Heme oxygenase-1 overexpression exacerbates heart failure with aging and pressure overload but is protective against isoproterenol-induced cardiomyopathy in mice

Allwood, Melissa A., Kinobe, Robert T., Ballantyne, Laurel, Romanova, Nadya, Melo, Luis G., Ward, Christopher A., Brunt, Keith R., and Simpson, Jeremy A. (2014) Heme oxygenase-1 overexpression exacerbates heart failure with aging and pressure overload but is protective against isoproterenol-induced cardiomyopathy in mice. Cardiovascular Pathology, 23 (4). pp. 231-237.

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Abstract

Introduction: Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is a cytoprotective enzyme induced by stress. Heart failure is a condition of chronic stress-induced remodeling and is often accompanied by comorbidities such as age and hypertension. HO-1 is known to be protective in the setting of acute myocardial infarction. The role of HO-1 in heart failure is not known, particularly in the setting of pressure overload.

Methods: Mice with alpha-myosin heavy chain restricted expression of HO-1 were aged for 1 year. In addition, mice underwent transverse aortic constriction (TAC) or were infused with isoproterenol (ISO) to induce heart failure.

Results: HO-1 transgenic mice developed spontaneous heart failure after 1 year compared to their wild-type littermates and showed accelerated cardiac dysfunction 2 weeks following TAC. Wild-type mice undergoing pressure overload demonstrated extensive interstitial fibrosis that was prevented by HO-1 overexpression, yet HO-1 transgenic mice had reduced capillary density, contractile reserve, and elevated end-diastolic pressure. However, HO-1 transgenic mice had significantly attenuated ISO-induced cardiac dysfunction, interstitial fibrosis, and hypertrophy compared to control. Isolated cardiomyocytes from HO-1 transgenic mice treated with ISO did not show evidence of hypercontracture/necrosis and had reduced NADH oxidase activity.

Conclusions: HO-1 is an effective mechanism for reducing acute myocardial stress such as excess beta-adrenergic activity. However, in our age and pressure overload models, HO-1 showed detrimental rather than therapeutic effects in the development of heart failure.

Item ID: 34833
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1879-1336
Keywords: angiogenesis; cardiac remodeling; myocardial infarction; bradycardia; hemodynamics; histology
Date Deposited: 25 Aug 2014 00:14
FoR Codes: 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1115 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences > 111501 Basic Pharmacology @ 50%
11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1115 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences > 111502 Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics @ 50%
SEO Codes: 92 HEALTH > 9201 Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions) > 920103 Cardiovascular System and Diseases @ 100%
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