scholarly journals Skeletal muscle derived Musclin protects the heart during pathological overload

2022 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Malgorzata Szaroszyk ◽  
Badder Kattih ◽  
Abel Martin-Garrido ◽  
Felix A. Trogisch ◽  
Gesine M. Dittrich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Natriuretic Peptide ◽  
Therapeutic Strategy ◽  
Pressure Overload ◽  
Knock Out ◽  
Heart Failure Patients ◽  
Cardiomyocyte Contractility ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms

AbstractCachexia is associated with poor prognosis in chronic heart failure patients, but the underlying mechanisms of cachexia triggered disease progression remain poorly understood. Here, we investigate whether the dysregulation of myokine expression from wasting skeletal muscle exaggerates heart failure. RNA sequencing from wasting skeletal muscles of mice with heart failure reveals a reduced expression of Ostn, which encodes the secreted myokine Musclin, previously implicated in the enhancement of natriuretic peptide signaling. By generating skeletal muscle specific Ostn knock-out and overexpressing mice, we demonstrate that reduced skeletal muscle Musclin levels exaggerate, while its overexpression in muscle attenuates cardiac dysfunction and myocardial fibrosis during pressure overload. Mechanistically, Musclin enhances the abundance of C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP), thereby promoting cardiomyocyte contractility through protein kinase A and inhibiting fibroblast activation through protein kinase G signaling. Because we also find reduced OSTN expression in skeletal muscle of heart failure patients, augmentation of Musclin might serve as therapeutic strategy.

Cardiac mitofusin-1 is declined in non-responding patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (Supplement_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Hsiao ◽  
I Shimizu ◽  
T Wakasugi ◽  
S Jiao ◽  
T Watanabe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Heart Failure ◽  
Ventricular Myocytes ◽  
Severe Heart Failure ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Neonatal Rat ◽  
Heart Failure Patients ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms ◽  
Neonatal Rat Ventricular Myocytes ◽  
Mitofusin 1

Abstract Background/Introduction Mitochondria are dynamic regulators of cellular metabolism and homeostasis. The dysfunction of mitochondria has long been considered a major contributor to aging and age-related diseases. The prognosis of severe heart failure is still unacceptably poor and it is urgent to establish new therapies for this critical condition. Some patients with heart failure do not respond to established multidisciplinary treatment and they are classified as “non-responders”. The outcome is especially poor for non-responders, and underlying mechanisms are largely unknown. Purpose Studies indicate mitochondrial dysfunction has causal roles for metabolic remodeling in the failing heart, but underlying mechanisms remain to be explored. This study tried to elucidate the role of Mitofusin-1 in a failing heart. Methods We examined twenty-two heart failure patients who underwent endomyocardial biopsy of intraventricular septum. Patients were classified as non-responders when their left-ventricular (LV) ejection fraction did not show more than 10% improvement at remote phase after biopsy. Fourteen patients were classified as responders, and eight as non-responders. Electron microscopy, quantitative PCR, and immunofluorescence studies were performed to explore the biological processes or molecules involved in failure to respond. In addition to studies with cardiac tissue specific knockout mice, we also conducted functional in-vitro studies with neonatal rat ventricular myocytes. Results Twenty-two patients with IDCM who underwent endomyocardial biopsy were enrolled in this study, including 14 responders and 8 non-responders. Transmission electron microscopy (EM) showed a significant reduction in mitochondrial size in cardiomyocytes of non-responders compared to responders. Quantitative PCR revealed that transcript of mitochondrial fusion protein, Mitofusin-1, was significantly reduced in non-responders. Studies with neonatal rat ventricular myocytes (NRVMs) indicated that the beta-1 adrenergic receptor-mediated signaling pathway negatively regulates Mitofusin-1 expression. Suppression of Mitofusin-1 resulted in a significant reduction in mitochondrial respiration of NRVMs. We generated left ventricular pressure overload model with thoracic aortic constriction (TAC) in cardiac specific Mitofusin-1 knockout model (c-Mfn1 KO). Systolic function was reduced in c-Mfn1 KO mice, and EM study showed an increase in dysfunctional mitochondria in the KO group subjected to TAC. Conclusions Mitofusin-1 becomes a biomarker for non-responders with heart failure. In addition, our results suggest that therapies targeting mitochondrial dynamics and homeostasis would become next generation therapy for severe heart failure patients. Funding Acknowledgement Type of funding source: None

Levosimendan reduces plasma B-type natriuretic peptide and interleukin 6, and improves central hemodynamics in severe heart failure patients

2005 ◽  
Vol 99 (3) ◽  
pp. 409-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stamos Kyrzopoulos ◽  
Stamatis Adamopoulos ◽  
John T. Parissis ◽  
John Rassias ◽  
George Kostakis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Natriuretic Peptide ◽  
Interleukin 6 ◽  
Severe Heart Failure ◽  
Central Hemodynamics ◽  
Heart Failure Patients

Renal Effects of Added Low-dose Dopamine in Acute Heart Failure Patients With Diuretic Resistance to Natriuretic Peptide

