Abstract:
:The mechanisms responsible for myocardial dysfunction in the setting of sepsis remain undefined. Fas ligation with its cognate ligand (FasL) induces apoptosis and activates cellular inflammatory responses associated with tissue injury. We determined whether interruption of Fas/FasL interaction by cardiac-specific expression of soluble Fas (sFas), a competitive inhibitor of FasL, would improve myocardial dysfunction and inflammation in a lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced mouse model of sepsis. Wild-type (WT) and sFas transgenic mice were injected intraperitoneally with 10 mg/kg LPS or with an equivalent volume of saline. At 18 h after LPS administration, echocardiographic evaluation revealed a significant decrease in left ventricular fractional shortening in the WT mice, whereas the fractional shortening was preserved in the sFas mice. Activation of nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB) and the increase in the transcript levels of proinflammatory cytokines, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, interleukin (IL)-1beta, and IL-6 resulting from LPS treatment were attenuated in the myocardium of sFas mice. sFas expression also inhibited LPS-induced upregulation of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR-4) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), and formation of peroxynitrite in the myocardium. LPS-induced increase in caspase-3/7 activity and apoptotic cell death were suppressed in sFas mice compared with WT mice. LPS-induced lung injury and increase in lung water content were also significantly reduced in sFas mice. These data indicate that neutralization of FasL by expression of sFas significantly preserves cardiac function and reduces inflammatory responses in the heart, suggesting that Fas/FasL signaling pathway is important in mediating the deleterious effects of LPS on myocardial function.
journal_name
J Mol Cell Cardioljournal_title
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiologyauthors
Niu J,Azfer A,Kolattukudy PEdoi
10.1016/j.yjmcc.2007.09.016subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-01-01 00:00:00pages
160-9issue
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0022-2828issn
1095-8584pii
S0022-2828(07)01245-Xjournal_volume
44pub_type
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