Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10954617 | Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology | 2005 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
Angiotensin (Ang) II plays an important role in post-myocardial infarction (MI) cardiac remodeling. The Ang II type 1 (AT1) receptor which mediates most Ang II effects is upregulated on non-myocytes in the post-MI heart. We have shown that pro-inflammatory cytokines increase AT1 receptor density on cardiac fibroblasts through a mechanism involving NF-κB activation. This study examines the in vitro kinetics of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) induced AT1 receptor upregulation in neonatal rat cardiac fibroblasts and assesses temporal and spatial associations between the appearance of these agents and increased AT1 receptor density post-MI. The results show that IL-1β more rapidly induces AT1 receptor upregulation than does TNF-α, an effect that can be mimicked by a NF-κB-dependent luciferase reporter gene. Moreover, the effects of these pro-inflammatory cytokines are additive. Using immunohistochemistry in the post-MI rat heart we found strong temporal and spatial correlations between TNF-α, IL-1β and AT1 receptor proteins in the peri-infarction (PI) zone in fibroblasts and macrophages. Labeling intensity for the cytokines and the AT1 receptor increased from 1 to 7 days post-MI in the PI zone in conjunction with replacement scar formation. This labeling persisted in non-myocytes bordering the scar for up to 83 days post-MI. These findings suggest that IL-1β and TNF-α act coordinately to increase AT1 receptor density on non-myocytes in the post-MI heart and that this effect may contribute to extracellular matrix remodeling and fibrosis.
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Authors
Devorah Gurantz, Randy T. Cowling, Nissi Varki, Eduardo Frikovsky, Cristina D. Moore, Barry H. Greenberg,