ADAM23 in Cardiomyocyte Inhibits Cardiac Hypertrophy by Targeting FAK - AKT Signaling.

ABSTRACT: Background Cardiac hypertrophy has been recognized as an important independent risk factor for the development of heart failure and increases the risk of cardiac morbidity and mortality. A disintegrin and metalloprotease 23 (ADAM23), a member of ADAM family, is involved in cancer and neuronal differentiation. Although ADAM23 is expressed in the heart, the role of ADAM23 in the heart and in cardiac diseases remains unknown. Methods and Results We observed that ADAM23 expression is decreased in both failing human hearts and hypertrophic mice hearts. Cardiac-specific conditional ADAM23-knockout mice significantly exhibited exacerbated cardiac hypertrophy, fibrosis, and dysfunction, whereas transgenic mice overexpressing ADAM23 in the heart exhibited reduced cardiac hypertrophy in response to

SUBMITTER: Xiang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6222933 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature