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Glimepiride, a novel soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibitor, protects against heart failure via increasing epoxyeicosatrienoic acids

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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY
Volume 185, Issue -, Pages 13-25

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ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2023.10.009

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Heart failure; Hypertrophy; Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids; Soluble epoxide hydrolase

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This study found that the ratio of DHETs/EETs increased in the plasma of heart failure (HF) patients, and the expression of sEH was upregulated in the heart of patients and mice with HF. Cardiomyocyte-specific Ephx2-/- mice showed improved cardiac dysfunction induced by TAC. Mechanistically, AngII enhanced the expression of KLF15, which in turn upregulated sEH. Importantly, glimepiride was identified as a novel sEH inhibitor that attenuated HF by increasing EETs.
Background: Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs), which exert multiple endogenous protective effects, are hydrolyzed into less active dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acids (DHETs) by soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH). However, commercial drugs related to EETs or sEH are not yet in clinical use.Methods: Firstly, the plasma concentration of EETs and DHETs of 316 patients with heart failure (HF) were detected and quantitated by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Then, transverse aortic constriction (TAC)-induced HF was introduced in cardiomyocyte-specific Ephx2-/- mice. Moreover, Western blot, real-time PCR, luciferase reporter, ChIP assays were employed to explore the underlying mechanism. Finally, multiple sEH inhibitors were designed, synthesized, and validated in vitro and in vivo.Results: The ratios of DHETs/EETs were increased in the plasma from patients with HF. Meanwhile, the expression of sEH was upregulated in the heart of patients and mice with HF, especially in cardiomyocytes. Cardiomyocyte-specific Ephx2-/- mice ameliorated cardiac dysfunction induced by TAC. Consistently, Ephx2 knockdown protected Angiotensin II (AngII)-treated cardiomyocytes via increasing EETs in vitro. Mechanistically, AngII could enhance the expression of transcript factor Kruppel-like factor 15 (KLF15), which in turn upregulated sEH. Importantly, glimepiride was identified as a novel sEH inhibitor, which benefited from the elevated EETs during HF.Conclusions: Glimepiride attenuates HF in mice in part by increasing EETs. Clinical trial identifier: NCT03461107 (https://clinicaltrials.gov).

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