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O-GlcNAc-modified SNAP29 inhibits autophagy-mediated degradation via the disturbed SNAP29-STX17-VAMP8 complex and exacerbates myocardial injury in type I diabetic rats

  • Authors:
    • Lin Huang
    • Ping Yuan
    • Peng Yu
    • Qiling Kong
    • Zixuan Xu
    • Xia Yan
    • Yang Shen
    • Juesheng Yang
    • Rong Wan
    • Kui Hong
    • Yanhua Tang
    • Jinzhu Hu
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  • Published online on: September 7, 2018     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2018.3866
  • Pages: 3278-3290
  • Copyright: © Huang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

The O‑linked β‑N‑acetylglucosamine (O‑GlcNAc) modification and autophagy are associated with diabetic myocardial injury, however, the molecular mechanisms between the two processes remain to be fully elucidated. The purpose of the present study was to elucidate the molecular regulation of autophagy by O‑GlcNAc‑modified synaptosomal‑associated protein 29 (SNAP29) in diabetic myocardial injury. A rat model of type I diabetes was established via intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (STZ; 55 mg/kg). Significant increases in the O‑GlcNAc modification and accumulation of the autophagy markers microtubule‑associated protein 1 light chain 3α II/I and P62, which suggest that autophagic flux is inhibited, were observed in rats 8 weeks following STZ induction. Subsequently, the selective O‑GlcNAcase inhibitor, thiamet G, increased the level of O‑GlcNAc modification, which further disrupted autophagic flux; deteriorated cardiac diastolic function, as indicated by an increased left ventricular filling peak velocity/atrial contraction flow peak velocity ratio shown by echocardiography; and exacerbated myocardial abnormalities, as characterized by cardiomyocyte disorganization and fat and interstitial fibrosis accumulation. By contrast, 6‑diazo‑5‑oxo‑L‑norleucine, an inhibitor of glucosamine fructose‑6‑phosphate aminotransferase isomerizing 1, acted as an O‑GlcNAc antagonist and reduced the level of O‑GlcNAc modification, which maintained autophagic flux and improved cardiac diastolic function. In vitro, high glucose (25 mM) was used to stimulate primary neonatal rat cardiomyocytes (NRCMs). Consistent with the myocardium of diabetic rats, it was also shown in the NRCMs that O‑GlcNAc modification of SNAP29 negatively regulated autophagic flux. The application of the short hairpin RNA interference lysosome‑associated membrane protein (LAMP2) and the autophagy inhibitor 3‑methyladenine demonstrated that high glucose inhibited autophagy‑mediated degradation rather than affected the initial stage of autophagy. Finally, co‑immunoprecipitation was used to determine the role of the O‑GlcNAc‑modified substrate protein SNAP29, which acted as an SNAP29‑syntaxin‑17 (STX17)‑vesicle‑associated membrane protein 8 (VAMP8) complex during disease progression. The present study is the first, to the best of our knowledge, to demonstrate that SNAP29 is an O‑GlcNAc substrate and that an increase in O‑GlcNAc‑modified SNAP29 inhibits SNAP29‑STX17‑VAMP8 complex formation, thereby inhibiting the degradation of autophagy and exacerbating myocardial injury in type I diabetic rats.

Introduction

The cardiovascular complications of diabetes mellitus (DM), including heart failure and arrhythmia, lead to high rates of disability and mortality (13). The molecular mechanism of myocardial injury in DM is complicated, and further investigation of this pathogenic mechanism is beneficial to further improving the prognosis of DM.

The posttranslational modification of O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) regulates proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, autophagy and other physiological and pathological processes in a variety of cells, including cardiomyocytes (49). Two genes encode the enzymes for O-GlcNAcylation; O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) catalyzes the addition of UDP-GlcNAc to target proteins, whereas O-GlcNAcase (OGA) removes the GlcNAc moiety from proteins (10). Accordingly, the selective O-GlcNAcase inhibitor, thiamet G (TG), effectively increases the level of O-GlcNAc modification. The concerted actions of the two enzymes allow the O-GlcNAc modification to be a dynamic post-translational modification; 6-diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine (Don) is an inhibitor of glucosamine fructose-6-phosphate aminotransferase isomerizing 1, which is an enzyme that controls the flux of glucose into the hexosamine pathway and catalyzes the formation of glucosamine 6-phosphate. In 2013, a study published in the Journal Nature (11) first applied Don as a specific O-GlcNAc antagonist, which showed that 5 µM of Don effectively inhibited the level of O-GlcNAc in vitro. Several studies have subsequently used Don as an inhibitor of O-GlcNAc. Based on these previous publications (12,13), Don was selected as a selective O-GlcNAc inhibitor in the present study to clarify the role of O-GlcNAc modified SNAP29 in cardiomyopathy in type I diabetic rats. Previous studies (11,14) have found that the acute inhibition of O-GlcNAc inhibits premature ventricular complexes activated by diabetic hyperglycemia through O-GlcNAc- and Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II-dependent pathways. Additionally, the dysregulation of O-GlcNAcylation is likely to be important in the rat cardiac mitochondrial dysfunction associated with diabetes, which was reported by Banerjee et al (15). Reportedly (16), an excessive level of O-GlcNAc modification in a DM animal model led to the worsening of cardiac function, whereas a reduction in O-GlcNAc levels improved cardiac function. However, the mechanism between the O-GlcNAc modification and the deterioration of cardiac function remains to be fully elucidated.

