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Ovchinnikov A, Potekhina A, Arefieva T, Filatova A, Ageev F, Belyavskiy E. Use of Statins in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Current Evidence and Perspectives. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:4958. [PMID: 38732177 PMCID: PMC11084261 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25094958] [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: 04/08/2024] [Revised: 04/29/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024] Open
Abstract
Systemic inflammation and coronary microvascular endothelial dysfunction are essential pathophysiological factors in heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) that support the use of statins. The pleiotropic properties of statins, such as anti-inflammatory, antihypertrophic, antifibrotic, and antioxidant effects, are generally accepted and may be beneficial in HF, especially in HFpEF. Numerous observational clinical trials have consistently shown a beneficial prognostic effect of statins in patients with HFpEF, while the results of two larger trials in patients with HFrEF have been controversial. Such differences may be related to a more pronounced impact of the pleiotropic properties of statins on the pathophysiology of HFpEF and pro-inflammatory comorbidities (arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, obesity, chronic kidney disease) that are more common in HFpEF. This review discusses the potential mechanisms of statin action that may be beneficial for patients with HFpEF, as well as clinical trials that have evaluated the statin effects on left ventricular diastolic function and clinical outcomes in patients with HFpEF.
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- Artem Ovchinnikov
- Laboratory of Myocardial Fibrosis and Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction, National Medical Research Center of Cardiology Named after Academician E.I. Chazov, Academician Chazov St., 15a, 121552 Moscow, Russia; (A.P.); (A.F.)
- Department of Clinical Functional Diagnostics, A.I. Yevdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, Delegatskaya St., 20, p. 1, 127473 Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Myocardial Fibrosis and Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction, National Medical Research Center of Cardiology Named after Academician E.I. Chazov, Academician Chazov St., 15a, 121552 Moscow, Russia; (A.P.); (A.F.)
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- Laboratory of Cell Immunology, National Medical Research Center of Cardiology Named after Academician E.I. Chazov, Academician Chazov St., 15a, 121552 Moscow, Russia;
- Faculty of Basic Medicine, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Myocardial Fibrosis and Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction, National Medical Research Center of Cardiology Named after Academician E.I. Chazov, Academician Chazov St., 15a, 121552 Moscow, Russia; (A.P.); (A.F.)
- Laboratory of Cell Immunology, National Medical Research Center of Cardiology Named after Academician E.I. Chazov, Academician Chazov St., 15a, 121552 Moscow, Russia;
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- Out-Patient Department, National Medical Research Center of Cardiology Named after Academician E.I. Chazov, Academician Chazov St., 15a, 121552 Moscow, Russia;
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- Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum des Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charite, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany;
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Behrmann A, Cayton J, Hayden MR, Lambert MD, Nourian Z, Nyanyo K, Godbee B, Hanft LM, Krenz M, McDonald KS, Domeier TL. Right ventricular preload and afterload challenge induces contractile dysfunction and arrhythmia in isolated hearts of dystrophin-deficient male mice. Physiol Rep 2024; 12:e16004. [PMID: 38658324 PMCID: PMC11043033 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.16004] [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: 12/04/2023] [Revised: 03/13/2024] [Accepted: 03/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024] Open
Abstract
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked recessive myopathy due to mutations in the dystrophin gene. Diaphragmatic weakness in DMD causes hypoventilation and elevated afterload on the right ventricle (RV). Thus, RV dysfunction in DMD develops early in disease progression. Herein, we deliver a 30-min sustained RV preload/afterload challenge to isolated hearts of wild-type (Wt) and dystrophic (Dmdmdx-4Cv) mice at both young (2-6 month) and middle-age (8-12 month) to test the hypothesis that the dystrophic RV is susceptible to dysfunction with elevated load. Young dystrophic hearts exhibited greater pressure development than wild type under baseline (Langendorff) conditions, but following RV challenge exhibited similar contractile function as wild type. Following the RV challenge, young dystrophic hearts had an increased incidence of premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) compared to wild type. Hearts of middle-aged wild-type and dystrophic mice had similar contractile function during baseline conditions. After RV challenge, hearts of middle-aged dystrophic mice had severe RV dysfunction and arrhythmias, including ventricular tachycardia. Following the RV load challenge, dystrophic hearts had greater lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release than wild-type mice indicative of damage. Our data indicate age-dependent changes in RV function with load in dystrophin deficiency, highlighting the need to avoid sustained RV load to forestall dysfunction and arrhythmia.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Male
- Dystrophin/genetics
- Dystrophin/deficiency
- Mice
- Myocardial Contraction
- Arrhythmias, Cardiac/physiopathology
- Arrhythmias, Cardiac/etiology
- Arrhythmias, Cardiac/genetics
- Ventricular Dysfunction, Right/physiopathology
- Ventricular Dysfunction, Right/genetics
- Ventricular Dysfunction, Right/metabolism
- Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne/physiopathology
- Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne/genetics
- Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne/complications
- Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne/metabolism
- Mice, Inbred mdx
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
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- Andrew Behrmann
- Medical Pharmacology and PhysiologyUniversity of MissouriColumbiaMissouriUSA
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- Department of Veterinary PathobiologyUniversity of MissouriColumbiaMissouriUSA
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- Medical Pharmacology and PhysiologyUniversity of MissouriColumbiaMissouriUSA
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- Medical Pharmacology and PhysiologyUniversity of MissouriColumbiaMissouriUSA
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- Medical Pharmacology and PhysiologyUniversity of MissouriColumbiaMissouriUSA
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- Medical Pharmacology and PhysiologyUniversity of MissouriColumbiaMissouriUSA
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- Medical Pharmacology and PhysiologyUniversity of MissouriColumbiaMissouriUSA
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- Medical Pharmacology and PhysiologyUniversity of MissouriColumbiaMissouriUSA
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- Medical Pharmacology and PhysiologyUniversity of MissouriColumbiaMissouriUSA
- Dalton Cardiovascular Research CenterUniversity of MissouriColumbiaMissouriUSA
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- Medical Pharmacology and PhysiologyUniversity of MissouriColumbiaMissouriUSA
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- Medical Pharmacology and PhysiologyUniversity of MissouriColumbiaMissouriUSA
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Merten AL, Schöler U, Guo Y, Linsenmeier F, Martinac B, Friedrich O, Schürmann S. High-content method for mechanosignaling studies using IsoStretcher technology and quantitative Ca 2+ imaging applied to Piezo1 in cardiac HL-1 cells. Cell Mol Life Sci 2024; 81:140. [PMID: 38485771 PMCID: PMC10940437 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-024-05159-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2023] [Revised: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 02/04/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
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The importance of mechanosensory transduction pathways in cellular signalling has prominently come to focus in the last decade with the discovery of the Piezo ion channel family. Mechanosignaling involving Piezo1 ion channels in the function of the heart and cardiovascular system has only recently been identified to have implications for cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology, in particular for heart failure (i.e., hypertrophy or dilative cardiomyopathy). These results have emphasized the need for higher throughput methods to study single-cell cardiovascular mechanobiology with the aim of identifying new targets for therapeutic interventions and stimulating the development of new pharmacological agents. Here, we present a novel method to assess mechanosignaling in adherent cardiac cells (murine HL-1 cell line) using a combination of isotropic cell stretch application and simultaneous Ca2+ fluorescence readout with quantitative analysis. The procedure implements our IsoStretcher technology in conjunction with a single-cell- and population-based analysis of Ca2+ signalling by means of automated image registration, cell segmentation and analysis, followed by automated classification of single-cell responses. The method is particularly valuable for assessing the heterogeneity of populations with distinct cellular responses to mechanical stimulation and provides more user-independent unbiased drug response classifications.
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- Anna-Lena Merten
- Institute of Medical Biotechnology, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Paul-Gordan-Str. 3, 91052, Erlangen, Germany
- School in Advanced Optical Technologies, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Paul-Gordan-Str. 6, 91052, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biotechnology, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Paul-Gordan-Str. 3, 91052, Erlangen, Germany
- School in Advanced Optical Technologies, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Paul-Gordan-Str. 6, 91052, Erlangen, Germany
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- Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, 405 Liverpool St, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia
- School of Clinical Medicine, St Vincent's Healthcare Clinical Campus, University of New South Wales, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia
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- Institute of Medical Biotechnology, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Paul-Gordan-Str. 3, 91052, Erlangen, Germany
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- Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, 405 Liverpool St, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia
- School of Clinical Medicine, St Vincent's Healthcare Clinical Campus, University of New South Wales, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia
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- Institute of Medical Biotechnology, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Paul-Gordan-Str. 3, 91052, Erlangen, Germany
- School in Advanced Optical Technologies, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Paul-Gordan-Str. 6, 91052, Erlangen, Germany
- Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, 405 Liverpool St, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia
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- Institute of Medical Biotechnology, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Paul-Gordan-Str. 3, 91052, Erlangen, Germany.
- School in Advanced Optical Technologies, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Paul-Gordan-Str. 6, 91052, Erlangen, Germany.
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Wang TZ, Wang F, Tian ZC, Li ZZ, Liu WN, Ding H, Xie TT, Cao ZX, Li HT, Sun ZC, Xie RG, Wu SX, Pan ZX, Luo C. Cingulate cGMP-dependent protein kinase I facilitates chronic pain and pain-related anxiety and depression. Pain 2023; 164:2447-2462. [PMID: 37326662 DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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ABSTRACT Patients with chronic pain often experience exaggerated pain response and aversive emotion, such as anxiety and depression. Central plasticity in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is assumed to be a critical interface for pain perception and emotion, which has been reported to involve activation of NMDA receptors. Numerous studies have documented the key significance of cGMP-dependent protein kinase I (PKG-I) as a crucial downstream target for the NMDA receptor-NO-cGMP signaling cascade in regulating neuronal plasticity and pain hypersensitivity in specific regions of pain pathway, ie, dorsal root ganglion or spinal dorsal horn. Despite this, whether and how PKG-I in the ACC contributes to cingulate plasticity and comorbidity of chronic pain and aversive emotion has remained elusive. Here, we uncovered a crucial role of cingulate PKG-I in chronic pain and comorbid anxiety and depression. Chronic pain caused by tissue inflammation or nerve injury led to upregulation of PKG-I expression at both mRNA and protein levels in the ACC. Knockdown of ACC-PKG-I relieved pain hypersensitivity as well as pain-associated anxiety and depression. Further mechanistic analysis revealed that PKG-I might act to phosphorylate TRPC3 and TRPC6, leading to enhancement of calcium influx and neuronal hyperexcitability as well as synaptic potentiation, which results in the exaggerated pain response and comorbid anxiety and depression. We believe this study sheds new light on the functional capability of ACC-PKG-I in modulating chronic pain as well as pain-associated anxiety and depression. Hence, cingulate PKG-I may represent a new therapeutic target against chronic pain and pain-related anxiety and depression.
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- Tao-Zhi Wang
- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin University, Changchun, China
- Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
- Medical Experiment Center, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
- Department of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
- College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
- The Twenty-second Squadron of the Sixth Regiment, School of Basal Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
- The Fourteenth Squadron of the Fourth Regiment, School of Basal Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
- Department of Neurosurgery, Xi'an Daxing Hospital, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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Haffner V, Nourian Z, Boerman EM, Lambert MD, Hanft LM, Krenz M, Baines CP, Duan D, McDonald KS, Domeier TL. Calcium handling dysfunction and cardiac damage following acute ventricular preload challenge in the dystrophin-deficient mouse heart. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2023; 325:H1168-H1177. [PMID: 37737731 PMCID: PMC10907071 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00265.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Revised: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
Abstract
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common muscular dystrophy and is caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene. Dystrophin deficiency is associated with structural and functional changes of the muscle cell sarcolemma and/or stretch-induced ion channel activation. In this investigation, we use mice with transgenic cardiomyocyte-specific expression of the GCaMP6f Ca2+ indicator to test the hypothesis that dystrophin deficiency leads to cardiomyocyte Ca2+ handling abnormalities following preload challenge. α-MHC-MerCreMer-GCaMP6f transgenic mice were developed on both a wild-type (WT) or dystrophic (Dmdmdx-4Cv) background. Isolated hearts of 3-7-mo male mice were perfused in unloaded Langendorff mode (0 mmHg) and working heart mode (preload = 20 mmHg). Following a 30-min preload challenge, hearts were perfused in unloaded Langendorff mode with 40 μM blebbistatin, and GCaMP6f was imaged using confocal fluorescence microscopy. Incidence of premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) was monitored before and following preload elevation at 20 mmHg. Hearts of both wild-type and dystrophic mice exhibited similar left ventricular contractile function. Following preload challenge, dystrophic hearts exhibited a reduction in GCaMP6f-positive cardiomyocytes and an increase in number of cardiomyocytes exhibiting Ca2+ waves/overload. Incidence of cardiac arrhythmias was low in both wild-type and dystrophic hearts during unloaded Langendorff mode. However, after preload elevation to 20-mmHg hearts of dystrophic mice exhibited an increased incidence of PVCs compared with hearts of wild-type mice. In conclusion, these data indicate susceptibility to preload-induced Ca2+ overload, ventricular damage, and ventricular dysfunction in male Dmdmdx-4Cv hearts. Our data support the hypothesis that cardiomyocyte Ca2+ overload underlies cardiac dysfunction in muscular dystrophy.NEW & NOTEWORTHY The mechanisms of cardiac disease progression in muscular dystrophy are complex and poorly understood. Using a transgenic mouse model with cardiomyocyte-specific expression of the GCaMP6f Ca2+ indicator, the present study provides further support for the Ca2+-overload hypothesis of disease progression and ventricular arrhythmogenesis in muscular dystrophy.
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- Vivian Haffner
- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States
- The Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States
- The Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States
- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States
- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States
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Mirouse V. Evolution and developmental functions of the dystrophin-associated protein complex: beyond the idea of a muscle-specific cell adhesion complex. Front Cell Dev Biol 2023; 11:1182524. [PMID: 37384252 PMCID: PMC10293626 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1182524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/30/2023] Open
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The Dystrophin-Associated Protein Complex (DAPC) is a well-defined and evolutionarily conserved complex in animals. DAPC interacts with the F-actin cytoskeleton via dystrophin, and with the extracellular matrix via the membrane protein dystroglycan. Probably for historical reasons that have linked its discovery to muscular dystrophies, DAPC function is often described as limited to muscle integrity maintenance by providing mechanical robustness, which implies strong cell-extracellular matrix adhesion properties. In this review, phylogenetic and functional data from different vertebrate and invertebrate models will be analyzed and compared to explore the molecular and cellular functions of DAPC, with a specific focus on dystrophin. These data reveals that the evolution paths of DAPC and muscle cells are not intrinsically linked and that many features of dystrophin protein domains have not been identified yet. DAPC adhesive properties also are discussed by reviewing the available evidence of common key features of adhesion complexes, such as complex clustering, force transmission, mechanosensitivity and mechanotransduction. Finally, the review highlights DAPC developmental roles in tissue morphogenesis and basement membrane (BM) assembly that may indicate adhesion-independent functions.
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Mishra S, Ma J, McKoy D, Sasaki M, Farinelli F, Page RC, Ranek MJ, Zachara N, Kass DA. Transient receptor potential canonical type 6 (TRPC6) O-GlcNAcylation at Threonine-221 plays potent role in channel regulation. iScience 2023; 26:106294. [PMID: 36936781 PMCID: PMC10014292 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 03/11/2023] Open
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Transient receptor potential canonical type 6 (TRPC6) is a non-voltage-gated channel that principally conducts calcium. Elevated channel activation contributes to fibrosis, hypertrophy, and proteinuria, often coupled to stimulation of nuclear factor of activated T-cells (NFAT). TRPC6 is post-translationally regulated, but a role for O-linked β-N-acetyl glucosamine (O-GlcNAcylation) as elevated by diabetes, is unknown. Here we show TRPC6 is constitutively O-GlcNAcylated at Ser14, Thr70, and Thr221 in the N-terminus ankryn-4 (AR4) and linker (LH1) domains. Mutagenesis to alanine reveals T221 as a critical controller of resting TRPC6 conductance, and associated NFAT activity and pro-hypertrophic signaling. T→A mutations at sites homologous in closely related TRPC3 and TRPC7 also increases their activity. Molecular modeling predicts interactions between Thr221-O-GlcNAc and Ser199, Glu200, and Glu246, and combined alanine substitutions of the latter similarly elevates resting NFAT activity. Thus, O-GlcNAcylated T221 and interactions with coordinating residues is required for normal TRPC6 channel conductance and NFAT activation.
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- Sumita Mishra
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Corresponding author
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Ion Channels of the Sarcolemma and Intracellular Organelles in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: A Role in the Dysregulation of Ion Homeostasis and a Possible Target for Therapy. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24032229. [PMID: 36768550 PMCID: PMC9917149 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24032229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is caused by the absence of the dystrophin protein and a properly functioning dystrophin-associated protein complex (DAPC) in muscle cells. DAPC components act as molecular scaffolds coordinating the assembly of various signaling molecules including ion channels. DMD shows a significant change in the functioning of the ion channels of the sarcolemma and intracellular organelles and, above all, the sarcoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria regulating ion homeostasis, which is necessary for the correct excitation and relaxation of muscles. This review is devoted to the analysis of current data on changes in the structure, functioning, and regulation of the activity of ion channels in striated muscles in DMD and their contribution to the disruption of muscle function and the development of pathology. We note the prospects of therapy based on targeting the channels of the sarcolemma and organelles for the correction and alleviation of pathology, and the problems that arise in the interpretation of data obtained on model dystrophin-deficient objects.
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Sun T, Han Y, Li JL, Jiao XY, Zuo L, Wang J, Wang HX, Yang JL, Cao JM, Wang JX. FOXO3a-dependent PARKIN negatively regulates cardiac hypertrophy by restoring mitophagy. Cell Biosci 2022; 12:204. [PMID: 36539848 PMCID: PMC9764573 DOI: 10.1186/s13578-022-00935-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Sustained cardiac hypertrophy often develops maladaptive myocardial remodeling, and eventually progresses to heart failure and sudden death. Therefore, maladaptive hypertrophy is considered as a critical therapeutic target for many heart diseases. Mitophagy, a crucial mechanism in mitochondria quality control and cellular homeostasis, has been implicated in diverse cardiac disorders such as myocardial infarction, diabetic cardiomyopathy, cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure. However, what role mitophagy plays in heart diseases remains an enigma. PARKIN functions as an E3 ubiquitin protein ligase and mediates mitophagy cascades. It is still unclear whether PARKIN participates in the regulation of cardiac hypertrophy. RESULTS PARKIN was downregulated in cardiomyocytes and hearts under hypertrophic stress. Enforced expression of PARKIN inhibited Ang II-induced cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. Compared to wide-type mice with Ang II-induced cardiac hypertrophy, Parkin transgenic mice subjected to Ang II administration showed attenuated cardiac hypertrophy and improved cardiac function. In addition, mitophagy machinery was impaired in response to Ang II, which was rescued by overexpression of PARKIN. PARKIN exerted the anti-hypertrophy effect through restoring mitophagy. In further exploring the underlying mechanisms, we found that PARKIN was transcriptionally activated by FOXO3a. FOXO3a promoted mitophagy and suppressed cardiac hypertrophy by targeting Parkin. CONCLUSIONS The present study reveals a novel cardiac hypertrophy regulating model composed of FOXO3a, PARKIN and mitophagy program. Modulation of their levels may provide a new approach for preventing cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure.
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- Teng Sun
- grid.263452.40000 0004 1798 4018Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology at Shanxi Medical University, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology of Shanxi Province, and the Department of Physiology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- grid.263452.40000 0004 1798 4018Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology at Shanxi Medical University, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology of Shanxi Province, and the Department of Physiology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- grid.263452.40000 0004 1798 4018Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology at Shanxi Medical University, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology of Shanxi Province, and the Department of Physiology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- grid.263452.40000 0004 1798 4018Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology at Shanxi Medical University, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology of Shanxi Province, and the Department of Physiology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- grid.263452.40000 0004 1798 4018Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology at Shanxi Medical University, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology of Shanxi Province, and the Department of Physiology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- grid.263452.40000 0004 1798 4018Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology at Shanxi Medical University, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology of Shanxi Province, and the Department of Physiology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- grid.477944.d0000 0005 0231 8693Department of Cardiology, Shanxi Cardiovascular Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi China
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- grid.263452.40000 0004 1798 4018Computer teaching department, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- grid.263452.40000 0004 1798 4018Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology at Shanxi Medical University, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Cellular Physiology of Shanxi Province, and the Department of Physiology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- grid.410645.20000 0001 0455 0905School of Basic Medical Sciences, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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Lu T, Sun X, Necela BM, Lee HC, Norton N. TRPC6 N338S is a gain-of-function mutant identified in patient with doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2022; 1868:166505. [PMID: 35882306 PMCID: PMC10858733 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2022.166505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Revised: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 07/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The canonical transient receptor potential 6 gene, TRPC6, has been implicated as a putative risk gene for chemotherapy-induced congestive heart failure, but knowledge of specific risk variants is lacking. Following our genome-wide association study and subsequent fine-mapping, a rare missense mutant of TRPC6 N338S, was identified in a breast cancer patient who received anthracycline-containing chemotherapy regiments and developed congestive heart failure. However, the function of N338S mutant has not been examined. Using intracellular Ca2+ imaging, patch clamp recording and molecular docking techniques, we assessed the function of N338S mutant heterologously expressed in HEK293 cells and HL-1 cardiac cells. We found that expression of TRPC6 N338S significantly increased intracellular Ca2+ levels ([Ca2+]i) and current densities in response to 50 μM 1-oleoyl 2-acetyl-sn-glycerol (OAG), an activator of TRPC6 channels, compared to those of TRPC6 WT. A 24-h pretreatment with 0.5 μM doxorubicin (DOX) further potentiated the OAG effects on TRPC6 N338S current densities and [Ca2+]i, and these effects were abolished by 1 μM BI-749327, a highly selective TRPC6 inhibitor. Moreover, DOX treatment significantly upregulated the mRNA and protein expressions of TRPC6 N338S, compared to those of TRPC6 WT. Molecular docking and dynamics simulation showed that OAG binds to the pocket constituted by the pore-helix, S5 and S6 domains of TRPC6. However, the N338S mutation strengthened the interaction with OAG, therefore stabilizing the OAG-TRPC6 N338S complex and enhancing OAG binding affinity. Our results indicate that TRPC6 N338S is a gain-of-function mutant that may contribute to DOX-induced cardiotoxicity by increasing Ca2+ influx and [Ca2+]i in cardiomyocytes.
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- Tong Lu
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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Oda S, Nishiyama K, Furumoto Y, Yamaguchi Y, Nishimura A, Tang X, Kato Y, Numaga-Tomita T, Kaneko T, Mangmool S, Kuroda T, Okubo R, Sanbo M, Hirabayashi M, Sato Y, Nakagawa Y, Kuwahara K, Nagata R, Iribe G, Mori Y, Nishida M. Myocardial TRPC6-mediated Zn 2+ influx induces beneficial positive inotropy through β-adrenoceptors. Nat Commun 2022; 13:6374. [PMID: 36289215 PMCID: PMC9606288 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34194-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Baroreflex control of cardiac contraction (positive inotropy) through sympathetic nerve activation is important for cardiocirculatory homeostasis. Transient receptor potential canonical subfamily (TRPC) channels are responsible for α1-adrenoceptor (α1AR)-stimulated cation entry and their upregulation is associated with pathological cardiac remodeling. Whether TRPC channels participate in physiological pump functions remains unclear. We demonstrate that TRPC6-specific Zn2+ influx potentiates β-adrenoceptor (βAR)-stimulated positive inotropy in rodent cardiomyocytes. Deletion of trpc6 impairs sympathetic nerve-activated positive inotropy but not chronotropy in mice. TRPC6-mediated Zn2+ influx boosts α1AR-stimulated βAR/Gs-dependent signaling in rat cardiomyocytes by inhibiting β-arrestin-mediated βAR internalization. Replacing two TRPC6-specific amino acids in the pore region with TRPC3 residues diminishes the α1AR-stimulated Zn2+ influx and positive inotropic response. Pharmacological enhancement of TRPC6-mediated Zn2+ influx prevents chronic heart failure progression in mice. Our data demonstrate that TRPC6-mediated Zn2+ influx with α1AR stimulation enhances baroreflex-induced positive inotropy, which may be a new therapeutic strategy for chronic heart failure.
