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ArticleMolecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.)2024

WSB1, as an E3 ligase, restrains myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury by activating β-catenin signaling via promoting GSK3β ubiquitination.

Lini Fang, Yang Tao, Guoying Che, Yongzi Yun, Min Ren, Yujie Liu

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Article in Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lini Fang *Department of Function, Sanya Central Hospital (Hainan Third People's Hospital), 1154# Jiefang Fourth Road, Sanya, Hainan Province, China.
Yang Tao *Department of Function, Sanya Central Hospital (Hainan Third People's Hospital), 1154# Jiefang Fourth Road, Sanya, Hainan Province, China.
Guoying CheDepartment of Ultrasound Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China.
Yongzi YunDepartment of Function, Sanya Central Hospital (Hainan Third People's Hospital), 1154# Jiefang Fourth Road, Sanya, Hainan Province, China.
Min RenUltrasound Department, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, 536# Changle Road, Shanghai, China. renmin2006@163.com.
Yujie LiuDepartment of Function, Sanya Central Hospital (Hainan Third People's Hospital), 1154# Jiefang Fourth Road, Sanya, Hainan Province, China. liuyujiezry@126.com.ORCID 0009-0008-8481-9262
Sanya Central Hospital · CNHarbin Medical University · CNShanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital · CN

Funding

High-level Talent Project of Hainan Natural Science Foundation 823RC613National Natural Science Foundation of China 82060319
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundReperfusion is the most effective strategy for myocardial infarct, but induces additional injury. WD repeat and SOCS box containing protein 1 (WSB1) plays a protective role in ischemic cells. This study aims to investigate the effects of WSB1 on myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury.

methodsThe myocardial IR was induced by left anterior descending (LAD) ligation for 45 min and subsequent reperfusion. The overexpression of WSB1 was mediated by tail vein injection of AAV9 loaded with WSB1 encoding sequence two weeks before IR surgery. H9c2 myocardial cells underwent oxygen-sugar deprivation/reperfusion (OGD/R) to mimic IR, and transfected with WSB1 overexpression or silencing plasmid to alter the expression of WSB1.

resultsWSB1 was found highly expressed in penumbra of myocardial IR rats, and the WSB1 overexpression relieved IR-induced cardio dysfunction, myocardial infarct and pathological damage, and cardiomyocyte death in penumbra. The ectopic expression of WSB1 in H9c2 myocardial cells mitigated OGD/R-caused apoptosis, and silencing of WSB1 exacerbated the apoptosis. In addition, WSB1 activated β-catenin signaling, which was deactivated under the ischemic condition. The co-immunoprecipitation results revealed that WSB1 mediated ubiquitination and degradation of glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta (GSK3β) as an E3 ligase in myocardial cells. The effects of WSB1 on myocardial cells under ischemic conditions were abolished by an inhibitor of β-catenin signaling.

conclusionWSB1 activated β-catenin pathway by promoting the ubiquitination of GSK3β, and restrained IR-induced myocardial injury. These findings might provide novel insights for clinical treatment of myocardial ischemic patients.

Indexed as

Intracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMyocardial InfarctionMyocardial Reperfusion InjuryAnimalsApoptosisbeta CateninGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3 betaHumansMyocytes, CardiacRatsUbiquitinationUbiquitin-Protein Ligasesbeta CateninGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3 betaIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsUbiquitin-Protein LigasesWSB1 protein, humanWSB-1 protein, ratGSK3βMyocardial ischemia–reperfusionUbiquitinationWSB1β-catenin

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PMID38395742
PMCPMC10893653
OpenAlexW4392094772

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