title: Pim-1 mediated signaling during the process of cardiac remodeling following myocardial infarction in ovine hearts.
abstract: The serine/threonine kinase Pim-1 was recently identified as a cardiomyocyte survival regulator downstream of Akt. The present study aims to examine Pim-1 activity and its association with the post MI remodeling myocardium in a clinically relevant large animal model. Apical myocardial infarction of approximately 25% left ventricular mass was created in an ovine model. Regional post-infarction deformation of the left ventricle was monitored by sonomicrometry and quantified using areal remodeling strain (i.e., areal expansion). Myocardial tissues were harvested at 12weeks from the adjacent and remote regions of the infarct for analysis of Pim-1 mediated survival signaling proteins as well as apoptotic activity. The cDNA coding sequences of two ovine Pim-1 kinase isoforms, 44 and 33kDa, were identified. Both isoforms were detected in heart tissue and the overall Pim-1 expression was found to be tightly controlled at multiple molecular levels. Pim-1 as well as the Pim-1 mediated survival signaling proteins Bcl-2, Bcl-xL, and phospho-Bad (Ser112) were upregulated in the adjacent region at 12weeks post-infarction and their expression correlated positively with the degree of the remodeling, which was accompanied by significant upregulations of the PP2A/BAD mediated apoptotic signaling proteins. However these upregulations were imbalanced, such that p-BAD (Ser112)/BAD decreased in the adjacent region of the infarcted hearts. Apoptotic activity also increased with remodeling strain. Despite an observed intrinsic upregulation of survival proteins, the imbalanced activation of apoptotic pathways resulted in evident apoptosis in the adjacent region.
  Pim-1 mediated survival signaling in myocardial tissues from infarcted ovine hearts was studied. It was shown that the adjacent region of the infarct experienced higher remodeling strain and exhibited increased levels of Pim-1 and related anti-apoptotic proteins. Despite this elevation of survival activity, however, the imbalanced activation of PP2A/BAD mediated apoptotic pathway resulted in evident apoptosis in the adjacent region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, PR China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Tieluo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Changfu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Gregory J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Bittle
authors.forename: Shengxi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zhongjun J
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Bartley P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Griffith
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000235:genetics; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000235:genetics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D051573:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-pim-1 / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012756:Sheep; D015398:Signal Transduction; D020257:Ventricular Remodeling
chemical_list: D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D051573:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-pim-1
keywords: Apoptosis; Cardioprotection; Myocardial infarction; Pim-1; Remodeling
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