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Int J Biol Sci 2022; 18(14):5276-5290. doi:10.7150/ijbs.75402 This issue Cite

Review

Mitochondrial quality control in diabetic cardiomyopathy: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic strategies

Chen Cai^1,2*, Feng Wu^1,2*, Jing He^1,2*, Yaoyuan Zhang^1,2, Nengxian Shi^1,2, Xiaojie Peng^1,2, Qing Ou^1,2, Ziying Li^1,2, Xiaoqing Jiang^1,2, Jiankai Zhong³, Ying Tan^1,2

1. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
2. Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
3. Department of Cardiology, Shunde Hospital, Southern Medical University (The First People's Hospital of Shunde), Foshan 528308, Guangdong, China.
*These authors contributed equally to this article.

✉ Corresponding author: Ying Tan, E-mail: tanying0924com.

Abstract

In diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM), a major diabetic complication, the myocardium is structurally and functionally altered without evidence of coronary artery disease, hypertension or valvular disease. Although numerous anti-diabetic drugs have been applied clinically, specific medicines to prevent DCM progression are unavailable, so the prognosis of DCM remains poor. Mitochondrial ATP production maintains the energetic requirements of cardiomyocytes, whereas mitochondrial dysfunction can induce or aggravate DCM by promoting oxidative stress, dysregulated calcium homeostasis, metabolic reprogramming, abnormal intracellular signaling and mitochondrial apoptosis in cardiomyocytes. In response to mitochondrial dysfunction, the mitochondrial quality control (MQC) system (including mitochondrial fission, fusion, and mitophagy) is activated to repair damaged mitochondria. Physiological mitochondrial fission fragments the network to isolate damaged mitochondria. Mitophagy then allows dysfunctional mitochondria to be engulfed by autophagosomes and degraded in lysosomes. However, abnormal MQC results in excessive mitochondrial fission, impaired mitochondrial fusion and delayed mitophagy, causing fragmented mitochondria to accumulate in cardiomyocytes. In this review, we summarize the molecular mechanisms of MQC and discuss how pathological MQC contributes to DCM development. We then present promising therapeutic approaches to improve MQC and prevent DCM progression.

Keywords: Diabetic cardiomyopathy, mitochondrial quality control, mitochondrial fission, mitochondrial fusion, mitophagy

Introduction

Epidemiology and predisposing factors of diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM)

From a pathophysiological viewpoint, DCM is a heart failure state primarily attributable to chronic myocardial metabolic disorder (Table 1). Clinically, myocardial damage etiology is always labeled as coronary artery disease (such as angina and myocardial infarction) in light of the irreplaceable role served by coronary arteries in managing heart blood flow [1]. However, some patients (especially middle-aged women) with no evidence of coronary artery disease detectable with imaging tools or functional tests may suffer from angina and myocardial infarction as a result of cardiac microvascular spasm or endothelial dysfunction [2]. In addition, several diseases of the heart muscle, including hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and arrhythmia-induced cardiomyopathy, clinically present with ischemia-related symptoms such as angina or ventricular wall motion abnormalities due to increased myocardial oxygen demand [3]. Consequently, the etiology of DCM in an individual patient is rarely unambiguous in practice and is frequently complicated by overlap between a classical ischemic component and discernable non-ischemic causes such as viral myocarditis, hypertension, diabetes, valvular disease, dyslipidemia, obesity, and unhealthy lifestyles [4] (Figure 1). Although research into the pathological mechanism of DCM is ongoing, we have not yet precisely defined its epidemiology and predisposing factors. Our aim, therefore, is to provide reference for the prevention of such diseases by reviewing the risk factors that can induce DCM or the pathological mechanism underlying DCM.

 Figure 1 

The contribution of altered metabolism to cardiovascular risk.

DCM affects more than 23 million people worldwide, including more than 15.5 million people in the United States [5]. Its prevalence in women (5%) is lower than in men (7.5%), and older women with DCM are more likely to have atypical ischemic heart disease symptoms such as a coronary microcirculation disorder, coronary microvascular injury, coronary artery dissection, or Takotsubo cardiomyopathy [6, 7]. In the United States, 6.6 million women are diagnosed with DCM each year, including 2.7 million patients with a history of myocardial infarction [8]. In the Framingham study, men and women with coronary heart disease were followed for up to 44 years [9].The results show that 40-year-old men have a higher lifetime risk of coronary heart disease than women. However, the incidence among women aged 65-94 is higher than among those aged 35-64; that is, that rates of morbidity and mortality due to coronary artery disease are higher among postmenopausal women [10]. Among the numerous other risk factors for DCM are obesity, hypertension, hyperglycemia, fat metabolism disorders, atherosclerosis, sedentary lifestyle, lack of exercise, smoking, and pressure [11]. These factors may interact with each other and directly or indirectly lead to the onset of DCM or affect the process of disease [12].

