Ang II Promotes Cardiac Autophagy and Hypertrophy via Orai1/STIM1

Chang-Bo Zheng, Wen-Cong Gao, Mingxu Xie, Zhichao Li, Xin Ma, Wencong Song, Dan Luo, Yongxiang Huang, Jichen Yang, Peng Zhang, Yu Huang, Weimin Yang*, Xiaoqiang Yao*

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Abstract

The pathophysiology of cardiac hypertrophy is complex and multifactorial. Both the store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) and excessive autophagy are the major causative factors for pathological cardiac hypertrophy. However, it is unclear whether these two causative factors are interdependent. In this study, we examined the functional role of SOCE and Orai1 in angiotensin II (Ang II)-induced autophagy and hypertrophy using in vitro neonatal rat cardiomyocytes (NRCMs) and in vivo mouse model, respectively. We show that YM-58483 or SKF-96365 mediated pharmacological inhibition of SOCE, or silencing of Orai1 with Orail-siRNA inhibited Ang II-induced cardiomyocyte autophagy both in vitro and in vivo. Also, the knockdown of Orai1 attenuated Ang II-induced pathological cardiac hypertrophy. Together, these data suggest that Ang II promotes excessive cardiomyocyte autophagy through SOCE/Orai1 which can be the prime contributing factors in cardiac hypertrophy.
Original languageEnglish
Article number622774
JournalFrontiers in Pharmacology
Volume12
Online published17 May 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2021
Externally publishedYes

Research Keywords

  • angiotensin II
  • autophagy
  • Cardiac hypertrophy
  • orai1
  • SOCE
  • STIM1

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