The effect of Intermedin on Angiotensin II and Endothelin-1 Induced Ventricular Myocyte Hypertrophy in Neonatal Rat
The effect of Intermedin on Angiotensin II and Endothelin-1 Induced Ventricular Myocyte Hypertrophy in Neonatal Rat
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Intermedin对血管紧张素II和内皮素1诱导的新生大鼠心室肌细胞肥大的影响
DOI:
10.7754/clin.lab.2012.120708
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发表时间:
2013-01-01
影响因子:
0.7
通讯作者:
He, Sen
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作者:
Liu, Kai;Deng, Xiaoming;He, Sen
Background: Intermedin (IMD), a novel peptide related to calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and adrenomedullin (ADM), may have localized actions as a modulator of cardiac function. The aim of the study is to explore the effect of IMD on angiotensin II (Ang II) and endothelin-1 (ET-1) induced hypertrophy in ventricular myocytes of neonatal rat and to try to elucidate the possible mechanism.Methods: Neonatal rat cardiomyocytes were cultured in serum-free medium with and without AngII (1 mu mol/L) or ET-1 (60 mu mol/L) in the presence and absence of IMD (1 mu mol/L). Hypertrophic responses (including cell surface area, alpha-actin, and beta-myosin heavy chain mRNA expression) and cardiomyocyte expression of NADPH oxidase gp91phox were determined.Results: Ang II induced increases in cardiomyocyte size to 305 +/- 32 mu m(2) (n = 198, p < 0.05, at 48 hours), alpha-actin expression to 4 +/- 2.8-fold (n = 6, p < 0.05, at 48 hours) and P-myosin heavy chain expression to 11 +/- 4.8-fold (n = 6, p < 0.05, at 48 hours), and expression of the gp91phox subunit of NADPH oxidase to 29.4 +/- 12.7-fold (n = 6, p < 0.05, at 48 hours). These effects were all significantly inhibited by IMD; cardiomyocyte size, alpha-actin expression, beta-myosin heavy chain expression, and gp91phox expression were reduced to 265 32 mu m(2) (n = 374, p < 0.05), 3.0 +/- 1.7-fold (n = 6, p < 0.05), 8.7 +/- 4.9-fold (n = 6, p < 0.05), 3.9 +/- 3-fold (n = 6, p < 0.05), respectively. IMD also significantly inhibited ET1-induced increases in cardiomyocyte size and superoxide generation.Conclusions: IMD exerts an antihypertrophic effect on neonatal cardiomyocytes by reduced levels of superoxide, suggesting that an antioxidant action contributes to the antihypertrophic actions of IMD.