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- Sayaka Oda
- grid.250358.90000 0000 9137 6732National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, 444-8787 Japan ,grid.250358.90000 0000 9137 6732Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, 444-8787 Japan ,grid.275033.00000 0004 1763 208XDepartment of Physiological Sciences, SOKENDAI (School of Life Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Aichi, 444-8787 Japan
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- grid.177174.30000 0001 2242 4849Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8582 Japan
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- grid.177174.30000 0001 2242 4849Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8582 Japan
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- grid.252427.40000 0000 8638 2724Asahikawa Medical University, Hokkaido, 078-8510 Japan
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- grid.250358.90000 0000 9137 6732National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, 444-8787 Japan ,grid.250358.90000 0000 9137 6732Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, 444-8787 Japan ,grid.275033.00000 0004 1763 208XDepartment of Physiological Sciences, SOKENDAI (School of Life Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Aichi, 444-8787 Japan
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- grid.250358.90000 0000 9137 6732National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, 444-8787 Japan ,grid.250358.90000 0000 9137 6732Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, 444-8787 Japan ,grid.275033.00000 0004 1763 208XDepartment of Physiological Sciences, SOKENDAI (School of Life Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Aichi, 444-8787 Japan
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- grid.177174.30000 0001 2242 4849Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8582 Japan
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- grid.250358.90000 0000 9137 6732National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, 444-8787 Japan ,grid.250358.90000 0000 9137 6732Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, 444-8787 Japan ,grid.263518.b0000 0001 1507 4692Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, 390-8621 Japan
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- grid.252427.40000 0000 8638 2724Asahikawa Medical University, Hokkaido, 078-8510 Japan
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- grid.10223.320000 0004 1937 0490Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400 Thailand
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- grid.410797.c0000 0001 2227 8773National Institute of Health Sciences, Kanagawa, 210-9501 Japan
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- grid.177174.30000 0001 2242 4849Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8582 Japan
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- grid.250358.90000 0000 9137 6732National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, 444-8787 Japan
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- grid.250358.90000 0000 9137 6732National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, 444-8787 Japan
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- grid.410797.c0000 0001 2227 8773National Institute of Health Sciences, Kanagawa, 210-9501 Japan
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- grid.258799.80000 0004 0372 2033Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, 606-8507 Japan
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- grid.263518.b0000 0001 1507 4692Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, 390-8621 Japan
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- grid.136593.b0000 0004 0373 3971Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Osaka, 565-0871 Japan
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- grid.252427.40000 0000 8638 2724Asahikawa Medical University, Hokkaido, 078-8510 Japan
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- grid.258799.80000 0004 0372 2033Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 615-8510 Japan
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- grid.250358.90000 0000 9137 6732National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, 444-8787 Japan ,grid.250358.90000 0000 9137 6732Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, 444-8787 Japan ,grid.275033.00000 0004 1763 208XDepartment of Physiological Sciences, SOKENDAI (School of Life Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Aichi, 444-8787 Japan ,grid.177174.30000 0001 2242 4849Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8582 Japan
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Lin BL, Shin JY, Jeffreys WP, Wang N, Lukban CA, Moorer MC, Velarde E, Hanselman OA, Kwon S, Kannan S, Riddle RC, Ward CW, Pullen SS, Filareto A, Kass DA. Pharmacological TRPC6 inhibition improves survival and muscle function in mice with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. JCI Insight 2022; 7:e158906. [PMID: 36099033 PMCID: PMC9675567 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.158906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Gene mutations causing loss of dystrophin result in the severe muscle disease known as Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Despite efforts at genetic repair, DMD therapy remains largely palliative. Loss of dystrophin destabilizes the sarcolemmal membrane, inducing mechanosensitive cation channels to increase calcium entry and promote cell damage and, eventually, muscle dysfunction. One putative channel is transient receptor potential canonical 6 (TRPC6); we have shown that TRPC6 contributed to abnormal force and calcium stress-responses in cardiomyocytes from mice lacking dystrophin that were haplodeficient for utrophin (mdx/utrn+/- [HET] mice). Here, we show in both the HET mouse and the far more severe homozygous mdx/utrn-/- mouse that TRPC6 gene deletion or its selective pharmacologic inhibition (by BI 749327) prolonged survival 2- to 3-fold, improving skeletal and cardiac muscle and bone defects. Gene pathways reduced by BI 749327 treatment most prominently regulated fat metabolism and TGF-β1 signaling. These results support the testing of TRPC6 inhibitors in human trials for other diseases as a novel DMD therapy.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Research Beyond Borders, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Cardiology
- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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The role of the dystrophin glycoprotein complex in muscle cell mechanotransduction. Commun Biol 2022; 5:1022. [PMID: 36168044 PMCID: PMC9515174 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03980-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Dystrophin is the central protein of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex (DGC) in skeletal and heart muscle cells. Dystrophin connects the actin cytoskeleton to the extracellular matrix (ECM). Severing the link between the ECM and the intracellular cytoskeleton has a devastating impact on the homeostasis of skeletal muscle cells, leading to a range of muscular dystrophies. In addition, the loss of a functional DGC leads to progressive dilated cardiomyopathy and premature death. Dystrophin functions as a molecular spring and the DGC plays a critical role in maintaining the integrity of the sarcolemma. Additionally, evidence is accumulating, linking the DGC to mechanosignalling, albeit this role is still less understood. This review article aims at providing an up-to-date perspective on the DGC and its role in mechanotransduction. We first discuss the intricate relationship between muscle cell mechanics and function, before examining the recent research for a role of the dystrophin glycoprotein complex in mechanotransduction and maintaining the biomechanical integrity of muscle cells. Finally, we review the current literature to map out how DGC signalling intersects with mechanical signalling pathways to highlight potential future points of intervention, especially with a focus on cardiomyopathies. A review of the function of the Dystrophic Glycoprotein Complex (DGC) in mechanosignaling provides an overview of the various components of DGC and potential mechanopathogenic mechanisms, particularly as they relate to muscular dystrophy.
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Zechini L, Camilleri-Brennan J, Walsh J, Beaven R, Moran O, Hartley PS, Diaz M, Denholm B. Piezo buffers mechanical stress via modulation of intracellular Ca 2+ handling in the Drosophila heart. Front Physiol 2022; 13:1003999. [PMID: 36187790 PMCID: PMC9515499 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.1003999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Throughout its lifetime the heart is buffeted continuously by dynamic mechanical forces resulting from contraction of the heart muscle itself and fluctuations in haemodynamic load and pressure. These forces are in flux on a beat-by-beat basis, resulting from changes in posture, physical activity or emotional state, and over longer timescales due to altered physiology (e.g. pregnancy) or as a consequence of ageing or disease (e.g. hypertension). It has been known for over a century of the heart's ability to sense differences in haemodynamic load and adjust contractile force accordingly (Frank, Z. biology, 1895, 32, 370-447; Anrep, J. Physiol., 1912, 45 (5), 307-317; Patterson and Starling, J. Physiol., 1914, 48 (5), 357-79; Starling, The law of the heart (Linacre Lecture, given at Cambridge, 1915), 1918). These adaptive behaviours are important for cardiovascular homeostasis, but the mechanism(s) underpinning them are incompletely understood. Here we present evidence that the mechanically-activated ion channel, Piezo, is an important component of the Drosophila heart's ability to adapt to mechanical force. We find Piezo is a sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR)-resident channel and is part of a mechanism that regulates Ca2+ handling in cardiomyocytes in response to mechanical stress. Our data support a simple model in which Drosophila Piezo transduces mechanical force such as stretch into a Ca2+ signal, originating from the SR, that modulates cardiomyocyte contraction. We show that Piezo mutant hearts fail to buffer mechanical stress, have altered Ca2+ handling, become prone to arrhythmias and undergo pathological remodelling.
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- Luigi Zechini
- Deanery of Biomedical Sciences, Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, United Kingtom
- Centre for Inflammation Research, Deanery of Clinical Sciences, Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, United Kingtom
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- Deanery of Biomedical Sciences, Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, United Kingtom
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- Deanery of Biomedical Sciences, Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, United Kingtom
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- Deanery of Biomedical Sciences, Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, United Kingtom
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- Istituto di Biofisica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche- CNR, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth University, Poole, United Kingtom
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- Deanery of Biomedical Sciences, Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, United Kingtom
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- Deanery of Biomedical Sciences, Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, United Kingtom
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Streiff ME, Sachse FB. Effects of Sarcolemmal Background Ca2+ Entry and Sarcoplasmic Ca2+ Leak Currents on Electrophysiology and Ca2+ Transients in Human Ventricular Cardiomyocytes: A Computational Comparison. Front Physiol 2022; 13:916278. [PMID: 35784869 PMCID: PMC9243544 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.916278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The intricate regulation of the compartmental Ca2+ concentrations in cardiomyocytes is critical for electrophysiology, excitation-contraction coupling, and other signaling pathways. Research into the complex signaling pathways is motivated by cardiac pathologies including arrhythmia and maladaptive myocyte remodeling, which result from Ca2+ dysregulation. Of interest to this investigation are two types of Ca2+ currents in cardiomyocytes: 1) background Ca2+ entry, i.e., Ca2+ transport across the sarcolemma from the extracellular space into the cytosol, and 2) Ca2+ leak from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) across the SR membrane into the cytosol. Candidates for the ion channels underlying background Ca2+ entry and SR Ca2+ leak channels include members of the mechano-modulated transient receptor potential (TRP) family. We used a mathematical model of a human ventricular myocyte to analyze the individual contributions of background Ca2+ entry and SR Ca2+ leak to the modulation of Ca2+ transients and SR Ca2+ load at rest and during action potentials. Background Ca2+ entry exhibited a positive relationship with both [Ca2+]i and [Ca2+]SR. Modulating SR Ca2+ leak had opposite effects of background Ca2+ entry. Effects of SR Ca2+ leak on Ca2+ were particularly pronounced at lower pacing frequency. In contrast to the pronounced effects of background and leak Ca2+ currents on Ca2+ concentrations, the effects on cellular electrophysiology were marginal. Our studies provide quantitative insights into the differential modulation of compartmental Ca2+ concentrations by the background and leak Ca2+ currents. Furthermore, our studies support the hypothesis that TRP channels play a role in strain-modulation of cardiac contractility. In summary, our investigations shed light on the physiological effects of the background and leak Ca2+ currents and their contribution to the development of disease caused by Ca2+ dysregulation.
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- Molly E. Streiff
- Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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- Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
- *Correspondence: Frank B. Sachse,
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Numata G, Takimoto E. Cyclic GMP and PKG Signaling in Heart Failure. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:792798. [PMID: 35479330 PMCID: PMC9036358 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.792798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP), produced by guanylate cyclase (GC), activates protein kinase G (PKG) and regulates cardiac remodeling. cGMP/PKG signal is activated by two intrinsic pathways: nitric oxide (NO)-soluble GC and natriuretic peptide (NP)-particulate GC (pGC) pathways. Activation of these pathways has emerged as a potent therapeutic strategy to treat patients with heart failure, given cGMP-PKG signaling is impaired in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Large scale clinical trials in patients with HFrEF have shown positive results with agents that activate cGMP-PKG pathways. In patients with HFpEF, however, benefits were observed only in a subgroup of patients. Further investigation for cGMP-PKG pathway is needed to develop better targeting strategies for HFpEF. This review outlines cGMP-PKG pathway and its modulation in heart failure.
