Nature Communications (May 2020)

A PKB-SPEG signaling nexus links insulin resistance with diabetic cardiomyopathy by regulating calcium homeostasis

  • Chao Quan,
  • Qian Du,
  • Min Li,
  • Ruizhen Wang,
  • Qian Ouyang,
  • Shu Su,
  • Sangsang Zhu,
  • Qiaoli Chen,
  • Yang Sheng,
  • Liang Chen,
  • Hong Wang,
  • David G. Campbell,
  • Carol MacKintosh,
  • Zhongzhou Yang,
  • Kunfu Ouyang,
  • Hong Yu Wang,
  • Shuai Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16116-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Molecular mechanisms linking myocardial insulin resistance to diabetic cardiomyopathy are incompletely understood. Here the authors show that myocardial insulin resistance impairs a PKB-SPEG-SERCA2a signaling axis, which contributes to the development of diabetic cardiomyopathy.