BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA - MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH, cilt.1, sa.1, ss.1-2, 2024 (SCI-Expanded)
Th
e Ser/Th
r kinase pr
otein kinase
-D1 (PKD1) is involved in indu
ction of va
r
iou
s cell phys
i
olo
g
ica
l processe
s in
th
e hear
t such as myocellula
r hype
rtr
oph
y an
d inflammation
, whic
h ma
y turn ma
ladaptive du
rin
g long
-term
stim
ulation
. Of sp
ecial inte
res
t is
a ke
y role of PKD1 in th
e re
g
ulation of ca
rdiac su
bstrate meta
b
olism
. Gl
ucose
an
d fatt
y acid
s ar
e th
e most impo
rtant su
bstrate
s fo
r ca
rdiac energy pr
ovision
, an
d th
e rati
o at whic
h they ar
e ut
i
-
lize
d dete
rmine
s th
e health st
atu
s of th
e heart. Ca
rdiac gl
ucose uptake is mainly re
g
ulate
d by transl
ocation of th
e
gl
ucose tran
sporter GLUT
4 from intr
ace
llula
r stores (e
ndosomes) to th
e sa
rcolemma, an
d fatt
y acid uptake vi
a
a
pa
ralle
l transl
ocation of fatt
y acid tran
sporter CD36 from endosome
s to th
e sa
rcolemma. PKD1 is involved in th
e
re
g
ulation of GLUT
4 transl
ocation
, bu
t no
t CD36 transl
ocation
, gi
vin
g it th
e abilit
y to mo
d
ulate gl
ucose uptake
withou
t affectin
g fatt
y acid uptake
, thereb
y alte
rin
g th
e ca
rdiac su
bstrate ba
lance
. PKD1 woul
d ther
efore serv
e as
an attractive ta
rge
t to co
mba
t ca
rdiac metaboli
c di
sease
s with
a tilted su
bstrate ba
lance
, such as di
abeti
c ca
r
-
diom
yop
athy. Ho
wever
, PKD1 activation also elicit
s ca
rdiac hype
rtr
oph
y an
d inflammation
. Ther
efore
, identifi
-
cation of th
e events upstream an
d downstream of PKD1 ma
y pr
ovide superior ther
ape
uti
c ta
rgets to alte
r th
e ca
r
-
diac su
bstrate ba
lance
. Recent studie
s have identified th
e lipi
d kinase phosphatidyl
ino
s
ito
l
4
-kinase II
I
β (PI4KI
-
II
β
) as si
gna
lin
g hu
b downstream of PKD1 to sele
ctively stim
ulate GLUT
4
-mediated myocardial gl
ucose uptake
withou
t indu
cin
g hype
rtr
ophy. Take
n together
, th
e PKD1 si
gna
lin
g pathwa
y serves
a pi
votal role in ca
rdiac gl
u
-
cose meta
b
olism an
d is
a promisin
g ta
rge
t to sele
ctively mo
d
ulate gl
ucose uptake in ca
rdiac di
sease
.