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Effects of Diabetes on Matrix Protein Expression and Response to Cyclic Strain by Cardiac Fibroblasts. Cell Mol Bioeng 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s12195-012-0222-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Cingolani OH, Kirk JA, Seo K, Koitabashi N, Lee DI, Ramirez-Correa G, Bedja D, Barth AS, Moens AL, Kass DA. Thrombospondin-4 is required for stretch-mediated contractility augmentation in cardiac muscle. Circ Res 2011; 109:1410-4. [PMID: 22034490 PMCID: PMC3324097 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.111.256743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2011] [Accepted: 10/19/2011] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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RATIONALE One of the physiological mechanisms by which the heart adapts to a rise in blood pressure is by augmenting myocyte stretch-mediated intracellular calcium, with a subsequent increase in contractility. This slow force response was first described over a century ago and has long been considered compensatory, but its underlying mechanisms and link to chronic adaptations remain uncertain. Because levels of the matricellular protein thrombospondin-4 (TSP4) rapidly rise in hypertension and are elevated in cardiac stress overload and heart failure, we hypothesized that TSP4 is involved in this adaptive mechanism. OBJECTIVE To determine the mechano-transductive role that TSP4 plays in cardiac regulation to stress. METHODS AND RESULTS In mice lacking TSP4 (Tsp4⁻/⁻), hearts failed to acutely augment contractility or activate stretch-response pathways (ERK1/2 and Akt) on exposure to acute pressure overload. Sustained pressure overload rapidly led to greater chamber dilation, reduced function, and increased heart mass. Unlike controls, Tsp4⁻/⁻ cardiac trabeculae failed to enhance contractility and cellular calcium after a stretch. However, the contractility response was restored in Tsp4⁻/⁻ muscle incubated with recombinant TSP4. Isolated Tsp4⁻/⁻ myocytes responded normally to stretch, identifying a key role of matrix-myocyte interaction for TSP4 contractile modulation. CONCLUSION These results identify TSP4 as myocyte-interstitial mechano-signaling molecule central to adaptive cardiac contractile responses to acute stress, which appears to play a crucial role in the transition to chronic cardiac dilatation and failure.
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- Oscar H Cingolani
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Cheng WP, Wang BW, Chen SC, Chang H, Shyu KG. Mechanical stretch induces the apoptosis regulator PUMA in vascular smooth muscle cells. Cardiovasc Res 2011; 93:181-9. [PMID: 22021910 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvr280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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AIMS The expression of PUMA (p53-up-regulated modulator of apoptosis), an apoptosis-regulating gene, increases during endoplasmic reticulum stress. The mechanisms by which cyclic stretch influences the regulation of PUMA in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) during apoptosis remain unclear. We hypothesized that cyclic stretch enhances PUMA expression in VSMCs undergoing apoptosis. METHODS AND RESULTS Human VSMCs grown on a Flexcell I flexible membrane base were stretched via vacuum to 20% of elongation at a frequency of 1 Hz. An in vivo model of volume overload with aorta-caval shunt and pressure overload with aortic banding in adult rats was used to study PUMA expression. Cyclic stretch markedly enhanced PUMA protein and gene expression after stretch. Addition of c-jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) inhibitor SP600125 and interferon-γ (IFN-γ) antibody 30 min before stretch inhibited PUMA expression. Gel shift assay demonstrated that stretch increased the DNA binding activity of interferon regulatory factor-1 (IRF-1). SP600125, JNK small interfering RNA, and IFN-γ antibody attenuated the DNA binding activity induced by stretch. PUMA-Mut plasmid, SP600125, and IRF-1 antibody attenuated the promoter activity. Stretch increased secretion of IFN-γ from VSMCs, and conditioned media from stretched VSMCs increased PUMA protein expression. The in vivo model of aorta-caval shunt and aortic banding also showed increased PUMA protein expression in the aorta. CONCLUSION Cyclic mechanical stretch increases PUMA expression in cultured human VSMCs. The PUMA expression induced by stretch is mediated by IFN-γ, JNK, and IRF-1 pathways. These findings suggest that PUMA is an important mediator in VSMC apoptosis induced by stretch.
