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Choudhary AK, Sundareswaran L, Sheela Devi R. Aspartame induced cardiac oxidative stress in Wistar albino rats. NUTR CLIN METAB 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nupar.2016.01.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Kesaraju S, Nayak G, Prentice HM, Milton SL. Upregulation of Hsp72 mediates anoxia/reoxygenation neuroprotection in the freshwater turtle via modulation of ROS. Brain Res 2014; 1582:247-56. [PMID: 25107858 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.07.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2014] [Revised: 06/23/2014] [Accepted: 07/29/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The neuroprotective role of Hsp72 has been demonstrated in several ischemic/stroke models to occur primarily through mediation of apoptotic pathways, and a number of heat shock proteins are upregulated in animal models capable of extended anoxic survival. In the present study, we investigated the role of Hsp72 on cell death and apoptotic regulators in one anoxia tolerant model system, the freshwater turtle Trachemys scripta. Since Hsp72 is known to regulate apoptosis through interactions with Bcl-2, we manipulated the levels of Hsp72 and Bcl-2 with siRNA in neuronally enriched primary cell cultures and examined downstream effects. The knockdown of either Hsp72 or Bcl-2 induced cell death during anoxia and reoxygenation. Knockdown of Bcl-2 resulted in increases in apoptotic markers and increased ROS levels 2-fold. However, significant knockdown of Hsp72 did not have any effect on the expression of key mitochondrial apoptotic regulators such as Cytochrome c and caspase-3. Hsp72 knockdown however significantly increased apoptosis inducing factor in both anoxia and reoxygenation and resulted in a six-fold induction of hydrogen peroxide levels. These findings suggest that the neuroprotection offered by Hsp72 in the anoxia/reoxygenation tolerant turtle is through the mediation of ROS levels and not through modulation of caspase-dependent pathways.
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- Shailaja Kesaraju
- Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431, United States; Center for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Florida Atlantic University, United States(1)
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- College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, United States; Boston University, United States(2)
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431, United States.
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Willis MS, Bevilacqua A, Pulinilkunnil T, Kienesberger P, Tannu M, Patterson C. The role of ubiquitin ligases in cardiac disease. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2013; 71:43-53. [PMID: 24262338 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2013.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2013] [Revised: 11/08/2013] [Accepted: 11/11/2013] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Rigorous surveillance of protein quality control is essential for the maintenance of normal cardiac function, while the dysregulation of protein turnover is present in a diverse array of common cardiac diseases. Central to the protein quality control found in all cells is the ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS). The UPS plays a critical role in protein trafficking, cellular signaling, and most prominently, protein degradation. As ubiquitin ligases (E3s) control the specificity of the UPS, their description in the cardiomyocyte has highlighted how ubiquitin ligases are critical to the turnover and function of the sarcomere complex, responsible for the heart's required continuous contraction. In this review, we provide an overview of the UPS, highlighting a comprehensive overview of the cardiac ubiquitin ligases identified to date. We then focus on recent studies of new cardiac ubiquitin ligases outlining their novel roles in protein turnover, cellular signaling, and the regulation of mitochondrial dynamics and receptor turnover in the pathophysiology of cardiac hypertrophy, cardiac atrophy, myocardial infarction, and heart failure. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled "Protein Quality Control, the Ubiquitin Proteasome System, and Autophagy".