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- Genri Numata
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Advanced Translational Research and Medicine in Management of Pulmonary Hypertension, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, United States
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Fancher IS. Cardiovascular mechanosensitive ion channels-Translating physical forces into physiological responses. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 2021; 87:47-95. [PMID: 34696889 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctm.2021.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Cells and tissues are constantly exposed to mechanical stress. In order to respond to alterations in mechanical stimuli, specific cellular machinery must be in place to rapidly convert physical force into chemical signaling to achieve the desired physiological responses. Mechanosensitive ion channels respond to such physical stimuli in the order of microseconds and are therefore essential components to mechanotransduction. Our understanding of how these ion channels contribute to cellular and physiological responses to mechanical force has vastly expanded in the last few decades due to engineering ingenuities accompanying patch clamp electrophysiology, as well as sophisticated molecular and genetic approaches. Such investigations have unveiled major implications for mechanosensitive ion channels in cardiovascular health and disease. Therefore, in this chapter I focus on our present understanding of how biophysical activation of various mechanosensitive ion channels promotes distinct cell signaling events with tissue-specific physiological responses in the cardiovascular system. Specifically, I discuss the roles of mechanosensitive ion channels in mediating (i) endothelial and smooth muscle cell control of vascular tone, (ii) mechano-electric feedback and cell signaling pathways in cardiomyocytes and cardiac fibroblasts, and (iii) the baroreflex.
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- Ibra S Fancher
- Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, College of Health Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States.
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Veteto AB, Peana D, Lambert MD, McDonald KS, Domeier TL. Transient receptor potential vanilloid-4 contributes to stretch-induced hypercontractility and time-dependent dysfunction in the aged heart. Cardiovasc Res 2021; 116:1887-1896. [PMID: 31693106 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvz287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2019] [Revised: 09/29/2019] [Accepted: 11/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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AIMS Cardiovascular disease remains the greatest cause of mortality in Americans over 65. The stretch-activated transient receptor potential vanilloid-4 (TRPV4) ion channel is expressed in cardiomyocytes of the aged heart. This investigation tests the hypothesis that TRPV4 alters Ca2+ handling and cardiac function in response to increased ventricular preload and cardiomyocyte stretch. METHODS AND RESULTS Left ventricular maximal pressure (PMax) was monitored in isolated working hearts of Aged (24-27 months) mice following preload elevation from 5 to 20mmHg, with and without TRPV4 antagonist HC067047 (HC, 1 µmol/L). In preload responsive hearts, PMax prior to and immediately following preload elevation (i.e. Frank-Starling response) was similar between Aged and Aged+HC. Within 1 min following preload elevation, Aged hearts demonstrated secondary PMax augmentation (Aged>Aged+HC) suggesting a role for stretch-activated TRPV4 in cardiac hypercontractility. However, after 20 min at 20 mmHg Aged exhibited depressed PMax (Aged<Aged+HC) suggestive of TRPV4-dependent contractile dysfunction with sustained stretch. To examine stretch-induced Ca2+ homeostasis at the single-cell level, isolated cardiomyocytes were stretched 10-15% of slack length while measuring intracellular Ca2+ with fura-2. Uniaxial longitudinal stretch increased intracellular Ca2+ levels and triggered Ca2+ overload and terminal cellular contracture in Aged, but not Aged+HC. Preload elevation in hearts of young/middle-age (3-12 months) mice produced an initial PMax increase (Frank-Starling response) without secondary PMax augmentation, and cardiomyocyte stretch did not affect intracellular Ca2+ levels. Hearts of transgenic mice with cardiac-specific TRPV4 expression exhibited PMax similar to 3- to 12-month control mice prior to and immediately following preload elevation but displayed secondary PMax augmentation. Cardiomyocytes of mice with transgenic TRPV4 expression were highly sensitive to mechanical stimulation and exhibited elevated Ca2+ levels, Ca2+ overload, and terminal contracture upon cellular attachment and stretch. CONCLUSION TRPV4 contributes to a stretch-induced increase in cardiomyocyte Ca2+ and cardiac hypercontractility, yet sustained stretch leads to cardiomyocyte Ca2+ overload and contractile dysfunction in the aged heart.
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- Adam B Veteto
- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, 1 Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO 65212, USA
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, 1 Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO 65212, USA
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, 1 Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO 65212, USA
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, 1 Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO 65212, USA
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, 1 Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO 65212, USA
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Current trends and future perspectives for heart failure treatment leveraging cGMP modifiers and the practical effector PKG. J Cardiol 2021; 78:261-268. [PMID: 33814252 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2021.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP), an intracellular second messenger molecule synthesized by guanylated cyclases (GCs), controls various myocardial properties, including cell growth and survival, interstitial fibrosis, endothelial permeability, cardiac contractility, and cardiovascular remodeling. These processes are mediated by the main cGMP effector protein kinase G (PKG) activation of which exerts intrinsic protective responses against the adverse effects of neurohormonal stimulation and pathological cardiac stress. Therapeutic strategies that enhance cGMP levels and PKG activation have been used for heart failure, which can be executed by reducing natriuretic peptide (NP) proteolysis, enhancing cGMP synthesis, or blocking cGMP hydrolysis. Among these, reducing NP clearance with neprilysin inhibitor combined with angiotensin receptor blocker has been shown to greatly improve the prognosis of patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) compared to the prognosis of patients on standard therapy using angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors. Moreover, in a recent phase III clinical trial, soluble GC-derived cGMP generation was shown to have potential efficacy in the management of HFrEF. Despite the clinical significance of cGMP/PKG signaling activated by either soluble or particulate GCs in heart failure, the differential signaling events downstream of intracellular cGMP, which are precisely controlled not only by PKG activation but also by the changes in its targeting and compartmentalization depending on the pathophysiology of heart disease, are not yet completely understood. Hitherto, the importance of the latter PKG regulatory mechanisms in developing therapeutic strategies has not been elucidated. Further investigation of redox-based PKG modulation will aid in the successful development of clinical therapies and could also lead to the establishment of improved personalized treatments for patients with heart failure.
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Mosqueira M, Konietzny R, Andresen C, Wang C, H A Fink R. Cardiomyocyte depolarization triggers NOS-dependent NO transient after calcium release, reducing the subsequent calcium transient. Basic Res Cardiol 2021; 116:18. [PMID: 33728868 PMCID: PMC7966140 DOI: 10.1007/s00395-021-00860-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2020] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Cardiac excitation-contraction coupling and metabolic and signaling activities are centrally modulated by nitric oxide (NO), which is produced by one of three NO synthases (NOSs). Despite the significant role of NO in cardiac Ca2+ homeostasis regulation under different pathophysiological conditions, such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), no precise method describes the production, source or effect of NO through two NO signaling pathways: soluble guanylate cyclase-protein kinase G (NO-sGC-PKG) and S-nitrosylation (SNO). Using a novel strategy involving isolated murine cardiomyocytes loaded with a copper-based dye highly specific for NO, we observed a single transient NO production signal after each electrical stimulation event. The NO transient signal started 67.5 ms after the beginning of Rhod-2 Ca2+ transient signal and lasted for approximately 430 ms. Specific NOS isoform blockers or NO scavengers significantly inhibited the NO transient, suggesting that wild-type (WT) cardiomyocytes produce nNOS-dependent NO transients. Conversely, NO transient in mdx cardiomyocyte, a mouse model of DMD, was dependent on inducible NOS (iNOS) and endothelial (eNOS). In a consecutive stimulation protocol, the nNOS-dependent NO transient in WT cardiomyocytes significantly reduced the next Ca2+ transient via NO-sGC-PKG. In mdx cardiomyocytes, this inhibitory effect was iNOS- and eNOS-dependent and occurred through the SNO pathway. Basal NO production was nNOS- and iNOS-dependent in WT cardiomyocytes and eNOS- and iNOS-dependent in mdx cardiomyocytes. These results showed cardiomyocyte produces NO isoform-dependent transients upon membrane depolarization at the millisecond time scale activating a specific signaling pathway to negatively modulate the subsequent Ca2+ transient.
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- Matias Mosqueira
- Cardio-Ventilatory Muscle Physiology Laboratory, Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 326, R. 305, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
- Medical Biophysics Unit, Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Cardio-Ventilatory Muscle Physiology Laboratory, Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 326, R. 305, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
- Medical Biophysics Unit, Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cardio-Ventilatory Muscle Physiology Laboratory, Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 326, R. 305, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
- Medical Biophysics Unit, Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
- Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM gGmbH), Heidelberg, Germany
- Division of Stem Cells and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cardio-Ventilatory Muscle Physiology Laboratory, Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 326, R. 305, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
- Medical Biophysics Unit, Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
- Cardiovascular Department, Wuhan No. 1 Hospital, Hubei, China
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- Medical Biophysics Unit, Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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Azuma YT, Suzuki S, Nishiyama K, Yamaguchi T. Gastrointestinal motility modulation by stress is associated with reduced smooth muscle contraction through specific transient receptor potential channel. J Vet Med Sci 2021; 83:622-629. [PMID: 33583865 PMCID: PMC8111361 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.20-0490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Excessive stress response causes disability in social life. There are many diseases
caused by stress, such as gastrointestinal motility disorders, depression, eating
disorders, and cardiovascular diseases. Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels
underlie non-selective cation currents and are downstream effectors of G protein-coupled
receptors. Ca2+ influx is important for smooth muscle contraction, which is
responsible for gastrointestinal motility. Little is known about the possible involvement
of TRP channels in the gastrointestinal motility disorders due to stress. The purpose of
this study was to measure the changes in gastrointestinal motility caused by stress and to
elucidate the mechanism of these changes. The stress model used the water immersion
restraint stress. Gastrointestinal motility, especially the ileum, was recorded responses
to electric field stimulation (EFS) by isometric transducer. EFS-induced contraction was
significantly reduced in the ileum of stressed mouse. Even under the conditions treated
with atropine, EFS-induced contraction was significantly reduced in the ileum of stressed
mouse. In addition, carbachol-induced, neurokinin A-induced, and substance P-induced
contractions were all significantly reduced in the ileum of stressed mouse. Furthermore,
the expression of TRPC3 was decreased in the ileum of stressed mouse. These results
suggest that the gastrointestinal motility disorders due to stress is associated with
specific non-selective cation channel.
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- Yasu-Taka Azuma
- Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacology, Division of Veterinary Science, Osaka Prefecture University Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Izumisano, Osaka 598-8531, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacology, Division of Veterinary Science, Osaka Prefecture University Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Izumisano, Osaka 598-8531, Japan
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Pharmacology, Division of Veterinary Science, Osaka Prefecture University Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Izumisano, Osaka 598-8531, Japan
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan University, Hirakata, Osaka 573-0101, Japan
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Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases comprise an 11-member superfamily yielding near 100 isoform variants that hydrolyze cAMP or cGMP to their respective 5'-monophosphate form. Each plays a role in compartmentalized cyclic nucleotide signaling, with varying selectivity for each substrate, and conveying cell and intracellular-specific localized control. This review focuses on the 5 phosphodiesterases (PDEs) expressed in the cardiac myocyte capable of hydrolyzing cGMP and that have been shown to play a role in cardiac physiological and pathological processes. PDE1, PDE2, and PDE3 catabolize cAMP as well, whereas PDE5 and PDE9 are cGMP selective. PDE3 and PDE5 are already in clinical use, the former for heart failure, and PDE1, PDE9, and PDE5 are all being actively studied for this indication in patients. Research in just the past few years has revealed many novel cardiac influences of each isoform, expanding the therapeutic potential from their selective pharmacological blockade or in some instances, activation. PDE1C inhibition was found to confer cell survival protection and enhance cardiac contractility, whereas PDE2 inhibition or activation induces beneficial effects in hypertrophied or failing hearts, respectively. PDE3 inhibition is already clinically used to treat acute decompensated heart failure, although toxicity has precluded its long-term use. However, newer approaches including isoform-specific allosteric modulation may change this. Finally, inhibition of PDE5A and PDE9A counter pathological remodeling of the heart and are both being pursued in clinical trials. Here, we discuss recent research advances in each of these PDEs, their impact on the myocardium, and cardiac therapeutic potential.