Autophagy is a dynamic process, which is regulated by multiple genes and molecular signals. The process of autophagosome formation, transport of the autophagic substrate to lysosomes, and autophagosomal degradation in lysosomes is termed autophagic flux. Autophagy is an important metabolic pathway for maintaining eukaryotic cell homeostasis in response to starvation, inflammation, and hypoxia/reoxygenation injury. Autolysosomes mainly eliminate aging organelles and misfolded proteins to provide energy for cells. In the normal myocardium, autophagy is maintained at a low level (17). However, energy metabolism of the myocardium is disturbed in DM, and autophagy can be overactivated or inhibited (18), although how autophagic flux causes myocardial injury in DM remains to be elucidated. Specifically, no reports have determined whether myocardial injury is influenced by interactions between the O-GlcNAc modification and autophagic flux in type I DM.

Synaptosomal-associated protein 29 (SNAP29) is mainly involved in the localization and fusion of organelle membranes in the cytoplasm (19). Several studies (2022) have reported that SNAP29 is involved in mediating membrane fusion between autophagosomes and lysosomes, and forms a complex with syntaxin-17 (STX17) and vesicle-associated membrane protein 8 (VAMP8) to participate in the autophagy process. A previous study (23) showed that SNAP29 is modified as a protein substrate by O-GlcNAc in Nematodes. However, whether the O-GlcNAc modification of SNAP29 regulates autophagic flux in a mammalian disease model remains to be elucidated.

Materials and methods

Reagents

The primary antibody mouse anti-O-GlcNAc (RL2; cat. no. RB229146; 1:1,000) was purchased from Life Company (New York, USA). The anti-OGT (cat. no. ab177941; 1:1,000), anti-LAMP2 (cat. no. ab125068 1:1,000), anti-SNAP29 (cat. no. ab181151; 1:1,000), anti-VAMP8 (cat. no. ab76021; 1:1,000), anti-STX17 (cat. no. ab116113; 1:1,000) and anti-OGA (cat. no. ab105217; 1:1,000) antibodies were obtained from Abcam (Cambridge, USA). The anti-Beclin1 (cat. no. D40C5; 1:1,000) antibody was obtained from Cell Signaling Technology, Inc. (Danvers, MA, USA). The anti-P62 (cat. no. 18420-1-AP; 1:1,000) and anti-Tubulin (cat. no. 66240-1-Ig; 1:1,000) antibodies were obtained from ProteinTech Group, Inc. (Chicago, IL, USA). Protein A/G beads were obtained from Abmart, Inc. (Shanghai, China). Anti-LC3B antibody (cat. no. L7543; 1:1,000), STZ (cat. no. SD130), TG (cat. no. SML0244), and Don (cat. no. D2141) were purchased from Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany). The RNAi-LAMP2 sequences were purchased from Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc. (Dallas, TX, USA). The three sequence pairs of RNAi-LAMP2 were as follows: Sequence 1 forward, 5′-GAA GUU CUU AUA UGU GCA ATT-3′ and reverse, 5′-UUG CAC AUA UAA GAA CUU CTT-3′; sequence 2 forward, 5′-GGC AGG AGU ACU UAU UCU ATT-3′ and reverse, 5′-UAG AAU AAG UAC UCC UGC CTT-3′; sequence 3 forward, 5′-CUG CAA UCU GAU UGA UUA UU-3′ and reverse, 5′-TAA ACA CTG CTT GAC CAC C-3′. The most effective sequence was selected according to the interference efficiency detected using western blot analysis.

Animal experiments

All animal experiments were approved by the Animal Ethics and Experimentation Committee of Nanchang University (Nanchang, China) and were performed in accordance with the ʻGuide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animalsʼ (revised 1996). The experimental protocol was approved by the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University. All experimental animals were purchased from Hunan Slack Jingda Experimental Animal Co., Ltd. (Hunan, China). A total of 50 adult male Sprague Dawley (SD) rats were purchased at 8-weeks old (weight range, 180–200 g), and kept in a specific pathogen-free conditions at room temperature 20–24°C and humidity 50–60%. The experiment began after 1 week of acclimation. Rats were provided with adequate food and drinking water and maintained on a 12/12-h light-dark cycle to mimic the normal biorhythm of the rats.