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- Wen-Pin Cheng
- Division of Cardiology, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Shen C, Yan J, Jiang LS, Dai LY. Autophagy in rat annulus fibrosus cells: evidence and possible implications. Arthritis Res Ther 2011; 13:R132. [PMID: 21846367 PMCID: PMC3239374 DOI: 10.1186/ar3443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2011] [Revised: 04/13/2011] [Accepted: 08/16/2011] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Programmed cell death of intervertebral disc (IVD) cells plays an important role in IVD degeneration, but the role of autophagy, a closely related cell death event, in IVD cells has not been documented. The current study was designed to investigate the effect of interleukin (IL)-1β on the occurrence of autophagy of rat annulus fibrosus (AF) cells and the interrelationship between autophagy and apoptosis. METHODS Rat AF cells were isolated and exposed, in tissue cultures with or without serum, to IL-1β in different concentrations for 24 hours. Ultrastructural analysis, flow cytometry and lysosomal activity assessment were performed after the in vitro treatment to determine the presence and levels of autophagy. The mRNA expression of autophagy-related proteins (Beclin-1, Bcl-2 and microtubule associated protein 1 light chain 3 (LC3)) were evaluated using real-time PCR. 3-methyladenine (3-MA), a PI3K inhibitor, was used to determine the interaction between autophagy and apoptosis via the suppression of autophagy. RESULTS Autophagy was detected in rat AF cells under serum starvation condition by transmission electron microscopy. PCR and flow cytometry results showed that IL-1β enhanced the autophagy-induction effect of serum deprivation in a dose-dependent manner. However, IL-1β alone failed to induce autophagy in AF cells cultured without serum starvation. When autophagy was suppressed by 3-MA, the apoptosis incidence was increased. Serum supplement also partly reversed the autophagy incidence without affecting the apoptosis incidence in the same cells. CONCLUSIONS IL-1β up-regulates serum deprivation-induced autophagy of AF cells in a dose-dependent manner. Autophagy may represent a protective mechanism against apoptosis in AF cells and IVD degeneration.
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- Chao Shen
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, 1665 Kongjiang Road, 200092, Shanghai, China
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Garlie JB, Hamid T, Gu Y, Ismahil MA, Chandrasekar B, Prabhu SD. Tumor necrosis factor receptor 2 signaling limits β-adrenergic receptor-mediated cardiac hypertrophy in vivo. Basic Res Cardiol 2011; 106:1193-205. [PMID: 21691899 DOI: 10.1007/s00395-011-0196-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2011] [Revised: 06/08/2011] [Accepted: 06/13/2011] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The in vivo role of TNF signaling in the genesis of β-adrenergic receptor (β-AR)-mediated cardiac hypertrophy is unknown. Wild-type (WT), TNF receptor 1 (TNFR1)-/- and TNFR2-/- mice were given isoproterenol (ISO, 12.5 μg/kg/h) or saline (SAL) for 1 or 7 days. In WT mice, 7 days of ISO yielded chamber/myocyte hypertrophy and hyperdynamic function without hypertension or fibrosis. WT ISO hearts exhibited an early (1 day) pro-inflammatory response with significant (p < 0.05) activation of nuclear factor (NF)-κB and activator protein 1 (AP-1) and upregulation of TNF, interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-6, inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1), together with increased anti-inflammatory IL-10. This response diminished markedly by 7 days. As compared with WT ISO mice, TNFR1-/- ISO mice exhibited significantly (p < 0.05) less NF-κB and AP-1 activation, less IL-1β, TNF, iNOS and MCP-1 upregulation, but greater IL-10 at 1 day. However, there were no differences in hypertrophy or contractility at 7 days. In contrast, TNFR2-/- ISO mice exhibited augmented NF-κB and AP-1 activation, increased IL-1β and diminished IL-10 expression at 1 day, and significant exaggeration of hypertrophy and less contractile augmentation at 7 days. Moreover, TNFR2-/- mice exposed to tenfold higher ISO doses displayed significant mortality. TNF signaling contributes to β-AR-mediated cardiac remodeling in vivo in a receptor-specific manner. Unopposed TNFR1 activation is pro-inflammatory, pro-hypertrophic and promotes functional decline. However, co-activation of TNFR2 during β-AR stress is anti-inflammatory and counterbalances these deleterious effects. TNF modulatory strategies that maintain TNFR2 signaling may help prevent the detrimental long-term effects of β-AR stimulation in the heart.
