Les récepteurs intracellulaires de l'angiotensine II : nouvelles cibles thérapeutiques pour le remodelage cardiaque
Angiotensin-II (Ang-II) from extracardiac sources and intracardiac synthesis regulates cardiac homeostasis, with mitogenic and growth-promoting effects largely due to altered gene-expression. In this study, the possibility that angiotensin-1 (AT1R) or angiotensin-2 (AT2R) receptors are located on the nuclear envelope and mediate effects on cardiomyocyte gene expression was assessed. Western blot tests of nucleus-enriched rat heart fractions indicated the presence of AT1R and AT2R proteins that preferentially copurified with a nuclear membrane marker (Nup 62) but not markers of plasma (Calpactin I), Golgi apparatus (GRP 78) or endoplasmic reticulum (GM130) membranes. Confocal microscopy revealed the existence of AT1R and AT2R proteins on nuclear membranes. Microinjected Ang-II preferentially bound to nuclear sites of isolated cardiomyocytes. Ca2+i-recordings on nuclear preparations demonstrated an AT1R-mediated Ca2+ release. AT1R and AT2R ligands enhanced de novo RNA synthesis in isolated cardiomyocyte nuclei incubated with [α32P]UTP (e.g. 16.9 ± 0.5 cpm/ng for DNA control vs. 162.4 ± 29.7 cpm/ng for DNA Ang-II, 219.4 ± 8.2 cpm/ng for DNA L-162313 (AT1) and 126.5 ± 8.7 cpm/ng for DNA CGP42112A (AT2), P<0.001). Ang-II application to isolated cardiomyocyte nuclei enhanced NFκB mRNA-expression, a response that was suppressed by co-administration of valsartan or PD123177. Dose-response experiments with Ang-II applied to purified nuclei vs. to whole cardiomyocytes showed a greater increase in NFκB mRNA levels at saturating concentrations with ~3 fold greater affinity (EC50 values 9 vs. 28 pmol/L, respectively), suggesting preferential nuclear signaling. These results lead us to conclude that cardiac nuclear membranes possess angiotensin receptors that couple to nuclear signaling pathways and regulate transcription. Signaling within the nuclear envelope (e.g. from intracellularly synthesized Ang-II) may play a role in Ang-II-mediated changes in cardiac gene-expression, with potentially important mechanistic and therapeutic implications.
Transcription Remodelage Angiotensin receptor subtypes Nuclear envelope Gene regulation Transcription Remodelling