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Romero G, Martin B, Gabris B, Salama G. Relaxin suppresses atrial fibrillation, reverses fibrosis and reduces inflammation in aged hearts. Biochem Pharmacol 2024; 227:116407. [PMID: 38969298 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2024.116407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2024] [Revised: 06/18/2024] [Accepted: 07/02/2024] [Indexed: 07/07/2024]
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Healthy aging results in cardiac structural and electrical remodeling that increase susceptibility to cardiovascular diseases. Relaxin has shown broad cardioprotective effects including anti-fibrotic, anti-arrhythmic and anti-inflammatory outcomes in multiple models. This paper focuses on the cardioprotective effects of Relaxin in a rat model of aging. Sustained atrial or ventricular fibrillation are readily induced in the hearts of aged but not young control animals. Treatment with Relaxin suppressed this arrhythmogenic response by increasing conduction velocity, decreasing fibrosis and promoting substantial cardiac remodeling. Relaxin treatment resulted in a significant increase in the levels of: Nav1.5, Cx43, βcatenin and Wnt1 in rat hearts. In isolated cardiomyocytes, Relaxin increased Nav1.5 expression. These effects were mimicked by CHIR 99021, a pharmacological activator of canonical Wnt signaling, but blocked by the canonical Wnt inhibitor Dickkopf1. Relaxin prevented TGF-β-dependent differentiation of cardiac fibroblasts into myofibroblasts while increasing the expression of Wnt1; the effects of Relaxin on cardiac fibroblast differentiation were blocked by Dickkopf1. RNASeq studies demonstrated reduced expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines and an increase in the expression of α- and β-globin in Relaxin-treated aged males. Relaxin reduces arrhythmogenicity in the hearts of aged rats by reduction of fibrosis and increased conduction velocity. These changes are accompanied by substantial remodeling of the cardiac tissue and appear to be mediated by increased canonical Wnt signaling. Relaxin also exerts significant anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant effects in the hearts of aged rodents. The mechanisms by which Relaxin increases the expression of Wnt ligands, promotes Wnt signaling and reprograms gene expression remain to be determined.
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- Guillermo Romero
- Departments of Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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- Departments of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Departments of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Departments of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Muckenhuber M, Mengrelis K, Weijler AM, Steiner R, Kainz V, Buresch M, Regele H, Derdak S, Kubetz A, Wekerle T. IL-6 inhibition prevents costimulation blockade-resistant allograft rejection in T cell-depleted recipients by promoting intragraft immune regulation in mice. Nat Commun 2024; 15:4309. [PMID: 38830846 PMCID: PMC11148062 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48574-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024] Open
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The efficacy of costimulation blockade with CTLA4-Ig (belatacept) in transplantation is limited due to T cell-mediated rejection, which also persists after induction with anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG). Here, we investigate why ATG fails to prevent costimulation blockade-resistant rejection and how this barrier can be overcome. ATG did not prevent graft rejection in a murine heart transplant model of CTLA4-Ig therapy and induced a pro-inflammatory cytokine environment. While ATG improved the balance between regulatory T cells (Treg) and effector T cells in the spleen, it had no such effect within cardiac allografts. Neutralizing IL-6 alleviated graft inflammation, increased intragraft Treg frequencies, and enhanced intragraft IL-10 and Th2-cytokine expression. IL-6 blockade together with ATG allowed CTLA4-Ig therapy to achieve long-term, rejection-free heart allograft survival. This beneficial effect was abolished upon Treg depletion. Combining ATG with IL-6 blockade prevents costimulation blockade-resistant rejection, thereby eliminating a major impediment to clinical use of costimulation blockers in transplantation.
