TY - JOUR AU - Zhang Lu AU - Wang Yi-ning AU - Ju Jia-ming AU - Shabanova Azaliia AU - Li Yue AU - Fang Ruo-nan AU - Sun Jia-bin AU - Guo Ying-ying AU - Jin Tong-zhu AU - Liu Yan-yan AU - Li Tian-yu AU - Shan Hong-li AU - Liang Hai-hai AU - Yang Bao-feng PY - 2021 TI - Mzb1 protects against myocardial infarction injury in mice via modulating mitochondrial function and alleviating inflammation JF - Acta Pharmacologica Sinica; Vol 42, No 5 (May 2021): Acta Pharmacologica Sinica Y2 - 2021 KW - N2 - Myocardial infarction (MI) leads to the loss of cardiomyocytes, left ventricle dilation and cardiac dysfunction, eventually developing into heart failure. Mzb1 (Marginal zone B and B1 cell specific protein 1) is a B-cell-specific and endoplasmic reticulum-localized protein. Mzb1 is an inflammation-associated factor that participates a series of inflammatory processes, including chronic periodontitis and several cancers. In this study we investigated the role of Mzb1 in experimental models of MI. MI was induced in mice by ligation of the left descending anterior coronary artery, and in neonatal mouse ventricular cardiomyocytes (NMVCs) by H 2 O 2 treatment in vitro. We showed that Mzb1 expression was markedly reduced in the border zone of the infarct myocardium of MI mice and in H 2 O 2 -treated NMVCs. In H 2 O 2 -treated cardiomyocytes, knockdown of Mzb1 decreased mitochondrial membrane potential, impaired mitochondrial function and promoted apoptosis. On contrary, overexpression of Mzb1 improved mitochondrial membrane potential, ATP levels and mitochondrial oxygen consumption rate (OCR), and inhibited apoptosis. Direct injection of lentiviral vector carrying Len-Mzb1 into the myocardial tissue significantly improved cardiac function and alleviated apoptosis in MI mice. We showed that Mzb1 overexpression significantly decreased the levels of Bax/Bcl-2 and cytochrome c and improved mitochondrial function in MI mice via activating the AMPK-PGC1α pathway. In addition, we demonstrated that Mzb1 recruited the macrophages and alleviated inflammation in MI mice. We conclude that Mzb1 is a crucial regulator of cardiomyocytes after MI by improving mitochondrial function and reducing inflammatory signaling pathways, implying a promising therapeutic target in ischemic cardiomyopathy. UR - http://www.chinaphar.com/article/view/10312