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Montecino-Garrido H, Trostchansky A, Espinosa-Parrilla Y, Palomo I, Fuentes E. How Protein Depletion Balances Thrombosis and Bleeding Risk in the Context of Platelet's Activatory and Negative Signaling. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:10000. [PMID: 39337488 PMCID: PMC11432290 DOI: 10.3390/ijms251810000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2024] [Revised: 08/28/2024] [Accepted: 09/02/2024] [Indexed: 09/30/2024] Open
Abstract
Platelets are small cell fragments that play a crucial role in hemostasis, requiring fast response times and fine signaling pathway regulation. For this regulation, platelets require a balance between two pathway types: the activatory and negative signaling pathways. Activatory signaling mediators are positive responses that enhance stimuli initiated by a receptor in the platelet membrane. Negative signaling regulates and controls the responses downstream of the same receptors to roll back or even avoid spontaneous thrombotic events. Several blood-related pathologies can be observed when these processes are unregulated, such as massive bleeding in activatory signaling inhibition or thrombotic events for negative signaling inhibition. The study of each protein and metabolite in isolation does not help to understand the role of the protein or how it can be contrasted; however, understanding the balance between active and negative signaling could help develop effective therapies to prevent thrombotic events and bleeding disorders.
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- Hector Montecino-Garrido
- Centro de Estudios en Alimentos Procesados (CEAP), ANID-Regional, Gore Maule R0912001, Talca 3480094, Chile
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- Departamento de Bioquímica and Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas (CEINBIO), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo 11800, Uruguay
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- Interuniversity Center for Healthy Aging (CIES), Centro Asistencial, Docente e Investigación-CADI-UMAG, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas 6210427, Chile
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- Thrombosis and Healthy Aging Research Center, Interuniversity Center for Healthy Aging (CIES), Interuniversity Network of Healthy Aging in Latin America and Caribbean (RIES-LAC), Medical Technology School, Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunohematology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de Talca, Talca 3480094, Chile
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- Thrombosis and Healthy Aging Research Center, Interuniversity Center for Healthy Aging (CIES), Interuniversity Network of Healthy Aging in Latin America and Caribbean (RIES-LAC), Medical Technology School, Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunohematology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de Talca, Talca 3480094, Chile
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Miyahara S, Jenke A, Yazdanyar M, Kistner J, Immohr MB, Sugimura Y, Aubin H, Kamiya H, Okita Y, Lichtenberg A, Akhyari P. The combination approach with Rho-kinase inhibition and mechanical circulatory support in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury: Rho-kinase inhibition and ventricular unloading. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2022; 30:894-905. [PMID: 35837687 PMCID: PMC9513506 DOI: 10.1177/02184923221114457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
Background It remains unclear whether the Rho-kinase (ROCK) inhibition in combination
with mechanical circulatory support (MCS) had a synergic protective effect
on myocardial ischemia (MI)/reperfusion injury in therapeutic strategies for
acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We report the results of an approach
using a rat model consisting of a miniaturized cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)
and AMI. Methods A total of 25 male Wistar rats were randomized into 5 groups: (1) Sham: a
suture was passed under the left anterior descending artery (LAD) creating
no MI. A vehicle solution (0.9% saline) was injected intraperitoneally. (2)
Myocardial ischemia (MI) + vehicle (MI + V): LAD was ligated for 30 min and
reperfused for 120 min, followed by administration of vehicle solution. (3)
MI + fasudil (MI + F): the work sequence of group 2, but the selective ROCK
inhibitor fasudil (10 mg/kg) was administered instead. (4) MI + V + CPB: CPB
was initiated 15 min after the ligation of the LAD to the end of the
reperfusion, in addition to the work sequence in group 2. (5) In the
MI + F + CPB group, the work sequence of group 4, but with fasudil
administration (10 mg/kg). Results Measurements of cardiac function through conductance catheter indicated that
the drop of + dP/dt after reperfusion was moderately limited in MI + F + CPB
(vs. MI + V, dP/dt p = 0.22). The preload recruitable
stroke work was moderately improved in the MI + F + CPB
(p = 0.23) compared with the corresponding control animals
(MI + V). Phosphorylated protein kinase B expression in the MI + V + CPB and
MI + F + CPB was higher than that in MI + V (p = 0.33). Conclusion Therefore, fasudil administration with MCS resulted in a moderately better
left ventricular performance.