Animal model establishment and treatment

All rats were intraperitoneally (i.p) injected with streptozotocin (STZ) at a dose of 55 mg/kg (24). Glucose concentrations were monitored using a commercial blood glucose-monitoring kit (Accusoft; Roche Diagnostics, Laval, QC, Canada) using blood samples obtained from the tail vein of nonfasting animals prior to and following the STZ injection, and immediately prior to the start of the experiment. Animals with tail vein blood glucose levels >16.7 mmol/l were considered to have DM (11,25). Control animals (vehicle) received the same volume of sodium citrate (pH 4.4, i.p.).

The rats were randomly divided into five groups (n≥6 in each group). The Vehicle group comprised the solvent control group injected with sodium citrate (pH 4.4; i.p). The STZ group, as the diabetic group, comprised rats injected with STZ i.p. at a dose of 55 mg/kg. At 4 weeks post-STZ injection, rats were randomly divided into three groups: The STZ+Don group comprised STZ rats injected with the O-glycosylation inhibitor, Don (Sigma-Aldrich; Merck KGaA) at a dose of 5 mg/kg, i.p. The STZ+TG group comprised STZ rats injected with O-glycosylation agonist TG (Sigma-Aldrich; Merck KGaA) at a dose of 25 mg/kg, i.p. The STZ+NaCl group comprised STZ rats injected with 0.9% NaCl, i.p. Don, TG, and NaCl injected on a 2-day interval. All the rats were sacrificed as outlined in the experimental protocols.

Doppler echocardiography

Transthoracic echocardiography was performed prior to sacrifice at the indicated time points, as previously described (26,27). Briefly, the rats were anesthetized with 2.0% isoflurane via inhalation. The chest was shaved, and the rats were placed in a supine position. Echocardiographic images were obtained by placing the transducer against the chest. M-mode echocardiograms of the left ventricle (LV) were recorded at the level of the papillary muscle using a commercially available echocardiographic system, Vevo2100, equipped with a 17-MHz transducer (Visualsonics, Toronto, ON, Canada). The passive LV filling peak velocity (E, mm/sec) and atrial contraction flow peak velocity (A, mm/sec) were acquired from the mitral valve Doppler flow images in the apical four-chamber view.

Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining and Masson staining

All the cardiac tissues were fixed with 10% buffered formalin, and a region of the ventricle was fixed with 2.5% glutaraldehyde for analysis by TEM. The TEM, H&E staining and Masson staining were performed by Google Biological Technology (Wuhan, China). The quantitative results were analyzed with Image Pro Plus 6.0 software (Media Cybernetics, Inc., Rockville, MD, USA).

Cell culture and reagents
Isolation and treatment of neonatal rat cardiac myocytes (NRCMs)

The NRCMs were derived from newborn rats within 3 days according to a conventional protocol described previously (28,29). Newborn SD rats were purchased from Hunan Slack Jingda Experimental Animal Co., Ltd. The mice were kept with their mothers for 3 days after birth, and after 1 day of stabilization in specific pathogen-free conditions at room temperature 20–24°C and humidity 50–60%, they were subjected to cardiomyocyte isolation. The cells were cultured in DMEM supplemented with 15% fetal bovine serum (FBS) (both from Gibco; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., Waltham, MA, USA) and 1% penicillin-streptomycin at 37°C with 5% carbon dioxide (CO2). The NRCMs were exposed to DMEM containing 25 mM glucose to mimic hyperglycemia injury, and the normal-glucose group was exposed to DMEM containing 5 mM glucose.

The NRCMs were treated with drugs and randomly divided into eight groups: Normal glucose (Vehicle group), normal glucose+Don (Don group), normal glucose+TG (Sigma-Aldrich; Merck KGaA), normal glucose+3-methyladenine (3-MA group), high glucose (Glu group), high glucose+Don (Don+Glu group), high glucose+TG (TG+Glu group) and high glucose+3-MA (3-MA+Glu). In the present study, the dose and time schedule of drug application were as follows: In vitro, NRCMs were treated with DMEM containing 25 mM glucose for 24 h to mimic hyperglycemic injury, Don (40 µM) for 24 h, TG (5 µM) for 24 h, or 3-MA (5 mM) for 24 h.

Plasmid and adenovirus transfection

All cells were seeded in 6-well plates 1 day prior to transfection at a density of 1×105 cells/well. The cells were infected with either the OGT knockdown adenovirus (sh-OGT), OGT-overexpression adenovirus (ad-OGT) or OGA-overexpression adenovirus (ad-OGA) at an MOI of 50, and re-incubated with DMEM supplemented with 10% FBS 6 h following transfection. After 48 h, the transfection efficiency was detected via fluorescence microscopy and western blot analysis.

