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Cross HR, Li M, Petrich BG, Murphy E, Wang Y, Steenbergen C. Effect of p38 MAP kinases on contractility and ischemic injury in intact heart. ACTA PHYSIOLOGICA HUNGARICA 2009; 96:307-23. [PMID: 19706373 PMCID: PMC3137881 DOI: 10.1556/aphysiol.96.2009.3.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The p38 MAP kinases are stress-activated MAP kinases whose induction is often associated with the onset of heart failure. This study investigated the role of p38 MAP kinase isoforms in the regulation of myocardial contractility and ischemia/reperfusion injury using mice with cardiac-specific expression of kinase dead (dominant negative) mutants of p38alpha (p38alphadn) or p38beta (p38betadn). Hearts were subjected to 20 min ischemia and 40 min reperfusion. Immunofluorescence staining for p38alphadn and p38betadn protein was performed on neonatal cardiomyocytes infected with adenovirus expressing flag-tagged p38alphadn and p38betadn protein. Basal contractile function was increased in both p38alphadn and p38betadn hearts compared to WT. Ischemic injury was increased in p38betadn vs. WT hearts, as indicated by lower posti-schemic recoveries of contractile function and ATP. However, despite a similar increase in contractility, ischemic injury was not increased in p38alphadn vs. WT hearts. Immunohistological analysis of cardiomyocytes with comparable levels of protein overexpression show that p38alphadn and p38betadn proteins were co-localized with sarcomeric alpha-actinin, however, p38alphadn was detected in the nucleus while p38betadn was exclusively detected in the cytosol. In summary, attenuated p38 activity led to increased myocardial contractility; specific isoforms of p38 and their sub-cellular localization may have different roles in modulating ischemic injury.
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- H R Cross
- Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Rasheed S, Yan JS, Hussain A, Lai B. Proteomic characterization of HIV-modulated membrane receptors, kinases and signaling proteins involved in novel angiogenic pathways. J Transl Med 2009; 7:75. [PMID: 19712456 PMCID: PMC2754444 DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-7-75] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2009] [Accepted: 08/27/2009] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Background Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), hemangioma, and other angioproliferative diseases are highly prevalent in HIV-infected individuals. While KS is etiologically linked to the human herpesvirus-8 (HHV8) infection, HIV-patients without HHV-8 and those infected with unrelated viruses also develop angiopathies. Further, HIV-Tat can activate protein-tyrosine-kinase (PTK-activity) of the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor involved in stimulating angiogenic processes. However, Tat by itself or HHV8-genes alone cannot induce angiogenesis in vivo unless specific proteins/enzymes are produced synchronously by different cell-types. We therefore tested a hypothesis that chronic HIV-replication in non-endothelial cells may produce novel factors that provoke angiogenic pathways. Methods Genome-wide proteins from HIV-infected and uninfected T-lymphocytes were tested by subtractive proteomics analyses at various stages of virus and cell growth in vitro over a period of two years. Several thousand differentially regulated proteins were identified by mass spectrometry (MS) and >200 proteins were confirmed in multiple gels. Each protein was scrutinized extensively by protein-interaction-pathways, bioinformatics, and statistical analyses. Results By functional categorization, 31 proteins were identified to be associated with various signaling events involved in angiogenesis. 88% proteins were located in the plasma membrane or extracellular matrix and >90% were found to be essential for regeneration, neovascularization and angiogenic processes during embryonic development. Conclusion Chronic HIV-infection of T-cells produces membrane receptor-PTKs, serine-threonine kinases, growth factors, adhesion molecules and many diffusible signaling proteins that have not been previously reported in HIV-infected cells. Each protein has been associated with endothelial cell-growth, morphogenesis, sprouting, microvessel-formation and other biological processes involved in angiogenesis (p = 10-4 to 10-12). Bioinformatics analyses suggest that overproduction of PTKs and other kinases in HIV-infected cells has suppressed VEGF/VEGFR-PTK expression and promoted VEGFR-independent pathways. This unique mechanism is similar to that observed in neovascularization and angiogenesis during embryogenesis. Validation of clinically relevant proteins by gene-silencing and translational studies in vivo would identify specific targets that can be used for early diagnosis of angiogenic disorders and future development of inhibitors of angiopathies. This is the first comprehensive study to demonstrate that HIV-infection alone, without any co-infection or treatment, can induce numerous "embryonic" proteins and kinases capable of generating novel VEGF-independent angiogenic pathways.
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- Suraiya Rasheed
- Laboratory of Viral Oncology and Proteomics Research Department of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90032-3626, USA.
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Thandavarayan RA, Watanabe K, Ma M, Gurusamy N, Veeraveedu PT, Konishi T, Zhang S, Muslin AJ, Kodama M, Aizawa Y. Dominant-negative p38alpha mitogen-activated protein kinase prevents cardiac apoptosis and remodeling after streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2009; 297:H911-9. [PMID: 19617408 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00124.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) is activated during heart diseases that might be associated with myocardial damage and cardiac remodeling process. Diabetic cardiomyopathy is associated with increased oxidative stress and inflammation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of p38alpha MAPK after experimental diabetes by using transgenic (TG) mice with cardiac-specific expression of a dominant-negative mutant form of p38alpha MAPK. The elevation of blood glucose was comparable between the nontransgenic (NTG) and TG mice. The expression of phospho-p38 MAPK and phospho-MAPK-activated protein kinase 2 levels were significantly suppressed in TG mice heart than in NTG mice after diabetes induction. Left ventricular (LV) dimension in systole was smaller, and the percent fractional shortening was higher in diabetic TG mice compared with diabetic NTG mice. In addition, diabetic TG mice had reduced cardiac myocyte diameter, content of cardiac fibrosis, LV tissue expressions of atrial natriuretic peptide, transforming growth factor beta1, and collagen III compared with diabetic NTG mice. Moreover, LV expression of NADPH oxidase subunits, p22(phox), p67(phox), gp91(phox), and Nox4, reactive oxygen species and lipid peroxidation levels were significantly increased in diabetic NTG mice, but not in diabetic TG mice. Furthermore, myocardial apoptosis, the number of caspase-3-positive cells, and the downregulation of antiapoptotic protein Bcl-X(L) were less in diabetic TG mice compared with diabetic NTG mice. In conclusion, our data establish that p38alpha MAPK activity is required for cardiac remodeling after diabetes induction and suggest that p38alpha MAPK may promote cardiomyocyte apoptosis by downregulation of Bcl-X(L).
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- Rajarajan A Thandavarayan
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, 265-1 Higashijima Akiha-ku, Niigata 956-8603, Japan
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Li H, Malhotra D, Yeh CC, Tu R, Zhu BQ, Birger N, Wisneski A, Cha J, Karliner JS, Mann MJ. Myocardial survival signaling in response to stem cell transplantation. J Am Coll Surg 2009; 208:607-13. [PMID: 19476797 DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2008] [Revised: 12/18/2008] [Accepted: 12/18/2008] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Experimental human stem cell transplantation to the heart has begun, but the mechanisms underlying benefits seen in preclinical models, both at the site of cell injection and at more distant regions, remain uncertain. We hypothesize that these benefits can be best understood first at the level of key intracellular signaling cascades in the host myocardium, which can be responsible for functional and structural preservation of the heart. STUDY DESIGN Western blot and ELISA were used to assess key pathways that regulate cardiac myocyte survival and hypertrophy in both the infarct/borderzone and remote myocardium of C57/B6 mouse hearts subjected to coronary artery ligation, with subsequent injection of either vehicle or bone marrow-derived adult mesenchymal stem cells (MSC). RESULTS Improved left ventricular function with MSC transplantation was associated with a relative preservation of Akt phosphorylation (activation) and of phosphorylation of downstream mediators of cell survival and hypertrophy. There was no substantial difference in activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase p38, and activation of the antiapoptotic mitogen-activated protein kinase extracellular signal-regulated kinase was lower at 1 week after MSC treatment, but rose beyond controls by week 2. Similar changes were observed in both the infarct/borderzone and the remote myocardium. CONCLUSION Stem cell transplantation in the post-MI murine myocardium is associated with preservation of Akt signaling. Together with a possible later increase in extracellular signal-regulated kinase activation, this signaling change might be responsible for cardioprotection. Additional focused investigation might identify elements in transplantation regimens that optimize this mechanism of benefit, and that can increase the likelihood of human clinical success.
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- Hongzhe Li
- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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Shaik SS, Soltau TD, Chaturvedi G, Totapally B, Hagood JS, Andrews WW, Athar M, Voitenok NN, Killingsworth CR, Patel RP, Fallon MB, Maheshwari A. Low intensity shear stress increases endothelial ELR+ CXC chemokine production via a focal adhesion kinase-p38{beta} MAPK-NF-{kappa}B pathway. J Biol Chem 2008; 284:5945-55. [PMID: 19117939 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m807205200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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CXC chemokines with a glutamate-leucine-arginine (ELR) tripeptide motif (ELR(+) CXC chemokines) play an important role in leukocyte trafficking into the tissues. For reasons that are not well elucidated, circulating leukocytes are recruited into the tissues mainly in small vessels such as capillaries and venules. Because ELR(+) CXC chemokines are important mediators of endothelial-leukocyte interaction, we compared chemokine expression by microvascular and aortic endothelium to investigate whether differences in chemokine expression by various endothelial types could, at least partially, explain the microvascular localization of endothelial-leukocyte interaction. Both in vitro and in vivo models indicate that ELR(+) CXC chemokine expression is higher in microvascular endothelium than in aortic endothelial cells. These differences can be explained on the basis of the preferential activation of endothelial chemokine production by low intensity shear stress. Low shear activated endothelial ELR(+) CXC chemokine production via cell surface heparan sulfates, beta(3)-integrins, focal adhesion kinase, the mitogen-activated protein kinase p38beta, mitogen- and stress-associated protein kinase-1, and the transcription factor.
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- Sadiq S Shaik
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35233, USA
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Heller NM, Qi X, Junttila IS, Shirey KA, Vogel SN, Paul WE, Keegan AD. Type I IL-4Rs selectively activate IRS-2 to induce target gene expression in macrophages. Sci Signal 2008; 1:ra17. [PMID: 19109239 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.1164795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Although interleukin-4 (IL-4) and IL-13 participate in allergic inflammation and share a receptor subunit (IL-4Ralpha), they have different functions. We compared cells expressing type I and II IL-4Rs with cells expressing only type II receptors for their responsiveness to these cytokines. IL-4 induced highly efficient, gammaC-dependent tyrosine phosphorylation of insulin receptor substrate 2 (IRS-2), whereas IL-13 was less effective, even when phosphorylation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 6 (STAT6) was maximal. Only type I receptor, gammaC-dependent signaling induced efficient association of IRS-2 with the p85 subunit of phosphoinositide 3-kinase or the adaptor protein growth factor receptor-bound protein 2. In addition, IL-4 signaling through type I IL-4Rs induced more robust expression of a subset of genes associated with alternatively activated macrophages than did IL-13. Thus, IL-4 activates signaling pathways through type I IL-4Rs qualitatively differently from IL-13, which cooperate to induce optimal gene expression.