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- Moritz Muckenhuber
- Div. of Transplantation, Dept. of General Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Div. of Transplantation, Dept. of General Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Div. of Transplantation, Dept. of General Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Div. of Transplantation, Dept. of General Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Div. of Transplantation, Dept. of General Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Div. of Transplantation, Dept. of General Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Clinical Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Core Facilities, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Div. of Transplantation, Dept. of General Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Div. of Transplantation, Dept. of General Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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Kühnisch J, Theisen S, Dartsch J, Fritsche-Guenther R, Kirchner M, Obermayer B, Bauer A, Kahlert AK, Rothe M, Beule D, Heuser A, Mertins P, Kirwan JA, Berndt N, MacRae CA, Hubner N, Klaassen S. Prdm16 mutation determines sex-specific cardiac metabolism and identifies two novel cardiac metabolic regulators. Cardiovasc Res 2024; 119:2902-2916. [PMID: 37842925 PMCID: PMC10874277 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvad154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Revised: 07/04/2023] [Accepted: 07/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023] Open
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AIMS Mutation of the PRDM16 gene causes human dilated and non-compaction cardiomyopathy. The PRDM16 protein is a transcriptional regulator that affects cardiac development via Tbx5 and Hand1, thus regulating myocardial structure. The biallelic inactivation of Prdm16 induces severe cardiac dysfunction with post-natal lethality and hypertrophy in mice. The early pathological events that occur upon Prdm16 inactivation have not been explored. METHODS AND RESULTS This study performed in-depth pathophysiological and molecular analyses of male and female Prdm16csp1/wt mice that carry systemic, monoallelic Prdm16 gene inactivation. We systematically assessed early molecular changes through transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics. Kinetic modelling of cardiac metabolism was performed in silico with CARDIOKIN. Prdm16csp1/wt mice are viable up to 8 months, develop hypoplastic hearts, and diminished systolic performance that is more pronounced in female mice. Prdm16csp1/wt cardiac tissue of both sexes showed reductions in metabolites associated with amino acid as well as glycerol metabolism, glycolysis, and the tricarboxylic acid cycle. Prdm16csp1/wt cardiac tissue revealed diminished glutathione (GSH) and increased inosine monophosphate (IMP) levels indicating oxidative stress and a dysregulated energetics, respectively. An accumulation of triacylglycerides exclusively in male Prdm16csp1/wt hearts suggests a sex-specific metabolic adaptation. Metabolic modelling using CARDIOKIN identified a reduction in fatty acid utilization in males as well as lower glucose utilization in female Prdm16csp1/wt cardiac tissue. On the level of transcripts and protein expression, Prdm16csp1/wt hearts demonstrate an up-regulation of pyridine nucleotide-disulphide oxidoreductase domain 2 (Pyroxd2) and the transcriptional regulator pre-B-cell leukaemia transcription factor interacting protein 1 (Pbxip1). The strongest concordant transcriptional up-regulation was detected for Prdm16 itself, probably through an autoregulatory mechanism. CONCLUSIONS Monoallelic, global Prdm16 mutation diminishes cardiac performance in Prdm16csp1/wt mice. Metabolic alterations and transcriptional dysregulation in Prdm16csp1/wt affect cardiac tissue. Female Prdm16csp1/wt mice develop a more pronounced phenotype, indicating sexual dimorphism at this early pathological window. This study suggests that metabolic dysregulation is an early event in the PRDM16 associated cardiac pathology.
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- Jirko Kühnisch
- Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Lindenberger Weg 80, 13125 Berlin, Germany
- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Berlin, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Lindenberger Weg 80, 13125 Berlin, Germany
- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Berlin, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Lindenberger Weg 80, 13125 Berlin, Germany
- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Berlin, Germany
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- BIH Metabolomics Platform, Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Proteomics Platform, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Core Unit Bioinformatics, Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- BIH Metabolomics Platform, Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
- DZHK German Center for Cardiovascular Research, partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Germany
- Institute of Immunology and Genetics, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Berlin, Germany
- Core Unit Bioinformatics, Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Proteomics Platform, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- BIH Metabolomics Platform, Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Institute of Computer-assisted Cardiovascular Medicine, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité (DHZC), Berlin, Germany
- Department of Molecular Toxicology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam—Rehbruecke (DIfE), Nuthetal, Germany
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- Harvard Medical School and Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA
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- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Berlin, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Lindenberger Weg 80, 13125 Berlin, Germany
- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Berlin, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité (DHZC), Berlin, Germany
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Manzoor S, Kane MS, Grenett M, Oh JY, Pat B, Lewis C, Davies JE, Steele C, Patel RP, Dell'Italia LJ. Elevated cardiac hemoglobin expression is associated with a pro-oxidative and inflammatory environment in primary mitral regurgitation. Free Radic Biol Med 2023; 208:126-133. [PMID: 37543167 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2023.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Revised: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Primary mitral regurgitation (PMR) is associated with oxidative and inflammatory myocardial damage. We reported greater exosome hemoglobin (Hb) in pericardial fluid (PCF) versus plasma, suggesting a cardiac source of Hb. OBJECTIVE Test the hypothesis that Hb is produced in the PMR heart and is associated with increased inflammation. METHODS AND RESULTS Hb gene expression for subunits alpha (HBA) and beta (HBB) was assessed in right atria (RA), left atria (LA) and left ventricular (LV) tissue from donor hearts (n = 10) and PMR patient biopsies at surgery (n = 11). PMR patients (n = 22) had PCF and blood collected for macrophage markers, pro-inflammatory cytokines, and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). In-situ hybridization for HBA mRNA and immunohistochemistry for Hb-alpha (Hbα) and Hb-beta (Hbβ) protein was performed on PMR tissue. RESULTS HBA and HBB genes are significantly increased (>4-fold) in RA, LA, and LV in PMR vs. normal hearts. In PMR tissue, HBA mRNA is expressed in both LV cardiomyocytes and interstitial cells by in-situ hybridization; however, Hbα and Hbβ protein is only expressed in interstitial cells by immunohistochemistry. PCF oxyHb is significantly increased over plasma along with low ratios (<1.0) of haptoglobin:oxyHb and hemopexin:heme supporting a highly oxidative environment. Macrophage chemotactic protein-1, tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-6, and MMPs are significantly higher in PCF vs. plasma. CONCLUSION There is increased Hb production in the PMR heart coupled with the inflammatory state of the heart, suggests a myocardial vulnerability of further Hb delivery and/or production during cardiac surgery that could adversely affect LV functional recovery.
