Chronic treatment with long acting phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor tadalafil alters proteomic changes associated with cytoskeletal rearrangement and redox regulation in Type 2 diabetic hearts
Abstract
Diabetic patients are prone to metabolic perturbations that progressively contribute to structural, functional and proteomic alterations in the myocardium. Phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE-5) inhibitors exhibit cardioprotective effects against ischemic/reperfusion injury, however the effects of chronic administration of PDE-5 inhibitors, particularly under diabetic conditions, remain unknown. Hence, the present study was designed to identify novel protein targets related to long-acting PDE-5 inhibitor tadalafil-induced cardioprotection in diabetes. Using two-dimensional differential in-gel electrophoresis with 3 CyDye labeling and MALDI-TOF/TOF tandem mass spectrometry we identified alterations in the expressions of cardiac proteins in diabetic db/db mice treated with tadalafil. Tadalafil reversed the coordinated alterations of cytoskeletal/contractile proteins such as myosin light chain (MLY) 2 and 4, myosin heavy chain α and myosin-binding protein C which contributes to contractile dysfunction. The expression of intermediate filament protein vimentin and extra-cellular matrix proteins like cysteine and glycine rich protein-3 and collagen type VI α were upregulated in db/db mice indicating cardiac remodeling in diabetes. These detrimental proteomic alterations were reflected in cardiac function which were reversed in tadalafil treated mice. Tadalafil also enhanced antioxidant enzyme glutathione S-transferase Kappa-1 (GSKT-1) and downregulated redox regulatory chaperones like heat…
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