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Irisin improves diabetic cardiomyopathy-induced cardiac remodeling by regulating GSDMD-mediated pyroptosis through MITOL/STING signaling

  • Biomed Pharmacother. 2024 Jan 2:171:116007. doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2023.116007.
Linhe Lu 1 Yalan Shao 2 Xiang Xiong 3 Jipeng Ma 2 Mengen Zhai 2 Guofang Lu 4 Liqing Jiang 2 Ping Jin 2 Jiayou Tang 2 Jian Yang 2 Yang Liu 5 Weixun Duan 6 Jincheng Liu 7
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Affiliations

  • 1 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China; Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, National Key Discipline of Cell Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
  • 2 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
  • 3 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, Jiangxi 332000, China.
  • 4 Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, National Key Discipline of Cell Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China; State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology and National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
  • 5 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China. Electronic address: liuyangxijing@126.com.
  • 6 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China. Electronic address: duanweixun@126.com.
  • 7 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China. Electronic address: Liujch69@sina.com.
Abstract

Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a common complication of diabetes mellitus (DM). However, the mechanisms underlying DCM-induced cardiac injury remain unclear. Recently, the role of Cyclic GMP-AMP Synthase/stimulator of interferon gene (cGAS/STING) signaling and Pyroptosis in DCM has been investigated. Based on our previous results, this study was designed to examine the impact of irisin, mitochondrial ubiquitin Ligase (MITOL/MARCH5), and cGAS/STING signaling in DCM-induced cardiac dysfunction and the effect of gasdermin D (GSDMD)-dependent Pyroptosis. High-fat diet-induced mice and H9c2 cells were used for cardiac geometry and function or pyroptosis-related biomarker assessment at the end of the experiments. Here, we show that DCM impairs cardiac function by increasing cardiac fibrosis and GSDMD-dependent Pyroptosis, including the activation of MITOL and cGAS/STING signaling. Our results confirmed that the protective role of irisin and MITOL was partially offset by the activation of cGAS/STING signaling. We also demonstrated that GSDMD-dependent Pyroptosis plays a pivotal role in the pathological process of DCM pathogenesis. Our results indicate that irisin treatment protects against DCM injury, mitochondrial homeostasis, and Pyroptosis through MITOL upregulation.

Keywords

Diabetic cardiomyopathy; Gasdermin D; Irisin; Mitochondrial ubiquitin ligase; Pyroptosis; Stimulator of interferon gene.

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