RETRACTED ARTICLE: Kynurenine promotes neonatal heart regeneration by stimulating cardiomyocyte proliferation and cardiac angiogenesis

Abstract Indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase-1 (IDO1) catalyzes tryptophan-kynurenine metabolism in many inflammatory and cancer diseases. Of note, acute inflammation that occurs immediately after heart injury is essential for neonatal cardiomyocyte proliferation and heart regeneration. However, the IDO1-ca...

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Main Authors: Donghong Zhang, Jinfeng Ning, Tharmarajan Ramprasath, Changjiang Yu, Xiaoxu Zheng, Ping Song, Zhonglin Xie, Ming-Hui Zou
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33734-7
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Jinfeng Ning
Tharmarajan Ramprasath
Changjiang Yu
Xiaoxu Zheng
Ping Song
Zhonglin Xie
Ming-Hui Zou
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Tharmarajan Ramprasath
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Ming-Hui Zou
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description Abstract Indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase-1 (IDO1) catalyzes tryptophan-kynurenine metabolism in many inflammatory and cancer diseases. Of note, acute inflammation that occurs immediately after heart injury is essential for neonatal cardiomyocyte proliferation and heart regeneration. However, the IDO1-catalyzed tryptophan metabolism during heart regeneration is largely unexplored. Here, we find that apical neonatal mouse heart resection surgery led to rapid and consistent increases in cardiac IDO1 expression and kynurenine accumulation. Cardiac deletion of Ido1 gene or chemical inhibition of IDO1 impairs heart regeneration. Mechanistically, elevated kynurenine triggers cardiomyocyte proliferation by activating the cytoplasmic aryl hydrocarbon receptor-SRC-YAP/ERK pathway. In addition, cardiomyocyte-derived kynurenine transports to endothelial cells and stimulates cardiac angiogenesis by promoting aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocation and enhancing vascular endothelial growth factor A expression. Notably, Ahr deletion prevents indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase -kynurenine–associated heart regeneration. In summary, increasing indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase-derived kynurenine level promotes cardiac regeneration by functioning as an endogenous regulator of cardiomyocyte proliferation and cardiac angiogenesis.
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spelling doaj-art-a95fdae4ac3c4a9e8fcda4824fc4a14a2025-08-20T01:57:47ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232022-10-0113111210.1038/s41467-022-33734-7RETRACTED ARTICLE: Kynurenine promotes neonatal heart regeneration by stimulating cardiomyocyte proliferation and cardiac angiogenesisDonghong Zhang0Jinfeng Ning1Tharmarajan Ramprasath2Changjiang Yu3Xiaoxu Zheng4Ping Song5Zhonglin Xie6Ming-Hui Zou7Center for Molecular and Translational Medicine, Georgia State UniversityCenter for Molecular and Translational Medicine, Georgia State UniversityCenter for Molecular and Translational Medicine, Georgia State UniversityCenter for Molecular and Translational Medicine, Georgia State UniversityCenter for Molecular and Translational Medicine, Georgia State UniversityCenter for Molecular and Translational Medicine, Georgia State UniversityCenter for Molecular and Translational Medicine, Georgia State UniversityCenter for Molecular and Translational Medicine, Georgia State UniversityAbstract Indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase-1 (IDO1) catalyzes tryptophan-kynurenine metabolism in many inflammatory and cancer diseases. Of note, acute inflammation that occurs immediately after heart injury is essential for neonatal cardiomyocyte proliferation and heart regeneration. However, the IDO1-catalyzed tryptophan metabolism during heart regeneration is largely unexplored. Here, we find that apical neonatal mouse heart resection surgery led to rapid and consistent increases in cardiac IDO1 expression and kynurenine accumulation. Cardiac deletion of Ido1 gene or chemical inhibition of IDO1 impairs heart regeneration. Mechanistically, elevated kynurenine triggers cardiomyocyte proliferation by activating the cytoplasmic aryl hydrocarbon receptor-SRC-YAP/ERK pathway. In addition, cardiomyocyte-derived kynurenine transports to endothelial cells and stimulates cardiac angiogenesis by promoting aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocation and enhancing vascular endothelial growth factor A expression. Notably, Ahr deletion prevents indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase -kynurenine–associated heart regeneration. In summary, increasing indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase-derived kynurenine level promotes cardiac regeneration by functioning as an endogenous regulator of cardiomyocyte proliferation and cardiac angiogenesis.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33734-7
spellingShingle Donghong Zhang
Jinfeng Ning
Tharmarajan Ramprasath
Changjiang Yu
Xiaoxu Zheng
Ping Song
Zhonglin Xie
Ming-Hui Zou
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Kynurenine promotes neonatal heart regeneration by stimulating cardiomyocyte proliferation and cardiac angiogenesis
Nature Communications
title RETRACTED ARTICLE: Kynurenine promotes neonatal heart regeneration by stimulating cardiomyocyte proliferation and cardiac angiogenesis
title_full RETRACTED ARTICLE: Kynurenine promotes neonatal heart regeneration by stimulating cardiomyocyte proliferation and cardiac angiogenesis
title_fullStr RETRACTED ARTICLE: Kynurenine promotes neonatal heart regeneration by stimulating cardiomyocyte proliferation and cardiac angiogenesis
title_full_unstemmed RETRACTED ARTICLE: Kynurenine promotes neonatal heart regeneration by stimulating cardiomyocyte proliferation and cardiac angiogenesis
title_short RETRACTED ARTICLE: Kynurenine promotes neonatal heart regeneration by stimulating cardiomyocyte proliferation and cardiac angiogenesis
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