ superfamily in cardiac dysfunction. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) 2018; 50:323-335. [PMID: 29462261 DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gmy007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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TGFβ superfamily includes the transforming growth factor βs (TGFβs), bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), growth and differentiation factors (GDFs) and Activin/Inhibin families of ligands. Among the 33 members of TGFβ superfamily ligands, many act on multiple types of cells within the heart, including cardiomyocytes, cardiac fibroblasts/myofibroblasts, coronary endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells, and immune cells (e.g. monocytes/macrophages and neutrophils). In this review, we highlight recent discoveries on TGFβs, BMPs, and GDFs in different cardiac residential cellular components, in association with functional impacts in heart development, injury repair, and dysfunction. Specifically, we will review the roles of TGFβs, BMPs, and GDFs in cardiac hypertrophy, fibrosis, contractility, metabolism, angiogenesis, and regeneration.
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- Jian Wu
- Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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Maricelli JW, Bishaw YM, Wang B, Du M, Rodgers BD. Systemic SMAD7 Gene Therapy Increases Striated Muscle Mass and Enhances Exercise Capacity in a Dose-Dependent Manner. Hum Gene Ther 2018; 29:390-399. [DOI: 10.1089/hum.2017.158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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- Joseph W. Maricelli
- School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
- Washington Center for Muscle Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
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- School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
- Washington Center for Muscle Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
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- Washington Center for Muscle Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
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- Washington Center for Muscle Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
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- Washington Center for Muscle Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
- AAVogen, Inc., Rockville, Maryland
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Manfredi LH, Paula-Gomes S, Zanon NM, Kettelhut IC. Myostatin promotes distinct responses on protein metabolism of skeletal and cardiac muscle fibers of rodents. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 50:e6733. [PMID: 29069231 PMCID: PMC5649873 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x20176733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2017] [Accepted: 08/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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Myostatin is a novel negative regulator of skeletal muscle mass. Myostatin expression is also found in heart in a much less extent, but it can be upregulated in pathological conditions, such as heart failure. Myostatin may be involved in inhibiting protein synthesis and/or increasing protein degradation in skeletal and cardiac muscles. Herein, we used cell cultures and isolated muscles from rats to determine protein degradation and synthesis. Muscles incubated with myostatin exhibited an increase in proteolysis with an increase of Atrogin-1, MuRF1 and LC3 genes. Extensor digitorum longus muscles and C2C12 myotubes exhibited a reduction in protein turnover. Cardiomyocytes showed an increase in proteolysis by activating autophagy and the ubiquitin proteasome system, and a decrease in protein synthesis by decreasing P70S6K. The effect of myostatin on protein metabolism is related to fiber type composition, which may be associated to the extent of atrophy mediated effect of myostatin on muscle.
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- L H Manfredi
- Departamento de Fisiologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.,Curso de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Fronteira Sul, Chapecó, SC, Brasil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.,Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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Rodríguez-García A, Samsó P, Fontova P, Simon-Molas H, Manzano A, Castaño E, Rosa JL, Martinez-Outshoorn U, Ventura F, Navarro-Sabaté À, Bartrons R. TGF-β1 targets Smad, p38 MAPK, and PI3K/Akt signaling pathways to induce PFKFB3 gene expression and glycolysis in glioblastoma cells. FEBS J 2017; 284:3437-3454. [DOI: 10.1111/febs.14201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2017] [Revised: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 08/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Ana Rodríguez-García
- Unitat de Bioquímica; Departament de Ciències Fisiològiques; IDIBELL; Universitat de Barcelona; Spain
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- Unitat de Bioquímica; Departament de Ciències Fisiològiques; IDIBELL; Universitat de Barcelona; Spain
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- Unitat de Bioquímica; Departament de Ciències Fisiològiques; IDIBELL; Universitat de Barcelona; Spain
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- Unitat de Bioquímica; Departament de Ciències Fisiològiques; IDIBELL; Universitat de Barcelona; Spain
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- Unitat de Bioquímica; Departament de Ciències Fisiològiques; IDIBELL; Universitat de Barcelona; Spain
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- Centres Científics i Tecnològics; Universitat de Barcelona; Spain
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- Unitat de Bioquímica; Departament de Ciències Fisiològiques; IDIBELL; Universitat de Barcelona; Spain
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- Department of Medical Oncology; Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center; Thomas Jefferson University; Philadelphia PA USA
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- Unitat de Bioquímica; Departament de Ciències Fisiològiques; IDIBELL; Universitat de Barcelona; Spain
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- Unitat de Bioquímica; Departament de Ciències Fisiològiques; IDIBELL; Universitat de Barcelona; Spain
- Centres Científics i Tecnològics; Universitat de Barcelona; Spain
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- Unitat de Bioquímica; Departament de Ciències Fisiològiques; IDIBELL; Universitat de Barcelona; Spain
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Dietary leucine supplementation alters energy metabolism and induces slow-to-fast transitions in longissimus dorsi muscle of weanling piglets. Br J Nutr 2017. [DOI: 10.1017/s0007114517001209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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AbstractLeucine plays an important role in promoting muscle protein synthesis and muscle remodelling. However, what percentage of leucine is appropriate in creep feed and what proteome profile alterations are caused by dietary leucine in the skeletal muscle of piglets remain elusive. In this case, we applied isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation to analyse the proteome profile of the longissimus dorsi muscles of weanling piglets fed a normal leucine diet (NL; 1·66 % leucine) and a high-leucine diet (HL; 2·1 % leucine). We identified 157 differentially expressed proteins between these two groups. Bioinformatics analysis of these proteins exhibited the suppression of oxidative phosphorylation and fatty acid β-oxidation, as well as the activation of glycolysis, in the HL group. For further confirmation, we identified that SDHB, ATP5F1, ACADM and HADHB were significantly down-regulated (P<0·01, except ATP5F1, P<0·05), whereas the glycolytic enzyme pyruvate kinase was significantly up-regulated (P<0·05) in the HL group. We also show that enhanced muscle protein synthesis and the transition from slow-to-fast fibres are altered by leucine. Together, these results indicate that leucine may alter energy metabolism and promote slow-to-fast transitions in the skeletal muscle of weanling piglets.
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Lim S, McMahon CD, Matthews KG, Devlin GP, Elston MS, Conaglen JV. Absence of Myostatin Improves Cardiac Function Following Myocardial Infarction. Heart Lung Circ 2017; 27:693-701. [PMID: 28690022 DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2017.05.138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2017] [Revised: 05/20/2017] [Accepted: 05/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Myostatin inhibits the development of skeletal muscle and regulates the proliferation of skeletal muscle fibroblasts. However, the role of myostatin in regulating cardiac muscle or myofibroblasts, specifically in acute myocardial infarction (MI), is less clear. This study sought to determine whether absence of myostatin altered left ventricular function post-MI. METHODS Myostatin-null mice (Mstn-/-) and wild-type (WT) mice underwent ligation of the left anterior descending artery to induce MI. Left ventricular function was measured at baseline, days 1 and 28 post-MI. Immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence were obtained at day 28 for cellular proliferation, collagen deposition, and myofibroblastic activity. RESULTS Whilst left ventricular function at baseline and size of infarct were similar, significant differences in favour of Mstn-/- compared to WT mice post-MI include a greater recovery of ejection fraction (61.8±1.1% vs 57.1±2.3%, p<0.01), less collagen deposition (41.9±2.8% vs 54.7±3.4%, p<0.05), and lower mortality (0 vs. 20%, p<0.05). There was no difference in the number of BrdU positive cells, percentage of apoptotic cardiomyocytes, or size of cardiomyocytes post-MI between WT and Mstn-/- mice. CONCLUSIONS Absence of myostatin potentially protects the function of the heart post-MI with improved survival, possibly by limiting extent of fibrosis.
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- Sarina Lim
- Waikato Clinical Campus, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
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- Developmental Biology Group, AgResearch Limited, Hamilton, New Zealand
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- Waikato Clinical Campus, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand
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- Waikato Clinical Campus, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand
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- Waikato Clinical Campus, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand
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Carrarelli P, Funghi L, Ciarmela P, Centini G, Reis FM, Dela Cruz C, Mattei A, Vannuccini S, Petraglia F. Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis and Endometrial Adenocarcinoma Express High Levels of Myostatin and Its Receptors Messenger RNAs. Reprod Sci 2017; 24:1577-1582. [DOI: 10.1177/1933719117698579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Patrizia Carrarelli
- Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
- Department of Information Engineering, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Division of Human Reproduction, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Division of Human Reproduction, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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Barallobre-Barreiro J, Gupta SK, Zoccarato A, Kitazume-Taneike R, Fava M, Yin X, Werner T, Hirt MN, Zampetaki A, Viviano A, Chong M, Bern M, Kourliouros A, Domenech N, Willeit P, Shah AM, Jahangiri M, Schaefer L, Fischer JW, Iozzo RV, Viner R, Thum T, Heineke J, Kichler A, Otsu K, Mayr M. Glycoproteomics Reveals Decorin Peptides With Anti-Myostatin Activity in Human Atrial Fibrillation. Circulation 2016; 134:817-32. [PMID: 27559042 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.115.016423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2014] [Accepted: 06/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Myocardial fibrosis is a feature of many cardiac diseases. We used proteomics to profile glycoproteins in the human cardiac extracellular matrix (ECM). METHODS Atrial specimens were analyzed by mass spectrometry after extraction of ECM proteins and enrichment for glycoproteins or glycopeptides. RESULTS ECM-related glycoproteins were identified in left and right atrial appendages from the same patients. Several known glycosylation sites were confirmed. In addition, putative and novel glycosylation sites were detected. On enrichment for glycoproteins, peptides of the small leucine-rich proteoglycan decorin were identified consistently in the flowthrough. Of all ECM proteins identified, decorin was found to be the most fragmented. Within its protein core, 18 different cleavage sites were identified. In contrast, less cleavage was observed for biglycan, the most closely related proteoglycan. Decorin processing differed between human ventricles and atria and was altered in disease. The C-terminus of decorin, important for the interaction with connective tissue growth factor, was detected predominantly in ventricles in comparison with atria. In contrast, atrial appendages from patients in persistent atrial fibrillation had greater levels of full-length decorin but also harbored a cleavage site that was not found in atrial appendages from patients in sinus rhythm. This cleavage site preceded the N-terminal domain of decorin that controls muscle growth by altering the binding capacity for myostatin. Myostatin expression was decreased in atrial appendages of patients with persistent atrial fibrillation and hearts of decorin null mice. A synthetic peptide corresponding to this decorin region dose-dependently inhibited the response to myostatin in cardiomyocytes and in perfused mouse hearts. CONCLUSIONS This proteomics study is the first to analyze the human cardiac ECM. Novel processed forms of decorin protein core, uncovered in human atrial appendages, can regulate the local bioavailability of antihypertrophic and profibrotic growth factors.
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Affiliation(s)
- Javier Barallobre-Barreiro
- From King's British Heart Foundation Centre, King's College London, United Kingdom (J.B.-B., A. Zoccarato, R.K.-T., M.F., X.Y., A. Zampetaki, M.C., P.W., A.M.S., K.O., M.M.); Institute for Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies, MH-Hannover, Germany (S.K.G., T.T.); St George's Hospital, NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (M.F., A.V., A.K., M.J.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany (T.W., M.N.H.); Protein Metrics, San Carlos, CA (M.B.); Biobanco A Coruña, INIBIC-Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Spain (N.D.); Institut für Allgemeine Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Klinikum der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (L.S.); Institute for Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany (J.W.F.); Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (R.V.I.); Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, CA (R.V.); Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, MH-Hannover, Germany (J.H.); and Laboratoire Vecteurs: Synthèse et Applications Thérapeutiques, UMR 7199 CNRS Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France (A.K.)
| | - Shashi K Gupta
- From King's British Heart Foundation Centre, King's College London, United Kingdom (J.B.-B., A. Zoccarato, R.K.-T., M.F., X.Y., A. Zampetaki, M.C., P.W., A.M.S., K.O., M.M.); Institute for Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies, MH-Hannover, Germany (S.K.G., T.T.); St George's Hospital, NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (M.F., A.V., A.K., M.J.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany (T.W., M.N.H.); Protein Metrics, San Carlos, CA (M.B.); Biobanco A Coruña, INIBIC-Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Spain (N.D.); Institut für Allgemeine Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Klinikum der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (L.S.); Institute for Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany (J.W.F.); Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (R.V.I.); Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, CA (R.V.); Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, MH-Hannover, Germany (J.H.); and Laboratoire Vecteurs: Synthèse et Applications Thérapeutiques, UMR 7199 CNRS Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France (A.K.)
| | - Anna Zoccarato
- From King's British Heart Foundation Centre, King's College London, United Kingdom (J.B.-B., A. Zoccarato, R.K.-T., M.F., X.Y., A. Zampetaki, M.C., P.W., A.M.S., K.O., M.M.); Institute for Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies, MH-Hannover, Germany (S.K.G., T.T.); St George's Hospital, NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (M.F., A.V., A.K., M.J.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany (T.W., M.N.H.); Protein Metrics, San Carlos, CA (M.B.); Biobanco A Coruña, INIBIC-Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Spain (N.D.); Institut für Allgemeine Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Klinikum der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (L.S.); Institute for Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany (J.W.F.); Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (R.V.I.); Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, CA (R.V.); Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, MH-Hannover, Germany (J.H.); and Laboratoire Vecteurs: Synthèse et Applications Thérapeutiques, UMR 7199 CNRS Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France (A.K.)
| | - Rika Kitazume-Taneike
- From King's British Heart Foundation Centre, King's College London, United Kingdom (J.B.-B., A. Zoccarato, R.K.-T., M.F., X.Y., A. Zampetaki, M.C., P.W., A.M.S., K.O., M.M.); Institute for Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies, MH-Hannover, Germany (S.K.G., T.T.); St George's Hospital, NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (M.F., A.V., A.K., M.J.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany (T.W., M.N.H.); Protein Metrics, San Carlos, CA (M.B.); Biobanco A Coruña, INIBIC-Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Spain (N.D.); Institut für Allgemeine Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Klinikum der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (L.S.); Institute for Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany (J.W.F.); Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (R.V.I.); Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, CA (R.V.); Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, MH-Hannover, Germany (J.H.); and Laboratoire Vecteurs: Synthèse et Applications Thérapeutiques, UMR 7199 CNRS Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France (A.K.)
| | - Marika Fava
- From King's British Heart Foundation Centre, King's College London, United Kingdom (J.B.-B., A. Zoccarato, R.K.-T., M.F., X.Y., A. Zampetaki, M.C., P.W., A.M.S., K.O., M.M.); Institute for Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies, MH-Hannover, Germany (S.K.G., T.T.); St George's Hospital, NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (M.F., A.V., A.K., M.J.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany (T.W., M.N.H.); Protein Metrics, San Carlos, CA (M.B.); Biobanco A Coruña, INIBIC-Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Spain (N.D.); Institut für Allgemeine Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Klinikum der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (L.S.); Institute for Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany (J.W.F.); Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (R.V.I.); Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, CA (R.V.); Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, MH-Hannover, Germany (J.H.); and Laboratoire Vecteurs: Synthèse et Applications Thérapeutiques, UMR 7199 CNRS Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France (A.K.)
| | - Xiaoke Yin
- From King's British Heart Foundation Centre, King's College London, United Kingdom (J.B.-B., A. Zoccarato, R.K.-T., M.F., X.Y., A. Zampetaki, M.C., P.W., A.M.S., K.O., M.M.); Institute for Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies, MH-Hannover, Germany (S.K.G., T.T.); St George's Hospital, NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (M.F., A.V., A.K., M.J.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany (T.W., M.N.H.); Protein Metrics, San Carlos, CA (M.B.); Biobanco A Coruña, INIBIC-Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Spain (N.D.); Institut für Allgemeine Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Klinikum der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (L.S.); Institute for Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany (J.W.F.); Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (R.V.I.); Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, CA (R.V.); Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, MH-Hannover, Germany (J.H.); and Laboratoire Vecteurs: Synthèse et Applications Thérapeutiques, UMR 7199 CNRS Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France (A.K.)
| | - Tessa Werner
- From King's British Heart Foundation Centre, King's College London, United Kingdom (J.B.-B., A. Zoccarato, R.K.-T., M.F., X.Y., A. Zampetaki, M.C., P.W., A.M.S., K.O., M.M.); Institute for Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies, MH-Hannover, Germany (S.K.G., T.T.); St George's Hospital, NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (M.F., A.V., A.K., M.J.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany (T.W., M.N.H.); Protein Metrics, San Carlos, CA (M.B.); Biobanco A Coruña, INIBIC-Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Spain (N.D.); Institut für Allgemeine Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Klinikum der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (L.S.); Institute for Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany (J.W.F.); Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (R.V.I.); Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, CA (R.V.); Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, MH-Hannover, Germany (J.H.); and Laboratoire Vecteurs: Synthèse et Applications Thérapeutiques, UMR 7199 CNRS Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France (A.K.)
| | - Marc N Hirt
- From King's British Heart Foundation Centre, King's College London, United Kingdom (J.B.-B., A. Zoccarato, R.K.-T., M.F., X.Y., A. Zampetaki, M.C., P.W., A.M.S., K.O., M.M.); Institute for Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies, MH-Hannover, Germany (S.K.G., T.T.); St George's Hospital, NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (M.F., A.V., A.K., M.J.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany (T.W., M.N.H.); Protein Metrics, San Carlos, CA (M.B.); Biobanco A Coruña, INIBIC-Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Spain (N.D.); Institut für Allgemeine Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Klinikum der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (L.S.); Institute for Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany (J.W.F.); Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (R.V.I.); Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, CA (R.V.); Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, MH-Hannover, Germany (J.H.); and Laboratoire Vecteurs: Synthèse et Applications Thérapeutiques, UMR 7199 CNRS Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France (A.K.)
| | - Anna Zampetaki
- From King's British Heart Foundation Centre, King's College London, United Kingdom (J.B.-B., A. Zoccarato, R.K.-T., M.F., X.Y., A. Zampetaki, M.C., P.W., A.M.S., K.O., M.M.); Institute for Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies, MH-Hannover, Germany (S.K.G., T.T.); St George's Hospital, NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (M.F., A.V., A.K., M.J.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany (T.W., M.N.H.); Protein Metrics, San Carlos, CA (M.B.); Biobanco A Coruña, INIBIC-Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Spain (N.D.); Institut für Allgemeine Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Klinikum der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (L.S.); Institute for Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany (J.W.F.); Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (R.V.I.); Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, CA (R.V.); Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, MH-Hannover, Germany (J.H.); and Laboratoire Vecteurs: Synthèse et Applications Thérapeutiques, UMR 7199 CNRS Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France (A.K.)
| | - Alessandro Viviano
- From King's British Heart Foundation Centre, King's College London, United Kingdom (J.B.-B., A. Zoccarato, R.K.-T., M.F., X.Y., A. Zampetaki, M.C., P.W., A.M.S., K.O., M.M.); Institute for Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies, MH-Hannover, Germany (S.K.G., T.T.); St George's Hospital, NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (M.F., A.V., A.K., M.J.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany (T.W., M.N.H.); Protein Metrics, San Carlos, CA (M.B.); Biobanco A Coruña, INIBIC-Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Spain (N.D.); Institut für Allgemeine Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Klinikum der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (L.S.); Institute for Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany (J.W.F.); Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (R.V.I.); Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, CA (R.V.); Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, MH-Hannover, Germany (J.H.); and Laboratoire Vecteurs: Synthèse et Applications Thérapeutiques, UMR 7199 CNRS Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France (A.K.)
| | - Mei Chong
- From King's British Heart Foundation Centre, King's College London, United Kingdom (J.B.-B., A. Zoccarato, R.K.-T., M.F., X.Y., A. Zampetaki, M.C., P.W., A.M.S., K.O., M.M.); Institute for Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies, MH-Hannover, Germany (S.K.G., T.T.); St George's Hospital, NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (M.F., A.V., A.K., M.J.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany (T.W., M.N.H.); Protein Metrics, San Carlos, CA (M.B.); Biobanco A Coruña, INIBIC-Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Spain (N.D.); Institut für Allgemeine Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Klinikum der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (L.S.); Institute for Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany (J.W.F.); Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (R.V.I.); Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, CA (R.V.); Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, MH-Hannover, Germany (J.H.); and Laboratoire Vecteurs: Synthèse et Applications Thérapeutiques, UMR 7199 CNRS Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France (A.K.)
| | - Marshall Bern
- From King's British Heart Foundation Centre, King's College London, United Kingdom (J.B.-B., A. Zoccarato, R.K.-T., M.F., X.Y., A. Zampetaki, M.C., P.W., A.M.S., K.O., M.M.); Institute for Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies, MH-Hannover, Germany (S.K.G., T.T.); St George's Hospital, NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (M.F., A.V., A.K., M.J.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany (T.W., M.N.H.); Protein Metrics, San Carlos, CA (M.B.); Biobanco A Coruña, INIBIC-Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Spain (N.D.); Institut für Allgemeine Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Klinikum der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (L.S.); Institute for Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany (J.W.F.); Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (R.V.I.); Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, CA (R.V.); Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, MH-Hannover, Germany (J.H.); and Laboratoire Vecteurs: Synthèse et Applications Thérapeutiques, UMR 7199 CNRS Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France (A.K.)
| | - Antonios Kourliouros
- From King's British Heart Foundation Centre, King's College London, United Kingdom (J.B.-B., A. Zoccarato, R.K.-T., M.F., X.Y., A. Zampetaki, M.C., P.W., A.M.S., K.O., M.M.); Institute for Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies, MH-Hannover, Germany (S.K.G., T.T.); St George's Hospital, NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (M.F., A.V., A.K., M.J.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany (T.W., M.N.H.); Protein Metrics, San Carlos, CA (M.B.); Biobanco A Coruña, INIBIC-Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Spain (N.D.); Institut für Allgemeine Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Klinikum der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (L.S.); Institute for Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany (J.W.F.); Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (R.V.I.); Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, CA (R.V.); Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, MH-Hannover, Germany (J.H.); and Laboratoire Vecteurs: Synthèse et Applications Thérapeutiques, UMR 7199 CNRS Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France (A.K.)
| | - Nieves Domenech
- From King's British Heart Foundation Centre, King's College London, United Kingdom (J.B.-B., A. Zoccarato, R.K.-T., M.F., X.Y., A. Zampetaki, M.C., P.W., A.M.S., K.O., M.M.); Institute for Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies, MH-Hannover, Germany (S.K.G., T.T.); St George's Hospital, NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (M.F., A.V., A.K., M.J.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany (T.W., M.N.H.); Protein Metrics, San Carlos, CA (M.B.); Biobanco A Coruña, INIBIC-Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Spain (N.D.); Institut für Allgemeine Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Klinikum der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (L.S.); Institute for Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany (J.W.F.); Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (R.V.I.); Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, CA (R.V.); Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, MH-Hannover, Germany (J.H.); and Laboratoire Vecteurs: Synthèse et Applications Thérapeutiques, UMR 7199 CNRS Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France (A.K.)
| | - Peter Willeit
- From King's British Heart Foundation Centre, King's College London, United Kingdom (J.B.-B., A. Zoccarato, R.K.-T., M.F., X.Y., A. Zampetaki, M.C., P.W., A.M.S., K.O., M.M.); Institute for Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies, MH-Hannover, Germany (S.K.G., T.T.); St George's Hospital, NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (M.F., A.V., A.K., M.J.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany (T.W., M.N.H.); Protein Metrics, San Carlos, CA (M.B.); Biobanco A Coruña, INIBIC-Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Spain (N.D.); Institut für Allgemeine Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Klinikum der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (L.S.); Institute for Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany (J.W.F.); Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (R.V.I.); Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, CA (R.V.); Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, MH-Hannover, Germany (J.H.); and Laboratoire Vecteurs: Synthèse et Applications Thérapeutiques, UMR 7199 CNRS Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France (A.K.)
| | - Ajay M Shah
- From King's British Heart Foundation Centre, King's College London, United Kingdom (J.B.-B., A. Zoccarato, R.K.-T., M.F., X.Y., A. Zampetaki, M.C., P.W., A.M.S., K.O., M.M.); Institute for Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies, MH-Hannover, Germany (S.K.G., T.T.); St George's Hospital, NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (M.F., A.V., A.K., M.J.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany (T.W., M.N.H.); Protein Metrics, San Carlos, CA (M.B.); Biobanco A Coruña, INIBIC-Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Spain (N.D.); Institut für Allgemeine Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Klinikum der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (L.S.); Institute for Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany (J.W.F.); Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (R.V.I.); Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, CA (R.V.); Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, MH-Hannover, Germany (J.H.); and Laboratoire Vecteurs: Synthèse et Applications Thérapeutiques, UMR 7199 CNRS Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France (A.K.)
| | - Marjan Jahangiri
- From King's British Heart Foundation Centre, King's College London, United Kingdom (J.B.-B., A. Zoccarato, R.K.-T., M.F., X.Y., A. Zampetaki, M.C., P.W., A.M.S., K.O., M.M.); Institute for Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies, MH-Hannover, Germany (S.K.G., T.T.); St George's Hospital, NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (M.F., A.V., A.K., M.J.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany (T.W., M.N.H.); Protein Metrics, San Carlos, CA (M.B.); Biobanco A Coruña, INIBIC-Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Spain (N.D.); Institut für Allgemeine Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Klinikum der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (L.S.); Institute for Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany (J.W.F.); Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (R.V.I.); Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, CA (R.V.); Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, MH-Hannover, Germany (J.H.); and Laboratoire Vecteurs: Synthèse et Applications Thérapeutiques, UMR 7199 CNRS Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France (A.K.)
| | - Liliana Schaefer
- From King's British Heart Foundation Centre, King's College London, United Kingdom (J.B.-B., A. Zoccarato, R.K.-T., M.F., X.Y., A. Zampetaki, M.C., P.W., A.M.S., K.O., M.M.); Institute for Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies, MH-Hannover, Germany (S.K.G., T.T.); St George's Hospital, NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (M.F., A.V., A.K., M.J.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany (T.W., M.N.H.); Protein Metrics, San Carlos, CA (M.B.); Biobanco A Coruña, INIBIC-Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Spain (N.D.); Institut für Allgemeine Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Klinikum der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (L.S.); Institute for Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany (J.W.F.); Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (R.V.I.); Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, CA (R.V.); Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, MH-Hannover, Germany (J.H.); and Laboratoire Vecteurs: Synthèse et Applications Thérapeutiques, UMR 7199 CNRS Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France (A.K.)
| | - Jens W Fischer
- From King's British Heart Foundation Centre, King's College London, United Kingdom (J.B.-B., A. Zoccarato, R.K.-T., M.F., X.Y., A. Zampetaki, M.C., P.W., A.M.S., K.O., M.M.); Institute for Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies, MH-Hannover, Germany (S.K.G., T.T.); St George's Hospital, NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (M.F., A.V., A.K., M.J.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany (T.W., M.N.H.); Protein Metrics, San Carlos, CA (M.B.); Biobanco A Coruña, INIBIC-Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Spain (N.D.); Institut für Allgemeine Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Klinikum der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (L.S.); Institute for Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany (J.W.F.); Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (R.V.I.); Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, CA (R.V.); Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, MH-Hannover, Germany (J.H.); and Laboratoire Vecteurs: Synthèse et Applications Thérapeutiques, UMR 7199 CNRS Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France (A.K.)
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- From King's British Heart Foundation Centre, King's College London, United Kingdom (J.B.-B., A. Zoccarato, R.K.-T., M.F., X.Y., A. Zampetaki, M.C., P.W., A.M.S., K.O., M.M.); Institute for Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies, MH-Hannover, Germany (S.K.G., T.T.); St George's Hospital, NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (M.F., A.V., A.K., M.J.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany (T.W., M.N.H.); Protein Metrics, San Carlos, CA (M.B.); Biobanco A Coruña, INIBIC-Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Spain (N.D.); Institut für Allgemeine Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Klinikum der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (L.S.); Institute for Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany (J.W.F.); Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (R.V.I.); Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, CA (R.V.); Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, MH-Hannover, Germany (J.H.); and Laboratoire Vecteurs: Synthèse et Applications Thérapeutiques, UMR 7199 CNRS Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France (A.K.)
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- From King's British Heart Foundation Centre, King's College London, United Kingdom (J.B.-B., A. Zoccarato, R.K.-T., M.F., X.Y., A. Zampetaki, M.C., P.W., A.M.S., K.O., M.M.); Institute for Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies, MH-Hannover, Germany (S.K.G., T.T.); St George's Hospital, NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (M.F., A.V., A.K., M.J.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany (T.W., M.N.H.); Protein Metrics, San Carlos, CA (M.B.); Biobanco A Coruña, INIBIC-Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Spain (N.D.); Institut für Allgemeine Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Klinikum der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (L.S.); Institute for Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany (J.W.F.); Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (R.V.I.); Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, CA (R.V.); Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, MH-Hannover, Germany (J.H.); and Laboratoire Vecteurs: Synthèse et Applications Thérapeutiques, UMR 7199 CNRS Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France (A.K.)
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- From King's British Heart Foundation Centre, King's College London, United Kingdom (J.B.-B., A. Zoccarato, R.K.-T., M.F., X.Y., A. Zampetaki, M.C., P.W., A.M.S., K.O., M.M.); Institute for Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies, MH-Hannover, Germany (S.K.G., T.T.); St George's Hospital, NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (M.F., A.V., A.K., M.J.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany (T.W., M.N.H.); Protein Metrics, San Carlos, CA (M.B.); Biobanco A Coruña, INIBIC-Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Spain (N.D.); Institut für Allgemeine Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Klinikum der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (L.S.); Institute for Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany (J.W.F.); Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (R.V.I.); Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, CA (R.V.); Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, MH-Hannover, Germany (J.H.); and Laboratoire Vecteurs: Synthèse et Applications Thérapeutiques, UMR 7199 CNRS Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France (A.K.)
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- From King's British Heart Foundation Centre, King's College London, United Kingdom (J.B.-B., A. Zoccarato, R.K.-T., M.F., X.Y., A. Zampetaki, M.C., P.W., A.M.S., K.O., M.M.); Institute for Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies, MH-Hannover, Germany (S.K.G., T.T.); St George's Hospital, NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (M.F., A.V., A.K., M.J.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany (T.W., M.N.H.); Protein Metrics, San Carlos, CA (M.B.); Biobanco A Coruña, INIBIC-Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Spain (N.D.); Institut für Allgemeine Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Klinikum der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (L.S.); Institute for Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany (J.W.F.); Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (R.V.I.); Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, CA (R.V.); Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, MH-Hannover, Germany (J.H.); and Laboratoire Vecteurs: Synthèse et Applications Thérapeutiques, UMR 7199 CNRS Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France (A.K.)
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- From King's British Heart Foundation Centre, King's College London, United Kingdom (J.B.-B., A. Zoccarato, R.K.-T., M.F., X.Y., A. Zampetaki, M.C., P.W., A.M.S., K.O., M.M.); Institute for Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies, MH-Hannover, Germany (S.K.G., T.T.); St George's Hospital, NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (M.F., A.V., A.K., M.J.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany (T.W., M.N.H.); Protein Metrics, San Carlos, CA (M.B.); Biobanco A Coruña, INIBIC-Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Spain (N.D.); Institut für Allgemeine Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Klinikum der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (L.S.); Institute for Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany (J.W.F.); Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (R.V.I.); Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, CA (R.V.); Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, MH-Hannover, Germany (J.H.); and Laboratoire Vecteurs: Synthèse et Applications Thérapeutiques, UMR 7199 CNRS Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France (A.K.)
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- From King's British Heart Foundation Centre, King's College London, United Kingdom (J.B.-B., A. Zoccarato, R.K.-T., M.F., X.Y., A. Zampetaki, M.C., P.W., A.M.S., K.O., M.M.); Institute for Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies, MH-Hannover, Germany (S.K.G., T.T.); St George's Hospital, NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (M.F., A.V., A.K., M.J.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany (T.W., M.N.H.); Protein Metrics, San Carlos, CA (M.B.); Biobanco A Coruña, INIBIC-Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Spain (N.D.); Institut für Allgemeine Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Klinikum der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (L.S.); Institute for Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany (J.W.F.); Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (R.V.I.); Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, CA (R.V.); Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, MH-Hannover, Germany (J.H.); and Laboratoire Vecteurs: Synthèse et Applications Thérapeutiques, UMR 7199 CNRS Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France (A.K.)
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- From King's British Heart Foundation Centre, King's College London, United Kingdom (J.B.-B., A. Zoccarato, R.K.-T., M.F., X.Y., A. Zampetaki, M.C., P.W., A.M.S., K.O., M.M.); Institute for Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies, MH-Hannover, Germany (S.K.G., T.T.); St George's Hospital, NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (M.F., A.V., A.K., M.J.); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany (T.W., M.N.H.); Protein Metrics, San Carlos, CA (M.B.); Biobanco A Coruña, INIBIC-Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, Spain (N.D.); Institut für Allgemeine Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Klinikum der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (L.S.); Institute for Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany (J.W.F.); Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (R.V.I.); Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, CA (R.V.); Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, MH-Hannover, Germany (J.H.); and Laboratoire Vecteurs: Synthèse et Applications Thérapeutiques, UMR 7199 CNRS Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France (A.K.).
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Khan T, Weber H, DiMuzio J, Matter A, Dogdas B, Shah T, Thankappan A, Disa J, Jadhav V, Lubbers L, Sepp-Lorenzino L, Strapps WR, Tadin-Strapps M. Silencing Myostatin Using Cholesterol-conjugated siRNAs Induces Muscle Growth. MOLECULAR THERAPY-NUCLEIC ACIDS 2016; 5:e342. [PMID: 27483025 PMCID: PMC5023400 DOI: 10.1038/mtna.2016.55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2016] [Accepted: 06/13/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Short interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are a valuable tool for gene silencing with applications in both target validation and therapeutics. Many advances have recently been made to improve potency and specificity, and reduce toxicity and immunostimulation. However, siRNA delivery to a variety of tissues remains an obstacle for this technology. To date, siRNA delivery to muscle has only been achieved by local administration or by methods with limited potential use in the clinic. We report systemic delivery of a highly chemically modified cholesterol-conjugated siRNA targeting muscle-specific gene myostatin (Mstn) to a full range of muscles in mice. Following a single intravenous injection, we observe 85–95% knockdown of Mstn mRNA in skeletal muscle and >65% reduction in circulating Mstn protein sustained for >21 days. This level of Mstn knockdown is also accompanied by a functional effect on skeletal muscle, with animals showing an increase in muscle mass, size, and strength. The cholesterol-conjugated siRNA platform described here could have major implications for treatment of a variety of muscle disorders, including muscular atrophic diseases, muscular dystrophy, and type II diabetes.
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- Tayeba Khan
- Department of RNA Therapeutics Discovery Biology, Merck and Co., Inc, West Point, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of In Vivo Pharmacology, Merck and Co., Inc, West Point, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of RNA Therapeutics Discovery Biology, Merck and Co., Inc, West Point, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of RNA Therapeutics Discovery Biology, Merck and Co., Inc, West Point, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Applied Mathematics and Modeling- Scientific Informatics, Merck and Co., Inc, Rahway, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Applied Mathematics and Modeling- Scientific Informatics, Merck and Co., Inc, Rahway, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of RNA Therapeutics Discovery Biology, Merck and Co., Inc, West Point, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Pharmacogenomics, Merck and Co., Inc, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of RNA Therapeutics Discovery Biology, Merck and Co., Inc, West Point, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of In Vivo Pharmacology, Merck and Co., Inc, West Point, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of RNA Therapeutics Discovery Biology, Merck and Co., Inc, West Point, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of RNA Therapeutics Discovery Biology, Merck and Co., Inc, West Point, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Pharmacogenomics, Merck and Co., Inc, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Roh J, Rhee J, Chaudhari V, Rosenzweig A. The Role of Exercise in Cardiac Aging: From Physiology to Molecular Mechanisms. Circ Res 2016; 118:279-95. [PMID: 26838314 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.115.305250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Aging induces structural and functional changes in the heart that are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease and impaired functional capacity in the elderly. Exercise is a diagnostic and therapeutic tool, with the potential to provide insights into clinical diagnosis and prognosis, as well as the molecular mechanisms by which aging influences cardiac physiology and function. In this review, we first provide an overview of how aging impacts the cardiac response to exercise, and the implications this has for functional capacity in older adults. We then review the underlying molecular mechanisms by which cardiac aging contributes to exercise intolerance, and conversely how exercise training can potentially modulate aging phenotypes in the heart. Finally, we highlight the potential use of these exercise models to complement models of disease in efforts to uncover new therapeutic targets to prevent or treat heart disease in the aging population.
