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- Title
Deletion of miRNA-22 Induces Cardiac Hypertrophy in Females but Attenuates Obesogenic Diet-Mediated Metabolic Disorders.
- Authors
de Oliveira Silva, Tábatha; Lino, Caroline A.; Buzatto, Vanessa C.; Fontes Asprino, Paula; Yao Wei Lu; Lima, Vanessa M.; Fonseca, Renata I. B.; Jensen, Leonardo; Murata, Gilson M.; Filho, Sidney V.; Ribeiro, Márcio A. C.; Donato Jr., Jose; Ferreira, Julio C. B.; Rodrigues, Alice C.; Irigoyen, Maria Cláudia; Barreto-Chaves, Maria Luiza M.; Zhan-Peng Huang; Favoretto Galante, Pedro A.; Da-Zhi Wang; Diniz, Gabriela P.
- Abstract
Background/Aims: Obesity is a risk factor associated with cardiometabolic complications. Recently, we reported that miRNA-22 deletion attenuated high-fat diet-induced adiposity and prevented dyslipidemia without affecting cardiac hypertrophy in male mice. In this study, we examined the impact of miRNA-22 in obesogenic diet-induced cardiovascular and metabolic disorders in females. Methods: Wild type (WT) and miRNA-22 knockout (miRNA-22 KO) females were fed a control or an obesogenic diet. Body weight gain, adiposity, glucose tolerance, insulin tolerance, and plasma levels of total cholesterol and triglycerides were measured. Cardiac and white adipose tissue remodeling was assessed by histological analyses. Echocardiography was used to evaluate cardiac function and morphology. RNA-sequencing analysis was employed to characterize mRNA expression profiles in female hearts. Results: Loss of miRNA-22 attenuated body weight gain, adiposity, and prevented obesogenic diet-induced insulin resistance and dyslipidemia in females. WT obese females developed cardiac hypertrophy. Interestingly, miRNA-22 KO females displayed cardiac hypertrophy without left ventricular dysfunction and myocardial fibrosis. Both miRNA-22 deletion and obesogenic diet changed mRNA expression profiles in female hearts. Enrichment analysis revealed that genes associated with regulation of the force of heart contraction, protein folding and fatty acid oxidation were enriched in hearts of WT obese females. In addition, genes related to thyroid hormone responses, heart growth and PI3K signaling were enriched in hearts of miRNA-22 KO females. Interestingly, miRNA-22 KO obese females exhibited reduced mRNA levels of Yap1, Egfr and Tgfbr1 compared to their respective controls. Conclusion: This study reveals that miRNA-22 deletion induces cardiac hypertrophy in females without affecting myocardial function. In addition, our findings suggest miRNA-22 as a potential therapeutic target to treat obesity-related metabolic disorders in females.
- Subjects
MICRORNA; DELETION mutation; CARDIAC hypertrophy; OBESITY complications; HEART metabolism disorders; GENE knockout; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ANIMAL models in research
- Publication
Cellular Physiology & Biochemistry (Cell Physiol Biochem Press GmbH & Co. KG), 2021, Vol 55, Issue 6, p1199
- ISSN
1015-8987
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.33594/000000309