scholarly journals Influence of ischemia/reperfusion and modulation of PI3K/Akt kinase pathway on matrix metalloproteinase-2 in rat hearts

2010 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Špániková ◽  
M. Ivanová ◽  
J. Matejíková ◽  
T. Ravingerová ◽  
M. Barančík
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 1276
Author(s):  
Monika Skrzypiec-Spring ◽  
Joanna Urbaniak ◽  
Agnieszka Sapa-Wojciechowska ◽  
Jadwiga Pietkiewicz ◽  
Alina Orda ◽  
...  

Matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP-2) is activated in hearts upon ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury and cleaves sarcomeric proteins. It was shown that carvedilol and nebivolol reduced the activity of different MMPs. Hence, we hypothesized that they could reduce MMPs activation in myocytes, and therefore, protect against cardiac contractile dysfunction related with IR injury. Isolated rat hearts were subjected to either control aerobic perfusion or IR injury: 25 min of aerobic perfusion, followed by 20 min global, no-flow ischemia, and reperfusion for 30 min. The effects of carvedilol, nebivolol, or metoprolol were evaluated in hearts subjected to IR injury. Cardiac mechanical function and MMP-2 activity in the heart homogenates and coronary effluent were assessed along with troponin I content in the former. Only carvedilol improved the recovery of mechanical function at the end of reperfusion compared to IR injury hearts. IR injury induced the activation and release of MMP-2 into the coronary effluent during reperfusion. MMP-2 activity in the coronary effluent increased in the IR injury group and this was prevented by carvedilol. Troponin I levels decreased by 73% in IR hearts and this was abolished by carvedilol. Conclusions: These data suggest that the cardioprotective effect of carvedilol in myocardial IR injury may be mediated by inhibiting MMP-2 activation.


2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Justyna Fert‐Bober ◽  
Hernando Leon ◽  
Jolanta Sawicka ◽  
Paul Basran ◽  
Richard Schulz ◽  
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2008 ◽  
Vol 103 (5) ◽  
pp. 431-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justyna Fert-Bober ◽  
Hernando Leon ◽  
Jolanta Sawicka ◽  
Rashpal S. Basran ◽  
Richard M. Devon ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 317 (3) ◽  
pp. C613-C625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyu Ren ◽  
Graham D. Lamb ◽  
Robyn M. Murphy

A substantial intracellular localization of matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP2) has been reported in cardiomyocytes, where it plays a role in the degradation of the contractile apparatus following ischemia-reperfusion injury. Whether MMP2 may have a similar function in skeletal muscle is unknown. This study determined that the absolute amount of MMP2 is similar in rat skeletal and cardiac muscle and human muscle (~10–18 nmol/kg muscle wet wt) but is ~50- to 100-fold less than the amount of calpain-1. We compared mechanically skinned muscle fibers, where the extracellular matrix (ECM) is completely removed, with intact fiber segments and found that ~30% of total MMP2 was associated with the ECM, whereas ~70% was inside the muscle fibers. Concordant with whole muscle fractionation, further separation of skinned fiber segments into cytosolic, membranous, and cytoskeletal and nuclear compartments indicated that ~57% of the intracellular MMP2 was freely diffusible, ~6% was associated with the membrane, and ~37% was bound within the fiber. Under native zymography conditions, only 10% of MMP2 became active upon prolonged (17 h) exposure to 20 μM Ca2+, a concentration that would fully activate calpain-1 in seconds to minutes; full activation of MMP2 would require ~1 mM Ca2+. Given the prevalence of intracellular MMP2 in skeletal muscle, it is necessary to investigate its function using physiological conditions, including isolation of any potential functional relevance of MMP2 from that of the abundant protease calpain-1.


2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (19) ◽  
pp. 6990
Author(s):  
Kamilla Gömöri ◽  
Tamara Szabados ◽  
Éva Kenyeres ◽  
Judit Pipis ◽  
Imre Földesi ◽  
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Background: We recently developed novel matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) inhibitor small molecules for cardioprotection against ischemia/reperfusion injury and validated their efficacy in ischemia/reperfusion injury in cardiac myocytes. The aim of the present study was to test our lead compounds for cardioprotection in vivo in a rat model of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the presence or absence of hypercholesterolemia, one of the major comorbidities affecting cardioprotection. Methods: Normocholesterolemic adult male Wistar rats were subjected to 30 min of coronary occlusion followed by 120 min of reperfusion to induce AMI. MMP inhibitors (MMPI)-1154 and -1260 at 0.3, 1, and 3 µmol/kg, MMPI-1248 at 1, 3, and 10 µmol/kg were administered at the 25th min of ischemia intravenously. In separate groups, hypercholesterolemia was induced by a 12-week diet (2% cholesterol, 0.25% cholic acid), then the rats were subjected to the same AMI protocol and single doses of the MMPIs that showed the most efficacy in normocholesterolemic animals were tested in the hypercholesterolemic animals. Infarct size/area at risk was assessed at the end of reperfusion in all groups by standard Evans blue and 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) staining, and myocardial microvascular obstruction (MVO) was determined by thioflavine-S staining. Results: MMPI-1154 at 1 µmol/kg, MMPI-1260 at 3 µmol/kg and ischemic preconditioning (IPC) as the positive control reduced infarct size significantly; however, this effect was not seen in hypercholesterolemic animals. MVO in hypercholesterolemic animals decreased by IPC only. Conclusions: This is the first demonstration that MMPI-1154 and MMPI-1260 showed a dose-dependent infarct size reduction in an in vivo rat AMI model; however, single doses that showed the most efficacy in normocholesterolemic animals were abolished by hypercholesterolemia. The further development of these promising cardioprotective MMPIs should be continued with different dose ranges in the study of hypercholesterolemia and other comorbidities.


Scientifica ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grzegorz Sawicki

Much is known regarding cardiac energy metabolism in ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. Under aerobic conditions, the heart prefers to metabolize fatty acids, which contribute to 60–80% of the required ATP. During ischemia, anaerobic glycolysis increases and becomes an important source of ATP for preservation of ion gradients. With reperfusion, fatty acid oxidation quickly recovers and again predominates as the major source of mitochondrial oxidative metabolism. Although a number of molecular mechanisms have been implicated in the development of I/R injury, their relative contributions remain to be determined. One such mechanism involves the proteolytic degradation of contractile proteins, such as troponin I (TnI), myosin heavy chain, titin, and the myosin light chains (MLC1 and MLC2) by matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2). However, very little is known about intracellular regulation of MMP-2 activity under physiological and pathological conditions. Greater understanding of the mechanisms that govern MMP-2 activity may lead to the development of new therapeutic strategies aimed at preservation of the contractile function of the heart subjected to myocardial infarction (MI) or I/R. This review discusses the intracellular mechanisms controlling MMP-2 activity and highlights a new intracellular therapeutic direction for the prevention and treatment of heart injury.


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