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ArticleCardiovascular diabetology2024

Growth differentiation factor 11 regulates high glucose-induced cardiomyocyte pyroptosis and diabetic cardiomyopathy by inhibiting inflammasome activation.

Jing Zhang, Guolong Wang, Yuxuan Shi, Xin Liu, Shuang Liu, Wendi Chen, Yunna Ning, Yongzhi Cao, Yueran Zhao, Ming Li

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Jing ZhangState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Institute of Women, Children and Reproductive Health, Shandong University, 250012, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Guolong WangState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Institute of Women, Children and Reproductive Health, Shandong University, 250012, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Yuxuan ShiState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Institute of Women, Children and Reproductive Health, Shandong University, 250012, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Xin LiuState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Institute of Women, Children and Reproductive Health, Shandong University, 250012, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Shuang LiuState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Institute of Women, Children and Reproductive Health, Shandong University, 250012, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Wendi ChenState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Institute of Women, Children and Reproductive Health, Shandong University, 250012, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Yunna NingState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Institute of Women, Children and Reproductive Health, Shandong University, 250012, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Yongzhi CaoState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Institute of Women, Children and Reproductive Health, Shandong University, 250012, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Yueran ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Institute of Women, Children and Reproductive Health, Shandong University, 250012, Jinan, Shandong, China. yrzhao@sdu.edu.cn.
Ming LiState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Institute of Women, Children and Reproductive Health, Shandong University, 250012, Jinan, Shandong, China. drmingli@yeah.net.

Funding

The National Key Research and Development Program of China 2017YFC1001002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDiabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a crucial complication of long-term chronic diabetes that can lead to myocardial hypertrophy, myocardial fibrosis, and heart failure. There is increasing evidence that DCM is associated with pyroptosis, a form of inflammation-related programmed cell death. Growth differentiation factor 11 (GDF11) is a member of the transforming growth factor β superfamily, which regulates oxidative stress, inflammation, and cell survival to mitigate myocardial hypertrophy, myocardial infarction, and vascular injury. However, the role of GDF11 in regulating pyroptosis in DCM remains to be elucidated. This research aims to investigate the role of GDF11 in regulating pyroptosis in DCM and the related mechanism. METHODS AND

resultsMice were injected with streptozotocin (STZ) to induce a diabetes model. H9c2 cardiomyocytes were cultured in high glucose (50 mM) to establish an in vitro model of diabetes. C57BL/6J mice were preinjected with adeno-associated virus 9 (AAV9) intravenously via the tail vein to specifically overexpress myocardial GDF11. GDF11 attenuated pyroptosis in H9c2 cardiomyocytes after high-glucose treatment. In diabetic mice, GDF11 alleviated cardiomyocyte pyroptosis, reduced myocardial fibrosis, and improved cardiac function. Mechanistically, GDF11 inhibited pyroptosis by preventing inflammasome activation. GDF11 achieved this by specifically binding to apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a CARD (ASC) and preventing the assembly and activation of the inflammasome. Additionally, the expression of GDF11 during pyroptosis was regulated by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα).

conclusionThese findings demonstrate that GDF11 can treat diabetic cardiomyopathy by alleviating pyroptosis and reveal the role of the PPARα-GDF11-ASC pathway in DCM, providing ideas for new strategies for cardioprotection.

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Diabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalDiabetic CardiomyopathiesFibrosisGrowth Differentiation FactorsInflammasomesMice, Inbred C57BLMyocytes, CardiacPyroptosisSignal TransductionAnimalsBlood GlucoseBone Morphogenetic ProteinsCell LineGlucoseMaleMiceBlood GlucoseBone Morphogenetic ProteinsGdf11 protein, mouseGdf11 protein, ratGlucoseGrowth Differentiation FactorsInflammasomesPPAR alphaPpara protein, mouseASCCardioprotectionDCMGDF11PPARαPyroptosis

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PMCPMC11077721

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