Abstract 21261: Circulating Extracellular Vesicles From Mouse and Rat Models of Diabetes Reveal Specific Microrna Signatures as Biomarkers of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy

Background: Type-2 diabetes (T2D) is associated with both reduced and preserved ejection fraction heart failure. Obese db/db mice and Goto Kakizaki (GK) rats represents animals models of T2D that develop cardiac dysfunction similar to human diabetic cardiomyopathy, in which dominant early findings are of diastolic (and not systolic) dysfunction. Circulating extracellular vesicles (EV) contain microRNAs (miR) that can be transferred to recipient cells to modulate their function. We explored whether analysis of EV content from animals models of T2D would inform on the pathophysiology, diagnosis and therapeutic targets of cardiac dysfunction. Hypothesis: EV from animal models of T2D will have altered miR content that contributes to the pathophysiology of diabetic cardiomyopathy. Methods & Results: miR qPCR arrays on circulating EV isolated from plasma of db/db mice reveal several miR (-7, -15, -25, -30e, -148a, -150, -195) modulated during disease progression. These changes in miR content occur prior to echo...