PMID- 30930414 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190801 LR - 20190801 IS - 1347-5215 (Electronic) IS - 0918-6158 (Linking) VI - 42 IP - 4 DP - 2019 TI - IL-1beta Plays an Important Role in Pressure Overload-Induced Atrial Fibrillation in Mice. PG - 543-546 LID - 10.1248/bpb.b18-00363 [doi] AB - Hypertension is one risk for atrial fibrillation (AF) and induces cardiac inflammation. Recent evidence indicates that pressure overload-induced ventricular structural remodeling is associated with the activation of nucleotide binding-oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptor P3 (NLRP3) inflammasomes, including an apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a C-terminal caspase recruitment domain (ASC). We hypothesized that NLRP3 inflammasomes are an initial sensor for danger signals in pressure overload-induced atrial remodeling, leading to AF. Transverse aortic constriction (TAC) or a sham procedure was performed in mice deficient for ASC(-/-) and interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta(-/-)). One week after the procedure, electrical left atrial burst pacing from the esophagus was performed for 30 s to induce AF. IL-1beta, monocyte chemotactic protein 1 (MCP-1), connective tissue growth factor (CTGF), and collagen 1 gene expression were also examined. The electrical burst pacing induced AF in TAC-operated wild-type (WT) (p < 0.001) and ASC(-/-) (p < 0.05) mice, compared to no AF in the sham-operated WT and ASC(-/-) mice, respectively. In contrast, the number of mice in which sustained AF was induced was similar between TAC-operated IL-1beta(-/-) and sham-operated IL-1beta(-/-) mice (p > 0.05). The expression of all genes tested was increased in TAC-operated WT and ASC(-/-) mice compared with sham-operated WT and ASC(-/-) mouse atria, respectively. CTGF and collagen 1, but not MCP-1, gene expressions were increased in TAC-operated IL-1beta(-/-) mouse atria compared with sham-operated WT and IL-1beta(-/-) mouse atria. In contrast, the IL-1beta gene was not detected in either TAC-operated or sham-operated IL-1beta(-/-) mouse atria. These results suggest that an IL-1beta activation pathway, different from NLRP3 inflammasomes, plays an important role in pressure overload-induced sustained AF. FAU - Matsushita, Naoko AU - Matsushita N AD - Division of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Department of Pathophysiology and Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Iwate Medical University. AD - Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University. FAU - Ishida, Nanae AU - Ishida N AD - Division of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Department of Pathophysiology and Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Iwate Medical University. FAU - Ibi, Miho AU - Ibi M AD - Division of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Department of Pathophysiology and Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Iwate Medical University. FAU - Saito, Maki AU - Saito M AD - Division of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Department of Pathophysiology and Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Iwate Medical University. FAU - Takahashi, Masafumi AU - Takahashi M AD - Division of Inflammation Research, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University. FAU - Taniguchi, Shunichiro AU - Taniguchi S AD - Department of Molecular Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Shinshu University. FAU - Iwakura, Yoichiro AU - Iwakura Y AD - Division of Experimental Animal Immunology, Research Institute for Biological Sciences, Tokyo University of Science. FAU - Morino, Yoshihiro AU - Morino Y AD - Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University. FAU - Taira, Eiichi AU - Taira E AD - Department of Molecular Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Shinshu University. FAU - Sawa, Yohei AU - Sawa Y AD - Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University. FAU - Hirose, Masamichi AU - Hirose M AD - Division of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Department of Pathophysiology and Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Iwate Medical University. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Japan TA - Biol Pharm Bull JT - Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin JID - 9311984 RN - 0 (CARD Signaling Adaptor Proteins) RN - 0 (Ccl2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (Interleukin-1beta) RN - 0 (NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein) RN - 0 (Nlrp3 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Pycard protein, mouse) MH - Animals MH - Atrial Fibrillation/genetics/*metabolism MH - Blood Pressure MH - CARD Signaling Adaptor Proteins/genetics MH - Chemokine CCL2/genetics MH - Heart Atria/metabolism MH - Hypertension/genetics/*metabolism MH - Interleukin-1beta/genetics/*metabolism MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - NLRP3 inflammasome OT - atrial fibrillation OT - hypertension EDAT- 2019/04/02 06:00 MHDA- 2019/08/02 06:00 CRDT- 2019/04/02 06:00 PHST- 2019/04/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/04/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/08/02 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1248/bpb.b18-00363 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biol Pharm Bull. 2019;42(4):543-546. doi: 10.1248/bpb.b18-00363.