Sucrose non-fermenting related kinase enzyme is essential for cardiac metabolism. Biol Open 2014 Dec 12;4(1):48-61
Date
12/17/2014Pubmed ID
25505152Pubmed Central ID
PMC4295165DOI
10.1242/bio.20149811Scopus ID
2-s2.0-84979987693 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 19 CitationsAbstract
In this study, we have identified a novel member of the AMPK family, namely Sucrose non-fermenting related kinase (Snrk), that is responsible for maintaining cardiac metabolism in mammals. SNRK is expressed in the heart, and brain, and in cell types such as endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells and cardiomyocytes (CMs). Snrk knockout (KO) mice display enlarged hearts, and die at postnatal day 0. Microarray analysis of embryonic day 17.5 Snrk hearts, and blood profile of neonates display defect in lipid metabolic pathways. SNRK knockdown CMs showed altered phospho-acetyl-coA carboxylase and phospho-AMPK levels similar to global and endothelial conditional KO mouse. Finally, adult cardiac conditional KO mouse displays severe cardiac functional defects and lethality. Our results suggest that Snrk is essential for maintaining cardiac metabolic homeostasis, and shows an autonomous role for SNRK during mammalian development.
Author List
Cossette SM, Gastonguay AJ, Bao X, Lerch-Gaggl A, Zhong L, Harmann LM, Koceja C, Miao RQ, Vakeel P, Chun C, Li K, Foeckler J, Bordas M, Weiler H, Strande J, Palecek SP, Ramchandran RAuthors
Keguo Li MD, PhD Research Scientist I in the Surgery department at Medical College of WisconsinRamani Ramchandran PhD Professor in the Pediatrics department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Hartmut Weiler PhD Associate Professor in the Physiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin