Involvement of mitogen-activated protein kinases in adriamycin-induced cardiomyopathy
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Abstract
The current study investigated the phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) as well as pro- and anti-apoptotic proteins in adriamycin (ADR)-induced cardiomyopathy (AIC) and heart failure in rats. Modulatory effects of antioxidant probucol on the activation of MAPKs were also examined. Male rats were administered with ADR (15 mg/kg body wt ip, over 2 wk) with and without probucol (120 mg/kg body wt for 4 wk ip). Hearts from these animals were studied at 1- to 24-h as well as at 3-wk posttreatment durations. In the 3-wk group, ADR depressed cardiac function, increased left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP), and caused dyspnea and mortality. These changes were prevented by probucol. Phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)1/2, in the early stage of AIC, showed a biphasic response, with a maximum increase to 513% seen at 4 h, followed by a decrease to 66.8% at 3 wk after the last injection of ADR. Phosphorylation of p38 and c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinases (JNKs) showed a steady increase through 2, 4, and 24 h and 3 wk (116% to 148%). In gene microarray analysis at 3 wk (heart failure stage), mRNA expression for both ERK1/2 and p38 kinases was decreased, whereas JNK mRNA was undetectable. Probucol completely prevented these MAPK changes. Activation of caspase-3 as well as the increase in the ratio of Bax to Bcl-xl were seen at early time points (1-24 h) as well as in the heart failure stage (3 wk). It is suggested that a transient increase in ERK1/2 at a shorter interval indicate an early adaptive response, and failure of this response corresponded with heart failure. In contrast, a gradual and persistent increase in p38 and JNK MAPKs as well as in caspase-3 and the Bax-to-Bcl-xl ratio may contribute in the initiation of apoptosis and progression of heart failure. Because probucol modulated changes in cellular signaling pathways and cardiac function, it is likely that oxidative stress plays a key role in AIC and heart failure.
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