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- Nicola M Heller
- Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases, Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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MAPK signalling in cardiovascular health and disease: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic targets. Clin Sci (Lond) 2008; 115:203-18. [PMID: 18752467 DOI: 10.1042/cs20070430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 373] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Intracellular MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase) signalling cascades probably play an important role in the pathogenesis of cardiac and vascular disease. A substantial amount of basic science research has defined many of the details of MAPK pathway organization and activation, but the role of individual signalling proteins in the pathogenesis of various cardiovascular diseases is still being elucidated. In the present review, the role of the MAPKs ERK (extracellular signal-regulated kinase), JNK (c-Jun N-terminal kinase) and p38 MAPK in cardiac hypertrophy, cardiac remodelling after myocardial infarction, atherosclerosis and vascular restenosis will be examined, with attention paid to genetically modified murine model systems and to the use of pharmacological inhibitors of protein kinases. Despite the complexities of this field of research, attractive targets for pharmacological therapy are emerging.
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Pentassuglia L, Sawyer DB. The role of Neuregulin-1beta/ErbB signaling in the heart. Exp Cell Res 2008; 315:627-37. [PMID: 18801360 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2008.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2008] [Revised: 08/19/2008] [Accepted: 08/19/2008] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Products of the Neuregulin-1 (Nrg-1) gene, along with the ErbB family of receptor tyrosine kinases through which Nrg-1 ligands signal, play a critical role during cardiovascular development. Through studies of genetically manipulated mice, as well as studies in cells isolated from adult hearts, it appears that Nrg-1/ErbB signaling is an essential paracrine mediator of cell-cell interactions that not only regulates tissue organization during development, but also helps to maintain cardiac function throughout an organism's life. Studies in cells isolated from the heart demonstrate that Nrg-1 can activate a number of signaling pathways, which mediate cellular adaptations to stress in the myocardium. These observations provide insight as to why ErbB2-targeted cancer treatments have deleterious effects on cardiac function in some cancer patients. Moreover emerging data suggest that Nrg-1 ligands might be useful clinically to restore cardiac function after cardiac injury. In this review we will attempt to synthesize the literature behind this rapidly growing and exciting area of research.
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- Laura Pentassuglia
- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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Proctor BM, Jin X, Lupu TS, Muglia LJ, Semenkovich CF, Muslin AJ. Requirement for p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase activity in neointima formation after vascular injury. Circulation 2008; 118:658-66. [PMID: 18645058 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.107.734848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Angioplasty and stent delivery are performed to treat atherosclerotic vascular disease but often cause deleterious neointimal lesion formation. Previously, growth factor receptor-bound protein 2 (Grb2), an intracellular linker protein, was shown to be essential for neointima formation and for p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation in vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs). In this study, the role of vascular SMC p38alpha MAPK in neointimal development was examined. METHODS AND RESULTS Compound transgenic mice were generated with doxycycline-inducible SMC-specific expression of dominant-negative p38alpha MAPK (DN-p38alpha). Doxycycline treatment resulted in the expression of DN-p38alpha mRNA and protein in transgenic arteries. Doxycycline-treated compound transgenic mice were resistant to neointima formation 21 days after carotid injury and showed reduced arterial p38 MAPK activation. To explore the mechanism by which p38alpha MAPK promotes neointima formation, an in vitro SMC culture system was used. Inhibition of p38alpha MAPK in cultured SMCs by treatment with SB202190 or small interfering RNA blocked platelet-derived growth factor-induced SMC proliferation, DNA replication, phosphorylation of the retinoblastoma protein, and induction of minichromosome maintenance protein 6. CONCLUSIONS SMC p38alpha MAPK activation is required for neointima formation, perhaps because of its ability to promote retinoblastoma protein phosphorylation and minichromosome maintenance protein 6 expression.
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- Brandon M Proctor
- Center for Cardiovascular Research, Department of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, School of Medicine, ST. Louis, Mo., USA
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Hirakawa B, Jessen BA, Illanes O, de Peyster A, McDermott T, Stevens GJ. Toxicogenomic Analysis of Cardiotoxicity in Rats. GENOMICS INSIGHTS 2008. [DOI: 10.4137/gei.s851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Evidence of cardiotoxicity in the preclinical testing of drugs will often lead to compound attrition. The standard method for identifying cardiotoxic compounds involves histopathological analysis of tissue sections, a resource intensive process. In an effort to reduce attrition and capture safety endpoints early within the drug discovery paradigm, a more rapid assessment of target organ effects is desired. Here we describe the results of a preliminary study in which a group of common genes were affected by in vivo exposure to compounds known to cause dose-dependant cardiotoxicity. Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were treated intraperitoneally with a single dose of digoxin (20 mg/kg), doxorubicin (30 mg/kg), isoproterenol (70 mg/kg), lipopolysaccharide (10 mg/kg) or carbon tetrachloride (800 mg/kg) and euthanized either 6 or 24 hours post-dose. Digoxin, doxorubicin, isoproterenol, and lipopolysaccharide were chosen for this study based on their diverse mechanisms of cardiotoxicity. Carbon tetrachloride, a known liver toxicant, was chosen as a non-cardiotoxic negative control. Genes commonly affected by all four cardiotoxic compounds were grouped together as a list of potential biomarkers. Gene expression changes were subsequently quantified using quantitative PCR. These genes were compared to those affected by novel experimental compounds previously shown to cause cardiotoxicity in rats. These compounds also affected over half of the genes on the biomarker list, whereas the non-cardiotoxic control compound did not affect any genes on the biomarkers list. These data indicate that measuring changes in gene expression could aid in the prioritization of compounds before they are tested in more resource intensive studies.
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- Brad Hirakawa
- Graduate School of Public Health, Hardy Tower 119, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182
- Pfizer Global Research and Development, 10578 Science Center Drive, San Diego, California 92121
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- Pfizer Global Research and Development, 10578 Science Center Drive, San Diego, California 92121
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- Pfizer Global Research and Development, 10578 Science Center Drive, San Diego, California 92121
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- Graduate School of Public Health, Hardy Tower 119, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182
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- Pfizer Global Research and Development, 10578 Science Center Drive, San Diego, California 92121
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- Pfizer Global Research and Development, 10578 Science Center Drive, San Diego, California 92121
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Marionneau C, Brunet S, Flagg TP, Pilgram TK, Demolombe S, Nerbonne JM. Distinct cellular and molecular mechanisms underlie functional remodeling of repolarizing K+ currents with left ventricular hypertrophy. Circ Res 2008; 102:1406-15. [PMID: 18451341 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.107.170050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is associated with electric remodeling and increased arrhythmia risk, although the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. In the experiments here, functional voltage-gated (Kv) and inwardly rectifying (Kir) K(+) channel remodeling was examined in a mouse model of pressure overload-induced LVH, produced by transverse aortic constriction (TAC). Action potential durations (APDs) at 90% repolarization in TAC LV myocytes and QT(c) intervals in TAC mice were prolonged. Mean whole-cell membrane capacitance (C(m)) was higher, and I(to,f), I(K,slow), I(ss), and I(K1) densities were lower in TAC, than in sham, LV myocytes. Although the primary determinant of the reduced current densities is the increase in C(m), I(K,slow) amplitudes were decreased and I(ss) amplitudes were increased in TAC LV cells. Further experiments revealed regional differences in the effects of LVH. Cellular hypertrophy and increased I(ss) amplitudes were more pronounced in TAC endocardial LV cells, whereas I(K,slow) amplitudes were selectively reduced in TAC epicardial LV cells. Consistent with the similarities in I(to,f) and I(K1) amplitudes, Kv4.2, Kv4.3, and KChIP2 (I(to,f)), as well as Kir2.1 and Kir2.2 (I(K1)), transcript and protein expression levels were similar in TAC and sham LV. Unexpectedly, expression of I(K,slow) channel subunits Kv1.5 and Kv2.1 was increased in TAC LV. Biochemical experiments also demonstrated that, although total protein was unaltered, cell surface expression of TASK1 was increased in TAC LV. Functional changes in repolarizing K(+) currents with LVH, therefore, result from distinct cellular (cardiomyocyte enlargement) and molecular (alterations in the numbers of functional channels) mechanisms.
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- Céline Marionneau
- Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Clark JE, Sarafraz N, Marber MS. Potential of p38-MAPK inhibitors in the treatment of ischaemic heart disease. Pharmacol Ther 2007; 116:192-206. [PMID: 17765316 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2007.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2007] [Accepted: 06/14/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Chronic heart failure is debilitating, often fatal, expensive to treat and common. In most patients it is a late consequence of myocardial infarction (MI). The intracellular signals following infarction that lead to diminished contractility, apoptosis, fibrosis and ultimately heart failure are not fully understood but probably involve p38-mitogen activated protein kinases (p38), a family of serine/threonine kinases which, when activated, cause cardiomyocyte contractile dysfunction and death. Pharmacological inhibitors of p38 suppress inflammation and are undergoing clinical trials in rheumatoid arthritis, Chrohn's disease, psoriasis and surgery-induced tissue injury. In this review, we discuss the mechanisms, circumstances and consequences of p38 activation in the heart. The purpose is to evaluate p38 inhibition as a potential therapy for ischaemic heart disease.
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- James E Clark
- The Cardiovascular Division, King's College London, The Rayne Institute, St Thomas' Hospital, London, SE1 7EH, United Kingdom
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Proctor BM, Ren J, Chen Z, Schneider JG, Coleman T, Lupu TS, Semenkovich CF, Muslin AJ. Grb2 Is Required for Atherosclerotic Lesion Formation. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2007; 27:1361-7. [PMID: 17363695 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.106.134007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Grb2 is a ubiquitously expressed linker protein that couples growth factor receptor activation to downstream mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades. Macrophage proliferation and uptake of modified lipoproteins are critical components of atherogenesis which require MAPK activation. However, the precise role of upstream signaling factors and the interrelationship of various MAPK cascades in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis remains uncertain. Complete deletion of Grb2 in mice results in early embryonic lethality. However, Grb2 heterozygous mice appear normal at birth. To test the role of the Grb2 adapter protein in atherosclerotic lesion formation, we generated Grb2+/- mice in the apoE-/- genetic background. METHODS AND RESULTS Grb2+/- apoE-/- and apoE-/- mice exhibited similar body weight and serum lipid profiles. However, Grb2+/- apoE-/- mice on a Western diet had reduced lesion formation compared with apoE-/- mice by aortic sinus and en face assays. Transplantation of apoE-/- mice with Grb2+/- apoE-/- or apoE-/- bone marrow indicated that Grb2 haploinsufficiency in blood-borne cells confers resistance to Western diet-induced atherosclerosis. Cell culture experiments with bone marrow-derived macrophages showed that Grb2 is required for oxidized low density lipoprotein (oxLDL)-induced MAPK activation and foam cell formation. CONCLUSIONS Grb2 is required for atherosclerotic lesion formation and uptake of oxidized LDL by macrophages.
