title: Upregulation of leptin pathway correlates with abnormal expression of SERCA2a, phospholamban and the endothelin pathway in heart failure and reversal by CPU86017.
abstract: Emerging evidence indicates that leptin may be a potential new target in chronic heart failure (CHF) treatment. We hypothesized that hyperleptinemia may correlate with abnormal expression of SERCA2a, PLB (phospholamban), and the endothelin (ET) pathway in CHF. An activated ET pathway is involved in CHF that is suppressed by CPU86017 (p-chlorobenzyltetrahydroberberine chloride), a complex class III antiarrhythmic agent with an antioxidant effect. Thus, relief of CHF may be mediated by a reversal of abnormalities of the leptin system, the ET-reactive oxygen species (ROS) pathway, SERCA2a, and PLB by CPU86017. CHF was produced by coronary artery ligation for 6 weeks in rats. The rats were divided into 3 groups: sham, CHF untreated, and CHF+CPU86017 (4 mg/kg per day, s.c.). Hemodynamic changes, cardiac morphology, serum biochemistry, messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) and protein expression of the leptin pathway, ET pathway, and redox were measured. In CHF rats, hemodynamic abnormalities, cardiac remodeling, and histological changes with features of cardiac failure were associated with hyperlipidemia accompanied by oxidative stress and upregulated OB-Rb, ECE, pp-ET-1, ET(A)R, and ET(B)R mRNA expression in the myocardium. Protein expression of leptin and ET(A)R in the myocardium was markedly increased in CHF rats. An activated leptin pathway was associated with downregulation of SERCA2a and upregulation of PLB in mRNA and protein expression in CHF. CPU86017 downregulated the leptin system and reversed the above changes in the myocardium. An activated leptin pathway correlates with abnormal expression of SERCA2a and PLB and an activated ET-ROS system in the affected myocardium. The multi-ion-channel-blocking and antioxidative effects of CPU86017 downregulate the leptin pathway and ET system, resulting in reversal of the abnormalities of expression of SERCA2a and PLB and cardiac performance in CHF.
authors.affiliation: Research Division of Pharmacology, China Pharmaceutical University, 210009, Nangjing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Na
authors.forename: D Z
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: X Y
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dai
mesh_terms: D019883:Alkyl and Aryl Transferases / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases / Q000235:genetics; D001599:Berberine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D019332:Endothelin-1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000072396:Endothelin-Converting Enzymes; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood; D020738:Leptin / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000235:genetics; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin / Q000235:genetics; D053498:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017855:Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups) / Q000097:blood; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000187:drug effects; D020257:Ventricular Remodeling / Q000187:drug effects; D000099211:Phospholamban
chemical_list: D019883:Alkyl and Aryl Transferases; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D000975:Antioxidants; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases; D001599:Berberine; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D003402:Creatine Kinase; D019332:Endothelin-1; D000072396:Endothelin-Converting Enzymes; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D020738:Leptin; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin; D053498:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D017855:Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups); D000099211:Phospholamban; C400084:4-chlorobenzyltetrahydroberberine; C112459:geranylpyrophosphate olivetolate geranyltransferase; C106504:UDP-GlcNAc-undecaprenyl phosphate N-acetylglucosaminyl 1-phosphate transferase