Shu Wang1, Yanan Jiang2,3, Jingling Chen1, Changliang Dai1, Dandan Liu1, Wei Pan1, Lijuan Wang2, Moyondafoluwa Blessing Fasae2, Lihua Sun2, Lanfeng Wang1, Yan Liu2,4. 1. Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China. 2. Department of Pharmacology (State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Medicine Research, Ministry of Education), College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China. 3. North China Translational Medicine Research and Cooperation Center, Institute of Medical Sciences of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin, China. 4. Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China.
Abstract
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Because the prevalence of age-related cardiac impairment increases as the human lifespan increases, it is important to combat the effects of aging. Recently, the cardiac M3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (M3-mAChR) has been demonstrated to play important roles in cardiac development and in the pathogenesis of cardiac diseases. However, the role of M3-mAChR in aging remains largely unknown. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the involvement of M3-mAChR in the progression of cardiac aging. METHODS: We established a cardiac aging model in mice through subcutaneous injection with D-galactose at a dose of 100 mg/kg/day for 6 weeks. D-galactose was also used to induce aging in primary cultured neonatal mouse cardiomyocytes. The myocardium from mice was stained with hematoxylin and eosin for histological analysis. The protein expression levels of p53 and p21 were determined using western blotting. The mRNA and protein expression levels of M3-mAChR, caspase-1, and interleukin (IL)-1β were determined using real-time PCR, immunohistochemical staining, and western blotting. RESULTS: The expression of M3-mAChR was down-regulated in the myocardium from aged mice and D-galactose-treated mice, while the expression levels of caspase-1 and its downstream molecule IL-1β were significantly increased. The M3-mAChR agonist choline reduced the increase in caspase-1 in cardiomyocytes induced by D-galactose, which was reversed by the M3-mAChR antagonist 4-DAMP. Moreover, 4-DAMP promoted D-galactose-induced cardiomyocyte aging, which was attenuated by a caspase-1 inhibitor. CONCLUSION: Activation of M3-mAChR delayed cardiac aging by inhibiting the caspase-1/IL-1β signaling pathway.
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Because the prevalence of age-related cardiac impairment increases as the human lifespan increases, it is important to combat the effects of aging. Recently, the cardiac M3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (M3-mAChR) has been demonstrated to play important roles in cardiac development and in the pathogenesis of cardiac diseases. However, the role of M3-mAChR in aging remains largely unknown. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the involvement of M3-mAChR in the progression of cardiac aging. METHODS: We established a cardiac aging model in mice through subcutaneous injection with D-galactose at a dose of 100 mg/kg/day for 6 weeks. D-galactose was also used to induce aging in primary cultured neonatal mouse cardiomyocytes. The myocardium from mice was stained with hematoxylin and eosin for histological analysis. The protein expression levels of p53 and p21 were determined using western blotting. The mRNA and protein expression levels of M3-mAChR, caspase-1, and interleukin (IL)-1β were determined using real-time PCR, immunohistochemical staining, and western blotting. RESULTS: The expression of M3-mAChR was down-regulated in the myocardium from aged mice and D-galactose-treated mice, while the expression levels of caspase-1 and its downstream molecule IL-1β were significantly increased. The M3-mAChR agonist choline reduced the increase in caspase-1 in cardiomyocytes induced by D-galactose, which was reversed by the M3-mAChR antagonist 4-DAMP. Moreover, 4-DAMP promoted D-galactose-induced cardiomyocyte aging, which was attenuated by a caspase-1 inhibitor. CONCLUSION: Activation of M3-mAChR delayed cardiac aging by inhibiting the caspase-1/IL-1β signaling pathway.
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