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- Jason B Garlie
- Institute of Molecular Cardiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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Propofol's effects on phagocytosis, proliferation, nitrate production, and cytokine secretion in pressure-stimulated microglial cells. Surgery 2011; 150:887-96. [PMID: 21676422 DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2010] [Accepted: 04/22/2011] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Intracranial hypertension complicates severe traumatic brain injury frequently and might be associated with poor outcomes. Traumatic brain injury induces a neuroinflammatory response by microglial activation and upregulation of proinflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin-1β, tumor necrosis factor alpha, and interleukin-6. To elucidate the effect of increased intracranial pressure on microglial function, we studied the effects of increased extracellular pressure on primary human microglial cell phagocytosis, proliferation, cytokine secretion, and total nitrate production. In addition, because many patients receive propofol during anesthesia or intensive care unit sedation, we evaluated whether propofol alters the effects of pressure. METHODS Human microglial cells were pretreated with (2.5-20 μg/mL) propofol or Intralipid as a vehicle control were incubated at ambient atmospheric pressure or at 15 or 30 mm Hg increased pressure for 2 h for phagocytosis assays or 24 h for proliferation, cytokine secretion, and total nitrate production studies. Phagocytosis was determined by incorporation of intracellular fluorescent latex beads. Tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin-1β, and interleukin-6 were assayed by sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and total nitrate by Greiss reagent. RESULTS Increased extracellular pressure stimulated phagocytosis versus untreated microglial cells or cells treated with an Intralipid vehicle control. Propofol also stimulated microglial phagocytosis at ambient pressure. Increased pressure, however, decreased phagocytosis in the presence of propofol. Pressure also increased microglial tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-1β secretion and propofol pretreatment blocked the pressure-stimulated effect. Interleukin-6 production was not altered either by pressure or by propofol. Pressure also induced total nitrate secretion, and propofol pretreatment decreased basal as well as pressure-induced microglial nitrate production. CONCLUSION Extracellular pressures consistent with increased intracranial pressure after a head injury activate inflammatory signals in human primary microglial cells in vitro, stimulating phagocytosis, proliferation, tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-1β, and total nitrate secretion but not affecting interleukin-6. Such inflammatory events may contribute to the worsened prognosis of traumatic brain injury after increased intracranial pressure. Because propofol alleviated these potentially proinflammatory effects, these results suggest that the inflammatory cascade activated by intracranial pressure might be targeted by propofol in patients with increased intracranial pressure after traumatic brain injury.
