Temporal Activation of the JAK-STAT Pathway in Relation to Cardiac Gene Expression in a Mouse Model of Cardiac Dysfunction

 
 
 
 

Temporal Activation of the JAK-STAT Pathway in Relation to Cardiac Gene Expression in a Mouse Model of Cardiac Dysfunction

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Title: Temporal Activation of the JAK-STAT Pathway in Relation to Cardiac Gene Expression in a Mouse Model of Cardiac Dysfunction
Author: Talerico, Cassandra
Description: Background: This project examined JAK-STAT pathway activation in two mouse models of cardiac hypertrophy: autoimmune myocarditis and pressure overload (PO). Methods: Myocarditis was induced with cardiac myosin; PO was induced by transverse aortic constriction. STAT1, 3, and 5 binding was assessed by gel shift. STATs, JAKs, SERCA2A, and calsequestrin (CSQ) were quantified. In myocarditis, P-STAT3 localization to cardiac myocyte nuclei was ascertained, and plasma IL-6 and ventricular ANF mRNA were analyzed. Results: In myocarditis, STAT3/3 and STAT1/1 activation, inflammation, increased ventricle weight (P < 0.0001), and ANF mRNA (P = 0.005) occurred on days 14, 21, and 28. In PO, activation appeared on day 7 and persisted to failure. P-STAT3 increased (myocarditis, P < 0.0001; pressure overload, P < 0.05). P-JAK1 increased in myocarditis on days 21 and 28 (P < 0.007). In PO, CSQ and SERCA2A levels did not differ, but in myocarditis CSQ decreased (P = 0.02). In myocarditis, a biphasic elevation in plasma IL-6 occurred (P = 0.003). Conclusions: Although JAK-STAT signaling is activated in both models, it occurs earlier in PO and persists to heart failure, whereas in myocarditis it declines to basal levels as inflammation and plasma IL-6 return to baseline.
Permanent Link: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1197055735
http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/4120
Date: 2007

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