Small interfering (si)RNA oligonucleotides specific for LAMP2A were synthesized by Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc. All-star negative siRNA was used as a negative control. The siRNA sequences targeting the indicated proteins were as follows: si-LAMP2, forward 5′-CUG CAA UCU GAU UGA UUA UU-3′ and reverse 5′-TAA ACA CTG CTT GAC CAC C-3′. The NRCMs were seeded in 6-well plates (1×105 cells/well). After 24 h, the cells were transfected with 50 pmol of siRNA/well using Lipofectamine 3,000 (cat. no. 1781682, Invitrogen; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) according to the manufacturer’s protocol.

Western blot analysis and coimmunoprecipitation (co-IP)

Proteins were extracted with a mixed lysis buffer containing a proteasome inhibitor (cat. no. RL2274422, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) and phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride (cat. no. ST506; Beyotime Institute of Biotechnology, Shanghai, China). Western blot analysis was performed as previously described (29). Briefly, following protein extraction, the protein concentration was detected using a bicinchoninic acid assay. A total of 100 µg protein/lane lysates were separated by 5-12% SDS-PAGE and subsequently transferred onto polyvinylidene difluoride membranes. Following blocking with Blocking reagent (cat.no. P0023B; Beyotime Institute of Biotechnology) at room temperature for 1 h, the membranes were incubated overnight at 4°C with the aforementioned primary antibodies and the corresponding goat anti-mouse (1:5,000; cat. no. SA00001-1; ProteinTech Group, Inc.) or goat anti-rabbit (1:5,000; cat. no. SA00001-15; ProteinTech Group, Inc.) horseradish peroxidase-conjugated IgG (H+L) secondary antibodies at room temperature for 1 h. The protein bands were visualized using ECL western blotting reagent (cat. no. 32209; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.). The band intensities were quantified using Image Lab 4.0.1 software (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA, USA). The NRCMs, treated as mentioned above, were harvested, and co-IP was performed as previously described (29). Briefly, 400 µg of total cell lysate was incubated with 4 µg of primary antibody for the co-IP. The remaining cell lysates were incubated with rabbit IgG at 4°C overnight as a negative control. Following incubation of the cells with the primary antibodies, the lysates were mixed with protein A/G beads overnight. The co-IP samples were separated by SDS-PAGE and analyzed using western blot analysis as aforementioned.

Statistical analysis

The results are expressed as the mean ± standard error of the mean of at least three independent experiments, and the differences between two groups were analyzed using Student’s t-test. When more than two groups were compared, one-way analysis of variance followed by Tukey’s post hoc test was used. Statistical analyses were performed using Graph Pad Prism 5 (GraphPad Software, Inc., La Jolla, CA, USA). P<0.05 was considered to indicate a statistically significant difference.

Results

Myocardial injury is accompanied by an increase in O-GlcNAc modification and inhibited autophagic flux in rats at 8 weeks following STZ induction

Compared with the vehicle group, the STZ-induced rats manifested as hyper-glycemic (30.49±0.6211, vs. 5.881±0.2036 mmol/l, P<0.01), a loss of body weight, and an increased heart/body weight ratio beginning at 4 weeks post-STZ administration (data not shown). Diabetic myocardial injury is mainly manifested as early diastolic dysfunction characterized by an abnormal E/A ratio. The echocardiographic results showed that the E/A ratio decreased significantly in rats at 8 weeks post-STZ induction compared with the vehicle rats (1.30±0.04, vs. 1.68±0.05, P<0.01; Fig. 1A); no significant difference in cardiac systolic function was observed, however, the cardiac structure was expanded (LVEF%: 81.47±2.92, vs. 72.92±4.45, n≥6, P>0.05). Compared with the vehicle group, the STZ group had higher levels of cardiomyocyte disorganization and fat accumulation as detected by H&E staining. Additionally, the diabetic rats showed increased myocardial fibrosis on Masson staining (Fig. 1B and C).

Additionally, the results of the western blot analysis showed a significant increase in the O-GlcNAc modification and the expression of OGT, and a reduction in the expression of OGA in the myocardium of rats at 8 weeks post-STZ induction compared with the vehicle rats (Fig. 1D; P<0.05). The expression levels of the autophagy markers Beclin1 (30) and LC3II/I were increased significantly in the STZ group. The expression levels of SQSTM1/P62 and lysosome-associated membrane protein LAMP2 (31) were also significantly increased. These results indicated that the autophagy-mediated degradation process and autophagic flux were inhibited in rats at 8 weeks post-STZ induction (Fig. 1E; P<0.05). As the gold standard for the identification of autophagy, TEM showed a marked increase in autophagosomes with a double-membrane structure in the STZ group (Fig. 1F). These results suggested that the significant increase in myocardial O-GlcNAc modification was simultaneously accompanied by autophagic flux inhibition in the DM rat hearts.