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Echtermeyer F, Harendza T, Hubrich S, Lorenz A, Herzog C, Mueller M, Schmitz M, Grund A, Larmann J, Stypmann J, Schieffer B, Lichtinghagen R, Hilfiker-Kleiner D, Wollert KC, Heineke J, Theilmeier G. Syndecan-4 signalling inhibits apoptosis and controls NFAT activity during myocardial damage and remodelling. Cardiovasc Res 2011; 92:123-31. [PMID: 21632883 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvr149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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AIMS Myocardial infarction (MI) results in acute impairment of left ventricular (LV) function through the initial development of cardiomyocyte death and subsequent progression of LV remodelling. The expression of syndecan-4 (Sdc4), a transmembrane proteoglycan, is up-regulated after MI, but its function in the heart remains unknown. Here, we characterize the effects of Sdc4 deficiency in murine myocardial ischaemia and permanent infarction. METHODS AND RESULTS Targeted deletion of Sdc4 (Sdc4(-/-)) leads to increased myocardial damage after ischaemic-reperfusion injury due to enhanced cardiomyocyte apoptosis associated with reduced activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase in cardiomyocytes in vitro and in vivo. After ischaemic-reperfusion injury and permanent infarction, we observed an increase in cardiomyocyte area, nuclear translocation of nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT), and transcription of the NFAT target rcan1.4 in wild-type mice. NFAT pathway activation was enhanced in Sdc4(-/-) mice. In line with the in vivo data, NFAT activation and hypertrophy occurs in isolated cardiomyocytes with reduced Sdc4 expression during phenylephrine stimulation in vitro. Despite the initially increased myocardial damage, echocardiography revealed improved LV geometry and function in Sdc4(-/-) mice 7 days after MI. CONCLUSION Interception of the Sdc4 pathway enhances infarct expansion and hypertrophic remodelling during early infarct healing in ischaemic-reperfusion injury and permanent infarction mouse models and exerts net beneficial effects on LV function.
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- Frank Echtermeyer
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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Rondelet B, Dewachter C, Kerbaul F, Kang X, Fesler P, Brimioulle S, Naeije R, Dewachter L. Prolonged overcirculation-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension as a cause of right ventricular failure. Eur Heart J 2011; 33:1017-26. [PMID: 21606077 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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AIMS Three-month chronic systemic-to-pulmonary shunting in growing piglets has been reported as an early pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) model with preserved right ventricular (RV) function. We sought to determine whether prolonged shunting might be associated with more severe PAH and RV failure. METHODS AND RESULTS Fourteen growing piglets were randomized to a sham operation or the anastomosis of the left innominate artery to the pulmonary arterial trunk. Six months later, the shunt was closed and the animals underwent haemodynamic evaluation followed by tissue sampling for pathobiological assessment. Prolonged shunting had resulted in increased mean pulmonary artery pressure (22 ± 2 versus 17 ± 1 mmHg) and pulmonary arteriolar medial thickness, while cardiac output was decreased. However, RV-arterial coupling was markedly deteriorated, with a ~50% decrease in the ratio of end-systolic to pulmonary arterial elastances (Ees/Ea). Lung tissue expressions of endothelin-1, angiopoietin-1, and bone morphogenetic protein receptor-2 were similarly altered compared with previously observed after 3-month shunting. At the RV tissue level, pro-apoptotic ratio of Bax-to-Bcl-2 expressions and caspase-3 activation were increased, along with an increase in cardiomyocyte size, while expressions in voltage-gated potassium channels (Kv1.5 and Kv2.1) and angiogenic factors (angiopoietin-2 and vascular endothelial growth factor) were decreased. Right ventricular expressions of pro-inflammatory cytokines [interleukin (IL)-1α, IL-1β, tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α)] and natriuretic peptide precursors (NPPA and NPPB) were increased. There was an inverse correlation between RV Ees/Ea and pro-apoptotic Bax/Bcl-2 ratios. CONCLUSIONS Prolonged left-to-right shunting in piglets does not further aggravate pulmonary vasculopathy, but is a cause of RV failure, which appears related to an activation of apoptosis and inflammation.
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- Benoit Rondelet
- Physiology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 808 Lennik Road, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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Role of heme oxygenase-1 in inflammatory response induced by mechanical stretch in synovial cells. Inflamm Res 2011; 60:861-7. [DOI: 10.1007/s00011-011-0346-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2011] [Revised: 03/29/2011] [Accepted: 05/05/2011] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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IGF-1 (insulin-like growth factor-1) plays a unique role in the cell protection of multiple systems, where its fine-tuned signal transduction helps to preserve tissues from hypoxia, ischaemia and oxidative stress, thus mediating functional homoeostatic adjustments. In contrast, its deprivation results in apoptosis and dysfunction. Many prospective epidemiological surveys have associated low IGF-1 levels with late mortality, MI (myocardial infarction), HF (heart failure) and diabetes. Interventional studies suggest that IGF-1 has anti-atherogenic actions, owing to its multifaceted impact on cardiovascular risk factors and diseases. The metabolic ability of IGF-1 in coupling vasodilation with improved function plays a key role in these actions. The endothelial-protective, anti-platelet and anti-thrombotic activities of IGF-1 exert critical effects in preventing both vascular damage and mechanisms that lead to unstable coronary plaques and syndromes. The pro-survival and anti-inflammatory short-term properties of IGF-1 appear to reduce infarct size and improve LV (left ventricular) remodelling after MI. An immune-modulatory ability, which is able to suppress 'friendly fire' and autoreactivity, is a proposed important additional mechanism explaining the anti-thrombotic and anti-remodelling activities of IGF-1. The concern of cancer risk raised by long-term therapy with IGF-1, however, deserves further study. In the present review, we discuss the large body of published evidence and review data on rhIGF-1 (recombinant human IGF-1) administration in cardiovascular disease and diabetes, with a focus on dosage and safety issues. Perhaps the time has come for the regenerative properties of IGF-1 to be assessed as a new pharmacological tool in cardiovascular medicine.
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Zhu Y, Li T, Song J, Liu C, Hu Y, Que L, Ha T, Kelley J, Chen Q, Li C, Li Y. The TIR/BB-loop mimetic AS-1 prevents cardiac hypertrophy by inhibiting IL-1R-mediated MyD88-dependent signaling. Basic Res Cardiol 2011; 106:787-99. [PMID: 21533832 DOI: 10.1007/s00395-011-0182-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2010] [Revised: 03/29/2011] [Accepted: 04/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Activation of NF-κB contributes to cardiac hypertrophy and the interleukin-1 receptor (IL-1R)-mediated MyD88-dependent signaling pathway predominately activates NF-κB. Recent studies have shown that the TIR/BB-Loop mimetic (AS-1) disrupted the interaction of MyD88 with the IL-1R, resulting in blunting of NF-κB activation. We have examined the effects of AS-1 on the IL-1β-induced hypertrophic response using cultured neonatal cardiac myocytes in vitro and transverse aortic constriction (TAC) pressure overload-induced cardiac hypertrophy in vivo. Neonatal cardiac myocytes were treated with AS-1 15 min prior to IL-1β stimulation for 24 h. AS-1 treatment significantly attenuated IL-1β-induced hypertrophic responses of cardiac myocytes. In vivo experiments showed that AS-1 administration prevented cardiac hypertrophy and dysfunction induced by pressure overload. AS-1 administration disrupted the interaction of IL-1R with MyD88 in the pressure overloaded hearts and prevented activation of NF-κB. In addition, AS-1 prevented increases in activation of the MAPK pathway (p38 and p-ERK) in TAC-induced hypertrophic hearts. Our data suggest that the IL-1R-mediated MyD88-dependent signaling pathway plays a role in the development of cardiac hypertrophy and AS-1 attenuation of cardiac hypertrophy is mediated by blocking the interaction between IL-1R and MyD88, resulting in decreased NF-κB binding activity and decreased MAPK activation.
