期刊
CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH
卷 84, 期 2, 页码 201-208出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvp274
关键词
Infarction; Ischaemia; Preconditioning; Postconditioning; Reperfusion
资金
- Hatter Institute Foundation
- South African Medical Research Council
Aims Ischaemic postconditioning (IPostC) is a powerful protective phenomenon that activates prosurvival intrinsic signalling cascades to limit reperfusion injury. We propose that IPostC confers its infarct-sparing effect via activation of the newly described prosurvival Survivor Activating Factor Enhancement (SAFE) pathway, which involves the activation of the cytokine tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) and signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 (STAT-3). Methods and results Isolated ischaemic/reperfused hearts from TNF knockout, TNF receptor-1 knockout, TNF receptor-2 knockout, cardiomyocyte-specific STAT-3-deficient mice or their respective wildtype, (TNF-WT) or (STAT-3-WT), were postconditioned by ischaemic episodes (IPostC) or with exogenous TNF alpha (0.5 mu g/L (TNF-PostC) at the onset of reperfusion. IPostC reduced infarct size (IS) in TNF-WT and TNFR1(-/-) hearts (by 33 and 27%, respectively, P < 0.05), whereas hearts from TNF-/- or TNFR2(-/-) failed to be postconditioned. TNF-PostC reduced IS by 37% (P < 0.05) in STAT-3-WT hearts but failed to protect cardiac-specific STAT.3(-/-) hearts. Administration of wortmannin, an inhibitor of PI-3 kinase/Akt, or PD98059, an inhibitor of extracellular regulated kinase 1/2 (Erk1/2), during the postconditioning stimulus did not abolish the infarct-sparing effect of TNF-PostC. AC490, an inhibitor of STAT-3, abrogated the protective effect of TNF alpha. Western blot analysis did not demonstrate the involvement of Akt or Erk1/2 in TNF-PostC, whereas STAT-3 phosphorylation was increased in both IPostC and TNF-PostC. Conclusion The protective effect of the SAFE pathway is shown in IPostC, with the activation of TNF alpha, its receptor type 2, and STAT-3. This signalling cascade is activated independently of the well-known Reperfusion Injury Salvage Kinases (RISK) pathway, which involves the kinases Akt and Erk1/2.
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