TY - JOUR
T1 - Hypothermia preconditioning improves cardiac contractility after cardiopulmonary resuscitation through AMPK-activated mitophagy
AU - Lu, Yuanzheng
AU - Zhang, Chenyu
AU - Chen, Jie
AU - Zou, Qiuping
AU - Li, Bo
AU - Wei, Hongyan
AU - Chang, Mary P.
AU - Liao, Xiaoxing
AU - Hu, Chunlin
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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was supported by funding from the National Nature Science Foundation of China (grant nos 81571867 and 81901931), the Science and Technology Project of Shenzhen city of China (grant no. JCYJ20160608142215491); the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (grant nos 2020A1515010120, 2020A1515110919, and 2020A1515110827); the Shenzhen Fundamental Research Program (grant no. JCYJ20190809150817414). The funders had no role in the study design, data collection, analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Hypothermia preconditioning (HPC) improves cardiac function after cardiac arrest, yet the mechanism is unclear. We hypothesized that HPC-activated adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activity may be involved. Adult male Wistar rats were randomly divided into normothermia Control, HPC (cooling to 32–34°C for 30 min), and HPC + Compound C (Compound C 10 mg/kg was injected intraperitoneally 30 min before HPC group). The rats underwent 7 min of untreated ventricular fibrillation (VF) followed by cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Cardiac function and hemodynamic parameters were evaluated at 4 h after return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). Survival status was determined 72 h after ROSC. Mechanistically, we further examined the AMPK-Unc-51 Like Autophagy Activating Kinase 1 (ULK1)-mitophagy pathway and autophagic flux in vivo and in vitro. Six of twelve rats in the Control group, 10 of 12 rats in the HPC group, and 7 of 12 rats in HPC + Compound C group were successfully resuscitated. The 72-h survival rates were 1 of 12 Control, 6 of 12 HPC, and 2 of 12 HPC + Compound C rats, respectively (P = 0.043). Rats in the HPC group demonstrated greater cardiac contractility and hemodynamic stability which were compromised by Compound C. Furthermore, HPC increased the protein levels of p-AMPKα and p-ULK1 and promoted the expression of mitochondrial autophagy-related genes. Compound C decreased the expression of mitochondrial autophagy-related genes and reduced autophagic flux. Consistent with the observations obtained in vivo, in vitro experiments in cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes (CMs) demonstrated that HPC attenuated simulated ischemia–reperfusion-induced CM death, accompanied by increased AMPK-ULK1-mitophagy pathway activity. These findings suggest that AMPK-ULK1-mitophagy pathway was activated by HPC and has a crucial role in cardioprotection during cardiac arrest. Manipulation of mitophagy by hypothermia may merit further investigation as a novel strategy to prevent cardiac ischemia–reperfusion injury.
AB - Hypothermia preconditioning (HPC) improves cardiac function after cardiac arrest, yet the mechanism is unclear. We hypothesized that HPC-activated adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activity may be involved. Adult male Wistar rats were randomly divided into normothermia Control, HPC (cooling to 32–34°C for 30 min), and HPC + Compound C (Compound C 10 mg/kg was injected intraperitoneally 30 min before HPC group). The rats underwent 7 min of untreated ventricular fibrillation (VF) followed by cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Cardiac function and hemodynamic parameters were evaluated at 4 h after return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). Survival status was determined 72 h after ROSC. Mechanistically, we further examined the AMPK-Unc-51 Like Autophagy Activating Kinase 1 (ULK1)-mitophagy pathway and autophagic flux in vivo and in vitro. Six of twelve rats in the Control group, 10 of 12 rats in the HPC group, and 7 of 12 rats in HPC + Compound C group were successfully resuscitated. The 72-h survival rates were 1 of 12 Control, 6 of 12 HPC, and 2 of 12 HPC + Compound C rats, respectively (P = 0.043). Rats in the HPC group demonstrated greater cardiac contractility and hemodynamic stability which were compromised by Compound C. Furthermore, HPC increased the protein levels of p-AMPKα and p-ULK1 and promoted the expression of mitochondrial autophagy-related genes. Compound C decreased the expression of mitochondrial autophagy-related genes and reduced autophagic flux. Consistent with the observations obtained in vivo, in vitro experiments in cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes (CMs) demonstrated that HPC attenuated simulated ischemia–reperfusion-induced CM death, accompanied by increased AMPK-ULK1-mitophagy pathway activity. These findings suggest that AMPK-ULK1-mitophagy pathway was activated by HPC and has a crucial role in cardioprotection during cardiac arrest. Manipulation of mitophagy by hypothermia may merit further investigation as a novel strategy to prevent cardiac ischemia–reperfusion injury.
KW - AMPK-induced mitophagy
KW - Cardiac arrest
KW - cardiac dysfunction
KW - hypothermia preconditioning
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U2 - 10.1177/15353702221081546
DO - 10.1177/15353702221081546
M3 - Article
C2 - 35410532
AN - SCOPUS:85129204321
SN - 1535-3702
JO - Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (New York, N. Y.)
JF - Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (New York, N. Y.)
ER -