Plin5 alleviates myocardial ischaemia/reperfusion injury by reducing oxidative stress through inhibiting the lipolysis of lipid droplets

• DOI: 10.1038/srep42574
• Publication Date: 2017-02-20T10:25:57Z
• Authors: Pengfei Zheng; Zhonglin Xie; Yuan Yuan; Wen Sui; Chao Wang; Xing Gao; Yuanlin Zhao; Feng Zhang; Yu Gu; Peizhen Hu; Jing Ye; Xuyang Feng; Lijun Zhang
• Keywords: Mice, Knockout; 0301 basic medicine; Lipolysis; Myocardium; Myocardial Ischemia; Myocardial Reperfusion Injury; Lipid Droplets; Lipid Metabolism; Perilipin-5; Article; Mitochondria; 3. Good health; Mice; Oxidative Stress; Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; 03 medical and health sciences; Ventricular Dysfunction; Animals; Phosphorylation; Reactive Oxygen Species; Oxidation-Reduction; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; Signal Transduction

AbstractMyocardial ischaemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury is a complex pathophysiological process. Current research has suggested that energy metabolism disorders, of which the abnormal consumption of fatty acids is closely related, compose the main pathological basis for myocardial I/R injury. Lipid droplets (LD) are critical regulators of lipid metabolism by LD-associated proteins. Among the lipid droplet proteins, the perilipin family members regulate lipolysis and lipogenesis through different mechanisms. Plin5, an important perilipin protein, promotes LD generation and lowers fatty acid oxidation, thus protecting the myocardium from lipotoxicity. This study investigated the protective effects of Plin5 in I/R myocardium. Our results indicated that Plin5 deficiency exacerbated the myocardial infarct area, aggravated left ventricular systolic dysfunction, reduced lipid storage, and elevated free fatty acids. Plin5-deficient myocardium exhibited severely damaged mitochondria, elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS) and malondialdehyde (MDA) levels, and decreased superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity. Furthermore, the decreased phosphorylation of PI3K/Akt in Plin5-null cardiomyocytes might contribute to I/R injury aggravation. In conclusion, Plin5, a new regulator of myocardial lipid metabolism, decreases free fatty acid peroxidation by inhibiting the lipolysis of intracellular lipid droplets, thus providing cardioprotection against I/R injury and shedding new light on therapeutic solutions for I/R diseases.