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- Brandon M Proctor
- Center for Cardiovascular Research, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Box 8086, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Aarabi S, Bhatt KA, Shi Y, Paterno J, Chang EI, Loh SA, Holmes JW, Longaker MT, Yee H, Gurtner GC. Mechanical load initiates hypertrophic scar formation through decreased cellular apoptosis. FASEB J 2007; 21:3250-61. [PMID: 17504973 DOI: 10.1096/fj.07-8218com] [Citation(s) in RCA: 353] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Hypertrophic scars occur following cutaneous wounding and result in severe functional and esthetic defects. The pathophysiology of this process remains unknown. Here, we demonstrate for the first time that mechanical stress applied to a healing wound is sufficient to produce hypertrophic scars in mice. The resulting scars are histopathologically identical to human hypertrophic scars and persist for more than six months following a brief (one-week) period of augmented mechanical stress during the proliferative phase of wound healing. Resulting scars are structurally identical to human hypertrophic scars and showed dramatic increases in volume (20-fold) and cellular density (20-fold). The increased cellularity is accompanied by a four-fold decrease in cellular apoptosis and increased activation of the prosurvival marker Akt. To clarify the importance of apoptosis in hypertrophic scar formation, we examine the effects of mechanical loading on cutaneous wounds of animals with altered pathways of cellular apoptosis. In p53-null mice, with down-regulated cellular apoptosis, we observe significantly greater scar hypertrophy and cellular density. Conversely, scar hypertrophy and cellular density are significantly reduced in proapoptotic BclII-null mice. We conclude that mechanical loading early in the proliferative phase of wound healing produces hypertrophic scars by inhibiting cellular apoptosis through an Akt-dependent mechanism.
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- Shahram Aarabi
- Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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Jennings GLR, McMullen JR. Left ventricular hypertrophy: beyond the image and defining the human cardiac phenotype in hypertension. J Hypertens 2007; 25:941-7. [PMID: 17414655 DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0b013e328122d774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Kumbar DH, VanBergen A, Ocampo C, Muangmingsuk S, Griffin AJ, Gupta M. Adapter molecule DOC-2 is differentially expressed in pressure and volume overload hypertrophy and inhibits collagen synthesis in cardiac fibroblasts. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2007; 102:2024-32. [PMID: 17255372 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00924.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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DOC-2 (differentially expressed in ovarian carcinoma) is involved in Ras-, β-integrin-, PKC-, and transforming growth factor-β-mediated cell signaling. These pathways are implicated in the accumulation of extracellular matrix proteins during progression of hypertrophy to heart failure; however, the role of DOC-2 in cardiac pathophysiology has never been examined. This study was undertaken to 1) analyze DOC-2 expression in primary cultures of cardiac fibroblasts and cardiac myocytes and in the heart following different types of hemodynamic overloads and 2) examine its role in growth factor-mediated ERK activation and collagen production. Pressure overload and volume overload were induced for 10 wk in Sprague-Dawley rats by aortic constriction and by aortocaval shunt, respectively. ANG II (0.3 mg·kg−1·day−1) was infused for 2 wk. Results showed that, compared with myocytes, DOC-2 was found abundantly expressed in cardiac fibroblasts. Treatment of cardiac fibroblasts with ANG II and TPA resulted in increased expression of DOC-2. Overexpression of DOC-2 in cardiac fibroblasts led to inhibition of hypertrophy agonist-stimulated ERK activation and collagen expression. An inverse correlation between collagen and DOC-2 was observed in in vivo models of cardiac hypertrophy; in pressure overload and after ANG II infusion, increased collagen mRNA correlated with reduced DOC-2 levels, whereas in volume overload increased DOC-2 levels were accompanied by unchanged collagen mRNA. These data for the first time describe expression of DOC-2 in the heart and demonstrate its modulation by growth-promoting agents in cultured cardiac fibroblasts and in in vivo models of heart hypertrophy. Results suggest a role of DOC-2 in cardiac remodeling involving collagen expression during chronic hemodynamic overload.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/genetics
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/metabolism
- Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport/genetics
- Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport/metabolism
- Angiotensin II/metabolism
- Angiotensin II/pharmacology
- Animals
- Aorta, Abdominal/surgery
- Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical
- Cardiomegaly/genetics
- Cardiomegaly/metabolism
- Cardiomegaly/pathology
- Cardiomegaly/physiopathology
- Cells, Cultured
- Collagen/biosynthesis
- Collagen/genetics
- Disease Models, Animal
- Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases/metabolism
- Fibroblasts/drug effects
- Fibroblasts/metabolism
- Fibroblasts/pathology
- Flavonoids/pharmacology
- Gene Expression
- Ligation
- Myocytes, Cardiac/drug effects
- Myocytes, Cardiac/metabolism
- Myocytes, Cardiac/pathology
- Phorbol Esters/pharmacology
- Phosphorylation
- Protein Kinase C/metabolism
- Protein Kinase Inhibitors/pharmacology
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Signal Transduction/drug effects
- Transfection
- Ventricular Remodeling
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- Deepa H Kumbar
- The Heart Institute for Children, Advocate Hope Children's Hospital, Oak Lawn, IL, USA
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Peter PS, Brady JE, Yan L, Chen W, Engelhardt S, Wang Y, Sadoshima J, Vatner SF, Vatner DE. Inhibition of p38 alpha MAPK rescues cardiomyopathy induced by overexpressed beta 2-adrenergic receptor, but not beta 1-adrenergic receptor. J Clin Invest 2007; 117:1335-43. [PMID: 17446930 PMCID: PMC1849986 DOI: 10.1172/jci29576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2006] [Accepted: 02/13/2007] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
Abstract
We examined the role of p38alpha MAPK in mediating cardiomyopathy in mice overexpressing beta(1)-adrenergic receptor (beta(1)-AR) or beta(2)-AR by mating them with dominant-negative p38alpha (DNp38alpha) MAPK mice. Both beta(1)-AR and beta(2)-AR Tg mice had enhanced LV ejection fraction (LVEF) as young adults and developed similar cardiomyopathy at 11-15 months, characterized by reduced LVEF, myocyte hypertrophy, fibrosis, and apoptosis. We inhibited p38alpha MAPK by mating beta(1)-AR Tg and beta(2)-AR Tg mice with DNp38alpha MAPK mice, which rescued the depressed LVEF and reduced apoptosis and fibrosis in bigenic beta(2)-AR x DNp38alpha MAPK mice, but not bigenic beta(1)-AR x DNp38alpha MAPK mice, and failed to reduce myocyte hypertrophy in either group. G(salpha) was increased in both beta(1)-AR Tg and beta(2)-AR Tg mice and was still present in bigenic beta(1)-AR x DNp38alpha MAPK mice, but not bigenic beta(2)-AR x DNp38alpha MAPK mice. This suggests that p38alpha MAPK is one critical downstream signal for the development of cardiomyopathy following chronic beta(2)-AR stimulation, but other kinases may be more important in ameliorating the adverse effects of chronic beta(1)-AR stimulation.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cardiomyopathies/drug therapy
- Cardiomyopathies/enzymology
- Cardiomyopathies/genetics
- Cardiomyopathies/metabolism
- MAP Kinase Signaling System/genetics
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 14/antagonists & inhibitors
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 14/genetics
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 14/physiology
- Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1/genetics
- Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1/physiology
- Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2/genetics
- Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2/physiology
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- Pallavi S. Peter
- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Rudolf Virchow Center, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Research Center for Experimental Biomedicine, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Department of Anesthesiology and Medicine, Molecular Biology Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Rudolf Virchow Center, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Research Center for Experimental Biomedicine, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Department of Anesthesiology and Medicine, Molecular Biology Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Rudolf Virchow Center, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Research Center for Experimental Biomedicine, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Department of Anesthesiology and Medicine, Molecular Biology Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Rudolf Virchow Center, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Research Center for Experimental Biomedicine, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Department of Anesthesiology and Medicine, Molecular Biology Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Rudolf Virchow Center, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Research Center for Experimental Biomedicine, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Department of Anesthesiology and Medicine, Molecular Biology Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Rudolf Virchow Center, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Research Center for Experimental Biomedicine, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Department of Anesthesiology and Medicine, Molecular Biology Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Rudolf Virchow Center, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Research Center for Experimental Biomedicine, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Department of Anesthesiology and Medicine, Molecular Biology Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Rudolf Virchow Center, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Research Center for Experimental Biomedicine, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Department of Anesthesiology and Medicine, Molecular Biology Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Rudolf Virchow Center, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Research Center for Experimental Biomedicine, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Department of Anesthesiology and Medicine, Molecular Biology Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Pokharel S, Sharma UC. Ionotropic Stress and Integrin. Hypertension 2007; 49:767-8. [PMID: 17296873 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.0000258702.03099.37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Gerits N, Kostenko S, Moens U. In vivo functions of mitogen-activated protein kinases: conclusions from knock-in and knock-out mice. Transgenic Res 2007; 16:281-314. [PMID: 17219248 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-006-9052-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2006] [Accepted: 10/24/2006] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Multicellular organisms achieve intercellular communication by means of signalling molecules whose effect on the target cell is mediated by signal transduction pathways. Such pathways relay, amplify and integrate signals to elicit appropriate biological responses. Protein kinases form crucial intermediate components of numerous signalling pathways. One group of protein kinases, the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAP kinases) are kinases involved in signalling pathways that respond primarily to mitogens and stress stimuli. In vitro studies revealed that the MAP kinases are implicated in several cellular processes, including cell division, differentiation, cell survival/apoptosis, gene expression, motility and metabolism. As such, dysfunction of specific MAP kinases is associated with diseases such as cancer and immunological disorders. However, the genuine in vivo functions of many MAP kinases remain elusive. Genetically modified mouse models deficient in a specific MAP kinase or expressing a constitutive active or a dominant negative variant of a particular MAP kinase offer valuable tools for elucidating the biological role of these protein kinases. In this review, we focus on the current status of MAP kinase knock-in and knock-out mouse models and their phenotypes. Moreover, examples of the application of MAP kinase transgenic mice for validating therapeutic properties of specific MAP kinase inhibitors, and for investigating the role of MAP kinase in pathogen-host interactions will be discussed.
