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Zhou Y, Skelton LA, Xu L, Chandler MP, Berthiaume JM, Boron WF. Role of Receptor Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase γ in Sensing Extracellular CO2 and HCO3. J Am Soc Nephrol 2016; 27:2616-21. [PMID: 26839367 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2015040439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2015] [Accepted: 12/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Regulation of blood pH-critical for virtually every facet of life-requires that the renal proximal tubule (PT) adjust its rate of H(+) secretion (nearly the same as the rate of HCO3 (-) reabsorption, JHCO3 ) in response to changes in blood [CO2] and [HCO3 (-)]. Yet CO2/HCO3 (-) sensing mechanisms remain poorly characterized. Because receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors render JHCO3 in the PT insensitive to changes in CO2 concentration, we hypothesized that the structural features of receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase-γ (RPTPγ) that are consistent with binding of extracellular CO2 or HCO3 (-) facilitate monitoring of blood CO2/HCO3 (-) concentrations. We now report that PTs express RPTPγ on blood-facing membranes. Moreover, RPTPγ deletion in mice eliminated the CO2 and HCO3 (-) sensitivities of JHCO3 as well as the normal defense of blood pH during whole-body acidosis. Thus, RPTPγ appears to be a novel extracellular CO2/HCO3 (-) sensor critical for pH homeostasis.
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- Yuehan Zhou
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
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Vazquez EJ, Berthiaume JM, Kamath V, Achike O, Buchanan E, Montano MM, Chandler MP, Miyagi M, Rosca MG. Mitochondrial complex I defect and increased fatty acid oxidation enhance protein lysine acetylation in the diabetic heart. Cardiovasc Res 2015; 107:453-65. [PMID: 26101264 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvv183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2014] [Accepted: 06/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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AIMS Cardiomyopathy is a major complication of diabetes. Our study was aimed to identify the sites of mitochondrial dysfunction and delineate its consequences on mitochondrial metabolism in a model of type 1 diabetes. METHODS AND RESULTS Diabetes was induced by streptozotocin injection to male Lewis rats. We found a decrease in mitochondrial biogenesis pathway and electron transport chain complex assembly that targets Complex I. Oxidation of Complex II and long-chain fatty acid substrates support the electron leak and superoxide production. Mitochondrial defects do not limit fatty acid oxidation as the heart's preferred energy source indicating that the diabetic heart has a significant reserve in Complex I- and II-supported ATP production. Both mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation and Complex I defect are responsible for increased protein lysine acetylation despite an unchanged amount of the NAD(+)-dependent mitochondrial deacetylase sirt3. We quantitatively analysed mitochondrial lysine acetylation post-translational modifications and identified that the extent of lysine acetylation on 54 sites in 22 mitochondrial proteins is higher in diabetes compared with the same sites in the control. The increased lysine acetylation of the mitochondrial trifunctional protein subunit α may be responsible for the increased fatty acid oxidation in the diabetic heart. CONCLUSION We identified the specific defective sites in the electron transport chain responsible for the decreased mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in the diabetic heart. Mitochondrial protein lysine acetylation is the common consequence of both increased fatty acid oxidation and mitochondrial Complex I defect, and may be responsible for the metabolic inflexibility of the diabetic heart.
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- Edwin J Vazquez
- Department of Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Foundational Sciences, Central Michigan University College of Medicine, Mount Pleasant, MI, USA
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- Department of Foundational Sciences, Central Michigan University College of Medicine, Mount Pleasant, MI, USA
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- Department of Foundational Sciences, Central Michigan University College of Medicine, Mount Pleasant, MI, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Foundational Sciences, Central Michigan University College of Medicine, Mount Pleasant, MI, USA
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Berthiaume JM, Azam SM, Hoit BD, Chandler MP. Cardioprotective effects of dietary lipids evident in the time-dependent alterations of cardiac function and gene expression following myocardial infarction. Physiol Rep 2014; 2:2/5/e12019. [PMID: 24844640 PMCID: PMC4098746 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.12019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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We have previously shown that prolonged high–saturated fat feeding (SAT) for 8 weeks after myocardial infarction (MI) improves ventricular function and prevents the metabolic remodeling commonly observed in heart failure. The current study was designed to delineate the interplay between markers of energy metabolism and indices of cardiac remodeling with 2 and 4 weeks of post‐MI SAT in male Wistar rats. By 2 weeks, less remodeling was noted in MI‐SAT evidenced by diminished chamber dilation and greater ejection fraction assessed by echocardiography and hemodynamic measures. In addition, gene expression of energy metabolism targets involved in FA uptake, oxidation, and glucose oxidation regulation was increased in MI‐SAT with respect to MI alone, although no change in PDH phosphorylation was observed. The regulatory kinase, phosphoinositide 3 kinase (Pi3k), was strongly induced by 2 weeks in the MI‐SAT group, although AKT protein content (a primary downstream target of PI3K that affects metabolism) was decreased by both MI and SAT alone, indicating early involvement of cellular signaling pathways in lipid‐mediated cardioprotection. Our results demonstrate that cardioprotection occurs acutely with SAT following MI, with improvement in indices of both cardiac function and fatty acid oxidation, suggesting a mechanistic role for energy metabolism in the beneficial effects of high dietary fat following cardiac injury. e12019 A diet rich in saturated fats is cardioprotective after myocardial infarction. The cardioprotective effect is noted by 2 weeks and includes functional and genomic changes indicative of a relationship with preservation of metabolic flexibility.
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- Jessica M Berthiaume
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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Chen Y, Ye L, Zhong J, Li X, Yan C, Chandler MP, Calvin S, Xiao F, Negia M, Low WC, Zhang J, Yu X. The Structural Basis of Functional Improvement in Response to Human Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation in Hearts With Postinfarct LV Remodeling. Cell Transplant 2013; 24:971-83. [PMID: 24332083 DOI: 10.3727/096368913x675746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Cellular therapy for myocardial repair has been one of the most intensely investigated interventional strategies for acute myocardial infarction. Although the therapeutic potential of stem cells has been demonstrated in various studies, the underlying mechanisms for such improvements are poorly understood. In the present study, we investigated the long-term effects of stem cell therapy on both myocardial fiber organization and regional contractile function using a rat model of postinfarct remodeling. Human nonhematopoietic umbilical cord blood stem cells (nh-UCBSCs) were administered via tail vein to rats 2 days after infarct surgery. Animals were maintained without immunosuppressive therapy. In vivo and ex vivo MR imaging was performed on infarct hearts 10 months after cell transplantation. Compared to the age-matched rats exposed to the identical surgery, both global and regional cardiac functions of the nh-UCBSC-treated hearts, such as ejection fraction, ventricular strain, and torsion, were significantly improved. More importantly, the treated hearts exhibited preserved fiber orientation and water diffusivities that were similar to those in sham-operated control hearts. These data provide the first evidence that nh-UCBSC treatment may prevent/delay untoward structural remodeling in postinfarct hearts, which supports the improved LV function observed in vivo in the absence of immunosuppression, suggesting a beneficial paracrine effect occurred with the cellular therapy.
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- Yong Chen
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Montano MM, Desjardins CL, Doughman YQ, Hsieh YH, Hu Y, Bensinger HM, Wang C, Stelzer JE, Dick TE, Hoit BD, Chandler MP, Yu X, Watanabe M. Inducible re-expression of HEXIM1 causes physiological cardiac hypertrophy in the adult mouse. Cardiovasc Res 2013; 99:74-82. [PMID: 23585471 PMCID: PMC3687752 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvt086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2012] [Revised: 03/28/2013] [Accepted: 04/01/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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AIMS The transcription factor hexamethylene-bis-acetamide-inducible protein 1 (HEXIM1) regulates myocardial vascularization and growth during cardiogenesis. Our aim was to determine whether HEXIM1 also has a beneficial role in modulating vascularization, myocardial growth, and function within the adult heart. METHODS AND RESULTS To achieve our objective, we created and investigated a mouse line wherein HEXIM1 was re-expressed in adult cardiomyocytes to levels found in the foetal heart. Our findings support a beneficial role for HEXIM1 through increased vascularization, myocardial growth, and increased ejection fraction within the adult heart. HEXIM1 re-expression induces angiogenesis, that is, essential for physiological hypertrophy and maintenance of cardiac function. The ability of HEXIM1 to co-ordinate processes associated with physiological hypertrophy may be attributed to HEXIM1 regulation of other transcription factors (HIF-1-α, c-Myc, GATA4, and PPAR-α) that, in turn, control many genes involved in myocardial vascularization, growth, and metabolism. Moreover, the mechanism for HEXIM1-induced physiological hypertrophy appears to be distinct from that involving the PI3K/AKT pathway. CONCLUSION HEXIM1 re-expression results in the induction of angiogenesis that allows for the co-ordination of tissue growth and angiogenesis during physiological hypertrophy.
