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J Mol Cell Cardiol ; 148: 1-14, 2020 11.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32853649

RESUMEN

RATIONALE: Among its many biological roles, fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) protects the heart from dysfunction and damage associated with an ischemic attack. Our laboratory demonstrated that its protection against myocardial dysfunction occurs by the low molecular weight (LMW) isoform of FGF2, while the high molecular weight (HMW) isoforms are associated with a worsening in post-ischemic recovery of cardiac function. LMW FGF2-mediated cardioprotection is facilitated by activation of multiple kinases, including PKCalpha, PKCepsilon, and ERK, and inhibition of p38 and JNK. OBJECTIVE: Yet, the substrates of those kinases associated with LMW FGF2-induced cardioprotection against myocardial dysfunction remain to be elucidated. METHODS AND RESULTS: To identify substrates in LMW FGF2 improvement of post-ischemic cardiac function, mouse hearts expressing only LMW FGF2 were subjected to ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury and analyzed by a mass spectrometry (MS)-based quantitative phosphoproteomic strategy. MS analysis identified 50 phosphorylation sites from 7 sarcoendoplasmic reticulum (SR) proteins that were significantly altered in I/R-treated hearts only expressing LMW FGF2 compared to those hearts lacking FGF2. One of those phosphorylated SR proteins identified was phospholamban (PLB), which exhibited rapid, increased phosphorylation at Threonine-17 (Thr17) after I/R in hearts expressing only LMW FGF2; this was further validated using Selected Reaction Monitoring-based MS workflow. To demonstrate a mechanistic role of phospho-Thr17 PLB in LMW FGF2-mediated cardioprotection, hearts only expressing LMW FGF2 and those expressing only LMW FGF2 with a mutant PLB lacking phosphorylatable Thr17 (Thr17Ala PLB) were subjected to I/R. Hearts only expressing LMW FGF2 showed significantly improved recovery of cardiac function following I/R (p < 0.05), and this functional improvement was significantly abrogated in hearts expressing LMW FGF2 and Thr17Ala PLB (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: The findings indicate that LMW FGF2 modulates intracellular calcium handling/cycling via regulatory changes in SR proteins essential for recovery from I/R injury, and thereby protects the heart from post-ischemic cardiac dysfunction.


Asunto(s)
Proteínas de Unión al Calcio/metabolismo , Cardiotónicos/farmacología , Factor 2 de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Isquemia Miocárdica/prevención & control , Isquemia Miocárdica/fisiopatología , Fosfoproteínas/metabolismo , Fosfotreonina/metabolismo , Proteómica , Animales , Proteína Quinasa Tipo 2 Dependiente de Calcio Calmodulina/metabolismo , Ratones , Modelos Biológicos , Peso Molecular , Fosforilación , Proteína Quinasa C-alfa/metabolismo , Retículo Sarcoplasmático/metabolismo
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Growth Factors ; 38(2): 75-93, 2020 02.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32496882

RESUMEN

FGF2 is a potent stimulator of vascular growth; however, even with a deficiency of FGF2 (Fgf2-/-), developmental vessel growth or ischaemia-induced revascularization still transpires. It remains to be elucidated as to what function, if any, FGF2 has during ischaemic injury. Wildtype (WT) or Fgf2-/- mice were subjected to hindlimb ischaemia for up to 42 days. Limb function, vascular growth, inflammatory- and angiogenesis-related proteins, and inflammatory cell infiltration were assessed in sham and ischaemic limbs at various timepoints. Recovery of ischaemic limb function was delayed in Fgf2-/- mice. Yet, vascular growth response to ischaemia was similar between WT and Fgf2-/- hindlimbs. Several angiogenesis- and inflammatory-related proteins (MCP-1, CXCL16, MMPs and PAI-1) were increased in Fgf2-/- ischaemic muscle. Neutrophil or monocyte recruitment/infiltration was elevated in Fgf2-/- ischaemic muscle. In summary, our study indicates that loss of FGF2 induces a pro-inflammatory microenvironment in skeletal muscle which exacerbates ischaemic injury and delays functional limb use.


Asunto(s)
Factor 2 de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Músculo Esquelético/metabolismo , Neovascularización Fisiológica , Daño por Reperfusión/metabolismo , Animales , Quimiocina CCL2/genética , Quimiocina CCL2/metabolismo , Quimiocina CXCL16/genética , Quimiocina CXCL16/metabolismo , Factor 2 de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/genética , Miembro Posterior/irrigación sanguínea , Metaloproteinasas de la Matriz/genética , Metaloproteinasas de la Matriz/metabolismo , Ratones , Músculo Esquelético/irrigación sanguínea , Músculo Esquelético/fisiología , Inhibidor 1 de Activador Plasminogénico/genética , Inhibidor 1 de Activador Plasminogénico/metabolismo , Regeneración
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J Proteome Res ; 12(10): 4268-79, 2013 Oct 04.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24016359

