PMID- 21882190 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120419 LR - 20220321 IS - 1097-4652 (Electronic) IS - 0021-9541 (Print) IS - 0021-9541 (Linking) VI - 227 IP - 6 DP - 2012 Jun TI - High glucose-induced repression of RAR/RXR in cardiomyocytes is mediated through oxidative stress/JNK signaling. PG - 2632-44 LID - 10.1002/jcp.23005 [doi] AB - The biological actions of retinoids are mediated by nuclear retinoic acid receptors (RARs) and retinoid X receptors (RXRs). We have recently reported that decreased expression of RARalpha and RXRalpha has an important role in high glucose (HG)-induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis. However, the regulatory mechanisms of HG effects on RARalpha and RXRalpha remain unclear. Using neonatal cardiomyocytes, we found that ligand-induced promoter activity of RAR and RXR was significantly suppressed by HG. HG promoted protein destabilization and serine-phosphorylation of RARalpha and RXRalpha. Proteasome inhibitor MG132 blocked the inhibitory effect of HG on RARalpha and RXRalpha. Inhibition of intracellular reactive oxidative species (ROS) abolished the HG effect. In contrast, H(2)O(2) stimulation suppressed the expression and ligand-induced promoter activity of RARalpha and RXRalpha. HG promoted phosphorylation of ERK1/2, JNK and p38 MAP kinases, which was abrogated by an ROS inhibitor. Inhibition of JNK, but not ERK and p38 activity, reversed HG effects on RARalpha and RXRalpha. Activation of JNK by over expressing MKK7 and MEKK1, resulted in significant downregulation of RARalpha and RXRalpha. Ligand-induced promoter activity of RARalpha and RXRalpha was also suppressed by overexpression of MEKK1. HG-induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis was potentiated by activation of JNK, and prevented by all-trans retinoic acid and inhibition of JNK. Silencing the expression of RARalpha and RXRalpha activated the JNK pathway. In conclusion, HG-induced oxidative stress and activation of the JNK pathway negatively regulated expression/activation of RAR and RXR. The impaired RAR/RXR signaling and oxidative stress/JNK pathway forms a vicious circle, which significantly contributes to hyperglycemia induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis. CI - Copyright (c) 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. FAU - Singh, Amar B AU - Singh AB AD - Division of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Temple, Texas 76504, USA. FAU - Guleria, Rakeshwar S AU - Guleria RS FAU - Nizamutdinova, Irina T AU - Nizamutdinova IT FAU - Baker, Kenneth M AU - Baker KM FAU - Pan, Jing AU - Pan J LA - eng GR - R01 HL091902/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL091902-01A1/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - 1R01 HL091902/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PL - United States TA - J Cell Physiol JT - Journal of cellular physiology JID - 0050222 RN - 0 (Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Oxidants) RN - 0 (Proteasome Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (RARA protein, human) RN - 0 (Rara protein, rat) RN - 0 (Receptors, Retinoic Acid) RN - 0 (Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha) RN - 0 (Retinoid X Receptor alpha) RN - 1UA8E65KDZ (Alitretinoin) RN - 5688UTC01R (Tretinoin) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.25 (MAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 1) RN - EC 2.7.12.2 (MAP Kinase Kinase 7) RN - EC 3.4.25.1 (Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex) RN - IY9XDZ35W2 (Glucose) SB - IM MH - Alitretinoin MH - Animals MH - Animals, Newborn MH - Apoptosis MH - Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Glucose/*metabolism MH - HEK293 Cells MH - Humans MH - Hyperglycemia/*enzymology/genetics/pathology MH - JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - MAP Kinase Kinase 7/genetics/metabolism MH - MAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 1/genetics/metabolism MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/metabolism MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3/metabolism MH - Myocytes, Cardiac/drug effects/*enzymology/pathology MH - Oxidants/pharmacology MH - *Oxidative Stress/drug effects MH - Phosphorylation MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic MH - Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex/metabolism MH - Proteasome Inhibitors MH - Protein Kinase Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - RNA Interference MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Receptors, Retinoic Acid/agonists/genetics/*metabolism MH - Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha MH - Retinoid X Receptor alpha/agonists/genetics/*metabolism MH - *Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - Time Factors MH - Transcriptional Activation MH - Transfection MH - Tretinoin/pharmacology MH - p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism PMC - PMC3258345 MID - NIHMS322695 EDAT- 2011/09/02 06:00 MHDA- 2012/04/20 06:00 PMCR- 2013/06/01 CRDT- 2011/09/02 06:00 PHST- 2011/09/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/09/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/04/20 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1002/jcp.23005 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Cell Physiol. 2012 Jun;227(6):2632-44. doi: 10.1002/jcp.23005.