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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 283: H990-H995, 2002; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01003.2001
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Vol. 283, Issue 3, H990-H995, September 2002

Hypoxia-induced cleavage of caspase-3 and DFF45/ICAD in human failed cardiomyocytes

Anastassia Todor, Victor G. Sharov, Elaine J. Tanhehco, Norman Silverman, Alvise Bernabei, and Hani N. Sabbah

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Henry Ford Heart and Vascular Institute, Detroit, Michigan 48202

It has been proposed that the hemodynamic deterioration associated with heart failure (HF) may be due in part to ongoing loss of viable cardiac myocytes through apoptosis. Hypoxia has been shown to promote apoptosis in normal cardiomyocytes. Adaptation and maladaptations inherent to heart failure can modify the susceptibility of cells to different stress factors. We hypothesized that HF modifies the threshold of cardiomyocytes to hypoxia-induced apoptosis. Cardiomyocytes were isolated from 18 human hearts explanted at the time of cardiac transplantation due to either ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) (n = 9) or idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC) (n = 9). Tissue from five normal donor hearts (NL) for whom no suitable recipient was available was used as control. Cardiomyocytes were incubated for 3 h under normoxic (95% air-5% CO2) or hypoxic (95% N2-5% CO2) conditions. Expression of caspase-3 and DNA fragmentation factor-45 (DFF45)/inhibitor of caspase-3-activated DNase (ICAD) was detected by Western blot analysis. Three hours of hypoxia did not affect the expression of these proteins in NL cardiomyocytes. In contrast, hypoxia led to cleavage of caspase-3 and DFF45/ICAD both in ICM and IDC. In conclusion, failing cardiomyocytes exhibit increased susceptibility to hypoxia-induced apoptosis.

heart failure; apoptosis


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