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- Monica M. Montano
- Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, H.G. Wood Bldg. W307, 2109 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University School of Engineering, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
- Department of Genetics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
- Department of Anatomy, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, H.G. Wood Bldg. W307, 2109 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, H.G. Wood Bldg. W307, 2109 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
- Department of Genetics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
- Department of Anatomy, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University School of Engineering, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
- Department of Genetics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
- Department of Anatomy, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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Cheng Y, Wan X, McElfresh TA, Chen X, Gresham KS, Rosenbaum DS, Chandler MP, Stelzer JE. Impaired contractile function due to decreased cardiac myosin binding protein C content in the sarcomere. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2013; 305:H52-65. [PMID: 23666674 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00929.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mutations in cardiac myosin binding protein C (MyBP-C) are a common cause of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC). The majority of MyBP-C mutations are expected to reduce MyBP-C expression; however, the consequences of MyBP-C deficiency on the regulation of myofilament function, Ca²⁺ homeostasis, and in vivo cardiac function are unknown. To elucidate the effects of decreased MyBP-C expression on cardiac function, we employed MyBP-C heterozygous null (MyBP-C+/-) mice presenting decreases in MyBP-C expression (32%) similar to those of FHC patients carrying MyBP-C mutations. The levels of MyBP-C phosphorylation were reduced 53% in MyBP-C+/- hearts compared with wild-type hearts. Skinned myocardium isolated from MyBP-C+/- hearts displayed decreased cross-bridge stiffness at half-maximal Ca²⁺ activations, increased steady-state force generation, and accelerated rates of cross-bridge recruitment at low Ca²⁺ activations (<15% and <25% of maximum, respectively). Protein kinase A treatment abolished basal differences in rates of cross-bridge recruitment between MyBP-C+/- and wild-type myocardium. Intact ventricular myocytes from MyBP-C+/- hearts displayed abnormal sarcomere shortening but unchanged Ca²⁺ transient kinetics. Despite a lack of left ventricular hypertrophy, MyBP-C+/- hearts exhibited elevated end-diastolic pressure and decreased peak rate of LV pressure rise, which was normalized following dobutamine infusion. Furthermore, electrocardiogram recordings in conscious MyBP-C+/- mice revealed prolonged QRS and QT intervals, which are known risk factors for cardiac arrhythmia. Collectively, our data show that reduced MyBP-C expression and phosphorylation in the sarcomere result in myofilament dysfunction, contributing to contractile dysfunction that precedes compensatory adaptations in Ca²⁺ handling, and chamber remodeling. Perturbations in mechanical and electrical activity in MyBP-C+/- mice could increase their susceptibility to cardiac dysfunction and arrhythmia.
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- Y Cheng
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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Tsai JY, Villegas-Montoya C, Boland BB, Blasier Z, Egbejimi O, Gonzalez R, Kueht M, McElfresh TA, Brewer RA, Chandler MP, Bray MS, Young ME. Influence of dark phase restricted high fat feeding on myocardial adaptation in mice. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2012; 55:147-55. [PMID: 23032157 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2012.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2012] [Revised: 09/18/2012] [Accepted: 09/21/2012] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Prolonged high fat feeding is associated with myocardial contractile dysfunction in rodents. However, epidemiological data do not necessarily support the concept that fat-enriched diets adversely affect cardiac function in humans. When fed in an ad libitum manner, laboratory rodents consume chow throughout the day. In contrast, humans typically consume food only during the awake phase. Discrepancies between rodent and human feeding behaviors led us to hypothesize that the time of day at which dietary lipids are consumed significantly influences myocardial adaptation. In order to better mimic feeding behavior in humans, mice were fed (either a control or high fat diet) only during the 12-hour dark phase (i.e., no food was provided during the light phase). We report that compared to dark phase restricted control diet fed mice, mice fed a high fat diet during the dark phase exhibit: 1) essentially normal body weight gain and energy balance; 2) increased fatty acid oxidation at whole body, as well as skeletal and cardiac muscle (in the presence of insulin and/or at high workloads) levels; 3) induction of fatty acid responsive genes, including genes promoting triglyceride turnover in the heart; 4) no evidence of cardiac hypertrophy; and 5) persistence/improvement of myocardial contractile function, as assessed ex vivo. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that ingestion of dietary fat only during the more active/awake period allows adequate metabolic adaptation, thereby preserving myocardial contractile function. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled "Focus on cardiac metabolism".
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- Ju-Yun Tsai
- USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Houston, TX, USA
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Merkulov S, Chen X, Chandler MP, Stelzer JE. In vivo cardiac myosin binding protein C gene transfer rescues myofilament contractile dysfunction in cardiac myosin binding protein C null mice. Circ Heart Fail 2012; 5:635-44. [PMID: 22855556 DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.112.968941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Decreased expression of cardiac myosin binding protein C (cMyBPC) in the heart has been implicated as a consequence of mutations in cMyBPC that lead to abnormal contractile function at the myofilament level, thereby contributing to the development of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in humans. It has not been established whether increasing the levels of cMyBPC in the intact heart can improve myofilament and in vivo contractile function and attenuate maladaptive remodeling processes because of reduced levels of cMyBPC. METHODS AND RESULTS We performed in vivo gene transfer of cMyBPC by direct injection into the myocardium of cMyBPC-deficient (cMyBPC(-/-)) mice, and mechanical experiments were conducted on skinned myocardium isolated from cMyBPC(-/-) hearts 21 days and 20 weeks after gene transfer. Cross-bridge kinetics in skinned myocardium isolated from cMyBPC(-/-) hearts after cMyBPC gene transfer were significantly slower compared with untreated cMyBPC(-/-) myocardium and were comparable to wild-type myocardium and cMyBPC(-/-) myocardium that was reconstituted with recombinant cMyBPC in vitro. cMyBPC content in cMyBPC(-/-) skinned myocardium after in vivo cMyBPC gene transfer or in vitro cMyBPC reconstitution was similar to wild-type levels. In vivo echocardiography studies of cMyBPC(-/-) hearts after cMyBPC gene transfer revealed improved systolic and diastolic contractile function and reductions in left ventricular wall thickness. CONCLUSIONS This proof-of-concept study demonstrates that gene therapy designed to increase expression of cMyBPC in the cMyBPC-deficient myocardium can improve myofilament and in vivo contractile function, suggesting that cMyBPC gene therapy may be a viable approach for treatment of cardiomyopathies because of mutations in cMyBPC.
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- Sergei Merkulov
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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Berthiaume JM, Young ME, Chen X, McElfresh TA, Yu X, Chandler MP. Normalizing the metabolic phenotype after myocardial infarction: impact of subchronic high fat feeding. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2012; 53:125-33. [PMID: 22542451 PMCID: PMC3372615 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2012.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2012] [Revised: 04/05/2012] [Accepted: 04/10/2012] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The normal heart relies primarily on the oxidation of fatty acids (FA) for ATP production, whereas during heart failure (HF) glucose utilization increases, implying pathological changes to cardiac energy metabolism. Despite the noted lipotoxic effects of elevating FA, our work has demonstrated a cardioprotective effect of a high fat diet (SAT) when fed after myocardial infarction (MI), as compared to normal chow (NC) fed cohorts. This data has suggested a mechanistic link to energy metabolism. The goal of this study was to determine the impact of SAT on the metabolic phenotype of the heart after MI. Male Wistar rats underwent coronary ligation surgery (MI) and were evaluated after 8 weeks of SAT. Induction of MI was verified by echocardiography. LV function assessed by in vivo hemodynamic measurements revealed improvements in the MI-SAT group as compared to MI-NC. Perfused working hearts revealed a decrease in cardiac work in MI-NC that was improved in MI-SAT. Glucose oxidation was increased and FA oxidation decreased in MI-NC compared to shams suggesting an alteration in the metabolic profile that was ameliorated by SAT. (31)P NMR analysis of Langendorff perfused hearts revealed no differences in PCr:ATP indicating no overt energy deficit in MI groups. Phospho-PDH and PDK(4) were increased in MI-SAT, consistent with a shift towards fatty acid oxidation (FAO). Overall, these results support the hypothesis that SAT post-infarction promotes a normal metabolic phenotype that may serve a cardioprotective role in the injured heart.
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- Jessica M. Berthiaume
- Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, 44106
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- Dept. of Medicine, University of Alabama, 1825 University Boulevard, Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, USA
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- Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, 44106
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- Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, 44106
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- Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, 44106
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- Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, 44106
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Cheng Y, Li W, McElfresh TA, Chen X, Berthiaume JM, Castel L, Yu X, Van Wagoner DR, Chandler MP. Changes in myofilament proteins, but not Ca²⁺ regulation, are associated with a high-fat diet-induced improvement in contractile function in heart failure. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2011; 301:H1438-46. [PMID: 21765056 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00440.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Pathological conditions such as diabetes, insulin resistance, and obesity are characterized by elevated plasma and myocardial lipid levels and have been reported to exacerbate the progression of heart failure (HF). Alterations in cardiomyocyte Ca(2+) regulatory properties and myofilament proteins have also been implicated in contractile dysfunction in HF. However, our prior studies reported that high saturated fat (SAT) feeding improves in vivo myocardial contractile function, thereby exerting a cardioprotective effect in HF. Therefore, we hypothesized that SAT feeding improves contractile function by altering Ca(2+) regulatory properties and myofilament protein expression in HF. Male Wistar rats underwent coronary artery ligation (HF) or sham surgery (SH) and were fed normal chow (SHNC and HFNC groups) or a SAT diet (SHSAT and HFSAT groups) for 8 wk. Contractile properties were measured in vivo [echocardiography and left ventricular (LV) cannulation] and in isolated LV cardiomyocytes. In vivo measures of contractility (peak LV +dP/dt and -dP/dt) were depressed in the HFNC versus SHNC group but improved in the HFSAT group. Isolated cardiomyocytes from both HF groups were hypertrophied and had decreased percent cell shortening and a prolonged time to half-decay of the Ca(2+) transient versus the SH group; however, SAT feeding reduced in vivo myocyte hypertrophy in the HFSAT group only. The peak velocity of cell shortening was reduced in the HFNC group but not the HFSAT group and was positively correlated with in vivo contractile function (peak LV +dP/dt). The HFNC group demonstrated a myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoform switch from fast MHC-α to slow MHC-β, which was prevented in the HFSAT group. Alterations in Ca(2+) transients, L-type Ca(2+) currents, and protein expression of sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase and phosphorylated phospholamban could not account for the changes in the in vivo contractile properties. In conclusion, the cardioprotective effects associated with SAT feeding in HF may occur at the level of the isolated cardiomyocyte, specifically involving changes in myofilament function but not sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) regulatory properties.
