Chiusa 2012 J Mol Cell Cardiol
| Chiusa M, Hool SL, Truetsch P, Djafarzadeh S, Jakob SM, Seifriz F, Scherer SJ, Suter TM, Zuppinger C, Zbinden S (2012) Cancer therapy modulates VEGF signaling and viability in adult rat cardiac microvascular endothelial cells and cardiomyocytes. J Mol Cell Cardiol 52:1164-75. |
Chiusa M, Hool SL, Truetsch P, Djafarzadeh S, Jakob SM, Seifriz F, Scherer SJ, Suter TM, Zuppinger C, Zbinden S (2012) J Mol Cell Cardiol
Abstract: This work was motivated by the incomplete characterization of the role of vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A) in the stressed heart in consideration of upcoming cancer treatment options challenging the natural VEGF balance in the myocardium. We tested, if the cytotoxic cancer therapy doxorubicin (Doxo) or the anti-angiogenic therapy sunitinib alters viability and VEGF signaling in primary cardiac microvascular endothelial cells (CMEC) and adult rat ventricular myocytes (ARVM). ARVM were isolated and cultured in serum-free medium. CMEC were isolated from the left ventricle and used in the second passage. Viability was measured by LDH-release and by MTT-assay, cellular respiration by high-resolution oxymetry. VEGF-A release was measured using a rat specific VEGF-A ELISA-kit. CMEC were characterized by marker proteins including CD31, von Willebrand factor, smooth muscle actin and desmin. Both Doxo and sunitinib led to a dose-dependent reduction of cell viability. Sunitinib treatment caused a significant reduction of complex I and II-dependent respiration in cardiomyocytes and the loss of mitochondrial membrane potential in CMEC. Endothelial cells up-regulated VEGF-A release after peroxide or Doxo treatment. Doxo induced HIF-1Ξ± stabilization and upregulation at clinically relevant concentrations of the cancer therapy. VEGF-A release was abrogated by the inhibition of the Erk1/2 or the MAPKp38 pathway. ARVM did not answer to Doxo-induced stress conditions by the release of VEGF-A as observed in CMEC. VEGF receptor 2 amounts were reduced by Doxo and by sunitinib in a dose-dependent manner in both CMEC and ARVM. In conclusion, these data suggest that cancer therapy with anthracyclines modulates VEGF-A release and its cellular receptors in CMEC and ARVM, and therefore alters paracrine signaling in the myocardium. β’ Keywords: Vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A), Cytotoxic cancer therapy doxorubicin (Doxo), Anti-angiogenic therapy sunitinib, Primary cardiac microvascular endothelial cells (CMEC), Adult rat ventricular myocytes (ARVM)
β’ O2k-Network Lab: CH Bern Djafarzadeh S
Labels:
Pathology: Cancer
Organism: Rat Tissue;cell: Heart
HRR: Oxygraph-2k