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- Monte S Willis
- McAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Saint John, NB, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Saint John, NB, Canada
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- College of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Departments of Cell and Developmental Biology, Medicine (Cardiology), and Pharmacology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Cardioprotective molecules are enriched in beating cardiomyocytes derived from human embryonic stem cells. Int J Cardiol 2013; 165:341-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2012] [Revised: 07/16/2012] [Accepted: 07/21/2012] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Yue QX, Xie FB, Song XY, Wu WY, Jiang BH, Guan SH, Yang M, Liu X, Guo DA. Proteomic studies on protective effects of salvianolic acids, notoginsengnosides and combination of salvianolic acids and notoginsengnosides against cardiac ischemic-reperfusion injury. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2012; 141:659-667. [PMID: 21903157 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.08.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2011] [Revised: 08/08/2011] [Accepted: 08/21/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Salvia miltiorrhiza and Panax notoginseng are popularly used traditional Chinese medicine for cardiovascular disorders and they are often used in the form of combination. However, mechanisms of their cardioprotective effects were still not clear. In the present study, the protective effects of salvianolic acids (SA), notoginsengnosides (NG) and combination of SA and NG (CSN) against rat cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury were checked and the protein expression profiles of heart tissues were examined to search their possible protein targets. MATERIALS AND METHODS The cardioprotective effects of SA, NG and CSN were checked in a rat model of ischemia-reperfusion (IR) by temporarily occluding coronary artery for 20 min followed by reperfusion. Rats were grouped into sham-operation group, IR group, IR+SA group, IR+NG group and IR+CSN group. The plasma creatine kinase (CK) activities were measured using commercial kit and the percentages of infarcted area in total ventricle tissue were calculated after nitroblue-tetrazolium (N-BT) staining of heart tissue slices. Two-dimensional protein electrophoresis (2-DE) was used to check the protein expression profiles of heart tissues. Then, proteins differentially expressed between IR group and sham-operation group were identified using matrix assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight-mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS/MS). The regulative effects of SA, NG and CSN on these IR-related proteins were analyzed. RESULTS Treatments including SA, NG and CSN all showed cardioprotective effects against ischemia-reperfusion injury and CSN exhibited to be the best. Eighteen proteins involved in IR injury were found. These proteins are involved in pathways including energy metabolism, lipid metabolism, muscle contraction, heat shock stress, cell survival and proliferation. The regulation of these proteins by SA, NG or CSN suggested possible protein targets in their cardioprotective effects. CONCLUSIONS SA and NG showed both similarity and difference in their protein targets involved in cardioprotective effects. The capability of CSN to regulate both protein targets of SA and NG might be the basis of CSN to show cardioprotective effects better than that of SA or NG.
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MESH Headings
- Alkenes/isolation & purification
- Alkenes/pharmacology
- Animals
- Creatine Kinase/blood
- Disease Models, Animal
- Drugs, Chinese Herbal/isolation & purification
- Drugs, Chinese Herbal/pharmacology
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional
- Male
- Medicine, Chinese Traditional
- Myocardial Infarction/metabolism
- Myocardial Infarction/pathology
- Myocardial Infarction/prevention & control
- Myocardial Reperfusion Injury/metabolism
- Myocardial Reperfusion Injury/pathology
- Myocardial Reperfusion Injury/prevention & control
- Myocardium/metabolism
- Myocardium/pathology
- Panax notoginseng/chemistry
- Plants, Medicinal
- Polyphenols/isolation & purification
- Polyphenols/pharmacology
- Proteomics/methods
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Salvia miltiorrhiza/chemistry
- Saponins/isolation & purification
- Saponins/pharmacology
- Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
- Time Factors
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Affiliation(s)
- Qing-Xi Yue
- Shanghai Research Center for Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, PR China
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Ramos Fernández R, Guisasola Zulueta MC. Proteínas de choque térmico 70kDa en estrés quirúrgico: toracotomía vs herniorrafia. Cir Esp 2010; 88:23-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ciresp.2010.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2009] [Accepted: 03/17/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Afanasiev SA, Falaleeva LP, Rebrova TU, Suslova TE, Popov SV, Karpov RS. Effect of stress-proteins on survival of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells after intramyocardial transplantation against the background of postinfarction heart remodeling. Bull Exp Biol Med 2009; 146:111-5. [PMID: 19145366 DOI: 10.1007/s10517-008-0215-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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We studied the presence of colony-forming cells in cell culture from rat heart 40 days after experimental myocardial infraction. The mean cellularity in this pathology was 12+/-8 cell/cm2, which is 20-fold lower than in intact myocardium. Transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells into the remodeling myocardium restored the pool of colony-forming cells. This effect depended on the state of transplanted cells. After transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells with low content of stress proteins, 6+/-2 colonies were detected, while after transplantation of cells with high content of hsp70 and hsp60 stress proteins (modified mesenchymal stem cells) 18+/-5 colonies were found, the mean cellularity of the corresponding cultured being 946+/-267 and 1926+/-123 cell/cm2. The positive effect of modified mesenchymal stem cells was observed on days 4 and 7 after transplantation. We conclude that postinfarction remodeling mobilized the total pool of regional stem cells; mesenchymal stem cells with high content of hsp70 and hsp60 demonstrated highest survival rate after intramyocardial transplantation.