2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 282-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masataka Kamiya ◽  
Naoki Sato ◽  
Ayaka Nozaki ◽  
Mai Akiya ◽  
Hirotake Okazaki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Acute Heart Failure ◽  
Natriuretic Peptide ◽  
Low Dose ◽  
Diuretic Resistance ◽  
Renal Effects ◽  
Heart Failure Patients

Abstract 375: Mechanotransduction via Titin’s N2B Element Contributes to Cardiac Remodeling

2015 ◽  
Vol 117 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathew Bull ◽  
Pooja Nair ◽  
Joshua Strom ◽  
Michael Gotthardt ◽  
Henk Granzier
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Cardiac Remodeling ◽  
Mapk Pathway ◽  
Hot Spot ◽  
Pressure Overload ◽  
Volume Overload ◽  
Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase ◽  
Stress And Strain ◽  
Knock Out ◽  
Voluntary Running

Pathological remodeling is responsible for the functional deficits characteristic of heart failure patients. Understanding mechanotransduction is limited, but holds potential to provide novel therapeutic targets to treat patients with heart failure, especially those with diastolic dysfunction and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Titin is the largest known protein and is abundant in muscle. It is the main contributor of passive stiffness in the heart and functions as a molecular mechano-sensor for stress and strain in the myocyte. Titin is composed of four distinct regions, (N-terminal Z-line, I-band, A-band, and C-terminal M-line), and acts as a molecular spring that is responsible for the assembly and maintenance of ultrastructure in the sarcomere. The elastic N2B element found in titin’s I-band region has been proposed as a mechano-sensor and signaling “hot spot” in the sarcomere. This study investigates the role of titin’s cardiac specific N2B element as sensor for stress and strain induced remodeling in the heart. The previously published N2B knock out (KO) mouse was subjected to a variety of stressors including transverse aortic constriction (TAC), aorto-caval fistula (ACF), chronic swimming, voluntary running and isoproterenol injections. Through chronic pathologic stress, pressure overload (TAC) and chronic volume overload (ACF), we found that the N2B element is necessary for the response to volume overload but not pressure overload as determined by changes in cardiac remodeling. Furthermore, the response to exercise either by chronic swimming or voluntary running was reduced in the N2B KO mouse. Finally, unlike the wild-type (WT) mouse, the N2B KO mouse did not respond to isoproterenol injections with hypertrophic remodeling. Ongoing work to elucidate the molecular pathways involving the N2B element and response to stress, is focused on its binding protein Four-and-a-half-LIM domains 2 (FHL2) and the mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway. Taken together our data suggest that the N2B element contributes significantly to mechanotransduction in the heart.

Abstract 2423: B-type Natriuretic Peptide Upregulates Erythropoietin Receptor Gene Expression via Protein Kinase G in Heart Failure

Circulation ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 118 (suppl_18) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshiaki Ohyama ◽  
Toru Tanaka ◽  
Takehisa Shimizu ◽  
Hiroshi Doi ◽  
Norimichi Koitabashi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Heart Failure ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Cardiac Myocytes ◽  
Natriuretic Peptide ◽  
Neonatal Rat ◽  
Mrna Levels ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Failing Heart ◽  
Epor Expression

Backgroud: Recent studies demonstrated non-hematopoietical effects of Erythropoietin (Epo) and its receptor (EpoR) in a variety of tissues including cardiovascular system. Epo treatment improves cardiac function in patients with heart failure and reduces infarct size after ischemia/reperfusion injury in the heart. However, little attention has been paid for the endogenous regulatory mechanisms regulating EpoR expression. In this study, we hypothesize that B-type natriuretic peptide upregulates EpoR gene expression in failing heart. Methods and Results: Wister rats underwent transverse aortic constriction surgery to induce hypertrophy. RT-PCR analyses of those rats showed that EpoR mRNA levels were increased in the left ventricle and positively correlated with the levels of BNP mRNA (n=10, r=0.67, p<0.05). Next we examined the expression of EpoR in human failing heart by using autopsy specimens and found that EpoR mRNA levels were significantly elevated in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy compared with those in normal heart. Immunohistochemistry of endomyocardial biopsy specimens of failing heart (n=54) showed that EpoR mRNA levels were correlated with severity of cardiac dysfunction estimated by diameter of cardiac chambers, pathomorphology, serum BNP concentration and functional class of New York Heart Association. Interestingly, stimulation of cultured neonatal rat cardiac myocytes with BNP, but not with hypertrophic reagents including endothelin I, angiotensin II and norepinephrine, significantly increased the EpoR mRNA levels in a time-dependent manner. Overexpression of cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG) increased EpoR transcript in cultured cardiac myocytes. BNP-induced EpoR expression was abrogated in the presence of KT5823, a specific inhibitor for PKG. Conclusion: These results suggest a role for BNP in mediating an induction of EpoR expression in failing myocardium and indicate that the cardiac EpoR gene is a target of cGMP/PKG signaling.

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