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ArticlePhysiological reports2024

mTORC1 hyperactivation and resultant suppression of macroautophagy contribute to the induction of cardiomyocyte necroptosis by catecholamine surges.

Mingqi Cai, Penglong Wu, Wei Ni, Dong Huang, Xuejun Wang

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mingqi CaiHeart Center, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Penglong WuDivision of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, USA.
Wei NiDepartment of Cardiology, Xiamen Cardiovascular Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Dong HuangHeart Center, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Xuejun WangDivision of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9267-1343
Shanghai Jiao Tong University · CNUniversity of South Dakota · USXiamen University · CN

Funding

American Heart Association (AHA) 20TPA35490091American Heart Association (AHA) 23PRE1023108American Heart Association-American Stroke Association 20TPA35490091Municipal Science and Technology Commission Medical Innovation Project of Shanghai 20Y11910200National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 81871102National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 82172068Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province (Fujian Provincial Natural Science Foundation) 2023J011682Research Physician Program of Shanghai Shen Kang Hospital Development Center SHD2022CRD039Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Two-Hundred Talent Program as Research Doctor SBR202204
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Abstract

Previous studies revealed a controversial role of mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) and mTORC1-regulated macroautophagy in isoproterenol (ISO)-induced cardiac injury. Here we investigated the role of mTORC1 and potential underlying mechanisms in ISO-induced cardiomyocyte necrosis. Two consecutive daily injections of ISO (85 mg/kg, s.c.) or vehicle control (CTL) were administered to C57BL/6J mice with or without rapamycin (RAP, 5 mg/kg, i.p.) pretreatment. Western blot analyses showed that myocardial mTORC1 signaling and the RIPK1-RIPK3-MLKL necroptotic pathway were activated, mRNA expression analyses revealed downregulation of representative TFEB target genes, and Evan's blue dye uptake assays detected increased cardiomyocyte necrosis in ISO-treated mice. However, RAP pretreatment prevented or significantly attenuated the ISO-induced cardiomyocyte necrosis, myocardial inflammation, downregulation of TFEB target genes, and activation of the RIPK1-RIPK3-MLKL pathway. LC3-II flux assays confirmed the impairment of myocardial autophagic flux in the ISO-treated mice. In cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes, mTORC1 signaling was also activated by ISO, and inhibition of mTORC1 by RAP attenuated ISO-induced cytotoxicity. These findings suggest that mTORC1 hyperactivation and resultant suppression of macroautophagy play a major role in the induction of cardiomyocyte necroptosis by catecholamine surges, identifying mTORC1 inhibition as a potential strategy to treat heart diseases with catecholamine surges.

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CatecholaminesMyocytes, CardiacAnimalsIsoproterenolMacroautophagyMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1MiceMice, Inbred C57BLNecroptosisNecrosisRatsCatecholaminesIsoproterenolMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1catecholamineisoproterenolmacroautophagymTORC1necroptosis

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