TY - JOUR
T1 - Sildenafil and B-type natriuretic peptide acutely phosphorylate titin and improve diastolic distensibility in vivo
AU - Bishu, Kalkidan
AU - Hamdani, Nazha
AU - Mohammed, Selma F.
AU - Kruger, Martina
AU - Ohtani, Tomohito
AU - Ogut, Ozgur
AU - Brozovich, Frank V.
AU - Burnett, John C.
AU - Linke, Wolfgang A.
AU - Redfield, Margaret M.
PY - 2011/12/20
Y1 - 2011/12/20
N2 - BACKGROUND-: In vitro studies suggest that phosphorylation of titin reduces myocyte/myofiber stiffness. Titin can be phosphorylated by cGMP-activated protein kinase. Intracellular cGMP production is stimulated by B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and degraded by phosphodiesterases, including phosphodiesterase-5A. We hypothesized that a phosphodiesterase-5A inhibitor (sildenafil) alone or in combination with BNP would increase left ventricular diastolic distensibility by phosphorylating titin. METHODS AND RESULTS-: Eight elderly dogs with experimental hypertension and 4 young normal dogs underwent measurement of the end-diastolic pressure-volume relationship during caval occlusion at baseline, after sildenafil, and BNP infusion. To assess diastolic distensibility independently of load/extrinsic forces, the end-diastolic volume at a common end-diastolic pressure on the sequential end-diastolic pressure-volume relationships was measured (left ventricular capacitance). In a separate group of dogs (n=7 old hypertensive and 7 young normal), serial full-thickness left ventricular biopsies were harvested from the beating heart during identical infusions to measure myofilament protein phosphorylation. Plasma cGMP increased with sildenafil and further with BNP (7.31±2.37 to 26.9±10.3 to 70.3±8.1 pmol/mL; P<0.001). Left ventricular diastolic capacitance increased with sildenafil and further with BNP (51.4±16.9 to 53.7±16.8 to 60.0±19.4 mL; P<0.001). Changes were similar in old hypertensive and young normal dogs. There were no effects on phosphorylation of troponin I, troponin T, phospholamban, or myosin light chain-1 or -2. Titin phosphorylation increased with sildenafil and BNP, whereas titin-based cardiomyocyte stiffness decreased. CONCLUSION-: Short-term cGMP-enhancing treatment with sildenafil and BNP improves left ventricular diastolic distensibility in vivo, in part by phosphorylating titin.
AB - BACKGROUND-: In vitro studies suggest that phosphorylation of titin reduces myocyte/myofiber stiffness. Titin can be phosphorylated by cGMP-activated protein kinase. Intracellular cGMP production is stimulated by B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and degraded by phosphodiesterases, including phosphodiesterase-5A. We hypothesized that a phosphodiesterase-5A inhibitor (sildenafil) alone or in combination with BNP would increase left ventricular diastolic distensibility by phosphorylating titin. METHODS AND RESULTS-: Eight elderly dogs with experimental hypertension and 4 young normal dogs underwent measurement of the end-diastolic pressure-volume relationship during caval occlusion at baseline, after sildenafil, and BNP infusion. To assess diastolic distensibility independently of load/extrinsic forces, the end-diastolic volume at a common end-diastolic pressure on the sequential end-diastolic pressure-volume relationships was measured (left ventricular capacitance). In a separate group of dogs (n=7 old hypertensive and 7 young normal), serial full-thickness left ventricular biopsies were harvested from the beating heart during identical infusions to measure myofilament protein phosphorylation. Plasma cGMP increased with sildenafil and further with BNP (7.31±2.37 to 26.9±10.3 to 70.3±8.1 pmol/mL; P<0.001). Left ventricular diastolic capacitance increased with sildenafil and further with BNP (51.4±16.9 to 53.7±16.8 to 60.0±19.4 mL; P<0.001). Changes were similar in old hypertensive and young normal dogs. There were no effects on phosphorylation of troponin I, troponin T, phospholamban, or myosin light chain-1 or -2. Titin phosphorylation increased with sildenafil and BNP, whereas titin-based cardiomyocyte stiffness decreased. CONCLUSION-: Short-term cGMP-enhancing treatment with sildenafil and BNP improves left ventricular diastolic distensibility in vivo, in part by phosphorylating titin.
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U2 - 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.048520
DO - 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.048520
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22144574
AN - SCOPUS:84155163078
VL - 124
SP - 2882
EP - 2891
JO - Circulation
JF - Circulation
SN - 0009-7322
IS - 25
ER -