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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-12-12
pubmed:abstractText
The Ras-like Rab GTPases regulate vesicle transport in endocytosis and exocytosis. We found that cardiac Rabs1, 4, and 6 are upregulated in a dilated cardiomyopathy model overexpressing beta(2)-adrenergic receptors. To determine if increased Rab GTPase expression can contribute to cardiomyopathy, we transgenically overexpressed in mouse hearts prototypical Rab1a, the small G protein that regulates vesicle transport from endoplasmic reticulum to and through Golgi. In multiple independent mouse lines, Rab1a overexpression caused cardiac hypertrophy that progressed in a time- and transgene dose-dependent manner to heart failure. Isolated cardiac myocytes were hypertrophied and exhibited contractile depression with impaired calcium reuptake. Ultrastructural analysis revealed enlarged Golgi stacks and increased transitional vesicles in ventricular myocytes, with increased secretory atrial natriuretic peptide granules and degenerative myelin figures in atrial myocytes; immunogold studies localized Rab1a to these abnormal vesicular structures. A survey of hypertrophy signaling molecules revealed increased protein kinase C (PKC) alpha and delta, and confocal microscopy showed abnormal subcellular distribution of PKCalpha in Rab1a transgenics. These results indicate that increased expression of Rab1 GTPase in myocardium distorts subcellular localization of proteins and is sufficient to cause cardiac hypertrophy and failure.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1524-4571
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
89
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1130-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11739277-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11739277-Blotting, Southern, pubmed-meshheading:11739277-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:11739277-Calcium Channels, L-Type, pubmed-meshheading:11739277-Cardiomyopathies, pubmed-meshheading:11739277-Cell Size, pubmed-meshheading:11739277-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:11739277-Disease Progression, pubmed-meshheading:11739277-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:11739277-Guanine Nucleotide Dissociation Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:11739277-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11739277-Isoenzymes, pubmed-meshheading:11739277-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11739277-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:11739277-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:11739277-Organelles, pubmed-meshheading:11739277-Patch-Clamp Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:11739277-Protein Kinase C, pubmed-meshheading:11739277-Protein Transport, pubmed-meshheading:11739277-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11739277-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:11739277-Species Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:11739277-Transgenes, pubmed-meshheading:11739277-Up-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:11739277-rab GTP-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11739277-rab1 GTP-Binding Proteins
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Increased myocardial Rab GTPase expression: a consequence and cause of cardiomyopathy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.