Age

Age is a key risk factor positively correlated with the prevalence of DCM [13]. This in large part reflects the increased incidence disorders in lipid metabolism and hyperlipidemia seen with increasing age. With declines in organ function, blood lipid metabolism is slowed, leading to hyperlipidemia and diabetes, which may be accompanied by other ailments such as hypertension [14, 15]. Such metabolic disorders can exacerbate coronary deposition of lipid plaque, which can progress to coronary atherosclerosis or microvascular damage, indirectly leading to the occurrence of DCM [16]. Although age may be related to the occurrence of DCM, it is not an inevitable factor. Men over 45 years of age and women over 55 years of age have similar increased risk of DCM. Moreover, the DCM mortality rate among women aged 35 to 44 is higher than among men of the same age [17].The reason may be that there is a lack of knowledge about DCM-inducing factors, including the roles of blood sugar, blood fat and body weight. Obesity, work stress, smoking, sedentary lifestyle, lack of exercise and metabolic syndrome are considered to be the arch criminals leading to DCM [18, 19]. Age is only one factor contributing to the pathogenesis of DCM. Indeed, DCM can even occur in some younger patients, including patients under 20 years old. In those cases, genetic factors and family genetic history play key roles. For example, in cases of early-onset cardiomyopathy, comorbidities involving abnormal blood lipid metabolism are often present.

Genetic factors

Cardiovascular disease is one of more than 3000 diseases in which genetic factors play a role [20]. Studies have shown that patients with coronary heart disease, hypertension, and other cardiovascular diseases, are more than four times more likely to die of similar diseases than the general population. If the parents of monozygotic twins suffer from cardiovascular disease, the probability of cardiovascular disease in both twins is more than six times higher than in the general population. DCM is a complex and multifactorial cardiovascular disease and it, too, is affected by genetic as well as environmental factors [21, 22].

Coronary atherosclerosis is the main cause of coronary artery stenosis and DCM. Low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol molecules contribute to the development and progression of atherosclerosis because it is the main type of lipid absorbed by cell within atherosclerotic lesion. Therefore, genetic changes affecting plasma LDL levels are an important factor in the development of DCM [23]. Familial hypercholesterolemia caused by genetic factors will be accompanied by high levels of LDL and cholesterol, which accelerates development of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease [24-26]. Nonetheless, the development of DCM still mainly depends on an individual's health behavior. Without the influence of genetic factors, a high salt diet, high-fat diet, long periods sitting and other stressful lifestyle or working environment factors will also lead to the onset of DCM [27].

Smoking

Smoking is considered to be an independent cause of DCM. It is obviously related to the onset of DCM and coronary heart disease [28, 29]. Studies have found that smokers are 70% more likely to develop DCM than non-smokers. Carbon monoxide, thromboxane, nicotine and other harmful components in cigarette smoke adversely affect the patient's vasodilator function and then cause vascular dysfunction and damage to the vascular endothelium [30, 31]. Nicotine in cigarettes can also cause thickening and abnormal contraction of blood vessel walls. In addition, increased levels of cadmium and lead in the blood of smokers can induce oxidative damage to the vascular endothelial structure, reducing the oxygen supply of myocardial cells while increasing oxygen consumption by myocardial cells, leading to myocardial hypoxia [32].

Smoking also promotes abnormal lipid metabolism, aggravating atherosclerosis. Nicotine promotes oxidation of LDL, after which the oxidized LDL bind to receptors on endothelial cell surfaces and form lipid plaques over time [33]. Vascular endothelial dysfunction caused by smoking can also promote the release of inflammatory factors and increase the secretion of prostaglandin F2α metabolites into the circulation, promoting the development of atherosclerosis [34, 35]. In patients with acute myocardial infarction, smoking can increase levels of thrombolysis and expression of inflammatory factors, which will aggravate myocardial ischemia directly related to smoking [36, 37]. Smoking cessation reduces the number of serum inflammatory markers, and the longer the patient goes without smoking, the more obvious the effect will be.