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- Shunsuke Miyahara
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, 9170Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, 9170Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, 9170Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, 9170Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, 9170Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, 9170Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, 9170Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, 38051Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, 38303Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, 9170Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, 9170Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Song L, Zhu C, Zheng W, Lu D, Jiao H, Zhao R, Bao Z. Computational systematic selectivity of the Fasalog inhibitors between ROCK-I and ROCK-II kinase isoforms in Alzheimer's disease. Comput Biol Chem 2020; 87:107314. [PMID: 32619776 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2020.107314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Revised: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 06/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Human Rho-associated coiled-coil forming kinase (ROCK) is a class of essential neurokinases that consists of two structurally conserved isoforms ROCK-I and ROCK-II; they have been revealed to play distinct roles in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other neurological disorders. Selective targeting of the two kinase isoforms with small-molecule inhibitors is a great challenge due to the surprisingly high homology in kinase domain (92 %) and the full identity in kinase active site (100 %). Here, we describe a computational protocol to systematically profile the selectivity of Fasudil and its 25 analogs (termed as Fasalogs) between the two kinase isoforms. It is suggested that the substitution of Fasudil's 1,4-diazepane moiety with rigid ring such as Ripasudil and Dimehtylfasudil would render the resulting inhibitors of ROCK-II over ROCK-I (II-o-I) selectivity, while the substitution with long, flexible group such as H-89 and BDBM92607 tends to have I-o-II selectivity. Structural analysis reveals that the inhibitor affinity is not only determined by the identical active site, but also contributed from the non-identical first and second shells of the site as well as other non-conserved kinase regions, which can indirectly influence the active site and inhibitor binding through allosteric effect. A further kinase assay basically confirms the computational findings, which also exhibits a good consistence with theoretical selectivity over 10 tested samples (Rp = 0.89). In particular, the Fasalog compounds Dimehtylfasudil and H-89 are identified as II-o-I and I-o-II selective inhibitors. They can be considered as promising lead molecular entities to develop new specific ROCK isoform-selective Fasalog inhibitors.
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- Laijun Song
- Department of Neurology, Daqing Oil Field General Hospital, Daqing, 163001, China
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- Department of Neurology, Daqing Oil Field General Hospital, Daqing, 163001, China
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- Department of Neurology, Daqing Oil Field General Hospital, Daqing, 163001, China
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- Department of Neurology, Daqing Oil Field General Hospital, Daqing, 163001, China
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- Department of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150086, China
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- Department of Neurology, Daqing Oil Field General Hospital, Daqing, 163001, China.
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- Department of Neurology, Daqing Oil Field General Hospital, Daqing, 163001, China.
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Amin F, Ahmed A, Feroz A, Khaki PSS, Khan MS, Tabrez S, Zaidi SK, Abdulaal WH, Shamsi A, Khan W, Bano B. An Update on the Association of Protein Kinases with Cardiovascular Diseases. Curr Pharm Des 2019; 25:174-183. [DOI: 10.2174/1381612825666190312115140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 03/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Background:
Protein kinases are the enzymes involved in phosphorylation of different proteins which
leads to functional changes in those proteins. They belong to serine-threonine kinases family and are classified
into the AGC (Protein kinase A/ Protein kinase G/ Protein kinase C) families of protein and Rho-associated
kinase protein (ROCK). The AGC family of kinases are involved in G-protein stimuli, muscle contraction, platelet
biology and lipid signaling. On the other hand, ROCK regulates actin cytoskeleton which is involved in the
development of stress fibres. Inflammation is the main signal in all ROCK-mediated disease. It triggers the cascade
of a reaction involving various proinflammatory cytokine molecules.
Methods:
Two ROCK isoforms are found in mammals and invertebrates. The first isoforms are present mainly in
the kidney, lung, spleen, liver, and testis. The second one is mainly distributed in the brain and heart.
