期刊
CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH
卷 111, 期 3, 页码 204-216出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvw101
关键词
Angiogenesis; Fibrosis; Heart failure; Hypertrophy; PTP1B
资金
- German Research Foundation [Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft] [SFB 1002]
- University Medical Center Mainz
Cardiac angiogenesis is an important determinant of heart failure. We examined the hypothesis that protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP)-1B, a negative regulator of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor-2 activation, is causally involved in the cardiac microvasculature rarefaction during hypertrophy and that deletion of PTP1B in endothelial cells prevents the development of heart failure. Cardiac hypertrophy was induced by transverse aortic constriction (TAC) in mice with endothelial-specific deletion of PTP1B (End.PTP1B-KO) and controls (End.PTP1B-WT). Survival up to 20 weeks after TAC was significantly improved in mice lacking endothelial PTP1B. Serial echocardiography revealed a better systolic pump function, less pronounced cardiac hypertrophy, and left ventricular dilation compared with End.PTP1B-WT controls. Histologically, banded hearts from End.PTP1B-KO mice exhibited increased numbers of PCNA-positive, proliferating endothelial cells resulting in preserved cardiac capillary density and improved perfusion as well as reduced hypoxia, apoptotic cell death, and fibrosis. Increased relative VEGFR2 and ERK1/2 phosphorylation and greater eNOS expression were present in the hearts of End.PTP1B-KO mice. The absence of PTP1B in endothelial cells also promoted neovascularization following peripheral ischaemia, and bone marrow transplantation excluded a major contribution of Tie2-positive haematopoietic cells to the improved angiogenesis in End.PTP1B-KO mice. Increased expression of caveolin-1 as well as reduced NADPH oxidase-4 expression, ROS generation and TGF beta signalling were observed and may have mediated the cardioprotective effects of endothelial PTP1B deletion. Endothelial PTP1B deletion improves cardiac VEGF signalling and angiogenesis and protects against chronic afterload-induced heart failure. PTP1B may represent a useful target to preserve cardiac function during hypertrophy.
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