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- Nancy Gerits
- Department of Microbiology and Virology, Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway.
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Anderson ME, Higgins LS, Schulman H. Disease mechanisms and emerging therapies: protein kinases and their inhibitors in myocardial disease. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 3:437-45. [PMID: 16874356 DOI: 10.1038/ncpcardio0585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2006] [Accepted: 04/20/2006] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Most clinically validated drugs for treating patients with cardiovascular disease target G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) in the cell membrane. GPCRs engage and activate multiple intracellular signaling cascades, which are regulated by serine/threonine protein kinases. These protein kinases are cytoplasmic, more abundant than GPCRs, and have rapidly emerged as drug targets in cardiovascular diseases. One exciting potential advantage to targeting serine/threonine protein kinases rather than GPCRs is the capability of influencing more precisely the diverse biological responses that are initiated by a common GPCR. On the other hand, highly specific targeting of individual protein kinases for drug therapy presents some medicinal chemistry challenges. This concise review focuses on the biology of serine/threonine protein kinases in the cardiovascular system, discusses the current state of protein kinase inhibitor drug development for myocardial diseases, and illustrates some of the unique medicinal chemistry considerations in targeting protein kinases.
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- Mark E Anderson
- Cardiovascular Research Center at the University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242-1081, USA.
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Ren J, Avery J, Zhao H, Schneider JG, Ross FP, Muslin AJ. Beta3 integrin deficiency promotes cardiac hypertrophy and inflammation. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2006; 42:367-77. [PMID: 17184791 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2006.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2006] [Revised: 10/11/2006] [Accepted: 11/01/2006] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Cardiac hypertrophy commonly develops in response to pressure overload and is associated with increased mortality. Mechanical stress in the heart can result in the activation of transmembrane integrin alphabeta heterodimers that are expressed in cardiomyocytes. Once activated, integrins stimulate focal adhesion kinase, Grb2, c-src, and other signaling molecules to promote cardiomyocyte growth and gene expression. Mechanical stress can also promote cardiac inflammation that may be mediated, in part, by the activation of integrins expressed in blood-borne cells. To address the role of one integrin, beta(3), in the pathogenesis of cardiac hypertrophy, beta(3)(-/-) mice were examined. beta(3)(-/-) Mice developed moderate spontaneous cardiac hypertrophy associated with systolic and diastolic dysfunction, and these abnormalities were exacerbated by transverse aortic constriction. In addition, beta(3)(-/-) mice developed mild cardiac inflammation with infiltrating macrophages at baseline that was markedly worsened by pressure overload. Bone marrow transplantation experiments showed that blood-borne cells were at least partially responsible for the cardiac hypertrophy and inflammation observed in beta(3)(-/-) mice. These results suggest that alpha(v)beta(3) expression in bone marrow has a generalized suppressive effect on cardiac inflammation.
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- Jie Ren
- Center for Cardiovascular Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Frantz S, Behr T, Hu K, Fraccarollo D, Strotmann J, Goldberg E, Ertl G, Angermann CE, Bauersachs J. Role of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase in cardiac remodelling. Br J Pharmacol 2006; 150:130-5. [PMID: 17179956 PMCID: PMC2042905 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) are centrally involved in several mechanisms important for heart failure such as apoptosis, activation of inflammatory responses and cell proliferation. We therefore evaluated the effect of the selective p38 MAPK inhibitor SB 239063 on progression of left ventricular remodelling after myocardial infarction (MI) in rats. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Rats were treated for 9 weeks with placebo or SB 239063 by gavage (15 mg kg(-1)) twice daily starting 7 days after ligation of the left anterior descending artery. Serial transthoracic echocardiography was performed at days 7, 36 and 70. KEY RESULTS Over the 9 weeks, mortality was not different between the groups. On echocardiography, animals after myocardial infarction exhibited significant left ventricular dilatation as expected (week 10, end-systolic diameter, placebo sham 5.21+/- 0.34 vs. placebo MI 8.44+/- 0.57 mm). However, there was no difference between placebo and SB 239063-treated rats (week 10, end-systolic diameter, SB MI 7.76+/- 0.74 mm, not significantly different from placebo MI). Haemodynamics changed accordingly. Moreover, SB 239063 had no effect on left ventricular hypertrophy. Treatment with SB 239063 significantly reduced cytokine expression of tumour necrosis factor and interleukin-1beta after myocardial infarction. However, collagen content was not influenced by the treatment. CONCLUSION Despite a reduction of inflammation, treatment with the p38 inhibitor SB 239063 does not affect cardiac remodelling and cardiac function when treatment is started 7 days after myocardial infarction.
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- S Frantz
- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Herz-/ Kreislaufzentrum, Universität Würzburg, Germany.
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Watanabe KI, Ma M, Hirabayashi KI, Gurusamy N, Veeraveedu PT, Prakash P, Zhang S, Muslin AJ, Kodama M, Aizawa Y. Swimming stress in DN 14-3-3 mice triggers maladaptive cardiac remodeling: role of p38 MAPK. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006; 292:H1269-77. [PMID: 17040971 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00550.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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It is generally believed that a mechanical signal initiates a cascade of biological events leading to coordinated cardiac remodeling. 14-3-3 family members are dimeric phosphoserine-binding proteins that regulate signal transduction, apoptotic, and checkpoint control pathways. To evaluate the molecular mechanism underlying swimming stress-induced cardiac remodeling, we examined the role of 14-3-3 protein and MAPK pathway by pharmacological and genetic means using transgenic mice with cardiac-specific expression of dominant-negative (DN) mutants of 14-3-3 (DN 14-3-3/TG) and p38alpha/beta MAPK (DNp38alpha and DNp38beta) mice. p38 MAPK activation was earlier, more marked, and longer in the myocardium of the TG group compared with that of the nontransgenic (NTG) group after swimming stress, whereas JNK activation was detected on day 5 and decreased afterward. In contrast, ERK1/2 was not activated after swimming stress in either group. Cardiomyocyte apoptosis, cardiac hypertrophy, and fibrosis were greatly increased in the TG group compared with those in the NTG group. Moreover, we found a significant correlation between p38 MAPK activation and apoptosis in the TG group. Furthermore, DN 14-3-3 hearts showed enhanced atrial natriuretic peptide expression. In contrast, DNp38alpha and DNp38beta mice exhibited reduced mortality and increased resistance to cardiac remodeling after 28 days of swimming stress compared with TG and NTG mice. Besides, treatment with a p38 MAPK inhibitor, FR-167653, resulted in regression of cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis and improvement in the survival rate in the TG group. These results indicate for the first time that 14-3-3 protein along with p38 MAPK plays a crucial role in left ventricular remodeling associated with swimming stress.
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- Ken-ichi Watanabe
- Dept of Clinical Pharmacology, Niigata Univ of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Higashijima, Niigata City, Japan.
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Heineke J, Molkentin JD. Regulation of cardiac hypertrophy by intracellular signalling pathways. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2006; 7:589-600. [PMID: 16936699 DOI: 10.1038/nrm1983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1451] [Impact Index Per Article: 80.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The mammalian heart is a dynamic organ that can grow and change to accommodate alterations in its workload. During development and in response to physiological stimuli or pathological insults, the heart undergoes hypertrophic enlargement, which is characterized by an increase in the size of individual cardiac myocytes. Recent findings in genetically modified animal models implicate important intermediate signal-transduction pathways in the coordination of heart growth following physiological and pathological stimulation.
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- Joerg Heineke
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology, 3333 Burnet Ave, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA
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Reyes-Reyes ME, George MD, Roberts JD, Akiyama SK. P-selectin activates integrin-mediated colon carcinoma cell adhesion to fibronectin. Exp Cell Res 2006; 312:4056-69. [PMID: 17056038 PMCID: PMC1853301 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2006.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2006] [Revised: 09/05/2006] [Accepted: 09/07/2006] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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During hematogenous cancer metastasis, tumor cells separate from a primary mass, enter the bloodstream, disperse throughout the body, migrate across vessel walls, and generate distant colonies. The later steps of metastasis superficially resemble leukocyte extravasation, a process initiated by selectin-mediated cell tethering to the blood vessel wall followed by integrin-mediated arrest and transendothelial migration. Some cancer cells express P-selectin ligands and attach to immobilized P-selectin, suggesting that these cells can arrest in blood vessels using sequential selectin- and integrin-mediated adhesion, as do leukocytes. We hypothesize that selectin binding may regulate subsequent integrin-mediated steps in metastasis. Using a model system of cultured Colo 320 human colon adenocarcinoma cells incubated with soluble P-selectin-IgG chimeric protein, we have found that P-selectin can stimulate activation of the alpha(5)beta(1) integrin resulting in a specific increase of adhesion and spreading of these cells on fibronectin substrates. P-selectin binding also induced activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK) and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-K). PI3-K inhibitors blocked P-selectin-mediated integrin activation, cell attachment, and cell spreading. Inhibition of p38 MAPK activation blocked cell spreading, but not cell attachment. P-selectin binding also resulted in formation of a signaling complex containing PI3-K and p38 MAPK. These results suggest that P-selectin binding to tumor cells can activate alpha(5)beta(1) integrin via PI3-K and p38 MAPK signaling pathways leading to increased cell adhesion. We propose that P-selectin ligands are important tumor cell signaling molecules that modulate integrin-mediated cell adhesion in the metastatic process.
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- Merit E Reyes-Reyes
- Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, DHHS, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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Zuluaga S, Alvarez-Barrientos A, Gutiérrez-Uzquiza A, Benito M, Nebreda AR, Porras A. Negative regulation of Akt activity by p38alpha MAP kinase in cardiomyocytes involves membrane localization of PP2A through interaction with caveolin-1. Cell Signal 2006; 19:62-74. [PMID: 16844343 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2006.05.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2006] [Accepted: 05/11/2006] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Cardiomyocyte-derived cell lines deficient in p38alpha are more resistant to apoptosis owing to lower expression of the pro-apoptotic proteins Bax and Fas and upregulation of the ERK survival pathway. Here, we show that increased Akt activity also contributes to the enhanced survival of p38alpha-deficient cardiomyocytes. We found that the serine/threonine phosphatase PP2A can be targeted to caveolae through interaction with caveolin-1 in a p38alpha-dependent manner. In agreement with this, PP2A activity associated with caveolin-1 was higher in wild type than in p38alpha-deficient cells. Akt was also present in caveolae and incubation of wild-type cells with the PP2A inhibitor okadaic acid increases the levels of Akt activity. Thus, p38alpha-induced re-localization of PP2A to caveolae can lead to dephosphorylation and inhibition of Akt, which in turn would contribute to the decreased survival observed in wild type cells. However, cell detachment impairs the formation of the PP2A/caveolin-1 complex and, as a consequence, phospho-Akt levels and survival are no longer regulated by p38alpha in detached wild type cardiomyocytes. Our results suggest that p38alpha can negatively modulate Akt activity, independently of PI3K, by regulating the interaction between caveolin-1 and PP2A through a mechanism dependent on cell attachment.
