Insulineresistentie compromitteert pentosefosfaatroute en LVAD-gemedieerd herstel bij obese hartfalenpatiënten

BACKGROUND:End-stage heart failure (HF) remains a major global health challenge, and left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) represent an important therapeutic option. LVAD-mediated mechanical unloading improves cardiac function and promotes myocardial recovery in many patients with HF; however, this recovery response is suboptimal in obese patients. The mechanisms by which LVAD-mediated unloading induces myocardial recovery, and how obesity alters these processes to blunt myocardial recovery, remain poorly understood.METHODS:Patients with HF receiving LVAD support were recruited to investigate the correlation between patients' body mass index and the myocardial recovery response following LVAD implantation. In parallel, a mouse model of heterotopic cervical heart transplantation was used to simulate LVAD-mediated cardiac unloading. Single-nucleus RNA sequencing and stable-isotope tracing metabolomics were performed to explore the changes of signaling pathways and metabolic processes i