Results:
ROCK proteins are ubiquitously present in all tissues and are involved in many ailments that include
hypertension, stroke, atherosclerosis, pulmonary hypertension, vasospasm, ischemia-reperfusion injury and heart
failure. Several ROCK inhibitors have shown positive results in the treatment of various disease including cardiovascular
diseases.
Conclusion:
ROCK inhibitors, fasudil and Y27632, have been reported for significant efficiency in dropping
vascular smooth muscle cell hyper-contraction, vascular inflammatory cell recruitment, cardiac remodelling and
endothelial dysfunction which highlight ROCK role in cardiovascular diseases.
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- Fakhra Amin
- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (U.P.), India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (U.P.), India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (U.P.), India
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- Protein Research Chair, Department of Biochemistry, College of Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Cancer Metabolism and Epigenetic Unit, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (U.P.), India
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (U.P.), India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (U.P.), India
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Yetgin T, van Kranenburg M, Ten Cate T, Duncker DJ, de Boer MJ, Diletti R, van Geuns RJM, Zijlstra F, Manintveld OC. Ischemic Postconditioning After Routine Thrombus Aspiration During Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Rationale and Design of the POstconditioning Rotterdam Trial. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2015; 88:508-514. [PMID: 27022882 DOI: 10.1002/ccd.26239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2015] [Revised: 07/31/2015] [Accepted: 08/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Whether ischemic postconditioning (IPOC) immediately after routine thrombus aspiration (TA) reduces infarct size (IS) in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) has not been established. STUDY DESIGN The POstconditioning Rotterdam Trial (PORT) is a dual-center, prospective, open-label, randomized trial with blinded endpoint evaluation enrolling 72 subjects with first-time STEMI, and an occluded infarct-related artery (IRA) without collaterals undergoing PPCI. Subjects are randomized 1:1 to a strategy of IPOC immediately after TA followed by stenting of the IRA or to conventional percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), including TA followed by stenting of the IRA (controls). Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is performed at 3-5 days after STEMI and at 3 months. The primary endpoint is IS at 3 months measured by delayed enhancement MRI. Other secondary endpoints include MRI-derived microvascular obstruction (MVO), left ventricular ejection fraction, myocardial salvage index, enzymatic IS, ST-segment resolution, myocardial blush grade, microcirculatory resistance, inflammation markers, and clinical events through 3-month follow-up. CONCLUSIONS PORT is testing the hypothesis that adding IPOC (against lethal reperfusion injury) to TA (against distal embolization and MVO) is cardioprotective and reduces ultimate IS in STEMI patients undergoing PPCI (Dutch Trial Register identifier: NTR4040). © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Tuncay Yetgin
- Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.,Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands, ICIN-KNAW, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, UMC St. Radboud, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.,Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands, ICIN-KNAW, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, UMC St. Radboud, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.,Department of Radiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.,Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands, ICIN-KNAW, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Wu N, Zhang X, Jia D. High‑dose fasudil preconditioning and postconditioning attenuate myocardial ischemia‑reperfusion injury in hypercholesterolemic rats. Mol Med Rep 2013; 9:560-6. [PMID: 24271017 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2013.1818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2013] [Accepted: 11/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Fasudil may induce preconditioning and postconditioning against myocardial ischemia‑reperfusion injury in normal rats, however, their effectivenesses in hypercholesterolemia remains to be determined. The study aimed to investigate whether fasudil induces preconditioning and postconditioning in hypercholesterolemic rats and to determine the roles of the phosphoinositol 3‑kinase (PI3K)/Akt/endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) pathway and mitochondrial KATP (m‑KATP) channels in this process. Isolated rat hearts underwent 30 min global ischemia and 120 min reperfusion. Low‑ (1 mg/kg) or high‑dose (10 mg/kg) fasudil was administered 15 min prior to ischemia and at the initial onset of reperfusion. 5‑Hydroxydecanoic acid (5HD), an m‑KATP channel blocker, at 10 mg/kg was administered 5 min prior to reperfusion. Myocardial infarct size was estimated by 2,3,5‑triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) staining and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and creatine kinase‑MB (CK‑MB) were analyzed from coronary effluents. Phosphorylation of Akt and eNOS was measured by immunoblotting. High‑dose fasudil‑induced preconditioning and postconditioning significantly reduced infarct size and the release of LDH and CK‑MB and increased the phosphorylation of Akt and eNOS compared with the control group, whereas low‑dose fasudil did not exert these beneficial effects. In addition, the cardioprotection of high‑dose fasudil‑induced preconditioning and postconditioning are blocked by 5HD. Low‑dose fasudil‑induced preconditioning and postconditioning are abrogated by hypercholesterolemia, while high‑dose fasudil restores the cardioprotection, which is involved in upregulation of the PI3K/Akt/eNOS pathway and inducing the opening of the m‑KATP channel.