RESUMEN

Mass spectrometry (MS) techniques to globally profile protein phosphorylation in cellular systems that are relevant to physiological or pathological changes have been of significant interest in biological research. An MS-based strategy utilizing an inexpensive acetone-based peptide-labeling technique known as reductive alkylation by acetone (RABA) for quantitative phosphoproteomics was explored to evaluate its capacity. Because the chemistry for RABA labeling for phosphorylation profiling had not been previously reported, it was first validated using a standard phosphoprotein and identical phosphoproteomes from cardiac tissue extracts. A workflow was then utilized to compare cardiac tissue phosphoproteomes from mouse hearts not expressing FGF2 versus hearts expressing low-molecular-weight fibroblast growth factor-2 (LMW FGF2) to relate low-molecular-weight fibroblast growth factor-2 (LMW FGF2)-mediated cardioprotective phenomena induced by ischemia/reperfusion injury of hearts, with downstream phosphorylation changes in LMW FGF2 signaling cascades. Statistically significant phosphorylation changes were identified at 14 different sites on 10 distinct proteins, including some with mechanisms already established for LMW FGF2-mediated cardioprotective signaling (e.g., connexin-43), some with new details linking LMW FGF2 to the cardioprotective mechanisms (e.g., cardiac myosin binding protein C or cMyBPC), and also several new downstream effectors not previously recognized for cardio-protective signaling by LMW FGF2. Additionally, one of the phosphopeptides, cMyBPC/pSer-282, identified was further verified with site-specific quantification using an SRM (selected reaction monitoring)-based approach that also relies on isotope labeling of a synthetic phosphopeptide with deuterated acetone as an internal standard. Overall, this study confirms that the inexpensive acetone-based peptide labeling can be used in both exploratory and targeted quantification phosphoproteomic studies to identify and verify biologically relevant phosphorylation changes in whole tissues.


Asunto(s)
Acetona/química , Daño por Reperfusión Miocárdica/metabolismo , Fosfoproteínas/metabolismo , Proteoma/metabolismo , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Animales , Proteínas Portadoras/química , Proteínas Portadoras/aislamiento & purificación , Proteínas Portadoras/metabolismo , Cromatografía por Intercambio Iónico , Factor 2 de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/genética , Factor 2 de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Ratones , Ratones Noqueados , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Fosfoproteínas/química , Fosfoproteínas/aislamiento & purificación , Fosforilación , Procesamiento Proteico-Postraduccional , Proteoma/química , Proteoma/aislamiento & purificación , Proteómica , Transducción de Señal , Espectrometría de Masa por Láser de Matriz Asistida de Ionización Desorción , Coloración y Etiquetado
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J Biol Chem ; 287(53): 44478-89, 2012 Dec 28.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23148217

RESUMEN

Phosphorylation of tropomyosin (Tm) has been shown to vary in mouse models of cardiac hypertrophy. Little is known about the in vivo role of Tm phosphorylation. This study examines the consequences of Tm dephosphorylation in the murine heart. Transgenic (TG) mice were generated with cardiac specific expression of α-Tm with serine 283, the phosphorylation site of Tm, mutated to alanine. Echocardiographic analysis and cardiomyocyte cross-sectional area measurements show that α-Tm S283A TG mice exhibit a hypertrophic phenotype at basal levels. Interestingly, there are no alterations in cardiac function, myofilament calcium (Ca(2+)) sensitivity, cooperativity, or response to ß-adrenergic stimulus. Studies of Ca(2+) handling proteins show significant increases in sarcoplasmic reticulum ATPase (SERCA2a) protein expression and an increase in phospholamban phosphorylation at serine 16, similar to hearts under exercise training. Compared with controls, the decrease in phosphorylation of α-Tm results in greater functional defects in TG animals stressed by transaortic constriction to induce pressure overload-hypertrophy. This is the first study to investigate the in vivo role of Tm dephosphorylation under both normal and cardiac stress conditions, documenting a role for Tm dephosphorylation in the maintenance of a compensated or physiological phenotype. Collectively, these results suggest that modification of the Tm phosphorylation status in the heart, depending upon the cardiac state/condition, may modulate the development of cardiac hypertrophy.


Asunto(s)
Cardiomegalia/metabolismo , Tropomiosina/metabolismo , Animales , Calcio/metabolismo , Cardiomegalia/genética , Cardiomegalia/fisiopatología , Femenino , Corazón/fisiopatología , Humanos , Masculino , Ratones , Ratones Transgénicos , Miocardio/metabolismo , Fosforilación , ATPasas Transportadoras de Calcio del Retículo Sarcoplásmico/genética , ATPasas Transportadoras de Calcio del Retículo Sarcoplásmico/metabolismo , Tropomiosina/genética
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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol ; 304(10): H1382-96, 2013 May 15.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23479264

RESUMEN

Among its many biological roles, fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF2) acutely protects the heart from dysfunction associated with ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. Our laboratory has demonstrated that this is due to the activity of the low molecular weight (LMW) isoform of FGF2 and that FGF2-mediated cardioprotection relies on the activity of protein kinase C (PKC); however, which PKC isoforms are responsible for LMW FGF2-mediated cardioprotection, and their downstream targets, remain to be elucidated. To identify the PKC pathway(s) that contributes to postischemic cardiac recovery by LMW FGF2, mouse hearts expressing only LMW FGF2 (HMWKO) were bred to mouse hearts not expressing PKCα (PKCαKO) or subjected to a selective PKCε inhibitor (εV(1-2)) before and during I/R. Hearts only expressing LMW FGF2 showed significantly improved postischemic recovery of cardiac function following I/R (P < 0.05), which was significantly abrogated in the absence of PKCα (P < 0.05) or presence of PKCε inhibition (P < 0.05). Hearts only expressing LMW FGF2 demonstrated differences in actomyosin ATPase activity as well as increases in the phosphorylation of troponin I and T during I/R compared with wild-type hearts; several of these effects were dependent on PKCα activity. This evidence indicates that both PKCα and PKCε play a role in LMW FGF2-mediated protection from cardiac dysfunction and that PKCα signaling to the contractile apparatus is a key step in the mechanism of LMW FGF2-mediated protection against myocardial dysfunction.


