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Mitogen-activated protein kinases: A new therapeutic target in cardiac pathology

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Eukaryotic cells respond to different external stimuli by activation of mechanisms of cell signaling. One of the major systems participating in the transduction of signal from the cell membrane to nuclear and other intracellular targets is the highly conserved mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) superfamily. The members of MAPK family are involved in the regulation of a large variety of cellular processes such as cell growth, differentiation, development, cell cycle, death and survival. Several MAPK subfamilies, each with apparently unique signaling pathway, have been identified in the mammalian myocardium. These cascades differ in their upstream activation sequence and in downstream substrate specifity. Each pathway follows the same conserved three-kinase module consisting of MAPK, MAPK kinase (MAPKK, MKK or MEK), and MAPK kinase kinase (MAPKKK, MEKK). The major groups of MAPKs found in cardiac tissue include the extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs), the stress-activated/c-Jun NH2-terminal kinases (SAPK/JNKs), p38-MAPK, and ERK5/big MAPK 1 (BMK1). The ERKs are strongly activated by mitogenic and growth factors and by physical stress, whereas SAPK/JNKs and p38-MAPK can be activated by various cell stresses, such as hyperosmotic shock, metabolic stress or protein synthesis inhibitors, UV radiation, heat shock, cytokines, and ischemia. Activation of MAPKs family plays a key role in the pathogenesis of various processes in the heart, e.g. myocardial hypertrophy and its transition to heart failure, in ischemic and reperfusion injury, as well in the cardioprotection conferred by ischemia- or pharmacologically-induced preconditioning. The following approaches are currently utilized to elucidate the role of MAPKs in the myocardium: (i) studies of the effects of myocardial processes on the activity of these kinases; (ii) pharmacological modulations of MAPKs activity and evaluation of their impact on the (patho)physiological processes in the heart; (iii) gene targeting or expression of constitutively active and dominant-negative forms of enzymes (adenovirus-mediated gene transfer).

This review is focused on the regulatory role of MAPKs in the myocardium, with particular regard to their involvement in pathophysiological processes, such as myocardial hypertrophy and heart failure, ischemia/reperfusion injury, as well as in the mechanisms of cardioprotection. In addition, it summarizes current information on pharmacological modulations of MAPKs activity and their impact on the cardiac response to pathophysiological processes.

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Ravingerová, T., Barančík, M. & Strnisková, M. Mitogen-activated protein kinases: A new therapeutic target in cardiac pathology. Mol Cell Biochem 247, 127–138 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024119224033

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