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- Yun Zhu
- Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Pathophysiology, Nanjing Medical University, 140 Hanzhong Road, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu, China
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Stabile AM, Aceros H, Stockmeyer K, Abdel Rahman AA, Noiseux N, Mukaddam-Daher S. Functional and molecular effects of imidazoline receptor activation in heart failure. Life Sci 2011; 88:493-503. [PMID: 21277868 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2011.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2010] [Revised: 12/05/2010] [Accepted: 12/27/2010] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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AIMS Heart failure is a progressive deterioration in heart function associated with overactivity of the sympathetic nervous system. The benefit of inhibition of sympathetic activity by moxonidine, a centrally acting imidazoline receptor agonist, was questioned based on the outcome of a failing clinical trial. The following studies measured cardiac structure and hemodynamics and mechanisms underlying moxonidine-induced changes, in cardiomyopathic hamsters, where the stage of the disease, dose, and compliance were controlled. MAIN METHODS Male BIO 14.6 hamsters (6 and 10 months old, with moderate and advanced heart failure, respectively) received moxonidine at 2 concentrations: low (2.4 mg/kg/day) and high (9.6 mg/kg/day), or vehicle, subcutaneously, for 1month. Cardiac function was measured by echocardiography, plasma and hearts were collected for histological determination of fibrosis and apoptosis, as well as for measurement cytokines by Elisa and cardiac proteins by Western blotting. KEY FINDINGS Compared to age-matched vehicle-treated BIO 14.6, moxonidine did not reduce blood pressure but significantly reduced heart rate and improved cardiac performance. Moxonidine exerted anti-apoptotic effect with differential inflammatory/anti-inflammatory responses that culminate in attenuated cardiac apoptosis and fibrosis and altered protein expression of collagen types. Some effects were observed regardless of treatment onset, although the changes were more significant in the younger group. Interestingly, moxonidine resulted in upregulation of cardiac imidazoline receptors. SIGNIFICANCE These studies imply that in addition to centrally mediated sympathetic inhibition, the effects of moxonidine may, at least in part, be mediated by direct actions on the heart. Further investigation of imidazolines/imidazoline receptors in cardiovascular diseases is warranted.
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- Angelita Maria Stabile
- Centre Hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal Research Center (CRCHUM), Montreal, QC, Canada
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Cardiac tissue-restricted deletion of plakoglobin results in progressive cardiomyopathy and activation of {beta}-catenin signaling. Mol Cell Biol 2011; 31:1134-44. [PMID: 21245375 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01025-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Mutations in the plakoglobin (JUP) gene have been identified in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) patients. However, the mechanisms underlying plakoglobin dysfunction involved in the pathogenesis of ARVC remain poorly understood. Plakoglobin is a component of both desmosomes and adherens junctions located at the intercalated disc (ICD) of cardiomyocytes, where it functions to link cadherins to the cytoskeleton. In addition, plakoglobin functions as a signaling protein via its ability to modulate the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. To investigate the role of plakoglobin in ARVC, we generated an inducible cardiorestricted knockout (CKO) of the plakoglobin gene in mice. Plakoglobin CKO mice exhibited progressive loss of cardiac myocytes, extensive inflammatory infiltration, fibrous tissue replacement, and cardiac dysfunction similar to those of ARVC patients. Desmosomal proteins from the ICD were decreased, consistent with altered desmosome ultrastructure in plakoglobin CKO hearts. Despite gap junction remodeling, plakoglobin CKO hearts were refractory to induced arrhythmias. Ablation of plakoglobin caused increase β-catenin stabilization associated with activated AKT and inhibition of glycogen synthase kinase 3β. Finally, β-catenin/TCF transcriptional activity may contribute to the cardiac hypertrophy response in plakoglobin CKO mice. This novel model of ARVC demonstrates for the first time how plakoglobin affects β-catenin activity in the heart and its implications for disease pathogenesis.
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Tang K, Li X, Zheng MQ, Rozanski GJ. Role of apoptosis signal-regulating kinase-1-c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase-p38 signaling in voltage-gated K+ channel remodeling of the failing heart: regulation by thioredoxin. Antioxid Redox Signal 2011; 14:25-35. [PMID: 20518594 PMCID: PMC3000643 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2010.3095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase (JNK) and p38 kinase are key regulators of cardiac hypertrophy and apoptosis during pathological stress, but their role in regulating ion channels in the diseased heart is unclear. Thus, we compared the kinase profile and electrophysiological phenotype of the rat ventricle 6-8 weeks after myocardial infarction (MI). Molecular analyses showed that JNK and p38 activities were markedly increased in post-MI hearts, while parallel voltage-clamp studies in ventricular myocytes revealed a characteristic downregulation of transient outward K(+) current (I(to)) density. When post-MI myocytes were treated with JNK or p38 inhibitors, I(to) density increased to control levels. Upregulation of I(to) was also elicited by insulin-like growth factor-1, which decreased JNK/p38 activity in post-MI hearts, and these changes were blocked by the thioredoxin (Trx) reductase inhibitor auranofin. Consistent with activation of JNK-p38 signaling, binding of apoptosis signal-regulating kinase-1 with Trx1 was also markedly decreased post-MI, and was reversed by insulin-like growth factor-1 in an auranofin-sensitive manner. We conclude that expression of ventricular K(+) channels is redox regulated and that chronic impairment of the Trx system in the post-MI heart contributes to I(to) remodeling through sustained activation of apoptosis signal-regulating kinase-1-JNK-p38 signaling. The cardiac Trx system may thus be a novel therapeutic target to reverse or prevent ventricular arrhythmias in the failing heart.
