Published online before print October 29, 2007, doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.692764
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(Circulation. 2007;116:2298-2306.)
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Molecular Cardiology |
Protease-Activated Receptor-1 Contributes to Cardiac Remodeling and Hypertrophy
From The Scripps Research Institute (R.P., M.T., N.M.), Department of Immunology, La Jolla, Calif; University of Washington (C.R.H., D.S., T.H.P., E.D.V.), Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Seattle, Wash; University of Rochester Medical Center (T.S., T.A.B., L.M.C., J.A., B.C.B.), Cardiovascular Research Institute, Rochester, New York; Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development, LLC (P.A.-G.), Spring House, Pa; and Institute of Pathology (M.K., T.L.), Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Correspondence to Nigel Mackman, PhD, The Scripps Research Institute, Department of Immunology, SP30-3040, 10550 N Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, CA 92037. E-mail nmackman{at}scripps.edu
Received January 25, 2007; accepted September 14, 2007.
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Background— Protease-activated receptor-1 (PAR-1) is the high-affinity receptor for the coagulation protease thrombin. It is expressed by a variety of cell types in the heart, including cardiomyocytes and cardiac fibroblasts. We have shown that tissue factor (TF) and thrombin contribute to infarct size after cardiac ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury. Moreover, in vitro studies have shown that PAR-1 signaling induces hypertrophy of cardiomyocytes and proliferation of cardiac fibroblasts. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the role of PAR-1 in infarction, cardiac remodeling, and hypertrophy after I/R injury. In addition, we analyzed the effect of overexpression of PAR-1 on cardiomyocytes.
Methods and Results— We found that PAR-1 deficiency reduced dilation of the left ventricle and reduced impairment of left ventricular function 2 weeks after I/R injury. Activation of ERK1/2 was increased in injured PAR-1–/– mice compared with wild-type mice; however, PAR-1 deficiency did not affect infarct size. Cardiomyocyte-specific overexpression of PAR-1 in mice induced eccentric hypertrophy (increased left ventricular dimension and normal left ventricular wall thickness) and dilated cardiomyopathy. Deletion of the TF gene in cardiomyocytes reduced the eccentric hypertrophy in mice overexpressing PAR-1.
Conclusions— Our results demonstrate that PAR-1 contributes to cardiac remodeling and hypertrophy. Moreover, overexpression of PAR-1 on cardiomyocytes induced eccentric hypertrophy. Inhibition of PAR-1 after myocardial infarction may represent a novel therapy to reduce hypertrophy and heart failure in humans.
Key Words: proteases • receptor, PAR-1 • hypertrophy • ventricular remodeling • myocardial infarction
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Myocardial infarction induces structural remodeling of the heart, in which areas of initial infarct are replaced with collagen-rich tissue.1,2 These changes induce cardiac remodeling and hypertrophy, which are associated with reprogramming of cardiac gene expression and induction of the "fetal gene program." For instance, the fetal genes atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) are upregulated as a compensatory mechanism to promote natriuresis and to suppress myocyte hypertrophy.3 Importantly, the MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase)/ERK (extracellular signal-regulated kinase) kinase (MEK1)–ERK1/2 pathway has been shown to protect the myocardium from ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury.4,5
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We have shown that myocardial infarction induces damage to the endothelial barrier that allows leakage of coagulation factors into the myocardium and their activation by tissue factor (TF) expressed by cardiomyocytes.6 Importantly, inhibition of either TF or thrombin significantly reduced the infarct size in rabbit models of cardiac I/R injury.6,7 A recent study showed that the fibrin degradation fragment E1 contributes to inflammation after myocardial infarction by binding to vascular endothelial cadherin at cell-cell junctions in the endothelium and facilitating the recruitment of neutrophils into the myocardium.8
Members of the protease-activated receptor (PAR) family of G-protein–coupled receptors are activated by proteolytic cleavage.9 PAR-1 is expressed by a variety of cell types and is activated by the coagulation protease thrombin, as well as other proteases.9,10 Cleavage of PAR-1 results in activation of G
