Targeting mir128-3p alleviates myocardial insulin resistance and prevents ischemia-induced heart failure

  1. Andrea Ruiz-Velasco
  2. Min Zi
  3. Susanne S Hille
  4. Tayyiba Azam
  5. Namrita Kaur
  6. Juwei Jiang
  7. Binh Nguyen
  8. Karolina Sekeres
  9. Pablo Binder
  10. Lucy Collins
  11. Fay Pu
  12. Han Xiao
  13. Kaomei Guan
  14. Norbert Frey
  15. Elizabeth J Cartwright
  16. Oliver J Müller  Is a corresponding author
  17. Xin Wang  Is a corresponding author
  18. Wei Liu  Is a corresponding author
  1. The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
  2. University of Kiel, Germany
  3. Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
  4. University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  5. Peking University, China

Abstract

Myocardial insulin resistance contributes to heart failure in response to pathological stresses, therefore, a therapeutic strategy to maintain cardiac insulin pathways requires further investigation. We demonstrated that insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS1) was reduced in failing mouse hearts post-myocardial infarction (MI) and failing human hearts. The mice manifesting severe cardiac dysfunction post-MI displayed elevated mir128-3p in the myocardium. Ischemia-upregulated mir128-3p promoted Irs1 degradation. Using rat cardiomyocytes and human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes, we elucidated that mitogen-activated protein kinase 7 (MAPK7, also known as ERK5)-mediated CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein beta (CEBPβ) transcriptionally represses mir128-3p under hypoxia. Therapeutically, functional studies demonstrated gene therapy-delivered cardiac-specific MAPK7 restoration or overexpression of CEBPβ impeded cardiac injury after MI, at least partly due to normalization of mir128-3p. Furthermore, inhibition of mir128-3p preserved Irs1 and ameliorated cardiac dysfunction post-MI. In conclusion, we reveal that targeting mir128-3p mitigates myocardial insulin resistance, thereafter slowing down the progression of heart failure post-ischemia.

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  1. Andrea Ruiz-Velasco

    Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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  2. Min Zi

    Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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  3. Susanne S Hille

    Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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  4. Tayyiba Azam

    Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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  5. Namrita Kaur

    Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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  6. Juwei Jiang

    Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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  7. Binh Nguyen

    Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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  8. Karolina Sekeres

    Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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  9. Pablo Binder

    Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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  10. Lucy Collins

    Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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  11. Fay Pu

    Edinburgh University Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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  12. Han Xiao

    Institute of Vascular Medicine, Peking University, Beijing, China
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  13. Kaomei Guan

    Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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  14. Norbert Frey

    Clinic for Internal Medicine III, Cardiology and Angiology, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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  15. Elizabeth J Cartwright

    Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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  16. Oliver J Müller

    Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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    Oliver.Mueller@uksh.de
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  17. Xin Wang

    Faculty of Life Science, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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    xin.wang@manchester.ac.uk
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  18. Wei Liu

    Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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    wei.liu@manchester.ac.uk
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Funding

British Heart Foundation (FS/15/16/31477)

  • Wei Liu

British Heart Foundation (FS/18/73/33973)

  • Wei Liu

British Heart Foundation (PG/12/76/29852)

  • Xin Wang

British Heart Foundation (PG/14/71/310)

  • Xin Wang

British Heart Foundation (PG/14/70/3103)

  • Xin Wang

German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (81Z0700201)

  • Oliver J Müller

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Ethics

Animal experimentation: All animal studies were performed in accordance with the United Kingdom Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 under the Home Office license P3A97F3D1, and were approved by the University of Manchester Ethics Committee.

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© 2020, Ruiz-Velasco et al.

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  1. Andrea Ruiz-Velasco
  2. Min Zi
  3. Susanne S Hille
  4. Tayyiba Azam
  5. Namrita Kaur
  6. Juwei Jiang
  7. Binh Nguyen
  8. Karolina Sekeres
  9. Pablo Binder
  10. Lucy Collins
  11. Fay Pu
  12. Han Xiao
  13. Kaomei Guan
  14. Norbert Frey
  15. Elizabeth J Cartwright
  16. Oliver J Müller
  17. Xin Wang
  18. Wei Liu
(2020)
Targeting mir128-3p alleviates myocardial insulin resistance and prevents ischemia-induced heart failure
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