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- Kang Tang
- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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Davis PJ, Davis FB, Lin HY. Roles and controls of mTOR in the heart. Focus on “mTOR attenuates the inflammatory response in cardiomyocytes and prevents cardiac dysfunction in pathological hypertrophy”. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2010; 299:C1250-2. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00410.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Paul J. Davis
- Ordway Research Institute,
- Albany Medical College, and
- Albany College of Pharmacy, Albany, New York
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Serpi R, Tolonen AM, Huusko J, Rysä J, Tenhunen O, Ylä-Herttuala S, Ruskoaho H. Vascular endothelial growth factor-B gene transfer prevents angiotensin II-induced diastolic dysfunction via proliferation and capillary dilatation in rats. Cardiovasc Res 2010; 89:204-13. [PMID: 20733007 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvq267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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AIMS heart growth and function are angiogenesis-dependent, but little is known concerning the effects of key regulators of angiogenesis on diastolic heart failure. Here, we tested the hypothesis that local vascular endothelial growth factor-B (VEGF-B) gene therapy prevents left ventricular diastolic dysfunction. METHODS AND RESULTS rats were subjected to pressure overload by infusing angiotensin II (33.3 microg/kg/h) for 2 weeks using osmotic minipumps. Intramyocardial delivery of adenoviral vector expressing VEGF-B(167A) improved the angiotensin II-induced diastolic dysfunction compared with LacZ control virus. Local VEGF-B gene transfer increased the mean capillary area in the left ventricle in control and angiotensin II-infused animals, whereas the density of capillaries was not affected. Interestingly, significant increases were noted in Ki67(+) proliferating cells, expression of interleukin1β, and c-kit(+) cells in response to VEGF-B gene transfer. The increase in cardiac c-kit(+) cells was not associated with an induction of stromal cell-derived factor 1α, suggesting no mobilization of cells from bone marrow. Also, the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt pathway was activated. CONCLUSION VEGF-B gene transfer resulted in prevention of the angiotensin II-induced diastolic dysfunction associated with induction of the Akt pathway, increased proliferation and number of c-kit(+) cells, as well as an increase in the capillary area in the left ventricle. VEGF-B may offer novel therapeutic possibilities for the prevention of the transition from compensated to decompensated cardiac hypertrophy and thereby for the treatment of heart failure.