q, G12/13, and Gi, as well as downstream signaling pathways, including the MAPK pathways, ERK 1/2 and ERK5.9,11 PAR-1 plays a critical role in the activation of human platelets but is not expressed on mouse platelets.9 Despite the death of 
50% of PAR-1–/– embryos at mid gestation, adult PAR-1–/– mice have no phenotypic abnormalities in any tissue.12,13
In the heart, PAR-1 is expressed by cardiomyocytes and cardiac fibroblasts.14,15 A recent study showed that PAR-1 expression was increased in the hearts of patients with ischemic and idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.16 In addition, PAR-1 expression is increased in the left ventricle (LV) in a mouse model of chronic heart failure.17 In vitro studies using rat neonatal cardiomyocytes demonstrated that activation of PAR-1 induced hypertrophy.14,18 PAR-1–dependent changes included increases in intracellular calcium, protein content and cell size, sarcomeric organization, and ANF expression. Furthermore, activation of PAR-1 on cardiac fibroblasts induces cell proliferation.15 These results strongly suggest that PAR-1 may contribute to cardiac remodeling after injury.19
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Mice
PAR-1+/– mice were backcrossed 11 generations onto a C57Bl/6J background and bred to generate PAR-1+/+ and PAR-1–/– littermate mice.12 Mice overexpressing PAR-1 in cardiomyocytes were generated by construction of a transgene that contained the cardiomyocyte-specific
-myosin heavy chain (-MHC) promoter and the murine PAR-1 cDNA. Briefly, a 1.3-kbp DNA fragment containing the coding sequence of mouse PAR-1 was cloned into a vector containing the -MHC promoter (kindly provided by Dr F. Naya). Next, an 8.5-kbp NotI fragment, which contained the -MHC promoter, the coding sequence for mouse PAR-1, and the human growth hormone polyA sequence, was purified and injected into the pronucleus of fertilized mouse embryos (C57Bl/6J genetic background) by The Scripps Transgenic Core Facility. Transgenic mice were identified by polymerase chain reaction with primers for the human growth hormone polyA sequence. Mice with a cardiomyocyte-specific deletion of the TF gene were generated by crossing TFflox/flox mice with mice expressing Cre recombinase under the control of the -MHC promoter.20 The present study was performed in accordance with the guidelines of the animal care and use committees of the different institutions and complies with National Institutes of Health guidelines. All experiments used male mice. For the cardiac I/R experiment, mice were 2 to 3 months of age. We used 5 to 14 mice per group for cardiac I/R experiments, 5 to 12 mice per group for echocardiographic analysis, 5 to 14 mice per group for determination of heart weight/body weight ratio, 4 to 6 mice per group for determination of LV lumen area, and 4 to 6 mice per group for measurement of gene expression.
Cardiac I/R Injury Models
For the short-term I/R model (30 minutes of ischemia and 2 hours of reperfusion), the surgical protocol and infarct-size determination were performed as described previously21 with some modifications. After occlusion, the suture was released. Briefly, intraperitoneal injection of pentobarbital (100 mg/kg; Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Ill) was used for anesthesia. Mice were intubated orally to provide artificial ventilation (0.3 mL tidal volume, 120 breaths/min). The left anterior descending coronary artery was occluded with a 7-0 silk suture (US Surgical Corp, Norwalk, Conn) passed through PE tubing (US Surgical Corp) to make a Rumel snare. After 30 minutes of ischemia, the snare was released, and the heart was reperfused for 2 hours. Finally, the artery was reoccluded, and 4% Evans Blue dye was injected into the aortic root to delineate the area at risk from not-at-risk myocardium (blue). Hearts were then explanted, rinsed in 0.9% normal saline, and placed in 1% agarose gel (UltraPure agarose, Life Technologies, Gaithersburg, Md) in PBS (pH 7.4). Hearts were sectioned parallel to the AV groove in 1-mm sections. Viable and necrotic sections of the area at risk were identified by incubating the hearts in 1% 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (Sigma-Aldrich, St Louis, Mo) for 10 minutes at 37°C followed by 10% neutral buffered formaldehyde for 24 hours. Each section was weighed and photographed. The LV, area at risk, and infarct areas were traced and calculated by computer planimetry (Image J, version 1.21). Infarct volumes were calculated as [(A1xW1)+(A2xW2)+(A3xW3)+(A4xW4)+(A5xW5)], where A is the area of infarct for the slice denoted by the subscript and W is the weight of the respective section. Recombinant hirudin (lepirudin; Hoechst Marion Roussel, Kansas City, Mo) was administered via a single intraperitoneal injection (0.1 mg/kg of body weight) after thoracotomy and 30 minutes before ischemia.