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- S A Afanasiev
- Institute of Cardiology, Tomsk Research Center, Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Russia
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Noble EG, Milne KJ, Melling CWJ. Heat shock proteins and exercise: a primer. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2008; 33:1050-65. [PMID: 18923583 DOI: 10.1139/h08-069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are, in general, prosurvival molecules within the cellular environment, and the overexpression of even just 1 family of HSPs can lead to protection against and improvements after a variety of stressors. Not surprisingly, a fertile area of study has grown out of efforts to exploit the innate biologic behaviour of HSPs. Exercise, because of the inherent physiologic stresses associated with it, is but 1 stimulus that can result in a robust increase in various HSPs in several tissues, not the least of which happen to be the heart and skeletal muscle. The purpose of this review is to introduce the reader to the major HSP families, the control of their expression, and some of their biologic functions, specifically with respect to the influence of exercise. Moreover, as the first in a series of reviews from a common symposium, we will briefly introduce the concepts presented by the other authors, which include the effects of different exercise paradigms on skeletal muscle HSPs in the adult and aged systems, HSPs as regulators of inflammation, and the ion channel stabilizing effects of HSPs.
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- Earl G Noble
- School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A3K7, Canada.
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Adams JA, Wu D, Bassuk J, Arias J, Lozano H, Kurlansky P, Lamas GA. Nitric oxide synthase isoform inhibition before whole body ischemia reperfusion in pigs: Vital or protective? Resuscitation 2007; 74:516-25. [PMID: 17466432 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2007] [Revised: 02/06/2007] [Accepted: 02/08/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Nitric oxide (NO) is a critical regulator of vascular tone, and signal transduction. NO is produced via three unique synthases (NOS); endothelial (eNOS), and neuronal (nNOS) are both constitutively expressed and inducible (iNOS) produced primarily after stimulation. NO has been implicated during and after ischemia reperfusion injury as both a detrimental and cardioprotective mediator. Since cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in ventricular fibrillation (VF) is a model of whole body ischemia reperfusion injury, it provides an opportunity to assess the effects of NO from the three NOS isoforms. OBJECTIVE To determine the differential role of nitric oxide synthase isoforms inhibition in ventricular fibrillation CPR and investigate whether inhibition of the NOS isoforms afford any cardioprotection in this model. METHODS Thirty-two pigs, weight range 25-35 kg, were assigned to four groups of eight animals each. The animals were randomized to receive (1) N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (LNAME), a non-selective endothelial nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, (2) 1-(2-trifluoromethylphenyl) imidazole (TRIM), a selective neuronal NOS inhibitor, (3) aminoguanidine (AMINOG), a selective inducible NOS inhibitor or (4) saline control (Control) in equal volumes, 30 min before induction of ventricular fibrillation (VF). After 3 min VF with no intervention, the animals received standard chest compressions using an automated chest compression device (Thumper) for 15 min. After 18 min of VF, single doses of vasopressin and bicarbonate were given and defibrillation attempted. Hemodynamics, regional blood flows, and echocardiography and were performed, before and after drug infusion, during CPR, and after return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). RESULTS ROSC for 3 h occurred in 5/8 (63%), 1/8 (13%), 0/8 (0%), and 6/8 (75%) in Control, LNAME, TRIM, and AMINOG treated animals, respectively. After infusion of LNAME, there was a significant increase from baseline in blood pressure [127+/-6 mmHg versus 169+/-3 mmHg, p<0.002] and coronary perfusion pressure [119+/-6 mmHg versus 149+/-6 mmHg, p<0.003]. During CPR, there were no differences among groups in hemodynamics or regional blood flow. In surviving animals, AMINOG had significantly better myocardial function (left ventricular ejection fraction, fractional shortening, and wall motion score index) than control or LNAME treated animals, and attenuated the post-resuscitation hyperemic response in heart and brain. CONCLUSIONS Intact basal nNOS activity is vital for survival from whole body ischemia reperfusion injury. iNOS inhibition prior to ischemia reperfusion, protects myocardial function after ROSC and decreases myocardial and brain hyperemic response after ROSC.
