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ANTIOXIDANTS & REDOX SIGNALING
Volume 13, Issue 7, Pages 1011-1022Publisher
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/ars.2009.2940
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- NHLBI [HL079168, HL102597]
- NIH [09GRNT2260175]
- American Heart Association-Midwest Affiliate
- Beijing Natural Science Foundation [5042006, 7072012]
- K.C. Wong Education Foundation
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Mitochondria are a principal site for generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the heart. Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor g coactivator 1 alpha (PGC-1 alpha) plays an important role in regulating mitochondrial biogenesis and myocardial metabolism, but whether PGC-1 alpha can simultaneously upregulate myocardial mitochondrial antioxidants has not been studied. In the present study, we examined the effect of PGC-1 alpha deficiency (PGC-1 alpha(-/-)) on oxidative stress and expression of a group of mitochondrial antioxidants in normal hearts and in hearts exposed to chronic systolic pressure overload produced by transverse aortic constriction (TAC). We found that PGC-1 alpha(-/-) caused moderate but significant decreases of myocardial mitochondrial antioxidant enzymes such as SOD2, and thioredoxin (Trx2), but had no effect on expression of myocardial oxidative stress markers and left ventricular (LV) function under basal conditions. However, in response to TAC for 6 weeks, PGC-1 alpha(-/-) mice showed greater increases of myocardial oxidative stress markers 3'-nitrotyrosine and 4-hydroxynonenal, more severe LV hypertrophy and dilatation, pulmonary congestion, and a greater reduction of LV fractional shortening and dP/dt(max) than did wild-type hearts. SOD mimetic MnTMPyP treatment (6mg/kg/day) significantly attenuated TAC-induced LV hypertrophy and dysfunction in PGC-1 alpha(-/-) mice. These data indicate that PGC-1 alpha plays an important role in regulating expression of myocardial mitochondrial antioxidants SOD2 and Trx2 and in protecting hearts against TAC-induced myocardial oxidative stress, hypertrophy, and dysfunction. Antioxid. Redox Signal. 13, 1011-1022.
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