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From the Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
Correspondence to Bradford C. Berk, MD, PhD, Cardiology Unit, Box 679, 601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, NY 14642. E-mail Bradford_Berk{at}urmc.rochester.edu
Key Words: ischemia/reperfusion mitogen-activated protein kinase apoptosis cardiomyocyte
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Myocyte loss during the acute stage of myocardial infarction involves both apoptotic and necrotic cell death.2 3 4 Therefore, it is reasonable to think that the balance of cell survival and death is critical during the pathological evolution of postischemic cardiac dysfunction. Recently, many scientists seeking to elucidate the intricate relationship between signal transduction and this balance of survival and death in ischemic myocardium have focused on MAP kinases.
| MAP Kinases |
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and p38ß isoforms are found in the
heart.5 Recently, a fourth MAP kinase member, big MAPK-1
(BMK1, also known as ERK5), has been identified in cardiac tissue
(Figure
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| JNK and p38: Proapoptotic Bad Guys? |
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The role of p38 in myocyte apoptosis is puzzling because p38
can also mediate cardiac hypertrophy. One of the ways that
p38 can induce apoptosis is through its effect on cyclin D1
expression during cell cycle. It has been demonstrated that the
coexpression of MKK3 along with p38 inhibits mitogen-induced cyclin D1
expression.10 However, evidence implies a protective role
for p38 during ischemia: p38 phosphorylates
MAPKAPK2, which in turn phosphorylates
HSP27.11 Activation of this pathway is cytoprotective, and
overexpression of HSP27 confers protection against ischemia in
myocytes.12 13 Protection by ischemic
preconditioning also appears to be dependent on p38
activation,14 and direct activation of p38 and JNK by
anisomycin is cardioprotective.14 Activation of different
p38 isoforms may explain these findings; p38
may be
proapoptotic, whereas p38ß may be antiapoptotic in
rat neonatal ventricular myocytes.15 In
summary, the current data for p38 and JNK suggest multiple roles in
ischemia, reperfusion, preconditioning, and
hypertrophy. Defining their precise roles and interaction
will require cardiac-specific p38 and JNK knockout mice.
| ERK1 and BMK1: Antiapoptotic Good Guys? |
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In the study by Yue et al,1 the authors concluded that ERK1/ERK2 is important for myocyte survival in ischemic myocardium based on the effect of the MEK-1 inhibitor PD98059. However, the use of PD98059 as a selective MEK1/MEK2 inhibitor is not as safe as previously thought. Recently, this compound was found to inhibit the activation of BMK1 as well as ERK.22 MEK5 and BMK1 are highly expressed in cardiac myocytes.16 Importantly, BMK1 has also been proposed to be antiapoptotic based on results of MEK5 inhibition.23 MEK5-dependent BMK1 activation results in the phosphorylation of MEF2A and MEF2C, transcription factors that belong to the myocyte enhancer factor-2 (MEF2) family,24 which are important regulators of cardiac gene expression. Because BMK1 can also be activated in the ischemic myocardium,6 it will be necessary to evaluate the role of this MAP kinase in PD98059-induced survival.
| Apoptosis, Necrosis, and Cardiac Function |
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The present study challenges this concept because Yue et
al1 showed significant improvement of cardiac function
after global ischemia within only 1 hour of reperfusion using
SB203580, a p38 inhibitor. In a similar study the authors
also found that apoptosis could be detected after only 1 hour
of reperfusion, and this was reversed by SB203580.27 These
data would indicate that the improvement of cardiac function is
directly correlated with the prevention of apoptosis. However,
SB203580 also reduced infarction so that p38 may have other effects on
cardiac function unrelated to apoptosis. We propose that the
posttranslational effects of MAP kinases, such as
phosphorylation of NHE-1 and BAD, contribute to the
protective effects in early cardiac function recovery, perhaps to a
greater extent than alternations in gene expression and
apoptosis (Figure
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