Asunto(s)
Factor 2 de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/fisiología , Isquemia Miocárdica/tratamiento farmacológico , Isquemia Miocárdica/fisiopatología , Miofibrillas/metabolismo , Proteína Quinasa C/fisiología , Actomiosina/metabolismo , Animales , Western Blotting , ATPasa de Ca(2+) y Mg(2+)/metabolismo , Femenino , Factor 2 de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/genética , Factor 2 de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/metabolismo , L-Lactato Deshidrogenasa/metabolismo , Masculino , Ratones , Ratones Noqueados , Peso Molecular , Contracción Miocárdica/fisiología , Daño por Reperfusión Miocárdica/fisiopatología , Fosforilación/fisiología , Receptores de Factores de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Troponina I/metabolismo , Troponina T/metabolismo
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Growth Factors ; 30(2): 124-39, 2012 Apr.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22304432

RESUMEN

Fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF2) protects the heart from ischemia-reperfusion (I-R) injury via a vast network of protein kinases. In the heart, downstream effectors of these FGF2-triggered signals have not yet been identified. It is hypothesized that nitric oxide (NO) signaling and ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channel activity are key effectors of protein kinases activated by FGF2-mediated cardioprotection. Hearts with a cardiac-specific overexpression of FGF2 (FGF2 Tg) were subjected to I-R injury in the absence or the presence of selective inhibitors of NO synthase (NOS) isoforms or sarcolemmal (sarcK(ATP)) and mitochondrial (mitoK(ATP)) K(ATP) channels. Multiple NOS isoforms are necessary for FGF2-mediated cardioprotection, and nitrite levels are significantly reduced in FGF2 Tg hearts upon inhibition of protein kinase C or mitogen-activated protein kinases. Likewise, sarcK(ATP) and mitoK(ATP) channels are important for cardioprotection elicited by endogenous FGF2. These findings suggest that FGF2-induced cardioprotection occurs via protein kinase-NOS pathways as well as K(ATP) channel activity.


Asunto(s)
Factor 2 de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Canales KATP/metabolismo , Infarto del Miocardio/prevención & control , Óxido Nítrico/metabolismo , Proteínas Quinasas/metabolismo , Transducción de Señal , Regulación hacia Arriba , Animales , Activación Enzimática , Humanos , Ratones , Infarto del Miocardio/metabolismo , Óxido Nítrico Sintasa/metabolismo , Canales de Potasio/metabolismo , Daño por Reperfusión/metabolismo , Sarcolema/metabolismo
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J Mol Cell Cardiol ; 48(6): 1245-54, 2010 Jun.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20116383

RESUMEN

Fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) consists of multiple protein isoforms (low [LMW] and high molecular weight [HMW]), which are localized to different cellular compartments, indicating unique biological activity. We previously showed that the LMW isoform is important in protecting the heart from myocardial dysfunction associated with ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury, but the roles of the HMW isoforms remain unknown. To elucidate the role of HMW isoforms in I/R and cardioprotection, hearts from novel mouse models, in which the murine FGF2 HMWs are knocked out (HMWKO) or the human FGF2 24 kDa HMW isoform is overexpressed (HMW Tg) and their wildtype (Wt) or non-transgenic (NTg) cohorts were subjected to an ex vivo work-performing heart model of I/R. There was a significant improvement in post-ischemic recovery of cardiac function in HMWKO hearts (76+/-5%, p<0.05) compared to Wt hearts (55+/-5%), with a corresponding decrease in HMW Tg function (line 20: 38+/-6% and line 28: 33+/-4%, p<0.05) compared to non-transgenic hearts (68+/-9%). FGF2 LMW isoform was secreted from Wt and HMWKO hearts during I/R, and a FGF receptor (FGFR) inhibitor, PD173074 caused a decrease in cardiac function when administered in I/R in Wt and FGF2 HMWKO hearts (p<0.05), indicating that FGFR is involved in FGF2 LMW isoform's biological effect in ischemia-reperfusion injury. Moreover, overexpression of HMW isoform reduced FGFR1 phosphorylation/activation with no further decrease in the phosphorylation state in the presence of the FGFR inhibitor. Overall, our data indicate that HMW isoforms have a detrimental role in the development of post-ischemic myocardial dysfunction.


Asunto(s)
Factor 2 de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Daño por Reperfusión Miocárdica/patología , Miocardio/metabolismo , Daño por Reperfusión/patología , Animales , Creatina Quinasa/metabolismo , Corazón/fisiología , Humanos , Ratones , Ratones Noqueados , Ratones Transgénicos , Peso Molecular , Miocardio/patología , Fosforilación , Isoformas de Proteínas , Receptor Tipo 1 de Factor de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Receptor Tipo 4 de Factor de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/metabolismo
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J Mol Cell Cardiol ; 47(4): 493-503, 2009 Oct.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19573531

RESUMEN

The opioidergic system, an endogenous stress pathway, modulates cardiac function. Furthermore, opioid peptide and receptor expression is altered in a number of cardiac pathologies. However, whether the response of myocardial opioid receptor signaling is altered in heart failure progression is currently unknown. Elucidating possible alterations in and effects of opioidergic signaling in the failing myocardium is of critical importance as opioids are commonly used for pain management, including in patients at risk for cardiovascular disease. A hamster model of cardiomyopathy and heart failure (Bio14.6) was used to investigate cardiac opioidergic signaling in heart failure development. This study found an augmented negative inotropic and lusitropic response to administration of agonists selective for the kappa opioid receptor and delta opioid receptor in the failing heart that was mediated by a pertussis toxin-sensitive G-protein. The augmented decrease in cardiac function was manifested by increased inhibition of cAMP accumulation and the amplitude of the systolic Ca(2+) transient. Furthermore, increased depression of cardiac function and of two important second messengers, cAMP and intracellular Ca(2+), were independent of changes in cardiac opioid peptide or receptor expression. Thus, the cardiomyopathy-induced failing heart experiences increased cardiac depressant effects following opioid receptor stimulation which could exacerbate diminished cardiac function in end-stage heart failure. As cardiac function is already depressed in heart failure patients, administration of opioids could exacerbate the degree of cardiac dysfunction and worsen disease progression.


