Department of Pathology, Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Regulatory Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, USA.
Aging Cell. 2024 Jul;23(7):e14169. doi: 10.1111/acel.14169. Epub 2024 Apr 14.
Circadian disruption is associated with an increased risk of cardiometabolic disorders and cardiac diseases. Time-restricted feeding/eating (TRF/TRE), restricting food intake within a consistent window of the day, has shown improvements in heart function from flies and mice to humans. However, whether and how TRF still conveys cardiac benefits in the context of circadian disruption remains unclear. Here, we demonstrate that TRF sustains cardiac performance, myofibrillar organization, and regulates cardiac lipid accumulation in Drosophila when the circadian rhythm is disrupted by constant light. TRF induces oscillations in the expression of genes associated with triglyceride metabolism. In particular, TRF induces diurnal expression of diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 2 (Dgat2), peaking during the feeding period. Heart-specific manipulation of Dgat2 modulates cardiac function and lipid droplet accumulation. Strikingly, heart-specific overexpression of human Dgat2 at ZT 0-10 significantly improves cardiac performance in flies exposed to constant light. We have demonstrated that TRF effectively attenuates cardiac decline induced by circadian disruption. Moreover, our data suggests that diurnal expression of Dgat2 induced by TRF is beneficial for heart health under circadian disruption. Overall, our findings have underscored the relevance of TRF in preserving heart health under circadian disruptions and provided potential targets, such as Dgat2, and strategies for therapeutic interventions in mitigating cardiac aging, metabolic disorders, and cardiac diseases in humans.
昼夜节律紊乱与心血管代谢紊乱和心脏疾病的风险增加有关。限时喂养/进食(TRF/TRE),即限制一天内的进食时间,已显示出可改善从果蝇和小鼠到人的心功能。然而,在昼夜节律紊乱的情况下,TRF 是否以及如何仍然能带来心脏益处尚不清楚。在这里,我们证明了即使在昼夜节律被持续光照扰乱的情况下,TRF 也能维持果蝇的心脏功能、肌原纤维组织,并调节心脏脂质积累。TRF 诱导与甘油三酯代谢相关的基因表达发生振荡。特别是,TRF 诱导二酰基甘油 O-酰基转移酶 2(Dgat2)的昼夜表达,在进食期间达到峰值。心脏特异性操纵 Dgat2 可调节心脏功能和脂滴积累。引人注目的是,在持续光照下,心脏特异性过表达人类 Dgat2 (ZT0-10)可显著改善果蝇的心脏功能。我们已经证明,TRF 可以有效地减轻昼夜节律紊乱引起的心脏衰退。此外,我们的数据表明,TRF 诱导的 Dgat2 的昼夜表达在昼夜节律紊乱下有利于心脏健康。总的来说,我们的研究结果强调了 TRF 在维持昼夜节律紊乱下心脏健康方面的重要性,并为治疗干预提供了潜在的靶点,如 Dgat2,以减轻人类的心脏衰老、代谢紊乱和心脏疾病。
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