The Canadian journal of cardiology
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Comparative Study
Reduced endoplasmic reticulum stress might alter the course of heart failure via caspase-12 and JNK pathways.
Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress plays an important role in mediating ischemic heart cell death. The aim of this study was to investigate whether manipulation of a key factor of the ER stress pathway, eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 subunit α (eIF2α), can change the natural history of heart failure (HF). ⋯ Our results suggest that reduction of ER stress and myocardial apoptosis through inhibition of eIF2α dephosphorylation might alter the natural history of HF, which might provide a new approach for its treatment.