Diet

Both epidemiological and experimental results show that high intake of animal fat and cholesterol is positively correlated with the incidence of DCM [38]. High cholesterol and triglyceride caused by diets high in fat, calories, salt and sugar can contribute to the development hyperlipidemia and DCM as well as hypertension [39, 40]. A healthy diet is a primary factor contributing to DCM prevention. The benefits of the Mediterranean diet are related to the reduction various cardiovascular risk factors, including inflammation, vascular endothelial injury, insulin resistance and especially the formation of atherosclerosis and arterial stenosis [41]. Importantly, the benefits of a healthy diet are not limited to DCM, and a good diet should come first in any effort to reduce cardiovascular risk.

Mental stress

Mental stress is a major risk factor for DCM, though the mechanism by which stress contributes to the pathogenesis of coronary atherosclerosis or DCM has not yet been confirmed [42, 43]. Nonetheless, clinical studies have shown that mental stress can be the main factor underlying increases in the prevalence of DCM and the triggering factor for acute myocardial ischemia (as indicated by sudden death, myocardial infarction, ST segment depression) in patients with coronary atherosclerosis [44, 45].

In a laboratory environment, mental stress can cause myocardial ischemia in some patients. The prevalence of myocardial ischemia caused by mental stress depends on the stressor used, the patient group, and especially the diagnostic tool. In fact, ischemic attacks caused by mental stress are usually “silent,” and their severity and scope are smaller than those caused by exercise stress tests. Patients with myocardial ischemia caused by mental stress tend to have higher scores in terms of aggression, anger, and hostility. These psychological characteristics are related to higher cardiovascular responsiveness. After being under tremendous pressure, the heart rate and blood pressure will increase rapidly, and the increase is greater. The mechanism of the myocardial ischemia induced by mental stress may be an increase in myocardial oxygen demand due to the increased heart rate and blood pressure [46, 47]. It is noteworthy that psychological ailments such as depression and anxiety can lead to or affect the condition of patients with DCM [48]. Depression can directly affect the mortality rate among patients with DCM [49, 50]. Attention should therefore be paid to the evaluation and treatment of psychological factors in patients with DCM.

Obesity

Obesity is generally considered to be a risk factor for DCM, in part because a high-calorie/fat diet contributes to the progression of atherosclerosis. Epidemiological studies now tend to support this argument. However, angiographic studies have shown little or no correlation between total fat mass and coronary atherosclerosis [51]. Obesity, especially centripetal obesity, is closely related to the traditional risk factors of DCM and dyslipidemia. This may be due to the high homo-cysteinemia, high lipoprotein levels and increased thrombosis in obese people. Blood lipids are often beyond the standard range in obese individuals, and high calorie diets lead to elevations in LDL, triglycerides and blood pressure, thereby promoting the formation and/or progression of coronary atherosclerosis [52, 53]. Fat in obese people often accumulates within important organs and blood vessels, which leads to abnormal glucose and lipid metabolism, increases in blood pressure, myocardial load, and myocardial oxygen consumption while increasing body weight. Metabolic processes are greatly altered within cardiomyocytes due elevated sugar or calorie sources and low self-consumption rate. The resultant dysregulation of fat and glucose metabolism can lead to an imbalance in mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation and energy metabolism and serious myocardial injury.

In addition to increasing myocardial load and dyslipidemia, obesity has adverse effects on coronary circulation. These include coronary vasomotor dysfunction and coronary artery occlusion [54].Obesity associated with dyslipidemia easily leads to increases in coronary and microvascular resistance, which is the primary factor contributing to the pathogenesis of coronary microvascular disease. Moreover, adipose tissue with infiltrating macrophages in obese patients are a key source of pro-inflammatory mediators, which can induce microvascular inflammation and myocardial hypoperfusion and further release of pro-inflammatory mediators into the coronary circulation [55, 56]. These mediators impair coronary microcirculation and are a main cause of DCM and heart failure in obese patients. More importantly, in addition to their underlying diseases, obese people are often sedentary, eat an unhealthy diet, and engage in other bad habits. The interaction among these habits hinders the formation of coronary collateral circulation [57]. In addition, obese people often exhibit insulin resistance or type 2 diabetes as well as hyperlipidemia and hyper-fibrinogen [58, 59], all of which are predisposing factors for atherosclerosis and arterial stenosis and, ultimately, DCM.

Sedentary lifestyle

Many studies suggest that a sedentary lifestyle can increase the risk of coronary atherosclerosis or DCM [60]. The rapid development of modern science and technology has changed people's daily live and commuting, resulting in a significant decline in people's activity level. Many office workers and the elderly now have a sedentary lifestyle characterized by long periods of inactivity. This lack of activity/exercise can lead to obesity, hypertension, arrhythmia, atherosclerosis, slowed blood flow, and thrombosis [61, 62]. The coronary atherosclerosis or coronary artery stenosis that often develops as a result of this lifestyle becomes the main cause of DCM. However, interventions that reduce sedentary behavior may improve cardiovascular health and well-being.

