Cardiomyocyte-Specific Bmal1 Deletion in Mice Triggers Diastolic Dysfunction, Extracellular Matrix Response, and Impaired Resolution of Inflammation
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Keywords
Aging, Bmal1, Circadian clock, Diastolic dysfunction, Extracellular matrix, Inflammation
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00608.2015
Abstract
The mammalian circadian clock consists of multiple transcriptional regulators that coordinate biological processes in a time-of-day-dependent manner. Cardiomyocyte-specific deletion of the circadian clock component, Bmal1 (aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator-like protein 1), leads to age-dependent dilated cardiomyopathy and decreased lifespan in mice. We investigated whether cardiomyocytespecific Bmal1 knockout (CBK) mice display early alterations in cardiac diastolic function, extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling, and inflammation modulators by investigating CBK mice and littermate controls at 8 and 28 wk of age (i.e., prior to overt systolic dysfunction). Left ventricles of CBK mice exhibited (P < 0.05): 1) progressive abnormal diastolic septal annular wall motion and reduced pulmonary venous flow only at 28 wk of age; 2) progressive worsening of fibrosis in the interstitial and endocardial regions from 8 to 28 wk of age; 3) increased ( > 1.5 fold) expression of collagen I and III, as well as the matrix metalloproteinases MMP-9, MMP-13, and MMP-14 at 28 wk of age; 4) increased transcript levels of neutrophil chemotaxis and leukocyte migration genes (Ccl2, Ccl8, Cxcl2, Cxcl1, Cxcr2, Il1β) with no change in Il-10 and Il-13 genes expression; and 5) decreased levels of 5-LOX, HO-1 and COX-2, enzymes indicating impaired resolution of inflammation. In conclusion, genetic disruption of the cardiomyocyte circadian clock results in diastolic dysfunction, adverse ECM remodeling, and proinflammatory gene expression profiles in the mouse heart, indicating signs of early cardiac aging in CBK mice.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, v. 309, issue 11, p. H1827-H1836
Scholar Commons Citation
Ingle, Kevin A.; Kain, Vasundhara; Goel, Mehak; Prabhu, Sumanth D.; Young, Martin E.; and Halade, Ganesh V., "Cardiomyocyte-Specific Bmal1 Deletion in Mice Triggers Diastolic Dysfunction, Extracellular Matrix Response, and Impaired Resolution of Inflammation" (2015). Internal Medicine Faculty Publications. 45.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/intmed_facpub/45
