Critical reanalysis of the mechanisms underlying the cardiorenal benefits of SGLT2 inhibitors and reaffirmation of the nutrient deprivation signaling/autophagy …

M Packer - Circulation, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
SGLT2 (sodium-glucose cotransporter 2) inhibitors produce a distinctive pattern of benefits
on the evolution and progression of cardiomyopathy and nephropathy, which is …

The mitophagy pathway and its implications in human diseases

S Wang, H Long, L Hou, B Feng, Z Ma, Y Wu… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Mitochondria are dynamic organelles with multiple functions. They participate in necrotic cell
death and programmed apoptotic, and are crucial for cell metabolism and survival …

SGLT2 inhibitors: role in protective reprogramming of cardiac nutrient transport and metabolism

M Packer - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors reduce heart failure events by
direct action on the failing heart that is independent of changes in renal tubular function. In …

Mitophagy for cardioprotection

AS Titus, EA Sung, D Zablocki, J Sadoshima - Basic research in cardiology, 2023 - Springer
Mitochondrial function is maintained by several strictly coordinated mechanisms, collectively
termed mitochondrial quality control mechanisms, including fusion and fission, degradation …

[HTML][HTML] Autophagy and beyond: Unraveling the complexity of UNC-51-like kinase 1 (ULK1) from biological functions to therapeutic implications

L Zou, M Liao, Y Zhen, S Zhu, X Chen, J Zhang… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract UNC-51-like kinase 1 (ULK1), as a serine/threonine kinase, is an autophagic
initiator in mammals and a homologous protein of autophagy related protein (Atg) 1 in yeast …

FUNDC1-mediated mitophagy triggered by mitochondrial ROS is partially involved in 1-nitropyrene-evoked placental progesterone synthesis inhibition and …

J Li, X Dong, JY Liu, L Gao, WW Zhang… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) is a major cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality.
Previous studies showed that 1-nitropyrene (1-NP), an atmospheric pollutant, induces …

[HTML][HTML] Mitophagy as a mitochondrial quality control mechanism in myocardial ischemic stress: from bench to bedside

T Fu, Y Ma, Y Li, Y Wang, Q Wang, Y Tong - Cell Stress and Chaperones, 2023 - Elsevier
Myocardial ischemia reduces the supply of oxygen and nutrients to cardiomyocytes, leading
to an energetic crisis or cell death. Mitochondrial dysfunction is a decisive contributor to the …

Transcription factor Nkx2-3 maintains the self-renewal of hematopoietic stem cells by regulating mitophagy

M Hu, N Chen, M Chen, F Chen, Y Lu, Y Xu, L Yang… - Leukemia, 2023 - nature.com
Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) reside at the top of the hematopoietic hierarchy, exhibiting
a unique capacity to self-renew and differentiate into all blood cells throughout the lifetime …

Semaglutide ameliorates pressure overload-induced cardiac hypertrophy by improving cardiac mitophagy to suppress the activation of NLRP3 inflammasome

W He, J Wei, X Liu, Z Zhang, R Huang, Z Jiang - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Pathological cardiac hypertrophy is an important cause of heart failure (HF). Recent studies
reveal that glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP1R) agonists can improve mortality and left …

Mitochondrial dynamics and mitophagy in cardiometabolic disease

J Lin, J Duan, Q Wang, S Xu, S Zhou… - Frontiers in cardiovascular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Mitochondria play a key role in cellular metabolism. Mitochondrial dynamics (fusion and
fission) and mitophagy, are critical to mitochondrial function. Fusion allows organelles to …