Table 4 Mechanistic insights into HMGB1 in heart failure and remodelling (beneficial effects)

From: Scoping review of preclinical and clinical studies on the role of HMGB1 in heart disease

Authors (Year)

Study population (Model)

Time of interventions (in vivo route)

Agonist HMGB1 (Supplier)

Antagonist HMGB1

Receptors and Pathways

Funayama et al. (2013)49

Patients (HF); NRCMs (ET-1&Ang II); WT & HMGB1-Tg mice (TAC)

Cardiomyocyte-specific HMGB1 overexpression (α-MHC promoter)

siRNA

Goto et al. (2020)105

SD rats (PL)

2wk post MI (i.v.)

HMGB1 Box-A fragment (StemRIM)

He et al. (2013)99

SD rats (PL)

3wk post MI (i.m.c.)

rHMGB1 (R&D)

TGF-β-Smad

Limana et al. (2011)98

C57Bl/6mice (PL)

3wk post MI (i.m.c.)

rHMGB1 (HMGBiotech)a

c-kit+ cardiac stem cells; miR-206 and inhibition of TIMP-3

Li et al. (2019)96

NRCMs (ang-II, PE, ISO); SD rats (3AB, AAC)

HMGB1 overexpression by transfection (plasmid pcDNA3.1-6Flag-HMGB1)

PARP1-mediated nuclear HMGB1 translocation

Takahashi et al. (2008)104

SD rats (PL)

3wk post MI (i.m.c.)

rHMGB1 (R&D)

ERK1/2

Takahashi et al. (2019)50

Patients (HF); NRCMs (Ang II); WT & HMGB1-Tg mice (TAC)

Cardiomyocyte-specific HMGB1 overexpression (α-MHC promoter)

siRNA

Yang et al. (2022)97

LysM-HMGB1−/− mice (TAC)

Myeloid-specific HMGB1 deletion

TGF-β-Smad

  1. aHMGBiotech specifies the redox forms of HMGB1 on their website. However, these studies did not include the catalogue number or specify the redox forms used.
  2. HF heart failure, NRCMs neonatal rat cardiomyocytes, ET-1 endothelin-1, Ang II angiotensin II, HMGB1-TG transgenic mice with cardiac-specific overexpression of HMGB1, TAC thoracic transverse aortic constriction, PL permanent ligation, PE phenylephrine, ISO isoproterenol, 3AB 3-aminobenzamide, AAC abdominal aortic constriction, KO knock-out, NMCM neonatal mouse cardiomyocyte, HFpEF heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, WT wild-type, i.m.c. intra-myocardial injection, i.v. intravenous injection, i.p. intraperitoneal injection.