The long-term model (45 minutes of ischemia and 2 weeks of reperfusion) was performed in a similar manner. Mice were anesthetized with 2% halothane and 40% oxygen and maintained with 0.5% halothane and 40% oxygen for the duration of the surgery. Mice were intubated orally to provide artificial ventilation (0.3 mL tidal volume, 120 breaths/min). After left thoracotomy at the fourth intercostal space, the left anterior descending coronary artery was ligated with an 8-0 nylon surgical suture 2.0 mm distal from the tip of the left atria and occluded for 45 minutes. Ischemia was validated via ECG recordings. For determination of infarct and scar formation in the long-term model, heart sections were stained with hematoxylin and eosin, photographed, and analyzed with the National Institutes of Health Scion image system. Viable myocardium was stained pink, whereas infarct was white. The area of infarct was calculated as a percentage of LV area. Four sections from different parts of the heart were measured and averaged for each mouse. Surgery on wild-type (WT) and PAR-1–/– mice was performed in a blinded fashion.
Echocardiography
Echocardiography was performed on conscious mice before and 2 weeks after cardiac I/R injury with an Acuson Sequoia C236 echocardiography machine equipped with a 15-MHz linear probe (Siemens Medical Solutions, Malvern, Pa). LV function was measured by M-mode echocardiography in the short-axis view at the midventricular level. The percentage of fractional shortening was assessed by measuring the end-diastolic and end-systolic diameter [(end-diastolic diameter–end-systolic diameter)/end-diastolic diameterx100 (%)]. Echocardiography on WT, PAR-1–/–, and MHC-PAR-1 mice was performed in a blinded fashion.
Northern and Western Blot Analysis
Hearts were collected and frozen in liquid nitrogen and then stored at –80°C. Levels of ANF, BNP, PAR-1, and GAPDH were determined by Northern blotting. Total RNA was extracted with Trizol reagent (Invitrogen Corp, Carlsbad, Calif), separated by electrophoresis, transferred to a nylon membrane, and hybridized with radiolabeled cDNA probes. Bands were visualized by autoradiography. Protein extracts were generated from mouse hearts as described previously.22 Protein (20 to 25 µg) was subjected to SDS-PAGE and transferred to either nitrocellulose or polyvinylidene difluoride membranes. Murine PAR-1 was detected with a goat anti-murine PAR-1 antibody S-19 (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, Calif). Levels of phosphorylated and nonphosphorylated ERK1/2 were detected with antibodies from Cell Signaling Technology (Danvers, Mass). Bands on the Western blots were quantified with a GS-800 scanner (BioRad, Hercules, Calif), and the intensity of the bands was determined with Quantity One software (BioRad).
Immunohistochemistry
Murine PAR-1 expression in fixed heart sections was detected with an anti-mouse PAR-1 antibody S-19 (Santa Cruz Biotechnology) and the Vectastain ABC system (Vector Laboratories, Burlingame, Calif).
Determination of Lumenal Area of LV and Thickness of LV Wall
Hearts were arrested at diastole by perfusion with PBS/20 mmol/L KCl, fixed in 4% formalin, and embedded in paraffin. Cross sections of hearts at the level of papillary muscles were obtained and stained with hematoxylin and eosin. The lumenal area of the LV was delineated manually and measured with the National Institutes of Health Scion image program. To determine the thickness of the LV wall in the hearts, 5 independent measurements were obtained from different regions of the LV and averaged.
Measurement of Cross-Sectional Myocyte Area
Hearts were cut in cross section just below the level of the papillary muscle. Sections were cut and stained with hematoxylin and eosin. For determination of myocyte cross-sectional areas, 30 to 40 individual cells per section were determined by digitization of the images and computerized pixel counting with the National Institutes of Health Scion image program. Only nucleated cardiomyocytes from areas of transversely cut muscle fibers that contained circular capillary profiles were included in the analysis. One arbitrary square unit equals 20 µm2.