Molecular mechanisms of mitochondrial dysfunction in DCM

Mechanisms of DCM

DCM is a special cardiac complication characterized by chronic cardiomyopathy caused by diabetes [10]. The pathological process includes oxidative stress, energy metabolism, inflammatory reaction and increased myocardial cell apoptosis in cardiac myocytes [10, 63] (Table 2). Cardiac manifestations include early diastolic dysfunction, cardiac hypertrophy, ventricular dilatation and systolic dysfunction, which eventually lead to heart failure [64]. In diabetic mice, studies have showed the evidence of impaired mitochondrial function in heart tissue, which is related to mitochondrial ultrastructural defects [65]. Insulin resistance leads to ROS overproduction in cardiomyocytes [66]. Studies have also shown that hyperglycemia can lead to the fragmentation of mitochondria in cardiomyocytes, induce mitochondrial division, and produce mitochondrial ROS [67]. Additionally, high glucose can induce mitochondrial division in cardiomyocytes due to an increase in the o-glcnacylation of Drp1 and the decrease of Drp1 in Ser637 phosphorylation. In addition, high glucose decreased the content of OPA1 and augmented its glycosylation. Increasing OPA1 protein level or decreasing OPA1 glycosylation could block hyperglycemia-related mitochondrial division. Clinical trials show that antagonizing ROS by antioxidants alone is not enough to attenuate DCM [68, 69]. A more effective strategy is to improve the overall ability of mitochondrial quality control to maintain healthy mitochondrial pools needed to support cardiac contractility.

Mechanisms of mitochondrial dysfunction

In recent years, the prevalence and mortality of cardiovascular diseases, such as atherosclerosis, hypertension, myocardial hypertrophy and diabetic cardiomyopathy, are increasing all over the world, which are the main causes of death and disability. Mitochondria are organelles with double membrane structure, which can meet the high energy requirement of heart metabolism through oxidative phosphorylation [70-72]. Mitochondria are extremely sensitive to the changes of their environment. When the external environment, such as impaired nutrition provision and decreased oxygen supply, mitochondria are able to make corresponding metabolic adaptation [73]. However, these protective mitochondrial adaptations, including mitochondrial dynamics regulation, mitophagy activation, mitochondrial biogenesis augmentation, mitochondrial bioenergetics improvement and mitochondrial anti-oxidative capacity intensification are usually impaired in many cardiovascular diseases [74], which is therefore accompanied by mitochondrial respiratory chain dysfunction, ATP synthesis disorder, oxidative stress and mitochondrial integrity loss [75, 76]. In dysfunctional mitochondria, the decoupling of electron transport chain leads to ROS production and ATP depletion, causing extensive damage to cardiomyocytes and activating cell apoptosis or necrosis [77]. At present, the relationship between mitochondrial dysfunction and cardiovascular diseases has been confirmed [78]. Among them, abnormal mitochondrial dynamics and impaired mitochondrial function have been found to be closely associated with decreased mitochondrial biosynthesis, increased mitochondria lipid oxidative damage, and excessive mitochondrial DNA breakage [79-81]; these alterations have been identified as the pathophysiological basis of a variety of cardiovascular diseases.

Mitochondrion is the power source of cells. ATP is synthesized by the metabolites of fatty acids, glucose and amino acids [82, 83]; these alterations are primarily occurred in mitochondria [84]. In addition, mitochondria play an important role in calcium homeostasis [85], hemoglobin synthesis, fatty acid oxidation, ROS production and clearance, and cell growth and apoptosis regulation [86, 87]. Therefore, the normal structure and function of mitochondria have a role in meeting the energy requirements of vital activities, maintaining the homeostasis of cellular environment and regulating cell growth.

Mitochondrial dysfunction refers to the structural and functional abnormalities of mitochondria caused by the accumulation of ROS in cells under the stimulation of various damage factors, such as ischemia and hypoxia [88]. The features of mitochondrial dysfunction include a decrease of membrane potential, a reduction in mitochondrial biosynthesis, a drop in ATP synthesis and a damage to mitochondrial respiratory chain. Besides, the well-known outcome of mitochondrial dysfunction is ROS overproduction at the mitochondrial respiratory chain, causing oxidative damage to cell and mitochondrial protein, lipid and DNA [89]. Small ROS production will further augment mitochondria damage and thus promote mitochondrial ROS production, which forms a vicious circle of mitochondrial damage. Once the ROS production exceeds the scavenging capacity of antioxidant system, cellular oxidative stress and tissue damage occur. It is necessary to point out that most of the ROS in the heart are produced by the decoupling of mitochondrial respiratory chain.

