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Cathepsin K Knockout Mitigates High-Fat Diet--Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy and Contractile Dysfunction.
- Source :
- Diabetes; Feb2013, Vol. 62 Issue 2, p498-509, 12p, 2 Color Photographs, 1 Chart, 5 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- The cysteine protease cathepsin K has been implicated in pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease. We hypothesized that ablation of cathepsin K protects against obesity-associated cardiac dysfunction. Wild-type mice fed a high-fat diet exhibited elevated heart weight, enlarged cardiomyocytes, increased left ventricular wall thickness, and decreased fractional shortening. All these changes were reconciled in cathepsin K knockout mice. Cathepsin K knockout partly reversed the impaired cardiomyocyte contractility and dysregulated calcium handling associated with high-fat diet. Additionally, cathepsin K knockout alleviated whole-body glucose intolerance and improved insulin-stimulated Akt phosphorylation in high-fat diet--fed mice. High-fat feeding increased the expression of cardiac hypertrophic proteins and apoptotic markers, which were inhibited by cathepsin K knockout. Furthermore, high-fat feeding resulted in cathepsin K release from lysosomes into the cytoplasm. In H9c2 myoblasts, silencing of cathepsin K inhibited palmitic acid--induced release of cytochrome c from mitochondria and expression of proapoptotic signaling molecules. Collectively, our data indicate that cathepsin K contributes to the development of obesity-associated cardiac hypertrophy and may represent a potential target for the treatment to obesity-associated cardiac anomalies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00121797
- Volume :
- 62
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Diabetes
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 85125648
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2337/db12-0350