Epac activation inhibits IL-6-induced cardiac myocyte dysfunction.

Pro-inflammatory cytokines are released in septic shock and impair cardiac function via the pathway. It is well known that sympathetic and thus catecholamine signaling is activated thereafter to compensate for cardiac dysfunction. The mechanism of such compensation by catecholamine signaling has been traditionally understood to be cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase enforcement of cardiac contractility. We hypothesized that the exchange protein activated by cAMP (Epac), a newly identified target of cAMP signaling that functions independently of also plays a key role in this mechanism. In cultured cardiac myocytes, activation of Epac attenuated the inhibitory effect of interleukin-6 on the increase of intracellular Ca²⁺ concentration and contractility in response to isoproterenol, most likely through inhibition of the Jak-duanyu1813 pathway via SOCS3, with subsequent changes in inducible nitric oxide synthase expression. These findings suggest a new role of catecholamine signaling in compensating for cardiac dysfunction in heart failure. Epac and its downstream pathway may be a novel target for treating cardiac dysfunction in endotoxemia.

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