Increased O-GlcNAc modification in vivo aggravates myocardial injury and inhibits autophagic flux in type I DM rats

To further clarify the effect of O-GlcNAc modification on myocardial injury in type I DM rats, the selective O-GlcNAcase inhibitor TG and the glutamine antagonist Don were used to investigate the effects of O-GlcNAc modification on cardiac function and myocardial structure in type I DM rats. The preliminary results (data not shown) demonstrated that, at 4 weeks post-STZ induction, no significant difference was observed in the level of O-GlcNAc modification, myocardial structure or the levels of autophagy, compared with those in the vehicle rats, however, the E/A ratio was marginally decreased (P<0.05). Therefore, drug intervention in the STZ-induced rats was started at 4 weeks. The results showed that TG significantly enhanced the heart/body weight ratio of the rats at 8 weeks post-STZ induction. By contrast, Don significantly mitigated the above phenotype in type I DM rats. The E/A ratio in the STZ+TG group was significantly higher than that in the Vehicle group (2.28±0.14, vs. 1.67±0.067, P<0.05) and the STZ+NaCl group (2.28±0.14, vs. 1.29±0.081, P<0.01), which suggested that the LV pressure was increased and the diastolic function was deteriorated further. In addition, the E/A ratio was increased in the STZ+Don group compared to that in the STZ+NaCl group (1.62±0.13, vs. 1.29±0.081, P<0.05), which suggested that the cardiac diastolic function was improved in the DM rats following treatment with the O-GlcNAc inhibitor (Fig. 2A). No significant difference in cardiac systolic function was observed among the STZ-induced groups. Additionally, the agonist TG aggravated myocardial disorganization and fat deposition, as detected by H&E staining, and intercellular fibrosis, as assessed by Masson staining, in the heart tissues of STZ rats. Furthermore, Don significantly rescued the abnormal myocardial structure in type I DM rats (Fig. 2B and C). The above results suggested that the increased level of O-GlcNAc modification aggravated myocardial injury in the type I DM rats.

To investigate the correlation between myocardial O-GlcNAc modification and autophagy in type I DM rats, Don and TG were administered in vivo. Western blot analysis was used to detect the levels of myocardial O-GlcNAc modification and autophagy in each group. Following drug administration, the level of O-GlcNAc modification and the expression of OGT were significantly increased in the STZ+TG group compared with those in the STZ+NaCl group (P<0.05), whereas the expression of OGA was notably decreased (P<0.05). Compared with that in the STZ+NaCl group, the expression of OGA was significantly increased in the STZ+Don group (P<0.05), and the level of O-GlcNAc modification and expression of OGT were significantly decreased (Fig. 2D, P<0.05). Compared with the STZ+NaCl group, the expression levels of LC3II/I, P62 and LAMP2 were markedly increased in the STZ+TG group, and the expression of Beclin1 was significantly decreased (P<0.05), which suggested that the O-GlcNAc modification level was increased and that autophagy-mediated degradation was inhibited. Following treatment with Don, the expression levels of LC3II/I and P62 were decreased, and the expression of LAMP2 was significantly increased (Fig. 2E, P<0.05). In addition, the TEM results showed that autophagosomes were increased in the STZ+TG and STZ+NaCl groups, compared with those in the vehicle and STZ+Don groups, respectively (Fig. 2F). The above results indicated that myocardial O-GlcNAc modification was increased in the heart of type I DM rats and that the degradation of autophagosomes was significantly increased when O-GlcNAc modification was inhibited, thereby ensuring the progression of autophagy.

Increased O-GlcNAc modification inhibits autophagic flux in NRCMs under high-glucose conditions

The NRCMs were subjected to high-glucose stimulation (25 mM) to further verify the impact of the changes in the level of O-GlcNAc modification on autophagy. The administration of TG increased the level of O-GlcNAc modification in the normal- and high-glucose environments, whereas the inhibitor Don exerted a potent inhibitory effect on O-GlcNAc modification compared with that in the control group (Fig. 3A). Consistent with the results in the animal experiments, autophagic flux was significantly inhibited in the NRCMs under high-glucose conditions, as demonstrated by the increased expression levels of LC3II/I, Beclin1, P62, and LAMP2. In addition, the O-GlcNAc modification agonist TG inhibited autophagic flux but increased the level of O-GlcNAc modification (Fig. 3B). By contrast, the O-GlcNAc modification inhibitor Don significantly reduced O-GlcNAc levels and promoted autophagic flux.