Statistical Analysis
Comparisons between the different groups were performed with a Student t test for unpaired data. Statistical differences were considered significant for probability values <0.05. Data are shown as mean±SEM, unless otherwise indicated in the figure legends.
The authors had full access to and take full responsibility for the integrity of the data. All authors have read and agree to the manuscript as written.
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PAR-1 Deficiency Does Not Affect Infarct Size After I/R Injury
We used a mouse model of short-term cardiac I/R injury to determine the effect of PAR-1 deficiency on infarct size and inflammation. Surprisingly, we found no significant difference in infarct size between PAR-1–/– mice and WT littermates (Figure 1). In contrast, inhibition of thrombin with hirudin decreased infarct size (Figure 1). Neither hirudin treatment nor PAR-1 deficiency affected the size of the area at risk (Figure 1). Furthermore, PAR-1 deficiency did not affect the induction of various inflammatory mediators (interleukin-1ß, interleukin-6, macrophage inflammatory protein-2, and monocyte chemotactic protein-1) in the injured hearts (data not shown).
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PAR-1 Deficiency Reduces Cardiac Remodeling After I/R Injury
Despite the fact that PAR-1 did not contribute to infarct size, we hypothesized that PAR-1 signaling may play a role in cardiac remodeling after myocardial infarction by inducing hypertrophy of cardiomyocytes and cell proliferation of cardiac fibroblasts. We used a long-term mouse model of cardiac I/R injury that consisted of 45 minutes of ischemia and 2 weeks of reperfusion to induce cardiac remodeling. Consistent with our short-term I/R model, we did not observe a significant difference in infarct size in WT and PAR-1–/– mice 2 weeks after I/R injury (Figure 2A). In addition, the cross-sectional myocyte area was not affected by PAR-1 deficiency (Figure 2B). I/R injury activated ERK1/2 in both WT and PAR-1–/– mice (Figure 2C). Interestingly, the levels of activated ERK1/2 were higher in PAR-1–/– mice than in injured WT mice (Figure 2C). Importantly, echocardiography showed that the hearts of PAR-1–/– mice exhibited reduced dilation of the LV and reduced impairment of LV function compared with WT littermates after cardiac I/R injury (Figure 2D).
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Generation of Mice Overexpressing PAR-1 on Cardiomyocytes
Next, we generated transgenic mice that overexpressed PAR-1 on cardiomyocytes. Two transgenic mouse lines (MHC-PAR-1 line 18 and MHC-PAR-1 line 43) were made that exhibited different levels of cardiac-specific PAR-1 mRNA expression (Figure 3A and 3B). PAR-1 protein expression was detected in hearts of MHC-PAR-1 mice line 18 by Western blotting at much higher levels than in hearts of WT littermates (Figure 3C). Immunohistochemical studies showed that PAR-1 was localized to the plasma membrane, intercalated discs, and the cytoplasm of cardiomyocytes in the hearts of MHC-PAR-1 mice (Figure 3D). Low levels of PAR-1 were detected in the hearts of WT mice, and no PAR-1 was present in the hearts of PAR-1–/– mice (Figure 3D).
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PAR-1 Overexpression on Cardiomyocytes Induces Eccentric Hypertrophy and Dilated Cardiomyopathy
PAR-1 signaling has been shown to induce activation of ERK1/2 and hypertrophy of cultured cardiomyocytes.14,18 Therefore, we determined whether overexpression of PAR-1 induced activation of ERK1/2 and heart hypertrophy in mice. MHC-PAR-1 mice exhibited a significant increase in activation of ERK1/2 and expression of the fetal genes ANF and BNP compared with WT littermates at 6 months (Figure 4A and 4B). We also observed an age-dependent increase in the heart weight:body weight ratio (Figure 4C). The weight of other organs (lung, kidney, and liver) compared with body weight was unchanged in MHC-PAR-1 mice (data not shown). Older MHC-PAR-1 line 43 mice (12 months of age) also exhibited an increase in heart weight:body weight ratio (4.97±0.36 versus 4.54±0.26 in MHC-PAR-1 mice and WT littermate controls, respectively; P<0.05; n=15 for each group).
