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HYPERTENSION
Volume 51, Issue 2, Pages 560-566Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.107.102590
Keywords
PG receptor; hypertrophy; EP4; PGE; MI, remodeling
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [P01 HL028982, P01 HL-28982, P01 HL028982-26] Funding Source: Medline
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We have shown previously that cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition reduces cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis postmyocardial infarction (MI) in a mouse model and that prostaglandin E-2 stimulates cardiomyocyte hypertrophy in vitro through its EP4 receptor. Because the role of cardiac myocyte EP4 in cardiac function and hypertrophy in vivo is unknown, we generated mice lacking EP4 only in cardiomyocytes (CM-EP4 knockout [ KO]). Twelve-to 14-week-old mice were evaluated using echocardiography and histology. There were no differences in ejection fraction, myocyte cross-sectional area, and interstitial collagen fraction between KO mice and littermate controls. To test the hypothesis that EP4 is involved in cardiac remodeling after MI, we induced MI by ligating the left anterior descending coronary artery. Two weeks later, the mice were subjected to echocardiography, and hearts were removed for histology and Western blot. There was no difference in infarct size between KO mice and controls; however, KO mice showed less myocyte cross-sectional area and interstitial collagen fraction than controls. Also, CM-EP4 KO mice had reduced ejection fraction. Because the transcription factor Stat-3 is involved in hypertrophy and protection from ischemic injury, we tested whether it was activated in control and KO mouse hearts after MI. Western blot indicated that Stat-3 was activated in control hearts after MI but not in KO hearts. Thus, CM-EP4 deletion decreased hypertrophy, fibrosis, and activation of Stat-3. However, cardiac function was unexpectedly worsened in these mice. We conclude that cardiac myocyte EP4 plays a role in hypertrophy via activation of Stat-3, a process that seems to be cardioprotective.
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