SIRT1 mediates the protective function of Nkx2.5 during stress in cardiomyocytes

Autor: Zhen Xu, Hou-Zao Chen, Zhi-Gang She, Yun-Biao Lu, Jing Xu, Wei Zheng, Shu-ting Liang, Zhu-Qin Zhang, De-Pei Liu, Ruifeng Yang, Qing-Jun Zhang, Li Li, De-Long Hao, Yu-Sheng Wei, Jie Lu, Bei-Bei Mao
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Basic Research in Cardiology. 108
ISSN: 1435-1803
0300-8428
Popis: Nkx2.5 plays protective roles in cardiac homeostasis and survival in the postnatal hearts. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms that mediate the protective functions of Nkx2.5 remain unknown. Here, we showed that Nkx2.5 was downregulated in response to various stresses and was required for protection against the stress-induced apoptosis of cardiomyocytes. SIRT1, a member of the sirtuin family of proteins, was found to be a direct transcriptional target of Nkx2.5 and was required for the Nkx2.5-mediated protection of cardiomyocytes from doxorubicin (DOX)-induced apoptosis. Moreover, using chromatin immunoprecipitation assays, we found that Nkx2.5 was able to bind to the SIRT1 promoter and that this binding was significantly decreased in DOX-treated mouse hearts. Furthermore, the cardiac-specific overexpression of SIRT1 decreased the DOX-induced apoptosis of cardiomyocytes in SIRT1 transgenic mouse hearts compared with the hearts of their wild-type littermates. These findings demonstrate that SIRT1 acts as a direct transcriptional target of Nkx2.5 that maintains cardiomyocyte homeostasis and survival.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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