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- Jose A Adams
- Division of Neonatology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL 33140, United States.
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Guisasola MC, Desco MDM, Gonzalez FS, Asensio F, Dulin E, Suarez A, Garcia Barreno P. Heat shock proteins, end effectors of myocardium ischemic preconditioning? Cell Stress Chaperones 2006; 11:250-8. [PMID: 17009598 PMCID: PMC1576469 DOI: 10.1379/csc-181r1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The purpose of this study was to investigate (1) whether ischemia-reperfusion increased the content of heat shock protein 72 (Hsp72) transcripts and (2) whether myocardial content of Hsp72 is increased by ischemic preconditioning so that they can be considered as end effectors of preconditioning. Twelve male minipigs (8 protocol, 4 sham) were used, with the following ischemic preconditioning protocol: 3 ischemia and reperfusion 5-minute alternative cycles and last reperfusion cycle of 3 hours. Initial and final transmural biopsies (both in healthy and ischemic areas) were taken in all animals. Heat shock protein 72 messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) expression was measured by a semiquantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method using complementary DNA normalized against the housekeeping gene cyclophilin. The identification of heat shock protein 72 was performed by immunoblot. In our "classic" preconditioning model, we found no changes in mRNA hsp72 levels or heat shock protein 72 content in the myocardium after 3 hours of reperfusion. Our experimental model is valid and the experimental techniques are appropriate, but the induction of heat shock proteins 72 as end effectors of cardioprotection in ischemic preconditioning does not occur in the first hours after ischemia, but probably at least 24 hours after it, in the so-called "second protection window."
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- María Concepcion Guisasola
- Unit of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon, 28007 Madrid, Spain.
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Li G, Ali IS, Currie RW. Insulin induces myocardial protection and Hsp70 localization to plasma membranes in rat hearts. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006; 291:H1709-21. [PMID: 16731649 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00201.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [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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Insulin induces the expression of the 70-kDa heat shock protein (Hsp70) in rat hearts. In this study, we examined insulin- and heat shock-treated hearts for improved contractile recovery after 30 min of ischemia, activation of the heat shock transcription factor, and localization of the Hsp70 in relation to dystrophin and α-tubulin. Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were assigned to groups: 1) control, 2) sham control, 3) insulin injected (200 μU/g body wt), 4) heat shock treated (core body temperature 42°C for 15 min), and 5) heat shock and insulin treated. Six hours later, hearts were isolated for Langendorff perfusion to determine cardiac function, or myocardial tissues were collected and prepared for either electrophoretic mobility shift assay, Western blot analysis, or immunofluorescence microscopy. Insulin treatment with 6 h of recovery enhances postischemic myocardial recovery of contractile function and increases Hsp70 expression through activation of the heat shock transcription factor. Insulin-treated hearts had elevated levels of Hsp70, particularly in the membrane fraction. In contrast, heat-shocked hearts had elevated levels of Hsp70 in the cytosol, membrane, and pellet fractions. After insulin treatment, Hsp70 was mostly colocalized to the plasma membrane with dystrophin. In contrast, after heat shock, Hsp70 was localized mostly between cardiomyocytes in apparent vascular or perivascular elements. The localization of Hsp70 is dependent on the inducing stimuli of either heat shock or insulin treatment. The cell membrane versus vascular localization of Hsp70 suggests the interesting possibility of functionally distinct roles for Hsp70 in the heart, whether induced by insulin or heat shock treatment.
