Thymosin 4 Prevents Angiotensin II-Induced Cardiomyocyte Growth by Regulating Wnt/WISP Signaling
Thymosin 4 Prevents Angiotensin II-Induced Cardiomyocyte Growth by Regulating Wnt/WISP Signaling
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胸腺肽 4 通过调节 Wnt/WISP 信号传导防止血管紧张素 II 诱导的心肌细胞生长
DOI:
10.1002/jcp.25275
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发表时间:
2016-08-01
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5.6
通讯作者:
Gupta, Sudhiranjan
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作者:
Li, Li;Guleria, Rakeshwar S.;Gupta, Sudhiranjan
Thymosin beta-4 (T4) is a ubiquitous protein with many properties relating to cell proliferation and differentiation that promotes wound healing and modulates inflammatory mediators. However, the role of T4 in cardiomyocyte hypertrophy is currently unknown. The purpose of this study was to determine the cardio-protective effect of T4 in angiotensin II (Ang II)-induced cardiomyocyte growth. Neonatal rat ventricular cardiomyocytes (NRVM) were pretreated with T4 followed by Ang II stimulation. Cell size, hypertrophy marker gene expression and Wnt signaling components, -catenin, and Wnt-induced secreted protein-1 (WISP-1) were evaluated by quantitative real-time PCR, Western blotting and fluorescent microscopy. Pre-treatment of T4 resulted in reduction of cell size, hypertrophy marker genes and Wnt-associated gene expression, and protein levels; induced by Ang II in cardiomyocyte. WISP-1 was overexpressed in NRVM and, the effect of T4 in Ang II-induced cardiomyocyte growth was evaluated. WISP-1 overexpression promoted cardiomyocytes growth and was reversed by pretreatment with T4. This is the first report which demonstrates that T4 targets Wnt/WISP-1 to protect Ang II-induced cardiomyocyte growth. J. Cell. Physiol. 231: 1737-1744, 2016. (c) 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Thymosin beta 4 (T4), G-actin sequestering protein targets Wnt/WISP-1 to protect Ang II-induced cardiomyocyte growth.