期刊
JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH
卷 60, 期 3, 页码 313-326出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jpi.12312
关键词
circadian rhythm; heart; ischemia reperfusion; melatonin; nuclear receptor; pineal gland; RAR-related orphan receptor
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81470389, 81330006, 81270282, 81070176, 81170192, 81400261, 81500221, 81500200, 81200163]
- Key Basic Research Program of Shanghai Committee of Science and Technology [14JC1404500]
- Program for New Century Excellent University Talents from the Ministry of Education of China [NCET-12-0352]
- Shanghai Shuguang Program [12SG22]
- Shanghai Municipal Education Commission Gaofeng Clinical Medicine Grant [20152209]
- Shanghai Jiaotong University [YG2013MS420]
- Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine [15ZH1003, 14XJ10019]
Circadian rhythm disruption or decrease in levels of circadian hormones such as melatonin increases ischemic heart disease risk. The nuclear melatonin receptors RORs are pivotally involved in circadian rhythm regulation and melatonin effects mediation. However, the functional roles of RORs in the heart have never been investigated and were therefore the subject of this study on myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (MI/R) injury pathogenesis. ROR and ROR subtypes were detected in the adult mouse heart, and ROR but not ROR was downregulated after MI/R. To determine the pathological consequence of MI/R-induced reduction of ROR, we subjected ROR-deficient staggerer mice and wild-type (WT) littermates to MI/R injury, resulting in significantly increased myocardial infarct size, myocardial apoptosis and exacerbated contractile dysfunction in the former. Mechanistically, ROR deficiency promoted MI/R-induced endoplasmic reticulum stress, mitochondrial impairments, and autophagy dysfunction. Moreover, ROR deficiency augmented MI/R-induced oxidative/nitrative stress. Given the emerging evidence of ROR as an essential melatonin effects mediator, we further investigated the ROR roles in melatonin-exerted cardioprotection, in particular against MI/R injury, which was significantly attenuated in ROR-deficient mice, but negligibly affected by cardiac-specific silencing of ROR. Finally, to determine cell type-specific effects of ROR, we generated mice with cardiomyocyte-specific ROR overexpression and they were less vulnerable to MI/R injury. In summary, our study provides the first direct evidence that the nuclear melatonin receptor ROR is a novel endogenous protective receptor against MI/R injury and an important mediator of melatonin-exerted cardioprotection; melatonin-ROR axis signaling thus appears important in protection against ischemic heart injury.
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