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- Jason Roh
- From the Cardiovascular Division (J. Roh, J. Rhee, V.C., A.R.) and Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine (J. Rhee), Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- From the Cardiovascular Division (J. Roh, J. Rhee, V.C., A.R.) and Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine (J. Rhee), Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- From the Cardiovascular Division (J. Roh, J. Rhee, V.C., A.R.) and Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine (J. Rhee), Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- From the Cardiovascular Division (J. Roh, J. Rhee, V.C., A.R.) and Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine (J. Rhee), Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston.
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Ju CR, Chen M, Zhang JH, Lin ZY, Chen RC. Higher Plasma Myostatin Levels in Cor Pulmonale Secondary to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0150838. [PMID: 26998756 PMCID: PMC4801210 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2015] [Accepted: 02/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Objective To analyze plasma myostatin levels and investigate their relationship with right ventricular (RV) function in patients with cor pulmonale secondary to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Methods The study recruited 81 patients with advanced COPD and 40 age-matched controls. The patients were divided into two groups: those with cor pulmonale and those without. Echocardiography was used to evaluate RV function and morphology, and the value of tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) less than 16 mm was considered RV dysfunction. Plasma myostatin levels were analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels were analyzed as a comparison of myostatin. Results The data detected cor pulmonale in 39/81 patients, with the mean value of TAPSE of 14.3 mm. Plasma myostatin levels (ng/mL) were significantly higher in patients with cor pulmonale (16.68 ± 2.95) than in those without (13.56 ± 3.09), and much higher than in controls (8.79±2.79), with each p<0.01. Significant differences were also found in plasma BNP levels among the three groups (p<0.05). Multivariate regression analysis suggested that myostatin levels were significantly correlated with the values of TAPSE and RV myocardium performance index among the COPD patients, and that BNP levels were significantly correlated only with systolic pulmonary arterial pressure, with each p<0.05. Conclusions Plasma myostatin levels are increased in COPD patients who have cor pulmonale. Stronger correlations of plasma myostatin levels with echocardiographic indexes of the right heart suggest that myostatin might be superior to BNP in the early diagnosis of cor pulmonale in COPD.
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- Chun-Rong Ju
- State Key Lab of the Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong, China
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- State Key Lab of the Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong, China
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- State Key Lab of the Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong, China
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- State Key Lab of the Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong, China
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- State Key Lab of the Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong, China
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Icaritin requires Phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K)/Akt signaling to counteract skeletal muscle atrophy following mechanical unloading. Sci Rep 2016; 6:20300. [PMID: 26831566 PMCID: PMC4735824 DOI: 10.1038/srep20300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2015] [Accepted: 12/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Counteracting muscle atrophy induced by mechanical unloading/inactivity is of great clinical need and challenge. A therapeutic agent that could counteract muscle atrophy following mechanical unloading in safety is desired. This study showed that natural product Icaritin (ICT) could increase the phosphorylation level of Phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K) at p110 catalytic subunit and promote PI3K/Akt signaling markers in C2C12 cells. This study further showed that the high dose ICT treatment could significantly attenuate the decreases in the phosphorylation level of PI3K at p110 catalytic subunit and its downstream markers related to protein synthesis, and inhibit the increases in protein degradation markers at mRNA and protein levels in rat soleus muscle following 28-day hindlimb unloading. In addition, the decreases in soleus muscle mass, muscle fiber cross-sectional area, twitch force, specific force, contraction time and half relaxation time could be significantly attenuated by the high dose ICT treatment. The low dose ICT treatment could moderately attenuate the above changes induced by unloading. Wortmannin, a specific inhibitor of PI3K at p110 catalytic subunit, could abolish the above effects of ICT in vitro and in vivo, indicating that PI3K/Akt signaling could be required by ICT to counteract skeletal muscle atrophy following mechanical unloading.
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Azarbal F, Stefanick ML, Assimes TL, Manson JE, Bea JW, Li W, Hlatky MA, Larson JC, LeBlanc ES, Albert CM, Nassir R, Martin LW, Perez MV. Lean body mass and risk of incident atrial fibrillation in post-menopausal women. Eur Heart J 2015; 37:1606-13. [PMID: 26371115 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2015] [Accepted: 08/10/2015] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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AIMS High body mass index (BMI) is a risk factor for atrial fibrillation (AF). The aim of this study was to determine whether lean body mass (LBM) predicts AF. METHODS AND RESULTS The Women's Health Initiative is a study of post-menopausal women aged 50-79 enrolled at 40 US centres from 1994 to 1998. A subset of 11 393 participants at three centres underwent dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Baseline demographics and clinical histories were recorded. Incident AF was identified using hospitalization records and diagnostic codes from Medicare claims. A multivariable Cox hazard regression model adjusted for demographic and clinical risk factors was used to evaluate associations between components of body composition and AF risk. After exclusion for prevalent AF or incomplete data, 8832 participants with an average age of 63.3 years remained for analysis. Over the 11.6 years of average follow-up time, 1035 women developed incident AF. After covariate adjustment, all measures of LBM were independently associated with higher rates of AF: total LBM [hazard ratio (HR) 1.24 per 5 kg increase, 95% confidence intervals (CI) 1.14-1.34], central LBM (HR 1.51 per 5 kg increase, 95% CI 1.31-1.74), and peripheral LBM (HR 1.39 per 5 kg increase, 95% CI 1.19-1.63). The association between total LBM and AF remained significant after adjustment for total fat mass (HR 1.22 per 5 kg increase, 95% CI 1.13-1.31). CONCLUSION Greater LBM is a strong independent risk factor for AF. After adjusting for obesity-related risk factors, the risk of AF conferred by higher BMI is primarily driven by the association between LBM and AF.
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- Farnaz Azarbal
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Data Coordinating Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, OR, USA
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- Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA Stanford Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease, 300 Pasteur Drive #H2155, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Tong C, Zhang C, Shi J, Qi H, Zhang R, Tang Y, Li G, Feng C, Zhao K. Characterization of two paralogous myostatin genes and evidence for positive selection in Tibet fish: Gymnocypris przewalskii. Gene 2015; 565:201-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2015.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2015] [Revised: 03/13/2015] [Accepted: 04/06/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Wei C, Ren H, Xu L, Li L, Liu R, Zhang L, Zhao F, Lu J, Zhang X, Du L. Signals of Ezh2, Src, and Akt Involve in myostatin-Pax7 pathways regulating the myogenic fate determination during the sheep myoblast proliferation and differentiation. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0120956. [PMID: 25811841 PMCID: PMC4374906 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2014] [Accepted: 02/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Myostatin and Pax7 have been well documented individually, however, the mechanism by which Myostatin regulates Pax7 is seldom reported. Here, based on muscle transcriptome analysis in Texel (Myostatin mutant) and Ujumqin (wild type) sheep across the five fetal stages, we constructed and examined the Myostatin-Pax7 pathways in muscle. Then we validated the signals by RNAi in the proliferating and differentiating sheep myoblasts in vitro at mRNA, protein, and cell morphological levels. We reveal that Myostatin signals to Pax7 at least through Ezh2, Src, and Akt during the sheep myoblast proliferation and differentiation. Other signals such as p38MAPK, mTOR, Erk1/2, Wnt, Bmp2, Smad, Tgfb1, and p21 are most probably involved in the Myostatin-affected myogenic events. Myostatin knockdown significantly reduces the counts of nucleus and myotube, but not the fusion index of myoblasts during cell differentiation. In addition, findings also indicate that Myostatin is required for normal myogenic differentiation of the sheep myoblasts, which is different from the C2C12 myoblasts. We expand the regulatory network of Myostatin-Pax7 pathways and first illustrate that Myostatin as a global regulator participates in the epigenetic events involved in myogenesis, which contributes to understand the molecular mechanism of Myostatin in regulation of myogenesis.
