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- Title
Suppression of endothelin-1-induced cardiac myocyte hypertrophy by PPAR agonists: role of diacylglycerol kinase zeta.
- Authors
Huang, Yingsu; Zhang, Haining; Shao, Zongjun; O'Hara, Kimberley A.; Kopilas, Melanie A.; Yu, Liping; Netticadan, Thomas; Anderson, Hope D.
- Abstract
Aims Ligand activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) prevents cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, but the underlying signalling mechanisms remain unknown. We previously reported that the anti-hypertrophic effect of the dietary polyunsaturated fatty acid, conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), was associated with the upregulation of diacylglycerol (DAG) kinase (DGK). DGK catalyses phosphorylative conversion/attenuation of DAG, thereby modulating protein kinase C (PKC) and G-protein signalling. As the anti-hypertrophic effects of CLA were attenuated by inhibitors of PPARs, the present aim was to investigate the involvement of DGK in the anti-hypertrophic actions of bona fide selective PPAR agonists. Methods and results Endothelin-1 (ET1)-induced hypertrophy of neonatal, and then adult, Sprague–Dawley rat cardiomyocytes served as experimental paradigms. Expression of DGKζ, the predominant DGK isoform in myocytes, was stimulated by ligands of PPARγ (troglitazone) or PPARα (fenofibrate) and was accompanied by increased DGK activity. Troglitazone or fenofibrate prevented hypertrophic indicators elicited by ET1, including myocyte size augmentation, de novo protein synthesis, hypertrophic gene expression, and activation of the pro-hypertrophic signal, PKCɛ. shRNA knockdown of DGKζ abolished the growth-inhibitory effects of PPARs and restored all ET1-induced aspects of hypertrophy. Importantly, the involvement of DGK in the ability of troglitazone and fenofibrate to block ET1-induced hypertrophy and PKCɛ signalling was verified in adult rat myocytes. Conclusion Collectively, these findings show that the anti-hypertrophic actions of PPARs require DGKζ. Thus, within the cardiomyocyte, there exists a PPAR-DGK signalling axis that underpins the ability of PPAR ligands to inhibit ET1-dependent hypertrophy.
- Subjects
ENDOTHELINS; CARDIAC hypertrophy; HEART cells; LIGANDS (Biochemistry); ENZYME activation; NUCLEAR receptors (Biochemistry); ENZYME inhibitors; GENE expression
- Publication
Cardiovascular Research, 2011, Vol 90, Issue 2, p267
- ISSN
0008-6363
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/cvr/cvq401