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- Nan Wu
- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, P.R. China
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- Department of Medical Genetics, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, P.R. China
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Chen M, Liu A, Ouyang Y, Huang Y, Chao X, Pi R. Fasudil and its analogs: a new powerful weapon in the long war against central nervous system disorders? Expert Opin Investig Drugs 2013; 22:537-50. [DOI: 10.1517/13543784.2013.778242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Nunes KP, Rigsby CS, Webb RC. RhoA/Rho-kinase and vascular diseases: what is the link? Cell Mol Life Sci 2010; 67:3823-36. [PMID: 20668910 PMCID: PMC2996825 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-010-0460-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2010] [Revised: 07/07/2010] [Accepted: 07/08/2010] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
RhoA/Rho-kinase pathway plays an important role in many pathological conditions. RhoA participates in the regulation of smooth muscle tone and activates many downstream kinases. The best characterized are the serine/threonine kinase isoforms (Rho-kinase or ROCK), ROCKα/ROCK2 and ROCKβ/ROCK1. ROCK is necessary for diverse functions such as local blood flow, arterial/pulmonary blood pressure, airway resistance and intestinal peristalsis. ROCK activation permits actin/myosin interactions and smooth muscle cells contraction by maintaining the activity of myosin light-chain kinase, independently of the free cytosolic calcium level. The sensitization of smooth muscle myofilaments to calcium has been implicated in many pathological states, such as hypertension, diabetes, heart attack, stroke, pulmonary hypertension, erectile dysfunction, and cancer. The focus of this review is on the involvement of RhoA/Rho-kinase in diseases. We will briefly describe the ROCK isoforms and the role of RhoA/Rho-kinase in the vasculature, before exploring the most recent findings regarding this pathway and various diseases.
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- Kenia Pedrosa Nunes
- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
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Xu EZ, Kantores C, Ivanovska J, Engelberts D, Kavanagh BP, McNamara PJ, Jankov RP. Rescue treatment with a Rho-kinase inhibitor normalizes right ventricular function and reverses remodeling in juvenile rats with chronic pulmonary hypertension. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2010; 299:H1854-64. [PMID: 20889845 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00595.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Chronic pulmonary hypertension in infancy and childhood is characterized by a fixed and progressive increase in pulmonary arterial pressure and resistance, pulmonary arterial remodeling, and right ventricular hypertrophy and systolic dysfunction. These abnormalities are replicated in neonatal rats chronically exposed to hypoxia from birth in which increased activity of Rho-kinase (ROCK) is critical to injury, as evidenced by preventive effects of ROCK inhibitors. Our objective in the present study was to examine the reversing effects of a late or rescue approach to treatment with a ROCK inhibitor on the pulmonary and cardiac manifestations of established chronic hypoxic pulmonary hypertension. Rat pups were exposed to air or hypoxia (13% O(2)) from postnatal day 1 and were treated with Y-27632 (15 mg/kg) or saline vehicle by twice daily subcutaneous injection commencing on day 14, for up to 7 days. Treatment with Y-27632 significantly attenuated right ventricular hypertrophy, reversed arterial wall remodeling, and completely normalized right ventricular systolic function in hypoxia-exposed animals. Reversal of arterial wall remodeling was accompanied by increased apoptosis and attenuated content of endothelin (ET)-1 and ET(A) receptors. Treatment of primary cultured juvenile rat pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells with Y-27632 attenuated serum-stimulated ROCK activity and proliferation and increased apoptosis. Smooth muscle apoptosis was also induced by short interfering RNA-mediated knockdown of ROCK-II, but not of ROCK-I. We conclude that sustained rescue treatment with a ROCK inhibitor reversed both the hemodynamic and structural abnormalities of chronic hypoxic pulmonary hypertension in juvenile rats and normalized right ventricular systolic function. Attenuated expression and activity of ET-1 and its A-type receptor on pulmonary arterial smooth muscle was a likely contributor to the stimulatory effects of ROCK inhibition on apoptosis. In addition, our data suggest that ROCK-II may be dominant in enhancing survival of pulmonary arterial smooth muscle.
