Targeting Pin1 Protects Mouse Cardiomyocytes from High-Dose Alcohol-Induced Apoptosis

Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2016:2016:4528906. doi: 10.1155/2016/4528906. Epub 2015 Dec 1.

Abstract

Long-term heavy alcohol consumption is considered to be one of the main causes of left ventricular dysfunction in alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM). As previously suggested, high-dose alcohol induces oxidation stress and apoptosis of cardiomyocytes. However, the underlying mechanisms are yet to be elucidated. In this study, we found that high-dose alcohol treatment stimulated expression and activity of Pin1 in mouse primary cardiomyocytes. While siRNA-mediated knockdown of Pin1 suppressed alcohol-induced mouse cardiomyocyte apoptosis, overexpression of Pin1 further upregulated the numbers of apoptotic mouse cardiomyocytes. We further demonstrated that Pin1 promotes mitochondria oxidative stress and loss of mitochondrial membrane potential but suppresses endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) expression in the presence of alcohol. Taken together, our results revealed a pivotal role of Pin1 in regulation of alcohol-induced mouse cardiomyocytes apoptosis by promoting reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation and repressing eNOS expression, which could be potential therapeutic targets for ACM.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Apoptosis / drug effects*
  • Apoptosis / genetics
  • Ethanol / toxicity*
  • Mice
  • Myocytes, Cardiac / metabolism*
  • Myocytes, Cardiac / pathology
  • NIMA-Interacting Peptidylprolyl Isomerase
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III / genetics
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III / metabolism
  • Oxidative Stress / drug effects*
  • Oxidative Stress / genetics
  • Oxidative Stress / immunology
  • Peptidylprolyl Isomerase / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Peptidylprolyl Isomerase / genetics
  • Peptidylprolyl Isomerase / metabolism
  • RNA, Small Interfering / genetics
  • RNA, Small Interfering / pharmacology*
  • Reactive Oxygen Species / metabolism

Substances

  • NIMA-Interacting Peptidylprolyl Isomerase
  • RNA, Small Interfering
  • Reactive Oxygen Species
  • Ethanol
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III
  • Nos3 protein, mouse
  • Peptidylprolyl Isomerase
  • Pin1 protein, mouse