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Boycott HE, Nguyen MN, Vrellaku B, Gehmlich K, Robinson P. Nitric Oxide and Mechano-Electrical Transduction in Cardiomyocytes. Front Physiol 2020; 11:606740. [PMID: 33384614 PMCID: PMC7770138 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.606740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The ability§ of the heart to adapt to changes in the mechanical environment is critical for normal cardiac physiology. The role of nitric oxide is increasingly recognized as a mediator of mechanical signaling. Produced in the heart by nitric oxide synthases, nitric oxide affects almost all mechano-transduction pathways within the cardiomyocyte, with roles mediating mechano-sensing, mechano-electric feedback (via modulation of ion channel activity), and calcium handling. As more precise experimental techniques for applying mechanical stresses to cells are developed, the role of these forces in cardiomyocyte function can be further understood. Furthermore, specific inhibitors of different nitric oxide synthase isoforms are now available to elucidate the role of these enzymes in mediating mechano-electrical signaling. Understanding of the links between nitric oxide production and mechano-electrical signaling is incomplete, particularly whether mechanically sensitive ion channels are regulated by nitric oxide, and how this affects the cardiac action potential. This is of particular relevance to conditions such as atrial fibrillation and heart failure, in which nitric oxide production is reduced. Dysfunction of the nitric oxide/mechano-electrical signaling pathways are likely to be a feature of cardiac pathology (e.g., atrial fibrillation, cardiomyopathy, and heart failure) and a better understanding of the importance of nitric oxide signaling and its links to mechanical regulation of heart function may advance our understanding of these conditions.
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- Hannah E. Boycott
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine and British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence Oxford, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine and British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence Oxford, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine and British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence Oxford, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine and British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence Oxford, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine and British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence Oxford, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Wang Y, Liu L, Tao H, Wen L, Qin S. TRPC6 participates in the development of blood pressure variability increase in sino-aortic denervated rats. Heart Vessels 2020; 35:1755-1765. [PMID: 32844288 DOI: 10.1007/s00380-020-01682-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Accepted: 08/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Increased blood pressure variability (BPV) has been proved to be associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. It is of great significance to elucidate the mechanism of BPV increase. The cation channel transient receptor potential canonical 6 (TRPC6) is involved in a series of cardiovascular disease. Our experiment aimed to explore the role of TRPC6 in the development of BPV increase. Sino-aortic denervation (SAD) operation was applied to establish the model of BPV increase in rats. The BPV was presented as the standard deviation to the mean of systolic or diastolic blood pressure every 1 h during 12 h of the light period. SAD was performed in male Sprague Dawley (SD) rats at the age of 10 weeks. At 8 weeks after SAD operation, the hemodynamic parameters were determined non-invasively via a Rodent Blood Pressure Analysis System. The TRPC6 expressions in myocardial and thoracic aortic tissue was determined utilizing Western Blot, immunofluorescence and quantitative RT-PCR. The expression of TRPC3 was detected as well. To investigate whether TRPC6 was a causative factor of BPV increase in SAD rats, TRPC6 activator and inhibitor with three progressively increasing doses were intraperitoneally injected to the SAD rats. We found that SAD rats presented significant augmentation of systolic and diastolic BPV with no change of BP level and heart rate. The mRNA and protein expression levels of TRPC6 in myocardial and thoracic aortic tissue in SAD rats were substantially increased, but there was no obvious change in TRPC3 expression. The systolic and diastolic BPV increase were dose-dependently exacerbated after TRPC6 activation with GSK1702934A but were dose-dependently attenuated after TRPC6 inhibition with SAR7334. In Conclusion, the TRPC6 (but not TRPC3) expressions in myocardial and thoracic aortic tissue were substantially increased in SAD rats, and TRPC6 probably played an important role in the development of BPV elevation.
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- Yu Wang
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, People's Republic of China.
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Izu LT, Kohl P, Boyden PA, Miura M, Banyasz T, Chiamvimonvat N, Trayanova N, Bers DM, Chen-Izu Y. Mechano-electric and mechano-chemo-transduction in cardiomyocytes. J Physiol 2020; 598:1285-1305. [PMID: 31789427 PMCID: PMC7127983 DOI: 10.1113/jp276494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Cardiac excitation-contraction (E-C) coupling is influenced by (at least) three dynamic systems that couple and feedback to one another (see Abstract Figure). Here we review the mechanical effects on cardiomyocytes that include mechano-electro-transduction (commonly referred to as mechano-electric coupling, MEC) and mechano-chemo-transduction (MCT) mechanisms at cell and molecular levels which couple to Ca2+ -electro and E-C coupling reviewed elsewhere. These feedback loops from muscle contraction and mechano-transduction to the Ca2+ homeodynamics and to the electrical excitation are essential for understanding the E-C coupling dynamic system and arrhythmogenesis in mechanically loaded hearts. This white paper comprises two parts, each reflecting key aspects from the 2018 UC Davis symposium: MEC (how mechanical load influences electrical dynamics) and MCT (how mechanical load alters cell signalling and Ca2+ dynamics). Of course, such separation is artificial since Ca2+ dynamics profoundly affect ion channels and electrogenic transporters and vice versa. In time, these dynamic systems and their interactions must become fully integrated, and that should be a goal for a comprehensive understanding of how mechanical load influences cell signalling, Ca2+ homeodynamics and electrical dynamics. In this white paper we emphasize current understanding, consensus, controversies and the pressing issues for future investigations. Space constraints make it impossible to cover all relevant articles in the field, so we will focus on the topics discussed at the symposium.
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- Leighton T. Izu
- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Centre, and Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, D-79110, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Physiology, Health Science, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8574, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California, Davis, USA
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- Department of Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California, Davis, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Seo K, Parikh VN, Ashley EA. Stretch-Induced Biased Signaling in Angiotensin II Type 1 and Apelin Receptors for the Mediation of Cardiac Contractility and Hypertrophy. Front Physiol 2020; 11:181. [PMID: 32231588 PMCID: PMC7082839 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.00181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2019] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
The myocardium has an intrinsic ability to sense and respond to mechanical load in order to adapt to physiological demands. Primary examples are the augmentation of myocardial contractility in response to increased ventricular filling caused by either increased venous return (Frank-Starling law) or aortic resistance to ejection (the Anrep effect). Sustained mechanical overload, however, can induce pathological hypertrophy and dysfunction, resulting in heart failure and arrhythmias. It has been proposed that angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1R) and apelin receptor (APJ) are primary upstream actors in this acute myocardial autoregulation as well as the chronic maladaptive signaling program. These receptors are thought to have mechanosensing capacity through activation of intracellular signaling via G proteins and/or the multifunctional transducer protein, β-arrestin. Importantly, ligand and mechanical stimuli can selectively activate different downstream signaling pathways to promote inotropic, cardioprotective or cardiotoxic signaling. Studies to understand how AT1R and APJ integrate ligand and mechanical stimuli to bias downstream signaling are an important and novel area for the discovery of new therapeutics for heart failure. In this review, we provide an up-to-date understanding of AT1R and APJ signaling pathways activated by ligand versus mechanical stimuli, and their effects on inotropy and adaptive/maladaptive hypertrophy. We also discuss the possibility of targeting these signaling pathways for the development of novel heart failure therapeutics.
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- Kinya Seo
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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Ahmad AA, Streiff ME, Hunter C, Sachse FB. Modulation of Calcium Transients in Cardiomyocytes by Transient Receptor Potential Canonical 6 Channels. Front Physiol 2020; 11:44. [PMID: 32116757 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.00044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2019] [Accepted: 01/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Transient receptor potential canonical 6 (TRPC6) channels are non-selective cation channels that are thought to underlie mechano-modulation of calcium signaling in cardiomyocytes. TRPC6 channels are involved in development of cardiac hypertrophy and related calcineurin-nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) signaling. However, the exact location and roles of TRPC6 channels remain ill-defined in cardiomyocytes. We used an expression system based on neonatal rat ventricular myocytes (NRVMs) to investigate the location of TRPC6 channels and their role in calcium signaling. NRVMs isolated from 1- to 2-day-old animals were cultured and infected with an adenoviral vector to express enhanced-green fluorescent protein (eGFP) or TRPC6-eGFP. After 3 days, NRVMs were fixed, immunolabeled, and imaged with confocal and super-resolution microscopy to determine TRPC6 localization. Cytosolic calcium transients at 0.5 and 1 Hz pacing rates were recorded in NRVMs using indo-1, a ratio-metric calcium dye. Confocal and super-resolution microscopy suggested that TRPC6-eGFP localized to the sarcolemma. NRVMs infected with TRPC6-eGFP exhibited higher diastolic and systolic cytosolic calcium concentration as well as increased sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) calcium load compared to eGFP infected cells. We applied a computer model comprising sarcolemmal TRPC6 current to explain our experimental findings. Altogether, our studies indicate that TRPC6 channels play a role in sarcolemmal and intracellular calcium signaling in cardiomyocytes. Our findings support the hypothesis that upregulation or activation of TRPC6 channels, e.g., in disease, leads to sustained elevation of the cytosolic calcium concentration, which is thought to activate calcineurin-NFAT signaling and cardiac hypertrophic remodeling. Also, our findings support the hypothesis that mechanosensitivity of TRPC6 channels modulates cytosolic calcium transients and SR calcium load.
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- Azmi A Ahmad
- Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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- Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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- Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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- Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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Jones JL, Peana D, Veteto AB, Lambert MD, Nourian Z, Karasseva NG, Hill MA, Lindman BR, Baines CP, Krenz M, Domeier TL. TRPV4 increases cardiomyocyte calcium cycling and contractility yet contributes to damage in the aged heart following hypoosmotic stress. Cardiovasc Res 2020; 115:46-56. [PMID: 29931225 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvy156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2017] [Accepted: 06/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Aims Cardiomyocyte Ca2+ homeostasis is altered with aging via poorly-understood mechanisms. The Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) ion channel is an osmotically-activated Ca2+ channel, and there is limited information on the role of TRPV4 in cardiomyocytes. Our data show that TRPV4 protein expression increases in cardiomyocytes of the aged heart. The objective of this study was to examine the role of TRPV4 in cardiomyocyte Ca2+ homeostasis following hypoosmotic stress and to assess the contribution of TRPV4 to cardiac contractility and tissue damage following ischaemia-reperfusion (I/R), a pathological condition associated with cardiomyocyte osmotic stress. Methods and results TRPV4 protein expression increased in cardiomyocytes of Aged (24-27 months) mice compared with Young (3-6 months) mice. Immunohistochemistry revealed TRPV4 localization to microtubules and the t-tubule network of cardiomyocytes of Aged mice, as well as in left ventricular myocardium of elderly patients undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis. Following hypoosmotic stress, cardiomyocytes of Aged, but not Young exhibited an increase in action-potential induced Ca2+ transients. This effect was mediated via increased sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ content and facilitation of Ryanodine Receptor Ca2+ release and was prevented by TRPV4 antagonism (1 μmol/L HC067047). A similar hypoosmotic stress-induced facilitation of Ca2+ transients was observed in Young transgenic mice with inducible TRPV4 expression in cardiomyocytes. Following I/R, isolated hearts of Young mice with transgenic TRPV4 expression exhibited enhanced contractility vs. hearts of Young control mice. Similarly, hearts of Aged mice exhibited enhanced contractility vs. hearts of Aged TRPV4 knock-out (TRPV4-/-) mice. In Aged, pharmacological inhibition of TRPV4 (1 μmol/L, HC067047) prevented hypoosmotic stress-induced cardiomyocyte death and I/R-induced cardiac damage. Conclusions Our findings provide a new mechanism for hypoosmotic stress-induced cardiomyocyte Ca2+ entry and cell damage in the aged heart. These finding have potential implications in treatment of elderly populations at increased risk of myocardial infarction and I/R injury.
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- John L Jones
- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, 1 Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO, USA
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, 1 Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO, USA
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, 1 Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO, USA
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, 1 Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO, USA
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, 1 Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO, USA
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, 1 Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO, USA.,Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, 1 Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO, USA.,Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, 1 Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO, USA
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Hu Q, Ahmad AA, Seidel T, Hunter C, Streiff M, Nikolova L, Spitzer KW, Sachse FB. Location and function of transient receptor potential canonical channel 1 in ventricular myocytes. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2020; 139:113-123. [PMID: 31982426 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2020.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2019] [Revised: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 01/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Transient receptor potential canonical 1 (TRPC1) protein is abundantly expressed in cardiomyocytes. While TRPC1 is supposed to be critically involved in cardiac hypertrophy, its physiological role in cardiomyocytes is poorly understood. We investigated the subcellular location of TRPC1 and its contribution to Ca2+ signaling in mammalian ventricular myocytes. Immunolabeling, three-dimensional scanning confocal microscopy and quantitative colocalization analysis revealed an abundant intracellular location of TRPC1 in neonatal rat ventricular myocytes (NRVMs) and adult rabbit ventricular myocytes. TRPC1 was colocalized with intracellular proteins including sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase 2 in the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). Colocalization with wheat germ agglutinin, which labels the glycocalyx and thus marks the sarcolemma including the transverse tubular system, was low. Super-resolution and immunoelectron microscopy supported the intracellular location of TRPC1. We investigated Ca2+ signaling in NRVMs after adenoviral TRPC1 overexpression or silencing. In NRVMs bathed in Na+ and Ca2+ free solution, TRPC1 overexpression and silencing was associated with a decreased and increased SR Ca2+ content, respectively. In isolated rabbit cardiomyocytes bathed in Na+ and Ca2+ free solution, we found an increased decay of the cytosolic Ca2+ concentration [Ca2+]i and increased SR Ca2+ content in the presence of the TRPC channel blocker SKF-96365. In a computational model of rabbit ventricular myocytes at physiological pacing rates, Ca2+ leak through SR TRPC channels increased the systolic and diastolic [Ca2+]i with only minor effects on the action potential and SR Ca2+ content. Our studies suggest that TRPC1 channels are localized in the SR, and not present in the sarcolemma of ventricular myocytes. The studies provide evidence for a role of TRPC1 as a contributor to SR Ca2+ leak in cardiomyocytes, which was previously explained by ryanodine receptors only. We propose that the findings will guide us to an understanding of TRPC1 channels as modulators of [Ca2+]i and contractility in cardiomyocytes.
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- Qinghua Hu
- Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central-South University, Changsha, Hunan 410078, China
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- Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Core Research Facilities, Health Sciences Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
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TRPC Channels: Dysregulation and Ca 2+ Mishandling in Ischemic Heart Disease. Cells 2020; 9:cells9010173. [PMID: 31936700 PMCID: PMC7017417 DOI: 10.3390/cells9010173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2019] [Revised: 01/03/2020] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Transient receptor potential canonical (TRPC) channels are ubiquitously expressed in excitable and non-excitable cardiac cells where they sense and respond to a wide variety of physical and chemical stimuli. As other TRP channels, TRPC channels may form homo or heterotetrameric ion channels, and they can associate with other membrane receptors and ion channels to regulate intracellular calcium concentration. Dysfunctions of TRPC channels are involved in many types of cardiovascular diseases. Significant increase in the expression of different TRPC isoforms was observed in different animal models of heart infarcts and in vitro experimental models of ischemia and reperfusion. TRPC channel-mediated increase of the intracellular Ca2+ concentration seems to be required for the activation of the signaling pathway that plays minor roles in the healthy heart, but they are more relevant for cardiac responses to ischemia, such as the activation of different factors of transcription and cardiac hypertrophy, fibrosis, and angiogenesis. In this review, we highlight the current knowledge regarding TRPC implication in different cellular processes related to ischemia and reperfusion and to heart infarction.
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Ståhlberg M, Nakagawa R, Bedja D, Zhu G, Lin BL, Saberi A, Lee DI, Kass DA. Chronic Atrial and Ventricular Pacing in the Mouse. Circ Heart Fail 2019; 12:e005655. [PMID: 30764638 DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.118.005655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND The mouse is the most widely used mammal in experimental biology. Although many clinically relevant in vivo cardiac stressors are used, one that has eluded translation is long-term cardiac pacing. Here, we present the first method to chronically simulate and simultaneously record cardiac electrical activity in conscious mobile mice. We then apply it to study right ventricular pacing induced electromechanical dyssynchrony and its reversal (resynchronization). METHODS AND RESULTS The method includes a custom implantable bipolar stimulation and recording lead and flexible external conduit and electrical micro-commutator linked to a pulse generator/recorder. This achieved continuous pacing for at least 1 month in 77% of implants. Mice were then subjected to cardiac ischemia/reperfusion injury to depress heart function, followed by 4 weeks pacing at the right ventricle (dyssynchrony), right atrium (synchrony), or for 2 weeks right ventricle and then 2 weeks normal sinus (resynchronization). Right ventricular pacing-induced dyssynchrony substantially reduced heart and myocyte function compared with the other groups, increased gene expression heterogeneity (>10 fold) comparing septum to lateral walls, and enhanced growth and metabolic kinase activity in the late-contracting lateral wall. This was ameliorated by restoring contractile synchronization. CONCLUSIONS The new method to chronically pace conscious mice yields stable atrial and ventricular capture and a means to dissect basic mechanisms of electromechanical physiology and therapy. The data on dyssynchrony and resynchronization in ischemia/reperfusion hearts is the most comprehensive to date in ischemic heart disease, and its similarities to nonischemic canine results support the translational utility of the mouse.
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- Marcus Ståhlberg
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD (M.S., R.N., D.B., G.Z., B.L.L., A.S., D.I.L., D.A.K.).,Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden (M.S.).,Department of Cardiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden (M.S.)
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD (M.S., R.N., D.B., G.Z., B.L.L., A.S., D.I.L., D.A.K.)
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD (M.S., R.N., D.B., G.Z., B.L.L., A.S., D.I.L., D.A.K.)
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD (M.S., R.N., D.B., G.Z., B.L.L., A.S., D.I.L., D.A.K.)
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD (M.S., R.N., D.B., G.Z., B.L.L., A.S., D.I.L., D.A.K.)
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD (M.S., R.N., D.B., G.Z., B.L.L., A.S., D.I.L., D.A.K.)
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD (M.S., R.N., D.B., G.Z., B.L.L., A.S., D.I.L., D.A.K.)
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD (M.S., R.N., D.B., G.Z., B.L.L., A.S., D.I.L., D.A.K.)
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TRP Channels Expression Profile in Human End-Stage Heart Failure. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 55:medicina55070380. [PMID: 31315301 PMCID: PMC6681334 DOI: 10.3390/medicina55070380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2019] [Revised: 07/04/2019] [Accepted: 07/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Objectives: Many studies indicate the involvement of transient receptor potential (TRP) channels in the development of heart hypertrophy. However, the data is often conflicted and has originated in animal models. Here, we provide systematic analysis of TRP channels expression in human failing myocardium. Methods and results: Left-ventricular tissue samples were isolated from explanted hearts of NYHA III-IV patients undergoing heart transplants (n = 43). Quantitative real-time PCR was performed to assess the mRNA levels of TRPC, TRPM and TRPV channels. Analysis of functional, clinical and biochemical data was used to confirm an end-stage heart failure diagnosis. Compared to myocardium samples from healthy donor hearts (n = 5), we detected a distinct increase in the expression of TRPC1, TRPC5, TRPM4 and TRPM7, and decreased expression of TRPC4 and TRPV2. These changes were not dependent on gender, clinical or biochemical parameters, nor functional parameters of the heart. We detected, however, a significant correlation of TRPC1 and MEF2c expression. Conclusions: The end-stage heart failure displays distinct expressional changes of TRP channels. Our findings provide a systematic description of TRP channel expression in human heart failure. The results highlight the complex interplay between TRP channels and the need for deeper analysis of early stages of hypertrophy and heart failure development.
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Dowrick JM, Tran K, Loiselle DS, Nielsen PMF, Taberner AJ, Han J, Ward M. The slow force response to stretch: Controversy and contradictions. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2019; 226:e13250. [PMID: 30614655 DOI: 10.1111/apha.13250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2018] [Revised: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 01/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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When exposed to an abrupt stretch, cardiac muscle exhibits biphasic active force enhancement. The initial, instantaneous, force enhancement is well explained by the Frank-Starling mechanism. However, the cellular mechanisms associated with the second, slower phase remain contentious. This review explores hypotheses regarding this "slow force response" with the intention of clarifying some apparent contradictions in the literature. The review is partitioned into three sections. The first section considers pathways that modify the intracellular calcium handling to address the role of the sarcoplasmic reticulum in the mechanism underlying the slow force response. The second section focuses on extracellular calcium fluxes and explores the identity and contribution of the stretch-activated, non-specific, cation channels as well as signalling cascades associated with G-protein coupled receptors. The final section introduces promising candidates for the mechanosensor(s) responsible for detecting the stretch perturbation.
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- Jarrah M. Dowrick
- Auckland Bioengineering Institute University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
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- Auckland Bioengineering Institute University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
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- Auckland Bioengineering Institute University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
- Department of Physiology University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
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- Auckland Bioengineering Institute University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
- Department of Engineering Science University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
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- Auckland Bioengineering Institute University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
- Department of Engineering Science University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
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- Auckland Bioengineering Institute University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
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- Department of Physiology University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
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In vivo selective inhibition of TRPC6 by antagonist BI 749327 ameliorates fibrosis and dysfunction in cardiac and renal disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:10156-10161. [PMID: 31028142 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1815354116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Transient receptor potential canonical type 6 (TRPC6) is a nonselective receptor-operated cation channel that regulates reactive fibrosis and growth signaling. Increased TRPC6 activity from enhanced gene expression or gain-of-function mutations contribute to cardiac and/or renal disease. Despite evidence supporting a pathophysiological role, no orally bioavailable selective TRPC6 inhibitor has yet been developed and tested in vivo in disease models. Here, we report an orally bioavailable TRPC6 antagonist (BI 749327; IC50 13 nM against mouse TRPC6, t1/2 8.5-13.5 hours) with 85- and 42-fold selectivity over the most closely related channels, TRPC3 and TRPC7. TRPC6 calcium conductance results in the stimulation of nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) that triggers pathological cardiac and renal fibrosis and disease. BI 749327 suppresses NFAT activation in HEK293T cells expressing wild-type or gain-of-function TRPC6 mutants (P112Q, M132T, R175Q, R895C, and R895L) and blocks associated signaling and expression of prohypertrophic genes in isolated myocytes. In vivo, BI 749327 (30 mg/kg/day, yielding unbound trough plasma concentration ∼180 nM) improves left heart function, reduces volume/mass ratio, and blunts expression of profibrotic genes and interstitial fibrosis in mice subjected to sustained pressure overload. Additionally, BI 749327 dose dependently reduces renal fibrosis and associated gene expression in mice with unilateral ureteral obstruction. These results provide in vivo evidence of therapeutic efficacy for a selective pharmacological TRPC6 inhibitor with oral bioavailability and suitable pharmacokinetics to ameliorate cardiac and renal stress-induced disease with fibrosis.