Pathophysiology of mitochondrial quality control (MQC) in DCM

Mitochondrial fusion and fission dynamics

Mitochondria are highly dynamic organelles in most mammalian cells. Through continuous fusion and division, the shape, size and quantity of mitochondria can be changed to meet the metabolic needs of cells (Figure 2) [66, 90]. In mitochondrial dynamics, the regulation of mitochondrial division and fusion is a group of dynamic-related GTP enzymes [91], including fusion of mitochondrial endocardium and mitochondrial outer membrane. Mitochondrial fusion protein Mfn1/2 promotes mitochondrial outer membrane fusion whereas OPA1 promotes fusion of inter membrane of mitochondria [92]. Mammalian Mfn1/2 is a highly similar protein (human similarity is about 80%), which is composed of 737 and 757 amino acid sequences, respectively [93]. They have homology, about 80% similar structure related sequences, and have homogeneity and heterogeneity in physical function. They will form Mfn1 homopolymer, Mfn2 homopolymer and Mfn1/2 heteropolymer. The second component regulating mitochondrial fusion is OPA1, a transmembrane protein closely related to mitochondrial inner membrane, which is expressed in a variety of variants through alternative splicing and post-translational proteolysis, resulting in short (s) and long (L) subtypes. Deletion or mutation of any of these genes will lead to embryo death and mitochondrial dysfunction. The depletion of Mfn1 and/or Mfn2 in cells leads to poor cell growth, and the decrease of cell respiration due to decreased mitochondrial membrane potential. Knockout of Mfn1 or Mfn2 is also associated with embryo death due to placental defects [94]. OPA1 deficiency was characterized by mitochondrial fragmentation, decreased cristae and oxidative phosphorylation [95]. The regulatory factors of mitochondrial division are Drp1, Mff, Fis1, Mid49 and Mid51. Drp1-dependent mitosis can be divided into four steps [96-99]: translocation of Drp1 to the outer membrane of mitochondria, subsequent high-level assembly, hydrolysis of GTP, and final disassembly. Drp1 is an 80 kDa dynein GTPase superfamily protein [100, 101]. It mainly exists in the cytoplasm in the form of dimer/tetramer, shuttling between the cytoplasm and mitochondria. The recruitment of Drp1 from the cytoplasm to the outer membrane of mitochondria is an important step in mitochondrial division. Recruitment from cytoplasm to mitochondria is mediated by several outer mitochondrial membrane proteins, including Mff, Fis1, Mid49 and Mid51 [96, 102]. Drp1 is recruited into mitochondria through a receptor anchored on the outer membrane of mitochondria [103]. Once recruited, Drp1 further assembles around the mitochondrial tubules to form an oligomeric ring, which contracts and splits mitochondria in a GTP dependent process [104]. Mff is an important factor in the recruitment of Drp1 during mitosis, and its overexpression leads to increased mitosis [105]. In contrast, other drp1 receptors, Mid49 and Mid51, seem to recruit inactive forms of drp1 because their overexpression inhibits mitochondrial division [106].

Mitochondrial fusion and fission dynamics in DCM

Mitochondrial morphological changes in cardiomyocytes were observed in ob/ob mice [107]. In these mice, mitochondria appeared as abnormally large 'mega-mitochondria' [107]. Cardiomyocytes from neonatal rats exposed prenatally to diabetes or a high-fat diet exhibited impaired mitochondrial dynamics, which resulted in shorter, wider mitochondria than those from control rats [108]. These hyperglycemia-induced changes in mitochondrial dynamics seemed to be gender-specific; in fact, the male hearts contained post-translational modifications known to impair mitochondrial dynamics [108].

Another study demonstrated that Drp1 was significantly upregulated in cardiomyocytes during the progression of DCM, whereas Mfn1 and 2 were markedly downregulated [109]. Genetic ablation of Drp1 was found to protect the heart against hyperglycemic damage by sustaining cardiomyocyte viability and function [110]. In diabetic hearts, Drp1 phosphorylation at Ser616 was induced, and this alteration was followed by cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and mitochondrial dysfunction, suggesting that post-translational modifications of mitochondrial dynamics proteins may contribute to mitochondrial dysfunction during DCM [111]. In the setting of DCM, other phosphorylated forms of Drp1 have also been detected, such as p-Drp1^Ser637 [112], p-Drp1^Ser579 [113] and p-Drp1^Ser600 [113, 114]. Moreover, increased O-GlcNAcylation of Drp1 at threonine 585 and 586 was observed in diabetic heart mitochondria, correlating with elevated mitochondrial fragmentation in cardiomyocytes [115]. Interestingly, lipid overload during diabetes was associated with Drp1 acetylation at lysine 642, which then promoted mitochondrial fission and cardiomyocyte death [116]. In contrast, transfection of a nonacetylated Drp1 mutant (K642R) prevented hyperglycemia-induced cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and dysfunction [116, 117].

