Osmotically-induced genes are controlled by the transcription factor TonEBP in cultured cardiomyocytes

Paola Navarro, Mario Chiong, Karen Volkwein, Francisco Moraga, María Paz Ocaranza, Jorge E. Jalil, Sun Woo Lim, Jeong Ah Kim, H. Moo Kwon, Sergio Lavandero

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Résumé

Changes in cardiac osmolarity occur in myocardial infarction. Osmoregulatory mechanisms may, therefore, play a crucial role in cardiomyocyte survival. Tonicity-responsive enhancer binding protein (TonEBP) is a key transcription factor participating in the adaptation of cells to increases in tonicity. However, it is unknown whether cardiac TonEBP is activated by tonicity. Hypertonicity activated transcriptional activity of TonEBP, increased the amounts of both TonEBP mRNA and protein, and induced both the mRNA and protein of TonEBP target genes (aldose reductase and heat shock protein-70). Hypotonicity decreased the amount of TonEBP protein indicating bidirectional osmoregulation of this transcription factor. Adenoviral expression of a dominant negative TonEBP suppressed the hypertonicity-dependent increase of aldose reductase protein. These results indicated that TonEBP controls osmoregulatory mechanisms in cardiomyocytes.

Langue d'origineEnglish
Pages (de-à)326-330
Nombre de pages5
JournalBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Volume372
Numéro de publication2
DOI
Statut de publicationPublished - juill. 25 2008

Financement

We thank Dr. Chris Pogson for his critical reading of the manuscript and Fidel Albornoz for his technical assistance. Funded by Comision Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONICYT)—Chile (FONDAP 15010006 to S.L.); NIH DK42479 (to H.M.K.). F.M. holds a Ph.D. fellowship from CONICYT, Chile.

Bailleurs de fondsNuméro du bailleur de fonds
Comision Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología15010006
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney DiseasesR01DK042479

    ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

    • Biophysics
    • Biochemistry
    • Molecular Biology
    • Cell Biology

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