2000
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.101.6.660
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Akt Promotes Survival of Cardiomyocytes In Vitro and Protects Against Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Mouse Heart

Abstract: Background-IGF-1 has been shown to protect myocardium against death in animal models of infarct and ischemia-reperfusion injury. In the present study, we investigated the role of the IGF-1-regulated protein kinase Akt in cardiac myocyte survival in vitro and in vivo.

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“…The PI3K/Akt cascade is an important survival pathway in the heart. Akt overexpression leads to increased survival and improved myocardial function following I/R injury [21][22][23][24] in a manner similar to HO-1. Recent evidence suggests that these two enzyme systems interact both at the posttranscriptional and post-translational levels [25,26], and may function in a co-dependent function to confer cytoprotection [25].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 90%
“…The PI3K/Akt cascade is an important survival pathway in the heart. Akt overexpression leads to increased survival and improved myocardial function following I/R injury [21][22][23][24] in a manner similar to HO-1. Recent evidence suggests that these two enzyme systems interact both at the posttranscriptional and post-translational levels [25,26], and may function in a co-dependent function to confer cytoprotection [25].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 90%
“…Myocardial apoptosis was qualitatively analyzed by TUNEL staining in the remote zone as previously described [26]. Myocyte identity was indicated by staining with anti-α-sarcomeric actin antibody (Sigma) [27]. Myocardial interstitial fibrosis was assessed by MT staining in the remote zone as previously described [28].…”
Section: Histologymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The principal and most extensively investigated physiological actions of Akt consist of growth activation and apoptosis inhibition, both consistently documented in many systems. [4][5][6][7][8][9] However, it appears that Akt may also be involved in the regulation of myocardial contractility. A recently generated transgenic mouse with cardiac-restricted overexpression of constitutively active Akt, the E40K, exhibited a phenotype characterized not only by cardiomyocyte hypertrophy but also by a remarkable increase of myocardial contractility.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%