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Autophagy-mitophagy induction attenuates cardiovascular inflammation in a murine model of Kawasaki disease vasculitis
Stefanie Marek-Iannucci, … , Magali Noval Rivas, Moshe Arditi
Stefanie Marek-Iannucci, … , Magali Noval Rivas, Moshe Arditi
Published August 17, 2021
Citation Information: JCI Insight. 2021;6(18):e151981. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.151981.
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Research Article Inflammation Vascular biology

Autophagy-mitophagy induction attenuates cardiovascular inflammation in a murine model of Kawasaki disease vasculitis

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Abstract

Kawasaki disease (KD) is the leading cause of acquired heart disease among children. Murine and human data suggest that the NLRP3–IL-1β pathway is the main driver of KD pathophysiology. NLRP3 can be activated during defective autophagy/mitophagy. We used the Lactobacillus casei cell wall extract (LCWE) murine model of KD vasculitis to examine the role of autophagy/mitophagy on cardiovascular lesion development. LCWE-injected mice had impaired autophagy/mitophagy and increased levels of ROS in cardiovascular lesions, together with increased systemic 8-OHdG release. Enhanced autophagic flux significantly reduced cardiovascular lesions in LCWE-injected mice, whereas autophagy blockade increased inflammation. Vascular smooth muscle cell–specific deletion of Atg16l1 and global Parkin–/– significantly increased disease formation, supporting the importance of autophagy/mitophagy in this model. Ogg1–/– mice had significantly increased lesions with increased NLRP3 activity, whereas treatment with MitoQ reduced vascular tissue inflammation, ROS production, and systemic 8-OHdG release. Treatment with MN58b or Metformin (increasing AMPK and reducing ROS) resulted in decreased cardiovascular lesions. Our results demonstrate that impaired autophagy/mitophagy and ROS-dependent damage exacerbate the development of murine KD vasculitis. This pathway can be efficiently targeted to reduce disease severity. These findings enhance our understanding of KD pathogenesis and identify potentially novel therapeutic avenues for KD treatment.

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Stefanie Marek-Iannucci, Asli B. Ozdemir, Debbie Moreira, Angela C. Gomez, Malcolm Lane, Rebecca A. Porritt, Youngho Lee, Kenichi Shimada, Masanori Abe, Aleksandr Stotland, David Zemmour, Sarah Parker, Elsa Sanchez-Lopez, Jennifer Van Eyk, Roberta A. Gottlieb, Michael C. Fishbein, Michael Karin, Timothy R. Crother, Magali Noval Rivas, Moshe Arditi

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