Mst1 inhibits CMECs autophagy and participates in the development of diabetic coronary microvascular dysfunction.
Cardiovascular complications account for a substantial proportion of morbidity and mortality in diabetic patients. Abnormalities of cardiac microvascular endothelial cells (CMECs) lead to impaired cardiac microvascular vessel integrity and subsequent cardiac dysfunction, underlining the importance of coronary microvascular dysfunction. In this study, experimental diabetes models were constructed using Mst1 transgenic, Mst1 knockout and sirt1 knockout mice. Diabetic Mst1 transgenic mice exhibited impaired cardiac microvessel integrity and decreased cardiac function. Mst1 overexpression deceased CMECs autophagy as evidenced by decreased LC3 expression and enhanced protein aggregation when subjected to high glucose culture. Mst1 knockout improved cardiac microvessel integrity and enhanced cardiac functions in diabetic mice. Mst1 knockdown up-regulated autophagy as indicated by more typical autophagosomes and increased LC3 expression in CMECs subjected to high glucose cultures. Mst1 knockdown also promoted autophagic flux in the presence of bafilomycin A1. Mst1 overexpression increased CMECs apoptosis, whereas Mst1 knockout decreased CMECs apoptosis. Sirt1 knockout abolished the effects of Mst1 overexpression in cardiac microvascular injury and cardiac dysfunction. In conclusion, Mst1 knockout preserved cardiac microvessel integrity and improved cardiac functions in diabetic mice. Mst1 decreased sirt1 activity, inhibited autophagy and enhanced apoptosis in CMECs, thus participating in the pathogenesis of diabetic coronary microvascular dysfunction.
Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.|Department of Cardiology, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Jie
J
Lin
Department of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Lei
L
Zhang
Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.|Department of Cardiology, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Mingming
M
Zhang
Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.|Department of Cardiology, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Jianqiang
J
Hu
Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Tingting
T
Wang
Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Yu
Y
Duan
Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Wanrong
W
Man
Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Bin
B
Wu
Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Jiaxu
J
Feng
Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Lei
L
Sun
Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Congye
C
Li
Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Rongqing
R
Zhang
Department of Cardiology, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Haichang
H
Wang
Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.|Department of Cardiology, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Dongdong
D
Sun
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