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- Y Cheng
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4970, USA
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Cheng Y, Li W, McElfresh TA, Chen X, Castel L, Yu X, Van Wagoner D, Chandler MP. Alterations in myosin heavy chain and cell shortening velocity improve myocardial contractile function in high‐fat fed heart failure rats. FASEB J 2011. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.25.1_supplement.1112.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Biomedical EngineeringCase Western Reserve UniversityClevelandOH
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- Biomedical EngineeringCase Western Reserve UniversityClevelandOH
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Christopher BA, Huang HM, Berthiaume JM, McElfresh TA, Chen X, Croniger CM, Muzic RF, Chandler MP. Myocardial insulin resistance induced by high fat feeding in heart failure is associated with preserved contractile function. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2010; 299:H1917-27. [PMID: 20852054 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00687.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Previous studies have reported that high fat feeding in mild to moderate heart failure (HF) results in the preservation of contractile function. Recent evidence has suggested that preventing the switch from fatty acid to glucose metabolism in HF may ameliorate dysfunction, and insulin resistance is one potential mechanism for regulating substrate utilization. This study was designed to determine whether peripheral and myocardial insulin resistance exists with HF and/or a high-fat diet and whether myocardial insulin signaling was altered accordingly. Rats underwent coronary artery ligation (HF) or sham surgery and were randomized to normal chow (NC; 14% kcal from fat) or a high-fat diet (SAT; 60% kcal from fat) for 8 wk. HF + SAT animals showed preserved systolic (+dP/dt and stroke work) and diastolic (-dP/dt and time constant of relaxation) function compared with HF + NC animals. Glucose tolerance tests revealed peripheral insulin resistance in sham + SAT, HF + NC, and HF + SAT animals compared with sham + NC animals. PET imaging confirmed myocardial insulin resistance only in HF + SAT animals, with an uptake ratio of 2.3 ± 0.3 versus 4.6 ± 0.7, 4.3 ± 0.4, and 4.2 ± 0.6 in sham + NC, sham + SAT, and HF + NC animals, respectively; the myocardial glucose utilization rate was similarly decreased in HF + SAT animals only. Western blot analysis of insulin signaling protein expression was indicative of cardiac insulin resistance in HF + SAT animals. Specifically, alterations in Akt and glycogen synthase kinase-3β protein expression in HF + SAT animals compared with HF + NC animals may be involved in mediating myocardial insulin resistance. In conclusion, HF animals fed a high-saturated fat exhibited preserved myocardial contractile function, peripheral and myocardial insulin resistance, decreased myocardial glucose utilization rates, and alterations in cardiac insulin signaling. These results suggest that myocardial insulin resistance may serve a cardioprotective function with high fat feeding in mild to moderate HF.
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- Bridgette A Christopher
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4970, USA
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Berthiaume JM, Bray MS, McElfresh TA, Chen X, Azam S, Young ME, Hoit BD, Chandler MP. The myocardial contractile response to physiological stress improves with high saturated fat feeding in heart failure. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2010; 299:H410-21. [PMID: 20511406 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00270.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Impaired myocardial contractile function is a hallmark of heart failure (HF), which may present under resting conditions and/or during physiological stress. Previous studies have reported that high fat feeding in mild to moderate HF/left ventricular (LV) dysfunction is associated with improved contractile function at baseline. The goal of this study was to determine whether myocardial function is compromised in response to physiological stress and to evaluate the global gene expression profile of rats fed high dietary fat after infarction. Male Wistar rats underwent ligation or sham surgery and were fed normal chow (NC; 10% kcal fat; Sham + NC and HF + NC groups) or high-fat chow (SAT; 60% kcal saturated fat; Sham + SAT and HF + SAT groups) for 8 wk. Myocardial contractile function was assessed using a Millar pressure-volume conductance catheter at baseline and during inferior vena caval occlusions and dobutamine stress. Steady-state indexes of systolic function, LV +dP/dt(max), stroke work, and maximal power were increased in the HF + SAT group versus the HF + NC group and reduced in the HF + NC group versus the Sham + NC group. Preload recruitable measures of contractility were decreased in HF + NC group but not in the HF + SAT group. beta-Adrenergic responsiveness [change in LV +dP/dt(max) and change in cardiac output with dobutamine (0-10 microg x kg(-1) x min(-1))] was reduced in HF, but high fat feeding did not further impact the contractile reserve in HF. The contractile reserve was reduced by the high-fat diet in the Sham + SAT group. Microarray gene expression analysis revealed that the majority of significantly altered pathways identified contained multiple gene targets correspond to cell signaling pathways and energy metabolism. These findings suggest that high saturated fat improves myocardial function at rest and during physiological stress in infarcted hearts but may negatively impact the contractile reserve under nonpathological conditions. Furthermore, high fat feeding-induced alterations in gene expression related to energy metabolism and specific signaling pathways revealed promising targets through which high saturated fat potentially mediates cardioprotection in mild to moderate HF/LV dysfunction.
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- Jessica M Berthiaume
- Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine E521, Case Western Reserve Univ., 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44106-4970, USA
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Berthiaume JM, Chen X, McElfresh TA, Chandler MP. High dietary fat promotes a normal metabolic phenotype in the infarcted rat heart. FASEB J 2010. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.24.1_supplement.787.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Dept. of Physiology & BiophysicsCase Western Reserve UniversityClevelandOH
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- Dept. of Physiology & BiophysicsCase Western Reserve UniversityClevelandOH
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Christopher BA, Huang H, McElfresh TA, Chen X, Muzic RF, Croniger CM, Chandler MP. Insulin resistance as a mechanism of preserved myocardial function in heart failure animals fed a high fat diet. FASEB J 2010. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.24.1_supplement.601.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Berthiaume JM, McElfresh TA, Chen X, Bray MS, Hoit BD, Chandler MP. Myocardial contractile responses to hemodynamic stress are improved in heart failure rats fed high saturated fat. FASEB J 2010. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.24.1_supplement.110.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- EpidemiologyUniversity of Alabama BirminghamBirminghamAL
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- MedicineCase Western Reserve UniversityClevelandOH
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CHENG YI, McElfresh TA, Chen X, Li W, Yu X, Van Wagoner D, Chandler MP. The role of calcium handling in the improved contractile function associated with high‐fat feeding in heart failure. FASEB J 2010. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.24.1_supplement.1048.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Biomedical engineeringCase Western Reserve UniversityClevelandOH
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- Biomedical engineeringCase Western Reserve UniversityClevelandOH
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Tsai JY, Kienesberger PC, Pulinilkunnil T, Sailors MH, Durgan DJ, Villegas-Montoya C, Jahoor A, Gonzalez R, Garvey ME, Boland B, Blasier Z, McElfresh TA, Nannegari V, Chow CW, Heird WC, Chandler MP, Dyck JRB, Bray MS, Young ME. Direct regulation of myocardial triglyceride metabolism by the cardiomyocyte circadian clock. J Biol Chem 2009; 285:2918-29. [PMID: 19940111 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.077800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Maintenance of circadian alignment between an organism and its environment is essential to ensure metabolic homeostasis. Synchrony is achieved by cell autonomous circadian clocks. Despite a growing appreciation of the integral relation between clocks and metabolism, little is known regarding the direct influence of a peripheral clock on cellular responses to fatty acids. To address this important issue, we utilized a genetic model of disrupted clock function specifically in cardiomyocytes in vivo (termed cardiomyocyte clock mutant (CCM)). CCM mice exhibited altered myocardial response to chronic high fat feeding at the levels of the transcriptome and lipidome as well as metabolic fluxes, providing evidence that the cardiomyocyte clock regulates myocardial triglyceride metabolism. Time-of-day-dependent oscillations in myocardial triglyceride levels, net triglyceride synthesis, and lipolysis were markedly attenuated in CCM hearts. Analysis of key proteins influencing triglyceride turnover suggest that the cardiomyocyte clock inactivates hormone-sensitive lipase during the active/awake phase both at transcriptional and post-translational (via AMP-activated protein kinase) levels. Consistent with increased net triglyceride synthesis during the end of the active/awake phase, high fat feeding at this time resulted in marked cardiac steatosis. These data provide evidence for direct regulation of triglyceride turnover by a peripheral clock and reveal a potential mechanistic explanation for accelerated metabolic pathologies after prevalent circadian misalignment in Western society.
