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Leptin regulates MMP-2, TIMP-1 and collagen synthesis via p38 MAPK in HL-1 murine cardiomyocytes

Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters volume 15, pages 551–563 (2010)Cite this article

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A clear association between obesity and heart failure exists and a significant role for leptin, the product of the obese gene, has been suggested. One aspect of myocardial remodeling which characterizes heart failure is a disruption in the balance of extracellular matrix synthesis and degradation. Here we investigated the effects of leptin on matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) activity, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase (TIMP) expression, as well as collagen synthesis in HL-1 cardiac muscle cells. Gelatin zymographic analysis of MMP activity in conditioned media showed that leptin enhanced MMP-2 activity in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Leptin is known to stimulate phosphorylation of p38 MAPK in cardiac cells and utilization of the p38 MAPK inhibitor, SB203580, demonstrated that this kinase also plays a role in regulating several extracellular matrix components, such that inhibition of p38 MAPK signaling prevented the leptin-induced increase in MMP-2 activation. We also observed that leptin enhanced collagen synthesis determined by both proline incorporation and picrosirius red staining of conditioned media. Pro-collagen type-I and pro-collagen type-III expression, measured by real-time PCR and Western blotting were also increased by leptin, effects which were again attenuated by SB203580. In summary, these results demonstrate the potential for leptin to play a role in mediating myocardial ECM remodeling and that the p38 MAPK pathway plays an important role in mediating these effects.

Abbreviations

AP-1:

activator protein-1

ATF-2:

activating transcription factor-2

ECM:

extracellular matrix

HF:

heart failure

LV:

left ventricular

MAPK:

mitogen activated protein kinase

MMP:

matrix metalloproteinase

mRNA:

messenger ribonucleic acid

PBS:

phosphate buffered saline

PCR:

polymerase chain reaction

TIMP:

tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase

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    Kristin Schram, Sabrina De Girolamo, Siham Madani, Diana Munoz, Farah Thong & Gary Sweeney

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Schram, K., De Girolamo, S., Madani, S. et al. Leptin regulates MMP-2, TIMP-1 and collagen synthesis via p38 MAPK in HL-1 murine cardiomyocytes. Cell Mol Biol Lett 15, 551–563 (2010). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11658-010-0027-z

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