Eric J Hall1, Soumojit Pal2, Michael S Glennon2, Puneeth Shridhar2, Sidney L Satterfield2, Beth Weber2, Qinkun Zhang3, Guy Salama2, Hind Lal3, Jason R Becker2. 1. Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. 2. Pittsburgh Heart, Lung, Blood, and Vascular Medicine Institute and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. 3. Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Abstract
AIMS: The cardiac natriuretic peptides [atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP)] are important regulators of cardiovascular physiology, with reduced natriuretic peptide (NP) activity linked to multiple human cardiovascular diseases. We hypothesized that deficiency of either ANP or BNP would lead to similar changes in left ventricular structure and function given their shared receptor affinities. METHODS AND RESULTS: We directly compared murine models deficient of ANP or BNP in the same genetic backgrounds (C57BL6/J) and environments. We evaluated control, ANP-deficient (Nppa-/-) or BNP-deficient (Nppb-/-) mice under unstressed conditions and multiple forms of pathological myocardial stress. Survival, myocardial structure, function and electrophysiology, tissue histology, and biochemical analyses were evaluated in the groups. In vitro validation of our findings was performed using human-derived induced pluripotent stem cell cardiomyocytes (iPS-CMs). In the unstressed state, both ANP- and BNP-deficient mice displayed mild ventricular hypertrophy which did not increase up to 1 year of life. NP-deficient mice exposed to acute myocardial stress secondary to thoracic aortic constriction (TAC) had similar pathological myocardial remodelling but a significant increase in sudden death. We discovered that the NP-deficient mice are more susceptible to stress-induced ventricular arrhythmias using both in vivo and ex vivo models. Mechanistically, deficiency of either ANP or BNP led to reduced myocardial cGMP levels and reduced phosphorylation of the cAMP response element-binding protein (CREBS133) transcriptional regulator. Selective CREB inhibition sensitized wild-type hearts to stress-induced ventricular arrhythmias. ANP and BNP regulate cardiomyocyte CREBS133 phosphorylation through a cGMP-dependent protein kinase 1 (PKG1) and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK) signalling cascade. CONCLUSIONS: Our data show that ANP and BNP act in a non-redundant fashion to maintain myocardial cGMP levels to regulate cardiomyocyte p38 MAPK and CREB activity. Cardiac natriuretic peptide deficiency leads to a reduction in CREB signalling which sensitizes the heart to stress-induced ventricular arrhythmias. Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved.
AIMS: The cardiac natriuretic peptides [atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP)] are important regulators of cardiovascular physiology, with reduced natriuretic peptide (NP) activity linked to multiple human cardiovascular diseases. We hypothesized that deficiency of either ANP or BNP would lead to similar changes in left ventricular structure and function given their shared receptor affinities. METHODS AND RESULTS: We directly compared murine models deficient of ANP or BNP in the same genetic backgrounds (C57BL6/J) and environments. We evaluated control, ANP-deficient (Nppa-/-) or BNP-deficient (Nppb-/-) mice under unstressed conditions and multiple forms of pathological myocardial stress. Survival, myocardial structure, function and electrophysiology, tissue histology, and biochemical analyses were evaluated in the groups. In vitro validation of our findings was performed using human-derived induced pluripotent stem cell cardiomyocytes (iPS-CMs). In the unstressed state, both ANP- and BNP-deficient mice displayed mild ventricular hypertrophy which did not increase up to 1 year of life. NP-deficient mice exposed to acute myocardial stress secondary to thoracic aortic constriction (TAC) had similar pathological myocardial remodelling but a significant increase in sudden death. We discovered that the NP-deficient mice are more susceptible to stress-induced ventricular arrhythmias using both in vivo and ex vivo models. Mechanistically, deficiency of either ANP or BNP led to reduced myocardial cGMP levels and reduced phosphorylation of the cAMP response element-binding protein (CREBS133) transcriptional regulator. Selective CREB inhibition sensitized wild-type hearts to stress-induced ventricular arrhythmias. ANP and BNP regulate cardiomyocyte CREBS133 phosphorylation through a cGMP-dependent protein kinase 1 (PKG1) and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK) signalling cascade. CONCLUSIONS: Our data show that ANP and BNP act in a non-redundant fashion to maintain myocardial cGMP levels to regulate cardiomyocyte p38 MAPK and CREB activity. Cardiac natriuretic peptide deficiency leads to a reduction in CREB signalling which sensitizes the heart to stress-induced ventricular arrhythmias. Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved.
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