Aside from changing the level of O-GlcNAc modification by Don and TG administration, NRCMs were separately trans-fected with adenoviruses that either suppressed the expression of OGT (sh-OGT) or overexpressed OGA (ad-OGA) to reduce the level of O-GlcNAc modification. Western blot analysis was used to detect the levels of autophagy under normal- and high-glucose conditions. However, regardless of the glucose level, sh-OGT and ad-OGA significantly reduced the levels of O-GlcNAc modification (Fig. 3C, P<0.05). Measurement of autophagy-related markers showed that, under high-glucose stimulation, the expression levels of LC3II/I, Beclin1, P62, and LAMP 2 were significantly increased (P<0.001), which indicated that autophagy was significantly increased (Fig. 3D). OGT interference or OGA overexpression resulted in a significant decrease in autophagy and autophagic flux degradation in NRCMs under normal- and high-glucose conditions. Therefore, consistent with the results of the aforementioned drug intervention, interference with the O-GlcNAc modification promoted autophagic flux in the NRCMs under normal- and high-glucose conditions.

High glucose levels inhibit the degradation stage of autophagy

To clarify the specific stage of autophagy that is affected by high glucose in NRCMs, the autophagy inhibitor 3-MA and LAMP2-interference sequences were used. The optimal interfering sequence of LAMP2 was selected according to the efficiency of transfection, which was verified by western blot analysis (data not shown). The results showed that, under the normal-glucose condition, disrupted expression of LAMP2 in NRCMs was associated with increased levels of Beclin1, LC3II/I, and P62 (P<0.01). Under the high-glucose condition, LAMP2 interference did not increase the levels of Beclin1 or LC3II/I, which indicated that high glucose levels affected the degradation process of autophagic flux (Fig. 4A). To further validate this hypothesis, the autophagy inhibitor 3-MA was used to treat NRCMs at different glucose levels. In normal glucose levels, the expression levels of LC3II/I and P62 decreased following 3-MA treatment, which was in line with the function of 3-MA as an inhibitor of class III phosphoinositide 3-kinase in the initial stage of autophagy. In the high glucose-induced NRCMs, the expression levels of LC3II/I and P62 decreased with 3-MA treatment compared with those in NRCMs induced with high glucose alone, which indicated that high glucose levels did not affect the initial stage of autophagy (Fig. 4B). The above results showed that high glucose levels inhibited autophagy-mediated degradation rather than the initial stage of autophagy.

O-GlcNAc modification of SNAP29 inhibits SNAP29-STX17-VAMP8 complex formation and inhibits autophagy-mediated degradation

To reveal the specific role of SNAP29 in the regulation of autophagic flux, co-IP was used to detect O-GlcNAc-modified SNAP29 and observe differences in the formation of the SNAP29-STX17-VAMP8 complex. In the rat heart tissues, SNAP29, but not VAMP8 or STX17, was modified by O-GlcNAc (Fig. 5A). In addition, the level of O-GlcNAc modification in SNAP29 was markedly increased in the STZ group, whereas binding of the SNAP29-STX17-VAMP8 complex was decreased significantly (Fig. 5B-D). High-glucose stimulation did not alter the relevant expression levels of SNAP29, VAMP8 or STX17 in the NRCMs. These results suggested that only O-GlcNAc-modified SNAP29 was involved in the regulation of autophagy. Under continuous high-glucose stimulation in the presence of the agonist TG, O-GlcNAc modification of SNAP29 was significantly increased, and the interactions among SNAP29, STX17 and VAMP8 were significantly decreased in the NRCMs (Fig. 6A-C). Following incubation with the inhibitor Don, sh-OGT and ad-OGA, the level of O-GlcNAc-modified SNAP29 was decreased, but the formation of the SNAP29-VAMP8-STX17 complex was increased (Fig. 6D-F). The above results suggested that O-GlcNAc modification of SNAP29 affected the degradation of autoph-agic flux via negative regulation of SANP29-VAMP8-STX17 complex formation.

Figure 6

O-GlcNAc modification of SNAP29 inhibits SNAP29-STX17-VAMP8 complex formation and inhibits autophagy-mediated degradation. NRCMs were exposed to high glucose (25 mM) and were treated with TG (5 µM) or Don (40 µM) for 24 h. The combination of O-GlcNAc-modified SNAP29 into the SNAP29-STX17-VAMP8 complex was observed by co-IP. (A) SNAP29 antibody was used as pull down the VAMP8 and STX17, SNAP29 and Tubulin were used as the loading control; (B) VAMP8 antibody was applied to pull down the complex SNAP29 and STX17, VAMP8 and Tubulin were used as the loading control. (C) STX17 antibody was used to pull down the complex SANP29 and VAMP8, STX17 and Tubulin acted as the loading control. (**P<0.01, ***P<0.001 vs. Vehicle+Glu group; ##P<0.01, ###P<0.001 vs. TG+Glu group); NRCMs were transfected with sh-OGT or ad-OGA for 48 h and to high glucose for another 24 h, following which the formation of the SNAP29-STX17-VAMP8 complex was observed by co-IP. (D) SNAP29 antibody was used as pull down the VAMP8 and STX17, SNAP29 and Tubulin were used as the loading control; (E) VAMP8 antibody was applied to pull down the complex SNAP29 and STX17, VAMP8 and Tubulin were used as the loading control. (F) STX17 antibody was used to pull down the complex SANP29 and VAMP8, STX17 and Tubulin acted as the loading control. (*P<0.05, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001 vs. sh-Ctrl+Glu group; ##P<0.01, ###P<0.001 vs. sh-OGT+Glu group); NRCMs, neonatal rat cardiomyocytes; O-GlcNAc, O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine; SNAP29, synaptosomal-associated protein 29; vesicle-associated membrane protein 8; STX17, syntaxin-17; Don, 6-diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine; TG, thiamet G; OGT, O-GlcNAc transferase; sh-OGT, OGT-knockdown adenovirus; ad-OGA, OGA-overexpression adeno-virus; Ctrl, control; co-IP, coimmunoprecipitation.

Discussion

To the best of our knowledge, the present study is the first to examine the regulatory mechanism between O-GlcNAc-modified SNAP29 and autophagy in the progression of diabetic myocardial injury in an animal model. As shown in Fig. 7, under continuous high-glucose stimulation, the increased O-GlcNAc modification of SNAP29 effectively inhibited the formation of the SANP29-STX17-VAMP8 complex, which acts as the mediator of autophagosome and lysosome fusion and inhibits autophagy-mediated degradation, resulting in myocardial injury in the type I DM heart.

The O-GlcNAc modification is affected by multiple factors, including intracellular glucose and lipid metabolism. Disruption of O-GlcNAc modification exerts an important biological effect on diabetes, various types of cancer, neurodegeneration, and the cardiovascular system (32). Enhanced O-GlcNAc modification regulates a variety of molecular signaling pathways to severely impair conduction-contractile coupling, the uptake and release of Ca2+, and energy metabolism of the mitochondria in cardiomyocytes. Consistent with previous studies, the results of the present study demonstrated that O-GlcNAc modification was gradually enhanced over time in type I DM rat hearts. The activation of O-GlcNAc modification aggravated the disordered cardiomyocyte arrangement, fat accumulation, and intercellular fibrosis, and the deterioration of cardiac diastolic function, whereas inhibition of the O-GlcNAc modification improved cardiac function and ameliorated the abnormalities in myocardial structure. No significant difference in cardiac systolic function (predominantly LVEF) was observed between the Vehicle and STZ groups at 8 weeks post-STZ injection. Due to the different strategies of STZ injection, there are differences between the results of the present study and those of other studies. In general, cardiac dysfunctions are observed in STZ-induced diabetic rats, including diastolic and systolic dysfunction, which are dependent on the dose of STZ administration and the duration of time following induction of STZ. Studies (33,34) have reported that a high dose of STZ injection (65 mg/kg) resulted in a decreased systolic function 8 weeks post-STZ administration. Generally (35,36), it was not until 11-12 weeks post-STZ injection that the cardiac systolic function was decreased.

Low-level autophagy is an important method by which cardiomyocyte homeostasis is maintained. The change in autophagy in the DM rats was mainly affected by abnormal energy metabolism caused by high glucose. The overactivation or inhibition of any step of the process of autophagy can cause myocardial injury. Under different conditions, diabetic cardiomyocytes exhibit different autophagic statuses due to inconsistent detection methods. Studies have suggested that the oxidation rates of fatty acids, glucose, and lactate are decreased in type I DM. Furthermore, insufficient energy due to low levels of ATP causes a cellular starvation state, and accumulated adenosine monophosphate (AMP) induces an increase in autophagy and myocardial injury by activating the AMP-activated protein kinase pathway (37). However, in a study by Kanamori et al (25), reduced autophagy was observed in the heart tissues of type I DM mice, and the administration of metformin prevented high glucose-induced myocardial injury by activating myocardial autophagy. Studies (38,39) have demonstrated that STZ-induced type I DM mice exhibit autophagosome accumulation in the heart. The overactivation or inhibition of any step of autophagy can cause myocardial injury. The results of the present study also showed autophagosome accumulation in the STZ-induced type I DM rats and the significant inhibition of autophagic flow.

The O-GlcNAc modification and autophagy are regulated by high glucose, and the O-GlcNAc modification can regulate a variety of pathophysiological processes, including autophagy. The results of the present study showed that the autophagic flux of cardiomyocytes was significantly inhibited under high-glucose conditions, with enhancement of the O-GlcNAc modification in vivo and in vitro. The present study also verified that the process of autophagic flux was negatively regulated by the O-GlcNAc modification in type I DM. The results of the present study demonstrated for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, that the formation of autophagosomes in cardiomyocytes was not affected by changes in the O-GlcNAc modification; however, the degradation stage of autophagy was affected by enhancement of the O-GlcNAc modification.

