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ArticleAnimal models and experimental medicine2025

Development of an efficient mice model of cancer-associated cardiac cachexia.

Shijie Xiong, Huiting Zheng, Teng Wu, Jing Tan, Tongsheng Huang, Conghui Shen, Yuanjun Ji, Mengying Liu, Junhong Wan, Weibin Cai

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10 authors.

Shijie XiongGuangdong Engineering & Technology Research Center for Disease-Model Animals, Laboratory Animal Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Huiting ZhengGuangdong Engineering & Technology Research Center for Disease-Model Animals, Laboratory Animal Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Teng WuGuangdong Engineering & Technology Research Center for Disease-Model Animals, Laboratory Animal Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Jing TanGuangdong Engineering & Technology Research Center for Disease-Model Animals, Laboratory Animal Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Tongsheng HuangGuangdong Engineering & Technology Research Center for Disease-Model Animals, Laboratory Animal Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Conghui ShenGuangdong Engineering & Technology Research Center for Disease-Model Animals, Laboratory Animal Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Yuanjun JiGuangdong Engineering & Technology Research Center for Disease-Model Animals, Laboratory Animal Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Mengying LiuGuangdong Engineering & Technology Research Center for Disease-Model Animals, Laboratory Animal Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Junhong WanGuangdong Engineering & Technology Research Center for Disease-Model Animals, Laboratory Animal Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Weibin CaiGuangdong Engineering & Technology Research Center for Disease-Model Animals, Laboratory Animal Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0934-4507

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China 2023YFF0724900National Natural Science Foundation of China 81970219National Natural Science Foundation of China 82170261National Natural Science Foundation of China 82200289National Natural Science Foundation of China 82370283
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCancer-associated cardiac cachexia (CACC) refers to cardiac injury in cancer patients in a malignant state, but preclinical animal models remain inadequately developed.

methodsThis study established CACC models in C57BL/6J and BALB/c mice using orthotopic, intra-abdominal, and hematogenous metastatic tumor induction. Multimodal cardiac assessments, including echocardiography, transmission electron microscopy for myocardial ultrastructural and mitochondrial analysis, and ex vivo cardiomyocyte contractility assays, were systematically applied.

resultsMetastatic burden triggered CACC characterized by cardiac mass reduction, epicardial fat depletion, interstitial fibrosis, and electrocardiographic abnormalities. Histopathological analysis revealed cardiomyocyte atrophy, myofibrillar disarray, mitochondrial dysfunction, and ubiquitin-mediated Myh6 degradation via MuRF-1, accompanied by compensatory Myh7 upregulation. These findings mechanistically link tumor-induced cachexia to cardiac dysfunction through contractile protein remodeling.

conclusionThis work establishes a preclinical framework for targeting ubiquitin pathways to mitigate the morbidity of cancer-related cardiopathy. Our integrated approach delineates a hierarchical progression from subcellular dysfunction to macroscopic cardiac deterioration.

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CachexiaDisease Models, AnimalHeart DiseasesNeoplasmsAnimalsMaleMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLMuscle ProteinsMyocardiumMyocytes, CardiacTripartite Motif ProteinsUbiquitin-Protein LigasesMuscle ProteinsTrim63 protein, mouseTripartite Motif ProteinsUbiquitin-Protein Ligasescachexiacardiac atrophycontractilitymyocardial myosinonco‐cardiology

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PMID40665502
PMCPMC12746187

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