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CIRCULATION RESEARCH
卷 92, 期 10, 页码 1153-1161出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000071749.22027.45
关键词
cardiomyocytes; cyclooxygenase; thromboxane; tissue transglutaminase; G proteins
资金
- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL-622250, HL-57847, HL-61364] Funding Source: Medline
Gh is a GTP binding protein that couples to the thromboxane receptor (TP), but also functions as tissue transglutaminase II (tTG). A transgenic mouse model was generated in which Gh was overexpressed (GhOE) in ventricular myocytes under the control of the alpha-myosin heavy chain promoter. Heart rate was elevated and both blood pressure and left ventricular ejection fraction were depressed in GhOEs. Left ventricular mass was increased, consistent with genetic and ultrastructural evidence of hypertrophy. Fibrosis and apoptosis were also augmented. Survival declined disproportionately in older GhOEs. Cardiomyocyte expression of COX-2, thromboxane synthase (TxS), and the receptors for TxA(2) (the TP), PGF(2alpha) (the FP), and PGI(2) (the IP) were upregulated and urinary 8,12- iso- iPF(2alpha)-VI,2,3-dinor- 6-keto-PGF(1alpha) and 2,3-dinor-thromboxane B-2 were increased in GhOEs, reflecting increased lipid peroxidation and cyclooxygenase ( COX) activation. Selective COX-2 inhibition, TP antagonism, and suppression of lipid peroxidation each rescued the cardiac phenotype. Infusion of an FP agonist exacerbated the phenotype, whereas administration of an IP agonist improved cardiac function. Directed cardiac overexpression of Gh/tTG causes both TG activation and increased TP/Gh-dependent signaling. The COX-2-dependent increase in TxA(2) generation augments cardiac hypertrophy, whereas formation of PGI(2) by the same isozyme ameliorates the phenotype. Oxidant stress may contribute, via regulation of COX-2 expression and/or ligation of the TP and the FP by isoprostanes. Gh/tTG activation regulates expression of COX-2 and its products may differentially modulate cardiomyocyte commitment to cell death or survival.
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