[HTML][HTML] The nuclear receptor ERRα is required for the bioenergetic and functional adaptation to cardiac pressure overload

JM Huss, K Imahashi, CR Dufour, CJ Weinheimer… - Cell metabolism, 2007 - cell.com
JM Huss, K Imahashi, CR Dufour, CJ Weinheimer, M Courtois, A Kovacs, V Gigučre
Cell metabolism, 2007cell.com
Downregulation and functional deactivation of the transcriptional coactivator PGC-1α has
been implicated in heart failure pathogenesis. We hypothesized that the estrogen-related
receptor α (ERRα), which recruits PGC-1α to metabolic target genes in heart, exerts
protective effects in the context of stressors known to cause heart failure. ERRα−/− mice
subjected to left ventricular (LV) pressure overload developed signatures of heart failure
including chamber dilatation and reduced LV fractional shortening. 31 P-NMR studies …
Summary
Downregulation and functional deactivation of the transcriptional coactivator PGC-1α has been implicated in heart failure pathogenesis. We hypothesized that the estrogen-related receptor α (ERRα), which recruits PGC-1α to metabolic target genes in heart, exerts protective effects in the context of stressors known to cause heart failure. ERRα−/− mice subjected to left ventricular (LV) pressure overload developed signatures of heart failure including chamber dilatation and reduced LV fractional shortening. 31P-NMR studies revealed abnormal phosphocreatine depletion in ERRα−/− hearts subjected to hemodynamic stress, indicative of a defect in ATP reserve. Mitochondrial respiration studies demonstrated reduced maximal ATP synthesis rates in ERRα−/− hearts. Cardiac ERRα target genes involved in energy substrate oxidation, ATP synthesis, and phosphate transfer were downregulated in ERRα−/− mice at baseline or with pressure overload. These results demonstrate that the nuclear receptor ERRα is required for the adaptive bioenergetic response to hemodynamic stressors known to cause heart failure.
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