PMID- 28887535 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180115 LR - 20220408 IS - 2041-1723 (Electronic) IS - 2041-1723 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 1 DP - 2017 Sep 8 TI - Metabolic stress-induced cardiomyopathy is caused by mitochondrial dysfunction due to attenuated Erk5 signaling. PG - 494 LID - 10.1038/s41467-017-00664-8 [doi] LID - 494 AB - The prevalence of cardiomyopathy from metabolic stress has increased dramatically; however, its molecular mechanisms remain elusive. Here, we show that extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase 5 (Erk5) is lost in the hearts of obese/diabetic animal models and that cardiac-specific deletion of Erk5 in mice (Erk5-CKO) leads to dampened cardiac contractility and mitochondrial abnormalities with repressed fuel oxidation and oxidative damage upon high fat diet (HFD). Erk5 regulation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma co-activator-1alpha (Pgc-1alpha) is critical for cardiac mitochondrial functions. More specifically, we show that Gp91phox activation of calpain-1 degrades Erk5 in free fatty acid (FFA)-stressed cardiomyocytes, whereas the prevention of Erk5 loss by blocking Gp91phox or calpain-1 rescues mitochondrial functions. Similarly, adeno-associated virus 9 (AAV9)-mediated restoration of Erk5 expression in Erk5-CKO hearts prevents cardiomyopathy. These findings suggest that maintaining Erk5 integrity has therapeutic potential for treating metabolic stress-induced cardiomyopathy.The mechanistic link between metabolic stress and associated cardiomyopathy is unknown. Here the authors show that high fat diet causes calpain-1-dependent degradation of ERK5 leading to mitochondrial dysfunction, suggesting the maintenance of cardiac ERK5 as a therapeutic approach for cardiomyopathy prevention and/or treatment. FAU - Liu, Wei AU - Liu W AD - Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK. wei.liu@manchester.ac.uk. FAU - Ruiz-Velasco, Andrea AU - Ruiz-Velasco A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0660-5855 AD - Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK. FAU - Wang, Shoubao AU - Wang S AD - Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK. AD - Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Nanwei Road, Xuanwu District, Beijing, 100050, China. FAU - Khan, Saba AU - Khan S AD - Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK. FAU - Zi, Min AU - Zi M AD - Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK. FAU - Jungmann, Andreas AU - Jungmann A AD - Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. FAU - Dolores Camacho-Munoz, Maria AU - Dolores Camacho-Munoz M AD - Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK. FAU - Guo, Jing AU - Guo J AD - Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK. FAU - Du, Guanhua AU - Du G AD - Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Nanwei Road, Xuanwu District, Beijing, 100050, China. FAU - Xie, Liping AU - Xie L AD - Key laboratory of Cardiovascular & Cerebrovascular Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, 101 Longmian Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211166, China. FAU - Oceandy, Delvac AU - Oceandy D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6242-6491 AD - Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK. FAU - Nicolaou, Anna AU - Nicolaou A AD - Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK. FAU - Galli, Gina AU - Galli G AD - Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK. FAU - Muller, Oliver J AU - Muller OJ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8223-2638 AD - Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. AD - Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Kiel, Schittenhelmstrasse 12, 24105, Kiel, Germany. FAU - Cartwright, Elizabeth J AU - Cartwright EJ AD - Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK. FAU - Ji, Yong AU - Ji Y AD - Key laboratory of Cardiovascular & Cerebrovascular Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, 101 Longmian Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211166, China. yong.ji@njmu.edu.cn. FAU - Wang, Xin AU - Wang X AD - Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK. xin.wang@manchester.ac.uk. LA - eng GR - FS/15/16/31477/BHF_/British Heart Foundation/United Kingdom GR - PG/12/76/29852/BHF_/British Heart Foundation/United Kingdom GR - PG/14/70/31039/BHF_/British Heart Foundation/United Kingdom GR - PG/14/71/31063/BHF_/British Heart Foundation/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20170908 PL - England TA - Nat Commun JT - Nature communications JID - 101528555 RN - 0 (Fatty Acids) RN - 0 (Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alpha) RN - 0 (Ppargc1a protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 7) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Calpain) RN - EC 3.4.22.52 (Capn1 protein, mouse) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Calpain/genetics/metabolism MH - Cardiomyopathies/*etiology/metabolism/pathology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Diet, High-Fat/adverse effects MH - Fatty Acids/pharmacology MH - Male MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Mice, Obese MH - Mitochondria, Heart/*metabolism MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 7/genetics/*metabolism MH - Myocardium/metabolism/pathology MH - Myocytes, Cardiac/drug effects/metabolism/pathology MH - Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alpha/genetics/metabolism MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Signal Transduction PMC - PMC5591279 COIS- The authors declare no competing financial interests. EDAT- 2017/09/10 06:00 MHDA- 2018/01/16 06:00 PMCR- 2017/09/08 CRDT- 2017/09/10 06:00 PHST- 2016/11/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/07/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/09/10 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/09/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/01/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/09/08 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1038/s41467-017-00664-8 [pii] AID - 664 [pii] AID - 10.1038/s41467-017-00664-8 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Nat Commun. 2017 Sep 8;8(1):494. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-00664-8.