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Diabetes Exacerbates Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury by Down-Regulation of MicroRNA and Up-Regulation of O-GlcNAcylation.

Citation
Wang, Dandan, et al. “Diabetes Exacerbates Myocardial Ischemia Reperfusion Injury by Down-Regulation of MicroRNA and Up-Regulation of O-GlcNAcylation”. 2018. JACC. Basic to Translational Science, vol. 3, no. 3, 2018, pp. 350–362.
Center Yale University
Author Dandan Wang, Xiaoyue Hu, Seung Hee Lee, Feng Chen, Kai Jiang, Zizhuo Tu, Zejian Liu, Jing Du, Li Wang, Chaoying Yin, Yu Liao, Hongcai Shang, Kathleen A Martin, Raimund I Herzog, Lawrence H Young, Li Qian, John Hwa, Yaozu Xiang
Keywords ATG4A, autophagy-related gene 4a, BIM, Bcl-2-like protein 11, CVD, cardiovascular disease, DM, diabetes mellitus, I/R, ischemia/reperfusion, MI, myocardial infarction, O-GlcNAcylation, OGT, O-GlcNac transferase, Hyperinsulinemia, infarct size, microRNA
Abstract

Management for patients with diabetes experiencing myocardial infarction remains a challenge. Here the authors show that hyperglycemia- and hyperinsulinemia-induced microRNA-24 (miR-24) reduction and O-GlcNAcylation in the diabetic heart contribute to poor survival and increased infarct size in diabetic myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R). In a mouse model of myocardial I/R, pharmacological or genetic overexpression of miR-24 in hearts significantly reduced myocardial infarct size. Experimental validation revealed that miR-24 targets multiple key proteins, including O-GlcNac transferase, ATG4A, and BIM, to coordinately protect the myocardium from I/R injury. These results establish miR-24 as a promising therapeutic candidate for diabetic I/R injury.

Year of Publication
2018
Journal
JACC. Basic to translational science
Volume
3
Issue
3
Number of Pages
350-362
Date Published
06/2018
ISSN Number
2452-302X
DOI
10.1016/j.jacbts.2018.01.005
Alternate Journal
JACC Basic Transl Sci
PMID
30062222
PMCID
PMC6058960
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