Indole-3-propionic acid, a product of intestinal flora, inhibits the HDAC6/NOX2 signalling and relieves doxorubicin-induced cardiomyocyte damage
Abstract
The heart failure-gut hypothesis indicates that damage to intestinal mucosa leads to increased microbial translocation, resulting in alterations in metabolites entering the blood circulation. This process promotes the development of heart failure. This study aimed to reveal the involvement of indole-3-propionic acid (IPA), a microbiota- derived tryptophan metabolite, in heart failure. Human cardiomyocytes AC16 was treated with doxorubicin to induce in vitro heart failure model, the influences of IPA on the cellular viability, apoptosis, inflammation and oxidative stress were evaluated. Molecular docking and western blotting were used to initially illustrate the potential relationship between IPA and HDAC6. Through HDAC6 overexpression, its mediating role in the regulatory mechanism of IPA in the above aspects was further investigated. IPA was found to reduce the apoptosis, inflammation and oxidative stress in doxorubicin-treated cells. The visualized structure displayed that IPA bound to HDAC6 and that IPA reduced HDAC6 level. Additionally, HDAC6 overexpression reversed the regulation of IPA in the above aspects, indicating the HDAC6/NOX2 signals mediated the mechanism of IPA. Together, the present study revealed that IPA reduced oxidative stress, inflammatory response and apoptosis in cardiomyocytes via inhibiting the HDAC6/NOX2 signalling. The findings suggest that gut microbiota metabolites have potential in the treatment of heart failure.
Keywords: gut microbiome metabolitesheart failuredoxorubicinIPAoxidative stress
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