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At 10 months of age, the hearts of MHC-PAR-1 line 18 mice were grossly larger than those of WT littermates (Figure 4D). Histological analysis of the hearts showed that the lumenal area of the LV was increased significantly without a change in the thickness of the free LV wall (Figure 4E). In addition, no difference was present in the cross-sectional area of cardiomyocytes in the hearts of MHC-PAR-1 mice and WT littermates (Figure 4F). We used transthoracic echocardiography to independently measure the diameter of the LV and the thickness of the ventricular walls, as well as LV function. Figure 5A shows representative M-mode echocardiographic images of the hearts of MHC-PAR-1 and WT mice. Consistent with our histological analysis, we found that the diameter of the LV was increased significantly in MHC-PAR-1 mice compared with WT littermates at 10 months of age (Figure 5B). In contrast, no difference in the thickness of the anterior and posterior LV wall was present between the 2 groups of mice (Figure 5B). As expected, LV function was significantly reduced in MHC-PAR-1 mice compared with WT littermates (Figure 5B).
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Cardiomyocyte-Specific Deletion of the TF Gene Reduces Hypertrophy in MHC-PAR-1 Mice
To test the hypothesis that coagulation proteases activate PAR-1 signaling in MHC-PAR1 mice, we determined the effect of deleting the TF gene in cardiomyocytes. MHC-PAR-1 mice with cardiomyocyte-specific deletion of the TF gene (MHC-PAR-1/TFflox/flox/MHC-Cre) were generated in 2 steps from crosses between MHC-PAR-1 and TFflox/flox/MHC-Cre mice. These mice were then crossed with TFflox/flox mice to generate 4 different groups of mice. Deletion of the TF gene led to a further increase in activation of ERK1/2 in MHC-PAR-1 mice but did not change the level of activated ERK1/2 in WT mice (Figure 6A and data not shown). In addition, deletion of the TF gene significantly reduced the heart weight:body weight ratio and ANF mRNA expression in the hearts of MHC-PAR-1/TFflox/flox/MHC-Cre mice compared with MHC-PAR-1/TFflox/flox littermate controls (Figure 6B and 6C). Moreover, the lumenal area of the LV was significantly reduced in MHC-PAR-1/TFflox/flox/MHC-Cre mice without any effect on the thickness of the LV free wall (Figure 6D and 6E). To exclude the possibility that the presence of the MHC-Cre transgene reduced PAR-1 expression from the MHC-PAR-1 transgene because of competition for transcription factors, we analyzed PAR-1 mRNA expression in MHC-PAR-1/TFflox/flox/MHC-Cre mice and MHC-PAR-1/TFflox/flox littermate controls. Similar levels of PAR-1 mRNA expression were observed in these 2 groups of mice (data not shown).
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In this study, we showed that PAR-1 signaling plays a role in pathological remodeling after cardiac I/R injury. Importantly, we found that PAR-1 deficiency significantly reduced LV dilation and impairment of LV function after myocardial infarction. PAR-1–/– mice exhibited an increase in the activation of ERK1/2 in their hearts compared with WT mice. Previous studies have shown that the MEK1-ERK1/2 pathway protects the myocardium after I/R injury,4,5 which suggests that the increase in ERK1/2 signaling in PAR-1–/– mice may explain, in part, the reduced remodeling. We propose that thrombin activation of PAR-1 after I/R injury leads to activation of ERK1/2 and pathways that contribute to hypertrophy; however, other proteases may also activate PAR-1 in the injured heart. We speculated that PAR-1 signaling may limit the activation of ERK1/2 from other receptors. This may explain why deletion of PAR-1 results in loss of pathological signaling, increased ERK/12 phosphorylation, and reduced remodeling.
We found that PAR-1 deficiency did not affect infarct size in either short-term or long-term I/R models. In contrast, a recent study found that inhibition of PAR-1 with a selective PAR-1 antagonist reduced infarct size in a rat model of cardiac I/R injury.23 This difference could be due to the use of different models of I/R injury or off-target effects of the antagonist.