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- Susana Zuluaga
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular II, Facultad de Farmacia, UCM, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Zhang YM, Bo J, Taffet GE, Chang J, Shi J, Reddy AK, Michael LH, Schneider MD, Entman ML, Schwartz RJ, Wei L. Targeted deletion of ROCK1 protects the heart against pressure overload by inhibiting reactive fibrosis. FASEB J 2006; 20:916-25. [PMID: 16675849 DOI: 10.1096/fj.05-5129com] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Ventricular myocyte hypertrophy is an important compensatory growth response to pressure overload. However, pathophysiological cardiac hypertrophy is accompanied by reactive fibrosis and remodeling. The Rho kinase family, consisting of ROCK1 and ROCK2, has been implicated in cardiac hypertrophy and ventricular remodeling. However, these previous studies relied heavily on pharmacological inhibitors,and not on gene deletion. Here we used ROCK1knockout (ROCK1-/-) mice to investigate role of ROCK1 in the development of ventricular remodeling induced by transverse aortic banding. We observed that ROCK1 deletion did not impair compensatory hypertrophic response induced by pressure overload. However, ROCK1-/- mice exhibited reduced perivascular and interstitial fibrosis, which was observed at 3 wk but not at 1 wk after the banding. The reduced fibrosis in the myocardium of ROCK1-/- mice was closely associated with reduced expression of a variety of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins and fibrogenic cytokines such as TGFbeta2 and connective tissue growth factor. This inhibitory effect of ROCK1 deletion on pathophysiological induction of fibrogenic cytokines was further confirmed in the myocardium of transgenic mice with cardiomyocyte-specific overexpression of Gq. Thus, these results indicate that ROCK1 contributes to the development of cardiac fibrosis and induction of fibrogenic cytokines in cardiomyocytes in response to pathological stimuli.
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- Ying-Min Zhang
- The Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University, School of Medicine, R4 building, Rm. 370, 1044 West Walnut St., Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5225, USA
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Vallon V, Wyatt AW, Klingel K, Huang DY, Hussain A, Berchtold S, Friedrich B, Grahammer F, Belaiba RS, Görlach A, Wulff P, Daut J, Dalton ND, Ross J, Flögel U, Schrader J, Osswald H, Kandolf R, Kuhl D, Lang F. SGK1-dependent cardiac CTGF formation and fibrosis following DOCA treatment. J Mol Med (Berl) 2006; 84:396-404. [PMID: 16604333 DOI: 10.1007/s00109-005-0027-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2005] [Accepted: 11/11/2005] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The mineralocorticoids aldosterone and deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA) stimulate renal tubular salt reabsorption, increase salt appetite, induce extracellular volume expansion, and elevate blood pressure. Cardiac effects of mineralocorticoids include stimulation of matrix protein deposition leading to cardiac fibrosis, which is at least partially due to the direct action of the hormones on cardiac cells. The signaling mechanisms mediating mineralocorticoid-induced cardiac fibrosis have so far remained elusive. Mineralocorticoids have been shown to upregulate the serum- and glucocorticoid-inducible kinase 1 (SGK1), which participates in the effects of mineralocorticoids on renal tubular Na+ reabsorption and salt appetite. To explore the involvement of SGK1 in the pathogenesis of mineralocorticoid-induced cardiac fibrosis, SGK1 knockout mice (sgk1-/-) and wild-type littermates (sgk1+/+) were implanted a 21-day-release 50-mg DOCA pellet and supplied with 1% NaCl in drinking water for 18 days. This DOCA/high-salt treatment increased blood pressure in both genotypes but led to significant cardiac fibrosis only in sgk1+/+ but not in sgk1-/- mice. According to real-time polymerase chain reaction and Western blotting, DOCA/high-salt treatment enhanced transcript levels and protein expression of cardiac connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) only in sgk1+/+ but not in sgk1-/- mice. Furthermore, DOCA (10 microM) upregulated CTGF expression and enhanced CTGF promoter activity in lung fibroblasts isolated from sgk1+/+ but not from sgk1-/- mice, an effect involving spironolactone-sensitive mineralocorticoid receptors and activation of nuclear factor-kappaB (NFkappaB). Our results suggest that SGK1 plays a decisive role in mineralocorticoid-induced CTGF expression and cardiac fibrosis.
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- Volker Vallon
- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Xia W, Longaker MT, Yang GP. P38 MAP kinase mediates transforming growth factor-beta2 transcription in human keloid fibroblasts. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2006; 290:R501-8. [PMID: 16467496 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00472.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Keloids are abnormal fibrous growths of the dermis that develop only in response to wounding and represent a form of benign skin tumor. Previous studies have shown increased protein levels of TGF-beta in keloid tissue, suggesting a strong association with keloid formation leading us to examine mechanisms for why it is more highly expressed in keloids. Here, we use serum stimulation as an in vitro model to mimic a component of the wound microenvironment and examine differential gene expression in keloid human fibroblasts (KFs) vs. normal human fibroblasts (NFs). Transcription of TGF-beta2 was rapid and peaked between 1 and 6 h after serum stimulation in KFs vs. NFs. We confirmed increased TGF-beta activity in the conditioned medium from KFs, but not NFs. Inhibition of second messenger signaling pathways demonstrated that only the p38 MAPK inhibitor SB-203580 could block upregulation of TGF-beta2 following serum stimulation in KFs. Immunoblotting demonstrated that p38 MAPK was phosphorylated within 15 min and was maintained at a high level in KFs but not in NFs. The transcription factors activating transcription factor-2 and Elk-1 are activated by p38 MAPK, and also showed rapid and prolonged phosphorylation kinetics in KFs but not in NFs. In conclusion, increased TGF-beta2 transcription in response to serum stimulation in KFs appears to be mediated by the p38 MAPK pathway. This suggests the mechanism of keloid pathogenesis may be due in part to an inherent difference in how the fibroblasts respond to wounding.
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- Wei Xia
- Department of Surgery, Stanford University Medical School, California, USA
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Wyatt AW, Hussain A, Amann K, Klingel K, Kandolf R, Artunc F, Grahammer F, Huang DY, Vallon V, Kuhl D, Lang F. DOCA-induced phosphorylation of glycogen synthase kinase 3beta. Cell Physiol Biochem 2006; 17:137-44. [PMID: 16543730 DOI: 10.1159/000092075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Mineralocorticoid excess leads to cardiac fibrosis, a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis are inhibited by the glycogen synthase kinase GSK3 which itself is a target of protein kinase B (PKB) and the serum and glucocorticoid inducible kinase SGK1. Phosphorylation of GSK3 by PKB or SGK1 inhibits GSK3 activity and should thus favour the development of cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis. As SGK1 is transcriptionally upregulated by mineralocorticoids and has been recently shown to play an important role in the pathogenesis of mineralocorticoid-induced cardiac fibrosis, the present study explored whether mineralocorticoid excess had any effect on the phosphorylation status of the a and beta isoforms of GSK3. Western blotting using an antibody specific for the PKB/SGK1 consensus phosphorylation site in GSK3a/beta (serine 21 and 9 respectively) revealed an increase in GSK3a/beta phosphorylation in human embryonic kidney 293 (HEK293) cells overexpressing wild type SGK1, constitutively active SGK1, but not catalytically inactive SGK1. The effect of SGK1 was mimicked by PKB and SGK3. Furthermore, DOCA/high salt treatment of wild type mice induced a robust increase in cardiac GSK3beta phosphorylation and, to a much lesser extent, GSK3a phosphorylation. However, under this treatment GSK3beta phosphorylation was apparent even in mice lacking functional SGK1, indicating that the phosphorylation of GSK3beta was not exclusively mediated by this kinase. Despite similar cardiac GSK3beta phosphorylation cardiac fibrosis following DOCA/high salt treatment was significantly blunted in SGK1 knockout mice. In conclusion, mineralocorticoid excess leads to phosphorylation and thus inactivation of GSK3beta, an effect not only due to upregulation of SGK1 but as well due to activation of additional kinases. The inactivation of GSK3 may play a permissive role in the stimulation of cardiac fibrosis but may by itself not be sufficient to trigger cardiac fibrosis.
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- Amanda W Wyatt
- Department of Physiology, University of Tübingen, Germany
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Nishikawa K, Yoshida M, Kusuhara M, Ishigami N, Isoda K, Miyazaki K, Ohsuzu F. Left ventricular hypertrophy in mice with a cardiac-specific overexpression of interleukin-1. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006; 291:H176-83. [PMID: 16473963 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00269.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Recent studies have identified the importance of proinflammatory cytokines in the development of left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy. However, the precise role of interleukin-1 (IL-1), one of the major proinflammatory cytokines, in the myocardium is not fully understood. In this study, we investigated the pathophysiological consequences of cardiac expression of IL-1 in vivo. We generated mice with a cardiac-specific overexpression of human IL-1alpha. We then analyzed their heart morphology and functions. Histological and echocardiographic analyses revealed concentric LV hypertrophy with preserved LV systolic function in the mice. Our results suggest that myocardial expression of IL-1 is sufficient to cause LV hypertrophy.
