title: Protein kinase Cepsilon overexpression alters myofilament properties and composition during the progression of heart failure.
abstract: We report characterization of a transgenic mouse that overexpresses constitutively active protein kinase Cepsilon in the heart and slowly develops a dilated cardiomyopathy with failure. The hemodynamic, mechanical, and biochemical properties of these hearts demonstrate a series of temporal events that mark the progression of the disease. In the 3-month transgenic (TG) animals, contractile properties and gene expression measurements are normal, but an increase in myofibrillar Ca2+ sensitivity and thin filament protein phosphorylation is noted. At 6 months, there is a decrease in the myofibrillar Ca2+ sensitivity, a significant increase in beta-myosin heavy chain mRNA and protein, normal cardiac function, but a blunted response to an inotropic challenge. The transition at 9 months is especially interesting because age-related changes appear to contribute to the decline in function seen in the TG heart. At this point, there is a decline in baseline function and maximum tension produced by the myofibrils, which is coincident with the onset of atrial myosin light chain isoform re-expression in the ventricles. In the 12-month TG mice, there is clear hemodynamic and geometric evidence of failure. Alterations in the composition of the myofibrils persist but the phosphorylation of myosin light chain 2v is dramatically different at this age compared with all others. We interpret these data to implicate the disruption of the myofibrillar proteins and their interactions in the propagation of dilated cardiac disease.
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 S Wood St, M/C 715, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. pgolds@uic.edu
authors.forename: Paul H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Goldspink
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Montgomery
authors.forename: Lori A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: Dalia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Urboniene
authors.forename: Ronald D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: McKinney
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Geenen
authors.forename: R John
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Solaro
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Buttrick
mesh_terms: D008841:Actin Cytoskeleton / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000150:complications / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D018450:Disease Progression; D004280:Dobutamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004351:Drug Resistance / Q000235:genetics; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000209:etiology; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology; D018995:Myosin Heavy Chains / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D018994:Myosin Light Chains / Q000378:metabolism; D053495:Osteopontin; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D051744:Protein Kinase C-epsilon; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000502:physiology; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D018994:Myosin Light Chains; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins; C506896:Spp1 protein, mouse; D053495:Osteopontin; D004280:Dobutamine; C497256:Prkce protein, mouse; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D051744:Protein Kinase C-epsilon; D018995:Myosin Heavy Chains; D002118:Calcium