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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-2-12
pubmed:abstractText
Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) reportedly exerts beneficial effects on the heart following myocardial infarction and during nonischemic cardiomyopathy, but the precise mechanisms underlying the latter have not been well elucidated. We generated nonischemic cardiomyopathy in mice by injecting them with doxorubicin (15 mg/kg ip). Two weeks later, when cardiac dysfunction was apparent, an adenoviral vector encoding human HGF gene (Ad.CAG-HGF, 1x10(11) particles/mouse) was injected into the hindlimb muscles; LacZ gene served as the control. Left ventricular dilatation and dysfunction normally seen 4 wk after doxorubicin administration were significantly mitigated in HGF-treated mice, as were the associated cardiomyocyte atrophy/degeneration and myocardial fibrosis. Myocardial expression of GATA-4 and a sarcomeric protein, myosin heavy chain, was downregulated by doxorubicin, but the expression of both was restored by HGF treatment. The protective effect of HGF against doxorubicin-induced cardiomyocyte atrophy was confirmed in an in vitro experiment, which also showed that neither cardiomyocyte apoptosis nor proliferation plays significant roles in the present model. Upregulation of c-Met/HGF receptor was noted in HGF-treated hearts. Among the mediators downstream of c-Met, the activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) was reduced by doxorubicin, but the activity was restored by HGF. Levels of transforming growth factor-beta1 and cyclooxygenase-2 did not differ between the groups. Our findings suggest the HGF gene delivery exerts therapeutic antiatrophic/degenerative and antifibrotic effects on myocardium in cases of established cardiac dysfunction caused by doxorubicin. These beneficial effects appear to be related to HGF-induced ERK activation and upregulation of c-Met, GATA-4, and sarcomeric proteins.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0363-6135
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
294
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
H1048-57
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18083897-Adenoviridae, pubmed-meshheading:18083897-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18083897-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:18083897-Antibiotics, Antineoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:18083897-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:18083897-Cardiomyopathies, pubmed-meshheading:18083897-Cyclooxygenase 2, pubmed-meshheading:18083897-Doxorubicin, pubmed-meshheading:18083897-Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:18083897-GATA4 Transcription Factor, pubmed-meshheading:18083897-Genetic Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:18083897-Heart, pubmed-meshheading:18083897-Hepatocyte Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:18083897-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18083897-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:18083897-Immunoprecipitation, pubmed-meshheading:18083897-In Situ Nick-End Labeling, pubmed-meshheading:18083897-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:18083897-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:18083897-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:18083897-Myocytes, Cardiac, pubmed-meshheading:18083897-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:18083897-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Treatment with an adenoviral vector encoding hepatocyte growth factor mitigates established cardiac dysfunction in doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cardiology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1194, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article