Aerobic Exercise Mitigates High-fat Diet-induced Cardiac Dysfunction, Pyroptosis, and Inflammation by Inhibiting STING-NLRP3 Signaling Pathway

Overview

Journal Mol Cell Biochem

Publisher Springer

Specialty Biochemistry

Date 2024 Feb 22

PMID 38388792

Authors

Zujie Xu

Zheying Ma

Xiaoqin Zhao

Bing Zhang

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Abstract

Obesity has been identified as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Recent reports have highlighted the significance of stimulator of interferon genes (STING)-NOD-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3) signaling pathway mediated pyroptosis, and inflammation in cardiovascular disease. Previous studies have demonstrated that exercise training effectively prevents cardiac pyroptosis and inflammation in high-fat diet (HFD)-fed mice. However, it is currently unknown whether exercise reduces pyroptosis and inflammation in obese hearts by targeting the STING-NLRP3 signaling pathway. We investigated the impact of an 8-week aerobic exercise regimen on cardiac function, pyroptosis, inflammation, and the STING-NLRP3 signaling pathway in HFD-induced obese mice. Additionally, to explore the underlying mechanism of STING in exercise-mediated cardioprotection, we administered intraperitoneal injections of the STING agonist diABZI to the mice. Furthermore, to investigate the role of the STING-NLRP3 signaling pathway in HFD-induced cardiac dysfunction, we administered adeno-associated virus 9 (AAV9) encoding shRNA targeting STING (shRNA-STING) via tail vein injection to knockdown STING expression specifically in mouse hearts. After one week of AAV9 injection, we intraperitoneally injected nigericin as an NLRP3 agonist. We first found that aerobic exercise effectively suppressed HFD-mediated upregulation of STING and NLRP3 in the hearts. Moreover, we demonstrated that the protective effect of aerobic exercise in HFD-induced cardiac dysfunction, pyroptosis, and inflammation was impaired by stimulating the STING pathway using diABZI. Additionally, activation of the NLRP3 with nigericin abolished the ameliorative effect of STING deficiency in HFD-induced cardiac dysfunction, pyroptosis, and inflammation. Based on these findings, we concluded that 8-week aerobic exercise alleviates HFD-induced cardiac dysfunction, pyroptosis, and inflammation by targeting STING-NLRP3 signaling pathway. Inhibition of STING-NLRP3 signaling pathway may serve as a promising therapeutic strategy against obesity-induced cardiomyopathy.

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