Different signaling pathways induce apoptosis in endothelial cells and cardiac myocytes during ischemia/reperfusion injury
Different signaling pathways induce apoptosis in endothelial cells and cardiac myocytes during ischemia/reperfusion injury
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DOI:
10.1161/01.res.0000015224.07870.9a
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发表时间:
2002-04-05
影响因子:
20.1
通讯作者:
Latchman, DS
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作者:
Scarabelli, TM;Stephanou, A;Latchman, DS
Apoptosis contributes, with necrosis, to the cardiac cell loss after ischemia/reperfusion injury. The apoptotic cascade is initiated either by mitochondrial damage and activation of caspase-9 or by death receptor ligation and activation of caspase-8. In the present study, performed in the isolated rat heart exposed either to ischemia alone or ischemia followed by reperfusion, cleavage of caspase-9 was observed primarily in endothelial cells. Conversely, caspase-8 cleavage was only found in cardiomyocytes, where it progressively increased throughout reperfusion. Addition of a specific caspase-9 inhibitor to the perfusate before ischemia prevented endothelial apoptosis, whereas preischemic infusion of a specific caspase-8 inhibitor affected only myocyte apoptosis. Additionally, caspase-8-mediated BID processing was observed only during reperfusion. Production of tBID then sustains mitochondrial injury and perpetuates caspase-9 activation.