Asunto(s)
Insuficiencia Cardíaca/metabolismo , Receptores Opioides delta/metabolismo , Receptores Opioides kappa/metabolismo , Transducción de Señal , 3,4-Dicloro-N-metil-N-(2-(1-pirrolidinil)-ciclohexil)-bencenacetamida, (trans)-Isómero/farmacología , Animales , Señalización del Calcio/efectos de los fármacos , Cardiomegalia/sangre , Cardiomegalia/complicaciones , Cardiomegalia/fisiopatología , Cardiomiopatías/sangre , Cardiomiopatías/complicaciones , Cardiomiopatías/fisiopatología , Cricetinae , AMP Cíclico/metabolismo , Fentanilo/administración & dosificación , Fentanilo/farmacología , Insuficiencia Cardíaca/sangre , Insuficiencia Cardíaca/complicaciones , Insuficiencia Cardíaca/fisiopatología , Pruebas de Función Cardíaca , Proteínas de Unión al GTP Heterotriméricas/metabolismo , Técnicas In Vitro , Contracción Miocárdica/efectos de los fármacos , Péptidos Opioides/sangre , Toxina del Pertussis/farmacología , Quinolinas/farmacología , Receptores Opioides kappa/agonistas , Transducción de Señal/efectos de los fármacos , Sístole/efectos de los fármacos
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Circulation ; 113(7): 995-1004, 2006 Feb 21.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16476846

RESUMEN

BACKGROUND: Phospholamban (PLN) is an inhibitor of the Ca2+ affinity of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA2). The amino acid sequence of PLN is highly conserved, and although all species contain asparagine (Asn), human PLN is unique in containing lysine (Lys) at amino acid 27. METHODS AND RESULTS: Human PLN was introduced in the null background. Expression of human PLN, at similar levels to mouse wild-type PLN, resulted in significant decreases in the affinity of SERCA2 for Ca2+, attributed to unique spatial conformation of this PLN form and increases in its monomeric active unit compared with mouse PLN. The increased inhibition by human PLN was associated with attenuated cardiac contractility in the intact-animal, organ, and cardiomyocyte levels and with depressed calcium kinetics. These inhibitory effects could not be fully reversed even on maximal isoproterenol stimulation. There were no alterations in the expression levels of SERCA2, calsequestrin, ryanodine receptor, and FKBP12, although the sodium/calcium exchanger and the L-type Ca2+ channel expression levels were upregulated. The depressed function resulted in increased heart/body weight ratios and phosphorylation levels of Akt, p38, and Erk1/2. CONCLUSIONS: Human PLN may play a more inhibitory role than that of other species in Ca2+ cycling. Expression of human PLN in the mouse is compensated by alterations in Ca2+-handling proteins and cardiac remodeling in an effort to normalize cardiac contractility. Thus, the unique amino acid sequence of human PLN may be critical in maintaining a high cardiac reserve, which is of paramount importance in the regulation of human cardiac function.


Asunto(s)
Proteínas de Unión al Calcio/genética , Proteínas de Unión al Calcio/fisiología , ATPasas Transportadoras de Calcio/antagonistas & inhibidores , Cardiomegalia/etiología , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Animales , Arginina , Calcio/metabolismo , Proteínas de Unión al Calcio/metabolismo , Humanos , Cinética , Lisina , Ratones , Ratones Noqueados , Ratones Transgénicos , ATPasas Transportadoras de Calcio del Retículo Sarcoplásmico , Especificidad de la Especie
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J Clin Invest ; 109(6): 787-96, 2002 Mar.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11901187

RESUMEN

Angiotensin II (Ang II), a potent hypertrophic stimulus, causes significant increases in TGFb1 gene expression. However, it is not known whether there is a causal relationship between increased levels of TGF-beta1 and cardiac hypertrophy. Echocardiographic analysis revealed that TGF-beta1-deficient mice subjected to chronic subpressor doses of Ang II had no significant change in left ventricular (LV) mass and percent fractional shortening during Ang II treatment. In contrast, Ang II-treated wild-type mice showed a >20% increase in LV mass and impaired cardiac function. Cardiomyocyte cross-sectional area was also markedly increased in Ang II-treated wild-type mice but unchanged in Ang II-treated TGF-beta1-deficient mice. No significant levels of fibrosis, mitotic growth, or cytokine infiltration were detected in Ang II-treated mice. Atrial natriuretic factor expression was approximately 6-fold elevated in Ang II-treated wild-type, but not TGF-beta1-deficient mice. However, the alpha- to beta-myosin heavy chain switch did not occur in Ang II-treated mice, indicating that isoform switching is not obligatorily coupled with hypertrophy or TGF-beta1. The Ang II effect on hypertrophy was shown not to result from stimulation of the endogenous renin-angiotensis system. These results indicate that TGF-beta1 is an important mediator of the hypertrophic growth response of the heart to Ang II.


