Hyper-phosphorylation of alpha-enolase in hypertrophied left ventricle of spontaneously hypertensive rat

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2008 Jul 11;371(4):804-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.04.166. Epub 2008 May 9.

Abstract

Cardiac hypertrophy is one of the main target organ damages of essential hypertension and predicts a poor prognosis of the disease. The molecules involved in this event, especially their posttranslational modifications, remain largely unknown to date. With a combination of phosphoprotein column enrichment and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis separation, here we compared the profiling of enriched phosphoproteins from the left ventricle (LV) of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) to that of age-matched Wistar Kyoto rats. As a result, 19 differential proteins were found in the hypertrophied LV of SHR. Among them, we focused on a glycolysis enzyme alpha-enolase, of which the hyper-phosphorylation was shown in the hypertrophied LV but not in non-hypertrophied atrium and right ventricle of SHR. Furthermore, the alpha-enolase hyper-phosphorylation was accompanied by decreased enzymatic activity. The further investigation based on these results would provide new clues to understand the pathological process of cardiac hypertrophy in SHR.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional
  • Hypertension / complications*
  • Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / enzymology*
  • Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / etiology
  • Phosphoproteins / analysis
  • Phosphoproteins / metabolism*
  • Phosphopyruvate Hydratase / analysis
  • Phosphopyruvate Hydratase / metabolism*
  • Phosphorylation
  • Proteomics
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred SHR
  • Rats, Inbred WKY

Substances

  • Phosphoproteins
  • Phosphopyruvate Hydratase