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Apolipoprotein O is mitochondrial and promotes lipotoxicity in heart
Annie Turkieh, … , Philippe Rouet, Fatima Smih
Annie Turkieh, … , Philippe Rouet, Fatima Smih
Published April 17, 2014
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2014;124(5):2277-2286. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI74668.
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Research Article Cardiology

Apolipoprotein O is mitochondrial and promotes lipotoxicity in heart

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Abstract

Diabetic cardiomyopathy is a secondary complication of diabetes with an unclear etiology. Based on a functional genomic evaluation of obesity-associated cardiac gene expression, we previously identified and cloned the gene encoding apolipoprotein O (APOO), which is overexpressed in hearts from diabetic patients. Here, we generated APOO-Tg mice, transgenic mouse lines that expresses physiological levels of human APOO in heart tissue. APOO-Tg mice fed a high-fat diet exhibited depressed ventricular function with reduced fractional shortening and ejection fraction, and myocardial sections from APOO-Tg mice revealed mitochondrial degenerative changes. In vivo fluorescent labeling and subcellular fractionation revealed that APOO localizes with mitochondria. Furthermore, APOO enhanced mitochondrial uncoupling and respiration, both of which were reduced by deletion of the N-terminus and by targeted knockdown of APOO. Consequently, fatty acid metabolism and ROS production were enhanced, leading to increased AMPK phosphorylation and Ppara and Pgc1a expression. Finally, we demonstrated that the APOO-induced cascade of events generates a mitochondrial metabolic sink whereby accumulation of lipotoxic byproducts leads to lipoapoptosis, loss of cardiac cells, and cardiomyopathy, mimicking the diabetic heart–associated metabolic phenotypes. Our data suggest that APOO represents a link between impaired mitochondrial function and cardiomyopathy onset, and targeting APOO-dependent metabolic remodeling has potential as a strategy to adjust heart metabolism and protect the myocardium from impaired contractility.

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Annie Turkieh, Céline Caubère, Manon Barutaut, Franck Desmoulin, Romain Harmancey, Michel Galinier, Matthieu Berry, Camille Dambrin, Carlo Polidori, Louis Casteilla, François Koukoui, Philippe Rouet, Fatima Smih

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Role of APOO in respiration and oxidative stress in cardiac myoblasts.

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Role of APOO in respiration and oxidative stress in cardiac myoblasts.
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(A) Basal oxygen consumption in control cells, APOO cells, APOO Δ1–40 cells, or APOO cells transfected with shAPOO (n = 5). (B) Oxygen consumption of control and APOO cells treated with 1.5 μg/ml oligomycin (Oligo), 2 μM carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenyl hydrazone (CCCP), or 1 μM antimycin (Anti) (n = 5). (C) RC index in control and APOO cells. (D) ROS, measured in the presence of increasing doses of 2′,7′ dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate (DCFDA), in control and APOO cells (n = 4). (E) Cytochrome C oxidase activity in control and APOO cells (n = 4). (F and G) Expression levels of (F) mitochondrial complex I and (G) mitochondrial complex III genes in control cells, APOO cells, APOO cells subsequently transfected with shAPOO, and APOO Δ1–40 cells. (n = 5). *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001. Data represent mean ± SEM.

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