Csx/Nkx2-5 is required for homeostasis and survival of cardiac myocytes in the adult heart - PubMed

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Csx/Nkx2-5 is required for homeostasis and survival of cardiac myocytes in the adult heart

Haruhiro Toko et al. J Biol Chem. 2002.

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Abstract

Csx/Nkx2-5, which is essential for cardiac development of the embryo, is abundantly expressed in the adult heart. We here examined the role of Csx/Nkx2-5 in the adult heart using two kinds of transgenic mice. Transgenic mice that overexpress a dominant negative mutant of Csx/Nkx2-5 (DN-TG mice) showed degeneration of cardiac myocytes and impairment of cardiac function. Doxorubicin induced more marked cardiac dysfunction in DN-TG mice and less in transgenic mice that overexpress wild type Csx/Nkx2-5 (WT-TG mice) compared with non-transgenic mice. Doxorubicin induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis, and the number of apoptotic cardiomyocytes was high in the order of DN-TG mice, non-transgenic mice, and WT-TG mice. Overexpression of the dominant negative mutant of Csx/Nkx2-5 induced apoptosis in cultured cardiomyocytes, while expression of wild type Csx/Nkx2-5 protected cardiomyocytes from doxorubicin-induced apoptotic death. These results suggest that Csx/Nkx2-5 plays a critical role in maintaining highly differentiated cardiac phenotype and in protecting the heart from stresses including doxorubicin.

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