Decreased tetrahydrobiopterin and disrupted association of Hsp90 with eNOS by hyperglycemia impair myocardial ischemic preconditioning

Nikolina Vladic, Zhi Dong Ge, Thorsten Leucker, Anna K. Brzezinska, Jian Hai Du, Yang Shi, David C. Warltier, Phillip F. Pratt, Judy R. Kersten

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Abstract

Cardioprotection by ischemic preconditioning (IPC) is impaired during hyperglycemia, but the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon are poorly understood. This study investigated the role of hyperglycemia to adversely modulate tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) and heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) during cardioprotection by IPC. Rabbits or mice underwent 30 min of coronary occlusion followed by reperfusion with or without IPC in the presence or absence of hyperglycemia. IPC significantly (P < 0.05) decreased myocardial infarct size (46 ± 1 to 19 ± 2% of the area at risk in control and IPC rabbits, respectively) and increased BH4 concentrations (HPLC; 7.6 ± 0.2 to 10.2 ± 0.3 pmol/mg protein, respectively), Hsp90-endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) association (coimmunoprecipitation and Western blotting in mice; 4.0 ± 0.3 to 5.4 ± 0.1, respectively), and the ratio of phosphorylated eNOS/total eNOS. These beneficial actions of IPC on infarct size, BH4, Hsp90/eNOS, and phosphorylated eNOS were eliminated by hyperglycemia. Pretreatment of animals with the Hsp90 inhibitor geldanamycin (0.6 mg/kg) or the BH4 synthesis inhibitor diamino-6-hydroxypyrimidine (1.0 g/kg) also eliminated cardioprotection produced by IPC. In contrast, the BH4 precursor sepiapterin (2 mg/kg iv) restored the beneficial effects of IPC on myocardial BH4 concentrations, eNOS dimerization, and infarct size during hyperglycemia. A-23871 increased Hsp90-eNOS association (0.33 ± 0.06 to 0.59 ± 0.3) and nitric oxide production (184 ± 17%) in human coronary artery endothelial cells cultured in normal (5.5 mM) but not high (20 mM) glucose media. These data indicate that hyperglycemia eliminates protection by IPC via decreases in myocardial BH4 concentration and disruption of the association of Hsp90 with eNOS. The results suggest that eNOS dysregulation may be a central mechanism of impaired cardioprotection during hyperglycemia.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)H2130-H2139
JournalAmerican Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology
Volume301
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Endothelial nitric oxide synthase
  • Heat shock protein
  • Hyperglycemia
  • Ischemia reperfusion
  • Nitric oxide
  • Tetrahydrobiopterin

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physiology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Physiology (medical)

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