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- Caihong Wei
- National Center for Molecular Genetics and Breeding of Animal, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Chongqing Academy of Animal Sciences, Rongchang, Chongqing, China
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- National Center for Molecular Genetics and Breeding of Animal, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- National Center for Molecular Genetics and Breeding of Animal, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Center for Molecular Genetics and Breeding of Animal, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Center for Molecular Genetics and Breeding of Animal, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Center for Molecular Genetics and Breeding of Animal, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Center for Molecular Genetics and Breeding of Animal, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Center for Molecular Genetics and Breeding of Animal, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Personalized risk assessment of heart failure patients: More perspectives from transforming growth factor super-family members. Clin Chim Acta 2015; 443:94-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2014.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2014] [Revised: 09/14/2014] [Accepted: 09/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Biesemann N, Mendler L, Kostin S, Wietelmann A, Borchardt T, Braun T. Myostatin induces interstitial fibrosis in the heart via TAK1 and p38. Cell Tissue Res 2015; 361:779-87. [PMID: 25725788 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-015-2139-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2014] [Accepted: 01/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Myostatin, a member of the TGF-β superfamily of secreted growth factors, is a negative regulator of skeletal muscle growth. In the heart, it is expressed at lower levels compared to skeletal muscle but up-regulated under disease conditions. Cre recombinase-mediated inactivation of myostatin in adult cardiomyocytes leads to heart failure and increased mortality but cardiac function of surviving mice is restored after several weeks probably due to compensatory expression in non-cardiomyocytes. To study long-term effects of increased myostatin expression in the heart and to analyze the putative crosstalk between cardiomyocytes and fibroblasts, we overexpressed myostatin in cardiomyocytes. Increased expression of myostatin in heart muscle cells caused interstitial fibrosis via activation of the TAK-1-MKK3/6-p38 signaling pathway, compromising cardiac function in older mice. Our results uncover a novel role of myostatin in the heart and highlight the necessity for tight regulation of myostatin to maintain normal heart function.
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- Nadine Biesemann
- Department of Cardiac Development and Remodelling, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Ludwigstrasse 43, D-61231, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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Baán JA, Varga ZV, Leszek P, Kuśmierczyk M, Baranyai T, Dux L, Ferdinandy P, Braun T, Mendler L. Myostatin and IGF-I signaling in end-stage human heart failure: a qRT-PCR study. J Transl Med 2015; 13:1. [PMID: 25591711 PMCID: PMC4301667 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-014-0365-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2014] [Accepted: 12/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background Myostatin (Mstn) is a key regulator of heart metabolism and cardiomyocyte growth interacting tightly with insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) under physiological conditions. The pathological role of Mstn has also been suggested since Mstn protein was shown to be upregulated in the myocardium of end-stage heart failure. However, no data are available about the regulation of gene expression of Mstn and IGF-I in different regions of healthy or pathologic human hearts, although they both might play a crucial role in the pathomechanism of heart failure. Methods In the present study, heart samples were collected from left ventricles, septum and right ventricles of control healthy individuals as well as from failing hearts of dilated (DCM) or ischemic cardiomyopathic (ICM) patients. A comprehensive qRT-PCR analysis of Mstn and IGF-I signaling was carried out by measuring expression of Mstn, its receptor Activin receptor IIB (ActRIIB), IGF-I, IGF-I receptor (IGF-IR), and the negative regulator of Mstn miR-208, respectively. Moreover, we combined the measured transcript levels and created complex parameters characterizing either Mstn- or IGF-I signaling in the different regions of healthy or failing hearts. Results We have found that in healthy control hearts, the ratio of Mstn/IGF-I signaling was significantly higher in the left ventricle/septum than in the right ventricle. Moreover, Mstn transcript levels were significantly upregulated in all heart regions of DCM but not ICM patients. However, the ratio of Mstn/IGF-I signaling remained increased in the left ventricle/septum compared to the right ventricle of DCM patients (similarly to the healthy hearts). In contrast, in ICM hearts significant transcript changes were detected mainly in IGF-I signaling. In paralell with these results miR-208 showed mild upregulation in the left ventricle of both DCM and ICM hearts. Conclusions This is the first demonstration of a spatial asymmetry in the expression pattern of Mstn/IGF-I in healthy hearts, which is likely to play a role in the different growth regulation of left vs. right ventricle. Moreover, we identified Mstn as a massively regulated gene in DCM but not in ICM as part of possible compensatory mechanisms in the failing heart.
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Castillero E, Akashi H, Wang C, Najjar M, Ji R, Kennel PJ, Sweeney HL, Schulze PC, George I. Cardiac myostatin upregulation occurs immediately after myocardial ischemia and is involved in skeletal muscle activation of atrophy. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2014; 457:106-11. [PMID: 25528587 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.12.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2014] [Accepted: 12/11/2014] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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UNLABELLED Myostatin (MSTN), a negative regulator of muscle growth and size, is increased after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) but timing of upregulation after injury is not known. In this study, we investigated the timing of the MSTN/AKT/p38 pathway activation in heart and skeletal muscle after AMI, as well as the potential effect of cardiac injury-related MSTN endocrine signaling on skeletal muscle and other circulating growth factors. METHODS Coronary artery ligation was performed in C57BL/6 mice at age 8 weeks to induce AMI. Mice were sacrificed at different time points (10 m, 1 h, 2 h, 6 h, 12 h, 24 h, 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 months and 2 months) after surgery (n=3 per time point, n=18 total). RESULTS Cardiac and circulating MSTN upregulation occurred as early as 10 min after AMI. Two months after AMI, increased cardiac MSTN/SMAD2,3 and p38 together with decreased IGF-1/AKT signaling suggest an anti-hypertrophic profile. In skeletal muscle, an absence of local MSTN increase was accompanied by increased MSTN-dependent SMAD2,3 signaling, suggestive of paracrine effects due to cardiac-derived MSTN. Protein degradation by the ubiquitin-proteasome system in the skeletal muscle was also evident. Serum from 24h post-MI mice effectively induced a MSTN-dependent increase in atrogin1 and MuRF1. CONCLUSION Our study shows that cardiac MTSN activation occurs rapidly after cardiac ischemia and may be involved in peripheral protein degradation in the skeletal muscle by activating atrogin1 and MuRF1.
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- Estibaliz Castillero
- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
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- Division of Cardiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
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- Division of Cardiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Division of Cardiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY, United States.
