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Publication : Axin1 up-regulated 1 accelerates stress-induced cardiomyocytes apoptosis through activating Wnt/β-catenin signaling.

First Author  Ye X Year  2017
Journal  Exp Cell Res Volume  359
Issue  2 Pages  441-448
PubMed ID  28830684 Mgi Jnum  J:261308
Mgi Id  MGI:6151706 Doi  10.1016/j.yexcr.2017.08.027
Citation  Ye X, et al. (2017) Axin1 up-regulated 1 accelerates stress-induced cardiomyocytes apoptosis through activating Wnt/beta-catenin signaling. Exp Cell Res 359(2):441-448
abstractText  Stress-induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis contributes to the pathogenesis of a variety of cardiovascular diseases, but how stress induces cardiomyocyte apoptosis remains largely unclear. The present study aims to investigate the effects of Axin1 up-regulated 1 (Axud1), a novel pro-apoptotic protein, on the cardiomyocyte survival and the underlying mechanisms. To this end, a rat model under restraint stress (RS) was established and in vitro stress-induced cardiomyocytes culture was achieved. Our data showed that Axud1 was upregulated in the rat myocardia after exposure to RS. Anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 was decreased, whereas pro-apoptotic Bax and Cleaved caspase-3 (Cc3) were increased in a time-dependent manner. The Wnt/beta-catenin signaling was observed to be interestingly activated in heart undergoing RS. In addition, the treatment of norepinephrine (NE) to in vitro cardiomyocytes increased Axud1 level and induced cell apoptosis. Wnt/beta-catenin signaling was consistently activated. Knockdown of Axud1 using specific siRNA blunted NE-induced cardiomyocytes apoptosis and also inactivated the Wnt/beta-catenin signaling. XAV-939, an inhibitor of Wnt/beta-catenin signaling, partially reversed the pro-apoptotic effect of NE. In conclusion, Axud1 accelerated stress-induced cardiomyocytes apoptosis through activation of Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway. Our data provided novel evidence that therapeutic strategies against Axud1 or Wnt/beta-catenin signaling might be promising in relation to RS-induced myocardial injury.
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