title: Increased expression of HSP27 protects canine myocytes from simulated ischemia-reperfusion injury.
abstract: Previous studies have shown that adult rat myocytes can be protected from simulated ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury by small heat shock proteins (sHSPs). However, to date the cardioprotective effect of sHSPs has not been confirmed in adult myocytes from a large animal species. Left ventricular myocytes from adult dogs were cultured and infected with a replication-deficient adenovirus designed to increase expression of the human form of HSP27. The response to simulated I/R injury was compared using morphologic criteria. Virus-infected myocytes expressed two- to threefold more HSP27 and sustained less injury in response to simulated I/R than control cells (P < 0.001; paired t-test). Canine myocytes can be isolated, cultured, and induced to increase the expression of a foreign protein without significant effects on differentiation and/or viability. Increased expression of HSP27 provides significant protection from simulated I/R injury in adult canine myocytes. Determining the mechanism by which sHSPs protect from lethal cell injury will provide important new insights into the mechanism of irreversible cell injury in adult myocardium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, John D. Dingell Veterans Administration Medical Center and Wayne State University Medical School, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA. rvanderh@med.wayne.edu
authors.forename: Richard S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Vander Heide
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae; D000818:Animals; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods; D002470:Cell Survival; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D055551:HSP27 Heat-Shock Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D015428:Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D013997:Time Factors; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D055551:HSP27 Heat-Shock Proteins; C057725:HSPB1 protein, human; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins