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ArticleJACC. Basic to translational science2024

Small Molecule Activators of Mitochondrial Fusion Prevent Congenital Heart Defects Induced by Maternal Diabetes.

Guanglei Wang, Wenhui Lu, Wei-Bin Shen, Mariusz Karbowski, Sunjay Kaushal, Peixin Yang

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Article in JACC. Basic to translational science, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Guanglei WangDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Wenhui LuDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Wei-Bin ShenDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Mariusz KarbowskiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Sunjay KaushalDivision of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Peixin YangDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
University of Maryland, Baltimore · USNorthwestern University · US

Funding

Apoptotic Mechanism of Maternal Diabetes-Induced Neural Tube DefectsR01DK083243 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI YANG, PEIXIN · 2010 to 2019
$3.1M
Hyperglycemia of Maternal Diabetes Induces Cardiac Isl1 Positive Progenitor Dysfunction Leading to Heart DefectsR01HL153141 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI KAUSHAL, SUNJAY, YANG, PEIXIN · 2020 to 2023
$2.5M
MicroRNA-Suppressed Mitochondrial Fusion in Mediating the Teratogenicity of Maternal Diabetes Leading to Heart DefectsR01HL134368 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI WANG, JIAN-YING, YANG, PEIXIN · 2017 to 2020
$2.4M
Cellular Stress-Induced Gene Dysregulation in Heart Defects Formation of Diabetic PregnancyR01HL151108 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI YANG, PEIXIN · 2020 to 2023
$2.4M
The Role of C-Kit Positive Cardiac Progenitors in Maternal Diabetes-Induced Heart Defects and the Therapeutic Values of These CellsR01HL139060 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI KAUSHAL, SUNJAY, YANG, PEIXIN · 2017 to 2020
$2.4M
Maternal Diabetes-Suppressed Vascular Signaling Induces Vasculopathy and Neural Tube DefectsR01HL131737 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI YANG, PEIXIN · 2016 to 2019
$2.1M
Autophagy and its Regulation in Diabetic EmbryopathyR01DK101972 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI YANG, PEIXIN · 2014 to 2017
$1.6M
Ubiquitin-dependent mitochondrial quality controlR01GM129584 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI KARBOWSKI, MARIUSZ · 2019 to 2022
$1.3M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most congenital heart defect (CHD) cases are attributed to nongenetic factors; however, the mechanisms underlying nongenetic factor-induced CHDs are elusive. Maternal diabetes is one of the nongenetic factors, and this study aimed to determine whether impaired mitochondrial fusion contributes to maternal diabetes-induced CHDs and if mitochondrial fusion activators, teriflunomide and echinacoside, could reduce CHD incidence in diabetic pregnancy. We demonstrated maternal diabetes-activated FoxO3a increases miR-140 and miR-195, which in turn represses Mfn1 and Mfn2, leading to mitochondrial fusion defects and CHDs. Two mitochondrial fusion activators are effective in preventing CHDs in diabetic pregnancy.

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congenital heart defectmaternal diabetesmicroRNAmitochondrial fusionmitofusin 1mitofusin 2

Identifiers

PMID38559623
PMCPMC10978414
OpenAlexW4391806996

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