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- Emily Z Xu
- Clinical Integrative Biology, Sunnybrook Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Valdivia AC, Mason S, Collins J, Buckley KR, Coletta P, Beanlands RS, Dasilva JN. Radiosynthesis of N-[(11)C]-methyl-hydroxyfasudil as a new potential PET radiotracer for rho-kinases (ROCKs). Appl Radiat Isot 2009; 68:325-8. [PMID: 19939685 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2009] [Revised: 10/28/2009] [Accepted: 11/03/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
N-[(11)C]-methyl-hydroxyfasudil was synthesized as a new potential radiotracer for rho-kinases (ROCKs) via a two-step one-pot radiosynthesis. The first step was the methylation of the precursor N-Boc-hydroxyfasudil-sodium salt/benzo-15-crown-5 complex with [(11)C]methyl iodide. The second step involved deprotection of the tert-butoxycarbonyl protecting group. The radiochemical and chemical purities of N-[(11)C]-methyl-hydroxyfasudil were >95% and specific radioactivity was 1565-2565mCi/mumol at the end of the synthesis.
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- Ana C Valdivia
- National Cardiac PET Centre, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin Street, Ottawa, Ont., Canada K1Y 4W7
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Vascular dysfunction in septic shock--any ROCKing news? Crit Care Med 2009; 37:1820-1. [PMID: 19373062 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e3181a09408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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van der Heijden M, Versteilen AMG, Sipkema P, van Nieuw Amerongen GP, Musters RJP, Groeneveld ABJ. Rho-kinase-dependent F-actin rearrangement is involved in the inhibition of PI3-kinase/Akt during ischemia-reperfusion-induced endothelial cell apoptosis. Apoptosis 2008; 13:404-12. [PMID: 18165899 PMCID: PMC2257993 DOI: 10.1007/s10495-007-0173-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
Abstract
Activation of cytoskeleton regulator Rho-kinase during ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) plays a major role in I/R injury and apoptosis. Since Rho-kinase is a negative regulator of the pro-survival phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-kinase)/Akt pathway, we hypothesized that inhibition of Rho-kinase can prevent I/R-induced endothelial cell apoptosis by maintaining PI3-kinase/Akt activity and that protective effects of Rho-kinase inhibition are facilitated by prevention of F-actin rearrangement. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells were subjected to 1 h of simulated ischemia and 1 or 24 h of simulated reperfusion after treatment with Rho-kinase inhibitor Y-27632, PI3-kinase inhibitor wortmannin, F-actin depolymerizers cytochalasinD and latrunculinA and F-actin stabilizer jasplakinolide. Intracellular ATP levels decreased following I/R. Y-27632 treatment reduced I/R-induced apoptosis by 31% (P < 0.01) and maintained Akt activity. Both effects were blocked by co-treatment with wortmannin. Y-27632 treatment prevented the formation of F-actin bundles during I/R. Similar results were observed with cytochalasinD treatment. In contrast, latrunculinA and jasplakinolide treatment did not prevent the formation of F-actin bundles during I/R and had no effect on I/R-induced apoptosis. Apoptosis and Akt activity were inversely correlated (R (2) = 0.68, P < 0.05). In conclusion, prevention of F-actin rearrangement by Rho-kinase inhibition or by cytochalasinD treatment attenuated I/R-induced endothelial cell apoptosis by maintaining PI3-kinase and Akt activity.
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- Melanie van der Heijden
- Department of Physiology, Institute for Cardiovascular Research, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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