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- Gefeng Li
- Dept. of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, NS, B3H 1X5, Canada
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Appenzeller O, Minko T, Qualls C, Pozharov V, Gamboa J, Gamboa A, Wang Y. Gene expression, autonomic function and chronic hypoxia:lessons from the Andes. Clin Auton Res 2006; 16:217-22. [PMID: 16583294 DOI: 10.1007/s10286-006-0338-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2005] [Accepted: 08/12/2005] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Autonomic function is altered by altitude in sojourners and natives. We hypothesized that these physiologic responses are modulated by changes in gene expression. We compared gene product levels in 20 natives of Cerro de Pasco (CP), (4338 m), 10 of which had chronic mountain sickness (CMS) established by a CMS-scoring system, with gene products in the same men after 1 h at sea level. We further compared the results with those obtained from 10 US men residing at 1500 m. We measured gene products in white cells by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). We focused on genes important in vascular autonomic physiology, and/or activated by hypoxia; hypoxia inducible factor 1-alpha (HIF 1-alpha), 2 splicing variants of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF); VEGF-121, VEGF-165, and phosphoglycerate kinase 1 (PGK 1). Normal CP natives showed high expression of all genes in CP, compared to US controls. Within 1 h of arrival at sea level, they had comparable levels to US residents. In CMS, the gene products were higher in CP. Although gene products decreased in Lima in this group, they never reached US values. VEGF 121 and 165 were correlated (P<0.001). VEGF 165 was higher in CMS in CP (P=0.006), and was positively correlated with CMS-score (R=0.86, P<0.001), and negatively correlated with arterial saturation (R=-0.79, P<0.001). Our findings underscore the changes in gene expression levels in intact humans in response to environmental stress. These changes may support the physiologic alterations induced by the ambient hypoxia at altitude and impact organism survival. They also suggest therapeutic strategies for autonomic and neurodegenerative diseases at sea level.
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- Otto Appenzeller
- New Mexico Health Enhancement and Marathon Clinics Research Foundation, Albuquerque, NM 87122-1424, USA.
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Reeve JLV, Duffy AM, O'Brien T, Samali A. Don't lose heart--therapeutic value of apoptosis prevention in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. J Cell Mol Med 2005; 9:609-22. [PMID: 16202209 PMCID: PMC6741425 DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2005.tb00492.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death worldwide. Loss of function or death of cardiomyocytes is a major contributing factor to these diseases. Cell death in conditions such as heart failure and myocardial infarction is associated with apoptosis. Apoptotic pathways have been well studied in non-myocytes and it is thought that similar pathways exist in cardiomyocytes. These pathways include death initiated by ligation of membrane-bound death receptors, release of pro-apoptotic factors from mitochondria or stress at the endoplasmic reticulum. The key regulators of apoptosis include inhibitors of caspases (IAPs), the Bcl-2 family of proteins, growth factors, stress proteins, calcium and oxidants. The highly organized and predictive nature of apoptotic signaling means it is amenable to manipulation. A thorough understanding of the apoptotic process would facilitate intervention at the most suitable points, alleviating myocardium decline and dysfunction. This review summarizes the mechanisms underlying apoptosis and the mediators/regulators involved in these signaling pathways. We also discuss how the potential therapeutic value of these molecules could be harnessed.
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- Janice L V Reeve
- Department of Biochemistry, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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Affiliation(s)
- Sally Huber
- University of Vermont, Colchester, VT 05446, USA.
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