期刊
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY
卷 87, 期 -, 页码 54-64出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2015.08.001
关键词
Electrical field stimulation; Gap junctions; Acetylation; Connexin43
资金
- Italian Ministry of Health (Ricerca Corrente)
- Department of Educational Assistance
- University and Research of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano
- South Tyrolean Sparkasse Foundation
- Fondo di Ateneo per la Ricerca (FAR)
- US National Institutes of Health [P01 HL-74237, R01 HL-108213]
Communication between cardiomyocytes depends upon gap junctions (GJ). Previous studies have demonstrated that electrical stimulation induces GJ remodeling and modifies histone acetylase (HAT) and deacetylase (HDAC) activities, although these two results have not been linked. The aim of this work was to establish whether electrical stimulation modulates GJ-mediated cardiac cell-cell communication by acetylation-dependent mechanisms. Field stimulation of HL-1 cardiomyocytes at 0.5 Hz for 24 h significantly reduced connexin43 (Cx43) expression and cell-cell communication. HDAC activity was down-regulated whereas HAT activity was not modified resulting in increased acetylation of Cx43. Consistent with a post-translational mechanism, we did not observe a reduction in Cx43 mRNA in electrically stimulated cells, while the proteasomal inhibitor MG132 maintained Cx43 expression. Further, the treatment of paced cells with the HAT inhibitor Anacardic Acid maintained both the levels of Cx43 and cell-cell communication. Finally, we observed increased acetylation of Cx43 in the left ventricles of dogs subjected to chronic tachypacing as a model of abnormal ventricular activation. In conclusion, our findings suggest that altered electrical activity can regulate cardiomyocyte communication by influencing the acetylation status of Cx43. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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