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- Shajer Manzoor
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, AL, USA; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, AL, USA; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, AL, USA; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, AL, USA; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, UAB, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, UAB, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Center for Free Radical Biology, UAB, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, AL, USA; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Birmingham, AL, USA.
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Eudailey KW, Pat B, Oh JY, Powell PC, Collawn JF, Mobley JA, Gaggar A, Lewis CT, Davies JE, Patel R, Dell'Italia LJ. Plasma Exosome Hemoglobin Released During Surgery Is Associated With Cardiac Injury in Animal Model. Ann Thorac Surg 2023; 116:834-843. [PMID: 35398036 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.02.084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Revised: 01/06/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Patients with valvular heart disease require cardiopulmonary bypass and cardiac arrest. Here, we test the hypothesis that exosomal hemoglobin formed during cardiopulmonary bypass mediates acute cardiac injury in humans and in an animal model system. METHODS Plasma exosomes were collected from arterial blood at baseline and 30 minutes after aortic cross-clamp release in 20 patients with primary mitral regurgitation and 7 with aortic stenosis. These exosomes were injected into Sprague-Dawley rats and studied at multiple times up to 30 days. Tissue was examined by hematoxylin and eosin stain, immunohistochemistry, transmission electron microscopy, and brain natriuretic peptide. RESULTS Troponin I levels increased from 36 ± 88 ng/L to 3622 ± 3054 ng/L and correlated with exosome hemoglobin content (Spearman r = 0.7136, < .0001, n = 24). Injection of exosomes isolated 30 minutes after cross-clamp release into Sprague-Dawley rats resulted in cardiomyocyte myofibrillar loss at 3 days. Transmission electron microscopy demonstrated accumulation of electron dense particles of ferritin within cardiomyocytes, in the interstitial space, and within exosomes. At 21 days after injection, there was myofibrillar and myosin breakdown, interstitial fibrosis, elevated brain natriuretic peptide, and left ventricle diastolic dysfunction measured by echocardiography/Doppler. Pericardial fluid exosomal hemoglobin content is fourfold higher than simultaneous plasma exosome hemoglobin, suggesting a cardiac source of exosomal hemoglobin. CONCLUSIONS Red blood cell and cardiac-derived exosomal hemoglobin may be involved in myocardial injury during cardiopulmonary bypass in patients with valvular heart disease.
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- Kyle W Eudailey
- Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Cardiovascular Institute, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham VA Health Care System, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Pathology and Center for Free Radical Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham VA Health Care System, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham VA Health Care System, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Cardiovascular Institute, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Cardiovascular Institute, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Pathology and Center for Free Radical Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham VA Health Care System, Birmingham, Alabama.
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Reyes Gaido OE, Nkashama LJ, Schole KL, Wang Q, Umapathi P, Mesubi OO, Konstantinidis K, Luczak ED, Anderson ME. CaMKII as a Therapeutic Target in Cardiovascular Disease. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol 2023; 63:249-272. [PMID: 35973713 PMCID: PMC11019858 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-pharmtox-051421-111814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
CaMKII (the multifunctional Ca2+ and calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II) is a highly validated signal for promoting a variety of common diseases, particularly in the cardiovascular system. Despite substantial amounts of convincing preclinical data, CaMKII inhibitors have yet to emerge in clinical practice. Therapeutic inhibition is challenged by the diversity of CaMKII isoforms and splice variants and by physiological CaMKII activity that contributes to learning and memory. Thus, uncoupling the harmful and beneficial aspects of CaMKII will be paramount to developing effective therapies. In the last decade, several targeting strategies have emerged, including small molecules, peptides, and nucleotides, which hold promise in discriminating pathological from physiological CaMKII activity. Here we review the cellular and molecular biology of CaMKII, discuss its role in physiological and pathological signaling, and consider new findings and approaches for developing CaMKII therapeutics.
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- Oscar E Reyes Gaido
- Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA;
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- Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA;
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- Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA;
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- Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA;
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- Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA;
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- Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA;
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- Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA;
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- Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA;
- Departments of Physiology and Genetic Medicine and Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Rocco-Machado N, Lai L, Kim G, He Y, Luczak ED, Anderson ME, Levine RL. Oxidative stress–induced autonomous activation of the calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase II involves disulfide formation in the regulatory domain. J Biol Chem 2022; 298:102579. [PMID: 36220393 PMCID: PMC9643438 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Revised: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II δ (CaMKIIδ) has a pivotal role in cardiac signaling. Constitutive and deleterious CaMKII “autonomous” activation is induced by oxidative stress, and the previously reported mechanism involves oxidation of methionine residues in the regulatory domain. Here, we demonstrate that covalent oxidation leads to a disulfide bond with Cys273 in the regulatory domain causing autonomous activity. Autonomous activation was induced by treating CaMKII with diamide or histamine chloramine, two thiol-oxidizing agents. Autonomy was reversed when the protein was incubated with DTT or thioredoxin to reduce disulfide bonds. Tryptic mapping of the activated CaMKII revealed formation of a disulfide between Cys273 and Cys290 in the regulatory domain. We determined the apparent pKa of those Cys and found that Cys273 had a low pKa while that of Cys290 was elevated. The low pKa of Cys273 facilitates oxidation of its thiol to the sulfenic acid at physiological pH. The reactive sulfenic acid then attacks the thiol of Cys290 to form the disulfide. The previously reported CaMKII mutant in which methionine residues 281 and 282 were mutated to valine (MMVV) protects mice and flies from cardiac decompensation induced by oxidative stress. Our initial hypothesis was that the MMVV mutant underwent a conformational change that prevented disulfide formation and autonomous activation. However, we found that the thiol-oxidizing agents induced autonomy in the MMVV mutant and that the mutant undergoes rapid degradation by the cell, potentially preventing accumulation of the injurious autonomous form. Together, our results highlight additional mechanistic details of CaMKII autonomous activation.
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- Nathália Rocco-Machado
- Laboratory of Biochemistry, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Fermentation Facility, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Department of Physiology and Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Department of Genetic Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
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Robinson EL, Drawnel FM, Mehdi S, Archer CR, Liu W, Okkenhaug H, Alkass K, Aronsen JM, Nagaraju CK, Sjaastad I, Sipido KR, Bergmann O, Arthur JSC, Wang X, Roderick HL. MSK-Mediated Phosphorylation of Histone H3 Ser28 Couples MAPK Signalling with Early Gene Induction and Cardiac Hypertrophy. Cells 2022; 11:cells11040604. [PMID: 35203255 PMCID: PMC8870627 DOI: 10.3390/cells11040604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Revised: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 02/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Heart failure is a leading cause of death that develops subsequent to deleterious hypertrophic cardiac remodelling. MAPK pathways play a key role in coordinating the induction of gene expression during hypertrophy. Induction of the immediate early gene (IEG) response including activator protein 1 (AP-1) complex factors is a necessary and early event in this process. How MAPK and IEG expression are coupled during cardiac hypertrophy is not resolved. Here, in vitro, in rodent models and in human samples, we demonstrate that MAPK-stimulated IEG induction depends on the mitogen and stress-activated protein kinase (MSK) and its phosphorylation of histone H3 at serine 28 (pH3S28). pH3S28 in IEG promoters in turn recruits Brg1, a BAF60 ATP-dependent chromatin remodelling complex component, initiating gene expression. Without MSK activity and IEG induction, the hypertrophic response is suppressed. These studies provide new mechanistic insights into the role of MAPK pathways in signalling to the epigenome and regulation of gene expression during cardiac hypertrophy.
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- Emma L. Robinson
- Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; (S.M.); (C.K.N.); (K.R.S.)
- Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Correspondence: (E.L.R.); (H.L.R.)
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- Epigenetics and Signalling Programmes, Babraham Institute, Cambridge CB22 3AT, UK; (F.M.D.); (C.R.A.); (H.O.)
- Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Basel, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., 4070 Basel, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; (S.M.); (C.K.N.); (K.R.S.)