 Figure 2 

The regulation of mitochondrial dynamics. Mitochondrial fusion protein Mfn1/2 promotes mitochondrial outer membrane fusion whereas OPA1 promotes fusion of inter membrane of mitochondria. The regulatory factors of mitochondrial division are Drp1, Mff, Fis1, Mid49 and Mid51. (By Figdraw (www.figdraw.com)).

Regarding mitochondrial fusion, an in vitro model of DCM (primary cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes treated with high glucose) exhibited elevated Mfn1/2 ubiquitination, a reduced mitochondrial membrane potential, increased mPTP opening and diminished ATP production [118]. Hyperglycemia also induced O-GlcNAcylation of OPA1 in neonatal cardiac myocytes, thus reducing the mitochondrial length and suppressing complex IV activity [119]. Of note, a fructose-rich diet stimulated mitochondrial fragmentation in the heart by suppressing Mfn2 and inducing Drp1 without influencing OPA1 [120], suggesting that different kinds of sugar may distinctly impact the regulators of mitochondrial dynamics in diabetic hearts.

Several upstream signals of abnormal mitochondrial dynamics have been described in the setting of DCM, including translocase of outer mitochondrial membrane 70 (Tom70) [121], cyclin C [122], sirtuin 1 (Sirt1) [123], estrogen [124], Gp78 [125], insulin [126] and norepinephrine [127]. The molecular effects of these upstream signals on mitochondrial dynamics during DCM are detailed in Table 3. In turn, the activation of mitochondrial fission in hyperglycemia-treated cardiomyocytes has multiple downstream effects, including cardiomyocyte apoptosis, oxidative stress, myocardial fibrosis [128], mitochondrial membrane potential reduction, insulin pathway deactivation, insulin resistance [129], delayed mitochondrial respiration and mitochondrial calcium overload [130]. Together, these alterations may eventually induce mitochondrial dysfunction and reduce cardiomyocyte viability, accelerating the development of DCM.

Mitophagy

Mitophagy is a process in which autophagosomes selectively target to phagocytize dysfunctional or damaged mitochondria and transfer them to lysosomes for cell recycling (Figure 3) [131, 132]. The division of mitochondria is considered by biologists to be mainly to separate the mitochondria of daughter cells with damaged membrane potential [133, 134]. The daughter mitochondria with normal membrane potential can fuse with other mitochondria [135]. The stability of mitochondrial internal environment requires a perfect balance between mitochondrial phagocytosis and mitochondrial biogenesis [136, 137]. Mitophagy recognizes target mitochondria through LC3 adaptor through the ubiquitin-dependent and -independent pathways [138]. The first step of ubiquitin-dependent mitophagy is the ubiquitination of mitochondrial substrate, which is the recognized by LC3 adapter [139, 140]. At present, the most studied mitophagy pathway in mammals is regulated by the putative kinases such as PINK1 and Parkin, which is under the control of phosphatase and tensin homolog PTEN [141]. PINK1 is a sensor of mitochondrial polarization. In healthy polarized mitochondria, PINK1 is introduced into mitochondria by transporter outer membrane complex and into mitochondria by transporter inner membrane complex. Under normal conditions, the basal PINK1 level was maintained at a low level [142]. In the process of mitochondrial depolarization, the decrease of mitochondrial membrane potential is related to the accumulation of PINK1 on the outer membrane of mitochondria, which, together with ubiquitin ligase Parkin, controls the elimination of defective mitochondria [143]. In addition, PINK1 can phosphorylate the Ser65 site of ubiquitin like (UBL) domain, activate the E3 ligase activity of Parkin and promote the recruitment of Parkin in the outer membrane of mitochondria [144, 145]. There are many Parkin substrates on the mitochondrial outer membrane, including mitochondrial fusion protein Mfn1/2, mitochondrial outer membrane translocator, mitochondrial transporter and voltage dependent anion channel VDAC [146]. By interacting with LC3 aptamer on the membrane, autophagosomes were recruited to selectively encapsulate the modified receptor mitochondria, and finally the damaged mitochondria were transferred to lysosomes for degradation. LC3 adaptor proteins include p62, NBR1, OPTN, NDP53 and TAX1BP1, but only OPTN and NDP52 are considered as their main substrates.

