Cardiac fibrosis following myocardial infarction (MI) seriously affects the prognosis and survival rate of patients. This study aimed to determine the effect and regulation mechanism of the dedicator of cytokinesis 2 (DOCK2) during this process. Experiments were carried out in mice in vivo, and in Ang II treated cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) in vitro. DOCK2 was increased in mouse myocardial tissues after MI and Ang II-treated CFs. In MI mice, DOCK2 silencing improved cardiac function, and ameliorated cardiac fibrosis. DOCK2 knockdown suppressed the activation of CFs and decreased the expression of α-SMA, collagen I, and collagen III. Suppression of DOCK2 mitigated Ang II induced migration of CFs. DOCK2 inhibition reduced the activity of the PI3K/Akt and Wnt/β-catenin pathways, while this change could be reversed by the pathway activators, SC79 and SKL2001. In summary, DOCK2 suppression improves cardiac dysfunction and attenuates cardiac fibrosis after MI via attenuating PI3K/Akt and Wnt/β-catenin pathways.
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