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World Journal of Emergency Medicine ›› 2020, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (4): 246-254.doi: 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2020.04.007

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Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 preserves mitochondrial morphology and attenuates hypoxia/reoxygenation-induced cardiomyocyte injury

Rui Zhang1,2,3,4, Meng-yang Xue1,2,3,4, Bao-shan Liu1,2,3,4, Wen-jun Wang1,2,3,4, Xin-hui Fan1,2,3,4, Bo-yuan Zheng1,2,3,4, Qiu-huan Yuan1,2,3,4, Feng Xu1,2,3,4, Jia-li Wang1,2,3,4(), Yu-guo Chen1,2,3,4()   

  1. 1 Department of Emergency Medicine and Chest Pain Center, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China
    2 Shandong Provincal Clinical Research Center for Emergency and Critical Care Medicine of Shandong Province, Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine of Shandong University, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China
    3 Key Laboratory of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine of Shandong Province, Key Laboratory of Cardiopulmonary-Cerebral Resuscitation Research of Shandong Province, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China
    4 The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese Ministry of Health and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences; the State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine; Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China
  • Received:2019-10-26 Accepted:2020-04-06 Online:2020-10-01 Published:2020-10-01
  • Contact: Jia-li Wang,Yu-guo Chen E-mail:wangjiali_2000@126.com;chen919085@sdu.edu.cn

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Disturbance of mitochondrial fission and fusion (termed mitochondrial dynamics) is one of the leading causes of ischemia/reperfusion (I/R)-induced myocardial injury. Previous studies showed that mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) conferred cardioprotective effect against myocardial I/R injury and suppressed I/R-induced excessive mitophagy in cardiomyocytes. However, whether ALDH2 participates in the regulation of mitochondrial dynamics during myocardial I/R injury remains unknown.

METHODS: In the present study, we investigated the effect of ALDH2 on mitochondrial dynamics and the underlying mechanisms using the H9c2 cells exposed to hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) as an in vitro model of myocardial I/R injury.

RESULTS: Cardiomyocyte apoptosis was significantly increased after oxygen-glucose deprivation and reoxygenation (OGD/R), and ALDH2 activation largely decreased the cardiomyocyte apoptosis. Additionally, we found that both ALDH2 activation and overexpression significantly inhibited the increased mitochondrial fission after OGD/R. Furthermore, we found that ALDH2 dominantly suppressed dynamin-related protein 1 (Drp1) phosphorylation (Ser616) and adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) phosphorylation (Thr172) but not interfered with the expression levels of mitochondrial shaping proteins.

CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrate the protective effect of ALDH2 against cardiomyocyte H/R injury with a novel mechanism on mitochondrial fission/fusion.

Key words: Myocardial hypoxia/reoxygenation injury, Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2, Mitochondrial fission/fusion, Mitochondrial dynamics, Dynamin-related protein 1