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LXRα improves myocardial glucose tolerance and reduces cardiac hypertrophy in a mouse model of obesity-induced type 2 diabetes.

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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS:Diabetic cardiomyopathy is a myocardial disease triggered by impaired insulin signalling, increased fatty acid uptake and diminished glucose utilisation. Liver X receptors (LXRs) are key transcriptional regulators of metabolic homeostasis. However, their effect in the diabetic heart is largely unknown. METHODS:We cloned murine Lxrα (also known as Nr1h3) behind the α-myosin heavy chain (αMhc; also known as Myh6) promoter to create transgenic (Lxrα-Tg) mice and transgene-negative littermates (wild-type [WT]). A mouse model of type 2 diabetes was induced by a high-fat diet (HFD, 60% energy from fat) over 16 weeks and compared with a low-fat diet (10% energy from fat). A mouse model of type 1 diabetes was induced via streptozotocin injection over 12 weeks. RESULTS:HFD manifested comparable increases in body weight, plasma triacylglycerol and insulin resistance per OGTT in Lxrα-Tg and WT mice. HFD significantly increased left ventricular weight by 21% in WT hearts, but only by 5% in Lxrα-Tg. To elucidate metabolic effects in the heart, microPET (positron emission tomography) imaging revealed that cardiac glucose uptake was increased by 1.4-fold in WT mice on an HFD, but further augmented by 1.7-fold in Lxrα-Tg hearts, in part through 5' adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) phosphorylation and restoration of glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4). By contrast, streptozotocin-induced ablation of insulin signalling diminished cardiac glucose uptake levels and caused cardiac dysfunction, indicating that insulin may be important in LXRα-mediated glucose uptake. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assays identified natriuretic peptides, atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), as potential direct targets of cardiac LXRα overexpression. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION:Cardiac-specific LXRα overexpression ameliorates the progression of HFD-induced left ventricular hypertrophy in association with increased glucose reliance and natriuretic peptide signalling during the early phase of diabetic cardiomyopathy. These findings implicate a potential protective role for LXR in targeting metabolic disturbances underlying diabetes.

journal_name

Diabetologia

journal_title

Diabetologia

authors

Cannon MV,Silljé HH,Sijbesma JW,Khan MA,Steffensen KR,van Gilst WH,de Boer RA

doi

10.1007/s00125-015-3827-x

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2016-03-01 00:00:00

pages

634-43

issue

eissn

0012-186X

issn

1432-0428

pii

10.1007/s00125-015-3827-x

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LXRα improves myocardial glucose tolerance and reduces cardiac hypertrophy in a mouse model of obesity-induced type 2 diabetes.