Asunto(s)
Angiotensina II/farmacología , Cardiomegalia/fisiopatología , Corazón/efectos de los fármacos , Miocardio/citología , Factor de Crecimiento Transformador beta/metabolismo , Animales , Tamaño de la Célula , Ecocardiografía , Corazón/fisiología , Hemodinámica , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos , Ratones Noqueados , Miocardio/metabolismo , Miocardio/patología , Cadenas Pesadas de Miosina/metabolismo , Factor de Crecimiento Transformador beta/genética , Factor de Crecimiento Transformador beta1
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Cytokine Growth Factor Rev ; 14(5): 391-407, 2003 Oct.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12948523

RESUMEN

Transforming growth factor betas (TGFbetas) are pleiotropic cytokines involved in many biological processes. Genetic engineering and tissue explanation studies have revealed specific non-overlapping roles for TGFbeta ligands and their signaling molecules in development and in normal function of the cardiovascular system in the adult. In the embryo, TGFbetas appear to be involved in epithelial-mesenchymal transformations (EMT) during endocardial cushion formation, and in epicardial epithelial-mesenchymal transformations essential for coronary vasculature, ventricular myocardial development and compaction. In the adult, TGFbetas are involved in cardiac hypertrophy, vascular remodeling and regulation of the renal renin-angiotensin system. The evidence for TGFbeta activities during cardiovascular development and physiologic function will be given and areas which need further investigation will be discussed.


Asunto(s)
Fenómenos Fisiológicos Cardiovasculares , Corazón , Miocardio , Factor de Crecimiento Transformador beta/metabolismo , Animales , Embrión de Mamíferos/anatomía & histología , Embrión de Mamíferos/fisiología , Embrión no Mamífero , Epitelio/fisiología , Corazón/anatomía & histología , Corazón/embriología , Corazón/crecimiento & desarrollo , Corazón/fisiología , Riñón/fisiología , Ligandos , Mesodermo/fisiología , Miocardio/citología , Miocardio/metabolismo , Transducción de Señal/fisiología , Factor de Crecimiento Transformador beta/genética
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Cardiovasc Res ; 113(13): 1585-1602, 2017 Nov 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29016740

RESUMEN

AIMS: Fibroblast growth factor 1 (FGF1), a heparin/heparan sulfate-binding growth factor, is a potent cardioprotective agent against myocardial infarction (MI). The impact of heparin, the standard of care for MI patients entering the emergency room, on cardioprotective effects of FGF1 is unknown, however. METHODS AND RESULTS: To address this, a rat model of MI was employed to compare cardioprotective potentials (lower infarct size and improve post-ischemic function) of native FGF1 and an engineered FGF1 (FGF1ΔHBS) with reduced heparin-binding affinity when given at the onset of reperfusion in the absence or presence of heparin. FGF1 and FGF1ΔHBS did not alter heparin's anticoagulant properties. Treatment with heparin alone or native FGF1 significantly reduced infarct size compared to saline (P < 0.05). Surprisingly, treatment with FGF1ΔHBS markedly lowered infarct size compared to FGF1 (P < 0.05). Both native and modified FGF1 restored contractile and relaxation function (P < 0.05 versus saline or heparin). Furthermore, FGF1ΔHBS had greater improvement in cardiac function compared to FGF1 (P < 0.05). Heparin negatively impacted the cardioprotective effects (infarct size, post-ischemic recovery of function) of FGF1 (P < 0.05) but not of FGF1ΔHBS. Heparin also reduced the biodistribution of FGF1, but not FGF1ΔHBS, to the left ventricle. FGF1 and FGF1ΔHBS bound and triggered FGFR1-induced downstream activation of ERK1/2 (P < 0.05); yet, heparin co-treatment decreased FGF1-produced ERK1/2 activation, but not that activated by FGF1ΔHBS. CONCLUSION: These findings demonstrate that modification of the heparin-binding region of FGF1 significantly improves the cardioprotective efficacy, even in the presence of heparin, identifying a novel FGF ligand available for therapeutic use in ischemic heart disease.


Asunto(s)
Fármacos Cardiovasculares/farmacología , Factor 1 de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/farmacología , Heparina/farmacología , Infarto del Miocardio/prevención & control , Daño por Reperfusión Miocárdica/prevención & control , Miocardio/metabolismo , Animales , Fármacos Cardiovasculares/metabolismo , Fármacos Cardiovasculares/farmacocinética , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Quinasas MAP Reguladas por Señal Extracelular/metabolismo , Factor 1 de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/genética , Factor 1 de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Factor 1 de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/farmacocinética , Heparina/metabolismo , Humanos , Ligandos , Masculino , Mutación , Contracción Miocárdica/efectos de los fármacos , Infarto del Miocardio/metabolismo , Infarto del Miocardio/patología , Infarto del Miocardio/fisiopatología , Daño por Reperfusión Miocárdica/metabolismo , Daño por Reperfusión Miocárdica/patología , Daño por Reperfusión Miocárdica/fisiopatología , Miocardio/patología , Unión Proteica , Ratas Sprague-Dawley , Receptor Tipo 1 de Factor de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Recuperación de la Función , Distribución Tisular , Función Ventricular Izquierda/efectos de los fármacos
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Circulation ; 108(25): 3140-8, 2003 Dec 23.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14656920