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Lookin O, Protsenko Y. The lack of slow force response in failing rat myocardium: role of stretch-induced modulation of Ca-TnC kinetics. J Physiol Sci 2019; 69:345-357. [PMID: 30560346 PMCID: PMC10717443 DOI: 10.1007/s12576-018-0651-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2018] [Accepted: 12/08/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The slow force response (SFR) to stretch is an important adaptive mechanism of the heart. The SFR may result in ~ 20-30% extra force but it is substantially attenuated in heart failure. We investigated the relation of SFR magnitude with Ca2+ transient decay in healthy (CONT) and monocrotaline-treated rats with heart failure (MCT). Right ventricular trabeculae were stretched from 85 to 95% of optimal length and held stretched for 10 min at 30 °C and 1 Hz. Isometric twitches and Ca2+ transients were collected on 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 min after stretch. The changes in peak tension and Ca2+ transient decay characteristics during SFR were evaluated as a percentage of the value measured immediately after stretch. The amount of Ca2+ utilized by TnC was indirectly evaluated using the methods of Ca2+ transient "bump" and "difference curve." The muscles of CONT rats produced positive SFR and they showed prominent functional relation between SFR magnitude and the magnitude (amplitude, integral intensity) of Ca2+ transient "bump" and "difference curve." The myocardium of MCT rats showed negative SFR to stretch (force decreased in time) which was not correlated well with the characteristics of Ca2+ transient decay, evaluated by the methods of "bump" and "difference curve." We conclude that the intracellular mechanisms of Ca2+ balancing during stretch-induced slow adaptation of myocardial contractility are disrupted in failing rat myocardium. The potential significance of our findings is that the deficiency of slow force response in diseased myocardium may be diminished under augmented kinetics of Ca-TnC interaction.
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- Oleg Lookin
- Laboratory of Biological Motility, Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 106 Pervomayskaya St., Yekaterinburg, 620049, Russian Federation.
- Ural Federal University, 19 Mira St., Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation.
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- Laboratory of Biological Motility, Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 106 Pervomayskaya St., Yekaterinburg, 620049, Russian Federation
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On-Chip Cell Incubator for Simultaneous Observation of Culture with and without Periodic Hydrostatic Pressure. MICROMACHINES 2019; 10:mi10020133. [PMID: 30781557 PMCID: PMC6412444 DOI: 10.3390/mi10020133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2019] [Revised: 02/15/2019] [Accepted: 02/15/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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This paper proposes a microfluidic device which can perform simultaneous observation on cell growth with and without applying periodic hydrostatic pressure (Yokoyama et al. Sci. Rep.2017, 7, 427). The device is called on-chip cell incubator. It is known that culture with periodic hydrostatic pressure benefits the elasticity of a cultured cell sheet based on the results in previous studies, but how the cells respond to such a stimulus during the culture is not yet clear. In this work, we focused on cell behavior under periodic hydrostatic pressure from the moment of cell seeding. The key advantage of the proposed device is that we can compare the results with and without periodic hydrostatic pressure while all other conditions were kept the same. According to the results, we found that cell sizes under periodic hydrostatic pressure increase faster than those under atmospheric pressure, and furthermore, a frequency-dependent fluctuation of cell size was found using Fourier analysis.
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Joca HC, Coleman AK, Ward CW, Williams GSB. Quantitative tests reveal that microtubules tune the healthy heart but underlie arrhythmias in pathology. J Physiol 2019; 598:1327-1338. [PMID: 30582750 PMCID: PMC7432954 DOI: 10.1113/jp277083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2018] [Accepted: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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KEY POINTS Our group previously discovered and characterized the microtubule mechanotransduction pathway linking diastolic stretch to NADPH oxidase 2-derived reactive oxygen species signals that regulate calcium sparks and calcium influx pathways. Here we used focused experimental tests to constrain and expand our existing computational models of calcium signalling in heart. Mechanistic and quantitative modelling revealed new insights in disease including: changes in microtubule network density and properties, elevated NOX2 expression, altered calcium release dynamics, how NADPH oxidase 2 is activated by and responds to stretch, and finally the degree to which normalizing mechano-activated reactive oxygen species signals can prevent calcium-dependent arrhythmias. ABSTRACT Microtubule (MT) mechanotransduction links diastolic stretch to generation of NADPH oxidase 2 (NOX2)-dependent reactive oxygen species (ROS), signals we term X-ROS. While stretch-elicited X-ROS primes intracellular calcium (Ca2+ ) channels for synchronized activation in the healthy heart, the dysregulated excess in this pathway underscores asynchronous Ca2+ release and arrhythmia. Here, we expanded our existing computational models of Ca2+ signalling in heart to include MT-dependent mechanotransduction through X-ROS. Informed by new focused experimental tests to properly constrain our model, we quantify the role of X-ROS on excitation-contraction coupling in healthy and pathological conditions. This approach allowed for a mechanistic investigation that revealed new insights into X-ROS signalling in disease including changes in MT network density and post-translational modifications (PTMs), elevated NOX2 expression, altered Ca2+ release dynamics (i.e. Ca2+ sparks and Ca2+ waves), how NOX2 is activated by and responds to stretch, and finally the degree to which normalizing X-ROS can prevent Ca2+ -dependent arrhythmias.
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- Humberto C Joca
- Centre for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Centre for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Orthopedics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Centre for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Voltage-Dependent Sarcolemmal Ion Channel Abnormalities in the Dystrophin-Deficient Heart. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19113296. [PMID: 30360568 PMCID: PMC6274787 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19113296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2018] [Revised: 10/18/2018] [Accepted: 10/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Mutations in the gene encoding for the intracellular protein dystrophin cause severe forms of muscular dystrophy. These so-called dystrophinopathies are characterized by skeletal muscle weakness and degeneration. Dystrophin deficiency also gives rise to considerable complications in the heart, including cardiomyopathy development and arrhythmias. The current understanding of the pathomechanisms in the dystrophic heart is limited, but there is growing evidence that dysfunctional voltage-dependent ion channels in dystrophin-deficient cardiomyocytes play a significant role. Herein, we summarize the current knowledge about abnormalities in voltage-dependent sarcolemmal ion channel properties in the dystrophic heart, and discuss the potentially underlying mechanisms, as well as their pathophysiological relevance.
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Johnson DM, Antoons G. Arrhythmogenic Mechanisms in Heart Failure: Linking β-Adrenergic Stimulation, Stretch, and Calcium. Front Physiol 2018; 9:1453. [PMID: 30374311 PMCID: PMC6196916 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Heart failure (HF) is associated with elevated sympathetic tone and mechanical load. Both systems activate signaling transduction pathways that increase cardiac output, but eventually become part of the disease process itself leading to further worsening of cardiac function. These alterations can adversely contribute to electrical instability, at least in part due to the modulation of Ca2+ handling at the level of the single cardiac myocyte. The major aim of this review is to provide a definitive overview of the links and cross talk between β-adrenergic stimulation, mechanical load, and arrhythmogenesis in the setting of HF. We will initially review the role of Ca2+ in the induction of both early and delayed afterdepolarizations, the role that β-adrenergic stimulation plays in the initiation of these and how the propensity for these may be altered in HF. We will then go onto reviewing the current data with regards to the link between mechanical load and afterdepolarizations, the associated mechano-sensitivity of the ryanodine receptor and other stretch activated channels that may be associated with HF-associated arrhythmias. Furthermore, we will discuss how alterations in local Ca2+ microdomains during the remodeling process associated the HF may contribute to the increased disposition for β-adrenergic or stretch induced arrhythmogenic triggers. Finally, the potential mechanisms linking β-adrenergic stimulation and mechanical stretch will be clarified, with the aim of finding common modalities of arrhythmogenesis that could be targeted by novel therapeutic agents in the setting of HF.
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- Daniel M Johnson
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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Dombernowsky NW, Ölmestig JNE, Witting N, Kruuse C. Role of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) in Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies - Still a possible treatment modality? Neuromuscul Disord 2018; 28:914-926. [PMID: 30352768 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2018.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2018] [Revised: 08/07/2018] [Accepted: 09/05/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) is involved in nitric oxide (NO) production and suggested to play a crucial role in blood flow regulation of skeletal muscle. During activation of the muscle, NO helps attenuate the sympathetic vasoconstriction to accommodate increased metabolic demands, a phenomenon known as functional sympatholysis. In inherited myopathies such as the dystrophinopathies Duchenne and Becker muscle dystrophies (DMD and BMD), nNOS is lost from the sarcolemma. The loss of nNOS may cause functional ischemia contributing to skeletal and cardiac muscle cell injury. Effects of NO is augmented by inhibiting degradation of the second messenger cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) using sildenafil and tadalafil, both of which inhibit the enzyme phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5). In animal models of DMD, PDE5-inhibitors prevent functional ischemia, reduce post-exercise skeletal muscle pathology and fatigue, show amelioration of cardiac muscle cell damage and increase cardiac performance. However, effect on clinical outcomes in DMD and BMD patients have been disappointing with minor effects on upper limb performance and none on ambulation. This review aims to summarize the current knowledge of nNOS function related to functional sympatholysis in skeletal muscle and studies on PDE5-inhibitor treatment in nNOS-deficient animal models and patients.
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- Nanna W Dombernowsky
- Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Neurology, Neurovascular Research Unit, Herlev Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Neurology, Neurovascular Research Unit, Herlev Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; PDE Research Group, Lundbeck Foundation Center for Neurovascular Research (LUCENS), Denmark.
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Mechanisms underlying modulation of podocyte TRPC6 channels by suPAR: Role of NADPH oxidases and Src family tyrosine kinases. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2018; 1864:3527-3536. [PMID: 30293571 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2018.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2018] [Revised: 08/02/2018] [Accepted: 08/06/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The soluble urokinase receptor (suPAR) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of chronic kidney diseases (CKD) and may function as a circulating "permeability factor" driving primary focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). Here we examined the mechanisms whereby suPAR causes mobilization and increased activation of Ca2+-permeable TRPC6 channels, which are also implicated in FSGS. Treatment of immortalized mouse podocytes with recombinant suPAR for 24 h caused a marked increase in cytosolic reactive oxygen species (ROS) that required signaling through integrins. This effect was associated with increased assembly of active cell surface NADPH oxidase 2 (Nox2) complexes and was blocked by the Nox2 inhibitor apoycynin. Treatment with suPAR also evoked a functionally measurable increase in TRPC6 channels that was blocked by concurrent treatment with the ROS-quencher TEMPOL as well as by inhibition of Rac1, an essential component of active Nox2 complexes. Elevated ROS evoked by exposing cells to suPAR or H2O2 caused a marked increase in the abundance of tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins including Src, and suPAR-evoked Src activation was blocked by TEMPOL. Moreover, mobilization and increased activation of TRPC6 by suPAR or H2O2 was blocked by concurrent exposure to PP2, an inhibitor of Src family tyrosine kinases. These data suggest that suPAR induces oxidative stress in podocytes that in turn drives signaling through Src family kinases to upregulate TRPC6 channels. The combination of oxidative stress and altered Ca2+ signaling may contribute to loss of podocytes and progression of various forms of CKD.
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Dryer SE, Kim EY. Permeation and Rectification in Canonical Transient Receptor Potential-6 (TRPC6) Channels. Front Physiol 2018; 9:1055. [PMID: 30123138 PMCID: PMC6085515 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Transient receptor potential-6 channels are widely expressed cation channels that play a role in regulating Ca2+ dynamics, especially during G protein-coupled receptor signaling. The permeation of cations through TRPC6 is complex and the relative permeability to Ca2+ relative to monovalent cations appears to be highly voltage-dependent and is reduced upon membrane depolarization. Many investigators have observed complex current-voltage (I-V) relationships in recordings of TRPC6 channels, which often manifest as flattening of I-V curves between 0 and +40 mV and negative to -60 mV. These features are especially common in recordings from TRPC6 channels expressed in heterologous expression systems. Indeed, it is sometimes argued that marked rectification at both negative and positive membrane potentials is a defining feature of TRPC6, and that recordings in which these features are reduced or absent cannot reflect activity of TRPC6. Here we present a review of the literature to show that complex rectification is not seen in every cell type expressing TRPC6, even when comparing recordings made from the same groups of investigators, or in recordings from what is nominally the same heterologous expression system. Therefore other criteria, such as gene knockout or knockdown, or the use of newly emerging selective blockers, must be used to ascertain that a given current reflects activity of endogenously expressed TRPC6 channels. We also discuss the possibility that complex rectification may not be an intrinsic property of TRPC6 in cells where it is observed, and may instead reflect presence of endogenous substances that cause voltage-dependent inhibition of the channels.
