title: Tumor necrosis factor-alpha-induced expression of heat shock protein 72 in adult feline cardiac myocytes.
abstract: Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is a proinflammatory cytokine that is elaborated in a myriad of cardiac disease states. Although the biological role for TNF-alpha in the adult heart is not known, a recent study in fetal myocardial cells has shown that this cytokine increases the synthesis of low-molecular-weight stress proteins. These findings suggested the interesting possibility that TNF-alpha might play a functional role in the adult heart by increasing the expression of stress proteins in cardiac myocytes. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to determine whether TNF-alpha would modulate the expression of heat shock protein 72 (HSP 72), a stress protein that is thought to exert protective effects in the adult heart. Stimulation of adult feline cardiac myocytes with a range of TNF-alpha concentrations (10-1,000 U/ml) for 12 h showed that concentrations of TNF-alpha < or = 10 U/ml had no effect on HSP 72 expression: increased HSP 72 expression was detected 3 h following cytokine stimulation, peaked by approximately 12 h, and then returned toward baseline by 48 h. Additional studies indicated that stimulation of the type 1 TNF receptor was responsible for the increase in HSP 72 expression. In summary, these studies constitute the initial demonstration that TNF-alpha exerts concentration- and time-dependent effects on the expression of HSP 72 in the adult mammalian cardiac myocytes, thus suggesting the interesting possibility that the elaboration of TNF-alpha may enable the heart to better withstand certain forms of stress.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Knowlton
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lesslauer
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Mann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D050884:HSP72 Heat-Shock Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D007158:Immunologic Techniques; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D013997:Time Factors; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D050884:HSP72 Heat-Shock Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase