Transcription factor EB: A potential integrated network regulator in metabolic-associated cardiac injury

Metabolism. 2023 Oct:147:155662. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2023.155662. Epub 2023 Jul 29.

Abstract

With the worldwide pandemic of metabolic diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), cardiometabolic disease (CMD) has become a significant cause of death in humans. However, the pathophysiology of metabolic-associated cardiac injury is complex and not completely clear, and it is important to explore new strategies and targets for the treatment of CMD. A series of pathophysiological disturbances caused by metabolic disorders, such as insulin resistance (IR), hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, inflammation, endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS), autophagy dysfunction, calcium homeostasis imbalance, and endothelial dysfunction, may be related to the incidence and development of CMD. Transcription Factor EB (TFEB), as a transcription factor, has been extensively studied for its role in regulating lysosomal biogenesis and autophagy. Recently, the regulatory role of TFEB in other biological processes, including the regulation of glucose homeostasis, lipid metabolism, etc. has been gradually revealed. In this review, we will focus on the relationship between TFEB and IR, lipid metabolism, endothelial dysfunction, oxidative stress, inflammation, ERS, calcium homeostasis, autophagy, and mitochondrial quality control (MQC) and the potential regulatory mechanisms among them, to provide a comprehensive summary for TFEB as a potential new therapeutic target for CMD.

Keywords: Autophagy; Calcium homeostasis; Cardiometabolic disease; Endoplasmic reticulum stress; Endothelial dysfunction; Inflammation; Insulin resistance; Lipid metabolism; Metabolic-associated cardiac injury; Mitochondrial quality control; Oxidative stress; Transcription factor EB.

Publication types

  • Review
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Autophagy / physiology
  • Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors / metabolism
  • Calcium* / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Inflammation / metabolism
  • Lysosomes / metabolism
  • Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease* / metabolism
  • Transcription Factors / metabolism

Substances

  • Calcium
  • Transcription Factors
  • Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors