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April 11, 2026BMC Medicine0 citationsOpen Access

Apolipoprotein C3 drives adverse cardiac remodeling in ischemic heart failure

YHYufei HanYZYixue ZhaoZZZihao Zhou

Key Result

ApoC3 overexpression exacerbated ischemic heart failure in mice following myocardial infarction, significantly reducing ejection fraction to 18% compared to 27% in wild-type mice.

Key Points

  • This research examines how apolipoprotein C3 affects cardiac remodeling in ischemic heart failure.
  • Investigated the effects of ApoC3 overexpression in mice.
  • Analyzed the activation of TLR2/NF-κB pathways.
  • Assessed IHF outcomes in hamsters after ApoC3 inactivation.
  • ApoC3 overexpression increased inflammation, oxidation, and apoptosis pathways in cardiac tissue.
  • Inactivation of ApoC3 led to significant improvement in ischemic heart failure in hamsters.

Structured PICO

Does ApoC3 modulation affect the severity of ischemic heart failure in animal models?

P
Population
Mice and hamsters with ischemic heart failure (IHF)
I
Intervention
ApoC3 overexpression (in mice) and ApoC3 inactivation (in hamsters)
O
Outcome
Aggravation or alleviation of ischemic heart failure (IHF)surrogate

ApoC3 drives adverse cardiac remodeling in ischemic heart failure, highlighting its potential as a therapeutic target.

Main Result

Absolute Event Rate: 18% vs 27%

p-value: p=<0.001

Abstract

ApoC3 overexpression could activate cardiac TLR2/NF-κB to trigger the inflammation, oxidation, and apoptosis pathways, finally aggravating IHF in mice. Inactivation of ApoC3 could significantly alleviate IHF in hamsters.

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Han et al. (2026) studied Ischemic heart failure (n=189). ApoC3 overexpression (ApoC3 Tg) vs. Wild-type (WT) was evaluated on Ejection fraction (EF) at 4 weeks post-myocardial infarction (p=<0.001). ApoC3 overexpression exacerbated ischemic heart failure in mice following myocardial infarction, significantly reducing ejection fraction to 18% compared to 27% in wild-type mice.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d9e4d578050d08c1b752achttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-026-04855-3
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