Abstract:
:Rapamycin (Sirolimus®) is used to prevent rejection of transplanted organs and coronary restenosis. We reported that rapamycin induced cardioprotection against ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury through opening of mitochondrial K(ATP) channels. However, signaling mechanisms in rapamycin-induced cardioprotection are currently unknown. Considering that STAT3 is protective in the heart, we investigated the potential role of this transcription factor in rapamycin-induced protection against (I/R) injury. Adult male ICR mice were treated with rapamycin (0.25mg/kg, i.p.) or vehicle (DMSO) with/without inhibitor of JAK2 (AG-490) or STAT3 (stattic). One hour later, the hearts were subjected to I/R either in Langendorff mode or in situ ligation of left coronary artery. Additionally, primary murine cardiomyocytes were subjected to simulated ischemia-reoxygenation (SI/RO) injury in vitro. For in situ targeted knockdown of STAT3, lentiviral vector containing short hairpin RNA was injected into the left ventricle 3 weeks prior to initiating I/R injury. Infarct size, cardiac function, and cardiomyocyte necrosis and apoptosis were assessed. Rapamycin reduced infarct size, improved cardiac function following I/R, and limited cardiomyocyte necrosis as well as apoptosis following SI/RO which were blocked by AG-490 and stattic. In situ knock-down of STAT3 attenuated rapamycin-induced protection against I/R injury. Rapamycin triggered unique cardioprotective signaling including phosphorylation of ERK, STAT3, eNOS and glycogen synthase kinase-3ß in concert with increased prosurvival Bcl-2 to Bax ratio. Our data suggest that JAK2-STAT3 signaling plays an essential role in rapamycin-induced cardioprotection. We propose that rapamycin is a novel and clinically relevant pharmacological strategy to target STAT3 activation for treatment of myocardial infarction.
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J Mol Cell Cardioljournal_title
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiologyauthors
Das A,Salloum FN,Durrant D,Ockaili R,Kukreja RCdoi
10.1016/j.yjmcc.2012.09.007subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2012-12-01 00:00:00pages
858-69issue
6eissn
0022-2828issn
1095-8584pii
S0022-2828(12)00340-9journal_volume
53pub_type
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