title: Cerivastatin, a hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitor, inhibits cardiac myocyte hypertrophy induced by endothelin.
abstract: We investigated the direct effects of cerivastatin on hypertrophy of cultured rat neonatal myocytes induced by endothelin and the mechanism by which cerivastatin exerts its effects. Endothelin significantly increased [14C]phenylalanine ([14C]Phe) incorporation, atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) release, ANP mRNA expression and cell size. Cerivastatin significantly reduced the increase in [14C]phenylalanine incorporation, ANP peptide release, ANP mRNA expression and cell size induced by endothelin, but pravastatin did not. Exogenous mevalonate completely prevented the inhibitory effect of cerivastatin on [14C]phenylalanine incorporation, ANP release and cell size. Cotreatment with geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate also attenuated the effect of cerivastatin on [14C]phenylalanine incorporation, but cotreatment with farnesyl pyrophosphate or squalene did not. Furthermore, both Rho inhibitor C3 exoenzyme and Rho-dependent kinase inhibitor, (R)-(+)-trans-N-(4-pyridyl)-4-(1-aminoethyl)-cyclohexanecarboxamide.2HCl (Y27632) significantly decreased [14C]phenylalanine incorporation, ANP secretion, ANP mRNA expression and cell size. Cerivastatin decreased endothelin-induced Rho protein expression, and mevalonate and geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate reversed this effect. These results suggest that cerivastatin directly attenuates cardiac hypertrophy induced by endothelin in cultured rat myocytes partly by inhibition of the Rho pathway.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hypertension and Cardiorenal Medicine, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan. nishikim@dokkyomed.ac.jp
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishikimi
authors.forename: Kazuyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tadokoro
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yosuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Asakawa
authors.forename: Kazumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akimoto
authors.forename: Fumiki
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yoshihara
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Horio
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Minamino
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
mesh_terms: D036002:ADP Ribose Transferases / Q000494:pharmacology; D000577:Amides / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001905:Botulinum Toxins / Q000494:pharmacology; D048429:Cell Size / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D019332:Endothelin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008798:Mevalonic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D010649:Phenylalanine / Q000378:metabolism; D011106:Polyisoprenyl Phosphates / Q000494:pharmacology; D017035:Pravastatin / Q000494:pharmacology; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D020741:rho GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D054460:rho-Associated Kinases
chemical_list: D000577:Amides; D019332:Endothelin-1; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D011106:Polyisoprenyl Phosphates; D011725:Pyridines; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C108830:Y 27632; D010649:Phenylalanine; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; C086276:cerivastatin; D036002:ADP Ribose Transferases; C063007:exoenzyme C3, Clostridium botulinum; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D054460:rho-Associated Kinases; D001905:Botulinum Toxins; D020741:rho GTP-Binding Proteins; D017035:Pravastatin; C002963:geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate; D008798:Mevalonic Acid