Physiological and Pharmacological Roles of FGF21 in Cardiovascular Diseases

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the most severe diseases in clinics. Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) is regarded as an important metabolic regulator playing a therapeutic role in diabetes and its complications. The heart is a key target as well as a source of FGF21 which is involved in he...

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Published in:Journal of diabetes research 2016-01, Vol.2016 (2016), p.1-8
Main Authors: Zhang, Chi, Tan, Yi, Lu, Xuemian, Li, Xiaokun, He, Luqing, Lin, Xiufei, Yu, Lechu, Zhang, Fangfang, Cheng, Peng, Yan, Xiaoqing
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Apoptosis
Atherosclerosis
Biological activity
Cardiomyocytes
Cardiomyopathy
Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular Diseases - metabolism
Diabetes
Diabetic Cardiomyopathies - metabolism
Fibroblast Growth Factors - pharmacology
Fibroblast Growth Factors - physiology
Heart attacks
Humans
Ischemia
Kinases
Lipids
Lipoproteins
Metabolism
Oxidative stress
Oxidative Stress - drug effects
Pathogenesis
Physiology
Proteins
Review
Studies
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Summary:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the most severe diseases in clinics. Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) is regarded as an important metabolic regulator playing a therapeutic role in diabetes and its complications. The heart is a key target as well as a source of FGF21 which is involved in heart development and also induces beneficial effects in CVDs. Our review is to clarify the roles of FGF21 in CVDs. Strong evidence showed that the development of CVDs including atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, myocardial ischemia, cardiac hypertrophy, and diabetic cardiomyopathy is associated with serum FGF21 levels increase which was regarded as a compensatory response to induced cardiac protection. Furthermore, administration of FGF21 suppressed the above CVDs. Mechanistic studies revealed that FGF21 induced cardiac protection likely by preventing cardiac lipotoxicity and the associated oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis. Normally, FGF21 induced therapeutic effects against CVDs via activation of the above kinases-mediated pathways by directly binding to the FGF receptors of the heart in the presence of β-klotho. However, recently, growing evidence showed that FGF21 induced beneficial effects on peripheral organs through an indirect way mediated by adiponectin. Therefore whether adiponectin is also involved in FGF21-induced cardiac protection still needs further investigation.
ISSN:2314-6745
2314-6753
DOI:10.1155/2016/1540267