RESUMEN

BACKGROUND: Preconditioning the heart before an ischemic insult has been shown to protect against contractile dysfunction, arrhythmias, and infarction. Pharmacological studies have suggested that fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF2) is involved in cardioprotection. However, because of the number of FGFs expressed in the heart and the promiscuity of FGF ligand-receptor interactions, the specific role of FGF2 during ischemia-reperfusion injury remains unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS: FGF2-deficient (Fgf2 knockout) mice and mice with a cardiac-specific overexpression of all 4 isoforms of human FGF2 (FGF2 transgenic [Tg]) were compared with wild-type mice to test whether endogenous FGF2 elicits cardioprotection. An ex vivo work-performing heart model of ischemia was developed in which murine hearts were subjected to 60 minutes of low-flow ischemia and 120 minutes of reperfusion. Preischemic contractile function was similar among the 3 groups. After ischemia-reperfusion, contractile function of Fgf2 knockout hearts recovered to 27% of its baseline value compared with a 63% recovery in wild-type hearts (P<0.05). In FGF2 Tg hearts, an 88% recovery of postischemic function occurred (P<0.05). Myocardial infarct size was also reduced in FGF2 Tg hearts compared with wild-type hearts (13% versus 30%, P<0.05). There was a 2-fold increase in FGF2 release from Tg hearts compared with wild-type hearts (P<0.05). No significant alterations in coronary flow or capillary density were detected in any of the groups, implying that the protective effect of FGF2 is not mediated by coronary perfusion changes. CONCLUSIONS: These results provide evidence that endogenous FGF2 plays a significant role in the cardioprotective effect against ischemia-reperfusion injury.


Asunto(s)
Factor 2 de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/fisiología , Infarto del Miocardio/patología , Daño por Reperfusión Miocárdica/fisiopatología , Miocardio/metabolismo , Animales , Circulación Coronaria , Citoprotección , Femenino , Factor 2 de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/genética , Factor 2 de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Corazón/fisiopatología , Humanos , Masculino , Ratones , Ratones Noqueados , Ratones Transgénicos , Contracción Miocárdica , Daño por Reperfusión Miocárdica/metabolismo
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PLoS One ; 7(11): e48713, 2012.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23144938

RESUMEN

Heart disease remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the industrialized world. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the most common genetic cardiovascular disorder and the most common cause of sudden cardiac death. Foxm1 transcription factor (also known as HFH-11B, Trident, Win or MPP2) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of various cancers and is a critical mediator of post-injury repair in multiple organs. Foxm1 has been previously shown to be essential for heart development and proliferation of embryonic cardiomyocytes. However, the role of Foxm1 in postnatal heart development and in cardiac injury has not been evaluated. To delete Foxm1 in postnatal cardiomyocytes, αMHC-Cre/Foxm1(fl/fl) mice were generated. Surprisingly, αMHC-Cre/Foxm1(fl/fl) mice exhibited normal cardiomyocyte proliferation at postnatal day seven and had no defects in cardiac structure or function but developed cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis late in life. The development of cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and cardiac fibrosis in aged Foxm1-deficient mice was associated with reduced expression of Hey2, an important regulator of cardiac homeostasis, and increased expression of genes critical for cardiac remodeling, including MMP9, αSMA, fibronectin and vimentin. We also found that following aortic constriction Foxm1 mRNA and protein were induced in cardiomyocytes. However, Foxm1 deletion did not exacerbate cardiac hypertrophy or fibrosis following chronic pressure overload. Our results demonstrate that Foxm1 regulates genes critical for age-induced cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and cardiac fibrosis.


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Cardiomegalia/etiología , Factores de Transcripción Forkhead/genética , Corazón/crecimiento & desarrollo , Miocitos Cardíacos/fisiología , Actinas/genética , Actinas/metabolismo , Factores de Edad , Animales , Factores de Transcripción con Motivo Hélice-Asa-Hélice Básico/genética , Factores de Transcripción con Motivo Hélice-Asa-Hélice Básico/metabolismo , Cardiomegalia/genética , Cardiomegalia/patología , Proliferación Celular , Fibronectinas/genética , Fibronectinas/metabolismo , Fibrosis/genética , Fibrosis/patología , Proteína Forkhead Box M1 , Regulación del Desarrollo de la Expresión Génica , Metaloproteinasa 9 de la Matriz/genética , Metaloproteinasa 9 de la Matriz/metabolismo , Ratones , Ratones Transgénicos , Miocardio/citología , Miocardio/patología , Proteínas Represoras/genética , Proteínas Represoras/metabolismo , Vimentina/genética , Vimentina/metabolismo
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Mol Cell Pharmacol ; 2(4): 143-154, 2010.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21274419

RESUMEN

Fibroblast growth factor 2 (basic FGF or FGF2) has been shown to affect growth and differentiation in some tissues and to be required for cardiac hypertrophy in vivo. FGF2 has been shown in vitro to signal through the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) to affect cell survival and growth. To ascertain the role of FGF2 in cardiac hypertrophy, wildtype, Fgf2 knockout, non-transgenic, and FGF2 transgenic mice were treated with isoproterenol or saline via subcutaneous mini-osmotic pump implants to induce a hypertrophic response to ß-adrenergic stimulation. Fgf2 knockout hearts are protected from isoproterenol-induced cardiac hypertrophy; whereas, FGF2 transgenic hearts show exacerbated cardiac hypertrophy as assessed by heart weight-to-body weight ratios and myocyte cross-sectional area. Echocardiography reveals significantly decreased fractional shortening in isoproterenol-treated FGF2 transgenic mice but not in Fgf2 knockout mice suggesting that FGF2 mediates the maladaptive cardiac dysfunction seen in cardiac hypertrophy induced by isoproterenol. Western blot analysis also reveals alterations in MAPK signaling in Fgf2 knockout and FGF2 transgenic hearts subjected to isoproterenol treatment, suggesting that this cascade mediates FGF2's pro-hypertrophic effect. Pharmacologic inhibition of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling results in an attenuated hypertrophic response in isoproterenol-treated FGF2 transgenic mice, but this response is not seen with p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38) pathway inhibition, suggesting that FGF2 activation of ERK but not p38 is necessary for FGF2's role in the mediation of cardiac hypertrophy.

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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol ; 296(4): H967-75, 2009 Apr.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19181965

RESUMEN

Opioids/opiates are commonly administered to alleviate pain, unload the heart, or decrease breathlessness in patients with advanced heart failure. As such, it is important to evaluate whether the myocardial opioidergic system is altered in cardiac disease. A hamster model of spontaneous hypertension was investigated before the development of hypertension (1 mo of age) and in the hypertensive state (10 mo of age) to evaluate the effect of prolonged hypertension on myocardial opioidergic activity. Plasma beta-endorphin was decreased before the development of hypertension and in the hypertensive state (P < 0.05). There was no change in cardiac beta-endorphin content at either time point. No differences were detected in cardiac or plasma dynorphin A, Met-enkephalin, or Leu-enkephalin, or in cardiac peptide expression of kappa- or delta-opioid receptors. mu-Opioid receptor was not detected in either model. To determine how hypertension affects myocardial opioid signaling, the ex vivo work-performing heart was used to assess the cardiac response to opioid administration in healthy hearts and those subjected to chronic hypertension. Agonists selective for the kappa- and delta-opioid receptors, but not mu-opioid receptors, induced a concentration-dependent decrease in cardiac function. The decrease in left ventricular systolic pressure on administration of the kappa-opioid receptor-selective agonist, U50488H, was attenuated in hearts from hamsters subjected to chronic, untreated hypertension (P < 0.05) compared with control. These results show that peripheral and myocardial opioid expression and signaling are altered in hypertension.


Asunto(s)
Hipertensión/fisiopatología , Hipertrofia Ventricular Izquierda/fisiopatología , Miocardio/metabolismo , Receptores Opioides kappa/metabolismo , Sístole/fisiología , 3,4-Dicloro-N-metil-N-(2-(1-pirrolidinil)-ciclohexil)-bencenacetamida, (trans)-Isómero , Animales , Antihipertensivos , Benzamidas/farmacología , Presión Sanguínea/efectos de los fármacos , Presión Sanguínea/fisiología , Cricetinae , AMP Cíclico/metabolismo , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Dinorfinas/metabolismo , Encefalina Leucina , Encefalina Metionina/metabolismo , Hipertensión/genética , Hipertensión/metabolismo , Hipertrofia Ventricular Izquierda/metabolismo , Contracción Miocárdica/efectos de los fármacos , Contracción Miocárdica/fisiología , Piperazinas/farmacología , Receptores Opioides delta/agonistas , Receptores Opioides delta/efectos de los fármacos , Receptores Opioides delta/metabolismo , Receptores Opioides kappa/agonistas , Receptores Opioides kappa/efectos de los fármacos , Remodelación Ventricular/fisiología , betaendorfina/sangre
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Dev Dyn ; 238(2): 249-64, 2009 Feb.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18773489

RESUMEN

Fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) consists of multiple protein isoforms (low molecular weight, LMW, and high molecular weight, HMW) produced by alternative translation from the Fgf2 gene. These protein isoforms are localized to different cellular compartments, indicating unique biological activity. FGF2 isoforms in the heart have distinct roles in many pathological circumstances in the heart including cardiac hypertrophy, ischemia-reperfusion injury, and atherosclerosis. These studies suggest distinct biological activities of FGF2 LMW and HMW isoforms both in vitro and in vivo. Yet, due to the limitations that only the recombinant FGF2 LMW isoform is readily available and that the FGF2 antibody is nonspecific with regards to its isoforms, much remains to be determined regarding the role(s) of the FGF2 LMW and HMW isoforms in cellular behavior and in cardiovascular development and pathophysiology. This review summarizes the activities of LMW and HMW isoforms of FGF2 in cardiovascular development and disease.


Asunto(s)
Sistema Cardiovascular/embriología , Factor 2 de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/fisiología , Neovascularización Patológica , Animales , Aorta Torácica/embriología , Aorta Torácica/crecimiento & desarrollo , Aorta Torácica/patología , Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/metabolismo , Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/patología , Sistema Cardiovascular/crecimiento & desarrollo , Sistema Cardiovascular/patología , Factor 2 de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/genética , Válvulas Cardíacas/embriología , Válvulas Cardíacas/crecimiento & desarrollo , Ratones , Ratones Noqueados , Isoformas de Proteínas/genética , Isoformas de Proteínas/fisiología
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Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17897043

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Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and developing world. Experimental and clinical studies have demonstrated that a number of interventions including brief periods of ischemia or hypoxia and certain endogenous factors such as opioids, bradykinin, growth factors or pharmacological agents are capable of protecting the heart against post-ischemic contractile dysfunction, arrhythmias and myocardial infarction. This conventional cardioprotection occurs via an autocrine or paracrine action in which these protective factors are released from the heart to act upon itself. Over the last ten years, a growing body of evidence indicates that a brief ischemic insult on one organ releases endogenous factors that protect other organs against a prolonged ischemic insult. This phenomenon, termed remote preconditioning or preconditioning at a distance, implicates an endocrine action, and may involve humoral or neural-endocrine signaling. This review will summarize the endocrine factors identified and implicated in this inter-organ cytoprotection.


