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. 2024 May;38(5):2496-2517.
doi: 10.1002/ptr.8177. Epub 2024 Mar 6.

Quercetin inhibits necroptosis in cardiomyocytes after ischemia-reperfusion via DNA-PKcs-SIRT5-orchestrated mitochondrial quality control

Xing Chang  1 , Qin Zhang  1 , Yu Huang  1 , Jinfeng Liu  1 , Yanli Wang  1 , Xuanke Guan  1 , Qiaomin Wu  1 , Zhiming Liu  1 , Ruxiu Liu  1
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Quercetin inhibits necroptosis in cardiomyocytes after ischemia-reperfusion via DNA-PKcs-SIRT5-orchestrated mitochondrial quality control

Xing Chang et al. Phytother Res. 2024 May.

Abstract

We investigated the mechanism by which quercetin preserves mitochondrial quality control (MQC) in cardiomyocytes subjected to ischemia-reperfusion stress. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was employed in the in vivo experiments to assess myocardial injury markers, measure the transcript levels of SIRT5/DNAPK-cs/MLKL during various time intervals of ischemia-reperfusion, and observe structural changes in cardiomyocytes using transmission electron microscopy. In in vitro investigations, adenovirus transfection was employed to establish a gene-modified model of DNA-PKcs, and primary cardiomyocytes were obtained from a mouse model with modified SIRT5 gene. Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, laser confocal microscopy, immunofluorescence localization, JC-1 fluorescence assay, Seahorse energy analysis, and various other assays were applied to corroborate the regulatory influence of quercetin on the MQC network in cardiomyocytes after ischemia-reperfusion. In vitro experiments demonstrated that ischemia-reperfusion injury caused changes in the structure of the myocardium. It was seen that quercetin had a beneficial effect on the myocardial tissue, providing protection. As the ischemia-reperfusion process continued, the levels of DNA-PKcs/SIRT5/MLKL transcripts were also found to change. In vitro investigations revealed that quercetin mitigated cardiomyocyte injury caused by mitochondrial oxidative stress through DNA-PKcs, and regulated mitophagy and mitochondrial kinetics to sustain optimal mitochondrial energy metabolism levels. Quercetin, through SIRT5 desuccinylation, modulated the stability of DNA-PKcs, and together they regulated the "mitophagy-unfolded protein response." This preserved the integrity of mitochondrial membrane and genome, mitochondrial dynamics, and mitochondrial energy metabolism. Quercetin may operate synergistically to oversee the regulation of mitophagy and the unfolded protein response through DNA-PKcs-SIRT5 interaction.

Keywords: SIRT5–DNA–PKcs; mitochondrial quality control; mitochondrial unfolded protein response; mitophagy; necroptosis; quercetin.

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