title: Regulation of protein kinase C isozymes in volume overload cardiac hypertrophy.
abstract: Protein kinase C (PKC) is a family of at least 11 isozymes and known to play a crucial role in myocardial growth. The present study was performed to investigate whether PKC-isozymes are differentially regulated during the development of volume-overload cardiac hypertrophy. After 2, 7 and 30 days of sham or aortocaval shunt operation in male Wistar rats, PKC-activity and the expression of cardiac PKC-isozymes (PKC-alpha, delta and epsilon) were determined at the protein and at the mRNA-level in the left and the right ventricle separately. Myocardial hypertrophy after 2, 7 and 30 days of aortocaval shunt was more pronounced in the right than in the left ventricle. Right ventricular hypertrophy was associated with an increased PKC-enzyme activity, a selectively enhanced protein expression of cytosolic PKC-delta (day 7: +83 +/- 12%, day 30: +94 +/- 14%) and PKC-alpha (day 7: +48 +/- 11%, day 30: +62 +/- 16%) and a transcriptional upregulation of the absolute mRNA-levels of these PKC-isozymes in the aortocaval shunt group as compared to controls. In contrast, the expression of PKC-epsilon was unchanged. A significant upregulation of PKC-delta both on the protein and on the mRNA-level was also noted in volume-overload induced left ventricular hypertrophy, whereas the expression of PKC-alpha and PKC-epsilon were not altered. Furthermore, the expression of calcineurin in both ventricles was not significantly changed in response to volume-overload. This study characterizes in the left and right ventricle a differential regulation of the dominant PKC-isozymes in volume-overload cardiac hypertrophy both at the protein and at the mRNA-level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Medical Clinic II, University of Technology Dresden, Germany. martin.braun@mailbox.tu-dresden.de
authors.forename: Martin U
authors.initials: MU
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: LaRosée
authors.forename: Gregor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Simonis
authors.forename: Mathias M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Borst
authors.forename: Ruth H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Strasser
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002306:Cardiac Volume; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000201:enzymology*; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000502:physiology*; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000201:enzymology; D017380:Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / Q000201:enzymology; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics*; D051571:Protein Kinase C-alpha; D051745:Protein Kinase C-delta; D051744:Protein Kinase C-epsilon; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C497260:Prkcd protein, rat; C497257:Prkce protein, rat; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D051571:Protein Kinase C-alpha; D051745:Protein Kinase C-delta; D051744:Protein Kinase C-epsilon