Human paraoxonase gene cluster overexpression alleviates angiotensin II-induced cardiac hypertrophy in mice

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• 作者：Jian-Fei Pei ; Yun-Fei Yan ; Xiaoqiang Tang ; Yang Zhang…
• 关键词：cardiac hypertrophy ; fibrosis ; paraoxonase gene cluster ; angiotensin II
• 刊名：Science China Life Sciences
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：November 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：59
• 期：11
• 页码：1115-1122
• 全文大小：2,971 KB
• 刊物主题：Life Sciences, general;
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：1869-1889
• 卷排序：59

文摘

Cardiac hypertrophy is the strongest predictor of the development of heart failure, and anti-hypertrophic treatment holds the key to improving the clinical syndrome and increasing the survival rates for heart failure. The paraoxonase (PON) gene cluster (PC) protects against atherosclerosis and coronary artery diseases. However, the role of PC in the heart is largely unknown. To evaluate the roles of PC in cardiac hypertrophy, transgenic mice carrying the intact human PON1, PON2, and PON3 genes and their flanking sequences were studied. We demonstrated that the PC transgene (PC-Tg) protected mice from cardiac hypertrophy induced by Ang II; these mice had reduced heart weight/body weight ratios, decreased left ventricular wall thicknesses and increased fractional shortening compared with wild-type (WT) control. The same protective tendency was also observed with an Apoe-/- background. Mechanically, PC-Tg normalized the disequilibrium of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs)/tissue inhibitors of MMPs (TIMPs) in hypertrophic hearts, which might contribute to the protective role of PC-Tg in cardiac fibrosis and, thus, protect against cardiac remodeling. Taken together, our results identify a novel anti-hypertrophic role for the PON gene cluster, suggesting a possible strategy for the treatment of cardiac hypertrophy through elevating the levels of the PON gene family.