Reoxygenation after severe hypoxia induces cardiomyocyte hypertrophy in vitro: activation of CREB downstream of GSK3beta

Item Type:	Article
Title:	Reoxygenation after severe hypoxia induces cardiomyocyte hypertrophy in vitro: activation of CREB downstream of GSK3beta
Creators Name:	El Jamali, A. and Freund, C. and Rechner, C. and Scheidereit, C. and Dietz, R. and Bergmann, M.W.
Abstract:	In vivo, left ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction involves hypertrophy generally attributed to increased cardiac workload. We hypothesized that hypoxia/reoxygenation directly induces cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and studied several participating kinases and transcription factors in isolated cardiomyocytes. Hypoxia for 6 h followed by 42 h reoxygenation induced cardiomyocyte hypertrophy assessed by 3H leucine incorporation and immunohistochemistry. Inhibition of reactive oxygen species (ROS), serine/threonine kinase AKT, and ERK abolished reoxygenation-induced hypertrophy. In addition, a {beta}2-adrenergic receptor ({beta}2-AR) antagonist, as well as Gi inhibitor pertussis toxin, blocked reoxygenation-induced hypertrophy. Hypoxia for 6 h increased transcription factors CREB, NF-{kappa}B, and GATA DNA binding activities. However, only CREB DNA-binding was sustained during reoxygenation. Inhibition of PI3-kinase, ERK, and PKA abrogated reoxygenation-induced CREB DNA-binding without affecting CREB serine-133 phosphorylation. These same pathways were found to regulate hypoxia/reoxygenation-induced GSK3beta kinase activity and CREB serine-129 de-phosphorylation. GSK3{beta} mutants resistant to phosphorylation blocked the stimulation of CRE-dependent transcription induced by hypoxia/reoxygenation. Transfection of cardiomyocytes with a dominant-negative mutant of CREB abrogated hypoxia/reoxygenation-induced hypertrophy. We suggest that hypoxia/reoxygenation induces cardiomyocyte hypertrophy through CREB activation. Inactivation of GSK3{beta} by hypoxia/reoxygenation, possibly integrating PI3-kinase and ERK pathways downstream of {beta}2-AR and ROS, is a prerequisite for CRE-dependent transcription. Transient hypoxia may contribute to cardiac hypertrophy in ischemic heart disease independent of cardiac workload.
Keywords:	Cardiac Hypertrophy, Heart Failure, CRE-dependent transcription, Animals, Rats
Source:	FASEB Journal
ISSN:	0892-6638
Publisher:	Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Volume:	18
Number:	10
Page Range:	1096-1098
Date:	1 January 2004
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.03-1054fje
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