LGR6 protects against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury via suppressing necroptosis

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Title: LGR6 protects against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury via suppressing necroptosis
Authors: Mengmeng Zhao, Zihui Zheng, Jianfang Liu, Yao Xu, Jishou Zhang, Shanshan Peng, Juan-Juan Qin, Jun Wan, Menglong Wang
Source: Redox Biology, Vol 78, Iss , Pp 103400- (2024)
Publisher Information: Elsevier, 2024.
Publication Year: 2024
Collection: LCC:Medicine (General)
LCC:Biology (General)
Subject Terms: LGR6, Necroptosis, ZBP1, STAT2, Myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury, Medicine (General), R5-920, Biology (General), QH301-705.5
More Details: Regulated necrosis (necroptosis) and apoptosis are important biological features of ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying myocardial necroptosis remain elusive. Leucine rich repeat containing G protein-coupled receptor 6 (LGR6) has been reported to play important roles in various cardiovascular disease. In this study, we aimed to determine whether LGR6 suppresses I/R-induced myocardial necroptosis and the underlying molecular mechanisms. We generated LGR6 knockout mice and used ligation of left anterior descending coronary artery to produce an in vivo I/R model. The effects of LGR6 and its downstream molecules were subsequently identified using RNA sequencing and CHIP assays. We observed significantly downregulated LGR6 expression in hearts post myocardial I/R and cardiomyocytes post hypoxia and reoxygenation (HR). LGR6 deficiency promoted and LGR6 overexpression inhibited necroptosis and acute myocardial injury after I/R. Mechanistically, in vivo and in vitro experiments suggest that LGR6 regulates the expression of STAT2 and ZBP1 by activating the Wnt signaling pathway, thereby inhibiting cardiomyocyte necroptosis after HR. Inhibiting STAT2 and ZBP1 effectively alleviated the aggravating effect of LGR6 deficiency on myocardial necroptosis after I/R. Furthermore, activating LGR6 with RSPO3 also effectively protected mice from acute myocardial I/R injury. Our findings reveal that RSPO3-LGR6 axis downregulates the expression of STAT2 and ZBP1 through the Wnt signaling pathway, thereby inhibiting I/R-induced myocardial injury and necroptosis. Targeting the RSPO3-LGR6 axis may be a potential therapeutic strategy to treat myocardial I/R injury.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2213-2317
Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213231724003781; https://doaj.org/toc/2213-2317
DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2024.103400
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/9b9081dbe8e4480683d45a8aac8038d5
Accession Number: edsdoj.9b9081dbe8e4480683d45a8aac8038d5
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:22132317
DOI:10.1016/j.redox.2024.103400
Published in:Redox Biology
Language:English