The prevalence of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome is increasing rapidly, and cardiovascular complications pose significant risks in individuals with kidney disease and metabolic dysfunction. Understanding the mechanisms of CKM disorders is crucial, as is the discovery of novel preventive treatments. This study aimed to examine the therapeutic effects of a specially formulated nitric oxide-enhancing food additive in a mouse model of CKM syndrome induced by unilateral nephrectomy (UNX) in combination with chronic Western diet (WD) feeding.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of this study was to explore biological interaction and pathophysiology mechanisms in a new mouse model of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome, induced by chronic moderate renal failure in combination with consumption of a customized Western diet rich in carbohydrates, fat and salt. Male C57BL/6J mice were subjected to unilateral nephrectomy, fed a customized Western diet rich not only in sugar and fat but also in salt, and followed for 12 weeks or 20 weeks. Sham-operated mice on a standard chow served as healthy controls.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProteome maintenance in contracting skeletal and cardiac muscles depends on the chaperone-regulating protein BAG3. Reduced BAG3 activity leads to muscle weakness and heart failure in animal models and patients. BAG3 and its chaperone partners recognize mechanically damaged muscle proteins and initiate their disposal through chaperone-assisted selective autophagy (CASA).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The G72 mouse model of schizophrenia represents a well-known model that was generated to meet the main translational criteria of isomorphism, homology and predictability of schizophrenia to a maximum extent. In order to get a more detailed view of the complex etiopathogenesis of schizophrenia, whole genome transcriptome studies turn out to be indispensable. Here we carried out microarray data collection based on RNA extracted from the retrosplenial cortex, hippocampus and thalamus of G72 transgenic and wild-type control mice.
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