Inhibition of myocardial TNF-alpha production by heat shock. A potential mechanism of stress-induced cardioprotection against postischemic dysfunction.
Overproduction of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) contributes to cardiac dysfunction associated with systemic or myocardial stress, such as endotoxemia and myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R). Heat shock has been demonstrated to enhance cardiac functional resistance to I/R. However, the protective mechanisms remain unclear. The purpose of this study was to determine: (1) whether cardiac macrophages express heat shock protein 72 (HSP72) after heat shock, (2) whether induced cardiac HSP72 suppresses myocardial TNF-alpha production during I/R, and (3) whether preservation of postischemic myocardial function by heat shock is correlated with attenuated TNF-alpha production during I/R. Rats were subjected to heat shock (42 degrees C for 15 min) and 24 h recovery. Immunoblotting confirmed the expression of cardiac HSP72. Immunofluorescent staining detected HSP72 in cardiac interstitial cells including resident macrophages rather than myocytes. Global I/R caused a significant increase in myocardial TNF-alpha. The increase in myocardial TNF-alpha was blunted by prior heat shock and the reduced myocardial TNF-alpha level was correlated with improved cardiac functional recovery. This study demonstrates for the first time that heat shock induces HSP72 in cardiac resident macrophages and inhibits myocardial TNF-alpha production during I/R. These observations suggest that inhibition of myocardial TNF-alpha production may be a mechanism by which HSP72 protects the heart against postischemic dysfunction.
Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262, USA.
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Meng
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Banerjee
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Meldrum
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Cain
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Shames
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Harken
D000818:Animals; D050884:HSP72 Heat-Shock Proteins; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015428:Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / Q000378:metabolism; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012769:Shock / Q000378:metabolism*; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*
D050884:HSP72 Heat-Shock Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha