Heme oxygenase-1 inhibits angiotensin II-induced cardiac hypertrophy in vitro and in vivo

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Background-Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is a stress-response enzyme implicated in cardioprotection. To explore whether HO-1 has a role in cardiac remodeling response, the effect of its overexpression on angiotensin II (Ang II)-induced cardiac hypertrophy was examined. Methods and Results-HO-1 was induced in cultured rat neonatal cardiomyocytes by treatment with cobalt protoporphyrin IX (CoPPIX) or a recombinant adenovirus carrying the human HO-1 gene. Ang II-induced myocyte hypertrophy assessed by increments in cell size, [ 3H]leucine uptake, and protein content was suppressed by HO-1 overexpression. Cotreatment of cells with tin protoporphyrin IX, a HO inhibitor, significantly reversed the suppressive effect of HO-1. Bilirubin, one of the byproducts of heme degradation by HO-1, mediated the suppressive effect through the inhibition of Ang II-induced production of reactive oxygen species, as detected by a 2′,7′-dichlorofluorescein probe. The antihypertrophic effect of HO-1 was also demonstrated in rats receiving chronic Ang II infusions. Cotreatment of animals with CoPPIX significantly attenuated Ang II-induced left ventricular hypertrophy and hyperdynamic contractions, whereas concomitant treatment with tin protoporphyrin IX abolished CoPPIX-mediated cardioprotection in vivo. Conclusions-HO-1 attenuates Ang II-induced cardiac hypertrophy both in vitro and in vivo, and bilirubin mediates, at least in part, the antihypertrophic effect of HO-1 via inhibition of reactive oxygen species production after Ang II stimulation.

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Hu, C. M., Chen, Y. H., Chiang, M. T., & Chau, L. Y. (2004). Heme oxygenase-1 inhibits angiotensin II-induced cardiac hypertrophy in vitro and in vivo. Circulation, 110(3), 309–316. https://doi.org/10.1161/01.CIR.0000135475.35758.23

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