Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9882188 | Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics | 2005 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
αB-crystallin is the most abundant low-molecular-weight heat shock protein in heart and recent studies have demonstrated that it plays a cardioprotective role during myocardial infarction both in vivo and in vitro. On the other hand, platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), a potent serum mitogen, has been reported to improve cardiac function after myocardial infarction. In the present study, using a mouse myocardial infarction model, we investigated whether αB-crystallin is phosphorylated during myocardial infarction and the implication of PDGF-BB. Phosphorylation of αB-crystallin at Ser-59 was time dependently induced and plasma PDGF-BB levels were concomitantly increased. Moreover, PDGF-BB-stimulated phosphorylation of αB-crystallin was suppressed by SB203580, a specific inhibitor of p38 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase, in primary cultured cardiac myocytes. Our results indicate that PDGF-BB induces phosphorylation of αB-crystallin via p38 MAP kinase during myocardial infarction.
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En Shu, Hiroyuki Matsuno, Shigeru Akamastu, Yosuke Kanno, Hidetaka Suga, Keiichi Nakajima, Akira Ishisaki, Shinji Takai, Kanefusa Kato, Yasuo Kitajima, Osamu Kozawa,