PAR-1 overexpression on cardiomyocytes induced eccentric hypertrophy in the hearts of MHC-PAR-1 mice. This form of hypertrophy results from an increase in serial but not parallel assembly of sarcomeres in cardiomyocytes.24,25 Thrombin cleavage of PAR-1 leads to the Gq-dependent activation of ERK1/2 and ERK5.11 We observed an increase in ERK1/2 phosphorylation in the hearts of MHC-PAR-1 mice, which indicated a change in intracellular signaling associated with overexpression of PAR-1. Interestingly, overexpression of Gq in cardiomyocytes also leads to eccentric hypertrophy and dilated cardiomyopathy.26 In addition, a recent study showed that activation of the MEK5-ERK5 pathway induces serial assembly of sarcomeres in vitro and eccentric hypertrophy in mice.27 Therefore, overexpression of signaling intermediates downstream of PAR-1 produces phenotypes that are remarkably similar to that observed in mice overexpressing PAR-1 on cardiomyocytes. Further studies are required to determine the role of the Gq, MEK5-ERK5, and MEK1-ERK1/2 signaling pathways in PAR-1–dependent eccentric hypertrophy.
Deletion of the TF gene in cardiomyocytes resulted in a decrease in eccentric hypertrophy in MHC-PAR-1 mice. We speculate that low levels of thrombin are generated continually in the normal myocardium in a TF-dependent manner. In MHC-PAR-1 mice, this basal thrombin is "sensed" by PAR-1 overexpressed on cardiomyocytes and is translated into pathological signaling within the cardiomyocyte. In addition, assembly of the TF:factor VIIa:factor Xa ternary complex on the surface of the cardiomyocyte may activate PAR-1. Deletion of TF on cardiomyocytes would reduce the generation of thrombin and PAR-1 activation, which would result in a reduction in pathological signaling. The increase in ERK1/2 activation in MHC-PAR-1 mice lacking the TF gene in cardiomyocytes may be due to the loss of TF-dependent inhibitory pathways. Indeed, a recent study showed that deletion of the TF cytoplasmic domain resulted in an increase in lipopolysaccharide activation of ERK1/2 in macrophages.28 Residual activation of PAR-1 overexpressed on cardiomyocytes may occur from thrombin generated from TF on cardiac fibroblasts or other proteases within the myocardium, such as matrix metalloproteinase-1.29
The results of the present study indicate that PAR-1 plays an important role in cardiac remodeling after myocardial infarction. Importantly, a recent study showed that PAR-1 expression was increased in human end-stage heart failure.16 Despite extensive research, heart hypertrophy and failure are a leading cause of death worldwide.1 Thus, a need exists for the development of new therapies for heart disease. Inhibition of pathological PAR-1 signaling with PAR-1 antagonists such as mimetic peptides,30 pepducins,31 or antibodies after myocardial infarction may be an effective therapy for the treatment of hypertrophy and heart failure.
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We acknowledge the technical assistance of B. Pedersen, C. Rothnie, T. Thinnes, and T. Ludovic.
Funding Sources
This work was supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (HL71053 to Dr Mackman) and an American Heart Association scientific development grant (043543T to Dr Blaxall).
Disclosures
None.
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CLINICAL PERSPECTIVE
Heart failure is a debilitating disease with poor prognosis. Numerous G-protein–coupled receptors have been implicated in the progression of cardiac dysfunction, and several G-protein–coupled receptors are the target of current heart failure therapeutics. Prior data have established an important vascular role for protease-activated receptor-1 (PAR-1) G-protein–coupled receptor signaling in thrombosis and hemostasis. Previous in vitro data had suggested a role for PAR-1 signaling in neonatal cardiomyocyte hypertrophy; however, little was known regarding a role for PAR-1 signaling in the heart in vivo. Importantly, PAR-1 expression is significantly elevated in human end-stage heart disease. In the present report, we found that cardiac overexpression of PAR-1 in transgenic mice resulted in dilated cardiomyopathy, which suggests that elevated PAR-1 expression in human heart failure contributes to pathological cardiac remodeling. The pathological role of excess cardiac PAR-1 signaling was confirmed using mice with genetic ablation of PAR-1, which led to improved cardiac function after myocardial infarction. Surprisingly, the cardioprotection observed in PAR-1–null animals after myocardial infarction occurred despite a lack of significant reduction in infarct size. Collectively, the present data demonstrate an important role for cardiac PAR-1 signaling in pathological cardiac remodeling and suggest therapeutic potential for PAR-1 inhibition in the treatment of cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure.This article has been cited by other articles:
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