Table 1.
Summary of mitophagy pathways in cardiac diseases.
| Pathology | Mechanism of action |
|---|---|
| Ischemic heart disease | The ablation of PINK1 in mice induced cardiac hypertrophy at 2 months of age, and PINK1 knockout aggravated infarct size after I/R injury |
| During I/R injury, BNIP3 is upregulated and FUNDC1 is downregulated | |
| Fundc1-knockout (KO) platelets present impaired mitochondria, which cause more I/R heart injury | |
| The depletion of Pgam5 in mice showed augmented infarct volume, well correlated with mitophagy inhibition | |
| Diabetic cardiomyopathy | Mitochondrial ROS production was elevated, and BNIP3 level was inhibited in prediabetic rats |
| PINK1 and Parkin levels were suppressed in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes models. Parkin ablation mice displayed enhanced mitophagy and serious cardiac hypertrophy under high-fat diet stress | |
| TAT-Beclin1 contributed to the suppression of cardiomyopathy development | |
| Cardiac hypertrophy | Parkin-depleted mice exhibited elevated cardiac remodeling, and PINK1-ablated mice showed abnormal mitochondrial function, increased oxidative stress, and pathological hypertrophy |
| The depletion of BNIP3 also exhibited cardiac hypertrophy at old age | |
| Heart failure | Beclin1 and LC3-II were reduced in the specimen of HF patients |
| MFN2 is reported to modulate HF-associated mitophagy via changing the mitochondrial membrane potential | |
| PINK1 downregulation is commonly observed in HF patients. PINK1-depleted mice were more liable to heart stress and heart failure induced by overload | |
| NIX depletion showed decreased myocardial fibrosis and more normal systolic function in stress-induced HF mice models | |
| BNIP3 is activated under hypoxia condition and elevated in an in vitro model of chronic HF | |
| Arrhythmia | Decrease in mitophagy leads to proarrhythmic spontaneous Ca2+ release via oxidized RyR2s by mito-ROS |