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- Ju-Yun Tsai
- United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Cheng Y, McElfresh TA, Chen X, Rutledge CA, Chandler MP. The role of cellular calcium homeostasis in the improved contractile function associated with high‐fat feeding in heart failure. FASEB J 2009. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.23.1_supplement.953.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Yi‐Hsin Cheng
- Physiology and BiophysicsCase Western Reserve UniversityClevelandOH
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- Physiology and BiophysicsCase Western Reserve UniversityClevelandOH
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- Physiology and BiophysicsCase Western Reserve UniversityClevelandOH
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Berthiaume JM, Chen X, McElfresh TA, Chandler MP. Alterations in energy substrate utilization associated with high dietary fat in the infarcted rat heart. FASEB J 2009. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.23.1_supplement.953.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Physiology & BiophysicsCase Western Reserve UniversityClevelandOH
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Christopher BA, McElfresh TA, Chen XQ, Croniger CM, Chandler MP. Role of insulin resistance in heart failure and high fat diet. FASEB J 2009. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.23.1_supplement.953.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Rennison JH, McElfresh TA, Chen X, Anand VR, Hoit BD, Hoppel CL, Chandler MP. Prolonged exposure to high dietary lipids is not associated with lipotoxicity in heart failure. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2009; 46:883-90. [PMID: 19265702 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2009.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2008] [Revised: 02/18/2009] [Accepted: 02/19/2009] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Previous studies have reported that elevated myocardial lipids in a model of mild-to-moderate heart failure increased mitochondrial function, but did not alter left ventricular function. Whether more prolonged exposure to high dietary lipids would promote a lipotoxic phenotype in mitochondrial and myocardial contractile function has not been determined. We tested the hypothesis that prolonged exposure to high dietary lipids, following coronary artery ligation, would preserve myocardial and mitochondrial function in heart failure. Rats underwent ligation or sham surgery and were fed normal (10% kcal fat) (SHAM, HF) or high fat diet (60% kcal saturated fat) (SHAM+FAT, HF+FAT) for sixteen weeks. Although high dietary fat was accompanied by myocardial tissue triglyceride accumulation (SHAM 1.47+/-0.14; SHAM+FAT 2.32+/-0.14; HF 1.34+/-0.14; HF+FAT 2.21+/-0.20 micromol/gww), fractional shortening was increased 16% in SHAM+FAT and 28% in HF+FAT compared to SHAM and HF, respectively. Despite increased medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) activity in interfibrillar mitochondria (IFM) of both SHAM+FAT and HF+FAT, dietary lipids also were associated with decreased state 3 respiration using palmitoylcarnitine (SHAM 369+/-14; SHAM+FAT 307+/-23; HF 354+/-13; HF+FAT 366+/-18 nAO min(-1) mg(-1)) in SHAM+FAT compared to SHAM and HF+FAT. State 3 respiration in IFM also was decreased in SHAM+FAT relative to SHAM using succinate and DHQ. In conclusion, high dietary lipids promoted myocardial lipid accumulation, but were not accompanied by alterations in myocardial contractile function typically associated with lipotoxicity. In normal animals, high dietary fat decreased mitochondrial respiration, but also increased MCAD activity. These studies support the concept that high fat feeding can modify multiple cellular pathways that differentially affect mitochondrial function under normal and pathological conditions.
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- Julie H Rennison
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine E558, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-4970, USA
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Rosca MG, Vazquez EJ, Kerner J, Parland W, Chandler MP, Stanley W, Sabbah HN, Hoppel CL. Cardiac mitochondria in heart failure: decrease in respirasomes and oxidative phosphorylation. Cardiovasc Res 2008; 80:30-9. [PMID: 18710878 PMCID: PMC2533423 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvn184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 285] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Aims Mitochondrial dysfunction is a major factor in heart failure (HF). A pronounced variability of mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC) defects is reported to occur in severe acquired cardiomyopathies without a consistent trend for depressed activity or expression. The aim of this study was to define the defect in the integrative function of cardiac mitochondria in coronary microembolization-induced HF. Methods and results Studies were performed in the canine coronary microembolization-induced HF model of moderate severity. Oxidative phosphorylation was assessed as the integrative function of mitochondria, using a comprehensive variety of substrates in order to investigate mitochondrial membrane transport, dehydrogenase activity and electron-transport coupled to ATP synthesis. The supramolecular organization of the mitochondrial ETC also was investigated by native gel electrophoresis. We found a dramatic decrease in ADP-stimulated respiration that was not relieved by an uncoupler. Moreover, the ADP/O ratio was normal, indicating no defect in the phosphorylation apparatus. The data point to a defect in oxidative phosphorylation within the ETC. However, the individual activities of ETC complexes were normal. The amount of the supercomplex consisting of complex I/complex III dimer/complex IV, the major form of respirasome considered essential for oxidative phosphorylation, was decreased. Conclusions We propose that the mitochondrial defect lies in the supermolecular assembly rather than in the individual components of the ETC.
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- Mariana G Rosca
- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland 44106-4981, OH, USA
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Berthiaume JBM, Chen X, McElfresh TA, Chandler MP. Myocardial functional and metabolic parameters in heart failure following chronic high fat feeding. FASEB J 2008. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.22.2_supplement.75] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Physiology & BiophysicsCase Western Reserve UniversityClevelandOH
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Bray MS, Shaw CA, Moore MWS, Garcia RAP, Zanquetta MM, Durgan DJ, Jeong WJ, Tsai JY, Bugger H, Zhang D, Rohrwasser A, Rennison JH, Dyck JRB, Litwin SE, Hardin PE, Chow CW, Chandler MP, Abel ED, Young ME. Disruption of the circadian clock within the cardiomyocyte influences myocardial contractile function, metabolism, and gene expression. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2008; 294:H1036-47. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01291.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 261] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Virtually every mammalian cell, including cardiomyocytes, possesses an intrinsic circadian clock. The role of this transcriptionally based molecular mechanism in cardiovascular biology is poorly understood. We hypothesized that the circadian clock within the cardiomyocyte influences diurnal variations in myocardial biology. We, therefore, generated a cardiomyocyte-specific circadian clock mutant (CCM) mouse to test this hypothesis. At 12 wk of age, CCM mice exhibit normal myocardial contractile function in vivo, as assessed by echocardiography. Radiotelemetry studies reveal attenuation of heart rate diurnal variations and bradycardia in CCM mice (in the absence of conduction system abnormalities). Reduced heart rate persisted in CCM hearts perfused ex vivo in the working mode, highlighting the intrinsic nature of this phenotype. Wild-type, but not CCM, hearts exhibited a marked diurnal variation in responsiveness to an elevation in workload (80 mmHg plus 1 μM epinephrine) ex vivo, with a greater increase in cardiac power and efficiency during the dark (active) phase vs. the light (inactive) phase. Moreover, myocardial oxygen consumption and fatty acid oxidation rates were increased, whereas cardiac efficiency was decreased, in CCM hearts. These observations were associated with no alterations in mitochondrial content or structure and modest mitochondrial dysfunction in CCM hearts. Gene expression microarray analysis identified 548 and 176 genes in atria and ventricles, respectively, whose normal diurnal expression patterns were altered in CCM mice. These studies suggest that the cardiomyocyte circadian clock influences myocardial contractile function, metabolism, and gene expression.
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Durgan DJ, Moore MWS, Ha NP, Egbejimi O, Fields A, Mbawuike U, Egbejimi A, Shaw CA, Bray MS, Nannegari V, Hickson-Bick DL, Heird WC, Dyck JRB, Chandler MP, Young ME. Circadian rhythms in myocardial metabolism and contractile function: influence of workload and oleate. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2007; 293:H2385-93. [PMID: 17616739 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01361.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Multiple extracardiac stimuli, such as workload and circulating nutrients (e.g., fatty acids), known to influence myocardial metabolism and contractile function exhibit marked circadian rhythms. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether the rat heart exhibits circadian rhythms in its responsiveness to changes in workload and/or fatty acid (oleate) availability. Thus, hearts were isolated from male Wistar rats (housed during a 12:12-h light-dark cycle: lights on at 9 AM) at 9 AM, 3 PM, 9 PM, and 3 AM and perfused in the working mode ex vivo with 5 mM glucose plus either 0.4 or 0.8 mM oleate. Following 20-min perfusion at normal workload (i.e., 100 cm H(2)O afterload), hearts were challenged with increased workload (140 cm H(2)O afterload plus 1 microM epinephrine). In the presence of 0.4 mM oleate, myocardial metabolism exhibited a marked circadian rhythm, with decreased rates of glucose oxidation, increased rates of lactate release, decreased glycogenolysis capacity, and increased channeling of oleate into nonoxidative pathways during the light phase. Rat hearts also exhibited a modest circadian rhythm in responsiveness to the workload challenge when perfused in the presence of 0.4 mM oleate, with increased myocardial oxygen consumption at the dark-to-light phase transition. However, rat hearts perfused in the presence of 0.8 mM oleate exhibited a markedly blunted contractile function response to the workload challenge during the light phase. In conclusion, these studies expose marked circadian rhythmicities in myocardial oxidative and nonoxidative metabolism as well as responsiveness of the rat heart to changes in workload and fatty acid availability.
