Nature Communications (Mar 2019)

DNA damage-induced PARP1 activation confers cardiomyocyte dysfunction through NAD+ depletion in experimental atrial fibrillation

  • Deli Zhang,
  • Xu Hu,
  • Jin Li,
  • Jia Liu,
  • Luciënne Baks-te Bulte,
  • Marit Wiersma,
  • Noor-ul-Ann Malik,
  • Denise M. S. van Marion,
  • Marziyeh Tolouee,
  • Femke Hoogstra-Berends,
  • Eva A. H. Lanters,
  • Arie M. van Roon,
  • Antoine A. F. de Vries,
  • Daniël A. Pijnappels,
  • Natasja M. S. de Groot,
  • Robert H. Henning,
  • Bianca J. J. M. Brundel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09014-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is accompanied by a detrimental loss of functional cardiomyocytes. Here, Zhang et al. show that AF-induced cardiomyocyte dysfunction is a consequence of DNA damage-mediated PARP1 activation, which leads to depletion of NAD+ and further oxidative stress and DNA damage, and identify PARP1 inhibition as a potential therapeutic strategy in the treatment of AF.