Shengkai Zuo, Deping Kong, Chenyao Wang, Jiao Liu, Yuanyang Wang, Qiangyou Wan, Shuai Yan, Jian Zhang, Juan Tang, Qianqian Zhang, Luheng Lyu, Xin Li, Zhixin Shan, Li Qian, Yujun Shen, Ying Yu
Apoptotic death of cardiac myocytes is associated with ischemic heart disease and chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy. Chemoattractant receptor-homologous molecule expressed on T helper type 2 cells (CRTH2) is highly expressed in the heart. However, its specific role in ischemic cardiomyopathy is not fully understood. Here, we demonstrated that CRTH2 disruption markedly improved cardiac recovery in mice postmyocardial infarction and doxorubicin challenge by suppressing cardiomyocyte apoptosis. Mechanistically, CRTH2 activation specifically facilitated endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis via caspase-12-dependent pathway...
March 2018: EMBO Molecular Medicine