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- Kenichiro Nishikawa
- Internal Medicine-1, National Defense Medical College, 3-2 Namiki Tokorozawa Saitama, 359-0042, Japan
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Xu J, Gong NL, Bodi I, Aronow BJ, Backx PH, Molkentin JD. Myocyte enhancer factors 2A and 2C induce dilated cardiomyopathy in transgenic mice. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:9152-62. [PMID: 16469744 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m510217200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cardiac hypertrophy and dilation are mediated by neuroendocrine factors and/or mitogens as well as through internal stretch- and stress-sensitive signaling pathways, which in turn transduce alterations in cardiac gene expression through specific signaling pathways. The transcription factor family known as myocyte enhancer factor 2 (MEF2) has been implicated as a signal-responsive mediator of the cardiac transcriptional program. For example, known hypertrophic signaling pathways that utilize calcineurin, calmodulin-dependent protein kinase, and MAPKs can each affect MEF2 activity. Here we demonstrate that MEF2 transcription factors induced dilated cardiomyopathy and lengthening of myocytes. Specifically, multiple transgenic mouse lines with cardiac-specific overexpression of MEF2A or MEF2C presented with cardiomyopathy at base line or were predisposed to more fulminant disease following pressure overload stimulation. The cardiomyopathic response associated with MEF2A and MEF2C was not further altered by activated calcineurin, suggesting that MEF2 functions independently of calcineurin in this response. In cultured cardiomyocytes, MEF2A, MEF2C, and MEF2-VP16 overexpression induced sarcomeric disorganization and focal elongation. Mechanistically, MEF2A and MEF2C each programmed similar profiles of altered gene expression in the heart that included extracellular matrix remodeling, ion handling, and metabolic genes. Indeed, adenoviral transfection of cultured cardiomyocytes with MEF2A or of myocytes from the hearts of MEF2A transgenic adult mice showed reduced transient outward K(+) currents, consistent with the alterations in gene expression observed in transgenic mice and partially suggesting a proximal mechanism underlying MEF2-dependent cardiomyopathy.
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- Jian Xu
- Departments of Pharmacology and Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA
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Qian JY, Leung A, Harding P, LaPointe MC. PGE2 stimulates human brain natriuretic peptide expression via EP4 and p42/44 MAPK. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006; 290:H1740-6. [PMID: 16428339 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00904.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) produced by cardiac myocytes has antifibrotic and antigrowth properties and is a marker of cardiac hypertrophy. We previously showed that prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) is the main prostaglandin produced in myocytes treated with proinflammatory stimuli and stimulates protein synthesis by binding to its EP4 receptor. We hypothesized that PGE2, acting through EP4, also regulates BNP gene expression. We transfected neonatal ventricular myocytes with a plasmid encoding the human BNP (hBNP) promoter driving expression of a luciferase reporter gene. PGE2 increased hBNP promoter activity 3.5-fold. An EP4 antagonist reduced the stimulatory effect of PGE2 but not an EP1 antagonist. Because EP4 signaling can involve adenylate cyclase, cAMP, and protein kinase A (PKA), we tested the effect of H-89, a PKA inhibitor, on PGE2 stimulation of the hBNP promoter. H-89 at 5 muM decreased PGE2 stimulation of BNP promoter activity by 100%. Because p42/44 MAPK mediates the effect of PGE2 on protein synthesis, we also examined the role of MAPKs in the regulation of BNP promoter activity. PGE2 stimulation of the hBNP promoter was inhibited by a MEK1/2 inhibitor and a dominant-negative mutant of Raf, indicating that p42/44 MAPK was involved. In contrast, neither a p38 MAPK inhibitor nor a JNK inhibitor reduced the stimulatory effect of PGE2. Involvement of small GTPases was also studied. Dominant-negative Rap inhibited PGE2 stimulation of the hBNP promoter, but dominant-negative Ras did not. We concluded that PGE2 stimulates the BNP promoter mainly via EP4, PKA, Rap, and p42/44 MAPK.
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- Jian-Yong Qian
- Hypertension and Vascular Research Division, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit, MI 48202-2689, USA
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Frank D, Kuhn C, Katus HA, Frey N. The sarcomeric Z-disc: a nodal point in signalling and disease. J Mol Med (Berl) 2006; 84:446-68. [PMID: 16416311 DOI: 10.1007/s00109-005-0033-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2005] [Accepted: 11/23/2005] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The perception of the Z-disc in striated muscle has undergone significant changes in the past decade. Traditionally, the Z-disc has been viewed as a passive constituent of the sarcomere, which is important only for the cross-linking of thin filaments and transmission of force generated by the myofilaments. The recent discovery of multiple novel molecular components, however, has shed light on an emerging role for the Z-disc in signal transduction in both cardiac and skeletal muscles. Strikingly, mutations in several Z-disc proteins have been shown to cause cardiomyopathies and/or muscular dystrophies. In addition, the elusive cardiac stretch receptor appears to localize to the Z-disc. Various signalling molecules have been shown to interact with Z-disc proteins, several of which shuttle between the Z-disc and other cellular compartments such as the nucleus, underlining the dynamic nature of Z-disc-dependent signalling. In this review, we provide a systematic view on the currently known Z-disc components and the functional significance of the Z-disc as an interface between biomechanical sensing and signalling in cardiac and skeletal muscle functions and diseases.
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- Derk Frank
- Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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Dharmawardana PG, Peruzzi B, Giubellino A, Burke TR, Bottaro DP. Molecular targeting of growth factor receptor-bound 2 (Grb2) as an anti-cancer strategy. Anticancer Drugs 2006; 17:13-20. [PMID: 16317285 DOI: 10.1097/01.cad.0000185180.72604.ac] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Growth factor receptor-bound 2 (Grb2) is a ubiquitously expressed adapter protein that provides a critical link between cell surface growth factor receptors and the Ras signaling pathway. As such, it has been implicated in the oncogenesis of several important human malignancies. In addition to this function, research over the last decade has revealed other fundamental roles for Grb2 in cell motility and angiogenesis--processes that also contribute to tumor growth, invasiveness and metastasis. This functional profile makes Grb2 a high priority target for anti-cancer drug development. Knowledge of Grb2 protein structure, its component Src homology domains and their respective structure-function relationships has facilitated the rapid development of sophisticated drug candidates that can penetrate cells, bind Grb2 with high affinity and potently antagonize Grb2 signaling. These novel compounds offer considerable promise in our growing arsenal of rationally designed anti-cancer therapeutics.
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- Pathirage G Dharmawardana
- Urologic Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1107, USA
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Rikitake Y, Oyama N, Wang CYC, Noma K, Satoh M, Kim HH, Liao JK. Decreased perivascular fibrosis but not cardiac hypertrophy in ROCK1+/- haploinsufficient mice. Circulation 2005; 112:2959-65. [PMID: 16260635 PMCID: PMC2640100 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.105.584623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Rho GTPase and its downstream target, Rho-associated kinase (ROCK), have been implicated in diverse cardiovascular diseases such as cardiac hypertrophy. However, pharmacological inhibitors of ROCK are not entirely specific, nor can they discriminate between the ROCK isoforms ROCK1 and ROCK2. To determine the specific role of ROCK1 in the development of cardiac hypertrophy, we generated ROCK1(+/-) haploinsufficient mice and determined whether cardiac hypertrophy and remodeling are decreased in these mice. METHODS AND RESULTS Litters of ROCK1(-/-) mice on C57Bl/6 background were markedly underrepresented, suggesting lethality in utero or postnatally. ROCK1(+/-) mice, however, are viable and fertile with no obvious phenotypic abnormalities. Basal blood pressure, heart rate, and cardiac dimension and function in ROCK1(+/-) mice were similar to those in wild-type (WT) littermates. Infusion of angiotensin II (400 ng.kg(-1).min(-1) for 28 days) or treatment with NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (1 mg/mL in drinking water for 28 days) caused similar increases in systolic blood pressure, left ventricular wall thickness, left ventricular mass, ratio of heart weight to tibial length, and cardiomyocyte size in ROCK1(+/-) mice and WT littermates. In contrast, perivascular fibrosis in hearts was increased to a lesser extent in ROCK1(+/-) mice compared with WT littermates. This was associated with decreased expression of transforming growth factor-beta, connective tissue growth factor, and type III collagen. In addition, perivascular fibrosis induced by transaortic constriction or myocardial infarction was decreased in ROCK1(+/-) mice compared with WT littermates. CONCLUSIONS These findings indicate ROCK1 is critical for the development of cardiac fibrosis, but not hypertrophy, in response to various pathological conditions and suggest that signaling pathways leading to the hypertrophic and profibrotic response of the heart are distinct.
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- Yoshiyuki Rikitake
- Vascular Medicine Research Unit, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Wenzel S, Müller C, Piper HM, Schlüter KD. p38 MAP-kinase in cultured adult rat ventricular cardiomyocytes: expression and involvement in hypertrophic signalling. Eur J Heart Fail 2005; 7:453-60. [PMID: 15921779 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2004] [Revised: 05/07/2004] [Accepted: 07/05/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Both alpha-adrenoceptor- and beta-adrenoceptor-stimulation lead to hypertrophic growth of the myocardium. But only beta-adrenoceptor-stimulation requires the pre-cultivation of cells with active TGF-beta. In order to define signalling molecules that are specifically involved in beta-adrenoceptor-dependent hypertrophy, changes in expression and hypertrophic responsiveness during pre-cultivation with TGF-beta were investigated. Isolated adult ventricular cardiomyocytes from rats were either cultured in 20% (v/v) foetal calf serum (FCS) to activate autocrine released TGF-beta or used without pre-treatment. Protein synthesis was analysed by (14)C-phenylalanine incorporation. Expression of signalling molecules was determined by immunoblotting. During cultivation of cardiomyocytes with active TGF-beta only the expression of p38 MAP-kinase increased. Subsequent stimulation of beta-adrenoceptors induced protein synthesis in a p38 MAP-kinase-dependent way. However, stimulation of beta-adrenoceptors activated p38 MAP-kinase irrespective of pre-treatment with TGF-beta. In the absence of this cytokine, hyperosmolarity or reconstitution of mechanical activity increased protein synthesis via p38 MAP-kinase activation in freshly isolated cells. In conclusion, activation of p38 MAP-kinase is a newly identified necessary signalling step required for beta-adrenoceptor induced hypertrophic growth. Like activation of adenyl cyclase, activation of p38 MAP-kinase is up-stream of the TGF-beta-induced coupling to the regulation of protein synthesis. Reconstitution of mechanical activity mimics the co-activation required and induced by TGF-beta.
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- Sibylle Wenzel
- Physiologisches Institut, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Aulweg 129, D-35392 Giessen, Germany.
