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- Title
Ablation of junctin or triadin is associated with increased cardiac injury following ischaemia/reperfusion.
- Authors
Cai, Wen-Feng; Pritchard, Tracy; Florea, Stela; Lam, Chi-Kueng; Han, Peidong; Zhou, Xiaoyang; Yuan, Qunying; Lehnart, Stephan E.; Allen, Paul D.; Kranias, Evangelia G.
- Abstract
Aims Junctin and triadin are calsequestrin-binding proteins that regulate sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ release by interacting with the ryanodine receptor. The levels of these proteins are significantly down-regulated in failing human hearts. However, the significance of such decreases is currently unknown. Here, we addressed the functional role of these accessory proteins in the heart's responses to ischaemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. Methods and results Isolated mouse hearts were subjected to global I/R, and contractile parameters were assessed in wild-type (WT), junctin-knockout (JKO), and triadin-knockout (TKO) hearts. Both JKO and TKO were associated with significantly depressed post-I/R contractile recovery. However, ablation of triadin resulted in the most severe post-I/R phenotype. The additional contractile impairment of TKO hearts was not related to a mitochondrial death pathway, but attributed to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-mediated apoptosis. Activation of the X-box-binding protein-1 and transcriptional up-regulation of C/EBP-homologous protein (CHOP) provided a molecular mechanism of caspase-12-dependent apoptosis in myocytes. In addition, elevation of cytosolic Ca2+ during reperfusion was associated with the activation of calpain proteases and troponin I breakdown. Accordingly, treatment with the calpain inhibitor MDL-28170 significantly ameliorated post-I/R impairment of contractile recovery in intact hearts. Conclusion These findings indicate that deficiency of either junctin or triadin impairs the contractile recovery in post-ischaemic hearts, which appears to be primarily attributed to increased ER stress and activation of calpain.
- Subjects
HEART injuries; HUMAN genes; ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL reperfusion; CALSEQUESTRIN; CARRIER proteins; SARCOPLASMIC reticulum; REPERFUSION injury
- Publication
Cardiovascular Research, 2012, Vol 94, Issue 2, p333
- ISSN
0008-6363
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/cvr/cvs119