 Figure 3 

Mitophagy is a process in which autophagosomes selectively target to phagocytize dysfunctional or damaged mitochondria and transfer them to lysosomes for cell recycling (by Figdraw (www.figdraw.com)).

In addition to the above ubiquitin dependent pathway and LC3 binding mediated mitochondrial autophagy, there are some damaged mitochondria that can also be recognized by LC3 adapter in a ubiquitin independent manner. These LC3 receptors are located in mitochondria, which can directly bind to LC3 and transfer damaged mitochondria to lysosomes for degradation. These receptors include BNIP3, Nix, Fundc1, PHB2 [147-149].

Mitophagy in DCM

The changes in mitophagy during DCM were evaluated using the mito-Keima assay in cardiomyocytes from GFP-LC3 mice fed a high-fat diet [150]. Mitophagy was significantly induced after three weeks and further increased after two months of high-fat-diet treatment, accompanied by an increased end-diastolic pressure-volume relationship, lipid accumulation and cardiac hypertrophy [150]. Knocking out Parkin partially suppressed cardiomyocyte mitophagy, elevated lipid accumulation and worsened diastolic dysfunction in response to high-fat-diet feeding [150]. These data suggested that mitophagy is enhanced in the early stage of DCM. Although mitophagy is cardioprotective, endogenous mitophagy fails to prevent the progression of DCM. At the molecular level, mitophagy induction has been described as an adaptive response to increased fatty acid oxidation in the heart, because Parkin expression seems to correlate with the levels of acetyl CoA carboxylase 2, a regulator of long-chain fatty acid transport into mitochondria [151].

Using a novel dual-fluorescent mitophagy reporter (mt-Rosella), Kobayashi et al. traced dysfunctional mitochondria that were degraded in lysosomes, and found that chronic hyperglycemic stress impaired mitophagy in heart tissues from type-1 diabetic mice [152]. In another study, mice were fed a high-fat diet for 10 weeks, and changes in FUNDC1-dependent mitophagy were monitored in the early stage of DCM [153]. FUNDC1 expression was slightly elevated and therefore mitophagy was moderately enhanced in diabetic heart tissues [153]. However, ablation of FUNDC1 exacerbated myocardial inflammation, oxidative stress and cardiomyocyte apoptosis, suggesting that FUNDC1-dependent mitophagy is a defensive program, despite its failure to halt the progression of DCM [153].

Mitochondrial morphological changes in cardiomyocytes from diabetic mice were observed using electron microscopy [154]. Most of the cardiomyocytes contained dissociated mitochondria that lacked typical contacts, and some of the mitochondria exhibited complete destruction of the cristae, “watering” of the matrix, and remains that resembled large vacuoles [154, 155]. Expanded sarcoplasmic reticular profiles and glycogen accumulation were often recorded, and the contractile apparatus of the cardiomyocytes exhibited displaced myofibrils and tortuous Z-disks that were mismatched between adjacent myofibrils [154]. However, activation of Parkin-induced mitophagy partly reversed the ultrastructural changes in cardiomyocyte mitochondria and prevented myocardial tissue disorganization [154]. These findings confirmed that enhanced mitophagy, rather than basal mitophagy, is needed to sustain mitochondrial structure and myocardial homeostasis [156].

The protective mechanisms of increased mitophagy have been widely reported. Mitophagy was shown to attenuate mitochondria-induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis by reducing OMM hyperpermeability, cytochrome c release and oxidative stress [157]. In addition to inhibiting apoptosis, mitophagy was found to repress cardiac ferroptosis, necroptosis and lipid peroxidation [153]. Activation of Parkin-induced mitophagy maintained the mitochondrial membrane potential, normalized mitochondrial energy metabolism and balanced the redox response in the heart [158]. During the development of DCM, mitophagy enhanced cardiomyocyte mitochondrial regeneration and biogenesis [159] and normalized the cardiac mitochondrial morphology and bioenergetics [160]. By improving mitochondrial homeostasis [161], mitophagy was found to reduce lipid accumulation and increase both diastolic function (end-diastolic pressure-volume relationship) and systolic function (end-systolic pressure-volume relationship) in diabetic hearts [150]. Moreover, the activation of mitophagy reduced body weight, improved hyperglycemic control, inhibited dyslipidemia, attenuated myocardial fibrosis and suppressed the inflammatory response (as evidenced by reduced transforming growth factor β1, hydroxyproline and brain natriuretic peptide levels) in the hearts of diabetic rats [162].

