PMID- 37269467 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230818 LR - 20231213 IS - 1097-4652 (Electronic) IS - 0021-9541 (Linking) VI - 238 IP - 8 DP - 2023 Aug TI - MitoNEET prevents iron overload-induced insulin resistance in H9c2 cells through regulation of mitochondrial iron. PG - 1867-1875 LID - 10.1002/jcp.31044 [doi] AB - Iron overload (IO) induces insulin resistance in H9c2 cardiomyoblast cells. Here, we used H9c2 cells overexpressing MitoNEET to examine the potential for protection against iron accumulation in the mitochondria and subsequent insulin resistance. In control H9c2 cells, IO was observed to increase mitochondrial iron content, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, mitochondrial fission, and reduced insulin-stimulated Akt and ERK1/2 phosphorylation. IO did not significantly affect mitophagy, or mitochondrial content, however, an increase in peroxisome-proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1 alpha (PGC1alpha) protein expression, a key regulator of mitochondrial biogenesis, was observed. MitoNEET overexpression was able to attenuate the effects of IO on mitochondrial iron content, reactive oxygen species, mitochondrial fission, and insulin signaling. MitoNEET overexpression also upregulated levels of PGC1alpha protein. The mitochondria-targeted antioxidant, Skq1, prevented IO-induced ROS production and insulin resistance in control cells, indicating mitochondrial ROS plays a causal role in the onset of insulin resistance. The selective mitochondrial fission inhibitor, Mdivi-1, prevented IO-induced mitochondrial fission, however, it did not alleviate IO-induced insulin resistance. Collectively, IO causes insulin resistance in H9c2 cardiomyoblasts and this can be averted by reduction of mitochondrial iron accumulation and ROS production by overexpression of the MitoNEET protein. CI - (c) 2023 The Authors. Journal of Cellular Physiology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. FAU - Tam, Eddie AU - Tam E AD - Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. FAU - Sung, Hye K AU - Sung HK AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4674-3796 AD - Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. FAU - Sweeney, Gary AU - Sweeney G AD - Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. LA - eng GR - CIHR/Canada PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20230603 PL - United States TA - J Cell Physiol JT - Journal of cellular physiology JID - 0050222 RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - E1UOL152H7 (Iron) RN - 0 (3-(2,4-dichloro-5-methoxyphenyl)-2-sulfanyl-4(3H)-quinazolinone) RN - 0 (Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alpha) RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - 0 (mitochondrial protein 17 kDa, rat) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Insulin/metabolism MH - *Insulin Resistance MH - Iron/metabolism MH - *Iron Overload/metabolism MH - Mitochondria/metabolism MH - Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alpha/genetics/metabolism MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - MitoNEET OT - Mitochondria OT - insulin resistance OT - iron overload OT - reactive oxygen species EDAT- 2023/06/03 21:08 MHDA- 2023/08/17 06:43 CRDT- 2023/06/03 15:00 PHST- 2023/04/22 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/02/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/05/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/08/17 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/06/03 21:08 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/06/03 15:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/jcp.31044 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Cell Physiol. 2023 Aug;238(8):1867-1875. doi: 10.1002/jcp.31044. Epub 2023 Jun 3.