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- David J Durgan
- United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Houston, Texas, USA
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Chandler MP, Morgan EE, McElfresh TA, Kung TA, Rennison JH, Hoit BD, Young ME. Heart failure progression is accelerated following myocardial infarction in type 2 diabetic rats. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2007; 293:H1609-16. [PMID: 17545473 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01338.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Clinical studies have shown a greater incidence of myocardial infarction in diabetic patients, and following an infarction, diabetes is associated with an increased risk for the development of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction and heart failure. The goal of this study was to determine if the progression of heart failure following myocardial infarction in type 2 diabetic (T2D) rats is accelerated compared with nondiabetic rats. Male nondiabetic Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) and T2D Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rats underwent coronary artery ligation or sham surgery to induce heart failure. Postligation (8 and 20 wk), two-dimensional echocardiography and LV pressure measurements were made. Heart failure progression, as assessed by enhanced LV remodeling and contractile dysfunction, was accelerated 8 wk postligation in the T2D animals. LV remodeling was evident from increased end-diastolic and end-systolic diameters and areas in the GK compared with the WKY infarcted group. Furthermore, enhanced LV contractile dysfunction was evident from a greater deterioration in fractional shortening and enhanced myocardial performance index (an index of global LV dysfunction) in the GK infarcted group. This accelerated progression was accompanied by greater increases in atrial natriuretic factor and skeletal alpha-actin (gene markers of heart failure and hypertrophy) mRNA levels in GK infarcted hearts. Despite similar decreases in metabolic gene expression (i.e., peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha-regulated genes associated with fatty acid oxidation) between infarcted WKY and GK rat hearts, myocardial triglyceride levels were elevated in the GK hearts only. These results, demonstrating enhanced remodeling and LV dysfunction 8 wk postligation provide evidence of an accelerated progression of heart failure in T2D rats.
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MESH Headings
- Actins/genetics
- Actins/metabolism
- Animals
- Atrial Natriuretic Factor/genetics
- Atrial Natriuretic Factor/metabolism
- Blood Glucose/metabolism
- Cardiac Output, Low/metabolism
- Cardiac Output, Low/physiopathology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/metabolism
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/physiopathology
- Disease Models, Animal
- Disease Progression
- Fatty Acids, Nonesterified/blood
- Heart Rate/physiology
- Male
- Myocardial Infarction/metabolism
- Myocardial Infarction/pathology
- Myocardial Infarction/physiopathology
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Strains
- Rats, Inbred WKY
- Ventricular Dysfunction, Left
- Ventricular Remodeling
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- Margaret P Chandler
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44106-4970, USA.
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Sharma N, Okere IC, Duda MK, Johnson J, Yuan CL, Chandler MP, Ernsberger P, Hoit BD, Stanley WC. High fructose diet increases mortality in hypertensive rats compared to a complex carbohydrate or high fat diet. Am J Hypertens 2007; 20:403-9. [PMID: 17386347 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2006.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2006] [Revised: 09/10/2006] [Accepted: 09/27/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Chronic hypertension leads to cardiac hypertrophy, heart failure, and premature death. Little is known about the impact of dietary macronutrient composition on hypertension-induced cardiac hypertrophy and mortality. We investigated the effects of consuming either a high complex carbohydrate diet, a high simple sugar diet, or a high fat diet on cardiac hypertrophy and mortality in hypertensive Dahl salt-sensitive (DSS) rats. METHODS Rats were assigned to four diets: complex carbohydrate (CC; 70% starch, 10% fat, 20% protein by energy), high fat (FAT; 20% carbohydrates, 60% fat, 20% protein), high fructose (FRU; 70% fructose, 10% fat, 20% protein), and "western" (WES; 35% fructose, 45% fat, 20% protein). Hypertension was initiated by adding 6% NaCl (+S) to the chow of half the animals within each diet (n = 10 to 13/group). Tail cuff blood pressure measurements were assessed after 5 and 11 weeks of treatment, and echocardiography were assessed after 12 weeks of treatment. RESULTS All rats fed a high salt diet had similar levels of hypertension (CC+S 220 +/-2 mm Hg, FAT+S 221 +/- 3 mm Hg, FRU+S 221 +/- 1 mm Hg, WES+S 226 +/- 3 mm Hg). Echocardiography results show that the addition of salt to FRU resulted in increased regional wall thickness that was not observed in other dietary groups. All rats fed a low salt diet (CC, FAT, FRU, WES) and the FAT+S group survived 90 days. On the other hand, there was 90-day mortality in the WES+S group (18% mortality) and the CC+S group (30% mortality). In addition, FRU+S rats started dying after 45 days of salt feeding, and only 15% survived the full 90 days. CONCLUSIONS These results demonstrate that a high fructose diet consumed during hypertension increases mortality and left ventricular (LV) wall thickness compared to either a high fat, high starch, or a "western" diet.
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- Naveen Sharma
- Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4970, USA
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Rennison JH, McElfresh TA, Patel HV, Foster AB, Patel KK, Young ME, Hoppel CL, Chandler MP. Enhanced Mitochondrial Function in High Fat Fed Heart Failure Animals is Due to Increased Activation of Medium‐Chain Acyl‐CoA Dehydrogenase. FASEB J 2007. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.21.5.a666-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Case Western Reserve University10900 EuclidClevelandOH44106
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- Case Western Reserve University10900 EuclidClevelandOH44106
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Faulx MD, Chandler MP, Zawaneh MS, Stanley WC, Hoit BD. Mouse strain-specific differences in cardiac metabolic enzyme activities observed in a model of isoproterenol-induced cardiac hypertrophy. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2007; 34:77-80. [PMID: 17201739 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2007.04531.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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1. Alterations in myocardial energy metabolism accompany pressure overload-induced hypertrophy. We previously described a novel model of catecholamine-induced hypertrophy in which A/J mice exhibit more robust cardiac hypertrophy than B6 mice. Accordingly, we assessed the influence of mouse strain on the activities of key myocardial metabolic enzymes and whether there are strain-related metabolic adaptations to short-term, high-dose isoproterenol (ISO) administration. 2. Thirty-nine male mice (19 A/J mice, 20 B6 mice), aged 12-15 weeks, were randomly assigned to receive either ISO (100 mg/kg, s.c.) or vehicle (sterile water) daily for 5 days. On Day 6, all hearts were excised, weighed, freeze clamped and assayed for pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH), medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase, carnitine palmitoyl transferase I and citrate synthase activities. Plasma fatty acids (FA) were also measured. 3. The ISO-treated A/J mice demonstrated greater percentage increases in gravimetric heart weight/bodyweight ratio than ISO-treated B6 mice (24 vs 3%, respectively; P < 0.001). All enzyme activities were significantly greater in vehicle-treated B6 mice than in A/J mice, illustrating a greater capacity for aerobic metabolism in B6 mice. Administration of ISO reduced PDHa (active form) activity in B6 mice by 47% (P < 0.001), with no significant change seen in A/J mice. Free FA levels were not significantly different between groups; thus, the differences in PDHa were not due to changes in FA. 4. The basal activity of myocardial metabolic enzymes is greater in B6 mice than in A/J mice and ISO alters myocardial PDH activity in a mouse strain-dependent manner. Compared with A/J mice, B6 mice demonstrate less ISO-induced cardiac hypertrophy, but greater activity of key enzymes regulating FA and carbohydrate oxidation, which may protect against the development of hypertrophy. The metabolic adaptations associated with ISO-induced hypertrophy differ from those reported with pressure overload hypertrophy.
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- Michael D Faulx
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-5038, USA
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Rennison JH, McElfresh TA, Okere IC, Vazquez EJ, Patel HV, Foster AB, Patel KK, Chen Q, Hoit BD, Tserng KY, Hassan MO, Hoppel CL, Chandler MP. High-fat diet postinfarction enhances mitochondrial function and does not exacerbate left ventricular dysfunction. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2007; 292:H1498-506. [PMID: 17114240 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01021.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Lipid accumulation in nonadipose tissue due to enhanced circulating fatty acids may play a role in the pathophysiology of heart failure, obesity, and diabetes. Accumulation of myocardial lipids and related intermediates, e.g., ceramide, is associated with decreased contractile function, mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation, and electron transport chain (ETC) complex activities. We tested the hypothesis that the progression of heart failure would be exacerbated by elevated myocardial lipids and an associated ceramide-induced inhibition of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation and ETC complex activities. Heart failure (HF) was induced by coronary artery ligation. Rats were then randomly assigned to either a normal (10% kcal from fat; HF, n = 8) or high saturated fat diet (60% kcal from saturated fat; HF + Sat, n = 7). Sham-operated animals (sham; n = 8) were fed a normal diet. Eight weeks postligation, left ventricular (LV) function was assessed by echocardiography and catheterization. Subsarcolemmal and interfibrillar mitochondria were isolated from the LV. Heart failure resulted in impaired LV contractile function [decreased percent fractional shortening and peak rate of LV pressure rise and fall (±dP/d t)] and remodeling (increased end-diastolic and end-systolic dimensions) in HF compared with sham. No further progression of LV dysfunction was evident in HF + Sat. Mitochondrial state 3 respiration was increased in HF + Sat compared with HF despite elevated myocardial ceramide. Activities of ETC complexes II and IV were elevated in HF + Sat compared with HF and sham. High saturated fat feeding following coronary artery ligation was associated with increased oxidative phosphorylation and ETC complex activities and did not adversely affect LV contractile function or remodeling, despite elevations in myocardial ceramide.
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- Julie H Rennison
- Dept of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine E558, Case Western Reserve Univ, Cleveland, OH 44106-4970, USA
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Labinskyy V, Bellomo M, Chandler MP, Young ME, Lionetti V, Qanud K, Bigazzi F, Sampietro T, Stanley WC, Recchia FA. Chronic Activation of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-α with Fenofibrate Prevents Alterations in Cardiac Metabolic Phenotype without Changing the Onset of Decompensation in Pacing-Induced Heart Failure. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2007; 321:165-71. [PMID: 17215446 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.106.116871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Severe heart failure (HF) is characterized by profound alterations in cardiac metabolic phenotype, with down-regulation of the free fatty acid (FFA) oxidative pathway and marked increase in glucose oxidation. We tested whether fenofibrate, a pharmacological agonist of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha, the nuclear receptor that activates the expression of enzymes involved in FFA oxidation, can prevent metabolic alterations and modify the progression of HF. We administered 6.5 mg/kg/day p.o. fenofibrate to eight chronically instrumented dogs over the entire period of high-frequency left ventricular pacing (HF + Feno). Eight additional HF dogs were not treated, and eight normal dogs were used as a control. [3H]Oleate and [14C]Glucose were infused intravenously to measure the rate of substrate oxidation. At 21 days of pacing, left ventricular end-diastolic pressure was significantly lower in HF + Feno (14.1 +/- 1.6 mm Hg) compared with HF (18.7 +/- 1.3 mm Hg), but it increased up to 25 +/- 2 mm Hg, indicating end-stage failure, in both groups after 29 +/- 2 days of pacing. FFA oxidation was reduced by 40%, and glucose oxidation was increased by 150% in HF compared with control, changes that were prevented by fenofibrate. Consistently, the activity of myocardial medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase, a marker enzyme of the FFA beta-oxidation pathway, was reduced in HF versus control (1.46 +/- 0.25 versus 2.42 +/- 0.24 micromol/min/gram wet weight (gww); p < 0.05) but not in HF + Feno (1.85 +/- 0.18 micromol/min/gww; N.S. versus control). Thus, preventing changes in myocardial substrate metabolism in the failing heart causes a modest improvement of cardiac function during the progression of the disease, with no effects on the onset of decompensation.
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Sharma N, Okere IC, Yuan CY, Ernsberger P, Hoit BD, Chandler MP, Stanley WC. High sucrose diet causes increased left ventricular dysfunction and mortality in hypertensive Dahl salt sensitive rats. FASEB J 2007. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.21.6.a898-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Physiology & Biophysics
- MedicineCase Western Reserve University10900 Euclid Ave., School of MedicineClevelandOH44108
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Rennison JH, McElfresh TA, Patel HV, Foster AB, Patel KK, Huang H, Hoppel CL, Chandler MP. Elevated Leptin and Triglyceride are Associated with Enhanced Mitochondrial Function Despite Ceramide Accumulation. FASEB J 2007. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.21.6.a839-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- MedicineCase Western Reserve UniversitySchool of Medicine10900 EuclidClevelandOH44106‐4970
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- MedicineCase Western Reserve UniversitySchool of Medicine10900 EuclidClevelandOH44106‐4970
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- MedicineCase Western Reserve UniversitySchool of Medicine10900 EuclidClevelandOH44106‐4970
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- MedicineCase Western Reserve UniversitySchool of Medicine10900 EuclidClevelandOH44106‐4970
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Okere IC, Chandler MP, McElfresh TA, Rennison JH, Kung TA, Hoit BD, Ernsberger P, Young ME, Stanley WC. CARNITINE PALMITOYL TRANSFERASE-I INHIBITION IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH CARDIAC HYPERTROPHY IN RATS FED A HIGH-FAT DIET. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2007; 34:113-9. [PMID: 17201745 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2007.04545.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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1. Cardiac lipotoxicity is characterized by hypertrophy and contractile dysfunction and can be triggered by impaired mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation and lipid accumulation. The present study investigated the effect of dietary fatty acid intake alone and in combination with inhibition of mitochondrial fatty acid uptake with the carnitine palmitoyl transferase (CPT)-I inhibitor oxfenicine. Long-chain fatty acids activate peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPAR), thus mRNA levels of PPAR target genes were measured. 2. Rats were untreated or given the CPT-I inhibitor oxfenicine (150 mg/kg per day) and were fed for 8 weeks with either: (i) standard low-fat chow (10% of energy from fat); (ii) a long-chain saturated fatty acid diet; (iii) a long-chain unsaturated fatty acid diet; or (iv) a medium-chain fatty acid diet (which bypasses CPT-I). High-fat diets contained 60% of energy from fat. 3. Cardiac triglyceride content was increased in the absence of oxfenicine in the saturated fat group compared with other diets. Oxfenicine treatment further increased cardiac triglyceride stores in the saturated fat group and caused a significant increase in the unsaturated fat group. Despite elevations in triglyceride stores, left ventricular mass, end diastolic volume and systolic function were unaffected. 4. The mRNA levels of PPAR-regulated genes were increased by the high saturated and unsaturated fat diets compared with standard chow or the medium chain fatty acid chow. Oxfenicine did not further upregulate PPARalpha target genes within each dietary treatment group. 5. Taken together, the data suggest that consuming a high-fat diet or inhibiting CPT-I do not result in cardiac hypertrophy or cardiac dysfunction in normal rats.
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- Isidore C Okere
- Department of Physiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4970, USA
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Imai M, Rastogi S, Sharma N, Chandler MP, Sharov VG, Blackburn B, Belardinelli L, Stanley WC, Sabbah HN. CVT-4325 Inhibits Myocardial Fatty Acid Uptake and Improves Left Ventricular Systolic Function without Increasing Myocardial Oxygen Consumption in Dogs with Chronic Heart Failure. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 2006; 21:9-15. [PMID: 17119875 DOI: 10.1007/s10557-006-0496-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Inhibition of myocardial fatty acid oxidation has been suggested as a therapeutic approach for improving cardiac function in chronic heart failure (HF). The novel piperazine derivative CVT-4325 was shown to inhibit fatty acid oxidation in cardiac mitochondria and in isolated perfused rat hearts. In the present study, we tested the hemodynamic and metabolic effects of acute intravenous CVT-4325 in dogs with HF. METHODS AND RESULTS HF (LV ejection fraction <or=35%) was created in eight dogs by multiple sequential intracoronary microembolizations. Treatment with CVT-4325 administered intravenously as 0.5 mg/kg bolus followed by a continuous infusion of 0.8 mg/kg/h for 40 min reduced free fatty acid (FFA) uptake (4.51+/-0.96 to 1.65+/-0.32 micromols/min, p<0.04), coronary blood flow (56+/-3 to 46+/-4 ml/min, p<0.01), and myocardial oxygen consumption (MVO2) (240+/-23 to 172+/-7 micromols/min, p<0.03), and increased LV ejection fraction (30+/-2 to 37+/-1%, p<0.0001). In the same study, but on a different day, the same dogs were treated with an inactive analogue of CVT-4325 (CVT-2540), and no hemodynamic or metabolic effects were observed. CONCLUSIONS In dogs with HF, acute intravenous infusion of CVT-4325 reduces FFA uptake and improves LV systolic function without increasing MVO2. The improvement in LV systolic function in the absence of an increase in MVO2 and a lower FFA uptake is consistent with the concept that inhibition of myocardial fatty acid oxidation may be an effective treatment for HF.
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- Makoto Imai
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Henry Ford Heart and Vascular Institute, Detroit, MI, USA
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Morgan EE, Chandler MP, Young ME, McElfresh TA, Kung TA, Rennison JH, Tserng KY, Hoit BD, Stanley WC. Dissociation between gene and protein expression of metabolic enzymes in a rodent model of heart failure. Eur J Heart Fail 2006; 8:687-93. [PMID: 16513421 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2006.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2005] [Revised: 09/17/2005] [Accepted: 01/12/2006] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Studies in advanced heart failure show down-regulation of fatty acid oxidation genes, possibly due to decreased expression of the nuclear transcription factors peroxisome proliferator activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha) and retinoid X receptor alpha (RXRalpha). We assessed mRNA and protein expression of PPARalpha and RXRalpha, and for several PPAR/RXR regulated metabolic proteins at 8 and 20 weeks following myocardial infarction induced by coronary artery ligation. Infarction resulted in heart failure, as indicated by reduced LV fractional shortening and increased end diastolic area compared to sham. There was a progressive increase in LV end systolic area, myocardial ceramide content and atrial natriuretic peptide mRNA, and a deterioration in LV fractional area of shortening from 8 to 20 weeks. Protein and mRNA expression of PPARalpha and RXRalpha were not different among groups. The mRNA for PPAR/RXR regulated genes (e.g. medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD)) was down-regulated at 8 and 20 weeks post-infarction; however, neither the protein expression nor activity of MCAD was reduced compared to sham. In conclusion, reduced mRNA expression of PPAR/RXR regulated genes is not dependent on reduced PPAR/RXR protein expression.
