期刊
JOURNAL OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE
卷 24, 期 1, 页码 862-874出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.14796
关键词
atrial fibrillation; atrial fibrosis; epoxyeicosatrienoic acid; inflammation; Smad-7
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81300090, 81400245, 81570293, 81870245]
Growing evidence has well established the protective effects of CYP2J2/EET on the cardiovascular system. The aim of the present study was to determine whether CYP2J2/EET has a preventive effect on atrial fibrillation (AF) and to investigate the underlying mechanisms. Wild-type mice were injected with or without AAV9-CYP2J2 before abdominal aortic constriction (AAC) operation. After 8 weeks, compared with wild-type mice, AAC mice display higher AF inducibility and longer AF durations, which were remarkably attenuated with AAV9-CYP2J2. Also, AAV9-CYP2J2 reduced atrial fibrosis area and the deposit of collagen-I/III in AAC mice, accompanied by the blockade of TGF-beta/Smad-2/3 signalling pathways, as well as the recovery in Smad-7 expression. In vitro, isolated atrial fibroblasts were administrated with TGF-beta 1, EET, EEZE, GW9662, SiRNA Smad-7 and pre-MiR-21, and EET was demonstrated to restrain the differentiation of atrial fibroblasts largely dependent on Smad-7, due to the inhibition of EET on MiR-21. In addition, increased inflammatory cytokines, as well as activated NF-kappa B pathways induced by AAC surgery, were also significantly blunted by AAV9-CYP2J2 treatment. These effects of CYP2J2/EET were partially blocked by GW9662, the antagonist of PPAR-gamma. In conclusion, this study revealed that CYP2J2/EET ameliorates atrial fibrosis through modulating atrial fibroblasts activation by disinhibition of MiR-21 on Smad-7, and attenuates atrial inflammatory response by repressing NF-kappa B pathways, reducing the vulnerability to AF, and CYP2J2/EET exerts its role at least partially through PPAR-gamma activation. Our findings might provide a novel upstream therapeutic strategy for AF.
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