MuRF2 regulates PPARγ1 activity to protect against diabetic cardiomyopathy and enhance weight gain induced by a high fat diet

He, J and Quintana, MT and Sullivan, J and Parry, T and Grevengoed, T and Schisler, JC and Hill, JA and Yates, CC and Mapanga, RF and Essop, MF and Stansfield, WE and Bain, JR and Newgard, CB and Muehlbauer, MJ and Han, Y and Clarke, BA and Willis, MS (2015) MuRF2 regulates PPARγ1 activity to protect against diabetic cardiomyopathy and enhance weight gain induced by a high fat diet. Cardiovascular Diabetology, 14 (1).

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Abstract

Background: In diabetes mellitus the morbidity and mortality of cardiovascular disease is increased and represents an important independent mechanism by which heart disease is exacerbated. The pathogenesis of diabetic cardiomyopathy involves the enhanced activation of PPAR transcription factors, including PPARaα, and to a lesser degree PPARβ and PPARγ1. How these transcription factors are regulated in the heart is largely unknown. Recent studies have described post-translational ubiquitination of PPARs as ways in which PPAR activity is inhibited in cancer. However, specific mechanisms in the heart have not previously been described. Recent studies have implicated the muscle-specific ubiquitin ligase muscle ring finger-2 (MuRF2) in inhibiting the nuclear transcription factor SRF. Initial studies of MuRF2-/- hearts revealed enhanced PPAR activity, leading to the hypothesis that MuRF2 regulates PPAR activity by post-translational ubiquitination. Methods: MuRF2-/- mice were challenged with a 26-week 60% fat diet designed to simulate obesity-mediated insulin resistance and diabetic cardiomyopathy. Mice were followed by conscious echocardiography, blood glucose, tissue triglyceride, glycogen levels, immunoblot analysis of intracellular signaling, heart and skeletal muscle morphometrics, and PPARaα, PPARβ, and PPARγ1-regulated mRNA expression. Results: MuRF2 protein levels increase ~20% during the development of diabetic cardiomyopathy induced by high fat diet. Compared to littermate wildtype hearts, MuRF2-/- hearts exhibit an exaggerated diabetic cardiomyopathy, characterized by an early onset systolic dysfunction, larger left ventricular mass, and higher heart weight. MuRF2-/- hearts had significantly increased PPARaα- and PPARγ1-regulated gene expression by RT-qPCR, consistent with MuRF2's regulation of these transcription factors in vivo. Mechanistically, MuRF2 mono-ubiquitinated PPARaα and PPARγ1 in vitro, consistent with its non-degradatory role in diabetic cardiomyopathy. However, increasing MuRF2:PPARγ1 (>5:1) beyond physiological levels drove poly-ubiquitin-mediated degradation of PPARγ1 in vitro, indicating large MuRF2 increases may lead to PPAR degradation if found in other disease states. Conclusions: Mutations in MuRF2 have been described to contribute to the severity of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The present study suggests that the lack of MuRF2, as found in these patients, can result in an exaggerated diabetic cardiomyopathy. These studies also identify MuRF2 as the first ubiquitin ligase to regulate cardiac PPARaα and PPARγ1 activities in vivo via post-translational modification without degradation.

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Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
Creators/Authors:	Creators Email Pitt Username ORCID He, J Quintana, MT Sullivan, J Parry, T Grevengoed, T Schisler, JC Hill, JA Yates, CC Mapanga, RF Essop, MF Stansfield, WE Bain, JR Newgard, CB Muehlbauer, MJ Han, Y Clarke, BA Willis, MS
Date:	5 August 2015
Date Type:	Publication
Journal or Publication Title:	Cardiovascular Diabetology
Volume:	14
Number:	1
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1186/s12933-015-0252-x
Schools and Programs:	School of Nursing > Nursing
Refereed:	Yes
Date Deposited:	17 Aug 2016 13:49
Last Modified:	30 Mar 2021 13:56
URI:	http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/29223

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