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- Eric E Morgan
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-4970, USA
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Okere IC, Young ME, McElfresh TA, Chess DJ, Sharov VG, Sabbah HN, Hoit BD, Ernsberger P, Chandler MP, Stanley WC. Low carbohydrate/high-fat diet attenuates cardiac hypertrophy, remodeling, and altered gene expression in hypertension. Hypertension 2006; 48:1116-23. [PMID: 17060511 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.0000248430.26229.0f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The effects of dietary fat intake on the development of left ventricular hypertrophy and accompanying structural and molecular remodeling in response to hypertension are not understood. The present study compared the effects of a high-fat versus a low-fat diet on development of left ventricular hypertrophy, remodeling, contractile dysfunction, and induction of molecular markers of hypertrophy (ie, expression of mRNA for atrial natriuretic factor and myosin heavy chain beta). Dahl salt-sensitive rats were fed either a low-fat (10% of total energy from fat) or a high-fat (60% of total energy from fat) diet on either low-salt or high-salt (6% NaCl) chow for 12 weeks. Hearts were analyzed for mRNA markers of ventricular remodeling and activities of the mitochondrial enzymes citrate synthase and medium chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase. Similar levels of hypertension were achieved with high-salt feeding in both diet groups (systolic pressure of approximately 190 mm Hg). In hypertensive rats fed low-fat chow, left ventricular mass, myocyte cross-sectional area, and end-diastolic volume were increased, and ejection fraction was decreased; however, these effects were not observed with the high-fat diet. Hypertensive animals on low-fat chow had increased atrial natriuretic factor mRNA, myosin heavy chain isoform switching (alpha to beta), and decreased activity of citrate synthase and medium chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase, which were all attenuated by high-fat feeding. In conclusion, increased dietary lipid intake can reduce cardiac growth, left ventricular remodeling, contractile dysfunction, and alterations in gene expression in response to hypertension.
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- Isidore C Okere
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-4970, USA
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Morgan EE, Young ME, McElfresh TA, Kung TA, Hoit BD, Chandler MP, Stanley WC. Chronic treatment with trimetazidine reduces the upregulation of atrial natriuretic peptide in heart failure. Fundam Clin Pharmacol 2006; 20:503-5. [PMID: 16968422 DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2006.00424.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Trimetazidine (TMZ) is effective for the treatment of ischemic cardiomyopathy; however, little is known about the effect of TMZ in established injury-induced heart failure. When rats with established infarct-induced heart failure were treated for 12 weeks with TMZ there was no effect on left ventricular function or dilation, or on mRNA expression of fatty acid oxidation enzymes. On the other hand, TMZ significantly reduced atrial natriuretic peptide mRNA levels compared with untreated rats.
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- Eric E Morgan
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Durgan DJ, Trexler NA, Egbejimi O, McElfresh TA, Suk HY, Petterson LE, Shaw CA, Hardin PE, Bray MS, Chandler MP, Chow CW, Young ME. The circadian clock within the cardiomyocyte is essential for responsiveness of the heart to fatty acids. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:24254-69. [PMID: 16798731 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m601704200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cells/organs must respond both rapidly and appropriately to increased fatty acid availability; failure to do so is associated with the development of skeletal muscle and hepatic insulin resistance, pancreatic beta-cell dysfunction, and myocardial contractile dysfunction. Here we tested the hypothesis that the intrinsic circadian clock within the cardiomyocytes of the heart allows rapid and appropriate adaptation of this organ to fatty acids by investigating the following: 1) whether circadian rhythms in fatty acid responsiveness persist in isolated adult rat cardiomyocytes, and 2) whether manipulation of the circadian clock within the heart, either through light/dark (L/D) cycle or genetic disruptions, impairs responsiveness of the heart to fasting in vivo. We report that both the intramyocellular circadian clock and diurnal variations in fatty acid responsiveness observed in the intact rat heart in vivo persist in adult rat cardiomyocytes. Reversal of the 12-h/12-h L/D cycle was associated with a re-entrainment of the circadian clock within the rat heart, which required 5-8 days for completion. Fasting rats resulted in the induction of fatty acid-responsive genes, an effect that was dramatically attenuated 2 days after L/D cycle reversal. Similarly, a targeted disruption of the circadian clock within the heart, through overexpression of a dominant negative CLOCK mutant, severely attenuated induction of myocardial fatty acid-responsive genes during fasting. These studies expose a causal relationship between the circadian clock within the cardiomyocyte with responsiveness of the heart to fatty acids and myocardial triglyceride metabolism.
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- David J Durgan
- United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Duda M, Okere IC, Ernberger P, Chandler MP, Stanley WC. A105. Hypertension decrease serum leptin concentrantion in non-obese rats. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2006.03.309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Morgan EE, Rennison JH, Young ME, McElfresh TA, Kung TA, Tserng KY, Hoit BD, Stanley WC, Chandler MP. Effects of chronic activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α or high-fat feeding in a rat infarct model of heart failure. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006; 290:H1899-904. [PMID: 16339830 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01014.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Intracardiac accumulation of lipid and related intermediates (e.g., ceramide) is associated with cardiac dysfunction and may contribute to the progression of heart failure (HF). Overexpression of nuclear receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α (PPARα) increases intramyocellular ceramide and left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. We tested the hypothesis that activation of fatty acid metabolism with fat feeding or a PPARα agonist increases myocardial triglyceride and/or ceramide and exacerbates LV dysfunction in HF. Rats with infarct-induced HF ( n = 38) or sham-operated rats ( n = 10) were either untreated (INF, n = 10), fed a high-fat diet (45% kcal fat, INF + Fat, n = 15), or fed the PPARα agonist fenofibrate (150 mg·kg−1·day−1, INF + Feno, n = 13) for 12 wk. LV ejection fraction was significantly reduced with HF (49 ± 6%) compared with sham operated (86 ± 2%) with no significant differences in ejection fraction (or other functional or hemodynamic measures) among the three infarcted groups. Treatment with the PPARα agonist resulted in LV hypertrophy (24% increase in LV/body mass ratio) and induced mRNAs encoding for PPARα-regulated genes, as well as protein expression and activity of medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (compared with INF and INF + Fat groups). Myocardial ceramide content was elevated in the INF group compared with sham-operated rats, with no further change in the INF + Fat or INF + Feno groups. Myocardial triglyceride was unaffected by infarction but increased in the INF + Fat group. In conclusion, LV dysfunction and dilation are not worsened despite upregulation of the fatty acid metabolic pathway and LV hypertrophy or accumulation of myocardial triglyceride in the rat infarct model of HF.
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- Eric E Morgan
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-4970, USA
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d'Agostino C, Labinskyy V, Lionetti V, Chandler MP, Lei B, Matsuo K, Bellomo M, Xu X, Hintze TH, Stanley WC, Recchia FA. Altered cardiac metabolic phenotype after prolonged inhibition of NO synthesis in chronically instrumented dogs. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006; 290:H1721-6. [PMID: 16428341 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00745.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Acute inhibition of nitric oxide (NO) synthase causes a reversible alteration in myocardial substrate metabolism. We tested the hypothesis that prolonged NO synthase inhibition alters cardiac metabolic phenotype. Seven chronically instrumented dogs were treated with Nω-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME, 35 mg·kg−1·day−1po) for 10 days to inhibit NO synthesis, and seven were used as controls. Cardiac free fatty acid, glucose, and lactate oxidation were measured by infusion of [3H]oleate, [14C]glucose, and [13C]lactate, respectively. After 10 days of l-NAME administration, despite no differences in left ventricular afterload, cardiac O2consumption was significantly increased by 30%, consistent with a marked enhancement in baseline oxidation of glucose (6.9 ± 2.0 vs. 1.7 ± 0.5 μmol·min−1·100 g−1, P < 0.05 vs. control) and lactate (21.6 ± 5.6 vs. 11.8 ± 2.6 μmol·min−1·100 g−1, P < 0.05 vs. control). When left ventricular afterload was increased by ANG II infusion to stimulate myocardial metabolism, glucose oxidation was augmented further in the l-NAME than in the control group, whereas free fatty acid oxidation decreased. Exogenous NO (diethylamine nonoate, 0.01 μmol·kg−1·min−1iv) could not reverse this metabolic alteration. Consistent with the accelerated rate of carbohydrate oxidation, total myocardial pyruvate dehydrogenase activity and protein expression were higher (38 and 34%, respectively) in the l-NAME than in the control group. Also, protein expression of the constitutively active glucose transporter GLUT-1 was significantly elevated (46%) vs. control. We conclude that prolonged NO deficiency causes a profound alteration in cardiac metabolic phenotype, characterized by selective potentiation of carbohydrate oxidation, that cannot be reversed by a short-term infusion of exogenous NO. This phenomenon may constitute an adaptive mechanism to counterbalance cardiac mechanical inefficiency.