Targeted pharmacological approaches to activate mitophagy may be useful clinical therapeutic strategies to retard the progression and/or improve the prognosis of DCM (Table 4). The US Food and Drug Association has approved the anti-diabetic drug empagliflozin for the treatment of HF, regardless of diabetes status [163]. Empagliflozin was reported to prevent HF by increasing the autophagic vacuole number and reducing myocardial fibrosis in diabetic hearts [164, 165]. Liraglutide, a glucagon‑like peptide‑1 receptor agonist that has been used to treat diabetes and obesity, was shown to activate Sirt1, a protein deacetylase that depends on both adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and NAD [158]. Liraglutide thereby increased mitophagy activity in diabetic hearts; however, deletion of Parkin significantly abrogated these cardioprotective effects [158].

Melatonin, a regulator of the biological clock, was reported to increase the number of typical autophagosomes engulfing mitochondria in the heart, thus preventing hyperglycemia-induced cardiac remodeling during DCM [166]; however, knocking out Parkin partly compromised these beneficial effects [160]. In the hearts of db/db mice, the gasotransmitter hydrogen sulfide facilitated Parkin translocation onto mitochondria, thereby promoting mitophagy, improving cardiac function, reducing mitochondrial fragmentation, enhancing mitochondrial respiratory chain activity and suppressing mitochondrial apoptosis [167]. Alisporivir, a non-immunosuppressive cyclosporin derivative and selective inhibitor of the mPTP, exerted cardioprotective effects by upregulating PINK1 and Parkin mRNA expression in the heart tissues of diabetic mice, thus inducing mitophagy [154].

 Figure 4 

Physiological MQC is an endogenous defense program that restores the mitochondrial integrity and homeostasis in response to mitochondrial damage; however, hyperglycemia compromises this protective mechanism. Mitochondrial fission is overactivated in diabetic hearts, while fusion is markedly inhibited, resulting in extensive mitochondrial fragmentation. Under physiological conditions, mitophagy can engulf fragmented mitochondria; however, this process is inhibited under high-glucose conditions, so dysfunctional mitochondria accumulate within cardiomyocytes. Likewise, mitochondrial biogenesis can regenerate or replicate mitochondria, but hyperglycemia suppresses this process by inhibiting AMPK/PGC-1α. When MQC is blunted, mitochondrial dysfunction cannot be rectified, so the mitochondrial quality and quantity are further diminished.

The D-β-hydroxybutyrate-(R)-1,3 butanediol monoester (ketone ester) diet was reported as a non-pharmacological approach to enhancing cardiac mitophagy [168]. The ketone ester diet enhanced the resistance of mitochondria to oxidative stress, inhibited mPTP opening and increased mitochondrial succinyl-CoA:3-oxoacid-CoA transferase expression in cardiomyocytes [168]. In addition, the ketone ester diet improved cytosolic E3 ubiquitin ligase translocation onto mitochondria and reinforced LC3-induced autophagosome formation in cardiomyocytes, leading to better cardiac systolic and diastolic function in mice with type-2 diabetes mellitus [168].

Conclusions and perspectives

The quality of mitochondria is maintained through the synthesis of new mitochondria, fusion and division, and the elimination of damaged mitochondria by mitophagy (Figure 4). With the increase of age, the changes of mitochondrion division and fusion process and the inhibition of mitophagy will lead to the decrease of mitochondrial biogenesis and the damage to mitochondrial clearance, which contributes to a series of metabolic disorders and pathophysiological diseases. In this review, we briefly discuss the roles of mitochondrial dynamics and mitophagy in regulating DCM. Meanwhile, the potential targeted therapies against mitochondrial dysfunction are also introduced in this review. However, it requires more attention to describe the detailed action afforded by MQC in DCM. Besides, new therapeutic approaches with a focus on MQC in the setting of DCM are the next clinical issue in the world.

Acknowledgements

Funding

This study is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NO. 82102262) and Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (NO. 2021A1515010977 and NO. 2020A1515110174).

Author Contributions

Chen Cai, Feng Wu and Jing He collected and analyzed the article and/or data. Yaoyuan Zhang, Nengxian Shi, and Xiaojie Peng contributed to manuscript preparation. Qing Qu, Ziying Li and Xiaoqing Jiang made the pictures and tables. Jiankai Zhong and Ying Tan contributed to manuscript writing and editing.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exists.

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Corresponding author: Ying Tan, E-mail: tanying0924com.

Received 2022-5-22
Accepted 2022-7-18
Published 2022-8-15

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