Effects of constitutive overexpression of insulin-like growth factor-1 on the mechanical characteristics and molecular properties of ventricular myocytes

Circulation Research
G RedaelliPiero Anversa

Abstract

Recently, insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) has been claimed to positively influence the cardiac performance of the decompensated heart. On this basis, the effects of constitutive overexpression of IGF-1 on the mechanical behavior of myocytes were examined in transgenic mice in which the cDNA for the human IGF-1B was placed under the control of a rat alpha-myosin heavy chain promoter. In mice heterozygous for the transgene and in nontransgenic littermates at 2.5 months of age, the alterations in Ca2+ sensitivity of tension development, unloaded shortening velocity, and sarcomere compliance were measured in skinned myocytes. The quantities and state of phosphorylation of myofilament proteins in these enzymatically dissociated ventricular myocytes were also examined. The overexpression of IGF-1 was characterized by a nearly 15% reduction in myofilament isometric tension at submaximum Ca2+ levels in the physiological range, whereas developed tension at maximum activation was unchanged. In contrast, unloaded velocity of shortening was increased 39% in myocytes from transgenic mice. Moreover, resting tension in these cells was reduced by 24% to 33%. Myocytes from nontransgenic mice pretreated with IGF-1 failed to reveal changes i...Continue Reading

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