Overexpression of P104L mutant caveolin-3 in mice develops hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with enhanced contractility in association with increased endothelial nitric oxide synthase activity.

Abstract

The effect of endogenous nitric oxide synthase (NOS) on cardiac contractility and architecture has been a matter of debate. A role for NOS in cardiac hypertrophy has recently been demonstrated by studies which have shown hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) with altered contractility in constitutive NOS (cNOS) knockout mice. Caveolin-3, a strong inhibitor of all NOS isoforms, is expressed in sarcolemmal caveolae microdomains and binds to cNOS in vivo: endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) in cardiac myocytes and neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) in skeletal myocytes. The current study characterized the biochemical and cardiac parameters of P104L mutant caveolin-3 transgenic mice, a model of an autosomal dominant limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD1C). Transgenic mouse hearts demonstrated HCM, enhanced basal contractility, decreased left ventricular end diastolic diameter, and loss and cytoplasmic mislocalization of caveolin-3 protein. Surprisingly, cardiac muscle showed activation of eNOS catalytic activity without increased expression of all NOS isoforms. These data suggest that a moderate increase in eNOS activity associated with loss of caveolin-3 results in HCM.

• Authors: Yutaka Ohsawa, Haruhiro Toko, Masashi Katsura, Kazue Morimoto, Haruki Yamada, Yaeko Ichikawa, Tatsufumi Murakami, Seitaro Ohkuma, Issei Komuro, Yoshihide Sunada
• Journal: Human molecular genetics (Hum Mol Genet) Vol. 13 Issue 2 Pg. 151-7 (Jan 15 2004) ISSN: 0964-6906 [Print] England
• PMID: 14645200 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Cav3 protein, mouse
• Caveolin 3
• Caveolins
• NOS1 protein, human
• NOS3 protein, human
• Nitric Oxide Synthase
• Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I
• Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II
• Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III
• Nos1 protein, mouse
• Nos3 protein, mouse

Topics

• Animals
• Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic (etiology, genetics, physiopathology)
• Caveolin 3
• Caveolins (genetics, metabolism)
• Cytoplasm (metabolism)
• Gene Expression Regulation
• Humans
• Mice
• Mice, Transgenic
• Mutation
• Myocardial Contraction
• Myocardium (metabolism)
• Nitric Oxide Synthase (genetics, metabolism)
• Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I
• Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II
• Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III