Empagliflozin suppressed cardiac fibrogenesis through sodium-hydrogen exchanger inhibition and modulation of the calcium homeostasis

Cheng Chih Chung, Yung Kuo Lin, Yao Chang Chen, Yu Hsun Kao, Yung Hsin Yeh, Nguyen Ngoc Trang, Yi Jen Chen

研究成果: 雜誌貢獻文章同行評審

摘要

Background: The novel sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) potentially ameliorates heart failure and reduces cardiac arrhythmia. Cardiac fibrosis plays a pivotal role in the pathophysiology of HF and atrial myopathy, but the effect of SGLT2i on fibrogenesis remains to be elucidated. This study investigated whether SGLT2i directly modulates fibroblast activities and its underlying mechanisms. Methods and results: Migration, proliferation analyses, intracellular pH assay, intracellular inositol triphosphate (IP3) assay, Ca2+ fluorescence imaging, and Western blotting were applied to human atrial fibroblasts. Empagliflozin (an SGLT2i, 1, or 5 μmol/L) reduced migration capability and collagen type I, and III production. Compared with control cells, empagliflozin (1 μmol/L)- treated atrial fibroblasts exhibited lower endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca2+ leakage, Ca2+ entry, inositol trisphosphate (IP3), lower expression of phosphorylated phospholipase C (PLC), and lower intracellular pH. In the presence of cariporide (an Na+-H+ exchanger (NHE) inhibitor, 10 μmol/L), control and empagliflozin (1 μmol/L)-treated atrial fibroblasts revealed similar intracellular pH, ER Ca2+ leakage, Ca2+ entry, phosphorylated PLC, pro-collagen type I, type III protein expression, and migration capability. Moreover, empagliflozin (10 mg/kg/day orally for 28 consecutive days) significantly increased left ventricle systolic function, ß-hydroxybutyrate and decreased atrial fibrosis, in isoproterenol (100 mg/kg, subcutaneous injection)-induced HF rats. Conclusions: By inhibiting NHE, empagliflozin decreases the expression of phosphorylated PLC and IP3 production, thereby reducing ER Ca2+ release, extracellular Ca2+ entry and the profibrotic activities of atrial fibroblasts.
原文英語
文章編號27
期刊Cardiovascular Diabetology
22
發行號1
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 12月 2023

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 內科學
  • 內分泌學、糖尿病和代謝
  • 心臟病學與心血管醫學

指紋

深入研究「Empagliflozin suppressed cardiac fibrogenesis through sodium-hydrogen exchanger inhibition and modulation of the calcium homeostasis」主題。共同形成了獨特的指紋。

引用此