Left ventricular dysfunction in murine models of heart failure and in failing human heart is associated with a selective decrease in the expression of caveolin-3

Ellina Cheskis Feiner, Paul Chung, Jean Francois Jasmin, Jin Zhang, Diana Whitaker-Menezes, Valerie Myers, Jianliang Song, Elizabeth W. Feldman, Hajime Funakoshi, Brent R. Degeorge, Rao V. Yelamarty, Walter J. Koch, Michael P. Lisanti, Charles F. McTiernan, Joseph Y. Cheung, Michael R. Bristow, Tung O. Chan, Arthur M. Feldman

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    Abstract

    Background: Caveolins are scaffolding proteins that are integral components of caveolae, flask-shaped invaginations in the membranes of all mammalian cells. Caveolin-1 and -2 are expressed ubiquitously, whereas caveolin-3 is found only in muscle. The role of caveolin-3 in heart muscle disease is controversial. Methods and Results: The present study was undertaken to assess the effects of left ventricular dysfunction on the expression of caveolin proteins using 2 well characterized models of murine heart failure and failing human heart. Transgenic mice with constitutive overexpression of A 1-adenosine receptor (A 1-TG) demonstrated cardiac dilatation and decreased left ventricular function at 10 weeks of age. This was accompanied by a marked decrease in caveolin-3 mRNA and protein levels compared with non-TG control mice. The change in caveolin-3 expression was selective, because levels of caveolin-1 and -2 did not change. Confocal imaging of myocytes isolated from A 1-TG mice demonstrated a loss of the plate-like appearance of T tubules. Caveolin-3 levels were also reduced in hearts from mice overexpressing tumor necrosis factor α. There was a direct relationship between caveolin-3 expression and fractional shortening in all mice that were studied (r = 0.65; P <.001). Although we could not demonstrate a significant decrease in caveolin-3 levels in failing human heart, we did find a direct correlation (r = 0.7; P <.05) between levels of caveolin-3 protein and Ca 2+-adenosine triphosphatase, a marker of the heart failure phenotype. Conclusions: These results suggest a relationship between left ventricular dysfunction and caveolin-3 levels and suggest that caveolin-3 may provide a novel target for heart failure therapy. © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)253-263
    Number of pages10
    JournalJournal of Cardiac Failure
    Volume17
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Mar 2011

    Keywords

    • adensine
    • Caveolin
    • heart failure
    • tumor necrosis factor

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