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Cardiac Overexpression of a Gq Inhibitor Blocks Induction of Extracellular Signal–Regulated Kinase and c-Jun NH2-Terminal Kinase Activity in In Vivo Pressure Overload

Giovanni Esposito, MD; Sathyamangla V. Naga Prasad, PhD; Antonio Rapacciuolo, MD; Lan Mao, MD; Walter J. Koch, PhD; Howard A. Rockman, MD

From the Department of Medicine and Cell Biology (G.E., S.V.N.P., A.R., L.M., H.A.R.) and the Department of Surgery (W.J.K.), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.

Correspondence to Howard A. Rockman, MD, Department of Medicine and Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, DUMC 3104, Durham, NC, 27710. E-mail h.rockman{at}duke.edu

Background—Understanding the cellular signals that initiate cardiac hypertrophy is of critical importance in identifying the pathways that mediate heart failure. The family of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), including the extracellular signal–regulated kinases (ERKs), c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK), and p38 MAPKs, may play specific roles in myocardial growth and function.

Methods and Results—To determine the mechanism of activation of MAPK pathways during the development of cardiac hypertrophy, we evaluated the induction of MAPK activity after aortic constriction in wild-type and in 2 types of cardiac gene-targeted mice: one overexpressing a carboxyl-terminal peptide of G{alpha}q that inhibits Gq-mediated signaling (TG GqI mouse) and another overexpressing a carboxyl-terminal peptide of ß-adrenergic receptor kinase-1 that inhibits {gamma} signaling (TG ßARKct mouse). Wild-type mice with pressure overload showed an acute induction of JNK, followed by the induction of p38/p38ß at 3 days and ERK at 7 days. Both JNK and p38 activity remained elevated at 7 days after banding. In TG GqI mice, hypertrophy was significantly attenuated, and induction of ERK and JNK activity was abolished, whereas the induction of p38 and p38ß was robust, but delayed. By contrast, all 3 MAPK pathways were activated by aortic constriction in the TG ßARKct hearts, suggesting a role for G{alpha}q, but not Gß{gamma}.

Conclusions—Taken together, these data show that the induction of ERK and JNK activity in in vivo pressure-overload hypertrophy is mediated through the stimulation of Gq-coupled receptors and that non–Gq-mediated pathways are recruited to activate p38 and p38ß.


Key Words: receptors • kinases • genes • hypertrophy




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