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J Clin Pathol 55:801-811 doi:10.1136/jcp.55.11.801
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Apoptosis in myocardial ischaemia and infarction

Table 2

Overview of proapoptotic and antiapoptotic mediators in ischaemia/reperfusion induced apoptosis in cardiomyocytes

Type of mediator Human In vivo animal Isolated animal hearts Isolated and cultured cardiomyocytes
Akt, protein kinase B; CREB, cAMP response element binding protein; ERK, extracellular signal related kinase; HGF, hepatocyte growth factor; HSP, heat shock protein; IGF, insulin-like growth factor; JAK/STAT, Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription; JNK, Jun N-terminal kinase; MAPK, mitogen activated protein kinase; MEKK, MAPK kinase kinase; NO, nitric oxide; PKC, protein kinase C; ROS, reactive oxygen species; SAPK, stress activated protein kinase; TGF, transforming growth factor; TNF, tumour necrosis factor.
Proapoptotic Bax37,39 Bax15,41 Fas27 Soluble Fas ligand27
Soluble Fas ligand40 Fas17,43 Bcl-292 ROS35,108
ROS60,60 ROS29 p53112
p5362 p5330 p38 MAPK113,114
SAPK17,66 JAK93 JNK115
JNK67 SAPK94 TNF-α124
p38 MAPK67 p38 MAPK31,97 Caspases32,103
TNF79 JNK97 Cytochrome c32,103
Caspase 121,24,81–83 Fas receptor32
Caspase 321,24,81–83 Vacualar proton ATPase34
Bad109
Bax109
Antiapoptotic Bcl-237–39 Bcl-215,17,41 ERK97 TGF-β132
Soluble Fas40 PKC22,58,59 αβ Crystalline101 Mitochondrial ATP sensitive K+ ch.109
JAK/STAT65 MEKK1114
IGF-I68,69 JNK114
NO70–72 HGF116
HSP7074 ERK117,119
Calcineurin75 PI3 kinase118,119
TNF80 Akt118,119
Kallikrein85 HSP7074,120–122
IGF-I119
CREB119
Bcl-232,119
Calcineurin123
TNF-α125

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