title: Alterations in myocardial cardiolipin content and composition occur at the very earliest stages of diabetes: a shotgun lipidomics study.
abstract: Recently, we have identified the dramatic depletion of cardiolipin (CL) in diabetic myocardium 6 weeks after streptozotocin (STZ) injection that was accompanied by increases in triacylglycerol content and multiple changes in polar lipid molecular species. However, after 6 weeks in the diabetic state, the predominant lipid hallmarks of diabetic cardiomyopathy were each present concomitantly, and thus, it was impossible to identify the temporal course of lipid alterations in diabetic myocardium. Using the newly developed enhanced shotgun lipidomics approach, we demonstrated the dramatic loss of abundant CL molecular species in STZ-treated hearts at the very earliest stages of diabetes accompanied by a profound remodeling of the remaining CL molecular species including a 16-fold increase in the content of 18:2-22:6-22:6-22:6 CL. These alterations in CL metabolism occur within days after the induction of the diabetic state and precede the triacylglycerol accumulation manifest in diabetic myocardium. Similarly, in ob/ob mice, a dramatic and progressive redistribution from 18:2 FA-containing CL molecular species to 22:6 FA-containing CL molecular species was also identified. Collectively, these results demonstrate alterations in CL hydrolysis and remodeling at the earliest stages of diabetes and are consistent with a role for alterations in CL content in precipitating mitochondrial dysfunction in diabetic cardiomyopathy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA. xianlin@wustl.edu
authors.forename: Xianlin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Jingyue
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Kui
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Zhongdan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Dana R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Abendschein
authors.forename: Richard W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Gross
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002308:Cardiolipins / Q000032:analysis*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism*; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000378:metabolism; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism*; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000032:analysis; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008817:Mice, Mutant Strains; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry
chemical_list: D002308:Cardiolipins; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D008055:Lipids