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- Stuart E Dryer
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States.,Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States
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Tiapko O, Groschner K. TRPC3 as a Target of Novel Therapeutic Interventions. Cells 2018; 7:cells7070083. [PMID: 30037143 PMCID: PMC6071100 DOI: 10.3390/cells7070083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2018] [Revised: 07/18/2018] [Accepted: 07/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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TRPC3 is one of the classical members of the mammalian transient receptor potential (TRP) superfamily of ion channels. TRPC3 is a molecule with intriguing sensory features including the direct recognition of and activation by diacylglycerols (DAG). Although TRPC3 channels are ubiquitously expressed, they appear to control functions of the cardiovascular system and the brain in a highly specific manner. Moreover, a role of TRPC3 in immunity, cancer, and tissue remodeling has been proposed, generating much interest in TRPC3 as a target for pharmacological intervention. Advances in the understanding of molecular architecture and structure-function relations of TRPC3 have been the foundations for novel therapeutic approaches, such as photopharmacology and optochemical genetics of TRPC3. This review provides an account of advances in therapeutic targeting of TRPC3 channels.
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- Oleksandra Tiapko
- Gottfried-Schatz-Research-Center-Biophysics, Medical University of Graz, Neue Stiftingtalstrasse 6/D04, 8010 Graz, Austria.
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- Gottfried-Schatz-Research-Center-Biophysics, Medical University of Graz, Neue Stiftingtalstrasse 6/D04, 8010 Graz, Austria.
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Hofmann F. A concise discussion of the regulatory role of cGMP kinase I in cardiac physiology and pathology. Basic Res Cardiol 2018; 113:31. [PMID: 29934662 DOI: 10.1007/s00395-018-0690-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2017] [Revised: 05/18/2018] [Accepted: 06/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The underlying cause of cardiac hypertrophy, fibrosis, and heart failure has been investigated in great detail using different mouse models. These studies indicated that cGMP and cGMP-dependent protein kinase type I (cGKI) may ameliorate these negative phenotypes in the adult heart. Recently, evidence has been published that cardiac mitochondrial BKCa channels are a target for cGKI and that activation of mitoBKCa channels may cause some of the positive effects of conditioning in ischemia/reperfusion injury. It will be pointed out that most studies could not present convincing evidence that it is the cGMP level and the activity cGKI in specific cardiac cells that reduces hypertrophy or heart failure. However, anti-fibrotic compounds stimulating nitric oxide-sensitive guanylyl cyclase may be an upcoming therapy for abnormal cardiac remodeling.
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- Franz Hofmann
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, TU München, Biedersteiner Str. 29, 80802, Munich, Germany.
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Yamaguchi Y, Iribe G, Kaneko T, Takahashi K, Numaga-Tomita T, Nishida M, Birnbaumer L, Naruse K. TRPC3 participates in angiotensin II type 1 receptor-dependent stress-induced slow increase in intracellular Ca 2+ concentration in mouse cardiomyocytes. J Physiol Sci 2018; 68:153-164. [PMID: 28105583 PMCID: PMC10718017 DOI: 10.1007/s12576-016-0519-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2016] [Accepted: 12/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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When a cardiac muscle is held in a stretched position, its [Ca2+] transient increases slowly over several minutes in a process known as stress-induced slow increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) (SSC). Transient receptor potential canonical (TRPC) 3 forms a non-selective cation channel regulated by the angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1R). In this study, we investigated the role of TRPC3 in the SSC. Isolated mouse ventricular myocytes were electrically stimulated and subjected to sustained stretch. An AT1R blocker, a phospholipase C inhibitor, and a TRPC3 inhibitor suppressed the SSC. These inhibitors also abolished the observed SSC-like slow increase in [Ca2+]i induced by angiotensin II, instead of stretch. Furthermore, the SSC was not observed in TRPC3 knockout mice. Simulation and immunohistochemical studies suggest that sarcolemmal TRPC3 is responsible for the SSC. These results indicate that sarcolemmal TRPC3, regulated by AT1R, causes the SSC.
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- Yohei Yamaguchi
- Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan.
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- Department of Physiology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, 078-8510, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Division of Cardiocirculatory Signaling, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience (National Institute for Physiological Sciences), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8787, Japan
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- Division of Cardiocirculatory Signaling, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience (National Institute for Physiological Sciences), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8787, Japan
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- Neurobiology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Science, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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Transient receptor potential channel 6 regulates abnormal cardiac S-nitrosylation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:E10763-E10771. [PMID: 29187535 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1712623114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked disorder with dystrophin loss that results in skeletal and cardiac muscle weakening and early death. Loss of the dystrophin-sarcoglycan complex delocalizes nitric oxide synthase (NOS) to alter its signaling, and augments mechanosensitive intracellular Ca2+ influx. The latter has been coupled to hyperactivation of the nonselective cation channel, transient receptor potential canonical channel 6 (Trpc6), in isolated myocytes. As Ca2+ also activates NOS, we hypothesized that Trpc6 would help to mediate nitric oxide (NO) dysregulation and that this would be manifest in increased myocardial S-nitrosylation, a posttranslational modification increasingly implicated in neurodegenerative, inflammatory, and muscle disease. Using a recently developed dual-labeling proteomic strategy, we identified 1,276 S-nitrosylated cysteine residues [S-nitrosothiol (SNO)] on 491 proteins in resting hearts from a mouse model of DMD (dmdmdx:utrn+/-). These largely consisted of mitochondrial proteins, metabolic regulators, and sarcomeric proteins, with 80% of them also modified in wild type (WT). S-nitrosylation levels, however, were increased in DMD. Genetic deletion of Trpc6 in this model (dmdmdx:utrn+/-:trpc6-/-) reversed ∼70% of these changes. Trpc6 deletion also ameliorated left ventricular dilation, improved cardiac function, and tended to reduce fibrosis. Furthermore, under catecholamine stimulation, which also increases NO synthesis and intracellular Ca2+ along with cardiac workload, the hypernitrosylated state remained as it did at baseline. However, the impact of Trpc6 deletion on the SNO proteome became less marked. These findings reveal a role for Trpc6-mediated hypernitrosylation in dmdmdx:utrn+/- mice and support accumulating evidence that implicates nitrosative stress in cardiac and muscle disease.
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Cardiac Phosphodiesterases and Their Modulation for Treating Heart Disease. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2017; 243:249-269. [PMID: 27787716 DOI: 10.1007/164_2016_82] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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An important hallmark of cardiac failure is abnormal second messenger signaling due to impaired synthesis and catabolism of cyclic adenosine 3',5'- monophosphate (cAMP) and cyclic guanosine 3',5'- monophosphate (cGMP). Their dysregulation, altered intracellular targeting, and blunted responsiveness to stimulating pathways all contribute to pathological remodeling, muscle dysfunction, reduced cell survival and metabolism, and other abnormalities. Therapeutic enhancement of either cyclic nucleotides can be achieved by stimulating their synthesis and/or by suppressing members of the family of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDEs). The heart expresses seven of the eleven major PDE subtypes - PDE1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, and 9. Their differential control over cAMP and cGMP signaling in various cell types, including cardiomyocytes, provides intriguing therapeutic opportunities to counter heart disease. This review examines the roles of these PDEs in the failing and hypertrophied heart and summarizes experimental and clinical data that have explored the utility of targeted PDE inhibition.
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Numaga-Tomita T, Oda S, Shimauchi T, Nishimura A, Mangmool S, Nishida M. TRPC3 Channels in Cardiac Fibrosis. Front Cardiovasc Med 2017; 4:56. [PMID: 28936433 PMCID: PMC5594069 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2017.00056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2017] [Accepted: 08/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Cardiac stiffness, caused by interstitial fibrosis due to deposition of extracellular matrix proteins, is thought as a major clinical outcome of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Canonical transient receptor potential (TRPC) subfamily proteins are components of Ca2+-permeable non-selective cation channels activated by receptor stimulation and mechanical stress, and have been attracted attention as a key mediator of maladaptive cardiac remodeling. How TRPC-mediated local Ca2+ influx encodes a specific signal to induce maladaptive cardiac remodeling has been long obscure, but our recent studies suggest a pathophysiological significance of channel activity-independent function of TRPC proteins for amplifying redox signaling in heart. This review introduces the current understanding of the physiological and pathophysiological roles of TRPCs, especially focuses on the role of TRPC3 as a positive regulator of reactive oxygen species (PRROS) in heart. We have revealed that TRPC3 stabilizes NADPH oxidase 2 (Nox2), a membrane-bound reactive oxygen species (ROS)-generating enzyme, by forming stable protein complex with Nox2, which leads to amplification of mechanical stress-induced ROS signaling in cardiomyocytes, resulting in induction of fibrotic responses in cardiomyocytes and cardiac fibroblasts. Thus, the TRPC3 function as PRROS will offer a new therapeutic strategy for the prevention or treatment of HFpEF.
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- Takuro Numaga-Tomita
- Division of Cardiocirculatory Signaling, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Japan.,Department of Physiological Sciences, Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Okazaki, Japan
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- Division of Cardiocirculatory Signaling, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Japan.,Department of Physiological Sciences, Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Okazaki, Japan
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- Division of Cardiocirculatory Signaling, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Japan.,Department of Translational Pharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Division of Cardiocirculatory Signaling, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Japan.,Department of Physiological Sciences, Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Okazaki, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Cardiocirculatory Signaling, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Japan.,Department of Physiological Sciences, Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Okazaki, Japan.,Department of Translational Pharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.,Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Japan
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Schönleitner P, Schotten U, Antoons G. Mechanosensitivity of microdomain calcium signalling in the heart. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017. [PMID: 28648626 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2017.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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In cardiac myocytes, calcium (Ca2+) signalling is tightly controlled in dedicated microdomains. At the dyad, i.e. the narrow cleft between t-tubules and junctional sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), many signalling pathways combine to control Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release during contraction. Local Ca2+ gradients also exist in regions where SR and mitochondria are in close contact to regulate energetic demands. Loss of microdomain structures, or dysregulation of local Ca2+ fluxes in cardiac disease, is often associated with oxidative stress, contractile dysfunction and arrhythmias. Ca2+ signalling at these microdomains is highly mechanosensitive. Recent work has demonstrated that increasing mechanical load triggers rapid local Ca2+ releases that are not reflected by changes in global Ca2+. Key mechanisms involve rapid mechanotransduction with reactive oxygen species or nitric oxide as primary signalling molecules targeting SR or mitochondria microdomains depending on the nature of the mechanical stimulus. This review summarizes the most recent insights in rapid Ca2+ microdomain mechanosensitivity and re-evaluates its (patho)physiological significance in the context of historical data on the macroscopic role of Ca2+ in acute force adaptation and mechanically-induced arrhythmias. We distinguish between preload and afterload mediated effects on local Ca2+ release, and highlight differences between atrial and ventricular myocytes. Finally, we provide an outlook for further investigation in chronic models of abnormal mechanics (eg post-myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation), to identify the clinical significance of disturbed Ca2+ mechanosensitivity for arrhythmogenesis.
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- Patrick Schönleitner
- Dept of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
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- Dept of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
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- Dept of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
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Role of TRPC3 and TRPC6 channels in the myocardial response to stretch: Linking physiology and pathophysiology. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017. [PMID: 28645743 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2017.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels constitute a large family of versatile multi-signal transducers. In particular, TRP canonical (TRPC) channels are known as receptor-operated, non-selective cation channels. TRPC3 and TRPC6, two members in the TRPC family, are highly expressed in the heart, and participate in the pathogenesis of cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure as a pathological response to chronic mechanical stress. In the pathological response, myocardial stretch increases intracellular Ca2+ levels and activates nuclear factor of activated T cells to induce cardiac hypertrophy. Recent studies have revealed that TRPC3 and TRPC6 also contribute to the physiological stretch-induced slow force response (SFR), a slow increase in the Ca2+ transient and twitch force during stretch. In the physiological response, a stretch-induced increase in intracellular Ca2+ mediated by TRPC3 and TRPC6 causes the SFR. We here overview experimental evidence of the involvement of TRPC3 and TRPC6 in cardiac physiology and pathophysiology in response to stretch.
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