The regulation of autophagy by the O-GlcNAc modification is achieved by activating a substrate protein. As shown in previous studies (22,40,41), membrane anchoring and fusion are central to the release of neurotransmitters by vesicles, but also in the process of membrane fusion between autophagosomes and lysosomes and the degradation in autophagic flux. The release of neurotransmitters is regulated mainly by SNARE protein complexes to ensure the accurate localization and fusion of the membrane. Therefore, SNARE complexes may be simultaneously involved in the regulation of the fusion between autophagosomes and lysosomes. The newly identified SNAP29 can bind to multiple syntaxin family members (STX7, STX8, and STX17) and is subsequently distributed on the plasma membrane and in the cytoplasm (19,20). The SNAP29-STX17-VAMP8 complex mediates the membrane fusion process between autophagosomes and lysosomes. Studies (40-43) on SNAP29-mediated autophagy have mainly focused on the fruit fly, zebrafish, nematode and other biological models. In another previous study (44), siRNA-mediated silencing of STX17 in cultured human cells was found to result in a disrupted SNAP29-STX17-VAMP8 complex and inhibited autophagic flux.

However, no single study on SNAP29-mediated autophagy has been reported in mammalian cardiomyocytes or in disease models. The present study is the first, to the best of our knowledge, to demonstrate that SNAP29 is modified by O-GlcNAc in rat cardiomyocytes. Under high-glucose conditions, O-GlcNAc-modified SNAP29 was increased in NRCMs, impeding the formation of the SNAP29-STX17-VAMP8 complex and consequently inhibiting autophagic flux. By contrast, a reduction in O-GlcNAc-modified SNAP29 promoted the formation of the SNAP29-STX17-VAMP8 complex and mediated degradation via autophagic flux. Therefore, the results of the present study revealed that O-GlcNAc-modified SNAP29 was increased and that the formation of the SNAP29-STX17-VAMP8 complex, which is involved in autophagy, was impaired in type I DM. The findings also demonstrated the inhibition of autophagic degradation as the underlying mechanism of myocardial injury in type I DM rats.

Although the present study demonstrated that O-GlcNAc-modified SNAP29 inhibited autophagy-mediated degradation in DM-related myocardial injury, the specific site of O-GlcNAc modification in SNAP29 requires further investigation. Furthermore, the incidence of type II DM is higher than that of type I DM, and the pathogenesis and autophagic state are not the same between type I and type II DM. The present study focused on the heart of type I DM rats; therefore, whether the results are generalizable to type II DM requires further investigation. The observed effect on the SNAP29-STX17-VAMP8 complex requires validation via protein knockdown experiments, to provide more evidence to support the findings of the present study.

In conclusion, O-GlcNAc-modified SNAP29 inhibited autophagic flux by inhibiting the formation of the SNAP29-STX17-VAMP8 complex, which is involved in the process of myocardial injury in type I DM. Elucidation of this mechanism clarifies the regulatory mechanism between the O-GlcNAc modification and autophagy in myocardial injury in type I DM rats. The inhibition of O-GlcNAc-modified SNAP29 can improve autophagic flux; therefore, O-GlcNAc-modified SNAP29 may be a potential therapeutic target for DM-related myocardial injury.

Funding

The present study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant nos. 81400188 to JZH, 81360031 to YHT, 81500257 to RW and 81860152 to LH), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi (grant nos. 20151BBB70266 and 20161BAB215242 to KH and LH, respectively) and the Innovation Fund Project in Jiangxi Province (grant no. YC2016-B020 to PiY).

Availability of data and materials

All data generated or analyzed during this study are included in this published article.

Authors’ contributions

LH and PiY analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript; PeY, QK and ZX looked after the animals and performed western blot and co-IP analyses. YS performed the echocardiography and XY performed the histological examination of the hearts. JY and RW were primarily responsible for primary neonatal rat cardiomyocyte isolation and cell culture, and managed the drug treatments. KH performed data analysis and contributed to image editing. YT and JH conceived and designed the study, and gave the final approval of the version to be published. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.

Ethics approval and consent to participate

All animal experiments were approved by the Animal Ethics and Experimentation Committee of Nanchang University and were performed in accordance with the ʻGuide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animalsʼ (revised 1996). The experimental protocol was approved by the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University.

Patient consent for publication

Not applicable.

Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Abbreviations:

O-GlcNAc

O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine

SNAP29

synaptosomal-associated protein 29

STZ

streptozotocin

TG

thiamet G

Don

6-diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine

NRCMs

neonatal rat cardiomyocytes

DM

diabetes mellitus

OGT

O-GlcNAc transferase

OGA

O-GlcNAcase

TEM

transmission electron microscopy

co-IP

coimmunoprecipitation

H&E

hematoxylin and eosin

3-MA

3-methyladenine

LAMP2

lysosome-associated membrane protein 2

LC3

microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3α

VAMP8

vesicle-associated membrane protein 8

STX17

syntaxin-17

Acknowledgments

Not applicable.

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