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Li R, Li J, Sang D, Lan Q. Phosphorylation of AKT induced by phosphorylated Hsp27 confers the apoptosis-resistance in t-AUCB-treated glioblastoma cells in vitro. J Neurooncol 2014; 121:83-9. [PMID: 25200832 DOI: 10.1007/s11060-014-1610-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2014] [Accepted: 08/30/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The aim of this study is to determine whether phosphorylation of AKT could be effected by t-AUCB-induced p-Hsp27 and whether p-AKT inhibition sensitizes glioblastoma cells to t-AUCB, and to evaluate the effects of simultaneous inhibition of p-Hsp27 and p-AKT on t-AUCB treated glioblastoma cells. Cell growth was detected using CCK-8 assay; Caspase-3 activity assay kits and flow cytometry were used in apoptosis analysis; Western blot analysis was used to detect p-Hsp27 and p-AKT levels; RNA interference using the siRNA oligos of Hsp27 was performed to knockdown gene expression of Hsp27. All data were analyzed by the Student-Newman-Keul's test. We demonstrated that t-AUCB treatment induces AKT phosphorylation by activating Hsp27 in U251 and LN443 cell lines. Inhibition of AKT phosphorylation by AKT inhibitor IV sensitizes glioblastoma cells to t-AUCB, strengthens t-AUCB suppressing cell growth and inducing cell apoptosis. We also found inhibiting both p-Hsp27 and p-AKT synergistically strengthen t-AUCB suppressing cell growth. Thus, p-AKT induced by p-Hsp27 confers the apoptosis-resistance in t-AUCB-treated glioblastoma cells. Targeting p-Hsp27 and/or p-AKT may be a potential effective strategy for the treatment of glioblastoma.
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- Rujun Li
- Department of Neurosurgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 1055 Sanxiang Road, Suzhou, 215004, Jiangsu, China
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Dschietzig TB. Myostatin — From the Mighty Mouse to cardiovascular disease and cachexia. Clin Chim Acta 2014; 433:216-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2014.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2013] [Revised: 03/19/2014] [Accepted: 03/19/2014] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Biesemann N, Mendler L, Wietelmann A, Hermann S, Schäfers M, Krüger M, Boettger T, Borchardt T, Braun T. Myostatin regulates energy homeostasis in the heart and prevents heart failure. Circ Res 2014; 115:296-310. [PMID: 24807786 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.115.304185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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RATIONALE Myostatin is a major negative regulator of skeletal muscle mass and initiates multiple metabolic changes, including enhanced insulin sensitivity. However, the function of myostatin in the heart is barely understood, although it is upregulated in the myocardium under several pathological conditions. OBJECTIVE Here, we aimed to decipher the role of myostatin and myostatin-dependent signaling pathways for cardiac function and cardiac metabolism in adult mice. To avoid potential counterregulatory mechanisms occurring in constitutive and germ-line-based myostatin mutants, we generated a mouse model that allows myostatin inactivation in adult cardiomyocytes. METHODS AND RESULTS Cardiac MRI revealed that genetic inactivation of myostatin signaling in the adult murine heart caused cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure, partially recapitulating effects of the age-dependent decline of the myostatin paralog growth and differentiation factor 11. We found that myostatin represses AMP-activated kinase activation in the heart via transforming growth factor-β-activated kinase 1, thereby preventing a metabolic switch toward glycolysis and glycogen accumulation. Furthermore, myostatin stimulated expression of regulator of G-protein signaling 2, a GTPase-activating protein that restricts Gaq and Gas signaling and thereby protects against cardiac failure. Inhibition of AMP-activated kinase in vivo rescued cardiac hypertrophy and prevented enhanced glycolytic flow and glycogen accumulation after inactivation of myostatin in cardiomyocytes. CONCLUSIONS Our results uncover an important role of myostatin in the heart for maintaining cardiac energy homeostasis and preventing cardiac hypertrophy.
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- Nadine Biesemann
- From the Department of Cardiac Development and Remodeling, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany (N.B., L.M., A.W., M.K., T. Boettger, T. Borchardt, T. Braun); Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany (N.B.); Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of General Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary (L.M.); and European Institute for Molecular Imaging, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (S.H., M.S.)
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- From the Department of Cardiac Development and Remodeling, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany (N.B., L.M., A.W., M.K., T. Boettger, T. Borchardt, T. Braun); Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany (N.B.); Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of General Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary (L.M.); and European Institute for Molecular Imaging, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (S.H., M.S.)
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- From the Department of Cardiac Development and Remodeling, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany (N.B., L.M., A.W., M.K., T. Boettger, T. Borchardt, T. Braun); Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany (N.B.); Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of General Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary (L.M.); and European Institute for Molecular Imaging, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (S.H., M.S.)
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- From the Department of Cardiac Development and Remodeling, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany (N.B., L.M., A.W., M.K., T. Boettger, T. Borchardt, T. Braun); Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany (N.B.); Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of General Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary (L.M.); and European Institute for Molecular Imaging, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (S.H., M.S.)
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- From the Department of Cardiac Development and Remodeling, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany (N.B., L.M., A.W., M.K., T. Boettger, T. Borchardt, T. Braun); Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany (N.B.); Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of General Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary (L.M.); and European Institute for Molecular Imaging, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (S.H., M.S.)
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- From the Department of Cardiac Development and Remodeling, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany (N.B., L.M., A.W., M.K., T. Boettger, T. Borchardt, T. Braun); Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany (N.B.); Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of General Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary (L.M.); and European Institute for Molecular Imaging, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (S.H., M.S.)
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- From the Department of Cardiac Development and Remodeling, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany (N.B., L.M., A.W., M.K., T. Boettger, T. Borchardt, T. Braun); Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany (N.B.); Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of General Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary (L.M.); and European Institute for Molecular Imaging, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (S.H., M.S.)
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- From the Department of Cardiac Development and Remodeling, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany (N.B., L.M., A.W., M.K., T. Boettger, T. Borchardt, T. Braun); Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany (N.B.); Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of General Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary (L.M.); and European Institute for Molecular Imaging, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (S.H., M.S.).
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- From the Department of Cardiac Development and Remodeling, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany (N.B., L.M., A.W., M.K., T. Boettger, T. Borchardt, T. Braun); Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany (N.B.); Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of General Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary (L.M.); and European Institute for Molecular Imaging, University of Münster, Münster, Germany (S.H., M.S.).
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Attenuating myostatin enhances striated muscle growth, reduces adiposity, and improves cardiac contractility. To determine whether myostatin influences tissue potency in a manner that could control such pleiotropic actions, we generated label-retaining mice with wild-type and mstn(-/-) (Jekyll) backgrounds in which slow-cycling stem, transit-amplifying, and progenitor cells are preferentially labeled by histone 2B/green fluorescent protein. Jekyll mice were born with fewer label-retaining cells (LRCs) in muscle and heart, consistent with increased stem/progenitor cell contributions to embryonic growth of both tissues. Cardiac LRC recruitment from noncardiac sources occurred in both groups, but lasted longer in Jekyll hearts, whereas heightened β-adrenergic sensitivity of mstn(-/-) hearts was explained by elevated SERCA2a, phospholamban, and β2-adrenergic receptor levels. Jekyll mice were also born with more adipose LRCs despite significantly smaller tissue weights. Reduced adiposity in mstn(-/-) animals is therefore due to reduced lipid deposition as adipoprogenitor pools appear to be enhanced. By contrast, increased bone densities of mstn(-/-) mice are likely compensatory to hypermuscularity because LRC counts were similar in Jekyll and wild-type tibia. Myostatin therefore significantly influences the potency of different tissues, not just muscle, as well as cardiac Ca²⁺-handling proteins. Thus, the pleiotropic phenotype of mstn(-/-) animals may not be due to enhanced muscle development per se, but also to altered stem/progenitor cell pools that ultimately influence tissue potency.
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- Melissa F Jackson
- School of Molecular Biosciences (M.F.J., B.D.R.), Department of Animal Sciences (N.L., B.D.R.), Washington Center for Muscle Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164
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