Heat Shock Transcription Factor 1 Protects Cardiomyocytes From Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury

作者：Yunzeng Zou, Weidong Zhu, Masaya Sakamoto, Yingjie Qin, Hiroshi Akazawa, Haruhiro Toko, Miho Mizukami, Norihiko Takeda, Tohru Minamino, Hiroyuki Takano, Toshio Nagai, Akira Nakai, Issei Komuro · 发表于：Circulation · 年份：2003 · DOI：10.1161/01.cir.0000101923.54751.77 · 被引用次数：69 · 研究领域：Heat shock proteins research、Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease、FOXO transcription factor regulation

BACKGROUND: Because cardiomyocyte death causes heart failure, it is important to find the molecules that protect cardiomyocytes from death. The death trap is a useful method to identify cell-protective genes. METHODS AND RESULTS: In this study, we isolated the heat shock transcription factor 1 (HSF1) as a protective molecule by the death trap method. Cell death induced by hydrogen peroxide was prevented by overexpression of HSF1 in COS7 cells. Thermal preconditioning at 42 degrees C for 60 minutes activated HSF1, which played a critical role in survival of cardiomyocytes from oxidative stress. In the heart of transgenic mice overexpressing a constitutively active form of HSF1, ischemia followed by reperfusion-induced ST-segment elevation in ECG was recovered faster, infarct size was smaller, and cardiomyocyte death was less than wild-type mice. Protein kinase B/Akt was more strongly activated, whereas Jun N-terminal kinase and caspase 3 were less activated in transgenic hearts than wild-type ones. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that HSF1 protects cardiomyocytes from death at least in part through activation of Akt and inactivation of Jun N-terminal kinase and caspase 3.