Extracellular regulated kinase, but not protein kinase C, is an antiapoptotic signal of insulin-like growth factor-1 on cultured cardiac myocytes

Rocío Foncea, Anita Gálvez, Viviana Pérez, María Paz Morales, Andrea Calixto, Jaime Meléndez, Fabián González-Jara, Guillermo Díaz-Araya, Mario Sapag-Hagar, Peter H. Sugden, Derek Leroith, Sergio Lavandero

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Abstract

This study aims to elucidate the signaling pathway for insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) in cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes and particularly the role of IGF-1 in cardiac apoptosis. IGF-1 stimulated polyphosphoinositide turnover, translocation of protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms (α, ε, and δ) from the soluble to the particulate fraction, activation of phospholipid-dependent and Ca2+-, phospholipid-dependent PKC, and activation of the extracellular-regulated kinase (ERK). IGF-1 attenuated sorbitol-induced cardiomyocyte viability and nuclear DNA fragmentation. These antiapoptotic effects of IGF-1 were blocked by PD-098059 (an MEK inhibitor) but not by bisindolylmaleimide I (BIM, a specific PKC inhibitor). The ERK pathway may therefore be an important component in the mechanism whereby IGF-1 exerts its antiapoptotic effect on the cardiomyocyte. (C) 2000 Academic Press.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)736-744
Number of pages9
JournalBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Volume273
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 5 2000

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We thank Professor C. I. Pogson for help in the preparation of the manuscript. This work was supported in part by Fondo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (FONDECYT) Grants 1980908 (S.L), 296001 (R.F.), and 1950452 (S.L.) and Cooperación Internacional NIH– CONICYT Grant 19980-2063 (S.L.). R. Foncea, A. Gálvez, and F. González-Jara are recipients of CONICYT fellowships.

Funding

We thank Professor C. I. Pogson for help in the preparation of the manuscript. This work was supported in part by Fondo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (FONDECYT) Grants 1980908 (S.L), 296001 (R.F.), and 1950452 (S.L.) and Cooperación Internacional NIH– CONICYT Grant 19980-2063 (S.L.). R. Foncea, A. Gálvez, and F. González-Jara are recipients of CONICYT fellowships.

FundersFunder number
National Institutes of Health
Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica19980-2063
Fondo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología1980908, 1950452, 296001

    ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

    • Biophysics
    • Biochemistry
    • Molecular Biology
    • Cell Biology

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