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ArticleJournal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle2025

Therapeutic Targeting of Decr1 Ameliorates Cardiomyopathy by Suppressing Mitochondrial Fatty Acid Oxidation in Diabetic Mice.

Qing-Bo Lu, He-Ting Sun, Kuo Zhou, Jia-Bao Su, Xin-Yu Meng, Guo Chen, Ao-Yuan Zhang, An-Jing Xu, Chen-Yang Zhao, Yuan Zhang and 8 more

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Article in Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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Qing-Bo LuDepartment of Endocrinology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China.
He-Ting SunSchool of Pharmacy, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Drug Delivery System and Biotech Drugs in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Evaluation (Yantai University), Ministry of Education, Yantai University, Yantai, China.
Kuo ZhouDepartment of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Jia-Bao SuDepartment of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
Xin-Yu MengMOE Medical Basic Research Innovation Center for Gut Microbiota and Chronic Diseases, School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
Guo ChenMOE Medical Basic Research Innovation Center for Gut Microbiota and Chronic Diseases, School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
Ao-Yuan ZhangMOE Medical Basic Research Innovation Center for Gut Microbiota and Chronic Diseases, School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
An-Jing XuMOE Medical Basic Research Innovation Center for Gut Microbiota and Chronic Diseases, School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
Chen-Yang ZhaoMOE Medical Basic Research Innovation Center for Gut Microbiota and Chronic Diseases, School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
Yuan ZhangMOE Medical Basic Research Innovation Center for Gut Microbiota and Chronic Diseases, School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
Yao WangMOE Medical Basic Research Innovation Center for Gut Microbiota and Chronic Diseases, School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
Hong-Bo QiuMOE Medical Basic Research Innovation Center for Gut Microbiota and Chronic Diseases, School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
Zhuo-Lin LvMOE Medical Basic Research Innovation Center for Gut Microbiota and Chronic Diseases, School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
Zheng-Yang BaoResearch Institute for Reproductive Health and Genetic Diseases, Wuxi Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
Jian ZhuDepartment of Endocrinology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China.
Feng XiaoDepartment of Cardiology, the Affiliated Wuxi People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi People's Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, China.
Xue-Xue ZhuDepartment of Endocrinology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China.
Hai-Jian SunDepartment of Endocrinology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7791-5335

Funding

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities JUSRP124036Jiangnan University LCYJ202306Jiangsu Association for Science and Technology Youth Support ProjectJiangsu Natural Science Foundation BK20231049Jiangsu Province Excellent Youth Fund BK20240204National Natural Science Foundation of China 82170424National Natural Science Foundation of China 82300414National Natural Science Foundation of China 82370364Wuxi Health Committee HB2023045Wuxi Municipal Health Commission Youth Project Q202226Wuxi Science and Technology Development Fund K20221028
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Abstract

backgroundA significant increase in mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation (FAO) is now increasingly recognized as one of the metabolic alterations in diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM). However, the molecular mechanisms underlying mitochondrial FAO impairment in DCM remain to be fully elucidated.

methodsA type 2 diabetes (T2D) mouse model was established by a combination of high-fat diet (HFD) and streptozotocin (STZ) injection. Neonatal rat cardiomyocytes were treated with high glucose (HG) and palmitic acid (HP) to simulate diabetic cardiac injury. Gain- and loss-of-function approaches and RNA sequencing were utilized to investigate the role and mechanism of 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase 1 (Decr1) in DCM.

resultsBy integrating the genomic data available in the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) with DCM rodents, we found that the transcriptional level of Decr1 was consistently upregulated in DCM (+255% for diabetic heart, p < 0.0001; +281% for diabetic cells, p < 0.0001). Cardiomyocytes-specific knockdown of Decr1 preserved cardiac function (+41% for EF, p < 0.0001; +24% for FS, p = 0.0052), inhibited cardiac hypertrophy (-34%, p < 0.0001), fibrosis (-69%, p < 0.0001), apoptosis (-56%, p < 0.0001) and oxidative damage (-59%, p < 0.0001) in DCM mice, while cardiomyocytes-specific overexpression of Decr1 aggravated DCM (-28% for EF, p = 0.0347; -17% for FS, p = 0.0014). Deletion of Decr1 prevented high glucose/palmitate (HG/HP)-induced hypertrophy (-22%, p = 0.0006), mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptosis (-74%, p < 0.0001) in cultured cardiomyocytes. Furthermore, RNA sequencing and functional analysis showed that Decr1 interacted with and upregulated pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4 (PDK4) in injured cardiomyocytes, and overexpression of PDK4 eliminated the benefits of Decr1 downregulation in DCM (-20% for EF, p = 0.0071; -28% for FS, p = 0.0022). Mechanistically, PDK4 acted as a kinase that induced phosphorylation and mitochondrial translocation of HDAC3. In the mitochondria, HDAC3 mediated the deacetylation of dehydrogenase trifunctional multienzyme complex α subunit (HADHA), contributing to excessive mitochondrial FAO and subsequent cardiac injury. From a screening of 256 natural products, we identified Atranorin and Kurarinone as potential inhibitors of Decr1, both demonstrating protective effects against DCM (Atranorin, +21% for EF, p = 0.0134; +24% for FS, p = 0.0006; Kurarinone, +20% for EF, p = 0.0183; +27% for FS, p = 0.0001).

conclusionsOur study delineates a molecular mechanism by which Decr1 potentiated higher mitochondrial lipid oxidation and cardiac damage by enhancing HADHA deacetylation through the PDK4/HDAC3 signalling pathway.

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Diabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalDiabetic CardiomyopathiesFatty AcidsMitochondriaAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalMaleMiceMyocytes, CardiacOxidation-ReductionRatsFatty AcidscardiomyopathyDecr1diabetesfatty acid oxidationoxidative stressPDK4

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