CCN2 protein is an announcing marker for cardiac remodeling following STZ-induced moderate hyperglycemia in mice.
Journal Title: Pharmacological Reports - Year 2009, Vol 61, Issue 3
Abstract
Diabetes causes changes in the myocardium, which are often called diabetic cardiomyopathy. This condition has been extensively investigated in animal models with high glucose levels. Nevertheless, it has not been investigated whether moderate hyperglycemia, in the absence of other features of metabolic syndrome, may also cause similar changes in the heart. The aim of the study was to assess changes in the myocardium in an animal model of mild type 1 diabetes. Moderate hyperglycemia was induced in 8- to 10-week-old male C57BL6J mice by 5 intraperitoneal injections of streptozotocin (40 mg/kg). After 16 weeks, they were sacrificed, and left ventricle (LV) dimensions and extent of cardiac fibrosis were assessed by morphometry. The abundance of CCN proteins in LVsamples was assessed using western blotting, while activity of metalloproteinase 2 was established in zymography. Real time PCR was used to investigate the expression of transforming growth factor beta1 (TGFbeta1) and atrial natriuretic peptide. Mice with moderate hyperglycemia presented comparable cardiac dimensions with fibrosis and hypertrophy parameters as the non-diabetic controls. However, the abundance of profibrotic CCN2 protein was significantly increased in hyperglycemic animals (1.67 +/- 0.28 vs. 1 +/- 0.47, p < 0.05). Interestingly, this change was independent from the TGFbeta1 expression, as its RNA abundance was similar in both groups. Moderate hyperglycemia also caused an increase in the activity of the metalloproteinase 2 (1.21 +/- 0.17 vs. 1 +/- 0.07, p < 0.05). Despite diabetes, no profound changes in cardiac morphology were found. In our animal model, moderate hyperglycemia caused activation of a profibrotic gene expression program, which was counterbalanced by the increase of metalloproteinase activity.
Authors and Affiliations
Karol Kamiński, Barbara Szepietowska, Tomasz Bonda, Marcin Kozuch, Joanna Mencel, Andrzej Małkowski, Krzysztof Sobolewski, Oksana Kovalchuk, Lech Chyczewski, Małgorzata Szelachowska, Maria Górska, Włodzimierz Musiał
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