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- Epigenetics and Signalling Programmes, Babraham Institute, Cambridge CB22 3AT, UK; (F.M.D.); (C.R.A.); (H.O.)
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK; (W.L.); (X.W.)
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- Epigenetics and Signalling Programmes, Babraham Institute, Cambridge CB22 3AT, UK; (F.M.D.); (C.R.A.); (H.O.)
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- Department of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institute, SE-17177 Stockholm, Sweden;
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, 0450 Oslo, Norway; (J.M.A.); (I.S.)
- Bjørknes College, Oslo University, 0456 Oslo, Norway
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- Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; (S.M.); (C.K.N.); (K.R.S.)
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, 0450 Oslo, Norway; (J.M.A.); (I.S.)
- KG Jebsen Center for Cardiac Research, University of Oslo, 0450 Oslo, Norway
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- Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; (S.M.); (C.K.N.); (K.R.S.)
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- Cell and Molecular Biology, Biomedicum, Karolinska Institutet, SE-17177 Stockholm, Sweden;
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- Division of Immunology and Cell Signalling, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK;
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK; (W.L.); (X.W.)
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- Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; (S.M.); (C.K.N.); (K.R.S.)
- KG Jebsen Center for Cardiac Research, University of Oslo, 0450 Oslo, Norway
- Correspondence: (E.L.R.); (H.L.R.)
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Function and regulation of phosphatase 1 in healthy and diseased heart. Cell Signal 2021; 90:110203. [PMID: 34822978 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2021.110203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2021] [Revised: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 11/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Reversible phosphorylation of ion channels and calcium-handling proteins provides precise post-translational regulation of cardiac excitation and contractility. Serine/threonine phosphatases govern dephosphorylation of the majority of cardiac proteins. Accordingly, dysfunction of this regulation contributes to the development and progression of heart failure and atrial fibrillation. On the molecular level, these changes include alterations in the expression level and phosphorylation status of Ca2+ handling and excitation-contraction coupling proteins provoked by dysregulation of phosphatases. The serine/threonine protein phosphatase PP1 is one a major player in the regulation of cardiac excitation-contraction coupling. PP1 essentially impacts on cardiac physiology and pathophysiology via interactions with the cardiac ion channels Cav1.2, NKA, NCX and KCNQ1, sarcoplasmic reticulum-bound Ca2+ handling proteins such as RyR2, SERCA and PLB as well as the contractile proteins MLC2, TnI and MyBP-C. PP1 itself but also PP1-regulatory proteins like inhibitor-1, inhibitor-2 and heat-shock protein 20 are dysregulated in cardiac disease. Therefore, they represent interesting targets to gain more insights in heart pathophysiology and to identify new treatment strategies for patients with heart failure or atrial fibrillation. We describe the genetic and holoenzymatic structure of PP1 and review its role in the heart and cardiac disease. Finally, we highlight the importance of the PP1 regulatory proteins for disease manifestation, provide an overview of genetic models to study the role of PP1 for the development of heart failure and atrial fibrillation and discuss possibilities of pharmacological interventions.
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Duran J, Nickel L, Estrada M, Backs J, van den Hoogenhof MMG. CaMKIIδ Splice Variants in the Healthy and Diseased Heart. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:644630. [PMID: 33777949 PMCID: PMC7991079 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.644630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
Abstract
RNA splicing has been recognized in recent years as a pivotal player in heart development and disease. The Ca2+/calmodulin dependent protein kinase II delta (CaMKIIδ) is a multifunctional Ser/Thr kinase family and generates at least 11 different splice variants through alternative splicing. This enzyme, which belongs to the CaMKII family, is the predominant family member in the heart and functions as a messenger toward adaptive or detrimental signaling in cardiomyocytes. Classically, the nuclear CaMKIIδB and cytoplasmic CaMKIIδC splice variants are described as mediators of arrhythmias, contractile function, Ca2+ handling, and gene transcription. Recent findings also put CaMKIIδA and CaMKIIδ9 as cardinal players in the global CaMKII response in the heart. In this review, we discuss and summarize the new insights into CaMKIIδ splice variants and their (proposed) functions, as well as CaMKII-engineered mouse phenotypes and cardiac dysfunction related to CaMKIIδ missplicing. We also discuss RNA splicing factors affecting CaMKII splicing. Finally, we discuss the translational perspective derived from these insights and future directions on CaMKIIδ splicing research in the healthy and diseased heart.
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- Javier Duran
- Institute of Experimental Cardiology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.,German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Cardiology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.,German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Institute of Experimental Cardiology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.,German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Cardiology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.,German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Heidelberg, Germany
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