PMID- 24157879 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140312 LR - 20211021 IS - 2041-4889 (Electronic) VI - 4 IP - 10 DP - 2013 Oct 24 TI - Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids protect cardiac cells during starvation by modulating an autophagic response. PG - e885 LID - 10.1038/cddis.2013.418 [doi] AB - Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) are cytochrome P450 epoxygenase metabolites of arachidonic acid involved in regulating pathways promoting cellular protection. We have previously shown that EETs trigger a protective response limiting mitochondrial dysfunction and reducing cellular death. Considering it is unknown how EETs regulate cell death processes, the major focus of the current study was to investigate their role in the autophagic response of HL-1 cells and neonatal cardiomyocytes (NCMs) during starvation. We employed a dual-acting synthetic analog UA-8 (13-(3-propylureido)tridec-8-enoic acid), possessing both EET-mimetic and soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) inhibitory properties, or 14,15-EET as model EET molecules. We demonstrated that EETs significantly improved viability and recovery of starved cardiac cells, whereas they lowered cellular stress responses such as caspase-3 and proteasome activities. Furthermore, treatment with EETs resulted in preservation of mitochondrial functional activity in starved cells. The protective effects of EETs were abolished by autophagy-related gene 7 (Atg7) short hairpin RNA (shRNA) or pharmacological inhibition of autophagy. Mechanistic evidence demonstrated that sarcolemmal ATP-sensitive potassium channels (pmKATP) and enhanced activation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) played a crucial role in the EET-mediated effect. Our data suggest that the protective effects of EETs involve regulating the autophagic response, which results in a healthier pool of mitochondria in the starved cardiac cells, thereby representing a novel mechanism of promoting survival of cardiac cells. Thus, we provide new evidence highlighting a central role of the autophagic response in linking EETs with promoting cell survival during deep metabolic stress such as starvation. FAU - Samokhvalov, V AU - Samokhvalov V AD - Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. FAU - Alsaleh, N AU - Alsaleh N FAU - El-Sikhry, H E AU - El-Sikhry HE FAU - Jamieson, K L AU - Jamieson KL FAU - Chen, C B AU - Chen CB FAU - Lopaschuk, D G AU - Lopaschuk DG FAU - Carter, C AU - Carter C FAU - Light, P E AU - Light PE FAU - Manne, R AU - Manne R FAU - Falck, J R AU - Falck JR FAU - Seubert, J M AU - Seubert JM LA - eng GR - R01 GM031278/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - MOP115037/CAPMC/CIHR/Canada GR - GM31278/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20131024 PL - England TA - Cell Death Dis JT - Cell death & disease JID - 101524092 RN - 0 ((13-(3-propylureido)tridec-8-enoic acid)) RN - 0 (Amino Acids) RN - 0 (Benzamides) RN - 0 (Cardiotonic Agents) RN - 0 (Oleic Acids) RN - 0 (Potassium Channels) RN - 81276-03-1 (14,15-epoxy-5,8,11-eicosatrienoic acid) RN - 8L70Q75FXE (Adenosine Triphosphate) RN - AAU99UZB44 (HMR 1098) RN - EC 2.7.11.31 (AMP-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - FC398RK06S (8,11,14-Eicosatrienoic Acid) SB - IM MH - 8,11,14-Eicosatrienoic Acid/*analogs & derivatives/pharmacology MH - AMP-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism MH - Adenosine Triphosphate/pharmacology MH - Amino Acids/*deficiency MH - Animals MH - Animals, Newborn MH - Autophagy/*drug effects MH - Benzamides/pharmacology MH - Cardiotonic Agents/*pharmacology MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - Cytoprotection/*drug effects MH - Enzyme Activation/drug effects MH - Mitochondria, Heart/drug effects/metabolism/ultrastructure MH - Myocytes, Cardiac/*cytology/drug effects/enzymology/ultrastructure MH - Oleic Acids/*pharmacology MH - Phosphorylation/drug effects MH - Potassium Channels/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Stress, Physiological/drug effects PMC - PMC3920965 EDAT- 2013/10/26 06:00 MHDA- 2014/03/13 06:00 PMCR- 2013/10/01 CRDT- 2013/10/26 06:00 PHST- 2013/05/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/09/21 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/09/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/10/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/10/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/03/13 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - cddis2013418 [pii] AID - 10.1038/cddis.2013.418 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cell Death Dis. 2013 Oct 24;4(10):e885. doi: 10.1038/cddis.2013.418.