Cardiac Specific Overexpression of hHole Attenuates Isoproterenol-Induced Hypertrophic Remodeling through Inhibition of Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinases (ERKs) Signalling

Curr Mol Med. 2016;16(5):515-23. doi: 10.2174/1566524016666160523143704.

Abstract

The human Hole gene (hHole) encodes a six-transmembrane protein with 319- amino acids. Our previous study showed that hHole was strongly expressed in adult heart and may act as a suppressor of extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs), overactivation of which contributed to pathological cardiac hypertrophy. In this study, it was observed that Hole expression was up-regulated in murine hypertrophic hearts. In a cardiac specific transgenic mouse model, it was observed that overexpression of hHole specifically in heart attenuated cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis induced by isoproterenol (ISO), with blunted transcriptions of ERK1/2, total ERK1/2 proteins and phosphorylated ERK1/2 (p-ERK1/2) levels. Furthermore, overexpression of hHole in mice by hydrodynamic tail-vein injection with hHole plamids also inhibited cardiac hypertrophy induced by ISO. Our work identified hHole as a novel repressor of cardiac hypertrophy, and provided new insights into the possible target for the prevention or treatment of cardiac diseases.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cardiomegaly / chemically induced
  • Cardiomegaly / genetics*
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Fibrosis / chemically induced
  • Fibrosis / genetics
  • Humans
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / genetics*
  • Isoproterenol / pharmacology*
  • MAP Kinase Signaling System / drug effects
  • MAP Kinase Signaling System / genetics*
  • Membrane Proteins / genetics*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Transgenic / genetics
  • Myocytes, Cardiac / drug effects
  • Myocytes, Cardiac / metabolism*
  • Signal Transduction / drug effects
  • Signal Transduction / genetics*
  • Transcription, Genetic / drug effects
  • Transcription, Genetic / genetics
  • Transcriptional Activation / drug effects
  • Transcriptional Activation / genetics
  • Up-Regulation / drug effects
  • Up-Regulation / genetics
  • Ventricular Remodeling / drug effects
  • Ventricular Remodeling / genetics*

Substances

  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Membrane Proteins
  • TMEM121 protein, human
  • Isoproterenol