1. Baricitinib alleviates cardiac fibrosis and inflammation induced by chronic sympathetic activation.
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Li W, Liu J, Jiao R, Liu Z, Zhang T, Chai D, Meng L, Yang Z, Liu Y, Gu X, Li X, and Yang C
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- Animals, Male, Mice, Signal Transduction drug effects, STAT3 Transcription Factor metabolism, Myocardium pathology, Isoproterenol, Cells, Cultured, Anti-Inflammatory Agents therapeutic use, Anti-Inflammatory Agents pharmacology, NF-kappa B metabolism, Inflammation drug therapy, Cytokines metabolism, Humans, Sympathetic Nervous System drug effects, Fibrosis drug therapy, Azetidines pharmacology, Azetidines therapeutic use, Sulfonamides pharmacology, Sulfonamides therapeutic use, Fibroblasts drug effects, Purines pharmacology, Purines therapeutic use, Pyrazoles pharmacology, Pyrazoles therapeutic use, Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Abstract
Cardiac fibrosis is characterized by the over-proliferation, over-transdifferentiation and over-deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM) of cardiac fibroblasts (CFs). Cardiac sympathetic activation is one of the leading causes of myocardial fibrosis. Meanwhile, cardiac fibrosis is often together with cardiac inflammation, which accelerates fibrosis by mediating inflammatory cytokines secretion. Recently, the Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK/STAT3) signaling pathway has been confirmed by its vital role during the progression of cardiac fibrosis. Thus, JAK/STAT3 signaling pathway is thought to be a potential therapeutic target for cardiac fibrosis. Baricitinib (BR), a novel JAK1/2 inhibitor, has been reported excellent effects of anti-fibrosis in multiple fibrotic diseases. However, little is known about whether and how BR ameliorates cardiac fibrosis caused by chronic sympathetic activation. Isoproterenol (ISO), a β-Adrenergic receptor (β-AR) nonselective agonist, was used to modulate chronic sympathetic activation in mice. As expected, our results proved that BR ameliorated ISO-induced cardiac dysfunction. Meanwhile, BR attenuated ISO-induced cardiac fibrosis and cardiac inflammation in mice. Moreover, BR also inhibited ISO-induced cardiac fibroblasts activation and macrophages pro-inflammatory secretion. As for mechanism studies, BR reduced ISO-induced cardiac fibroblasts by JAK2/STAT3 and PI3K/Akt signaling, while reduced ISO-induced macrophages pro-inflammatory secretion by JAK1/STAT3 and NF-κB signaling. In summary, BR alleviates cardiac fibrosis and inflammation caused by chronic sympathetic activation. The underlying mechanism involves BR-mediated suppression of JAK1/2/STAT3, PI3K/Akt and NF-κB signaling., Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (Copyright © 2024 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2024
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