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Passive Load and Angiotensin II Evoke Differential Responses of Gene Expression and Protein Synthesis in Cardiac Myocytes

Robert L. Kent, Paul J. McDermott

From the Gazes Cardiac Research Institute, Cardiology Division of the Department of Medicine; the Departments of Pharmacology and Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical University of South Carolina; and the Ralph H. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC.

Abstract This study introduced an improved model of loaded adult cardiocytes to address a proposed requirement for angiotensin II (Ang II) in the transduction pathway between load on the cardiac myocyte and its early anabolic responses of gene expression and acceleration of protein synthesis. The isolated cardiocytes were subjected to passive load by step increments of stretch and responded with proportional acceleration of protein synthesis in both adult and neonatal cardiocytes; this response was unaltered by 1 µmol/L [Sar1,Ile8]Ang II, an antagonist peptide to Ang II. Ang II from 1 nmol/L to 10 µmol/L did not increase protein synthesis after 4 hours in adult cardiocytes nor at 100 nmol/L in neonatal cardiocytes. However, 100 nmol/L Ang II did increase [3H]phenylalanine incorporation into neonatal cardiocyte protein over a 24-hour period by 10%, whereas passive load increased [3H]phenylalanine incorporation into protein by 30%, which was not blocked by [Sar1,Ile8]Ang II. Thus, the anabolic effect of load does not require Ang II to increase either 4-hour protein synthesis in both adult and neonatal cardiocytes or 24-hour [3H]phenylalanine incorporation into protein in neonatal cardiocytes. The genetic response of the cardiocyte to load was examined by assessing c-fos and Na+-Ca2+ exchanger mRNA levels, because these are rapidly expressed at the onset of cardiac pressure overload. The c-fos mRNA was increased fourfold within 1 hour after 100 nmol/L Ang II treatment of either adult or neonatal cardiocytes. This c-fos induction was blocked by [Sar1,Ile8]Ang II. One hour after loading of adult cardiocytes, induction of c-fos expression was increased threefold; this was also blocked by [Sar1,Ile8]Ang II. Thus, load-induced c-fos expression was Ang II dependent in adult cardiocytes. In contrast, exchanger mRNA levels were increased threefold 1 hour after loading of adult cardiocytes, but this increased expression was not blocked by [Sar1,Ile8]Ang II. For additional comparison, c-fos expression was induced by Ang II and phorbol myristate acetate, which did not induce exchanger expression; conversely, exchanger expression was induced by veratridine, which did not increase c-fos expression. Thus, separate c-fos and exchanger expression pathways can be differentiated in adult cardiocytes. This study demonstrated that Ang II is not required for load to initiate the anabolic processes of accelerated protein synthesis or enhanced Na+-Ca2+ exchanger gene expression in cardiocytes; however, load induced c-fos expression is Ang II dependent.


Key Words: angiotensin II • gene expression • protein synthesis • cardiac myocytes • cell culture




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