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Mild therapeutic hypothermic protection activates the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway to inhibit TRPM7 and suppress ferroptosis induced by myocardial ischemia‑reperfusion injury

  • Authors:
    • Yaqi Li
    • Yixuan Chen
    • Peng Yu
    • Deju Zhang
    • Xiaoyi Tang
    • Zicheng Zhu
    • Fan Xiao
    • Wei Deng
    • Yang Liu
    • Zhaoying Tan
    • Jing Zhang
    • Shuchun Yu
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  • Published online on: September 30, 2024     https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2024.13345
  • Article Number: 220
  • Copyright: © Li et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate the role of PI3K‑mediated ferroptosis signaling induced by mild therapeutic hypothermia (MTH), which was defined as a temperature of 34˚C, in protecting against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury (MIRI). To meet this aim, H9C2 cells underwent hypoxia‑reperfusion (H/R) and/or MTH. The MTT assay was used to assess cell viability, cytotoxicity was measured using a lactate dehydrogenase cytotoxicity assay, and Annexin V‑FITC/PI flow cytometric analysis was used to analyze early and late cell apoptosis. In addition, 84 healthy adult male Sprague‑Dawley rats were randomly divided into seven groups (n=12), and underwent I/R and various treatments. Hemodynamics were monitored, and the levels of myocardial injury marker enzymes and oxidative stress markers in myocardial tissue were measured using ELISA. The expression levels of PI3K, AKT, transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily M member 7 (TRPM7), glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) and acyl‑CoA synthetase long chain family member 4 (ACSL4) in animals and cells were measured using western blot analysis. These experiments revealed that MTH could effectively reduce myocardial infarct size, improve hemodynamic performance following MIRI and suppress myocardial apoptosis, thereby contributing to the recovery from H/R injury. Mechanistically, MTH was revealed to be able to activate the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway in cells, upregulating GPX4, and downregulating the expression levels of TRPM7 and ACSL4. Treatment with 2‑aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (an inhibitor of TRPM7) could further strengthen the myocardial protective effects of MTH, whereas treatment with erastin (promoter of ferroptosis) and wortmannin (inhibitor of PI3K) led to the effective elimination of the myocardial protective effects of MTH. Compared with in the I/R group, the PI3K/AKT activation level and the expression levels of GPX4 were both significantly increased, whereas the expression levels of TRPM7 and ACSL4 were significantly decreased in the I/R + MTH group. Taken together, the results of the present study indicated that MTH may activate the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway to inhibit TRPM7 and suppress ferroptosis induced by MIRI.
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Li Y, Chen Y, Yu P, Zhang D, Tang X, Zhu Z, Xiao F, Deng W, Liu Y, Tan Z, Tan Z, et al: Mild therapeutic hypothermic protection activates the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway to inhibit TRPM7 and suppress ferroptosis induced by myocardial ischemia‑reperfusion injury. Mol Med Rep 30: 220, 2024.
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Li, Y., Chen, Y., Yu, P., Zhang, D., Tang, X., Zhu, Z. ... Yu, S. (2024). Mild therapeutic hypothermic protection activates the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway to inhibit TRPM7 and suppress ferroptosis induced by myocardial ischemia‑reperfusion injury. Molecular Medicine Reports, 30, 220. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2024.13345
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Li, Y., Chen, Y., Yu, P., Zhang, D., Tang, X., Zhu, Z., Xiao, F., Deng, W., Liu, Y., Tan, Z., Zhang, J., Yu, S."Mild therapeutic hypothermic protection activates the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway to inhibit TRPM7 and suppress ferroptosis induced by myocardial ischemia‑reperfusion injury". Molecular Medicine Reports 30.6 (2024): 220.
Chicago
Li, Y., Chen, Y., Yu, P., Zhang, D., Tang, X., Zhu, Z., Xiao, F., Deng, W., Liu, Y., Tan, Z., Zhang, J., Yu, S."Mild therapeutic hypothermic protection activates the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway to inhibit TRPM7 and suppress ferroptosis induced by myocardial ischemia‑reperfusion injury". Molecular Medicine Reports 30, no. 6 (2024): 220. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2024.13345