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Catestatin Exerts Direct Protective Effects on Rat Cardiomyocytes Undergoing Ischemia/Reperfusion by Stimulating PI3K-Akt-GSK3β Pathway and Preserving Mitochondrial Membrane Potential
Catestatin (Cst) is a 21-amino acid peptide deriving from Chromogranin A. Cst exerts an overall protective effect against an excessive sympathetic stimulation of cardiovascular system, being able to antagonize catecholamine secretion and to reduce their positive inotropic effect, by stimulating the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4361546/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25774921 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119790 |
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author | Bassino, Eleonora Fornero, Sara Gallo, Maria Pia Gallina, Clara Femminò, Saveria Levi, Renzo Tota, Bruno Alloatti, Giuseppe |
author_facet | Bassino, Eleonora Fornero, Sara Gallo, Maria Pia Gallina, Clara Femminò, Saveria Levi, Renzo Tota, Bruno Alloatti, Giuseppe |
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description | Catestatin (Cst) is a 21-amino acid peptide deriving from Chromogranin A. Cst exerts an overall protective effect against an excessive sympathetic stimulation of cardiovascular system, being able to antagonize catecholamine secretion and to reduce their positive inotropic effect, by stimulating the release of nitric oxide (NO) from endothelial cells. Moreover, Cst reduces ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury, improving post-ischemic cardiac function and cardiomyocyte survival. To define the cardioprotective signaling pathways activated by Cst (5 nM) we used isolated adult rat cardiomyocytes undergoing simulated I/R. We evaluated cell viability rate with propidium iodide labeling and mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) with the fluorescent probe JC-1. The involvement of Akt, GSK3β, eNOS and phospholamban (PLN) cascade was studied by immunofluorescence. The role of PI3K-Akt/NO/cGMP pathway was also investigated by using the pharmacological blockers wortmannin (Wm), L-NMMA and ODQ. Our experiments revealed that Cst increased cell viability rate by 65% and reduced cell contracture in I/R cardiomyocytes. Wm, L-NMMA and ODQ limited the protective effect of Cst. The protective outcome of Cst was related to its ability to maintain MMP and to increase Akt(Ser473), GSK3β(Ser9), PLN(Thr17) and eNOS(Ser1179) phosphorylation, while treatment with Wm abolished these effects. Thus, the present results show that Cst is able to exert a direct action on cardiomyocytes and give new insights into the molecular mechanisms involved in its protective effect, highlighting the PI3K/NO/cGMP pathway as the trigger and the MMP preservation as the end point of its action. |
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spelling | pubmed-43615462015-03-23 Catestatin Exerts Direct Protective Effects on Rat Cardiomyocytes Undergoing Ischemia/Reperfusion by Stimulating PI3K-Akt-GSK3β Pathway and Preserving Mitochondrial Membrane Potential Bassino, Eleonora Fornero, Sara Gallo, Maria Pia Gallina, Clara Femminò, Saveria Levi, Renzo Tota, Bruno Alloatti, Giuseppe PLoS One Research Article Catestatin (Cst) is a 21-amino acid peptide deriving from Chromogranin A. Cst exerts an overall protective effect against an excessive sympathetic stimulation of cardiovascular system, being able to antagonize catecholamine secretion and to reduce their positive inotropic effect, by stimulating the release of nitric oxide (NO) from endothelial cells. Moreover, Cst reduces ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury, improving post-ischemic cardiac function and cardiomyocyte survival. To define the cardioprotective signaling pathways activated by Cst (5 nM) we used isolated adult rat cardiomyocytes undergoing simulated I/R. We evaluated cell viability rate with propidium iodide labeling and mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) with the fluorescent probe JC-1. The involvement of Akt, GSK3β, eNOS and phospholamban (PLN) cascade was studied by immunofluorescence. The role of PI3K-Akt/NO/cGMP pathway was also investigated by using the pharmacological blockers wortmannin (Wm), L-NMMA and ODQ. Our experiments revealed that Cst increased cell viability rate by 65% and reduced cell contracture in I/R cardiomyocytes. Wm, L-NMMA and ODQ limited the protective effect of Cst. The protective outcome of Cst was related to its ability to maintain MMP and to increase Akt(Ser473), GSK3β(Ser9), PLN(Thr17) and eNOS(Ser1179) phosphorylation, while treatment with Wm abolished these effects. Thus, the present results show that Cst is able to exert a direct action on cardiomyocytes and give new insights into the molecular mechanisms involved in its protective effect, highlighting the PI3K/NO/cGMP pathway as the trigger and the MMP preservation as the end point of its action. Public Library of Science 2015-03-16 /pmc/articles/PMC4361546/ /pubmed/25774921 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119790 Text en © 2015 Bassino et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Bassino, Eleonora Fornero, Sara Gallo, Maria Pia Gallina, Clara Femminò, Saveria Levi, Renzo Tota, Bruno Alloatti, Giuseppe Catestatin Exerts Direct Protective Effects on Rat Cardiomyocytes Undergoing Ischemia/Reperfusion by Stimulating PI3K-Akt-GSK3β Pathway and Preserving Mitochondrial Membrane Potential |
title | Catestatin Exerts Direct Protective Effects on Rat Cardiomyocytes Undergoing Ischemia/Reperfusion by Stimulating PI3K-Akt-GSK3β Pathway and Preserving Mitochondrial Membrane Potential |
title_full | Catestatin Exerts Direct Protective Effects on Rat Cardiomyocytes Undergoing Ischemia/Reperfusion by Stimulating PI3K-Akt-GSK3β Pathway and Preserving Mitochondrial Membrane Potential |
title_fullStr | Catestatin Exerts Direct Protective Effects on Rat Cardiomyocytes Undergoing Ischemia/Reperfusion by Stimulating PI3K-Akt-GSK3β Pathway and Preserving Mitochondrial Membrane Potential |
title_full_unstemmed | Catestatin Exerts Direct Protective Effects on Rat Cardiomyocytes Undergoing Ischemia/Reperfusion by Stimulating PI3K-Akt-GSK3β Pathway and Preserving Mitochondrial Membrane Potential |
title_short | Catestatin Exerts Direct Protective Effects on Rat Cardiomyocytes Undergoing Ischemia/Reperfusion by Stimulating PI3K-Akt-GSK3β Pathway and Preserving Mitochondrial Membrane Potential |
title_sort | catestatin exerts direct protective effects on rat cardiomyocytes undergoing ischemia/reperfusion by stimulating pi3k-akt-gsk3β pathway and preserving mitochondrial membrane potential |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4361546/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25774921 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119790 |
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