Circulation Journal
Online ISSN : 1347-4820
Print ISSN : 1346-9843
ISSN-L : 1346-9843
Arrhythmia/Electrophysiology
Uric Acid-Induced Enhancements of Kv1.5 Protein Expression and Channel Activity via the Akt-HSF1-Hsp70 Pathway in HL-1 Atrial Myocytes
Fikri TaufiqNani MaharaniPeili LiYasutaka KurataNobuhito IkedaMasanari KuwabaraNaoyuki OtaniJunichiro MiakeAkira HasegawaMotokazu TsunetoYasuaki ShirayoshiHaruaki NinomiyaTatsuya SaitohAkira NakaiKazuhiro YamamotoIchiro Hisatome
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2019 Volume 83 Issue 4 Pages 718-726

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Background: Intracellular uric acid is known to increase the protein level and channel current of atrial Kv1.5; however, mechanisms of the uric acid-induced enhancement of Kv1.5 expression remain unclear.

Methods and Results: The effects of uric acid on mRNA and protein levels of Kv1.5, as well as those of Akt, HSF1 and Hsp70, in HL-1 cardiomyocytes were studied by using qRT-PCR and Western blotting. The uptake of uric acid was measured using radio-labeled uric acid. The Kv1.5-mediated channel current was also measured by using patch clamp techniques. Uric acid up-taken by HL-1 cells significantly increased the level of Kv1.5 proteins in a concentration-dependent manner, with this increase abolished by an uric acid transporter inhibitor. Uric acid slowed degradation of Kv1.5 proteins without altering its mRNA level. Uric acid enhanced phosphorylation of Akt and HSF1, and thereby increased both transcription and translation of Hsp70; these effects were abolished by a PI3K inhibitor. Hsp70 knockdown abolished the uric acid-induced increases of Kv1.5 proteins and channel currents.

Conclusions: Intracellular uric acid could stabilize Kv1.5 proteins through phosphorylation of Akt and HSF1 leading to enhanced expression of Hsp70.

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