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2013 ; 36
(6
): 496-503
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Role of STAT3 in angiotensin II-induced hypertension and cardiac remodeling
revealed by mice lacking STAT3 serine 727 phosphorylation
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Zouein FA
; Zgheib C
; Hamza S
; Fuseler JW
; Hall JE
; Soljancic A
; Lopez-Ruiz A
; Kurdi M
; Booz GW
Hypertens Res
2013[Jun]; 36
(6
): 496-503
PMID23364341
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STAT3 is involved in protection of the heart provided by ischemic
preconditioning. However, the role of this transcription factor in the heart in
chronic stresses such as hypertension has not been defined. We assessed whether
STAT3 is important in hypertension-induced cardiac remodeling using mice with
reduced STAT3 activity due to a S727A mutation (SA/SA). Wild type (WT) and SA/SA
mice received angiotensin (ANG) II or saline for 17 days. ANG II increased mean
arterial and systolic pressure in SA/SA and WT mice, but cardiac levels of
cytokines associated with heart failure were increased less in SA/SA mice. Unlike
WT mice, hearts of SA/SA mice showed signs of developing systolic dysfunction as
evidenced by reduction in ejection fraction and fractional shortening. In the
left ventricle of both WT and SA/SA mice, ANG II induced fibrosis. However,
fibrosis in SA/SA mice appeared more extensive and was associated with loss of
myocytes. Cardiac hypertrophy as indexed by heart to body weight ratio and left
ventricular anterior wall dimension during diastole was greater in WT mice. In
WT+ANG II mice there was an increase in the mass of individual myofibrils. In
contrast, cardiac myocytes of SA/SA+ANG II mice showed a loss in myofibrils and
myofibrillar mass density was decreased during ANG II infusion. Our findings
reveal that STAT3 transcriptional activity is important for normal cardiac
myocyte myofibril morphology. Loss of STAT3 may impair cardiac function in the
hypertensive heart due to defective myofibrillar structure and remodeling that
may lead to heart failure.