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High levels of glucose induce apoptosis in cardiomyocyte via epigenetic regulation of the insulin-like growth factor receptor.

Authors: Yu, XY  Geng, YJ  Liang, JL  Lin, QX  Lin, SG  Zhang, S  Li, Y 
Citation: Yu XY, etal., Exp Cell Res. 2010 Oct 15;316(17):2903-9. doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2010.07.004. Epub 2010 Jul 13.
RGD ID: 10045986
Pubmed: PMID:20633551   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.yexcr.2010.07.004   (Journal Full-text)

Diabetic hyperglycemia result in cardiovascular complications, but the mechanisms by which high levels of glucose (HG) cause diabetic cardiomyopathy are not known. We investigate whether HG-induced repression of insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF-1R) mediated by epigenetic modifications is one potential mechanism. We found that HG resulted in decreased IGF-1 receptor (IGF-1R) mRNA levels, and IGF-1R protein when compared with H9C2 rat cardiomyocyte cells incubated in normal glucose. HG also induced apoptosis of H9C2 cells. The effects of HG on reduced expression of IGF-1R and increased apoptosis were blocked by silencing p53 with small interference RNA but not by non-targeting scrambled siRNA. Moreover, HG negatively regulated IGF-1R promoter activity as determined by ChIP analysis, which was dependent on p53 since siRNA-p53 attenuated the effects of HG on IGF-1R promoter activity. HG also increased the association of p53 with histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1), and decreased the association of acetylated histone-4 with the IGF-1R promoter. Furthermore, HDAC inhibitor relieved the repression of IGF-1R following HG state. These results suggest that HG-induced repression of IGF-1R is mediated by the association of p53 with the IGF-1R promoter, and by the subsequent enhanced recruitment of chromatin-modifying proteins, such as HDAC1, to the IGF-1R promoter-p53 complex. In conclusion, our data demonstrate that HG decreases expression of IGF-1R and decreases the association of acetylated histone-4 with the IGF-1R promoter. These studies may help delineate the complex pathways regulating diabetic cardiomyopathy, and have implications for the development of novel therapeutic strategies to prevent diabetic cardiomyopathy by epigenetic regulation of IGF-1R.

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TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
cellular response to glucose stimulus  IEP 10045986 RGD 

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Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Igf1r  (insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor)


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