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Glándulas Endocrinas/fisiología , Isquemia/patología , Precondicionamiento Isquémico , Adenosina/fisiología , Animales , Historia del Siglo XX , Humanos , Precondicionamiento Isquémico/historia , Sistemas Neurosecretores/fisiología , Óxido Nítrico/fisiología
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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol ; 293(1): H354-65, 2007 Jul.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17337596

RESUMEN

Elucidation of protective mechanisms against ischemia-reperfusion injury is vital to the advancement of therapeutics for ischemic heart disease. Our laboratory has previously shown that cardiac-specific overexpression of fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF2) results in increased recovery of contractile function and decreased infarct size following ischemia-reperfusion injury and has established a role for the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling cascade in the cardioprotective effect of FGF2. We now show an additional role for the protein kinase C (PKC) signaling cascade in the mediation of FGF2-induced cardioprotection. Overexpression of FGF2 (FGF2 Tg) in the heart resulted in decreased translocation of PKC-delta but had no effect on PKC-alpha, -epsilon, or -zeta. In addition, multiple alterations in PKC isoform translocation occur during ischemia-reperfusion injury in FGF2 Tg hearts as assessed by Western blot analysis and confocal immunofluorescent microscopy. Treatment of FGF2 Tg and nontransgenic (NTg) hearts with the PKC inhibitor bisindolylmaleimide (1 micromol/l) revealed the necessity of PKC signaling for FGF2-induced reduction of contractile dysfunction and myocardial infarct size following ischemia-reperfusion injury. Western blot analysis of FGF2 Tg and NTg hearts subjected to ischemia-reperfusion injury in the presence of a PKC pathway inhibitor (bisindolylmaleimide, 1 micromol/l), an mitogen/extracellular signal-regulated kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (MEK/ERK) pathway inhibitor (U-0126, 2.5 micromol/l), or a p38 pathway inhibitor (SB-203580, 2 micromol/l) revealed a complicated signaling network between the PKC and MAPK signaling cascades that may participate in FGF2-induced cardioprotection. Together, these data suggest that FGF2-induced cardioprotection is mediated via a PKC-dependent pathway and that the PKC and MAPK signaling cascades are integrally connected downstream of FGF2.


Asunto(s)
Factor 2 de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Daño por Reperfusión Miocárdica/metabolismo , Daño por Reperfusión Miocárdica/patología , Proteína Quinasa C/metabolismo , Transducción de Señal , Animales , Cardiotónicos/metabolismo , Citoprotección , Ratones , Regulación hacia Arriba
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J Mol Cell Cardiol ; 42(1): 106-20, 2007 Jan.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17150229

RESUMEN

UNLABELLED: Our laboratory showed that overexpression of fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF2) protected the heart against ischemia-reperfusion injury. FGF2 has different protein isoforms (low [LMW] and high [HMW] molecular weight isoforms) produced from alternative translation start sites. However, which FGF2 isoform(s) mediates this cardioprotection, and which signaling pathway (i.e., mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)) elicits FGF2 isoform-induced cardioprotection remains to be elucidated. METHODS AND RESULTS: Wildtype, Fgf2 KO (absence of all FGF2 isoforms) and FGF2 LMWKO (absence of LMW isoform) hearts were subjected to an ex vivo work-performing heart ischemic model of 60 min ischemia and 120 min reperfusion. There was a significant decrease in the recovery of post-ischemic contractile function (p<0.05) in Fgf2 KO and FGF2 LMWKO mouse hearts compared to wildtype hearts. Following ischemia-reperfusion injury, MKK4/7, JNK, and c-Jun were significantly phosphorylated (i.e., activated), and the levels of TUNEL-positive nuclei and caspase 3 cleavage were significantly increased in vehicle-treated Fgf2 KO and FGF2 LMWKO compared to wildtype hearts (p<0.05). A novel JNK pathway inhibitor, CEP11004 (50 nM), significantly restored the post-ischemic contractile function and reduced myocardial cell death, as measured by CK release and apoptotic markers, compared to DMSO-treated cohorts (p<0.05). Overall, our data indicate that the LMW isoform has an important role in restoring cardiac function after ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury. These results provide unequivocal evidence that inhibition of JNK signaling is involved in FGF2 LMW isoform-mediated cardioprotection and that the potential mechanism may be through inhibition of the apoptotic process.


Asunto(s)
Cardiotónicos/metabolismo , Factor 2 de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/fisiología , Proteínas Quinasas JNK Activadas por Mitógenos/metabolismo , Animales , Caspasa 3/metabolismo , Femenino , Factor 2 de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/química , Factor 2 de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/deficiencia , Factor 2 de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/genética , Técnicas In Vitro , Sistema de Señalización de MAP Quinasas , Masculino , Ratones , Ratones Noqueados , Peso Molecular , Contracción Miocárdica , Infarto del Miocardio/metabolismo , Infarto del Miocardio/fisiopatología , Daño por Reperfusión Miocárdica/metabolismo , Daño por Reperfusión Miocárdica/fisiopatología , Daño por Reperfusión Miocárdica/prevención & control , Isoformas de Proteínas/química , Isoformas de Proteínas/genética , Isoformas de Proteínas/fisiología
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