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- Title
Role of arachidonic acid in ischemic heart disease under different comorbidities: risk or protection?
- Authors
Li, Chengjia; Chen, Huijun
- Abstract
In a translational study involving animal models and human subjects, Lv et al. demonstrate that arachidonic acid (AA) exhibits cardioprotective effects in diabetic myocardial ischemia, suggesting a departure from its known role in promoting ferroptosis—a form of cell death characterized by iron-dependent lipid peroxidation. However, the study does not address how underlying diabetic conditions might influence the metabolic pathways of AA, which are critical for fully understanding its impact on heart disease. Diabetes can significantly alter lipid metabolism, which in turn might affect the enzymatic processes involved in AA's metabolism, leading to different outcomes in the disease process. Further examination of the role of diabetes in modulating AA's effects could enhance the understanding of its protective mechanism in ischemic conditions. This could also lead to more targeted and effective therapeutic strategies for managing myocardial ischemia in diabetic patients, such as optimizing AA levels to prevent heart damage while avoiding exacerbating factors like ferroptosis.
- Subjects
CORONARY disease; ARACHIDONIC acid; MYOCARDIAL ischemia; HEART failure; LIPID metabolism
- Publication
Cardiovascular Diabetology, 2024, Vol 23, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1475-2840
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12933-024-02277-0