Enhanced susceptibility to biomechanical stress in ACE2 null mice is prevented by loss of the p47phox NADPH oxidase subunit

Autor: George C. Liu, Zamaneh Kassiri, Sreedhar Bodiga, Danny Guo, Wang Wang, Jennifer Lo, Josef M. Penninger, Steven M. Holland, James W. Scholey, Ratnadeep Basu, Gavin Y. Oudit, Jiu Chang Zhong
Rok vydání: 2011
Předmět:
Male
Time Factors
Physiology
Blood Pressure
medicine.disease_cause
Ventricular Function
Left

Mice
chemistry.chemical_compound
Superoxides
Phosphorylation
Mice
Knockout

Oxidase test
NADPH oxidase
Ventricular Remodeling
Superoxide
Angiotensin II
Extracellular Matrix
Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
hormones
hormone substitutes
and hormone antagonists

Cardiomyopathy
Dilated

medicine.medical_specialty
Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
Biology
Physiology (medical)
Internal medicine
medicine
Animals
Ventricular remodeling
Heart Failure
Pressure overload
Analysis of Variance
Myocardium
NADPH Oxidases
Original Articles
medicine.disease
Matrix Metalloproteinases
Peptide Fragments
Enzyme Activation
Mice
Inbred C57BL

Disease Models
Animal

Oxidative Stress
Endocrinology
chemistry
biology.protein
Stress
Mechanical

Angiotensin I
Oxidative stress
Zdroj: Cardiovascular Research. 91:151-161
ISSN: 1755-3245
0008-6363
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvr036
Popis: Aims Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is an important negative regulator of the renin-angiotensin system. Loss of ACE2 enhances the susceptibility to heart disease but the mechanism remains elusive. We hypothesized that ACE2 deficiency activates the NADPH oxidase system in pressure overload-induced heart failure. Methods and results Using the aortic constriction model, we subjected wild-type ( Ace2+/y ), ACE2 knockout (ACE2KO, Ace2−/y ), p47phox knockout (p47phoxKO, p47phox− /−), and ACE2/p47phox double KO mice to pressure overload. We examined changes in peptide levels, NADPH oxidase activity, gene expression, matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) activity, pathological signalling, and heart function. Loss of ACE2 resulted in enhanced susceptibility to biomechanical stress leading to eccentric remodelling, increased pathological hypertrophy, and worsening of systolic performance. Myocardial angiotensin II (Ang II) levels were increased, whereas Ang 1–7 levels were lowered. Activation of Ang II-stimulated signalling pathways in the ACE2-deficient myocardium was associated with increased expression and phosphorylation of p47phox, NADPH oxidase activity, and superoxide generation, leading to enhanced MMP-mediated degradation of the extracellular matrix. Additional loss of p47phox in the ACE2KO mice normalized the increased NADPH oxidase activity, superoxide production, and systolic dysfunction following pressure overload. Ang 1–7 supplementation suppressed the increased NADPH oxidase and rescued the early dilated cardiomyopathy in pressure-overloaded ACE2KO mice. Conclusion In the absence of ACE2, biomechanical stress triggers activation of the myocardial NAPDH oxidase system with a critical role of the p47phox subunit. Increased production of superoxide, activation of MMP, and pathological signalling leads to severe adverse myocardial remodelling and dysfunction in ACE2KO mice.
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