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Mendez M, LaPointe MC. PGE2-induced hypertrophy of cardiac myocytes involves EP4 receptor-dependent activation of p42/44 MAPK and EGFR transactivation. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2005; 288:H2111-7. [PMID: 15626689 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00838.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Upon induction of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), neonatal ventricular myocytes (VMs) mainly synthesize prostaglandin E2 (PGE2). The biological effects of PGE2 are mediated through four different G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) subtypes (EP1–4). We have previously shown that PGE2 stimulates cAMP production and induces hypertrophy of VMs. Because the EP4 receptor is coupled to adenylate cyclase and increases in cAMP, we hypothesized that PGE2 induces hypertrophic growth of cardiac myocytes through a signaling cascade that involves EP4-cAMP and activation of protein kinase A (PKA). To test this, we used primary cultures of VMs and measured [3H]leucine incorporation into total protein. An EP4 antagonist was able to partially block PGE2 induction of protein synthesis and prevent PGE2-dependent increases in cell surface area and activity of the atrial natriuretic factor promoter, which are two other indicators of hypertrophic growth. Surprisingly, a PKA inhibitor had no effect. In other cell types, G protein-coupled receptor activation has been shown to transactivate the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and result in p42/44 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation and cell growth. Immunoprecipitation of myocyte lysates demonstrated that the EGFR was rapidly phosphorylated by PGE2 in VMs, and the EP4 antagonist blocked this. In addition, the selective EGFR inhibitor AG-1478 completely blocked PGE2-induced protein synthesis. We also found that PGE2 rapidly phosphorylated p42/44 MAPK, which was inhibited by the EP4 antagonist and by AG-1478. Finally, the p42/44 MAPK inhibitor PD-98053 (25 μmol/l) blocked PGE2-induced protein synthesis. Altogether, we believe these are the first data to suggest that PGE2 induces protein synthesis in cardiac myocytes in part via activation of the EP4 receptor and subsequent activation of p42/44 MAPK. Activation of p42/44 MAPK is independent of the common cAMP-PKA pathway and involves EP4-dependent transactivation of EGFR.
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- Mariela Mendez
- Hypertension and Vascular Research Division, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 48202-2689, USA
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Poizat C, Puri PL, Bai Y, Kedes L. Phosphorylation-dependent degradation of p300 by doxorubicin-activated p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase in cardiac cells. Mol Cell Biol 2005; 25:2673-87. [PMID: 15767673 PMCID: PMC1061628 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.25.7.2673-2687.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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p300 and CBP are general transcriptional coactivators implicated in different cellular processes, including regulation of the cell cycle, differentiation, tumorigenesis, and apoptosis. Posttranslational modifications such as phosphorylation are predicted to select a specific function of p300/CBP in these processes; however, the identification of the kinases that regulate p300/CBP activity in response to individual stimuli and the physiological significance of p300 phosphorylation have not been elucidated. Here we demonstrate that the cardiotoxic anticancer agent doxorubicin (adriamycin) induces the phosphorylation of p300 in primary neonatal cardiomyocytes. Hyperphosphorylation precedes the degradation of p300 and parallels apoptosis in response to doxorubicin. Doxorubicin-activated p38 kinases alpha and beta associate with p300 and are implicated in the phosphorylation-mediated degradation of p300, as pharmacological blockade of p38 prevents p300 degradation. p38 phosphorylates p300 in vitro at both the N and C termini of the protein, and enforced activation of p38 by the constitutively active form of its upstream kinase (MKK6EE) triggers p300 degradation. These data support the conclusion that p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase regulates p300 protein stability and function in cardiomyocytes undergoing apoptosis in response to doxorubicin.
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- Coralie Poizat
- Institute for Genetic Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 2250 Alcazar St., CSC 245, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
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Tanaka Y, Tamura K, Koide Y, Sakai M, Tsurumi Y, Noda Y, Umemura M, Ishigami T, Uchino K, Kimura K, Horiuchi M, Umemura S. The novel angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1R)-associated protein ATRAP downregulates AT1R and ameliorates cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. FEBS Lett 2005; 579:1579-86. [PMID: 15757644 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.01.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2005] [Revised: 01/05/2005] [Accepted: 01/13/2005] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Activation of angiotensin II (Ang II) type 1 receptor (AT1R) signaling is reported to play an important role in cardiac hypertrophy. We previously cloned a novel molecule interacting with the AT1R, which we named ATRAP (for Ang II type 1 receptor-associated protein). Here, we report that overexpression of ATRAP significantly decreases the number of AT1R on the surface of cardiomyocytes, and also decreases the degree of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphorylation, the activity of the c-fos promoter and protein synthesis upon Ang II treatment. These results indicate that ATRAP significantly promotes downregulation of the AT1R and further attenuates certain Ang II-mediated hypertrophic responses in cardiomyocytes.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/analysis
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/genetics
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/physiology
- Adenoviridae/genetics
- Animals
- Cardiomegaly/genetics
- Cardiomegaly/metabolism
- Cell Size
- Cells, Cultured
- Down-Regulation
- Genetic Vectors/genetics
- Hypertrophy
- Immunoprecipitation
- Mice
- Myocytes, Cardiac/chemistry
- Myocytes, Cardiac/cytology
- Myocytes, Cardiac/metabolism
- Phosphorylation
- Protein Biosynthesis/genetics
- Protein Biosynthesis/physiology
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1/analysis
- Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1/genetics
- Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1/metabolism
- Transcription, Genetic
- Transfection
- p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism
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- Yutaka Tanaka
- Department of Medical Science and Cardiorenal Medicine, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan
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Cell-extracellular matrix (ECM) adhesion is crucial for control of cell behavior. It connects the ECM to the intracellular cytoskeleton and transduces bidirectional signals between the extracellular and intracellular compartments. The subcellular machinery that mediates cell-ECM adhesion and signaling is complex. It consists of transmembrane proteins (e.g., integrins) and at least several dozens of membrane-proximal proteins that assemble into a network through multiple protein interactions. Furthermore, despite sharing certain common components, cell-ECM adhesions exhibit considerable heterogeneity in different types of cells (e.g., the cell-ECM adhesions in cardiac myocytes are considerably different from those in fibroblasts). Here, we will first briefly describe the general properties of the integrin-mediated cell-ECM adhesion and signal transduction. Next, we will focus on one of the recently discovered cell-ECM adhesion protein complexes consisting of PINCH, integrin-linked kinase (ILK), and Parvin and use it as an example to illustrate the molecular basis underlying the assembly and functions of cell-ECM adhesions. Finally, we will discuss in detail the structure and regulation of cell-ECM adhesion complexes in cardiac myocytes, which illustrate the importance and complexity of the cell-ECM adhesion structures in organogenesis and diseases.
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- Jorge L Sepulveda
- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
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Nishida K, Yamaguchi O, Hirotani S, Hikoso S, Higuchi Y, Watanabe T, Takeda T, Osuka S, Morita T, Kondoh G, Uno Y, Kashiwase K, Taniike M, Nakai A, Matsumura Y, Miyazaki JI, Sudo T, Hongo K, Kusakari Y, Kurihara S, Chien KR, Takeda J, Hori M, Otsu K. p38alpha mitogen-activated protein kinase plays a critical role in cardiomyocyte survival but not in cardiac hypertrophic growth in response to pressure overload. Mol Cell Biol 2004; 24:10611-20. [PMID: 15572667 PMCID: PMC533965 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.24.24.10611-10620.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The molecular mechanism for the transition from cardiac hypertrophy, an adaptive response to biomechanical stress, to heart failure is poorly understood. The mitogen-activated protein kinase p38alpha is a key component of stress response pathways in various types of cells. In this study, we attempted to explore the in vivo physiological functions of p38alpha in hearts. First, we generated mice with floxed p38alpha alleles and crossbred them with mice expressing the Cre recombinase under the control of the alpha-myosin heavy-chain promoter to obtain cardiac-specific p38alpha knockout mice. These cardiac-specific p38alpha knockout mice were born normally, developed to adulthood, were fertile, exhibited a normal life span, and displayed normal global cardiac structure and function. In response to pressure overload to the left ventricle, they developed significant levels of cardiac hypertrophy, as seen in controls, but also developed cardiac dysfunction and heart dilatation. This abnormal response to pressure overload was accompanied by massive cardiac fibrosis and the appearance of apoptotic cardiomyocytes. These results demonstrate that p38alpha plays a critical role in the cardiomyocyte survival pathway in response to pressure overload, while cardiac hypertrophic growth is unaffected despite its dramatic down-regulation.
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- Kazuhiko Nishida
- Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Wilkins BJ, Molkentin JD. Calcium-calcineurin signaling in the regulation of cardiac hypertrophy. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 322:1178-91. [PMID: 15336966 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.07.121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 337] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2004] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Cardiac hypertrophy is a leading predicator of progressive heart disease that often leads to heart failure and a loss of cardiac contractile performance associated with profound alterations in intracellular calcium handling. Recent investigation has centered on identifying the molecular signaling pathways that regulate cardiac myocyte hypertrophy, as well as the mechanisms whereby alterations in calcium handling are associated with progressive heart failure. One potential focal regulator of cardiomyocyte hypertrophy that also responds to altered calcium handling is the calmodulin-activated serine/threonine protein phosphatase calcineurin (PP2B). Once activated by increases in calcium, calcineurin mediates the hypertrophic response through its downstream transcriptional effector nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT), which is directly dephosphorylated by calcineurin resulting in nuclear translocation. While previous studies have convincingly demonstrated the sufficiency of calcineurin to mediate cardiac hypertrophy and progressive heart failure, its necessity remains an area of ongoing investigation. Here we weigh an increasing body of literature that suggests a causal link between calcineurin signaling and the cardiac hypertrophic response and heart failure through the use of pharmacologic inhibitors (cyclosporine A and FK506) and genetic approaches. We will also discuss the manner in which calcineurin-NFAT signaling is negatively regulated in the heart through a diverse array of kinases and inhibitory proteins. Finally, we will discuss emerging theories as to the mechanisms whereby alterations in intracellular calcium handling might stimulate calcineurin within the context of a contractile cell continually experiencing calcium flux.
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- Benjamin J Wilkins
- Division of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA
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Wakatsuki T, Schlessinger J, Elson EL. The biochemical response of the heart to hypertension and exercise. Trends Biochem Sci 2004; 29:609-17. [PMID: 15501680 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2004.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Mechanical stress on the heart can lead to crucially different outcomes. Exercise is beneficial because it causes heart muscle cells to enlarge (hypertrophy). Chronic hypertension also causes hypertrophy, but in addition it causes an excessive increase in fibroblasts and extracellular matrix (fibrosis), death of cardiomyocytes and ultimately heart failure. Recent research shows that stimulation of physiological (beneficial) hypertrophy involves several signaling pathways, including those mediated by protein kinase B (also known as Akt) and the extracellular-signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 (ERK1/2). Hypertension, beta-adrenergic stimulation and agonists such as angiotensin II (Ang II) activate not only ERK1/2 but also p38 and the Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), leading to pathological heart remodeling. Despite this progress, the mechanisms that activate fibroblasts to cause fibrosis and those that differentiate between exercise and hypertension to produce physiological and pathological responses, respectively, remain to be established.
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- Tetsuro Wakatsuki
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, Washington University Medical Center, Campus Box 8231, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St Louis, MI 63110-1093, USA.