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- Raisa Serpi
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Biocenter Oulu, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 5000, 90014 Oulu, Finland
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Wang Q, Lin JLC, Reinking BE, Feng HZ, Chan FC, Lin CI, Jin JP, Gustafson-Wagner EA, Scholz TD, Yang B, Lin JJC. Essential roles of an intercalated disc protein, mXinbeta, in postnatal heart growth and survival. Circ Res 2010; 106:1468-78. [PMID: 20360251 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.109.212787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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RATIONALE The Xin repeat-containing proteins mXinalpha and mXinbeta localize to the intercalated disc of mouse heart and are implicated in cardiac development and function. The mXinalpha directly interacts with beta-catenin, p120-catenin, and actin filaments. Ablation of mXinalpha results in adult late-onset cardiomyopathy with conduction defects. An upregulation of the mXinbeta in mXinalpha-deficient hearts suggests a partial compensation. OBJECTIVE The essential roles of mXinbeta in cardiac development and intercalated disc maturation were investigated. METHODS AND RESULTS Ablation of mXinbeta led to abnormal heart shape, ventricular septal defects, severe growth retardation, and postnatal lethality with no upregulation of the mXinalpha. Postnatal upregulation of mXinbeta in wild-type hearts, as well as altered apoptosis and proliferation in mXinbeta-null hearts, suggests that mXinbeta is required for postnatal heart remodeling. The mXinbeta-null hearts exhibited a misorganized myocardium as detected by histological and electron microscopic studies and an impaired diastolic function, as suggested by echocardiography and a delay in switching off the slow skeletal troponin I. Loss of mXinbeta resulted in the failure of forming mature intercalated discs and the mislocalization of mXinalpha and N-cadherin. The mXinbeta-null hearts showed upregulation of active Stat3 (signal transducer and activator of transcription 3) and downregulation of the activities of Rac1, insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor, protein kinase B, and extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2. CONCLUSIONS These findings identify not only an essential role of mXinbeta in the intercalated disc maturation but also mechanisms of mXinbeta modulating N-cadherin-mediated adhesion signaling and its crosstalk signaling for postnatal heart growth and animal survival.
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- Qinchuan Wang
- Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1324, USA
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Abbate A, Van Tassell BW, Seropian IM, Toldo S, Robati R, Varma A, Salloum FN, Smithson L, Dinarello CA. Interleukin-1β modulation using a genetically engineered antibody prevents adverse cardiac remodelling following acute myocardial infarction in the mouse. Eur J Heart Fail 2010; 12:319-22. [PMID: 20335350 DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfq017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Antonio Abbate
- Division of Cardiology/VCU Pauley Heart Center; Virginia Commonwealth University; 1200 East Broad Street - West Hospital, 10th Floor, East Wing, Room 1041, PO Box 980281 Richmond VA 23298-0281 USA
- Victoria Johnson Center; Virginia Commonwealth University; Richmond VA USA
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- Division of Cardiology/VCU Pauley Heart Center; Virginia Commonwealth University; 1200 East Broad Street - West Hospital, 10th Floor, East Wing, Room 1041, PO Box 980281 Richmond VA 23298-0281 USA
- Victoria Johnson Center; Virginia Commonwealth University; Richmond VA USA
- School of Pharmacy; Virginia Commonwealth University; Richmond VA USA
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- Division of Cardiology/VCU Pauley Heart Center; Virginia Commonwealth University; 1200 East Broad Street - West Hospital, 10th Floor, East Wing, Room 1041, PO Box 980281 Richmond VA 23298-0281 USA
- Victoria Johnson Center; Virginia Commonwealth University; Richmond VA USA
- School of Pharmacy; Virginia Commonwealth University; Richmond VA USA
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- Division of Cardiology/VCU Pauley Heart Center; Virginia Commonwealth University; 1200 East Broad Street - West Hospital, 10th Floor, East Wing, Room 1041, PO Box 980281 Richmond VA 23298-0281 USA
- Victoria Johnson Center; Virginia Commonwealth University; Richmond VA USA
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- Division of Cardiology/VCU Pauley Heart Center; Virginia Commonwealth University; 1200 East Broad Street - West Hospital, 10th Floor, East Wing, Room 1041, PO Box 980281 Richmond VA 23298-0281 USA
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- Division of Cardiology/VCU Pauley Heart Center; Virginia Commonwealth University; 1200 East Broad Street - West Hospital, 10th Floor, East Wing, Room 1041, PO Box 980281 Richmond VA 23298-0281 USA
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- Division of Cardiology/VCU Pauley Heart Center; Virginia Commonwealth University; 1200 East Broad Street - West Hospital, 10th Floor, East Wing, Room 1041, PO Box 980281 Richmond VA 23298-0281 USA
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- Victoria Johnson Center; Virginia Commonwealth University; Richmond VA USA
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