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(Circulation. 2006;113:2589-2597.)
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Heart Failure

Deletion of the Inducible 70-kDa Heat Shock Protein Genes in Mice Impairs Cardiac Contractile Function and Calcium Handling Associated With Hypertrophy

Yun-Kyung Kim, PhD^*; Jorge Suarez, MD, PhD^*; Ying Hu, MD, PhD; Patrick M. McDonough, PhD; Christa Boer, PhD; David J. Dix, PhD; Wolfgang H. Dillmann, MD

From the Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, Calif (Y.-K.K., J.S., Y.H., P.M.M., C.B., W.H.D.); and the National Center for Computational Toxicology, Office of Research and Development, US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC (D.J.D).

Correspondence to Wolfgang H. Dillmann, MD, Department of Medicine, 5063 Basic Science Building, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0618. E-mail wdillmann{at}ucsd.edu

Received October 29, 2005; revision received March 15, 2006; accepted April 7, 2006.

Background— Hspa1a and Hspa1b genes encode stress-inducible 70-kDa heat shock proteins (Hsp70) that protect cells from insults such as ischemia. Mice with null mutations of both genes (KO) were generated, and their cardiac phenotype was explored.

Methods and Results— Heart rate and blood pressures were normal in the KO mice. Hearts from KO mice were more susceptible to both functional and cellular damage by ischemia/reperfusion. Cardiac hypertrophy developed in Hsp70-KO mice. Ca²⁺ transients in cardiomyocytes of KO mice showed a delayed (120%) calcium decline and decreased sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium content. Cell shortening was decreased by 35%, and rates of contraction and relaxation were slower by 40%. These alterations can be attributed to the absence of Hsp70 because viral expression of Hsp70 in KO cultured cardiomyocytes restored these parameters. One mechanism underlying myocyte dysfunction could be decreased SERCA2a expression. This hypothesis was supported by a prolonged calcium decline and decreased SERCA2a protein. Viral SERCA2a expression restored contractility and Ca²⁺ transients. We examined the involvement of Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), p38-mitogen–activated protein kinase (p38-MAPK), Raf-1, and extracellular signal–regulated kinase (ERK) in SERCA2a downregulation and the cardiac phenotype of KO mice. Levels of phosphorylated JNK, p38-MAPK, Raf-1, and ERK were elevated in KO hearts. Activation of the Raf-1–ERK pathway in normal cardiomyocytes resulted in decreased SERCA2a.

Conclusions— Absence of Hsp70 leads to dysfunctional cardiomyocytes and impaired stress response of Hsp70-KO hearts against ischemia/reperfusion. In addition, deletion of Hsp70 genes might induce cardiac dysfunction and development of cardiac hypertrophy through the activation of JNK, p38-MAPK, Raf-1, and ERK.

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