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Zheng M, Reynolds C, Jo SH, Wersto R, Han Q, Xiao RP. Intracellular acidosis‐activated p38 MAPK signaling and its essential role in cardiomyocyte hypoxic injury. FASEB J 2004; 19:109-11. [PMID: 15489248 DOI: 10.1096/fj.04-2607fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) plays a central role in cellular responses to a multitude of stress signals. In the heart, enhanced p38 MAPK signaling has been implicated in cardiac hypoxic and ischemic injury. However, the mechanism underlying hypoxia-induced p38 MAPK activation remains elusive. We investigated p38 MAPK activation during hypoxia in adult rat cardiomyocytes. Here, we reported that hypoxia leads to concurrent intracellular acidosis and activation of p38 MAPK and that the hypoxia-induced p38 MAPK signaling can be fully abolished by neutralizing intracellular pH, whereas intracellular acidosis (intracellular pH<7.0) per se overtly augments activation of p38 MAPK but not ERK1/2 and JNK. Furthermore, inhibition of p38 MAPK protects myocytes against hypoxic cell death, suggesting that acidosis-evoked p38 MAPK signaling plays an important role in hypoxic cell injury and cell death. These results demonstrate, for the first time, that intracellular acidosis constitutes a necessary and sufficient link responsible for hypoxia-activated p38 MAPK signaling and the subsequent hypoxic cardiomyocyte injury and death.
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- Ming Zheng
- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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See F, Thomas W, Way K, Tzanidis A, Kompa A, Lewis D, Itescu S, Krum H. p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibition improves cardiac function and attenuates left ventricular remodeling following myocardial infarction in the rat. J Am Coll Cardiol 2004; 44:1679-89. [PMID: 15489104 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.07.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2004] [Revised: 06/23/2004] [Accepted: 07/19/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to examine the effect of the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) inhibitor, RWJ-67657 (RWJ), on left ventricular (LV) dysfunction and remodeling post-myocardial infarction (MI) in rats. BACKGROUND p38 MAPK signaling has been implicated in the progression of chronic heart failure. METHODS From day 7 post-MI (coronary artery ligation), rats received either RWJ (50 mg/day, by gavage, n = 8, MI+RWJ) or vehicle (by gavage, n = 8, MI+V) for 21 days. Echocardiography was performed on day 6, before the commencement of treatment, and on day 27. In vivo hemodynamic measurements were made on day 28. Sham-operated rats served as controls. RESULTS The LV end-diastolic pressure and lung/body weight ratio were reduced, whereas the maximum rate of rise of LV pressure was increased towards sham levels in MI+RWJ compared with MI+V. Baseline echocardiographic studies demonstrated uniform LV remodeling and dysfunction in MI rats. Fractional shortening (FS) further deteriorated in MI+V, whereas FS was preserved in MI+RWJ. Progressive LV dilation and infarct expansion observed in MI+V were inhibited in MI+RWJ. MI+RWJ also demonstrated increased myocyte hypertrophy in the peri-infarct and non-infarct zones, and reduced myocardial collagen and alpha-smooth muscle actin (SMA) immunoreactivity compared with MI+V. The antifibrotic effects of RWJ in vivo may reflect direct effects on cardiac fibroblasts, because RWJ attenuated transforming growth factor beta-1-stimulated collagen synthesis and alpha-SMA expression in isolated cardiac fibroblasts. RWJ also protected cultured myocytes from hydrogen peroxide-induced apoptosis. CONCLUSIONS RWJ-67657 treatment post-MI had beneficial effects on LV remodeling and dysfunction, supporting a key role for p38 MAPK in pathologic cell signaling in these processes and its inhibition as a novel therapy.
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- Fiona See
- National Health and Medical Research Council Center of Clinical Research Excellence in Therapeutics, Department of Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Prahran, Victoria 3181, Australia
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Soriano JV, Liu N, Gao Y, Yao ZJ, Ishibashi T, Underhill C, Burke TR, Bottaro DP. Inhibition of angiogenesis by growth factor receptor bound protein 2-Src homology 2 domain bound antagonists. Mol Cancer Ther 2004. [DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.1289.3.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Growth factor receptor bound protein 2 (Grb2) is an intracellular adaptor protein that participates in the signal transduction cascades of several angiogenic factors, including hepatocyte growth factor, basic fibroblast growth factor, and vascular endothelial growth factor. We described previously the potent blockade of hepatocyte growth factor–stimulated cell motility, matrix invasion, and epithelial tubulogenesis by synthetic Grb2-Src homology 2 (SH2) domain binding antagonists. Here, we show that these binding antagonists block basic morphogenetic events required for angiogenesis, including hepatocyte growth factor–, vascular endothelial growth factor–, and basic fibroblast growth factor–stimulated endothelial cell proliferation and migration, as well as phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate–stimulated endothelial cell migration and matrix invasion. The Grb2-SH2 domain binding antagonists also impair angiogenesis in vitro, as shown by the inhibition of cord formation by macrovascular endothelial cells on Matrigel. We further show that a representative compound inhibits angiogenesis in vivo as measured using a chick chorioallantoic membrane assay. These results suggest that Grb2 is an important mediator of key proangiogenic events, with potential application to pathologic conditions where neovascularization contributes to disease progression. In particular, the well-characterized role of Grb2 in signaling cell cycle progression together with our present findings suggests that Grb2-SH2 domain binding antagonists have the potential to act as anticancer drugs that target both tumor and vascular cell compartments.
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- 4Department of Cell Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia
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- 2Medicinal Chemistry, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- 2Medicinal Chemistry, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- 3Department of Otolaryngology, Social Insurance Central General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan; and
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- 4Department of Cell Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia
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- 2Medicinal Chemistry, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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Patrucco E, Notte A, Barberis L, Selvetella G, Maffei A, Brancaccio M, Marengo S, Russo G, Azzolino O, Rybalkin SD, Silengo L, Altruda F, Wetzker R, Wymann MP, Lembo G, Hirsch E. PI3Kgamma modulates the cardiac response to chronic pressure overload by distinct kinase-dependent and -independent effects. Cell 2004; 118:375-87. [PMID: 15294162 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2004.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 388] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2004] [Revised: 05/27/2004] [Accepted: 06/07/2004] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The G protein-coupled, receptor-activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase gamma (PI3Kgamma) mediates inflammatory responses and negatively controls cardiac contractility by reducing cAMP concentration. Here, we report that mice carrying a targeted mutation in the PI3Kgamma gene causing loss of kinase activity (PI3KgammaKD/KD) display reduced inflammatory reactions but no alterations in cardiac contractility. We show that, in PI3KgammaKD/KD hearts, cAMP levels are normal and that PI3Kgamma-deficient mice but not PI3KgammaKD/KD mice develop dramatic myocardial damage after chronic pressure overload induced by transverse aortic constriction (TAC). Finally, our data indicate that PI3Kgamma is an essential component of a complex controlling PDE3B phosphodiesterase-mediated cAMP destruction. Thus, cardiac PI3Kgamma participates in two distinct signaling pathways: a kinase-dependent activity that controls PKB/Akt as well as MAPK phosphorylation and contributes to TAC-induced cardiac remodeling, and a kinase-independent activity that relies on protein interactions to regulate PDE3B activity and negatively modulates cardiac contractility.
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- Enrico Patrucco
- Department of Genetics, Biology, and Biochemistry, University of Torino, Via Santena 5bis, Italy
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Christe M, Jin N, Wang X, Gould KE, Iversen PW, Yu X, Lorenz JN, Kadambi V, Zuckerman SH, Bloem LJ. Transgenic mice with cardiac-specific over-expression of MLK7 have increased mortality when exposed to chronic β-adrenergic stimulation. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2004; 37:705-15. [PMID: 15350844 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2004.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2004] [Revised: 05/17/2004] [Accepted: 06/03/2004] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mixed lineage kinase 7 (MLK7) is a recently identified mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase with enriched expression in skeletal muscle and heart. When over-expressed in cardiac myocytes, MLK7 activates both the p38 and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) stress-activated pathways and induces a cellular phenotype characteristic of cardiac hypertrophy, including a fetal gene expression pattern and increased protein synthesis. We sought to determine the effect of MLK7 on cardiac function in vivo by generating transgenic (Tg) mice with cardiac restricted over-expression of the enzyme. The mice were viable and demonstrated no visible signs of distress at rest. Microscopic examination of the hearts showed myocardial fibrosis and hypertrophy. Hemodynamic analysis of the Tg mice revealed impaired systolic function and significant diastolic dysfunction. Furthermore, significant mortality was observed in MLK7 Tg mice following 24-48 h of isoproterenol administration. Isoproterenol activation of JNK and p38, but not extracellular signal-regulated kinase, was significantly greater in the MLK7 Tg mice compared to littermate controls. These data indicate that MLK7 is an important signal transducer in cardiac compensation. Simultaneous activation of JNK and p38 by MLK7 may contribute to cardiac decompensation during the periods of acute cardiac stress.
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- Michael Christe
- Cardiovascular Discovery Research, Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, IN 46285, USA
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Harris IS, Zhang S, Treskov I, Kovacs A, Weinheimer C, Muslin AJ. Raf-1 Kinase Is Required for Cardiac Hypertrophy and Cardiomyocyte Survival in Response to Pressure Overload. Circulation 2004; 110:718-23. [PMID: 15289381 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000138190.50127.6a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background—
Cardiac hypertrophy is a common response to pressure overload and is associated with increased mortality. Mechanical stress in the heart results in the activation of the small GTPase ras and the Raf-1/MEK/ERK signaling cascade in addition to other signaling pathways.
Methods and Results—
In an attempt to determine the requirement for the serine/threonine kinase Raf-1 in the pathogenesis of cardiac hypertrophy, we generated transgenic mice with cardiac-specific expression of a dominant negative form of Raf-1 (DN-Raf). DN-Raf mice appeared normal at birth, were fertile, and had normal cardiac structure and function in the absence of provocative stimulation. In response to pressure overload, cardiac extracellular signal–regulated kinase (ERK) activation was inhibited, but c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) activation and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation were normal. DN-Raf mice were sensitized to pressure overload and the development of cardiomyocyte apoptosis, and >35% of animals died within 7 days of aortic banding. Surviving DN-Raf animals were markedly resistant to the development of cardiac hypertrophy and hypertrophic gene induction in response to transverse aortic constriction.
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These results establish that Raf-1 kinase activity is essential for cardiac hypertrophy and cardiomyocyte survival in response to pressure overload.
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- Ian S Harris
- Center for Cardiovascular Research, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Mo, USA
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