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- Chiara d'Agostino
- Dept. of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA
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Chandler MP, Okere IC, Chess D, Young ME, Ernsberger P, Hoit BD, Stanley WC. High Fat/Low Carbohydrate Feeding Prevents Cardiac Hypertrophy, LV Remodeling and ANF Gene Induction, Independent of Hypertension. FASEB J 2006. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.20.5.a1181-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- PediatricsBaylor College of MedicineOne Baylor PlazaHoustonTX77030
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- CardiologyCase Western Reserve University10900 Euclid AveClevelandOH44106
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Duda M, Okere IC, Ernsberger P, Chandler MP, Stanley WC. Decreased Serum Leptin Concentration Independent of Dietary Composition In Hypertensive Non Obese Rats. FASEB J 2006. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.20.5.a1183-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- NutritionCase Western Reserve University10900 Euclid AveClevelandOH44106
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Rennison JH, McElfresh TA, Okere IC, Vazquez EJ, Patel HV, Foster AB, Patel KK, Chen Q, Hoit BD, Hoppel CL, Chandler MP. Post Infarction High Saturated Fat Feeding Does Not Exacerbate LV Dysfunction but Enhances Mitochondrial Function. FASEB J 2006. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.20.4.a316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Julie Helene Rennison
- Physiology and BiophysicsCase Western Reserve University10900 Euclid AvenueClevelandOH44106
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- Physiology and BiophysicsCase Western Reserve University10900 Euclid AvenueClevelandOH44106
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- Physiology and BiophysicsCase Western Reserve University10900 Euclid AvenueClevelandOH44106
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- Veteran Affairs Medical Center10701 East BoulevardClevelandOH44106
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- Veteran Affairs Medical Center10701 East BoulevardClevelandOH44106
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- Veteran Affairs Medical Center10701 East BoulevardClevelandOH44106
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- Veteran Affairs Medical Center10701 East BoulevardClevelandOH44106
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- Veteran Affairs Medical Center10701 East BoulevardClevelandOH44106
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- CardiologyUniversity Hospitals11100 Euclid AvenueClevelandOH44106
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- Veteran Affairs Medical Center10701 East BoulevardClevelandOH44106
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- Physiology and BiophysicsCase Western Reserve University10900 Euclid AvenueClevelandOH44106
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Okere IC, Chandler MP, McElfresh TA, Rennison JH, Sharov V, Sabbah HN, Tserng KY, Hoit BD, Ernsberger P, Young ME, Stanley WC. Differential effects of saturated and unsaturated fatty acid diets on cardiomyocyte apoptosis, adipose distribution, and serum leptin. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006; 291:H38-44. [PMID: 16443671 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01295.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Fatty acids are the primary fuel for the heart and are ligands for peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs), which regulate the expression of genes encoding proteins involved in fatty acid metabolism. Saturated fatty acids, particularly palmitate, can be converted to the proapoptotic lipid intermediate ceramide. This study assessed cardiac function, expression of PPAR-regulated genes, and cardiomyocyte apoptosis in rats after 8 wk on either a low-fat diet [normal chow control (NC); 10% fat calories] or high-fat diets composed mainly of either saturated (Sat) or unsaturated fatty acids (Unsat) (60% fat calories) (n = 10/group). The Sat group had lower plasma insulin and leptin concentrations compared with the NC or Unsat groups. Cardiac function and mass and body mass were not different. Cardiac triglyceride content was increased in the Sat and Unsat groups compared with NC (P < 0.05); however, ceramide content was higher in the Sat group compared with the Unsat group (2.9 +/- 0.2 vs. 1.4 +/- 0.2 nmol/g; P < 0.05), whereas the NC group was intermediate (2.3 +/- 0.3 nmol/g). The number of apoptotic myocytes, assessed by terminal deoxynucleotide transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling staining, was higher in the Sat group compared with the Unsat group (0.28 +/- 0.05 vs. 0.17 +/- 0.04 apoptotic cells/1,000 nuclei; P < 0.04) and was positively correlated to ceramide content (P < 0.02). Both high-fat diets increased the myocardial mRNA expression of the PPAR-regulated genes encoding uncoupling protein-3 and pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase-4, but only the Sat diet upregulated medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase. In conclusion, dietary fatty acid composition affects cardiac ceramide accumulation, cardiomyocyte apoptosis, and expression of PPAR-regulated genes independent of cardiac mass or function.
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- Isidore C Okere
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-4970, USA
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Okere IC, Chess DJ, McElfresh TA, Johnson J, Rennison J, Ernsberger P, Hoit BD, Chandler MP, Stanley WC. High-fat diet prevents cardiac hypertrophy and improves contractile function in the hypertensive dahl salt-sensitive rat. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2006; 32:825-31. [PMID: 16173943 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2005.04272.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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1. The role that dietary lipid and plasma fatty acid concentration play in the development of cardiac hypertrophy in response to hypertension is not clear. 2. In the present study, we treated Dahl salt-sensitive rats with either normal chow (NC), normal chow with salt added (NC + salt) or a diet high in long-chain saturated fatty acids with added salt (HFD + salt). Cardiac function was assessed by echocardiography and left ventricular (LV) catheterization. 3. The HFD + salt group had significantly higher plasma free fatty acid concentrations and myocardial triglyceride content compared with the NC + salt group, but did not upregulate the activity of the fatty acid oxidation enzyme medium chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase. Systolic blood pressure was elevated to a similar extent in the NC + salt and HFD + salt groups compared with the NC group. Although LV mass was increased in the NC + salt group compared with the NC group, LV mass in the HFD + salt group did not differ from that of the NC group and was significantly lower than that in the NC + salt group. 4. There was no evidence of cardiac dysfunction in the NC + salt group compared with the NC group; however, high fat feeding significantly increased LV contractile performance (e.g. increased cardiac output and peak dP/dt). 5. In conclusion, the HFD + salt diet prevented the hypertrophic response to hypertension and improved the contractile performance of the heart. It remains to be determined whether preventing cardiac hypertrophic adaptations would be deleterious to the heart if the hypertensive stress is maintained long term.
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- Isidore C Okere
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Stanley WC, Morgan EE, Huang H, McElfresh TA, Sterk JP, Okere IC, Chandler MP, Cheng J, Dyck JRB, Lopaschuk GD. Malonyl-CoA decarboxylase inhibition suppresses fatty acid oxidation and reduces lactate production during demand-induced ischemia. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2005; 289:H2304-9. [PMID: 16100246 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00599.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The rate of cardiac fatty acid oxidation is regulated by the activity of carnitine palmitoyltransferase-I (CPT-I), which is inhibited by malonyl-CoA. We tested the hypothesis that the activity of the enzyme responsible for malonyl-CoA degradation, malonyl-CoA decarboxlyase (MCD), regulates myocardial malonyl-CoA content and the rate of fatty acid oxidation during demand-induced ischemia in vivo. The myocardial content of malonyl-CoA was increased in anesthetized pigs using a specific inhibitor of MCD (CBM-301106), which we hypothesized would result in inhibition of CPT-I, reduction in fatty acid oxidation, a reciprocal activation of glucose oxidation, and diminished lactate production during demand-induced ischemia. Under normal-flow conditions, treatment with the MCD inhibitor significantly reduced oxidation of exogenous fatty acids by 82%, shifted the relationship between arterial fatty acids and fatty acid oxidation downward, and increased glucose oxidation by 50%. Ischemia was induced by a 20% flow reduction and β-adrenergic stimulation, which resulted in myocardial lactate production. During ischemia MCD inhibition elevated malonyl-CoA content fourfold, reduced free fatty acid oxidation rate by 87%, and resulted in a 50% decrease in lactate production. Moreover, fatty acid oxidation during ischemia was inversely related to the tissue malonyl-CoA content ( r = −0.63). There were no differences between groups in myocardial ATP content, the activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase, or myocardial contractile function during ischemia. Thus modulation of MCD activity is an effective means of regulating myocardial fatty acid oxidation under normal and ischemic conditions and reducing lactate production during demand-induced ischemia.
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- William C Stanley
- Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve Univ., 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44106-4970, USA.
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Okere IC, McElfresh TA, Brunengraber DZ, Martini W, Sterk JP, Huang H, Chandler MP, Brunengraber H, Stanley WC. Differential effects of heptanoate and hexanoate on myocardial citric acid cycle intermediates following ischemia-reperfusion. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2005; 100:76-82. [PMID: 16141384 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00255.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In the normal heart, there is loss of citric acid cycle (CAC) intermediates that is matched by the entry of intermediates from outside the cycle, a process termed anaplerosis. Previous in vitro studies suggest that supplementation with anaplerotic substrates improves cardiac function during myocardial ischemia and/or reperfusion. The present investigation assessed whether treatment with the anaplerotic medium-chain fatty acid heptanoate improves contractile function during ischemia and reperfusion. The left anterior descending coronary artery of anesthetized pigs was subjected to 60 min of 60% flow reduction and 30 min of reperfusion. Three treatment groups were studied: saline control, heptanoate (0.4 mM), or hexanoate as a negative control (0.4 mM). Treatment was initiated after 30 min of ischemia and continued through reperfusion. Myocardial CAC intermediate content was not affected by ischemia-reperfusion; however, treatment with heptanoate resulted in a more than twofold increase in fumarate and malate, with no change in citrate and succinate, while treatment with hexanoate did not increase fumarate or malate but increased succinate by 1.8-fold. There were no differences among groups in lactate exchange, glucose oxidation, oxygen consumption, and contractile power. In conclusion, despite a significant increase in the content of carbon-4 CAC intermediates, treatment with heptanoate did not result in improved mechanical function of the heart in this model of reversible ischemia-reperfusion. This suggests that reduced anaplerosis and CAC dysfunction do not play a major role in contractile and metabolic derangements observed with a 60% decrease in coronary flow followed by reperfusion.
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- Isidore C Okere
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4970, USA
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